The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-09-30
i REVOLUTIONARY EPISODE
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 were quartercd there, and in its old age it sheltered regiment marching Co saye the capital from the Confed crates. There are sixteen p0nes oi glass In every sash and slxty-foui panes In every window. The pews TO mlnd one of pens. and the pulpit ii pcrched up under the roof But tho oldest fashioned thing about it is the clock in the little steeple.
 During the Revolution the care oi the church fell temporarily into the hands of one of the deacons. an ardent Tory. At the time of the occupation Of the region by the British Deacon Bradford. occupying neutral ground between both armies. was especially dlllgent in supplying the British with information and in keeping his eye open for patriots who were engaged In like efforts for the Americana The dominic having gone as a chaplain and the sexton as a wagon master with the reyolutlonists, Deacon Brad ford slept in the parsonage, which stood in the next lot to the church, in order Co keep 1t under his personal su- pervisiOn. His sole duty was once a week to wind the clock. The rest of the time he was spying on the Amer lean army for the benefit of the Brit ish.
 One Saturday night be had taken his lantern and was about tO start for the belfry to wind the clock when be heard the clattcr of horses hOofs. and a mo- ment later a dozen British horSemcn rode up Co the parsonage.
 Deacon" Sald the leader. "lmpor- tant papers have been missed today from the generals headquarters, and this evening a youth who has been loltering near the generals office Is missing. We have tracked a figure fitting along before us which dlsap- pearcd behind the church. Perhaps it Is hiding there"
 "No one could get in there," said the deacon. without the keys. However, we win see"
 He led the way to the church door, opened it, and the soldiers. aided by the light of the lantern. poked into every cranny. When no one was found, they rode on. followed by the deacon Be fore departing be called to his son An thony. who had come to the church to see what was going on, to wind the clock and be sure not to forget it
 When they had an gone, Anthony took the lantern and went up Into the belfry. Setting the lantern on the floor. he took up the iron crank, fixed it to the arbor and began to turn. The weight seemed unusually heavy, and Anthony wondered what was the mat ter. When tho crank stopped turning, the young nan stood mute with as- tonishment at seeing a young girl step on the weight. She was pale as death.
 "Oh. AnthOnyr' she exclaimed. "l supposed your father was winding tho clock. IT So. should have been lost"
 "What does it all mean"
 q am trying to get away from Gen eral -'s headquarters with valuable papers, know every corner in the old church and came in by way of loose window in the cellar. Then went into the weight closet and got on the weight. I heard them searching. and they open. cd the door to the closet. but stood too high for them tO see me.
 ''They said they were after a boy. My brother sam was watching his op- portunity to get some papers he had seen on the generals desk. He did not know what they were worth, but he was bound to do something for his country. When he got them, be brought them to me, knowing that he would be suspected. I was going to General washlngton's headquarters with them when they gave chase"
 ''Tonyw called a voice from below.
 Whatever of color had returned to the girls cheeks left them in m in- stant She recognized the deacon's voice. Both stood looking at each oth- CT, mute with terror.
 Tony" repeated the voice. ''if you've wound the clock come down"
 Tony was about to do the only thing he could do-go downstairs. leaving the girl to come out later-when he beard bis fathers step on the stairs below. There was but one staircase. and it wns plain that they were caught fin a trap.
 "Glve me the papers" said Tony.
 The girl handed them to him. and. thrusting them under his shirt, he seized a hatchet lying among other tools in the clockroOm and cut the rope sustaining the weight, which fell to the bottom with a thud Then, opening a sliding panel used to reach the hands of the clock, he hastily unwound the rope and tossed it out. When bis father entered the room, Anthony was descending by the rope to the ground
 The sight of young girl where the deacon expected to find hls son was. to say the least, startling. He looked from the girl to the rope hanging from out the rJtn and was more startled than ever. Taking In the situation, without speaking word he turned and dashed down the steps. When he reached the ground. there was the rope dangling fin the wind. Not know ing what else to do. he started off in the direction of the American army, naturally supposlng the fugitive would take this course.