, 1881-10-30

!
EuT GOT IT OUT; .
! there it is; it amt hardly scorchcd, you see.
glanced nj tho paper aud took in Il sentence
or tWu, Then dismissed tho Sergeant and toll
him to send Webb to INC. Here Is the paper II
full.
uistnkcn as'to tho calibre OF the three guns
| ended my list with. They IRE ls-pounters: nl
TIC Eest o. ihG apnnsl nTar Is US ,c,t tha
| the two light infuntsy companies that were Il
be detached for service ut the front are TO stay
| long, Just now, but will soon We are snt'stlcc
! that nj! things considered, matters had ncttc'
| There it Grokc otr-therc is where Raybur.
| cGughcl and interrupted the writer. All ~,
affection for the boy. all my respect Tor hin
ana charir, for bis forlor,' condition. ~ltheret
| in n 1nnrncnt u:,ler the blight OF this revelation
| Of cold bloolcsf baseNcSS. ~
! Hut never mind about that. Here was busi.
! meIi,rtu attention. too Webb and turned the
subject over and over, aud examined 1t al
:. III bat a pity be was Interrupted! Something
! is golE to be postponed iantll-when! AND
what is the something? Possibly he would have
| mentioned it
THE FIoCs LITTLE EErT1LE!''
| "Ycs,'' said, I" We have missed u trick And
who Is ire. in the letter? Is it consptiutors iii-
side the forl or outside:
| That "wet WAS uncomfortabiy suggestive.
However, it was not worth while to be guessing
! practical. In tho first plnca, we decided to
d..ublc the sentrics and keep tue strictest p%ss-
vi Wicklow SteH; in and ,nakinr hin divulgo every.
thine but that did not seem wisest Until Other
methods should fail. We must have SOME more
emf And DOW VIC had III jdrn: Wicklow never
went 10 the -otlcc-peruaps tho deserted
stable was his post-o!lice We sent for my co.-
who was sort Of natural dcIcctiye-and told
him nil about The case. and ordered him to go TO
Wicklow was writing again. Shortly aftcrward
word came that be had asked lcuve to go out
into Tia Town. lie was le1ained awhile, and
meantime Sterne hurried otE aud concealed
himself in the stable. by and by he saw Wick
low suuurcr in, look about him, then hide some
thing under SOME rubbish i'll corner und take
lcisurely leave again. Stcrnc
loCNCED Upon TIE HIDDEN AET1CLE-
Il lcttcr-and brought 1t tn us. 1t had no super
script1on and no signature 1t rcpented what
VT hui already read. and then went OH to say:
- We think ii best to postpone ILL tho two
companies are gone. mean the fur inside
think SO; nave not communicated with the
Others-Afraiu OF attracting attention. | sny.
four. because VIC have lost TWO: they had hardly
enlisted and got inside when they were shipped
OIL to the front. II will lie absolutely necessary
to have two III their places. The two that went
were the brothers from rhrty-tnilc Point. L
have spmething OF the ::rearest Importance n
reveal. but must noE trust it 10 his method of
communication; will Try the other,
1.-The little scou!Ilel.' s1id Webb: '1who
eoala have supposed he was Il spy? However.
never mind about that-1ct us aid up our pur-r
ticulars, such US they are: nnd fce how the case
our Midst, whom We know: secondly. we've rot
three more in our midst whom NC don't know;
thirdly, these spies have been introduced
process of cnIist!ng us soldiers. in the
Union arm.:-asld evidently two Of
shppca eys Oh 10 s o s9d 5 Il ieae aa are ossn M
sistnnt spies outside -nun1aer itldctlnit; tifth-
T.. Wicklow has VERY important matter which
method viii try the o:ter That IS tic ses,'s. cse.
As it s,ow stands. ShHll we coslur Wicklow and
make him confess! Uri shall WE catch tho per-
son who removes tle iltter5 IRON the stable and
make Kim tell? Or shah VIC
KEEP STILL AND FIND OFT MoEE?''
We decided ul,o.f tho las; course. We judged
that we did not need to proceed to summary
coaspiraiors we're likely to whit til 1hosc two
lSht-infantry companies were ont Of the way.
