The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-18

his pass through the lines. General
Wilton agreed to get General Washing
tons pass. General Wilton was on his
way, with the general in chief, to visit
the Count of ROchambeau at Hartford.
AS it was, the Manor, long abandoned
by the family, was we'll within the
American lines, and So for the present,
a safe place for young lady was not
Mrs. General Arnold, Polly's friend,
near them? SO Miss Wilton came to be
at the Manor.
AS for the pass, General Washington
did not at first see his way to granting
it; it was so unusual. They say, indeed,
that the captain never would have OBJ
tained it had it not been that the case
was laid before Mrs. Washington.
General you intend to let that nice
young man see his sweetheart? We
know he is nice, because we knew him
before the war"
4 don't see how we can, Martha
the general replied. why doesn't
Miss Wilton go to him in New York.
Now, general Mrs Washington re-
piled, chow can you ask such ques-
ton. Wouldn't it be unmaidenly, even
in war time?"
That isn't the point, my dear" the
chief said, sententiously.
do you remember the time" Mrs.
Washinton went on, "When you would
have been glad to see me-before we
We're married?"
do you think I can forget?" said the
chief, naturally enough. Do you think
that time has passed."
Then think of these poor dears," said
Mrs. Washington.
For some moments the general re-
| lected, looking at his wife; but finally,
| they say, he agreed rather irritably to
| do as she wished.
"A woman seems always bound to
have her way, Martha"
| And he sat down and signed the pass.
| So it happened that Captain Burton
| was here within the American lines,
and had it not been for his wretched
! vanity in wishing to appear in good
| clothes before the lady in the case, this
| sorry adventure | am about to tell Of
| never might have happened to him; he
| had ridden through WestChester safely
| enough, showing the general in chief $
pass.
But Briggs, the man, carried in his
| Saddle-bags the necessities for making
| gentleman presentable; and the two
| had stopped at the Congress" a place
| which had kept open through all the
| troubles. And now our captain had
| heard through the opening in the floor
| the plot of these robbers.
| Cowboys" | have called them. That
| term meant more properly the tories
| who marauded about Westchester.
| Detchard and his gang We're anything
| that might be most profitable, at any
moment; cashiered, or deserted, sol
| Il; Of he
Congress" had been cunning; and by
his shrewdness was able to keep his
place open. Even if the house We're a
rendezvous of many desperate charac-
ters, there never was a charge against
it. And here were these fellows with
the knowledge that a gentleman with
money and with rich clothes was above
and the cunning Detchard, having wine
of Major Andres arrest, had seen how
robbery could be hidden. They coulC
swear, after they had put the captain
in an obvious disguise, that he was
within the lines, on a false preteXt tina
. really he was there as q spy-that he
another British officer-was part anC
parcel of the Arnold plot. They would
, be saved the risk of actually numbering
him.
Burton was rejecting upon this as III
; stood looking at, but not seeing, hi
man with the hot shaving water Th
, road was lonely. Then We're seven t
, two. Should they succeed, the evidence
against him would be convincing. AnC
; they, like rascals the world over. wh
ever seek eXcuses-could, if they sue
/ ceeded, have a case against him. NJ
) British officers word would be believed
: at such a time. Nay, if it had not beel
,,Ft l,a I,n1, In. tly
: he never might have been warned.
= At the moment he heard the creakini
r stair. He knew they had begun; h
cursed his vanity in wishing to max
himself more presentable to Polly
= Would he not be presentable TO her, ol
her own confession, in any guise?
drop that water pitcher, Briggs
Pistol out!" he ordered.