Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
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protected from any CLEAN Of light s!raying
outward by a hanging Of sheets nailed to
the casing. This closeness made the heat
sitting, but physical discomfort was small
matter, and was almost forgotten -
listened in turn to the news from the city
as it was given by our host.
Like band of plotting freebooter in
masquerade we must have appeared as ne
sat at the small table with its single candle,
talking in whispers, the girl and her broth
er in their incongruous characters making
the strong points of the picture, while the
tall, long-featured man, whose melancholy
cast was instantly corrected by smile, SAY
opposite me, more than sufficient foil to
my proportions.
My host never laughed, but his smile was
a passport to favor, making his natural ex.
preston sour by contrast or as though he
was acting part when his face was in re-
pose. OF the little band Of those who re.
manned in New York, and were under.
banded though active in their devotion to
the cause, saw not one but who was all
adept in his ability to mimic or portray =
character totally at variance with the one
God had given him. Peter Burt was not
the least Of these, for, though he looked like
a graveyard, he was the reverse by nature.
1 Ills worthy Was " pSscCeeA III lAC oAhSe
of the notorious Rivington, the official print.
er to the king, and was the right-hand man
to that blatant tory His position and his
undoubted education made his real senti.
ments unsupported, and, while by day he
damned the rebels and seemed to lack COM
mon compassion for those who by chance
fell prisoners or were even suspected of
treason, by night he was doing all in his
power to get information to Washington OF
giving helping hand to refugees or those
in distress Late in life I heard that Riving-
ton himself was in full accord with Burt,
and used his post to the confusion of tho
kings interest, but l know naught OF thu
truth of it.
The matter that reused my greatest inter
est was the news Tor lack of it) of Scammell.
As a garner Of information Burt was in the
thick OF it, and was nightly mystifie1
when told that Scanned had recovered SUI
iicienty to move from his quarters at the
Kings Arms ard had disappeared, leaving
no trace behind, though the search made for
him was but a tritie less keen than that
made for us.
HAS he started his lure for me-" !
asked myself, but dropped the subject as
listened to the explanation of his move.
"It comes about through remark made
by Mistress Gertrude" said Burt, indicat.
ing the young lady, who laughed lightly ut
the story she had undoubtedly already
heard. 1T is possible you may recollect her
INVITING Clinton with reference to some
officer who had informed her about her
brother Well, Clinton took this to mean
Scammell, and Scammell hearing OF it, pos
sibly in a garbled recital, and fearing ar.
rest has given color to the matter by put.
ting himself beyond the reach of investiga'
ton. He is sharp fellow, sir, and knows
his broken head will excuse him when the
trouble blows over. Sir Henry is not fond
of making enemies among the line and file
of his army, though he cares little for the
staff AS for you, Capt. Thorndyke, it were
we'll if you quickly devised some means of
putting yourself into position OF greater
security than l can offer you. There is
large reward for you, and if you were taken
your trial would be nc ckery. Our friend
Ames has but little better chance should he
be caught, and as for his sister, though her
life might not be sacrificed, she would be I'M
done-Mrs Badely would see to that. Fail.
ure to find YOU thus far means redoubled eff.
forts in the future. They know yov. must be
Still on Manhattan. What can be done"
Nothing tonight" replied, tie black
ness of our prospects opening like en- abyss
before me. LET me sleep; in my Hrescn.
condition I am useless"
"Right!" he exclaimed "You sre safs
for tonight. will not leave here III past
daylight, and will return at dusk. Now,
Miss King, up to your quarters. Gess!rmrn,
you will rest here. If give the ala>n, set
| to the barn. Look to yourselves y day,
and be wary for were you Discovers: HIRE
l say, as did Stryker, my days of uact:lntss
TO the cause would be over"
So saying, he blew out the lieh: add
| opened the windows, while l threw upset.,
dressed as I was, onto the bed, and, traw-
| ing in great breaths of the domp nighs ar,
soon slept as only sleep the tired sod
healthy.
l lay like one dead until we'll into The
| morning, waking as blithesomely as chad,
only to be shocked as came to realizing
sense of the tolls that beset me. Physically
l was new man, and the feeling of ansas,-
nism and defiance with which met the ot,s-
| look proved that my spirit was yet nn-
broken.
But not hole could discover through
| The network of circumstances that had maze
| me a victim. Testing the matter from I'll
sides, the result was the same. 1t was fight
and die, though was careful not to berry
this conclusion to either Ames or his SITTER.
J knew that the youth was equally at ira,
but the girl was cheerful and acted As
though her troubles would be of short du-a-
ton, feeling doubtless, as her sex is prone
to do, that with two protectors things would
go not far wrong.
And, indeed, we needed the FLIP of coed
spirits from some source, and hers aided
my philosophy to the extent of causing IRE
to think it were as well to smile at approach
ing death as to sit and quake over its CIR
| tainty.
All that day we fed we'll, this once maiden
of fashion preparing our food, while by The
aid of the ladder in the attic Ames and ny
self kept watch by turns through one OF the
half-moon windows which commanded the
high road mile or so away. But we ware
undsturbed, though we saw numerous
troops going north, and once feared sq1'ad
was about to turn toward us, but they went
en-, only hating moment where the roads
Joined.
At sunset Burns returned, bringing Che
news that double Gordon Of the enemy lad
been drawn across the island near the Dove,
which body was to divide and beat up the
country both north and south, securing
every house, tree. and nook and Granny from
che end of Manhattan to the other. ibis
accounted for the unusual number of troops
We had seen that day, and to this extent had
my act stirred to its center the British
army. 1t almost enabled one to count tie
hours of remaining freedom, and l figured
that by noon on the day following the forces
would have drawn their line close to the
purlieus of the city and caught US as a fish
is caught in a narrowing net.
The thought fairly drove me wild, and in