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NU ServiceCHAPTER Service senlco ServiceCHAPTER CHAPTER XIII-Contmucd XIII Contmucd XIII-Continued Continued XIIIContmucd17 XIIIContinued17 XIII - Continued -17- 17 - 17Colin 17Colin 17 - Colin "asarml " was "as as \\arml arml warms \ warmly . ) } received rccchcd recehed b bv ) Gcn Gen Gcnernl Genera General ernl era ) Benedict Arnold-a Arnold a Arnold - a born rebelho rebelscho rebel who \ho ho scho , \ had run away from homchcn home homc \ when \\hcn hcn L1 a L1stripling astrlpling astripling stripling strlpling in quest of adventure adenture ad\ ad \ enture In Inlater Inlater Inlater later life asea as ns ea . a partner of Elijah ElijahWood ElijahWooduriddeNancy ElijahWoodurldjo father-he father he father-lie lie father - lie had hadprospered hadprospered hadprospered Wood Wooduridde-Nancy Wooduridde Nancy rldc-NllOCY rldc NllOCY . ; - - Nancys s prospered shipping hor&cs horcs hor.es hores horses & : . ind md mod mules mulesto mulesto mulesto to the ( West Pest Indies Unlll Unlike e the Com Commander Comwander Corndander mander wander In Chief , he had no paLience patience paLiencewllh patiencewllh patiencewith wllh ' the pot bellied beiHed mouth fi fighters hters In Incongress incongress incongress congress " . Hes He was w " ' \ is \s s nurrogant au nu an ' \ irrogant \rrogant rrogant arrogant , , . lugh high lughhanded highhanded highhanded handed man lacl lacking lng in dignity dignlt and andpolJtencss andpohtenesS andpoliteness polJtencss pohtenesS Still Stili he had 'the the ' the lIncon uncon lInconquerable unconquerable iinconqucrable querable spirit . . " His Ills courage and andRIoI andsalor andvalor Dark Darl Dart . , .hlnned hlnned skinned skinnedand bklnnedand .hlnnedand \RIoI RIoI salor \ ' had been proved : . and black bearded his blue grav gran n1\ n1 n1e \ e\ e ees ewes ewesoften evesoften \ es esoften often glo globed glowed " cd with ingcr 'inger inger anger ' In IllS his IllSstrong hisstrong hisstrong strong athletic body was tlie the energy energyof energyof energyof of wildcats , and the tbe . , snarl narl of them themwas them themwas themwas was often in his mouthStung mouthStung mouth mouthStung Stung by ingratitude ingrnlttude his " wis was 'lS lS ' the theSpirit theSpirit theSpirit Spirit of ot Protest now abroad in the theland theland the\Jand the Jand \ \land land \ \ Congress , for some reason had had'promoted hadpromoted liadpromoted 'promoted promoted ' every e\cry e cry \ brigadier save Cae sale Ca\ Ca ; \ e him himselt himself himself selt self . He fie had suffel suffeicd suffered cd Indescribable Indescribablehardships indescribablehardships Indescribablehardships hardships going to Quebec , and was waswounded waswounded waswounded wounded there in a desperate nscault assault nscaultWith assaultWith assaultWith ; With a fleet in Like L'lke Llke Lake ' Champlatn Cbamplaln Champlain he hehad hehad hehad had delayed the advance ad\ance ad ance \ of the Brit BritIsh BritIsh BritIsh Ish for tor a n icar year ear , . yet the Sim Slm Bottces Bottses Bottcesfn BottsesIn Bottlesin ; fn In congress , under some hidden hlddcn In Influence infinance influence fluence finance , had thus expressed e'tpressed etpressed eepressed ' their ap apprecJlltlon appredation appreclatlon precJlltlon predation Generil Gener'll Generll General ' Washington Washlnglon 1Pasllinglon had hadmlldly hadmildly hadmildly mlldly mildly rebuked this sl1 slighting ht1Dg of an anable anable anable able officer His Ills ; sympathy cympathy had l kept keptArnold keptArnold ept eptArnold Arnold In the service serVlCC and his sendIng sendIngthe sendingthe sendingthe the best Mass'lchu Masslchu Massichusetts Massachusetts ' < ; etts regiment to be bean bean bean an arrow In the quiver of 'the the ' the'llhch thellhch the'llhchGeneral ' Black BlackGeneral lickGeneral General " signilircd slgn'l117cd slgnl117cd signalized ' the special inter interest Intereat Interest est eat of the Chief CIlef ) In this member of his hisstaff hisstaff hisstaff hisstaffColin ' staff staffColin Colin Colln hid h'td htd had ' not been heen a day In tlie the Al Albany Albang Albany bany bang camp , \ when hcn he received recel\"ed recel "ed ed \ " a note notefrom notefrom notefrom from Airs Mrs Bowlb Bowlbi Bowlby ) 'I I ' I heard from- from fronT fronr froma - a friend of General GeneralArnold GeneralArnold GeneralArnold Arnold that sou you ou were to be here , . " she shewrote shewrote shewrote shewrotes wrote wrote8 . . 