Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-16

dispatch have gwen you to thls lady after it has been repeated.
 The officer departed. The general turned again to Miss Bags with se- rious look.
 ''Do you know that you are engaged in a very hazardous service?"
 Perfectly
 And do you understand the penalty if caught?"
 Death, suppose"
 There's no telling whether it would be death or long imprisonment in the case of a woman. A man would hang"
 Miss Bags countenance changed from an expression of indifference to one of those flashes of the superhuman attributes that Turk within the human soul.
 ''Am to make anything of my life when thousands of the south's defend CTS are giving theirs every day? Have I not seen our homes laid desolate? Have not seen my brothers, my friends, those have loved those have played with as children, cut down by either bullet or disease? For months I have devoted myself to the care of the sick HI lIAG uISp1ltllS nC4t ! ACtAhlN bN dread long continuance of this strug- gle. There I conceived the idea of do- ing something to win success for oul armies by giving them an advantage not possessed by the enemy. I consulted one high ill rank. How can I give my life to the best advantage? l asked. 'In the secret service. Point the way Do you know anything of telegraphy?' No, but can learn. Go and study n month and then come to me. For a month studied night and day. I learn ed to read words from the clicking of the keys as readily as 1 can read letters. 1 returned to my adviser, You know the rest.
 The general paced the floor with n olouded brow.
 ''I dread catastrophe, he said, ''in the case of one inspired by such no ble sentiments. dread to see a woman exposed to ignominy, perhaps death. ''If that time comes. general. God will give me strength to bear it.
 The general was silent a moment and then asked abruptly:
 ''Is your brother aware of what you are doing?"
 "He is
 And he consents?'' He does not We are individuals. He is one of the noblest of the south s legitimate defenders, but he is not re- sponsible for my acts, one of its illegit- innate machines.
 'The pitcher that goes often to the we'll is at last broken.'' SCTban co,no opa olca xri II n to carry on the work. v God grant that the day may be far distant-that it may never come. I can hardly approve of it, though you are working in my cause. " General, said the woman, her face again lighting as if inspired by some absorbing thought. leach side has an organized secret service. What general would dare report to his government I that he had acquired information which 1 would enable him to destroy his ene- my, but it had been obtained by illegit- l innate means, and he would not take 1 advantage of it? Yet what general would care to be called a spy himself: We are engaged ill a terrible struggle. Before its close any and all means will be used to conquer. Cities will be burn ed, vast districts will be laid waste. Must l cease to employ the most effect i've method of all because l am doing illegitimate work? Is my work more illegitimate thah trying to conquer a people fighting for their indcpendence:'
 The general made no reply for a time.
 Yours is singular family,' ht said presently. You are all alike, and yet you differ,
 we are united ill the cause; we differ as to the means.
 The interview was interrupted by the l ringing of dinner bell ill the hall. The general called negro and bade him show Miss Baggs to room uE stairs, to which she retired for few minutes. The servant brought ill hel belongings from the buggy, together with the littlo box. When she came down stairs, the party were waiting fol her before going in to dinner. Souri, who had seen her covered by the sun