The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-09


portant person on earth after Colonel
Maynard Miss Baggs had thus found
her way into that youthful something
or other which for want Of better name
may be called Jakey's heart. His re-
mark was made with great seriousness.
JAksy felt that IL was his duty AZ Un-
ion sympathixer to put some one on Miss
Baggs' track ''She mought be workin
TO- the Confederates. he unused, Z" n
then agin she moughtn't" The latter
view was most agreeable to him, because
he liked Miss Baggs and would grieve
to see any harm come to her.
While he was jogging along. turning
the matter over In his mind, he saw
several horsemen in blue and yellow
oome tearing down the road. They rein
ed In when they came up with him and
opened volley Of questions.
"Say, boy, did you see woman with
q striped dress and goggles go by?"'
"N long legged, wind busted crit
terf''
"Yes."
"'N an ole rattlin buggy?"
"Yes"
"What d'y' want with herr"
"Never mind that. Have you seen
her?''
"waal, never mind whether have
or not. Git up, Toni
-siz hyonPht the questioner to terms.
care you Confederate boyr'
'Don't live in TennesseeY'
81 suppose that means you are Con-
federate. We've no time to lose. The
woman in that buggy isis He
was conjuring up story to deceive the
stupid looking boy before him and get
the required information, but he was
not good at inventions. Jakey came to
the rescue.
Wanted by you uns general or colo
mel or somep'ni"
"Yes."
"Fo' ter keep her outen danger coz
she's like nuff ter run inter guerrilla
campr'
The man looked wonderingly at the
boy. who was making story for him
unasked.
"Y-e-s." he replied, uncertain what
TO say.
"Waal, she's gone along thar When
y git ter TIA fork in tn road, take tn
left fork"
"All right Thanks, my little man."
and the party galloped away to take the
wrong road on reaching the fork.
Jakey pursued his course meditative-
ly.
Reckon that warn't me done thet.
It must "a ben som un else. / air a
Union boy, air. She un's Confederate.
Like nuff some un got s'picion o. her.
Reckon can't be Union ef helped her
out. Waal, she likes Souri, anyway.
Reckon she won't do no harm"
Notwithstanding the view taken at
the close of Jakey's soliloquy, he felt
very much dissatisfied with himself. Es
rode on thoughtfully. wondering what
Colonel Maynard would say if he should
know what he had done He soon met
q soldier ON a lame horse Jakey infer
red that he belonged to the party ahead,
but had been Obliged to drop out of the
chase
''Say, mister. called the boy, "what
them uns chasin thet woman in the bug
gy fo'i"
''Did you pass her"
"Yes"
"Put 'em on the tracki"
''Reckon. -
"She tried to slip through the lines
on forged pass. The guard was suspi
cious and took the pass To headquarters
--after letting her 60 thorugh, though,
e. .l.. l.
cred.
"Waal, reckon they'll ketoh her."
and Jakey rode on.
As tho dusk of the evening was COM
ing on Tom was seen by Farmer Slack
far down the street advancing at jog
trot and on him Jakey, bobbing mp
and down, his elbows stuck out on each
side and his little legs at an obtuse an
gle with the rest of his body. Riding
up to the little porch in front of the
house, Jakey slid down from Tom s high
back with as much dignity as he could
command on descending from such
height. The whole household, including
the children. was there to receive him.
and Jakey was about to give them an
account of how he had served on Colo
mel Maynard's staff when he caught his
fathers eye.
"Y', Jake" said Mr. Slack. didn't
send y out ter tn barn ter look arter
the critters last night, n now yer been
ridin all over, nobody knows whar?
Whar y benz"
WAL" said Jakey, taking his cue
readily, II foun Tom loose, N folIer-
ed him all over tn United States.
I'm glad y got him, replied the
father. "Go in N git yer supper.
Continued Tomorrow