Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-10-19

vided the means OF egress from the
jury box above.
The sight of this inner stair set me
| plotting. Could l make use of it TO
come unseen into the council chamber
of Lord CORVALLIS and his officers?
The market place was we'll thronged
with vendors and soldier buyers; the
patriotic Mecklenburgers We're not
avesse to the turning of an honest
penny upon the needs of their OPP
pressors, as it seemed. 1 watched my
chance, and when there were no prying
eyes to mark ii, made the dash up the
steps.
Happily for the success of the adj
venture there was an angle In the mar
row STAR to hide me whilst lifted the
trap door i'm the court room floor a
scant half inch and got my bearings.
AS had hoped. the trap opened behind
the jury box, and | was able to raise 1T
cautiously and so to draw myself up
into the room above. unseen and I'M
heard.
peep around the corner of the high
jury stalls showed me my lord and his
suite gathered about the lawyers table
in front of the bar. of the staff rec
ognized only Stedman. the commissary
general; Tarleton. looking something
the worse for his late illness: Major
Hanger, his second in command, and
the young Irishman, Lord Rawdon.
AT the moment of my espial, Corn
| wallis was speaking, and drew back to
\ listen, we'll enough content to be in
/ earshot. Fer il my good angel had
timed my coming could not have ar
rived at a more opportune moment.
what we have to consider now is
how best TO reach Ferguson with an
express instantly" his ordship was
/ saying. This rising of the over-moun-
tain men is likely to prove a serious
matter not only for the major, but
\ for the kings in thp
inees. Lacking positive orders to the
contrary Ferguson will fight-we all
know that; and if he should be de-
feated twill hopelessly undo his work
among the border loyaists and set us
back another twelvemonth.'
Then your lnrdship will order him
I to come in with what he has," said
voice which l knew Tor Colonel Tar
Teton $.
lnstanter' had sure man to
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,rarleton lauphed at faar we shall,
never agree upon him. INV lord I
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With Won b1t do assure Won he is as
great a rascal as ever went unhung.
Ills true as you say, | did not go into
the particulars; but were Captain Stu
art or Sir Francis F'alconnet here.
either of them would convince your
lor,lship in :; twinkling."
There was silence for a LITTLE space
following the colonel's Pronunciation of
lne, and then my lord broke it to say:
II may not be so credulous as you
think, Colonel. Rebel spy or true-blue
| loyalist, he is safe enough for the pres
ent. In the meantime in this matter
of reaching Ferguson we may make
good use of him.
I'm what manner your lordship?"
asked one whose voice l did not rec
ognize.
.'He has come straight from Major
Ferguson, as | say; and. loyalist or
rebel, he .an find his way back to Gill
bert Town."
"R1t you,l1 never he trusting him
with disnatches," said Lord Rnw,]on
There is no need to trust him. He
can be given the dispatches with some
hint of their purport, and of how much
the kings cause VIII profit by their
safe delivery
Again a silence fell upon the group
around the lawyers table, and then
some one-'twas Major Hanger, as 1
l
for me as yet. my lord
CORVALLIS laughed "Where are YOUR
: wits this morning gentleman? If he be
loyal and true. the dispatches will go
safe enough. If, on the other hand. he
be Il rebel and Il spy, he will doubt
less tamper With them; but i'm that
case he will none the less ride straight
enough to Major t'ergusons headquar-
ters In the west"
"H'm. your lordshp is still too deep
for me-" said 'rarlelon's second in COM
inand. IF he he rebel and a spy,
: why. i'm Gods name should he carry
!, YOUR lorclshiI's letters to any but some
= rag colonel of his own lsidney?"
NV lord laughed again. TRULY Ma
ior. you should go to IA DANES school
and learn diplomacy If we tell him
beforehand what our object u.s. how
:, could amy rebel of them all defeat it
more surely than by going to Ferguson
/, with ii garbled message that would
! make him stand and fight losing bat
9 tle?"
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