The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-02
THE REBELS RUSE,
py EuNlcE wINsoR.

INK uoal Aud pAhfARb LUTTE discovered
that his daughter Evelyn and one OF
the captains. ElderlEin, had fallen in
love with each other. Woodwork was
70 Mortified at his daughter marry.
ing a rebel that he decided to leave
his place IN Westchester county and
take bis family to New York city. The
evening before their departure Evelyn
and Elderldn met clandestlnely IA a
wood near the house. then and there
pllghted their troth and before part
Ing arranged method OF correspond
ence. The next day the Woodwork
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.
II was not long after their settlement
IN their new quarters that Evelyn re-.
ceiyed a letter from an intimate friend
Of hers. living near her home IN West
chester county 1t had been sent ia
with number OF others under 4 dag
OF truce. Her father. thinking that the
missive might contain some word from
Elderkin, opened and read It before
giving 1t to his daughter. II was writ.
ten in a woman's hand and contained
no mention whatever Of the rebel cap
tain.
Amelia Woodwork. a sister Of the
head Of the family. was as bitter a
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 II she would let her read the let
pr Evelyn's heart stood still; but, out.
wardly retaining her equanimity. she
told her aunt where to find II, and
the old lady sat down by candle to
read It. After trying for long while
to discover some code in It she fen
asleep. When she awoke the candle
had burned down to the socket. the
letter lay near the fame scorched, and
across its face was the fragment Of
sentence s1at had evidently been
written II green ink-"That old cat.
your Aunt AM"
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 Mr.. Woodwork had gone
out to Fraunce's tavern for a tipple
and 70 learn II there was any news
Of the military situation His sister
waited patiently till be returned. then
showed him the letter To her sur
prise the green letters had disappeared.
Now. the old man loved bis daugh-
ter, but did not get on with bis sis
ter He looked the letter over care
fully. then told MISC Woodwork that
she might be in better business than
IN Spying that - had in her mind
belief that would make dis
covery and ienlg awakening. had
seen tho II only through her dis
tortcd naginAilon. TtHn be ordered
be o. take The letter bakk to Eyelyn's
%veyn knew that something had
happened, but what she was not sure.
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 few
days later, when The rain was pouring
down and the air laden with moisture
the old woman. rnmmaeing In the
desk. came upon another surprise
There was the letter. and this time II
was covered With pink letters In
deed, she read love letter written
across the other from Captain Elder
kin to her niece. fl which he warned
Evelyn to beware Of "that old cat
your Aunt Amelia
Taking the letter into her own room.
she sat down before a warm fire on
tile hearth laying # Oh table beside
her Sae was rejoicing at the prospect
sof cgnv inciHg her brother that she had
seen right after all Then 1t occurred
to her to copy the pink words lest they
fade like the green ones. Turning to
the letter, what was her surprise TO
fud that they had already disappeared
Defeated again, she replaced the let
ter where she bad found it. Thinking
10 discover some means for bringing
back the secret missive. she went there !
next day for it, but Evelyn had mean
while concluded to burn It.
IA month later another batch OF let
tiers 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,
it fell into Miss Woodworth's hands
Meanwhile she. had eonfded her secret /
E6a friend. a professor in King's-the /
name was at that time changed to Co /
iumbia-coiSege. The second letter she |
took to him neH heated it and mois-
tened 1t with no effect Then be tried /
the application CT chemicals, and a
solution Of iodide Of starch brought |
ont another love letter, this time in
blue.
Soon after this the British evacuated |
The city, and Captain Eiderkin marched /
an with the patriots Evelyn finally |
ssercame her fathers opposition and /
married her lover Then the method /
be their correspondence was exT&lined. /
The first love letter was written
with ink mixed with gum arabic and
chloride OF cobalt. making pink letters, 1
which disappeared when the ink dried /
and reappearing green under heat. It
again disappeared under cold and be-