The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
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| will not attend a gathering OF treason
| scheduled more than three months
| away. There is this to be recalled,
| however; the General has done few
| things because he was afraid"
But it is WELL" returned Noah, "to
have the President aware of what is
in store. He will own the larger space
! for preparation. The gathering will
continue sort of secret for six weeks
| to come; nor is the traitor color thereof
| to be shown until a glass-and-b bottle
| stage. When courage is high and
| caution fled, rebellion will be unpacked.
| You observe how surprise is arranged
| for. There will be hawks -eyes TO catch
the trend of presidential thought con-
corning it. There lies open the whole
| plot for you"
"And many thanks" said I. "Your
| warning, as you remark, has the mighty
| merit of being early. Rest secure the
| General will profit by it; he may even
| contrive some counter reason for
amazement that shall become to our
folk of Secession the very mother of
| dismay."
When, now, Noah was about to go,
he came back from the door with a
| new thought.
This on Rivera's word" said he.
| 1.-THE boy, however, is to be trusted
when he tells merely what he sees and
hears, and is not asked to think. There
would seem to be rough Maryland
| brood to hang about the tap-rooms-
as many as ten, all told. They belong,
so to say it, with that Catron whom we
think of now and then for the pleas
use he gave us at Gadsby's. Catron,
somewhat the worse of his sword-arm,
is also in town. These ruffians use
| your name and mine, and never in 2
! ~
the roads of nights, carry an ear for
ones to come up behind. Also, walk
warily where corners are dark"
And your" said I, laughing at the
comic twist with which Noah orna-
mented his counsel: land you? Have
you gone upon precautions?"
mo more than you see," said Noah,
bringing to light a knife of peculiar
make. Il nave no great burden of re-
| spect for just one man, however urg-
ent his irritation or its reason. But
horde, and the members to be of mid
night, hangdog sort, arouses the latent
| prudence OF my race, and / comfort my
nervousness with toys like this" Here
the queer knife made a flourish.
l took the weapon from his hand. 1t
was one of those new knives called a
| bowie, and the first in my fingers There
was bucRhorn haft, and the nine-inc
blade showed thick at the back with
plenty of steel. This gave it weight,
and it balanced in ones hand like a
| Ratchet, and all sanguine and hopeful
to the feel.
TT is a Maryland conception" said
Noah land therefore a most fitting re-
buke to what thugs shall come out of
that commonwealth on a mission for
ones disaster" Then, retaining the
bowies: '"The courage of a race appears
in the length of it's weapons. The short
| er the weapon the harder the strain.
| Now, whoever devised that knife had a
Morse heart in him; his instinct was
to go close in to his enemy, and come
| back covered with blood"
And do you believe" said I, those
fellows of whom Rivera tells were
brought here by that Calron TO work a
revenge for him?'
"They are here by favor of his money.
truly" responded Noah, 'as Rivera
| overhead them say. And for that re-
venge you speak of, it will be long ere
Catron works one for himself in per-
| son, since his arm has turned dead in
Difference TO my rapier. He could not
so much as point a pistol with it,"
These words of Catron and his ruff
ans did not dwell with me seriously;
they were the sooner thrust out of mind
because the General, not a moment be-
hind Noahs going, came into my room
| On hearing of the latter's visit, he was
active at first to call him back. But
! on another thought, he gave that UP;
| full of a new notion of concern to Peg.
he would have my view of it.
"Now l have a decided humor," OBJ
| served the General, throwing himself
into Pegs chair-which was consistent
enough since he came upon Pegs good
| II have grown to a decided humor
that Peg shall rout these Garnet Red
| sticks who would conspire for her de-
feat. The more, perhaps, since the
chief-if that be fit title for a lady
is wife of our Vice President, and NOV
ing, as she sees it, for his interest of
politics against me- Peg must and shall
triumph; to lose-aside from what we
! might personally feel-would spell
nothing short of her destruction. And
a war, mark you, which combed a coun-
| try of its last of life, would mean no
more for any individual"
"Why, then" 1 said, "you cannot be
more deeply set on Pegs success than
l."
"Of truth. MOI" retorted the Cen
eral, with his shrewd grin; "do not
imagine l had a doubt of it, But here
| is what l have been turning in nv
head for a question. The White House.
socially, they tell me- is of immense
consequence. Now, 1 have decided to
| endow Peg with this coign of vantage
to be an aid for her plans. For nv
self, l shall follow Pegs flag; 1 shall
! implicitly take her commands She
shall hold the White House for her re-
serve; or have 1t on either wing; or
she may head charge with it,
And do you think to surprise me
with ths?" 1 returned. II knew how
you would thus conduct yourself from
/ the beginning"
"I am glad to have been so flattered in
your thoughts" said the General, dryly.
Il may take it you forestalled my ac-
| ton by considering what should be
your own. However, now that we are
come by these sage decisions to put
Peg in control of us, hold it excellent