The daily Alaskan., 1909-09-02
TIE REBEL'S RUSE
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During the American heNoluuon regiment of Continentals were placed In westchester county to observe" the British then occupying New York. Denton woodworth, a bitter Tory. hv- inS near the patriot force. discovered that his daughter Evelya and one of the captains, Rlderkin. had fallen fin love with each other. woedworth WAS so horrined at his daughter marry inc rebel that he decided Co leave his place In westchester county and take his family to New York city. The evening before their departure Egelyn and Elderkin met clandestinely in a wood near the house. then and there pIiehted their troth. and before part inC arranged method of corrcspont ence. The next day the woodworth family crossed the Harlem river were admitted within the British lines and occupied their town house near what was then and is now Bowling Green.
 IL was not long after sheir settlement fin their new quarters that Evelyn re- ceIved letter from an intimate friend of hers, living near her home in West chester county. It had been sent In with a number of others under a hag of truce. Her father. thinking that the missive might contain some word from Elderkin, opened and read it before | giving 1t to his daughter. It was writ len fin a woman's hand and contained no mention whatever of the rebel cap | tain. rs1- N N fA
 Amelia woodworth. . sister of the head ot the family, was as bitter . ] Tory as her brother and as deeply In terested in breaking up the love affair between her niece and the young rebel captain. The evening of the reception of the letter from beyond the lines, when Evelyn was in bed. Aunt Amelia concluded to do a little detective work. Going into Evelyn's room, she asked her If she would let her read the let, ter. Evelyn's heart stood still; but, out wardly retaining her eouRnimity, che told her aunt where to 6nd it and the old lady sat down by a candle to read 1t. After trying for Q long while to discover some code in It she fell asleep, When she swoke the candle had burned down to the socket the ! letter lay near the flame scorched, and across Its face was the fragment of sentence that had evidently been written In green ink--"rhat old cat, your Aunt Am-.r
 Indignation struggled with Joy at the discovery for time; then the old lady extinguished the candle and stole away with the letter. Evelyn was awake and saw what she did, but did not dare oppose her. MT. woodworth had eone out to Fraunce's tavern for n tipplo and to learn If thero was any news of the military situation. His sister waited patiently till he returned, then showed him the letter To her sur prise the green letters had disappeared.
 Now, the old mau loved his daugh- ter, but did not get on with bis sis ter. He looked tho letter over care fully, then told Miss woodworth that she might be in better business than | in spylng-that she bad tn her mind a belief that she would make dls. covery and. suddenly awakening, had seen the writing only through her dis. torted imagination. Theu Dc ordered her to take Che letter back to Evelyn's | room.
 Evelyn knew that something bad | happened. but what she was not Eure, since her aunt kept her own counsel Evelyn dare not destroy the letter for fear of making matters worse. She left it in her writing desk, and Q few days later. when the raln was pouring down and the air laden with moisture, the old woman. rummaging In the desk. came upon another surprise. There was the letter. and this time 1t was covered with pink letters, h. deed, she read love letter written across the other from Captain Elder ! kin to her niece. in which he warned Evelyn to beware of "thRt old cat, your Aunt Amella." i
 Taking the letter Into her own room, she sat down before a warm Gre on the hearth, laying 1t on table beside her. She was rejoicing at the prospect of convincing her brother that she had been right after all. Then it occurred to her to copy the pink words lest they fade like the green ones. Turning to the letter. what was her surprise to fnd that they had already disappeared,
 Defeated again, she replaced the let ter where she had found t. Thinking to discover some means for bringing back the secret misslye, she went there next day for 1t, but Evelyn had mean while concluded to burn it. ,a1r esk
 A month later another batch of let .ters was sent Into the British lines and among them one for Evelyn from the same friend who had written her before. Unfortunately for the lovers, 1t fell into Mss Woodworth's hands Meanwhile she had conhded her secret to a friend, professor in Kiug's--ths name was at that time changed to Oo- lumbia--college. The second letter she took to him. He heated it and mois- tened it yyith no effect Then hs tried