Milford chronicle., 1908-08-21

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his feet and stood at gers"
attention. There are en-
emies-yes?" and Oscar nodded his
head soiemnly In acceptance Of the sit
uation.
Il am going to trust you absolutely
You have no cOn6dants-you are not
married?
How should a man be married who
is a soldier? / have no friends. They
are Improbable" declared Oscar sol
EMMY.
Il fear you are a pessimist, Oscar.
but pessimist who keeps his mouth
shut is a good ally. Now, if you are
not afraid Of being shot or struck with
knife, and if you are willing to obey
my orders for a few weeks we may be
able to do some business. First, re-
member that l am Mr.. Armitage. You
must learn that now and remember It
for all time. And if any one should
ever suggest anything else
The man nodded his comprehension.
THAT will be the time for Oscar TO
be dumb. l understand, Mr.. Armi
tage."
Armitage smiled. The man present
ed so vigorous picture Of health. his
simple character was so transparency
reflected in his eyes and face that be
did not in the least question him.
You are an intelligent person ser |
geant If you are equally discreet
able to be deaf when troublesome ques- |
tons are asked, then I think we shall
get on"
you should remember began os
car.
II remember nothing. observed
Armitage sharply. and Oscar was
quite humble again. Armitage opened
trunk and took out an envelope. from
which he drew several papers and
small map, which he unfOlded and
spread on the table He marked a
spot with his lead pencil and passed
the map to Oscar.
'DO you think you could find that
placer"
The man breathed hard over it for
several minutes.
Yes. 1t would be easy" And he
nodded his head several times as he
named the railroad stations nearest
the point indicated by Armitage. The
place was in one Of the mountainous
counties Of Virginia, fifteen miles from
an east and west railway line. Armi-
tage opened a duly recorded deed
which conveyed to himself the title to
1000 acres of land; also a curiously
abstract Of title showing
the successive transfers Of ownership
from colonial days down through the
years Of Virginia's splendor to the
dread time when battle shook the
world. The title had passed from the
receiver Of a defunct shooting club to
Armitage. who had been charmed by
the description Of the property as set
forth. in an advertisement and lured,
by the amazingly small
price at which the preserve was Of
fered-
1T is a farm-yes?"
at is a wilderness, I fancy" said
Il have never seen It.
may never see it, for that matter. But
you will find your way there, going
first to this town, Lamar, studying the /
keeping your mouth shut and ]
seeing what the improvements on the {
ground amount to. There's some sort '
IF bungalow there, built by the Q
club. Here's a description of /
he place, on the strength Of which 8
bought it. You may take these papers '
llong to judge the size of the swim {
ile."
Yes, sir"
"And couple Of good horses, plenty
" cOmmissary stores-plain military =
you understand-and some
should be provided. l want
,ou to take fun charge Of this matter 8
md get to work as quickly as possible
I may be a trifie lonesome down there
lmong the hills, but IL you serve me
veil you shall not regret it"
Eyes, am quite satisfied with the a
OF" said Oscar. =
And after you have reached the