Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-18
APPEALED FOR ANDRE.
A SCENE FROM DIR. MITCHELL'S
REVOLUTIONARY NOVEL.
CAPT. WAYNE TELLS OF HIS INTER-
VIEW WITH wASHINGTON-DEA
OF THE BRITISH spy.

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American krvoll.l ION "IIrrh WINNIE -
IN The Century NJ. line isfFr following
Interview between tin hero. Hugh Wynnr,
and General Wasliryfp, iutrtediatslv fol
lowing the sentence of Major Andre
Wynne seeking tn induee WASHINGTON to
allow 4 ntlr, IL, die n sri.1frr's death.
A huge fir ot Is bl.5,d on The creat
kitchen hear, and ut - tnI1e covered
with mnrs m 4 rnrers neatly set In order
the general , writilg
He lcrked u-1,.d with ouiet courtesv
snid: Ink, sc.t. Carfain WINNIE.
must be h., excused for little" |
bowed and sat doyn wIiIf no continued n
write.
His pen moved slowly, and re raused Mt
times and IL, went on anparently with
the utmost , filtration WINS fnyorah'
placed to wat. h him wi;hout npprarine ;,
do ST. his fa, being strongly lighted Nv
the candles In front of him Uewss dress
ed with his usual care. In buff waistcnot
and a blue aud bun uniform. with DOW
tiered hair drawn back to a one and care.
fully tied with black ribbon.
The face. " it'll its lipht hlue eyes rudt,y
checks ard rather heavy nose above a
strong Jaw. was now grave and. thought,
stern Al least n h.lf bour went nv h.forp
no pushed back his chnir and looked up.
am fortunate as regards this convers,.
ton, since on my return | set 1t down Il,
diary which however, has many gaps
and is elsewhere incon:ulete
''Csutnin Wynne." he snid. II have re.
fused to sec several gentlemen In regard
TO this sad h,sincss, but | learn that MI
Andre was your friend and have not fo.
gotten your hunts timely aid Mt a mo-
ment when IL IVES sorelv needed. For
these reasons and at the earnest request Il
CAPTAIN Hamilton and the MARQUIS si,l
willing to listen to you. May / ask you
to Ia brief He spoke slowly, as IL
weighing hi, words
rcrJied ,snt WINS most rrnteful; that
owed IL To Aajcr AuCrp that | had /
long aro endured TIM. i,,,c which WIS now
To be his
Permit me, sir" he said. ito ask
when this occurred
rerlifd thnt # was when. MT his excel
lencyfs desire. had entered PE.ladeluhi,
asnstv. ard then v,nton briefly to re
late whit had happl med.
sir" 10 returned! YOU owed YOUR
danger to folly. not To what your duty
brought You wcr, false for the time To
that duty, but this docs not concern us
now II lnny hive .4-rYct, rs n lesson. md
am free to admit that Won did YOUR coul.
try "a great rN4tr Wu5zt now can | do
for yous = to tiis unhappy gentleman
his fate L. ct; Il nv bniGs have read
the letter ah CAPTAIN Hamilton gave
me As h. stakt he took il from tho tn
Bile ard debt, rnt,lv rcnd II again while |
watched hin. IN, n he laid il down and
looked M saw that his big. ratien.
eyes were oY,rluli ~ ho sGlono.
II regret. sir. tn hnsr to refuse this
most natural request | Lave told Nj
Hamilton tlat 1t Is net Ia l'o thought Of
Neither shall | reply. IL Is not fitting
that should 10 ~, ucr is IL necessary at
even proper that assign reasons which
must already lie rlaIn to every nun OF
sens Is that all"
| said ''lcur exc, liency, may ask but
minnto mere
IL an ut your disposal, sir, for SO long
What is III"
Ihesitatet. and suspect, showed plain
" In my face my douht as tn the propriety
OF Whit WAS most on my mind when
sought ills innr,i,w. He instantly
guessed that Twas embarrassed, and said,
with tho e,ntl.st mnnner and slight
smile:
"Ah, Mr. Wynne, there is nothing which
can he done To save your friend, nor in.
deed to alter his fate, but II you desire to
say more, do not hesitate You have suf-
fered much for tho cause which is dear to
us both Go on, sir. -
Thus encouraged, l said: "If on any
pretext tho execution can be delayed n
week, am ready to 20 with friend'-I
counted on .IuCk -'.to enter New York in