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Davis, you robbing rebel"
Then YOU will stop for my gun:
another step Will be your last" Mer-
rit halted, but did not retreat, shout
ing:
Come on, you sneaking thieves,
from where you are hiding" And
Captain Pete answered:
Fade Merritt, if you don't right
about face and go off, my gun will go
off, Merritt. finding the position of
his antagonist impregnable, backed
off his men and retreated into the
woods.
Anne, pale with excitement. but
firm, quieted the sirieking jimmy.
who feared for the life of her hus-
band. AS soon as the refugees had
gone the crews Of the whaleboats
fastened to leave SO dangerous a To-
cality. AS they rowed away Anne felt
anxious and uneasy, left alone with
her aged grandmother and the slaves
of the household But her training
had been at the feet of the strictest
Gamaliels of her sect: Resist the
evil. Trust in the Lord. Not one
sparrow is forgotten by God" Then
why did she feel anxious when the
whaleboatmen rOwed away? She took
herself severely to task for her anxi-
ETY. and doubt. but she could not but
fear the return of the refugees. Nor
was her uneasiness groundless.
Receiving information from scouts
and spies that the whaleboatmen had
gone, Merritt and his party returned
Their object was twofold-revenge
and plunder and revenge on the de-
fenceless household for harboring the
whaleboatmen. Their approach was
unheralded and the dam crossed and
mill surrounded before Jess-Billy's
son who was grinding corn-was
aware Of the fact He was taken
prisoner at once and shut up in the
-four cooler. Captain Merritt looked
about the mill for coffee that had
been stored there. Jess told him it
had been taken away.
'Where to-"
''To White Plains for the Conti-
mental Army"
Was it paid for, and who had the
money!" Jess could not tell. Angry
and baffled, Merritt thundered out:
You are lying, you black scound-
rel, but We'll squeeze the truth or the
life out of YOU"
They attempted to hang the lad,
but, getting no further information,
cut him down. He fell to the floor,
blood gushing from his mouth. When
he recovered Merritt asked him if Miss
Nanny knew. He could not tell, but
If any one knew she did. They
kicked Jess out of the mill and he
ran to the barn to tell Billy that they
were going to make Miss Nanny tell
about the coffee or hang her.
Billy waited to hear no more, but
started for the house to protect his
young mistress; but Merits men
were there before him. Anne, pale
but quiet and firm, met them at the
door, The men said gruffly:
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One of them seized her roughly by
the shoulders. Then came an instant
revulsion of feeling. The timid girl
at the touch of the burly ruffian was
transformed from a condition Of ter
ror to perfect fearlessness. She
turned upon him, saying:
Take thy hand off!
The man was cowed and shrank
back.
Trying to Nerves.
In her belief that a sustaining
Hand was near to support and direct
her, she allowed herself to be quietly
escorted to the MILL She was taken
to the upper story. On the stairs she
saw stains of blood, signs Of Jess
maltreatment, which did not reas-
sure her. In the upper room Merritt
and his men awaited her. From a
beam overhead rope hung, a moose
in the end. Under this she was led.
Trustful and fearless. she looked at
the crowd of hardened men with un-
QudllluS eyes. ooNe u lHeiu "oio
known to her. Captain Merritt told
her she need not be frightened, for If
she would tell them where the coffee
was taken no harm would come to
her. With her steady look she said:
Il am not frightened; the coffee
was taken by the Continental CON-
missary."
How much was sold, and where
is the money!"
II do not know"
"Come, girl, you must know; you
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