The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-11-26
THE WHITE SPY
5y NATHANiEL HUBBARD.
lCopyrisht. igUg. by American Press As5o-
ciaton.I

threw down his muskct and fell on his
face. The friend without the counter
sigu passed him. entered The lines and
walked hurrledly Ia among the tents
"GrGut heavens. IS that ghost com
inrj" exclaimed un officer to another.
both standing outside one Of the head
quarters tents
"Or one Of the men paradius in his
nlghtclothcs?"
Meanwhile the figure came up, and
rs he did so the officer rrcuiicd. fie
was IN uniform. but IN the moonlight
his clothes appeared to be made Of
white linen. Tho face, hands. hair--
indeed, every part Of the person was
white.
"W.h.o are you. nni what the deuce
do you wans." s,ammcrcd one Of the
officers.
John Waters. aud on my way to
see the general"
"What! In that makcup?"
ayes. have important Information
that should BE- acted upon at once
us that you, IohnT called the gem
crlls voice from within the tent
ayes. general"
"Comc IN here"
m, n-urc lu white entered the gen.
Gratis tent and was received with the
same astoulslment as before. Ten
minutes later s'aT officers were flying
In every direction carrying orders TO
The subordinate commanders. and IN
the carly morning columns were march.
Ing by different roads 20 cit or the
enemy that the white figure had re.
ported 60 be- in full retreat when
his Information had been delivered and
the orders iRued the general called
upon him Tor un account of bow he
hnl lc1rucd the facts aud an cxplnna.
ton ~ his strange appearance This
wug his story;
II was scouting when came sud.
denly upon body of SpnnlnrdH. There
was nothing Ca do bat surrender, aud
this did. WAS carried along lu thciv
ccutcr right IN among the urair bodies
of ihrir troops. whom ! saw always
marching southwark 10 suited my
purpose 10 appear not 90 understand
Spanish. uud after awhile they talked
freely among themselves IN my hear.
ing They dId not know what TO do
with me. ana finally their leader pro.
posed the following plan; They would
stop nt the ncXt house ana gct some.
thing 20 eat. while thus engaged they
would pretend TO leave me To- myself,
aud II I attempted to set away they
would shoot mo.
"Soon after they stopped at a house
next 90 n Gour mlll Leaving ne. they
went into the house aud were rather
more lax In tnrlr watch than they in-
tended. SAN, the ground was open.
and n ran they would nave free
range nc me- determined on gusc
! hung my cloak on q bush. put my
hat on it aud then rolled In among
some four sarkl thar we're scattered T.
about. crawling Into one or them
Presently one ~ the Spanlards came T.
to the door ~ the house. ana ] snw .
him looting ~ my dummy, lie called /
To the others thar I was about 10 run. I
aud several ~ them. coming 10 the F.
door. iirrd 90 my cloak, Both hat md .
cloak fcll 10 the ground, whereupOn .
the men went back into the house,
There was horse standing by tho .
mill loaded with Hour sacks, rolled .
To this horse IN my sack anl managed /
TO climb up ana throw myself over
his back among the SACKS After .
awhile the SpaularGs. came out, One OF .
them went 60 my cloak, picked Il up 4
and. not nnding my body, notified the
others. They. much surprised mount
iug their horses and rode Oh In a al
rcctlon they supposed ! had ned,
Then man cauc out of the min
aud. mounting a horse, lel the one
was on by halter When we were
on the road ! raised myself up, putting
my head. white as lt Is now with hour,
out of the bag The man lct go the
halter and glil0pcd away as fast as ne
could. Throwing oI the dour bags /
rude northwurd with a view 90 reach
ing our tines Fortunately for me Il
was now getting dusk. / PASSED the
men who supposed they had suo, me
riding a few hundred yards 20 nay lett
/ saw hy thelr looks that they took
me for my ghost. $50 J concluded 10
play the part ana rode r.-ht ou rigid
ly Their captain hailed me, buJ l
paid mo- attention 90 h.m ANA was soon
lost 20 them In the dar6ucss.
~ had uo trouble IN passiag out
posts Tor they AN took me Tor spec
ter N amy one was COURAGEOUS enough .
10 challcug, me Invariably rudc rignt
toward him. making him think that
was about 10 ride through him. lie al
ways got ont OF the way, aud only one
man arcd at me,
"On approaching our lines dis
mounted and. icJ,lug my horse go
= here he l,sed walked did not dare
AXE such risks among the Spanish
'ear guard considering that was
moving toward our lines, skulkel .
hrlugh their picket line ana when
rec from Il came on TO ours.
"And now. general. I ask your per
mission to so and wash this dour or
ne aud get something 10 cat"
This was IN the celebrated penlnSu-
lr campaign, fought by Sir Arthur
Wellesley. gfterward the Duke of Well
Incton. Sir John Waters was inval-
able as spy ana Kept his geaeral
ven supplied with Information.