We fortified Sternc with pretty Aulpic powers,
out Wick1ows "other method :" Of cnmmuil,c:l-'
tfon. We meant 10 play u bold ;-,me; and to
tn.s end We proposed TO Keep the srits i'll a,l un-
suspectin2 state LIS long as possible. So VT Or
dcrcl Sttrne III return 10 tho stable irnpleAiatc
II, and. If he found the cuast cfcur to Conceal
Wicslow's letter where it WAS before, and leave
it there for the cprsPiI;aturS to get.
The night closed u"v'n without further event. |
1t was cold. and dark, and slccty, with raw |
ben se:rrnl tunes during the night AMI went tho
rounds in person; IL see that all was right. and
t hat every sentry was TN tho alert. always
fuuuu them wide awake and watchiu!; eyiilent-
,y whispers of mysterious dangers had been |
!loatulg about, a1.I the doubling Of tho guards
1nd been Kind reimbursement ut those rtnloIs-
Once, toward n1orn!.l2, l encountered Webb !
brfast,E his way :aE:lInst the bitter wind, and
earile then thatt he also had been the rounds !
several times to see that all Was going right.
Next days events /
HCEE1ED THINGS CI' SOMEWHAT
Wicklow wrore another letter; stcrne preceded
aim II, the stable and saw him deposit it; capt |
.rea it ;;; Hs soon US Wiekow was 'o out Of tho WY
,iiai, clothes at his own heels, for VIC
houEnt Il judcious to hive The laws
o the railway sutton. aud waited around till
he train from New York came in, then stood
nut Of the ears. Presently an aged gentleman.
ith green goggles and Il cane, cane lImping
long. storped III Wicklow's nci.hborhood. and
c.rull tu look about him -expcctantly. lii uu
ustant Wicklow dartcd forward,
TItECsr AN ENVELOPE: INTO HIS HAND
hen :lidcd away aud Disappeared in the throus. |
The next instant Sternc huu snatctled the letter;
nd us he hurried past tho detective, he said: |
Follow the old gcIltlcman-dont LOSE sight of |
m-" Then Sterne skurred out with the crowd, |
nd came straight to the fort.
We sat with closed doors, and instructed the
uard outside to allow no Interruption.
First we opened the letter captured at the sta
lc. 1t read us follows:
+" Holy ALLIANCE: Found, in the usual gun,
OmmA1ldS from the Master, left there last night, |
'hich SET aside tho instructions heretofore re-
civcd from tho subordinate quarter. Have left
the gun Inc usual Indication that the cutl-
lnnds reached the proper huud--"
Webb. iutcrrupttng: . Isn't tho boy under
Onstunt surveillance n0w:' l.,
! said yes: HI had hccn under strict sur
cillance ever since the capturing. Of his former
t1cr-.
II Then how could he put nything into gun, |
: tnkc anything out Of it, and not get calSht:'
:" We1l.' said, g don't like the look of that
cry WE'LL !
II don't. eithcr,' said Webb. ut simply
cuns that there are
AMONG THE VERY sESrrNEI.s.
'ithout their couniyanee in some way Or other
10 thing couldn't have been done
sent Tor !snyhurn anti ordered him to ey-
l1ihc the batteries and see what he cUt. find.
he rcAdiug OF the letter WAS then resumed:
- The new commands arc pcremptOry, and re-
lre that the MMMN shall he FFFFF ut 5
elnck tomorrow 1n1rning. Two hundred will |
rive, i'll small pnttitS. by train and otherwise,
mn various direcu&ns, aud will be at up- ! I
tlntcd pl.lee ut right time. | will distribute / |
&c sign to-day. Success is apparently sure,
outrh something lu,lst have got out. for tho |
iitrlcs have been doubled, and tho chiefs went /
q rounds last hight several 1itucs. W. W.
nes from southeriy todny and will receive
cret orders--by tho other method. Then | |
six Of you ulusI be in 1CG at
arp : a. m.. You will ind H.. g. there |
no will give you detailed Instructions |
.sswosl same us last time, only reycrscd-put |
Syiaf1fa fast tr fnSt