Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-30
REAL DAUGHTER F THE REVOLUTION
Copyright, 1soa. by ]. B. Lippincots Company.
By CAROLINE GEBHARDT.

ney. DuSk had fallen wien they reached the town where they were to stop for the night, and with the dusk had come heavy rain.
 The inn at which they took refuge was ramshackle affair. Mrs. Ellery went carly to bed, and after an hour { Jane followed her aunt's example, though her vigorous youth rebelled against the too early bedtime and she lay awake, half worrying about her brother, half wondering what recep- tion they would meet with in York town, when there was an entrance into the room back of hers, against whose partition wall her bed was placed.
 There were three voices audible. One she recognized as the inn keeper's; the other two were unfa- miliar and more cultured. She gather ed that they belonged to a couple of British officers who had stopped at the inn for supper. They spoke of the heavy storm without, and ordered their host to have fire built that they might dry their drenched gar ments. Soon she heard him laying it, and presently it began to crackle and roar.
 When the fire was we'll started the host went out. Finally, supper was brought in and there was merry clatter of dishes. The officers bade the servant who brought it leave them, and then one of them com menced to fret about the heat from the fire. AS result, they moved the table up close to the partition wall, as far away from the fireplace as they could get it. This brought it l just on the other side of Jane's bed. They began to talk in low tones, but the girl, after the first pleasur- able interest in their entrance had died away, occupied her thoughts with other matters and soon dozed. It was the name of Bessemer which startled her from her light slumber, and involuntarily her ears were on the alert. Then followed some quick, low words which gave her an inking of what was in the wind. A night attack upon Lafayette's armyI
 What was she doing-lying there listening-spying? Had she fallen so low as that? Was it not her duty to make some movement which should >betray her presence to those men; should apprise them that they were being overheard? Yes, clearly, it was her duty. She, an Ellery, had been bred to know that. Yet she made no movement. They began to boast to each other, always in their subdued voices, that the annihilation of Lafayette's army would mean the crushing of the American cause. It was too weak to stand such blow as that. The French would be affrighted; there would be no more of their aid forthcoming, and with out it where would Mr. Washington be? On his knees before King George.
 They finished their supper and arose from the table Jane could hear them tramping about the room. moving chairs and buckling belts, evidently preparing for departure, She had gathered that they were to ride eastward and join Bessemer to report the result of their recon noissance. The attack was to be made that night. The door opened and closed. They were gone.
 She arose, lighted her candle, and looked at her watch. A quarter of eight. Slowly she dressed. Mrs. Ellery's snores were plainly audible from the next room. She opened her door and peered into the hall. It was deserted. A torch over the stairway and another at the farther end were its only lights. She walked to the head of the stairs and began the descent. They ended in a corridor below. She passed along this to the rear of the house. The way was dark but she had been over it before, for the carriage had driven through the inn-yard to the stable and she and her aunt had aighted there, entering by the back way.
 She gathered her skirts about he1 and went down the corridor steps The stable was only 8 short distance from the house. One of it's double doors stood open. A lantern huns within She made her way to the
 travelling carriage and took iron under the back seat a hooded cloak