The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-05

Newport! Twas the attack finally settled
on. Sunday! Twas Monday night now.
Aye. Sir Henry. L had by the greatest
chance learned the one thing 1 should have
learned long ago. and I cleared the sill at
a bound and went out of the garden TO
Cherry street. as 1 had done but yesterday
morning.
Walking by the lower part of the town
and up through Beaver street, so 1 came
10 our abode and told my friends the great
news. And then l went off 10 a back win
dow and sat by myself, looking out upon
the night black with heavy clouds 10 add
10 its b~lackness, but as light as day COM
pared with my heart and thoughts. And
so they found me when 1t came time for
us to leave, and 1 went with them, longing
for something such as this desperate at
tempt to cool my blood and clear my mind.
How could she do it. Might she not have
had a better faith in me? Nay, there was
something wrong with the world If a wom-
an who had looked into my eyes and seen
what she must have seen there could lose
her faith so wholly. How could she do it!
We came to the lane running down to
the water by Arnold's house and found our
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that it was no easy matter to find them,
though we knew we'll they must be there.
Curtis, as seemed always natural. took
the command, and in a few moments we
had l~oOsened the boards and were up
through the garden to the house and to the
window. 1t stood open, and Curtis was
half way in when he leaned back and stood
looking at our man. who had entered the
household as a military servant to do the
work there for us.
What is it, MANI" asked I in a whisper.
Gomez said he.
Gomez" We cried together.
Aye! 1 have been searching for We all
the night, but could not find We anywhere.
Ye were not at your place in Mrs. Hodges's.
Ye were nowhere in the streets. 1 could
not find We at ALL"
But speak up, my man. said Curtis.
"What mean your
He's ordered TO a m on the Long
island shore and gone there"
"When?"
Late this afternoon, just at dark"
l laughed for the very absurdity and
Indebtedness of it. Twas the last stray
and our whole work and mission was gone.
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and just then came one of the crew run
ming up from the boat.
Quick, lieutenant" he cried under his
breath to me. Quick. they're on u.s.
And we distinctly heard a cry down by the
shore:
There they arei Pull. men. pull!'
l was down the garden path in an instant
Acton close on to me, Curtis following leis.
urely- And as we came to the shore and
leaped into the boa there came another
large barge with half a dozen or mayfair
eight men pulling towards us. Standing ir
the bow was a man hailing us in the voice
of Hazeltine. for 1 call him by that name
still, as so l knew him.
who are you here at this time O. night?'
Frank" said Curtis before I could sneak
Frank. take yourself and your men away
as you love your life.' And his voice
rasped out the words as if they would Gu
the night air.
Ono! cousin. | have you all three!' cried
he. Row on, men, hard! Into them, Into
them
The next moment they struck us, anC
after a pistol shot or two that hit no on,
a fierce hand-to-hand fght began acros:
the gunwales Of the two boats. They wer,
two more than we, but with the exception
of Hazeltine himself the others were sail
ors. We were, therefore, the better swords
and there in the darkness the mix-up wa:
complete at first and no one uttered worC
or cry till down in the stern of the nov
locked boats came a groan and one of oul
pursuers sank into his seat.
Acton was furthest aft, Curtis next anC
l in the bow, so that Hazeltine and I cam,
together.
You cur, you!" cried the man. "I hav,
you at last" and he made a thrust at m,
with such force that, parry it as I did, tn,
defense alone was like to nave knocked m,
overheard on the other side. 1 returned
the thrust and we fought there withou
science or attempt at skill, but as bow,
would fight with broomsticks. crazy witt
anger. So close were we together tina
there was no room to move and thrust, anc
on the instant as he parted a blow of min,
1 felt my point enter something soft. and
hearing a groan near by, l pulled the rapie,
back and saw the next man fall. Hazel
tine had saved himself and killed the ma
next him by parrying the stroke.
At that he began to curse me for ,
clumsy lout. using all the foul language o
which he must have been a good master
and in between his cries 1 could hear Acto,
talking 10 his opponents:
so! another gone below!' cried that In
domitable spirit as he turned to the next
All! one of ours!" as a fierce scream an,
the Earring Of our boat told me one OF OIL
men was gone.
Curtis said not q word, but, his man hav
ing fallen by my chance stroke. he turne.
quietly TO the next. None of this could
see, but | knew as If by divination withou
the use Of eyes. for my game was near III
more than once. The man fought with IA
more energy than he would for his cause
He hated me AND hammered at me in
frenzy. crying out that I was a coward
and a traitor, and a SPY, and what not
yelling. There! there!" each time h
struck at me.
So the cries and the noise Of the figh
ragged on close by the shore till some ON
falling IN our boat tipped ii sideways an,
the two barges slipped a foot or more apar,
And that foul fend, seeing us likely Z
move of. gave a savage growl that 1 SHOULD
not escape him., and, leaping on the gun
vale of his boat, made a desperate thrus
at me.
l saw IL coming and knew 'twould reacl
its mark. Aye. ii did so, and scraped aioni
the ribs of my right side as if some on,
had gripped me with the clamps of a redho
iron. 1 lost my grip on the sword and I
/ fall into tho mo- for f,,Ct - a.