The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-08-07
THE REBELS RuSE.
ny OUNCE WlNsoR.

During the American Revolution
regiment or continentals were placed
In Westchester county to observe" the
British then occupying New York.
Denton Woodwork. a bitter Tory. liv-
ing near the patriot force. discovered
that his daughter Evelyn and one OF
thu captains Ederkn. had fallen In
love with each other Woodwork was
SO Mortified az his daughter marry.
lng rebel that be- decided 20 leave
his place In Westchester county and
take his family 10 New York city The
ever ,rg before their departure Evelyn
and Elderkin met clandestinely IN a
wood near the house. then aud 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 whnt
was then and Is now Bowling Green.
II was not lcng after their settlement
In their new quarters that Evelyn re-
ceived Il letter from an intimate friend
OF hers. living near her home In West
chester county II had been sent In
with number OF others under a dag
OF truce. Her father. thinking that the
missiye might contain some word from
Elderkin. opened and read Il before
giving IL 10 his daughter. II was writ.
ten IN 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
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 70 do little detective work.
Going into Eveyn's room. she asked
her II she would let her read the let
ter. Eveyns heart stood stlll: but, out
wardly retaining her equanlmlty. she
told her aunt where to find II, and
the old lady sat down by candle 20
read IL. After trying for a long while
10 discover some code In IL she fell
asleep When she awokc the candle
had burned down to the socket. the
letter lay near the flame scorched. and
across It's face was the fragment Of
sentence that had evidently been
written IN green ink-"That old cat.
your Aunt Am"
Indignation struggled with Joy NJ the
discovery for a time; then the old lady
extingulshed 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 10 Fraunce's tavern for q tlpple
and 70 learn n there 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 man loved his daugh-
ter. but did not get on with bis sis
ter. lie looked the letter over care
fully then told Miss Woodwork that
she might be Ia better business than
In spying that she had In her mind
a belief that she would make n dis
covery and. suddenly awakening. had
seen the writing only through her dis
tortcd Imagination. Then he ordered
her 20 take the letter back 10 Evelyn's
room.
Evelyn 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 II I'm her writing desk. and few
days later. when the rain was pouring
down and the air laden with moisture,
the old woman. rummagng IN the
desk, came upon another surprise.
There was the letter. and this time IL
was covered with pink letters In
deed. she read love letter written
across the other from Captain Elder
Kin 70 her niece. In which he warned
Evelyn 10 beware Of that old cat.
your Aunt Amelia"
Taking the letter into her own room.
she sat down before d warm Gre on
the hearth. laying il on a table beside
her. she was rejoicing ~ the prospect
~ convincing her brother that she had
been right after all Then IL occurred
20 her 70 copy the pink words lest they
fade like the green ones. Turning TO
tile letter. what was her surprise 10
find that they had already disappeared.
Defeated again. she replaced the let.
Ter where she had found a. Thinking
10 discover some means FOR bringing
back the secret mlsslve. she went there
next day Tor H. but Evelyn had mean.
while concluded 60 burn II.
A 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 Tor the lovers
II fell into Miss Woodworth's hands
Meanwhile she had conndcd her secret
20 q friend, q professor iu King's-thc
name was az that time changed 90 Co
lumbia college The second letter she
took 90 him. lie heated II and mois.
tened n xtftH -. .e.rt ~. ~. s~t..a