Show in the days ays 0 foor richard chard by IRVING BACHEL BACHELLER LEIZ aan num CHAPTER 25 act and 1 colomon exercised unusual 11 in g larding the camp and organ for fyne fy ne in case or of attack Is I 1 n after washington a depart that th A 11 went aw an ay ity on the road the be S 5 1 shomon S followed kep oat f bin his beld ca of vision the ln gen ano days later solomon Bolo inon joc 0 lint iti jack a hut about midnight the 0 i T of arnold a return with ith tin lin tant n 01 ark it ua 1 P at ill tile desk a of it e highlands the camp wa was ex exit rest ilie candle in jack jacks hut lint the only sign of life around head arbors hen solomon timing put out birri bone borop rame came to talk with ith his young end DA he ile stepped close to the desk Alloy lel nervously and began hia his popl I 1 report euthin nefarious nen arious be coln on ho he tn IL A british were bin lvin b the mouth 0 the croton river kold old bent aboard an officer fot rot 0 big I 1 lat i at with hilm and they pulled er to the v et est shore and went ent into buh stayed till tilt moe moo night amest business bul nees why uby did dill fry I 1 to 0 o off in the bush alone fer a kr jick ack shook his head soon sit a I 1 reen peen that I 1 went to one our ec batteries an tol tot the cap dpn n what it rt on mv my mind 1 ID in the ol 01 british tub well e 11 bike ke er back hick up a little aez he R Is too clui anyhow en he let so go a hot shot that ripped J inter water front 0 her bow say jack fry y were some hoppin around on the ck k 0 the big british war stoop A ty 17 h b isted I 1 ler er satis sails an she he fell away X a the hier a cille mile ter er eo so the were set ct when ahen arnold an the ctr came come out 0 the bush I 1 were am i a boat n with it h a fish rod an could jee jes em iti my epy spy glam glass the light ea re to 0 o dint they stood lookin the ship they could rit t see her tier 14 ey went back into the bush it come 4 me what abat they was coin coln to do ar A id were a coin to take tale the d r to the house 0 that ol 01 tory reub 11 ith I 1 sot got fust an hid in the 19 bes front 0 the house sure of pugh uehl what were done ar d an t other feller fetter come derlong went into the house so vi k I 1 couldn coulden t see eni em but I 1 knowel ere them I 1 how the young man asked naked 09 baue vause they light no candle 11 ley ey tot nt in the dark an they didn dian I 1 4 k out loud like honest honett men would ne e erway I 1 cajan t do no more tit think youve done well mid said 4 ct IL ow go and get some rest ell morrow iray rray be a hard day ick ck pent spent a bad night in the ef 1 to be as F creat r pat fie an hia his problem the mornin morning be he sent solomon and ell other able scouts to louk look the and oer east past west and south of one of 0 them wa was wai i to take road to Il hartford artford and deliver a to 11 washinton eie er the noon mess arnold mount big 1 horse and rode away amay alone ainne I 1 young ant for his trust friend captain ether siltala silt aln ln the general has set out the tile east road ilone eald said jack 14 11 Is I 1 not well theres something V one with his heart I 1 I 1 am a little to arld about him he lie ought not to alone my hore horse Is 1 in front the door jump on hie his back and tp P in tit bight of the general but put don t him know what jou you are doln doing A little later mra mr anold entered office of the new bri brindler adler in a it t che cheerful ch erful efful mood wood jl have good news for you she he an bancod cad A british officer has ha come 14 a hip ship under a fing of truce truer to 0 pitr er with general arnold I 1 sent to etter to margaret hare flare on my own k with the p berala boffl A J I 1 communication I 1 incited her to em t 0 sith ith the party and promised r afe safe conduct to our houe houte I 1 hect let her for the ret rett m we e look to us hae a wedding at head arters titers rt ers on the of the ty ath th general lva abig ton III have burred lie ile has agreed red to dine with ith that evening bet ia think that she must have bare ob tl td the shadow on my face for ile e the he poke a crent great fear hid h id lint A ln I 1 upon me he be in the urt of inquiry it teemed seemed clear of ine that thal if there was wits a plot the lh bet tare of washington himself wn aos be a pit part of it and my sweetheart 34 IN paul accas accessory sory YOU u k know now much that I 1 am eager know I 1 aid paid the