The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-02-16
dow. in the rreat ,repiaa,ion.

ItUOu'u W ucrc tneo,f was tbc uuiVei-
ing reply.
"hnd for what would you arrest
him AMI what would be done with
him IL louud ~
We shall take him as a spy. and
if found guilty, he will he hung, of
course. as every cursed rebel should
be. Here. Badger and Wilcot, guard
the hack door you, Bent and Wall
tors, begin the search and you james
and johnson, remain where you ore.
Sharp, now, all Of you! Let the fcl.
l'w DO taken alive, II possible--bn'.
alive or dead, let him be taken. Now
good woman, il he is in the honse. of
which wo are strongly assured, Ie'
him APPEAR and save yourself m ucb
trouble. otherwise the consequences.
he upon your own head
elf you think my son is 10 the
house, search 20 ) our hearts content"
returned the mother, externally calm,
internally suffering.
Aud Gbrih ihwith the search begun.
Meantime the young lieutenant.
who heard enough to comprehend his
danger, had set about effcciiug BIZ
escape, but not altogether in the
manner first intended lie went out
IN the roof, it is true. and tied the
long repc to The chimney, casting one
end down toward the street, but this
only for blind. He had seen that
the bricks ofthe dividing wall between
the house occupied by his mother and
one Of the two adjoining buildings,
had been loosely put up under the
ridgc-pole, and his present design was
TO remove n few of these, crowd thro
into tho loft Of the other house, aud
then .yeplaco them. This purpose he
etf6fed before the soldiers searching
for him came up near enough to hear
the little nois no was compelled TO
make. The open trap.door Of the
roof and tho rOpo around the Chin
ney. served 10 misleading them, rs he
had hoped f; and il was With feeling
OF intense satisfaction that he heard
them announce the marner Of his Co.
cape. immediately after the whole
par ty left in haste, first threatening
Mrs. Ruggles with subsequent veu-
gencc for harboring, concesling, aud
copniving at the the escape OF a rebel
spy, euen though the man was her son.
When fully satisfied that ell the
soldiers had gone, young Ragglcs at.
tempted TO return into his mothers
dwelling by the way he had left, but
in again displacios tho bricks for this
purpose, one oi them slipped and went
down through an open ,rap-doUr upon
the floor below, ma.tog u loud noise.
Immediately light flashed up tbro'
the opening Gad timid female voice
demanded who was there.
" Lsdy.' began, 10 gentle tone,
calculated to reassure his fair hearcr,
be not alarmed. am q friend in
distress, tho son Of your rcxt door
neichbor. am hunted a. spy BY
British aoldiers. and. if found, my life
will DO forfeited. If you cannot pity
me, for Gods sake pity my poor moth
81, ard assist me for her sake %
He presented himself st the opening
to the lift, and boldly descended the
steps leading from ii. direclly. before
he lady. sweet, beautiful girl of
eighteen, who stood with = light in
her hand, and seemed bumb aud mo-
iinIess With conpingling of fear,
surpris" and curiosity. Tho Young
man continued to speak as he descend.
ed. aud hurriedly went on to narrate
all that bad occurred. conclided with
the search Of the soldiers, aud his
escape into the loft above.
"Thsnk God, it is 10 my power to
aid you, sir !" we're the 6rst words oi
The girl, spoken with look aud feel
Ing Of sympathy that made the heart
of the soldier bound with strange
emotions.
So then Aent on ts tell him that a
cousin from New Jersey, about his
size and build, and looking not un-
like him, was then on a visit to the
family, having . pass from General
Howe. This pass she had that even
ing been looking at, aud by accident
it was now 10 her possession, the cou-
siu having gone ou, with the rest Of
the family, and forgotten il,
"Take itand fly, and may God
preserve you y she srid. Il can ar
range it with uy kiusman," she con-
tidued al can have lost it, aud he
can easily procure anmher."