Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-05

lily keeping In the background as muc
as possible, and the troopers shown
no disposition to make trouble.
The corporal in charge after partak
ing most heartily of the good thing
that filled the table, seemed inclined {
be quite friendly.
'Und what your name ist. mel
klndt? he said to his hostess.
Katie, sir, replied the girl.
ia wohl Katharine Du bist Elm liebe
Maedchen- Gutes Maedchen Und de
Bruder?''
'My brother? His name is Ned
Edward, mean
$50, Etohart, va! IND der fader
wo ist?''
At this moment Etouart'' ''came to tn
door leading the oorporal's horse.
"Ive watered him." he said, an,
rubbed him down as well as could il
a hurry
ia wohl sch9ner Kerl. Now W,
go aheaG mit;" and the dangerou
question as to the fathers whereabout
was not answered.
On inQuiring the the way to Shrews
bury town. the corporal decided tha
"Eutouart" must accompany the part,
mile or two up the shore to point on
the road.
The boy did not object under the cir
cumstances, and was the less unwilling
to go as in walking up the beach h,
might meet Dennis Hendrickson, tn,
messenger expected TO take the dis
patch and carry it forward.
He therefore led the way down to tn,
shore, striding along beside the corpor.
ais horse, explaining to that worthy
the state OF the tide, and the necessity
for making some haste to avoid the ris.
ing water.
The kovenhovens still spoke Holland
Dutch at home, and "Etouart" under
stood nearly everything the Hessilns
said to each other, but he was very
careful not to permit any sign of intel
ligence TO escape HIM.
To his surprise and CONSERVATION, he
found that one object of their raid long
shore was to capture himself. They
were bound for Sandy Hook, and had
instructions TO pick him up on the way,
though they had but dim ideas as to
what he could be like, or where they
could come up with him.
He had taken the precaut;or on leav-
ing the house to make an excuse for
handing his sister the spyglass, which
hangs over every 'longshoreman's
mantel. The quick-witted girl had
caught the hint TO keep watch of the
party, as he knew she would do.
After following the beach nearly Il
mile, and finding the Hessians hadn't a
shade of suspicion in their minds as to
who he was, he was just congratulate
ing himself on getting out of danger
Gus predicament in safety, when out of
the very lane the soldiers were turning
into, there came the last man in the
world he wanted to see This was a
shoemaker by the name of Sanborpe,
whom everybody in the nefghborhood
disliked and distrusted. He evaded
his duty as a patriot, and was believed
to be a traitor at heart.
Coming upon eacn other at right an
giles, Sanborne and Edward met al
most within arms length. No sooner
did the shoemaker see the troopers
than he threw up his hat and cried out ::
.'kalte KovenhOyen, caught, by
George. So they've got you at last,
you young rebel.'
Edward tried his best 10 make San
borne Understood that the Hessians did
not know him; but the man would not
heed his signals.
"Kalte Kovenhoven ~ queried the
amazed corporal, looking all about him
in confusion. "Wo list Kovenhoven 2"
ssThis is him ~ exclaimed Sandborne.
''This is the little sand-snipe that has
made you more trouble than a hull
regiment O. ragged COntinentals."
"Du Kleiner Spitzbube - cried the
corporal, not without amused interest.
''Ist dot so?"
The soldiers drew their horses around
him, and incited by Sanborne, two of
them loosened their halters to secure
him with them. If they once confined
him, they would be very likely to
search him, and then they would
get possession of the dispatch.
He had no great fear as to his own
fate, even ii made prisoner, but the
dispatch they must not get hold of.
Such were the thoughts that flashed
through the boys mind, and prompted
a desperate resort.
Dropping TO the ground as one of
the troopers reached out to lay hands
on him, Cool Con0ver darted out from
between the horses and sprang across
the beach. Tearing of his coat as he
ran, he leaped through the surf and
dove through the breakers that were
rolling from four to six feet high over
the bar.
Fire. fire,'' screamed Sanborn.
"He'll get away from you"'
But the stolid German soldiers were
not given to firing without orders, and
the corporal, completely bewildered
could only remark, dot poy will go
trowntr'
'Etouart," hewever. had no notion
of drowning. Clearing the line of
breakers, he struck out straight off
shore, and although several shots were
fired at him he was not hit, and soon he
was out of musket range. The tide,
running flood, carried him up the
beach, and the soldiers followed along
after him, expecting him soon to grow
weary, and see him sink under the
waves.
Katie Conover watched the depar-
ture of the soldiers with long sigh Of
relief, and the moment they were out
of earshot called to her mother that
they were fairly off.
She followed their movements until
they turned towards the lane, and then
dropped the glass, satisfied that all was
well. Something, however, prompted
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