general tins hns 11 lold told me m that he Is to to meet the 0 fish h MAY i know 11 all II the to cd bet or of course he will tell you about lt to t she he assured me he ile lias told 1 only a it little it la Is tome some negolia it tard lne an exchange of pris prig rei rel 1 AM much more interested in of 0 trot and the tte wedding I 1 lh would ten tell me about her I 1 have tt rd thit that she hai his become very beau ja lit 1 r howel mra mrs arnold the minin portrait lt which margaret had ea tl me ne the th day of our little ride and 1 14 london and then an orderly n wath a message and that rave gave 1 n ame to put an end to this bib bab blint blizil for foi hico hieb I 1 bid had 4 no heart li cart the ni WM mail froin from solomon he ile had kit vt word that the british arsh li had come aeck up the tile river and moo wa two mile miles above stony foint with ith a white flag at hir IDI mast head 1 I went tit out of door doors sion soon I 1 met coming into camp AP ar nold had returned lie had ridden at a it walk malk toward loard the headquarter headquarters of the second firl brif cade Lade and turned about and come back without speaking enking ip to any one ont arnold was wa inaina down as a it if ab absorber in till his own onn thoughts though ta when hirn him in the flip road lie ile lid not return the orluff it wa as evident that the had ridden away for the ile sole purpose of being alone ahme 1 I went ent back to my hut and met at down donin to try tn to land my may when hen suddenly the flip general appeared at my door on his hi I 1 lily ity mare and naked roe me to take n little ride with mill him blim I 1 mounted my boree horse end and we me rode out on the eat east rond together for half a mile or so 0 o 1 I I 1 ellae that my wife had some talk with you this morning he lie begun began te ye 0 I 1 answered anwer pd A officer has come up the river in a hilp under a valte flag a with a proposal ri r carding an exchange of prisoners sonere in ray my anwer to their request for a conference pomp time ago I 1 enclosed loed a letter froni from airs arnold to miss 1 margaret Mar furet hale ing her to come to our home where ale would mould find a hearty welcome and her loer now an able and mot mott val aed officer of the staff A note received yesterday says that miss alias hare here le Is one of the party ie f are plad glad to be able to do you this till little fairl 1 I thanked him 1 I wish that you could so go with toe me down domn the river to meet her in the morning he paid nut but in my nl at gence bence it will of course be necessary necess nry for you to be on duty sire mrs arnold will SO go with file and we ne shall I 1 hope bring the oung lady safely to lie ile mas a preoccupied ilig face fact wore a serious look there wn was a melancholy note in his tone I 1 had ORNOLD WENT away ON THE TO THE SOUTH all a ob sered that in other talks with him but it wa as a friendly tone it tided tended to put my fear fears at rest 1 I ailed the general hat he thought of the prospects prope cf of success for our cause they are tire bot promising he an ew sti ered the mie defeat of gates in the south and the scattering of nil his abuy tn hi utter rout Is 1 not an 1 event I 1 think bat that ae vie shall get a al as ing belter now that the gate gates bubble lie has burst I 1 answered till this ends the testimony of the able and roost most valued juck jack irons jr CHAPTER i As an army with banner the ulie Anie dwy army had haft been sold by an art old the noble ideal it lind had cherished the blood blow it bad had given the bitter hardships it bad suffered tor for lure ture in the wild wilderness ernets famine in the long marches of hulf half naked men in midwinter it at UtO mIll end and cherry Valley till this had been bartered away anay like ille a shipload of tur turn rills lis to untidy the greed of oe one buu asala again thirty pieces of kaher alas u a nation to walk the lie bitter way t to 0 its it calvary calary major andre the adjutant general of bir henry clinton large force in new yort york was with tile he traitor athen ben he rowed from the ship to the vest shore of the hudson and went merit into the bush under the observation of So solomon lonion will with his spy py glass arnold aas was to recelle a and nd larse lane pay in the ariti britti b aminy the consideration had hero the delivery cf of maps 4 ins ing tile position positions of Washingto nl men and the plains