'As As ' " \s s \8 8 < \ \ < ; soon oon as possible after aCter you youarrise ; ou ouarrl ouarrive arrl\ arrl arrle arrise \ e , . come for a talk with "IUl IUl wiUi " me at at49 49 40 Pearl street . . . ' It was a . brief and cheerless note note.What noteWhat . . What did it mean meau ? ' ' ' Flight Nmght l\1 l 1 \ ht had fallen fallenHe fallenHe fallenHe He hastened to the addiess address addl ess of or Mrs MrsBowlby MrsBowlby SirsBowlby Bowlby . He lIe passed passcd a public publlc house housewith , . wIth open doors doorst \t t 1t \ \ its bar a reveler revelerwas revelerwas revelerwas was singing slnglDg a mournful love ballad balladA balladA A moment he listened It told "hat hat shat " whata "hata shata a man had done ' for the love lo\"e lo "e e \ " o 0 ' Bar Bar- Barbara Barbara Barbara - bara Alien Allen " "Yes Yes " . , . I know , I know all about It It"he Ithe , , . " he whispered as he went onMrs onMrs on onMrs Mrs Bowlbv Bowlby met him with a sad sadtace sadface sadface tace face . . They The ; sat down together She Shewas Shewas Shewas was sIlent"Is silent"Is silent silent"Is "Is Is " It bad b'ld bld ' nevvs news ? ' he acl ached"It a"sked asked ached a"sked"It : " ed ed"It "It It " is not good ne news nets " s Our love lovestory lovestory lovestory story Is now in the hands o ' God I Idon Idon Idon don t know Inow , what that \ hat will hippen h\ppen h ppen happen ' \ I 111 11 1l tell tellyou tellyou tellyou you the whole story I met mef the Brit British British British ish at Crown Cro\'tn Cro 'tn tn \ ' point polut . . Seeing the great greatarmy greatarmy greatarmy army of Burgovne , . our small force forcescattered forcescattered forcescattered scattered The filthy Indians were werewIth werewith werewith wIth the enemy I pietendcd pretended pi etendcd to be a aloyalist aloyalist aloyalist loyalist Told them I would help and andthat andthat andthat that I " wanted "anted anted Canted to see Miss rayer Payer rayerweather Payerweather Payerweather weather I met her She was In a aparty aparty aparty party of grand ladies ladles Lady Harriet HarrietAckland HarrietAckland HarrietAckland Ackland , , . a daughter of the earl of ofIlchester ofIlchester ofIlchester Ilchester , the young Baroness de demedesel deItledesel deKledesel medesel Itledesel , . ? Mrs tIrs ' Major 'lajor lajor Hirnige H'lrn'lge Hlrnlge Harnage ' ' and andothers andothers andothers others these 'lhcse lhcse 'these ' ' fine gowned gowncd , high bred bredwomen bredwomen bredwomen women , . two of whom had children childrenwith childrenwith childrenwith with them , were going to ride com corn comtortably cornfortably cornfortably tortably fortably through the \ wilderness Ildcrne < ; In Intumbrelsa intumbrelsa Intumbrels tumbrels-a tumbrels a - - a kind hind of two wheeled cart cartThInk cartThink cartThink ThInk of that th'lt thlt ' . . ' Ihey 'lhey lhey Thep " were ere among the theIndians theIndians theIndians Indians They were interested in the thelook thelook 1001 look . and the chattering of 'the the ' noble noblered noblered noblered red men ' ' The mosquitoes and gnats gnatsand gnatsand gnatsand and black blach flies thes fires were ' is 1S as thick thlc1 as ants antson antson antson on a paddle puddle of molasses molas.es molases : . 