Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-09-16

"Gov. Sir Henry Clinton is in New
York. is he not
ayes, sir.'
will you deliver letter to him for
me?"
There was moments hesitation up
on the part: of Walter, who was acting
as spokesman, and then he answered:
Yes. sir; I'll take it,
"Tbank you. my boys. He will be
very glad to get it, as he's fond Of
good dinner. Here it is-catch til"
The officer threw down a sealed let
ter, which Walter deity caught.
"Now, don't lose it,"
we'll be very careful, sir"
The boys hoisted their sail again and
put about. returning the officers wave
of the hand.
Neither spoke until they were quite
some distance from the ship. Then
Walter, taking the letter from his
pocket, where he had placed II, turned:
it over and reread the superscription:
ITO Gen. Sir Henry Clinton,
.ss.,':s' &c oyernor,, etc, of New ork,...ss.
I'm the American Colonies"
Frank, I'll wager you anything that
that is provision ship for the British
troops! "sz,s'e.
.>....W hat sma axes. you think so?" aa~p
''Didn 'tsSy on hear5that oficer5say that
GOV. Clinton would be. glad to get this.
as he liked good dinner?"
EYES,"
well, he wouldn't be likely to ac-
cept an invitation to dine on an ordi-
nary ship way down at the Hook, at
that, would hep IN ~ ~ AZ 2
s"No; L shouldn't think so.''. IF {
=" "Of course not; and tell you it is a
provision ship"
.> II shouldn't wonder but that you are
right
Well, Gov, Clinton will hayesto wait
some time before he eats anything
from that ship! I'm going to give this
letter to the committee of safety"
''That's right! We're not tories, to
be doing anything to help our coun-
try's enemies!" g. So
d. ''No, indeed, we're not!' >..s:.,..
maybe the committee will send
some men to capture the ship" );
my! but that would be great!
They could do it. I didn't see any can
non, did your, <r4 ..*....
mo"
1--WE want to get back home just as
fast as we can and tell the committed"
well, the seagull can get there
quicker than anything else know Of"
fright you are! Pull in that
mains'l-sheet; we can go several
points closer to the wind"
Frank did as directed, and the little
boat buried her scuppers in the water,
and fairly flew along.
The boys were almost too excited to
talk, and as soon as they. dropped
anchor again at their mooring place,
they hurried ashore and started on
run for the town to inform the commit
tee of safety of their discovery and the
letter. -. - 'N."t -. :
Almost the first man they met was
Mr.. Trevers. .&..y ~
"Oh, Mr.. Trevers! there's British
provision ship down at the Hook!"
whats that?"
"A British, ship down by the Hook,
and we think she's loaded with pro-
visions for the British. The officer
gave us letter for Gov. Clinton, and
asked us to take, it to him. We took
it, and here it is!''
= ''Slowly, slowly boys. I. can't un-
derstand you when you talk at such
pace. Did you say you had letter
that is addressed to Gov. Clinton, of
New York;"
Eyes, sir-heres it isl"
(. "How did you come to get h?" -
"Frank and took sail down the
Hook this morning, and saw the ship;
and the officer gave it to us-the letter,
I mean; and we think it's provision
ship, because he said Gov. Clinton
would be glad to get it, as he liked
good dinner" m ~ f. Z "
cts not war ship, anyway"
Mr.. Trevers finally managed to get
the boys to give lucid account of their
adventure, which they wound up with:
"And then we came for home as fast
as the Seagull could go!"
THAT'S right, my boys. You are