Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-16

cavity WITHIN ne TOOK pepers WIN
which he returned to bis seat.
Captain" he said, II have sent for
you to give into your charge missien
requiring In Its execution courage and
zeal, and clear discrimination. Your
first lieutenant, think, Is well acqualnt.
ed with the highways and byways Of the
farming districts beyond the hillsf'
Eyes, SIR" answered Seaton. He un-
derstands the topography Of the country,
and he knows the people,"
every well. He will be Of assistance
In guiding You. You are aware, Gap
tain, that our troops are suffering from
want of meat. They must suffer no
more, II I can prevent Il. ! can better
afford TO draw down the enmity OF the
Tory farmers than to court for my men
the enemy Of starvation. On this paper
are the names of Rve-and.twenty farm
ers who own cattle, and who are known
tn sympathize with our enemies. fou
will muster your troops tomorrow morn
ing and visit these men. II may take
YOU two days--perhaps longer. l want
YOU to bring back two hundred head Of
cattle, and you will lay the distraint az
| evenly as you can. Let each be levied
upon according to his means; and In this
trust you to exercise your own juds-
ment. Let no animal be hidden from
you, Here are blank forms Of acknowl-
cdgment. To every man from whom you
take cattle you will give one OF these,
| specifying the number and qualify tax
| en-. with your attcsted signature. Fer
haps Lieut.. Douglas had better attest
them. You underestimate
Perfectly, General
And YOU are .awarc Of the dangers
against which you have to guardT'
81 shall move with great caution. sir.
And you will remember that ! shall have
a man with me whose superior for this
kind Of work cannot be found. ] mean
Rodcric Douglas"
The chicftain bowed In gracious &C.
acknowledgement, and after arranging .
few minor items. our hero withdrew.
Harry !-Douglas!' cried Scaton, as he
re.entered his hut, give me joy!-Ah.
my Roderic, God Ii always helping
Washington to answer his own prayer!
We ore to have two hundred head Of cat.
tie In camp within two days."
"How?" exclaimed Lee. "Are you
suref'
II am sure that am commissioned to
get them; and, with Roderic's help, !
think you know what that must mean"
Scaton then explained, after which he
summoned his orderly.sergeant and d.
rected him to have the full troop In read.
mess for moving at daybreak.
"And now" he said, turning to Lee,
after the subject Of his raid was fully
understood, "you said you had something
else to give me. What Ii itY'
"6eat0n-and you, Douslas-you will
hold this q secret which I now tell to
your
They both promised.
"And, Robert" he pursued, you will
on duty outside the lines on the opposite
bank Of the schuylkill, and I have re.
ceived, by private hands, a packet from
friends In Philadelphia. Under cover
with my missives came this for you, with
the request that I would deliver It into
your hands, which I now do"
Seaton took the letter, and by the light
Of the 6re he could see that the super.
scription was In the hand Of Patience
Angel. Having thanked his friend q
well o. his startled emotions would lei
him, he got his candle. and went to the
Ore and lighted It. When he turned b
found himself alone. lee and Douglas
had quietly slipped away.
He sat down to the rough table, and
having drawn the candle to his elbow, h
broke the seal Of the packet. It wal
q letter from Patience, enclosing two 9th
er letters. He read that Of the house
|, keeper first. 1t was dated, "Philadel
phia. Jan. 10. 177S." and had been Z
little over q week on Its way. First
the writer gave O detailed account Of heI
management Of household affairs. Mr.
Morris had gone beyond the Susquehan
na with Congress. but had left her oil
the money she needed. She concluded
~ follows:
II send you two letters enclosed.
was with Mrs. Esstcourt when she wrote
, She died on the next day. ! have no,
forgotten my promise. will look to Lii
liam ~ best I can; but she Il q brave
girl. and will bc most likely to help her
self. do not zee danger yet In any def
mite form. Should the need come, I vii
help her to Zee II ] can. Your friend ant
servant, PATIENCE ANGELL."
Mrs. Eastcourt's note was but faint
trcmulous scrawl, written with pencil
and some time anterior to the date Of Pa
tience's letter:
"Ilobert Seaton-O, my son, I am dy
Ing! DO not forget your promise. Re
| memUer " ~ you WOuIO remember
.. promise to the dying. All that I eve
. said to you ] say over aud over again
There Il need that you should care 10
> LILLIAN. q! there II need. Once more
. remember your promise.
MARIAN r."
Liilian's letter, stained with tears, wa
In subsistence a. follows:
MY Dearest Of Earth: My Robert
know not how to write. o! II could se
, You, and hear your dear voice! My moth
or IL dead! To what am left while yov
: are distant from met Alas! I will no
think. ! will not borrow fears for dis
: trcssing you. II could submit to M,
y fathers entrcaties ! should be misera
y bile; but l will hold out to the end.
, the worst comes, ! shall flee. Our go0'
Patience will help me. The necessit!
may not be far distant. There In an Eng
. fish earl here whom my father wishe
to force upon me. But do not fear. -
J. ! shall know better what Is before m
! when the first shadow of the funeral I
lifted from our house. o, my darling
] know You cannot come to me; but ma,
] not come to YOU? People would no
think 1t wrong II they knew. -
LILLIAN"
Robert folded up the letters, and pu
q the minto his pocket. What could he do
= He could only wait, and pray, and hope
a There was more food for harassin
y thought; but IL Lillian could be brave
n why could not he? But-this Englis
y earl! From all the rest this figure wa
singled out as the object to be dreade