Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-24
A REAL DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION
Copyright. 1ooa. by ]. B. Lippincott Company.
By CAROLINE GEBHARDT.

@elf from wr1nglng her hands. More guests were leaving. In fact, the party was breaking up. Let them go; oh, let them go, that she might seek her room and think Edward had ordered his horse and ridden away as an escort for the Winston car riage lest some bold rebels should at- tempt to kidnap the ladies, forsooth.
 There was no one Jane could turn to. Her tepmother was Godfrey's enemy: her father was helpless. No, there was no one, unless, indeed, it might be she could use Aunt Rachel or Gabriel. Both had been house. servants for her Aunt Susanpah and had known Godfrey from his baby hood; both would almost lay down their lives for him. She hur- riedly sought Aunt RacheIs quarters.
 After consultation with the negress, she flew to her stepmother's room. Mamma" she cried, bursting in upon that lady as she sat before her toilet-table, the maid brushing the powder from her thinning locks, t'do you know that Godfrey Worth ington is prisoner in our garret and that he is to be hung before the break of day?" Mrs. Ellery, not a little startled by this sudden interruption, gazed at her stepdaughter with eyes at once annoyed and pitying. y
 "Yes, yes, child,''' she answered, "I knew he was here, and I had heard some whisper that such fate awaited him; but, after all, much as I deplore 1t, especially that it should happen on these premises, yet, if half the bandit acts with which he is accred- ited are true, 'tis no more than he deserves"
 "But he should not be starved as we'll as hunea" Jane proclaimed ve- hemently. How often have heard you boast that no one in your house ever went hungry, yet that poor old gentleman who was brought here this | afternoon has not had one bite to eat since his arrival, nor has Godfrey. It they must meet so bitter an end, 1 should they not have food to sustain l them in facing it with fortitude?''
 "Assuredly," Mrs. Ellery answered promptly, her hospitable instincts aroused, as shrewd Jane had known they would be. T will order it now,'' half rising from her chair.
 Nay, first you must have per mission from Col. Bessemer," Jane in terposed, "else the sentries will let nothing pass them. Will you not ask the colonel to grant this request !? 1 See,- have pen and paper ready for i you. There is no time to be lost, else the colonel may have retired, and you would not wish to disturb his rest.' 1 Mrs. Ellery, warm-hearted, if of irritable temper, and at the same time, fortunately, a woman of no great cleverness and less imagination, l fell into the trap and unsuspectingly wrote the note which Jane adroitly dictated. -..
 ''Now, Gabriel" whispered Jane, when the coveted order had been se- cured, flor heavens sake, make no mistake. This to the sentry and that to Master Godfrey and General Pierce" While Jane was interviewing her stepmother and sending the note to Col. Bessemer, Rachel had been preparing the viands, which Gabriel now bore up the back stairway on a 1 his head.
 Jane hurried to her brothers apart, ment. 1t was not in the disorder that
 most mems rooms would be, for Ed ward was as neat as girl. In truth, he was girlish in many things; in his delicate features and small hands and feet; in his lisping voice and mincing walk and graceful ways.
 Much of a flop, also, was lieutenant Ellery, and he had brought over with him from England full half dozen more uniforms than he needed. There had crossed with him from London q brother a0acer who was quite as l foppish as hg and had brought with him likewise surplus of apparel. He had induced Edward to store his extra suits along with his own and, being a much larger man than Ed ward, it was from his wardrobe that Jane was pilfering.
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