df of hie his tort forts and other de derensis those of forta forts Ilu lunnam triant and clinton and hattery battery knox knot much other information was put la in the band bands of the british AM including Ind the prospective movements of the commander in chief lie ile waa was to be taken la in the bouse of the man he had bad befriended aldre bad had only to rench reach new how york with till his treasure and nta arnold to hold the coo con edeme of his chief for a few day days and before the tile leaves ives hail had fallen th the war would end the american army and iti its inester mind would be at the mercy of sir glenry clinton andr andre would mould have reached new york stat night it if tile vulture hod had not chanted changed tier po politic gitlin n on account count of a hot shot frani the battery below stony boint tor for that credit must be given to the tie good scout solomon hillus the ship still was no not in light eight when hen the two men caule out la in their boat froni from the west neat thoro shore of the tiler while alle tbt the night laa falling arnold lind find heard the stint and now flow that the tile chit had left he feared that hll bit treachery was wa suspected I 1 may want ant to ret get away anny in that bout botu minla tie lie suggested to andre mie will not riot return until nhe she gets net order orders froin fron aou or me the Brit laber ashurek him 1 I conler on ler what nhat hai has become of her tier sold aid arnold slie she has probably dropped down dom the ho river for some reason andre ani answered ant am I 1 to do take you to the house of a man I 1 know ho lives near the river ond and tend send you to new lork ork by horse with ith passports in the tile morning you ion can reach the british japs tomorrow 1 I would mould like that andre exclaimed it would mould afford me a wil lt come urvey survey of the terrain smith will mill give you a alt suit of clothes that will at you well enough said the traitor aou ion and he are about of a lie ile it will be better hotter for you to be in citizen citizens dress so go it happened that in the darkness of the september evening smith and andre the tile latter riding the blazed face mare set clat for king a is ferry where they were mere taken acro across ts the rier they rode i a few miles south of the landing to the bore shore of crom pond and spent the night with mith a friend of smith in the morning the latter went nent on with mith andre until they had passed pine pines bridge on the croton river then he turned back kow now andre fared along down die road alone on the back of the mare nanca ile came to an outpost of the IT highland Ighland army and presented his hi pass it was examined and endorsed and he be went on his way lie ile met transport wagon wagons a squad of cavalry and later a regiment of militia coming up from western connecticut but no one topped stopped him in the faded hat and coat and trousers tr of reuben smith this man who called himself john anderson aa was not much unlike the farmer folk who were riding hither and thither in the neutral terri tory on their petit errands ills 1118 face wits different it was nas the well mell kept face of en an Fri angush glish aristocrat ath with handsome dark eyes and hair begin ning to turn gray A little out of tarrytown on the highway the hofeman a group of three men were hidden in the bush ragged reckless unlettered country lade lads waiting for cons con s to come down out of the wild land to be milked they were mere skinners in the paerl militia some line lime said some bat the were farmers sous sons not in the armav however that may have been they were mere undoubtedly rough hard fisted asted fellows full of the lawless spirit bred fire year years of desperate warfare they were viere looking for tories as an well as for cattle tories were ere their richest prey for the latter would mould give hleb to be he ex aused from the oath of allegiance they came come out upon andre and challenged him the latter knew that hi he lind passed the uie american outpost and thought that he was near the th blitsh lines he ile was as not familiar with the geography of the upper oust eust shore he ile knew that the so called neutral territory was overrun by two wo parties the ariti h being called the lon Lo er and the I 1 linkees the upper aliat mat liat party do you belong for andre demanded the lotter loner mid paid one of the yankees TO BE |