Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-18

I the barrack Twas false. They are
 like to discover it at any moment and l pursue us."
 1 He stopped rowing. "You did that l for me? You spoke falsely when you | said you were in terrible danger"''
 Row" she pleaded, leaning forward
 from the stern. "Stop not an instant.
 I have fooled Cornwallis. Think you
 he will forget that? Or, if they take ] us, that I shall go scot free? Would 1 you see me in a cell ?'' 1 The boat shot forward with a jerk
 that made her catch her breath.
 "Where are you heading?" she asked
 presently, for he had turned inshore.
 '"The French battery is just ahead. I Iris the extreme left of the circling Continental front. Beyond that is safe l ty, mademoiselle." | 1T will not land there. You must l pass the American lines. You must
 take me home to Gladden. Eali.' +Rut''--
 l "Row, row!' | "I leg you to allow us to land,' he i urgaT. '"The regiment of the Gatinais 1 lies behind that bluff. They will not 1 dare to pursue into the Freuch l trenches" "An you are afraid"- l Oh, what it cost her heart to say that!
 | Armand bent to the oars and in l creased his speed. Neither spoke She I was suffering q like apprehension now | of arousing the American pickets on l the shore. At any other time, doubt less, there would have been challenges, but on this night, the first of many weeks, the Continentals rested and made merry, waiting the signing of the articles of surrender. The skiff passed
 the danger point, and for awhile there was no sound save the slap of tiny waves like children's hands against the stem and the muf1edI din of the pursuit, which drew on with dogged persistencyl
 "They will not flre," she said at
 length in low voice, 'sfor fear of arousing the Americans. They have ships boat full, but they row crooked and uneven. Yet they come on fast fast Tell me, could we get back to the Continental worksY' "'Tis impossible now. They are be-
 tween us and them. Gladden. Hall is the nearest refuge "Are you certain?'
 ssYes, mademoiselIe.' s'Listen," she confessed then. II have deceived you. made you take me past the Continental line because-because you yourself cannot go there. You must not go there. Iris not only the British who would seize you now. An, do you not understand? You have been denounced. Iris known that you are the same who, they think, would have misled the congress-
 Informed against!'s he said: "Againg'
 "Oh, what a ghastly thing for you to say to mel Twas Jarrat--Jarrat. Row ashore and fy." "Where?"
 Anywhere, anywhere" she cried wildly, "only so 1t be to safety! Haste! They gain on us!' Eff we land they are certain to take us. You cannot go afoot as fast as they"
 T shall not go. You shall leave me there. Row! Row" "And why should you care for my nfeY'
 "Ah, will you stay when my heart is
 breaking? There is no time to talk
 now. What is anything they may do
 beside your life? I beseech you--I com
 mand you to run in. never intended you to take me farther"
 ~.tYou would be safe, if we could reach Gladden. Hall,' he said. Then
 he stood up and threw off his coat
 Her tears came at this. ..There is no
 one at the hall to protect," she wept.
 Mot slave to beat them back. Not a weapon Tarleton sacked 1t. An,
 you do not believe me because de- ceiyed you before! But this is the truth-I swear it Is the truth! He made no answer, but set the
 boats bow straight up the stream and
 rowed as she had never seen man row
 before. She felt the timbers shiver and
 creak, heard the deep intake of his
 breath and saw the splendid play of the arm muscles beneath his shirt
 sleeve. Then, entering, ever more in
 sistent, came the creak of the pursu- ing craft.
 The moonlight fell whitely on the
 shore they ski,ted. Two miles--three
 miles--past the shalluws of Kings
 creek and Corbin's point. Every
 tongue of land, every wedge of forest,
 how well she knew them! But how slowly they fell behind! There was no longer danger of arousiEg the Conti-
 mental pickets, and the pursuers' voices came clearly, gibing at the error of their prisoner which had carried him past the line of safety and made his i taking. certain. Once Anne heard the officer who led give sharp command to 1 put down a gun. A scant 200 yards was all there was
 between the two. boats when Armand sprang upon the wharf of Gladden.
 Hall. Leave me- she begged fsintly,
 land save yourself! You have yet | time'' "Give me your hard!' he command l ed peremptorily. He took it and led | her running llD the SlODing lawn.