The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

the room. having a STREAM Of milk BEHIND
him.
.D-da.a.ad." he cried. setting down the
milk pals. -,
-Whais" demanded Van DYKE haFshl,'
.Ih-at f-f-frii-o~ o-oui thsh, nc slut
tered. .is r-f-rsther excited
Nan Dykr ffowned nereriy al Don
thinking Of course that be mrant Nsfnr.'
.Go down cellar and fetch up another
,,,rhsy az cider" ordered Nan Dyke.
Al this Don turned and He'd 10 u'e
cellar, soon returning with the dripping
.F.fa.ther," he began once more
.M.m-misier Gray Is out thew.
"What,n exclaimed the Briiisher, start
ing 10 his ieet, lis one Of those rases's
heeT
The boy nodded.
.Drlnr INV horse Immediately, Don,
Then he turned 10 Van Dyke. TITS
only one of those extraordinary Amcn'
cans he sneered II must 90 iniil'e-
diately."
As Don appeared with the horse he bade
Nan Dyke farewell aud climbing into
The saddle he started down the road AZ
gallop. a. .,,-,,.l
This road was one Of the prlheipe'
highways which ran along the iuasoh'
About half mile below Van Dykes nome
Inc road turned abruptly at right angles;
Another half mile further on, The roaa
entered dense wood with hea'! grown
OF brush ON either side.
As the Britisher urged on his horse the
shadows OF the evening were deepening
From a nearby swamp came The eroahiht
~ the frogs and from the wood he!ohu
he heard the first notes OF the whip-Poor-
will. =,
Varney feared that the messenger OF
whom Don spoke had got track OF HIM,
so he urged his tired horse to MS "''''os'
speed. -, a.. ,n,,
in the road and had just entered "e
tbicket when. suddenly, his bride was
seized. his horse was brought to halt
and he was standing on the ground WIN
an ugly pistol pointed straight ~ MS
heart. a, A.
.Uold the horse. Sergeant" said the
man with the pistol.
And before Varney had recovered from
his surprise he had been relieved OF ms
arms and found himself prisoner, ridihg
toward the fort between two mounted
men. IA. =.
Only once during the short ride 10
Fort STANLEY did the prisoner attempt 10
escape. and then the cold end OF the
pistol was placed uncomfortably near
him. a.
In about half an hour they reached the
fort and the three men were admitted INTO
the presence of the commandant, Ioionei
Witherell. The prisoner was taken ny
the guard into an outer room anu
searched Important papers were found
cleyerly hidden in the lining on his boot.
These papers afterwards proved to be OF
great value md the capture of Narney
was of still greater Importance to the
Americans.
Then the Colonel demanded; our
name and rank, Sir:"
"Iieutenant Richard Gray of Fort
CLAYTON" answered the taller of the Two
men.
The Colonel turned TO the other, who,
during this time, had quietly renamed III
a dark corner,
"Your name and rank. also.
For answer the man took step
forward and lifted his close-ftting cap;
by doing this the light shone full upon
his face. ,r.,
sMiss Bessr' exclaimed Colonel With
erell. H.
After recovering from his surprise ne
said sternly, yet with twinkle IN ms
eve: "What is the meaning OF TINS;
Explain yourself"
Then Dick related to him how together
they had hurriedly made plan, how
Bess had dressed in her brothers clothes
how. to their dismay, came the sudden
cali for Varney's horse. but nevertheless
how they had rapidly saddled their horses e,
and dashing cross lots to the little thicket'
arrived there just in time to rush upon
and capture the spy before he had time
to defend himself. All this had been ac,
complshed, as Dick said, with the aid
of the Sergeant"