Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-01-01

'NNiHA'S
.-..A,. S cooked hat.
Through between the shut
tcrs of Mrs Darrah parlor the man
could see as he passed and repassed
the glow of the big open fire within
and could catch the CLINT of 1t on the
gold shoulder knots OF the two officers
sitting besid :. and on the bottle and
glasses on the table near by. The fire
was the OILY light In the room. He
knew that one of these was Sir VII.
liam Howe, for Mrs Darrah's house
was general headquarters, and he tried
to make the t. he pass quicker by
guessing who the other was. He did
not once guess Alright. 1t was General
Knyphauscn, the Elessian commander.
"py himncl. mein cheneral, | shtop
dis var SO qyick make all de world
chump!' cried Knypbausen.
How could you do -
Knyphausen bent forward and mur.
INJURED word or two. Howe recoiled
sharply
assassination! he said in tone of
deep disgust "Murder General Wash.
ington" be cried in louder tones.
The sharp ears of the Hessan caught
the pause In the soft football of the sen
try on the carpet of snow. and he
raised warning finger to his lips.
mo need Of such dishonorable means,
4 baron" said S'r william. without a
3 commissary. without money, with lit
z tie nmmunlti6 !, he cannot hold out in
b Valley Forge. Listen TO the storm
II The elements favor US Besides, Bur
n gOyne must have taken Albany and
X New York by this time. When | get
& word from s!m. I'll send the dispatches
81 to General Washington by way OF
showing him that further resistance is
Y useless. especially as the rebel con.
Eress' embassy to France appears to
have failed"
"'Tis so long since We hear from dot
Purgoyne."
""Twas the day before we tried to
surprise Washington at Whitemarsh
Burgoyne sent one of his Indian run
ners to say that he had crossed the
Hudson and was face to face with the
rebels at Saratoga. That was on Sept
II. and the Indian did not reach here
until Dec. s."
81 dink dis woman, Mrs. Darrah,
madc-GaolS- - us for dot SURPRISE. !
dink she send word to de enemy"
Sir William, who watched all this
with excited Interest, struck silTer
bell sharply and an orderly entered
from the hall and salutcd.~~
Light the candles and beg Mrs.
Darrah. with N z ?liments. 10 favor
us with q visit"
light step sxSl in the hall and
there was a knock on the door. Sir
William arose and opened It. A tall
slender. handsome woman Of forty,
dark complexioned. with features
rather long to be called beautiful. but
with gait aud mlen that were queen
ly, entered and courtesled to both.
Mrs. Darrah. may we ask that you
viii give especial orders to your house
hold to cease spying on usT' warmly
asked the British commander
You may. Sir william. but will Is.
sue no such order"
"And why not, prayY
because my household, to the new
est servant is loyal and to he trusted.
harbor no spies. and ! will not insult
my people by any hint of treason"
She arose. rs that all gentlemen"
"ven you got leaf to ride out off our
lines afdcr de gounc,i Of var helt here
Oh de secoud. dit you 20 to de mill OF
to vhitemarshY" asked Knyphuusen.
"The mill is in Whitemursh.1 she
said calmly and then added warmly:
"You know. general, that my husband
was loyalist and was killed in the
kings cause. If he were alive, he
would not suffer me TO be insulted''
She began to weep. Besides she
went on, 'yhe rebels have not the price
TO pay for spies even If were merce
nary"
Stung to the quick by the last word.
which she had emphasized. Knyphau
sen angrily retorted:
mo. but of OF dc handsome cheneral
dot gate de grea pail here In Phila.
delphia"-
"Stop" thundered Howe Mrs. Oar.
rah flushed red and was about TO leave
the room when the British commander
said TO her.
"Mrs Darrah. crave your pardon.
had no notion when | sent for you
that anything like that was to be said.
will make amends for this unfortu-
nate affair In any way that lies in my
power. Any favor you ask is yours. y
s She paused. greatly agitated, with eyes
cast down. Suddenly her face lighted
up with eaGerness. and she spoke:
IL have nephew" she said. "whom
4 ! would lik, to see win honors in this
war which would bring him 10 the IA
\ vorable :, n his king
Sep, HIAA nplease."
T5--S---yss nm. iuched again. Tho
septrved In the structions. and In n
few m boys Aera reavy football wa.
heard - talrs. and a tall broad
shoulds,as ~ kond young man with
small 80 thin lips entered. HC
wore ~ ia an Nun suit OF gray. His
age wa. .Vauesp ZINES kenty-one; his mannel
was sSs sSs about Z Pefy nervous. Mrs. Dar
rah lntroSn. u FED him to Sir William ai
her uer = Wv. Elijah Strong.
'A Hardly had she spoken his nam'
when the orderly knocked on the door
Elijah wheeled around and opened it.
Prisoner with dispatches, sir" saiC
the orderly. A swarthy little man 81
ohskin clothes stood in the doorway
between two snow covered soldiers.