Show in the days 0 poor richard ard by IRVING BACI BACHELLER aeller 1 IRVING continued 20 no ito doubt a deliberate llo lie was gg it teo to inspire frankness in a tor that was waa tile the moment able s andre ara to have produced ills hla puss to which WO would uld have opened tile instead ho he committed him d for or fatal i error tho the like of which it find in all the be hard to rec do of human it action a british of licer he de 1 am m red please orlease take me to your post they were keen minded nocal who surrounded him A british akly r imy why was he in the dress of a akee s farmer fanner the pass pans could not him now from these theme rough 0 o ng handed banded fellows the die was L they demanded the right of arch ile he saw hla his error and flagel d his plea citizen of new york I 1 am 0 only a 0 ing ng from family business in the lie atry l he said go eirew drew his gold watch from his ket that unfailing sign of the genof blau fortune and looked at its al ion i can seo I 1 nm no BO common fel jr 0 be ie added let me go on about business alness they r firmly insisted on their right search arch him ile he began to be med lie he offered them ills hla watch d a purse full of gold and any aunt t of british goods to be allowed go on his bis wily way vow here Is the wonder find and tile the astery 7 in this remarkable proceed these hese men were seeking plunder here ere was a handsome prospect hy lid did they not make the most of and 1 be content the skinners to plunderers but first of all and ove all they were patriots the tit brooding over the highlands of a idson hudson and the hills of new eng I 1 had entered their hearts the in who called himself john ander n was af compelled to dismount ano and ply his pockets and take off ills his to in one of which was the dam i evidence vl dence of Ar arnolds perfidy A artune e was then within the reach of ese three hardworking hard working men of tale labut bat straightway they took toli their aroner ler and the papers found fit n ills his 0 to the outpost commanded by lodel el his s negotiation for the sale of the cited d states had met with tile the skinners had bad en is as hard to buy as the learned nat CHAPTER solomons last fight Idean airo while hile margaret and her other er had come up tho the river in a rie with general and mrs arnold the huse of the latter jack had be out on a tour four of Ins picton ile he left headquarters after the noon at with a curious mess message fige in nis his eket st and a feeling of grent great relief e message had been dell delivered Vered to 4 by the mother of a captain in one the regiments site she said that it had M even elten to her by a man whom till she e not know jack had bad been busy i it came and did not open it the she had goue gone away it was an and most welcome om mcain the flowing script of a rapid nn to but clearly legible it was out nt date and very brief these ro i the cheering words in it y dear friend I 1 have good news I 1 mown flown ohp river the dancer Is sed 1 I lack k being out of camp margaret Margar cl 1 round found solomon toward th tile 1 end he had gone out on tho A M road with the young lady aina 1110 ther and mrs arnold lack i was riding into camp from tm alost W of the army the day wai wag in lie ile hall had been riding esst up P ills horse as aa hp be ap P abell ll k lel a sentry post three figr florres res sanding in tile he dusky road 1 it I who comes there one ode of lang out M the be voice of margaret its a edge T was vaa more lore like ke a phlilip of athi an it a demand lie ile dismounted am one of 0 the great of ae arny ek said he Idy fulce ani alv the ased countersign ont ent he held he her r in ills his eno en gilld N whispered 1 I love you Inter aln la Is correct t hut but be let you p anta give 0 me one more to o your heart 11 I 1 as ia you ke b nat at why w be sure that i you do not eldad to for the folly of her it t antl enlist with th you tyrant lie ile has haa never been h lovers er stood with mrs agnold eiband alo ar tale cOun countersign said roe with alth lt said 1 l the t K be kiss ed hor her and then en lad added the other of alil swe t fit you TOU are also alao to enlist eo my little atle rebel eburn to new I 1 fork 1 11 9 me ina it rido barea ret asked her lover rn wet on be hind you solomon On tox toon off the saddle raddle find tit tightened likened lit ened tho the bli blanket girth ti lint over er clean but now ye kin both rid ride said lie soon 80 the 1 I two tw 0 were riding she bhe in front fr its they find 11 riddell long conr before befaro lh aliro through tile the shady mallo allowed wod bush tit in tryon aryon county they at at arnolds door for a toiuo I 1 shall have much to 10 to lo but soon I 1 hope for great promotion and more leisure he said tell tile good news newa slie site urged I 1 expect to be tho the happiest annil in tho army and tile the Il master laster of this house and your hus husband bond 11 and you mid I 1 shall ile be ni one she answered god speed tile the day when that mat may fitly be true also of your people and my people lie ile kissed her and bade her goodnight and returned to his ninny many tasks lie had visited the forts and batteries lie ile lind had communicated with every outpost nia ills plan was gg complete about midnight when lie ho find solomon were lying down to rest two horsemen came up the road ut at a gallop and stopped at ills door they were aides of washington they reported that the general was waa spending the night tit at tile the house of henry jasper near the ferry and would reach camp about noon next day thank god for that news said the young man solomon I 1 think that we can sleep better tonight jack wits was awake for an hour think ing of tile tha great happiness which hall had fallen in the midst of 0 his troubles and of thornhill and his message ile he THEY AT ARMOLD 75 DOM ilk 0 heard the tw liv aides going to their quarters then ilien a deep silence foil fell upon the camp broken only by the rumble of distant thunder tit in the mountains and the feet of someone pacing up and down between tits his hut but and tile the house of 0 the general lie put on tits lila ieng arns coot coat and slippers find went out of if doors ehos there he be demanded arnold ainold was the answer taking a little walk before I 1 turn in there wils was ft a weary pathetic