The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-27

roaming over the country Cleaning
time pieces and the like.
But there's the hollow heel"
thought the boy in the moment of his
/ perplexity. What did Aaron Cain
place there at the old tree? He went
out of camp for that purpose, for even
in White Plains there are suspicious
eyes, and many people are anxious to
+ get General Washingten's reward for
the spy
After celebrating awhile, Martin
made his way to Jonas Joyce's house,
and by looking secretly in. saw Aaron
and his host sitting at a table COM
placently talking.
By and by the tinker was shown
/ into an adjoining room where he was
I to sleep for the night, and then the
boy withdrew. slipping from the old
/ fashioned porch and disappearing like
a shadow.
A Nights Reflection.
The more he thought of what he
had witnessed the f1rmer became his
convictions that Aaron Cain was not
all he represented himself.
He was leading double life; he
| had come to the American camp for
( the purpose Of collecting information
which would be of service to the Brit
! ish-in short, he believed that Aaron
Cain was a spy in the pay of King
/ George.
Martin Bland was afraid to go home
| lest he might lose the man whom he
! had watched, and so he knocked at
the door opposite Jonas Joyce's house.
In a little while the portal was
opened, and a man with a tallow dip
/ In his hand made his appearance
What, Martin, is it you, and al this
] time Of ripht 2'' exclaimed the man
the hallway.
Yes, Uncle Davy. I would like to
/ remain until morning. and. what is
| more, I would like to sleep in the front
room upstairs, the one over the front
porch"
! Martins uncle smiled at this request,
and, inviting him in, told him that he
| should have the upper front room,
! which was the best guest chamber in
/ the house
/ As he went up the broad steps Mar
! tin thought of his mission and Won
dered if 1t would not be best for him
! to acquaint his uncle with what he
J has seen. but, on second thought, he
concluded to wait till morning.
He was in haste to bid the family
! good night, and in a short time he
stood in the chamber, which looked out
! upon the porch and from whose win
house was to be obtained
But it was to begin a long vigil that
Martin Bland, the patriot boy, had
! asked for that room, and, seating him
! self at the window he undertook to
watch the opposite house all night
And long night. indeed, it was.
/ Now and then toward morning he
dOzed a little. but he would rouse him
! self as if the Importance of his watch
J r1ad eIa
! last he caught sight of streaks of light
in the east.
So far as he knew no one had left
| the other house during the long night
/ and his belief was confirmed when he
/ saw Aaron Gains face at one of the
windows.
The man was still within the Ameri-
/ can lines.
Martin descended at the first call to
breakfast, but he seemed preoccupied
all the time and his aunt rallied him
| IN vain; he would disclose nothing.
Aaron's Audacity.
It was o'clock when he saw Aaron,
| the tinker, emerge from Jonas Joyce's
/ house. this time with his pack of tools
on his back.
The old man turned toward the huts
J or the American army and Martin fol
| lowed. but at q respectful distance.
The tinker had resumed his avocation
OF watch and clock mender and passed
from hut to hut in search of employ
ment.
Now and then he was called in to
look at a time-piece and came out with
a few pennies for his trouble
All at once Martin saw him direct his
steps toward the house which sheltered
the conmander-in-chief
There was an elasticity in Aaron's
step which he did not have the previ-
Gus night, and Martin heard him
w'histling the bar of a popular song
which inveighed against the British.
This way friend, Aaron9' suddenly
said some one and Martin saw the well
known figure of Washington in front of