The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-08

some five months lstsr, and when Martha was
reaching her dimpled arms up among the lilac
flowers. one day, she turned suddenly and there
behind her etood tall young man in the uni.
form of an American officer. His hair wal
black. his face pale and unsiisven and he was
plainly laboring with excitement or trouble.
He said nothing until she had first spoken.
ssYou have come again" she said, with tone
half tremulous, half cold
''This time . suppliant I see you know me
now. am my natural self but for these
clothes. Protect me, mistress, beseech you!"
@Protect you!"
Eyes, for unless you do in an hour shall be
captured / can escape no further"
"Why should 1? You saved us that night;
you-y01--no, will not You betrayed my
girlish, foolish confidence twice, and may
thereby have cost It's our country's cause.
From my words the day you drew my picture
you learned enough to enable your army to de-
feat us at White Plains. From my foolish
speech the night you rescued US you gathered
enough to foil the plans of our people, and
dead J trusted you then for what you as
sumed to be. They have told me whom did
then harbor."
..Then you know my nan'ss'
"Well, tell me-
She leaned forward and her face was as
white as her neck as she whispered
eyes," he said, 81 am he"
'"Then you must go your way"
"You forget only did my duty and
never asked you for the words you spoke"
''Aud must do my duty now"
'sMy ptrsuers will be after me in mo-
ment"
ssDo not ask me to do this. / cannot"
He turned and saw the cavalry coming over
the hill, and then he turned again and looked
at her with unspeakable sadness. She saw the
horsemen, too, and knew that he had gwen up
H. %<.> unafo and
papers therefrom that he rapidly destroyed
koserving one he held to her and said in the
saddest tones she had ever heard:
"To- morrow will you read this?"
She would neither take it Dor speak but the
paper was taken from his hand by little Ruth
who had come there unobserved
81 will, Mr.. Picture Man"
sThank YOU and bless you, my child. You
keep it, and give it to your sister by noon o.
tomorrow"
The cavalry had now spied him and were
putting their horses to their best He held his
hand out to Martha. In it was the beechnut.
Without taking her eyes from his, she thrus'
her hand into her BOSOM and when she with
drew it there was within it the other Deechnut
Wren the soldiers moment later selzed MIN
he babe Martha farewell and kisset little Ruth
Then he tooh Martha's limp hand a2d placed
therein the beechnut Then they led HIN
away.
At evening two soldiers delivered to M,arths
a crayCn likeness of herself that they Aaio
their comn.ander had instructed them. .E
bring They said shat it had been taken from
the man who was captnred there that morn
my. 1t had been drawn from memory accord
ing TO the note at the bottom
ssNhefe - he now" she asked
The soldiers seemed confused At last one
pointed to tho ground, snd then they both rode
rapidly away
''Dead," she said ct did not think it meant
that l let them kill him, and an hour later
they found her there under the lilas,trees Wbsr
year later, inst after they returned from the
old burying ground, where they had laid Mar
tha's body, they found among her other treas
ures the two beechnuts wrapped together
They put them away in the old chest