The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-09-03

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Eyes"
'How do you know it?" he asked, IL
quick suspicion.
'She was not to leave this place unit
abe knew was safe within our line
have some friends who are faithful IL
me-" After atpause she added! "Sht
has been already"
He looked at her, startled. "Impos
aible-I-" "
"You locked the door. Yes, but She
has q second key. And even IL she hat
not there is another entrance from that
closet. You do not know this house;
you have been here two weeks; Ispent
two years OF my life, as girl, In this
ROOM"
An indescribable sensation came over
him; he remembered how he had felt
when he first occupied IT; this was fol
lowed by keen sense of shame on re-
fiecting that he had been. ever since,
buta a helpless puppet in the power Of
his enemies and that she could have
escaped if she would, even now. q 4
.Perhaps, !" he said, grimly. 'syou have
already arranged YOUR plans"
She looked at him with a singular re.
proschfulness even in her submission.
81 have only told her to be ready to
change clothes with me and help me
color nv face and hands at the time
appointed. l have left the rest to you" /"
aThen this ismy plan, 1 have changed
only, a detail. You and she must both
leave this house at the same time, by
different exits and one of them must be
priyate-and unknown to my men. Do
Won know Of such q one?.
"yesn abe said abeside the negro
ouarterp S-s " VI
af;;oord-r he repl;ed .DThat will be
vour way out She will leave here pub
licly. through the quarters. armed with
n mass from me. She WILLIE over
hauled and challenged by the first SEN
try. near the guard house, below the
wall She will be subjected to some de-
Law and scrutiny, which she will. how.
ever be able to pass better than you
would. This will create the momentary
diversion that we require. In the mean
time. Won will have left the house by
the wing, and YOU will then keep in the
shadow Of the hedge until YOU can drop
down along the run. where it empties
into the swamp. That" he continued,
fixing his keen eyes upon her, sis the
weak pointin the position Of this place, !,
that is neither oyerlookednor defended.
But. perhaps" he added again, grimly,
ayoa already knowitr
at is the marsh where the flower
grow near the path where YOU met
Miss Faulkner. I had crossed the.
marsh to give her letter" she said,
slowly
a hitter smile came over Brants face.
hut passed an quickly. So gt2a5
"EnouQh.s he said. quietly. II will
meet Won beside the run and cross the
marsh with Won until you are within
bailipp distance of YOUR lines. | will
I,e in nlain clothes. Alice. !" he went OIL
slowly, "for it will not be the COM
of this force who accompanies
you, but your husband, and, without
disgracine his uniform, he willat least
be your equal, for the instant he passes
his own lines, in disguise, he will be-
come like you, a spy, and amenable to
its penalties"
Her eyes seemed suddenly to leap up
to his with that strange look of awaken
Ing and enthusiasm which he had noted
before. And in its complete proposes
sion Of all her instincts she rose from
the bed unheeding her barred arms and
and loosened hair, and stood
upright before him. For an instant,
husband and wife stood beside each
other as unreseryedIy as in the nuptial
chamber of Robes.
"When shall I go9"
He glanced through the window, al
ready growing lighter with the coming
dawn The relief would pass in few
moments. the time seemed propitioua.
"At once - he said. sIwill send Rose
n vour see
Rat sbe bad already passed into the
closet and was ftappine upon some in
nar door He hoard the so,nd OF hinges