1 ' Ihey They bey sere serebiting \ werebiting \ ere erebiting biting through the veils and slee\ slee sleee sleeves sleevesand sleevesand \ e < ; and stockings stochmgs of tbe'i the'somen thesomen the tbe \'i 'i i \ ' women ' omen and get getting getting et ettlng tlng ting to their necks and wrl wribts wrists ts They Theyhad Theyhad Theyhad had expected a s } h 1s lvin 'ln ln an ' paradise They Theyhad Theyhad Theybad had found purgator purgatory pur ator ; ) Tlie The clllidren children clllidrenwere childrenwere childrenwere were crying with pain It w s \ is an anitching anitching anItching itching , swollen stollen s " oIlen , , . bloody blood ; , retched ssretched ssretchedgroup \ wretchedgroup retchedgroup group I had a little talk " with "ith ith your yoursweetheart 3 ) our oursweetheart oursweetheart sweetheart Of course she didn dldn t tknow tknow tknow know me until unhl I had g1\ g1 grv given g1en \ en her the thetruth thetruth thetruth truth as you and I know it She Sheclung Sheclung Sheclung clung to roe me then Her lIer hor&e hore hor.e horse & : . had gone gonewith gonewith gonewith with others In the charge charg-e charg e - of scouts scoutswho scoutswho scoutswho who knew the forest We " went "ent ent tent on In Inthe inthe inthe the bateaus bateaux as far as we could A Apart Apart Apart part of the force set ( out jut to lay sIege sIegeto siegeto siegeto to TL I took to the woods with withabout withabout withabout about twelve twehe hundred women , some somechildren somechildren somechildren children , a lot of Indians , . a force forceof forceof forceof of pioneers and three regiments of ofCanadian ofCanadian ofCanadian Canadian militia mll1tla milltia Weere We were \\ere ere sere \ \ to mo\ mo moe mole mowestward molewestward movewestward \ e westward , , , clearing the ruined rulne road roadand roadand roadand and cimping c'lmplng clmplng c'rmping crmping ' ' In the wll wilderness erness to salt saltfor \ waitfor alt altfor for the main force forcc I was driving drl\lng drl lng \ an ano ano ano\ ano anoteam o \ team I told them that tbat only jump jumpers jumpers jumpers ers could get tbrou through h but thev they ruade made ruademe mademe mademe me hitch bitch to a n ssabon wa aon " , on loa loaded < . with bag baggage baggage baggage gage I warned Pat to stick stich to me meShe meShe meShe She did It and lo lode mode e on on one < . ' of my myox myoxen myoxen ox oxen .n n < . An Au old Ijdy l.ldy lldy lady . \ who 110 was W.lS WlS . \ with Ith her hertent herwent tent \ cut wI with th I Id Iidv Iadv \d d ' \ v Acklind Ackhnd Ackland in a cart cartThey myI . . I They bridgeshad were far bcliind behind us All brIdges had been heen destroyed estro ) cd Soon the "hole hole thole tholebag "holebagJae " wholebagoaje bagJae bag , a . ; , a train tr.lln trlln . foundel foundeied foundered ed in ID a sn swamp amp swampThen ampThen Then wide runnercd runnered jumper Jumpe.r jumpers . ; * hid h'ld hld had ' to tobe tobe tobe be built bullt T1H Tho The tumbrelsere tumbrels \ were \\ere ere \ wreckel wreckelthe \ wreckejthe \ rechel rechelthe the fir first < ; t day . The ladles \ veils semis ells w were weretorn weretorn .re re < . .retorn torn to ra rags s In brush and brIers briers.Ihclr briersIhclr . . , 'lhelr lhelr 'Ihelr Ihelr ' ' life me became bccame a bottle b'lttIe blttIe battle ' with hard hardship hardship hardchip ship They Thcy got through the s\\amps s amps stamps swampson sampson stampson \ \ on the bac1 backs < ; of oxen'Pat oxen 'Pat Pat ' Pat tell fell sick of a n fev fever r Tlie The poor poorchild poorchild poorchild child was \ very sery ery sick slc1 ( and no physician ph physicianat ) slclan slclanat at our camp camll I 1 l knew uew that In June Doctor JuneDoctor Parmly of Uudson-a Uudson a Hudson-a Hudson Uudson - a 10) 10 loyalistwas loyalist ) aUst aUstwas . -was was - was always at hib hlb his fishing fishlDJ camp on n a lake alake nlake not more thin th'1n th1n than ' three mlle miles , > from fromwhere fromwhere fromwhere where we \ were \ er < . igot I got " , , , ot pcriiiib-.ion pcriiiib.ion pcriiiib .ion ion IIcrmhlon peruiisron " . , ' - . to totake totake totake take her there on condition tint th'lt thlt tliat ' I 1 1would Iwould would \ ould return the time Jle next neat t dav dal da \ I carrIed her carriedher on my bac.1 baela bad bac bael ! --.1 .1 --a a - - a . sloh'lrd slow slo\\ slo slot \ \ bird h'lrd hlrd hard ' journey Journeyout , . out I got there Uli.re Ulire tlitre . Doctor Firmly P1rmlv 'ooh ooh ' 001 . 