The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-31

, doubt that II was a man with the corol
J larv that the officer had an enemy both
at the 'front.' and at The rear NJ tb,
buildinr
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CHAPTER K,
xp,mwp OPINION
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aiu Ae,1 AA. po'''on 'eAsn 'Ao WIZ. -
oo"' el0se 70 sne sloe OF INC house. IL
MS enemies ATTACKED, as ne expecteo
them to 40, they would not md hin
unprepared.
standing thus, be kept MS gaze tlxed
upon the point where the hitting form
OF man had SHOWN moment petore.
1t was lmpossibts to guess around which
end OF the dwelling the second lndivid'
ual would appear out the ofncer was
sure he would hear the stealthy footatep
IN time to be ready Tor him.
TWO Or three minutes had passed.
when rant Kicker under the trees H.
oaoaseo that MS roe was moving; put'
inssead OF approaching tne lieutenant
ne oesan sdslng toward the farther side
OF sne grove
nad nc oecn she only zoe 70 CONSIDER
Oakman woula nave run FORWARD and'
fevoiver IN nand' caiied MIN 70 account
put Vnere was no saying now many
o'ners were near ana tne omcef Woulo
nave Deen poor soia'er tnos 10 uncover
nlmseit:
AS tne man receoeo 90 came INTO
palmer view because OF the moonlight
whlcn was Less opstructeo, until nnal!y
ne "ai1eo ouo lrom tne s1rsaaea snao-
ows ana began ascen9ing sllgnt rise
! lying just beyond. Ih1s brought MIN
INTO distinct slsn1' ana WIN an lnvol-
untary exclamation OF SURPRISE the leu
tenant recognized MIN.
inere was no mlstaking that mapping
straw nal tne stopped shoulders ana
'ne summing sale' Ihey eoulo oeiohg 10
no one out fete' the ola slave OF den-
erai hiarlase'
80 1t IS ne VINO mas been playing
tne spy muttered tne lieutenant TO
nimseI: Il know OF tne commence
winch these people place IN tnelr colored
servants out naraly tnoueht IL extend
cd 10 the point OF settlng one OF them
to watch the action OF guest.
Ihe negro was ploddlng IN tine dlrec-
tion OF MS own caoin ana walking raster
than usual as II MS errand was urgent.
"he Is not going nome put 70 ap-
prise otnefs OF my nlght' fete must
nave seen me drop from tne WINDOW
despite the darkness-shl
IN the hurry OF the moment the OIL
Ger mad forgotten the second person,
but another aim nlckerlng near the
point where the African had been
standing appriseo hlm that despite MS
watchfulness this individual had passed
around the end OF the house, joined
Pete under the trees and was now steal
ing back again TO the 'front.' OF the
dwelling.
oakman's position was the more ia.
yorable, Tor not only was the side OF
the building near the ground complete
~ velled IN shaoow, out ne kept SO close
that at every stealthy step MS elbow
brushed the structure. HIS intention
was 10 intercept captain Irennoim- Tor
ne was certain II could DO no one else
and TO 1orce reckoning Win him'
Hair tine intervening olstance was
passed when oakman paused, iearful
OF gong Iarther iest ne shouia petray
himself. lie could make out the hgure
tnat was moving to"aro tne 'front.' OF
the dwelling unaware that II he con-
tinued IN direct line ne must lnevlta.
Oily reveal hlmselr by crossing pfief
space parity lilumlned py the moon
rays.
A minute later the form came into
PLAIN slght and was ldentined by YAK
man, VINO II astonlsned when ne recog-
ed. bv the discovery that The nerson he
fore him instead Of heinp CANAAN Tren-
holm was Mis- Eldr;dge
Tho ravolvsr almost dronned from his
orasn and be stared in onen montbed
amaaement nntil tho vanno woman
no .sod fro,, a;ght stsrned iiohtIv ON
the norch and antered the dwaliing
clos;na tho door oftar bor
Novar Gov an ;rotort had bo aroouod
+ho+ - oo,,Id bo sho who hod r,at .he
s1avo rnder Tho +rees bela n wh;snaraS
aa,,eoranoe NTH HIN ond than ra+,,rnod
w;.h;n doo,s wharo IT. was NOT 70 no
,,,nnaaod ~ ,oothar ~, Ca,+o;,, TrorO
hai,,, Iad anu 1-non,1aaoa ~ hsr axtran-.
d;nar1 NOV, oonauot '. AVA ~
pnt sSa had ANNA ord oo,a lilo .
,h.n+on, ~ ' Tho n;ab+ and e The nn;oI
,n;ttad oe,oar re.a;lg so,vad +ha raaan
Nv . ~ ~ az, ''''" ' ''''
e s.sha narrod mn ~ r,r asnoor hos,r.
A.. Sno "a as 800. T. a CT
sh o v as y thst NV onlv sofstr ,or IN
Sau"r.;,a - oras Tha .ssm-;ny ~,
"'S"A''A "' o''' o "'S" "oA"'
of that officer may have Gained her
fears for time, but they did not re-
move them. She believed it was the
same with myself. She ordered Pete to
bring her horse from his hiding place
and to watch whether attempted to
leave secretly. If l did &c. he was to
DlaCn the animal Mt nv dianOAA1 ~