note hote of trouble in that voice long remembered by be the young man who immediately returned to ills his bcd ile he knew 1 not that those restless feet of arnold were walking in the lames flames of hell bell had some premonition of what ito had been going on town down tile lie river couie come up to him could lie he hear the feet of that tant horse now galloping northward through the alic valleys and over the hills toward him with evil tidings no more for tins tills nian was tile the comfort of restful sleep or tile the joys of lionil home and friendship and affection now the die touch of ills hla cifes land hand the sympathetic took look in her eyes and till all tier her babble about tile coming mari luge were tort torture to him ile he could not endure it worst of all lie wits was in a way where there Is no turn turning inz ile he must go on lie he had begun to know that he was suspected the conduct of the scout solomon bankus had suggested that hint lie he knew what was passing arnold lind hall seen the he aides oi of washington is as they came in n the chief could not he far behind then them ho dreaded to stand before him compared to mhd it torture arture now beginning for this man the fate of mil bill scott on rock creek in tile wilderness had been a mercy soon utter lifter sunrise coal came a solitary hor horseman Reman wearied by long travel with colonel Jai to from a Illes message saige arnold A man antl been captured tarrytown with important document lie he had confessed P on his person that if lie was adjutant general andre of sir henry cliftons Clin tons army the worst had come to pass now tic asoria tile the arnold was sitting silting fit at breakfast he in ills his pocket t arafe put tl ti 0 0 the room the il 14 and went out of ture lily lay down the river awaiting or dem the walk walked ed hurriedly to the I 1 he boat I 1 landing un fling solomon wits was there it had been his custom when godown lown tu to the landing in camp to go every rooming morning with big bl alpy py blasa abass and survey tile the river only one boatman was fit at tile the dock colonel Blit henkus kus will you help heir tills nin inn to anke ank mo me down to the british ship arnold asked 1 I havo it nn n en with walh its commander and am an all hour late solomon lind had had much enuch curiosity rubout that ship fillip lie he wished to see bee the inan who mho had gone into the b ush bush and then to smiths with arnold martn Sar tn ll 11 solomon Solon lon answered they got into a small barge with the general in the cushioned rear seat beat ills ing flag in hand they came up lip to tho the vulture find and made fast nt it its landing stage where tin nn officer to receive the gen ertl the latter ascended to the deck in a moment Ino trient a voice called front from above general arnolds boatmen may come c aboard 11 A british warship was n thing of great interest to solomon once aboard lie he began to look about him at the lip shining guns and their gear and the cie tackle tind end the men ile iio looked for arnold but lie was not in eight among the crew then busy on tits the bek solomon saw the tory desperado slops one time of the ohio river country with his black pipe in hla mouth nio util slops paused in ills his hauling and peeving to shake n alst at solomon they were heaving the an actor irl or the sails were running up the ship had begun to move what was waa tile the meaning of this solomon stepped to the ships side the stair had been hove up and made fast the barge wag waa not to be seen they will put you all ashore below tin an officer said to him knew too much about arnold to like the look of tills the officer went forward So lonion uon stepped to the opening in the deck rail not yet closed through which he had come coma aboard while he was looking down at the water some ten feet below a group of sailors came to fill in ills ilia arm was roughly belied solomon stepped back before him stood the th man slops an insulting word from the latter a quick blow from solomon and slops went through the gate out into the air and downward the scout knew it was vas no time to tarry A night hawk dive no quicker ner what I 1 lone done were hla his words to thi the men who picked him up ile he wits was sp ealIng of that halt half second of the twenty fourth of september his ills brief account of it was carefully put down fly by an officer fleer of 1 I struck not twenty leet feet from slops which I 1 seen him jes comin up when I 1 took water tills this ere ol 01 sloop that had overhauled ua its goin down were nigh no moren come up tip then than I 1 felt slops knife rip into my leg I 1 never had no practice in that ere knife work taint ter fer decent folks but my ol 01 dan skinner Is allus on my belt hed aled chose the weapons an so I 1 fetched er out had to er die we fit a cinnlt in the water all the while he had that d n black pipe in his mouth I 1 were nvere hacked up a beetle but he got it a big leak in him an all of oc a sudden he hed gone I 1 struck out with ol 01 dan skinner my teeth leeth then I 1 see your line and grabbed it chars the british ship W I 1 now nov 7 way below stony pint an a fair wind tit in her sails the skipper answered hound bound fer new york said solomon Forrow sorrowful fully a took me with em cm it if I 1 a jumped put me over to jaspers rs dock I 1 got to see washington quick lion lias gone up tip the river 11 then take tile me to quarters soon oon no as ye kin ill give ye ten pounds good T english gold A sly ty G bod od boys boesl I 1 my aly oil ol 01 hide Is lealan had 11 ile ho tn the amrin who and been washing and binding bIndi fig his wounds me DIP up best ye kin I 1 got to last till I 1 see the father solomon and an other men in the old army had often used the word father in speaking of the commander in chief it served as no other could to express their affection for him the wind was unfavorable and the sloop found it difficult to reach ih landing near headquarters after some deiny solomon jumped overboard and swam it ashore shore what follows he could no not have told washington wits standing with his orderly in the little dooryard nt flit hend head as solomon elitle came staggering ill I I 1 the slope a at a n run and threw ills hla 1 lody body bleeding from A dozen wounds at tile the fat of hla his beloved chief TO bea CONTINUED |