Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-26

q few seconds he watched and trem5led
in mute horror, unable to utter SOUND.
81 am not asleep" he decided, feeilng
the night breeze on his temples. Am
| going mad? That can't be Godlre!'
Yes, it is''
Inst then the spell was broken by the
snap of a dry twig under the supposed
Codfrev's tread. He slipped TO one
side of the glade, showing a snort,
thick-set man behind him, and Doth
darted back into the shadow as Nathan
sprang up with cry that echoed lar
through the forest. AT the same IN
slant the missing sentry scrambled to
his feet from the left or the camp
where he had fallen asleep, ana GOWN
he went again almost as quickly as
musket-shot rang out of the darkness.
Elrnabas and his companions. now
fulIy aroused. ran this way and that IN
CONFUSION. inquiring the cause OF the
alarm. They're gone now, eXclalih-
ed Nathan, and he briefly told what he
had seen.
There was a rush to the spot where
tbe sentry had fallen. Robert Lindsay
who had taken the second watch, lay
dead with a bullet through his heart.
A CLAW pine. long since cool, was Glen
ched between his teeth, and nearby a
little match of grass and pineneedles was
burnt close to the ground. A shudaer-
ing fear fell on the men as they looked
at the body of their cOnrade, and
fierce were the threats OF vengeance
Its plain as daylight what happen
Cd said the keen-witted BarnaDas.
.The British have camp over yonder
bv the bride path pointing north
ward. "They travelled slow yesterday,
an we lust about caught up with EN-
at midnight. Then poor Lindsay here
lights his pipe fur q smoke an sets hre
10 the grass. Before he kin outen 1t
the enemy see the blaze an come creep
in over. BY that time Lindsay mad
fell asleep, an small blame to him arter
the march we made"
"He was sort of drowsy when | rous-
ID him for his turn said Atwood. i
wish I'd let him sleep"
Hes sleepin' now" Abel Cutbush an
t5wered softly. land 1 reckon right here
will have to be his grave, for the pres
ent. We couldn't bury him in this
hard ground, even if he had tools
COR the time" said Barnabas, which
we can't spare. He was brave soldier
an a true friend, an l say it who knows
God rest his soul"
"We'd better be seeking his murder
err" grumbled Collum McNicol, and the
,oet oDprovad WARMLY
Have a bit patience, men," replied
Rarnabas. cts Mouse to pursue now
| Turning to Nathan he added: The lit
tie man was surely Simon Glass. lad
Are YOU certain about the others|
THE one in front was Godfrey Spen'
| GER" declared Nathan.
"The fellow who looks summat like
you?" asker Barnabas. Il seen him a
| De Vries' house two years ago, when
brought a letter from your father.
| yes" replied Nathan. Hes lieu
| tenant In the British army now, and
believe he is attached to Major Lang
don's staff.
"Maior Langdonw exclaimed Barna
bas That's the name of the prisoner
lost | wonder if he is with the party,
every likely, since Godfrey is here
Nathan suggested.
Barnabas scratched his head thought
fully for a moment, seeing in this affair
a relation to certain other things tha
had puzzled him considerably OF late
I'm forgetting my duty" he said. i
| amt safe to stay here a minute longer
! Forward now, an make no noise.
With loaded muskets the men fell II
behind their leader, leaving the body
of poor Lindsay to stiffsn on the grass
Barnabas led the party about hun,
dred wards to the northeast, and haltec
them in a cluster of pine trees.
you're safe from attack here, ne
said. Don't stir until come back
I'm going forward bit to reeonnoiter.
Several volunteered for this duty. Du
Barnabas knew that he was best htle.
1or it. and he had his way. He creep
| off as noiselessly as a serpent, ana 'h'
shadows hid him from view.
Nathan and his companions waited
anxiously in the dark cover, not DARING
IN sneak above a whisper, and expect
ing At any moment to hear a shot. Fully
half an hour elapsed, and dawn was be-