The Washington times., 1902-07-06

tables a. the corner of the room, stood
moment to catch my wind, which
seemed to strangely fail me on the mo-
ment. as if had been running long and
hard.
moment there and l stepped out
within yard of her, still with her back
TO me. Again something in ny face must
have shown. for lady who was talking
with her. and thus facing me, looked up,
and her face changed. so that Mistress
Philipse turned to learn the cause.
She saw me looked at her mo-
ment and then stepped forward TO greet
her. Heaven forgive her! On the in
slant she looked straight at me, straight
through ne. and said in cold, naughty
voice to her companion:
Captain, feel a sudden cold draught-
Let us move on.
And she turned her back on me and
walked slowly away.
] put my hand to my eyes, and stood
SO a moment. Then the need OF the
open air came to me, and | stepped back
behind the screen and leaned far out
of an open window, trying yainly TO
loose the collar Of my shirt. So sitting.
or rather leaning from the window.
stood how long no one-least Of ali I
could tell, neither thinking nor conscious
of pain, till l heard a strident voice
back of me on the other side of the
screen saying in an evident attempt at
a low tone:
Yes, t is just settled. Habberton is
to take his brigade with Barnards and
board ship on Sunday. a battery will
go ahead on Saturday night, and they
should be in Huntington Harbor by Mon
day evening.
How many men. Sir Henry"
Five thousand all told"
And when will the attack begin?"
las soon as they can reach Newport
Harbor. and you will take with you
force sufficient to
And l heard no more. for they had
moved on.
Five thousand men-HuntIngton Har-
bor-Newport, T was the attack I'm
ally settled on. Sunday, I was Monday
night now. Aye, Sir Henry. had by the
greatest chance learned the one thing
should have learned long ago, and l
cleared the sill at bound and went out
of the garden to Cherry Street, as had
done but yesterday morning.
Walking by the lower part of the town
and up through Beaver Street, so
came to our abode and told my friends
the great news. And then went off
to a back window and sat by myself,
looking out upon the night black with
heavy clouds TO add to it's blackness, but
as light as day compared with my
heart and thoughts. And so they found
me when 1t came time for us to leave.
and l went with them. longing for some
thing such as this desperate attempt 70
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 woman 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 Arnolds house and found
our boat and boatmen so hid beneath
the bank that it was NJ easy matter to
find them. though We knew we'll they
must be there.
Curtis. as seemed always natural, took
the command. and in {, few moments
we had lOosened the boards and were up
through the garden to the house and to
the window. 1t stood oren, and Curtis
was half way in when he leaned back
and stocd looking at our man, who had
entered the household as 4 military ser
want to do the work there for US.