The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24
None But the Brave
A Stirring Story of Love and Ad> venture in Revolutionary Days.



 within yard of her, still with her back to me. Again something in my face must have shown. for a lady who was talKing with ner, and thus facing me, looked up, and her face changed, so that Mistress Philipse turned to learn the cause.
 She saw me. I looked at her a moment and then stepped forward to greet her. Heaven forgive her! On the instant she looked straight at me, straight through me, and said in a cold naughty voice to her companion:
 Captain. feel sudden cold draught Let us move on
 And she turned her back on me and walked slowly away. I put my hand to my eyes, and stood so a moment. Then the need of the open air came to me, and I stepped back be- hind the screen and leaned far out of an open window, trying vainly to loose the collar of my shirt. So sitting. or rather leaning from the window, I stood how long no one-least of all I-could tell neither thinking nor conscious of pain, till heard strident voice back of me on the other side of the screen saying in an evident attempt at a low tone: ''Yes, 1t Is just settled Habberton 1 Is to take his brigade with Barnard's and board ship on Sunday. A battery | they should be In Huntington Harbour by Monday evening""
 How many mon, Sir Henry?'
 Five thousand all told.' And when will the attack begin?"
 As soon as they can reach Newport 1, Harbour. And you will take with you | force sufficient to-"
 And I heard no more, for they had moved on.
 Five thousand men-Huntlngton Har- bour-Newportl TT was the attack final ly settled on. Sundayl t was Mon day night now. Aye. Sir Henry, l had by the greatest chance learned the one thing l should have learned long ago, | and I cleared the sill at bound and went out of the garden to Cherry street, as I had done but yesterday morning | Walking by the lower part of the town and up through Beaver street, so l came to our abode and told my friends the great news. And then I went off to a back window and sat by myself, look ing upon the night black with heavy clouds to add to its blackness, but as ] light as day compared to my heart and | thoughts And so they found me when 1t came time for us to leave, and l went with them, longing for something such as this desperate attempt to cool my blood and clear my mind.
 How could she do It Might she not | | 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 1t!
 We came to the lane running down to the water by Arnold's house and found our boat and boatmen so hid beneath the bank that 1t was no easy matter to ind them. though we knew well they must be | there.
 Curtis, as seemed always natural, took l the command, and in a few moments we had loosened the boards and were up Through the garden to the house and to the window It stood open. and Curtis was half way in when he leaned back and stood looking at our man, who had en- tered the household as military ser want to do the work there for us What is 1t, man?" I asked in a whisp- l CT.
 "Goner said he.
 | "Gone?" we cried together
 Ave! I have been searching for ye all the night but could not find ye any where. Ye were not at your place in Mrs. Hodges'. Ye were nowhere in the streets. I could not find ye at allr'
 But speak up, my man," said Curtis. What mean you
 He's ordered to a command on the Long Island shore and gone there." "When2"
 Late this afternoon, just at dark" l I laughed for the very absurdity and wretchedness of it. TT was the last straw, and our whole work and mission was gonel The others stood inactive on the news of it, and just then came one of the crew running up from the boat.
 Quick. Lieutenant" he cried, under his breath to me. Quick, they're on us!" And we distinctly heard a cry down by the shore:
 "There they are! Pull men, pull" I was down the garden path in an in stant Acton close on me, Curtis follow ing leisurely. And as we came to the shore and leaped into the boat there came another large barge with half a dozen or mayhap eight men pulling to- wards us. Standing in the bow was man haillng us in the voice of Hazeltine, | for call him by that name still, as so I knew him.
 ''Who are you here at this time O night?"
 Frank" said Curtis before I could speak, Frank, take yourself and your men away, as you love your life!' And his voice rasped out the words, as if they would cut the night air.
 .'Oho! cousin, have you all three" cried he Row on, men. hard! Into them! Into themw
 The next moment they struck us, and after pistol shot or two that hit no one a fierce hand-to-hand fight began across the gunwales of the two boats They were two more than we, but with the exception of Hazeltine himself the others were sailors We were, therefore, the better swords, and there in the dark ness the mix-up was complete at first and no one uttered word or cry. till down in the stern of the now locked boats came a groan, and one of our pursuers sank into his seat
 Acton was furthest aft, Curtis next