The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-19
and had only me to send"
Weren't you afraid ?"
II know the country.

dlU udu only HE TO SEM.
Weren't you afraid?''
Il know the country. Colonel Ogdel
| gave me the password
The general watched her attentivel!
to see her finch, but her face wa:
non-conmittal. And then he began
to consider the letter word for word
Certainly it was Colonel Ogden's hand
written as if hastily. Knowing Ogdel
well he knew that he, no more thai
Washington himself, was willing tt
give up an undertaking even with thu
chances much against. The times
had fallen inactive, and why shouldn
he take the adventure that offered
And was he not bound to Colone
Ogden, whose undertakings he hac
encouraged?
"Judson,'' be called.
your excellency," said the orderly
at the door.
Have my horse, and Captain Brin-
ton and three troopers. l am going a
bit into the country"
Your excellency?"
There are no instructions. I shall
return here at,-let me see, it's 1890
now,-say 2:30. No information rs to be
given. Captain Brinton simply is to
be in readiness as ordered"
AS Judson's steps grew less distinct
again susDiciously. Was this an am
bush? Perhaps. He looked at the writ
ing again: certainly Ogden's hand.
You rode?"
ION an old mare of my fathers
It's below?"
yes"
You may go. I'll join you"
Captain Brinton looked at the girl,
now on her horse, at the general-as
he stood revealed in the light from the
opened door.
mo questions, Captain" explained
the general. Into the saddle"
Judson, the orderly, watched until
the darkness swallowed them up.
Il heard the wench say the Black
Horse" he muttered. He hesitated,
aud then turned to deliver an order to
Colonel Seagrove, the generals aide.
AS they swung along the country
roads, in places almost impossible at
that period, the general unused of
many other dark nights; of Long is
land and defeat; Of Trenton. and
Princeton and victory; of the enmity
he had to meet among those of our
side; the quarrels and jealousies in
congress. And he had succeeded. The
nation declared of the July day in 1876
had proven itself.
Brinton, noticing his generals alb
straction, did not venture TO interrupt.
The girl rode in silence. The three
troopers behind alone talked in low
tones. The spring softness lowered in
the moist air. The generals WEAKNESS
of the close room in the Newburgh
house passed and he was glad Colonel
Ogden had sent for him.
Owing to the roads it was past mid
night before about to turn they saw
lights showing the Black Horse.
The girl rode ahead and. dismount-
ing. awaited them at the door.
IF your excellency's soldiers will
wait down stairs in the tap-room," she
began.
Colonel ogden is upstairs and does
not wish TO be SEEM" asked the gen.
eraL
Yes. your excellency.''
Wait" he called back to Brinton,
who, leaving the troopers with the
horses, had followed. 1.-THE men may
want some beer this chilly night" he
added, thinking of his men, as he in
deed did always.
The place was deserted. In the tap
room where he left Captain Brinton.
was only smoldering log on the
hearth With another word of adj
nonition to Brinton. the general turned
up the stairs after his guide, who hest
rated before a door where a line of
light fell through the cracks over the
uneven floor. Then she opened the door,
stepping back as if she expected the
general to follow.
As he entered the poorly-furnished
room he attempted to turn back But
what he saw made it necessary for him
TO pause. Three rough fellows stood
in the light of a single candle, their
held ready, while a younger
man with sword buckled over his
civilians coat smiled in knocking tri-
lmph.
Instead Of his royal highness being
prisoner of war, / have the honor to
inform your excellency that you are
0ne."
For moment our General hesitated,