'ookher ookher 'oohher her In In . . . Tlie The poor girl was down with withsmallpox withsmillpox- withsmillpox withsmillpoxThpy Ith IthsmlIpox sm\lIpox sm lIpox smallpox ' \ - _ . Thpy They hid h'ld hld had ' . all .111 111 been In Inoculated Inoculnted Inoculatcd oculated oculnted and nnd \ were wire LrP ' good to us . . ' They 'fhey fhey , . put her to bod bed and sent do\\ do down don \ n to thl th1 thevillage ! + village at Fort rort 't'ort tort ' ' William WfIllLlm 1Vilifam IIenr lIenr llenr ; ) tor for n a nnllrse anurse nnurse nllrse nurse I staved stued ktityed ) until tlie tIlC the nur nuri.c nuric nurse . e came camePnt camePat camePat Pnt Pat " was "as as better hetter when I left . The doc doe doctor doetor doctor tor wis W'1.S W1.S W1S was ' . to brIn bring ; : her to Genernl General GeneralSchuyler's GeneralSchuvler's GeneralSchuvlers Schuyler's Schuylers chu ) ler's lers ' house bouce ; at Albiuy Alh\uy Alh uy Alb'lny Alblny ' ' \ on hI iii til-iway til iway . , - way down 110wn the Hudson lludson bincc Since Ince then thl.n thln . I Iha Ihave Ihave ha have \ e heard nothing " ' ' , this fbls alarms me " said Colin as h he hearose hearose arose I will go to toSchu Schu Schuylera ) ler lers shouse shouse'I house " 'I I ' I was there not an hour ago ago"hen agov\ agov agovhen the . ; , oneral neral eneral t > will wlli do dowhat dowhat dowhat "hen hen " \ \ hen she comci come comes : . ; o what he can for her She I lh is : . probably probablywith probablywith with \ Uh the British They al aie are e all 0\ 0 0'r over overthe overthe \ 'r r 'rtbe ( ' tbe the upper countr . , now [ It t is not e easy easyto easyto < : ; y yto to coiae come do\\ do down don \ n the rh river er these thece ; I1nysThen days I1nys " Then and there Colin wrote i 1 z ' letter letterto letterto letterto to Ids lils fits belo\ belo beloved beloed \ ed Pit p.1t p1t Pat . ' When i'lhen ilhen " ' hen it " was "as as fin tin finI tinIshed Onl&hed Onlhed I Ished & hed he said to 1\11 1 11 \ Mrs ' < : ; Bowlbv Bowlin Bowlby , 'Have Have ' IIa IIas \ e eyou eyou [ you the coura courage e to tike t'1.l.e t1l.e t1le take ' . . it up t the e rn racer racertomorrow niertomorrow er ertomorrow tomorrow and tiy tlY try to make Parmly armly l'armly larmly I ' s sc'lmp scamp scimp c'lmp clmp camp ' ? If so , . I will give you tcnpounds tenpounds ten tcn tenpounds pounds " ,111 111 will ,111take willtake , willtake 'rlr rlr ' PIr&t PIrt Cirst & t come " with "Ith Ith me and we take a look loolc into the ; ) eir e'lr elr ear ' ahead , . ' said saidlIrs saidMrs saidMrs l\Irs l Irs Mrs \ Bo\'i Bo 'i i Bow Bowibi Bowibi"Whit \ ' Ib 1b3 1b3"What ) "Whit Whit "Wb'1t Wb1t "What What " ' do iou you ou mean mean ? ' "I I " know a man who wbo Ins h'1S h1S has ' a mllr\"elous mllr "elous elous marvelous mllr"elousgift marvelousgift marvelousgift \ " gift He can see into the time future " "I I " have ha\e ha e hale \ no faith in that kind ot of otthing ofthing ofthing thing , . " Colin Cohn nns answ answered " ercd erect ercd'He 'He He ' He foretold the week wecl of my mar marrlage marwage marnnge rlage wage and the tbe I kind ind of man I would would"You w 6 N rt rtb , b , tit . f f"You . . . # - . s "You You " Have a Sweetheart Whose Life LifeIs LifeIs LifeIs Is in Peril " marry and my succe successful < . , sful trip with withyour withyour withyour your letter I will wJ1I wlll not take the nsk |