The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-01

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some one on the veranda.
"a Federal spy escaped last night
from Chattanooga, madam. He was In
the disguise Of a negro girl" There
was something more which was unin-
| telligible.
Then Mark heard the word mo"
spoken In a voice which he thought
was Mrs. Fain's.
"He was tracked to the river, which
he must have crossed. He probably
landed mile or two below ChattaDoo-
ga, and we believe he is hiding some
where within a few miles Of this
! place"
"You are welcome to- Mark could
not hear to what the officer was wei
come, but he surmised it was to search
! the house.
what time did you go to bed?"
The reply was inaudible.
"You saw nothing till then?"
'eNo, sir"
"And everything was shut up at ten
O'clock"
Eyes, SIR
"You are good Confederates, I reck-
on"
Eyes, sir; my SON. Mark could not
hear the rest, except the word army"
We'll, with your permission, madam,
We'll search The rest was lost. In
deed Mark was too terror stricken to
listen with due care. he supposed the
house would be ransacked.
In a moment his terror was turned
to a delicious sense Of relief. The Of
fcer. after calling to the men at the
gate, rode around to the negro quar-
tiers.
But there was danger.in the search
which would follow in the cabins
Daniel would remember the negro girl
he had let. in the night before, and
would surmise that she was the person
the men were looking for. Would Dan
lei betray him? He. thought not. Dan
lie! gave no hint. for presently Mark
saw the trio ride away to join the
troop.
Laura Fain had spent a night no
more comfortable than Mark. The re-
sponsibility Of a human life weighed
upon her heavily. At one moment she
would picture Marks face. pale. hagc
gard, despairing, as he would be drag
hi
she was conscience stricken at the part
she was playing in shielding an enemy
Of her cause.-the cause Of her brother
and her lover. She heard the dogs as
Mark had heard them on the river
bank, and lay shivering till the baying
| died away in the distance. Then i'll
the morning she saw the cavalry go
by; the officer come up and talk with
her mother. whom be asked the negroes
to call from her bed that be might
question her about the presence Of the
spy. Laura got up herself and stood
at t,-e landing, listening breathless
while they talked. When the man
rode away she muttered fervent
"Thank Godr'
As the morning frightened and it
! was time to rise, her fears were less
intense, and she began to think Of how
she should keep her prisoner concealed
from the rest of the household How
should she feed him? When her maid
came up she told her that she would
take her breakfast in her room, but
surprised the girl by the large quan-
titv Of food she wanted brought to her.
When the breakfast came, Laura was
up and dressed. Sic directed the girl
to set it on a table and then sent her
to the stable with a message to Daniel
about her riding pony. Her maid haV-
Ing gone, Laura took up the breakfast
and carried it to the trap.
In another moment she was standing
on the ladder with the tray IN her
hand, half her body below and half IN
the attic, regarding handsome fellow
looking very much like gentleman
In he brothers clothes. He in turn
was .agarding what he considered
very pretty picture in the half exposed
figure of a young girl holding a tray
in her hands on which he knew full
well was a breakfast he was hungry
for. Then be took the tray and laid
it on the lounge.
1t was the first time that Laura had
seen Mark dressed becomingly. This
was the man she had been instrument
tai in saving, the man she was pro-
tecting, the man she must exercise her
wits to give an opportunity to get