The Marshall republican., 1911-11-09

der to rest In their saddles. The sight
took him back to his own troop. and
De longed to be In the stirups Amin
with them.
An officer. followed By two men. 4 M
riding back. Maybe they were coming
to the house. They stopped at the
gate. One Of the men rode forward.
dismounted and opened Il. The oficer
entered and rode up to the front door.
Marks heart seemed to stop beating.
He could not SEE what was going on
below so close under his window, but
presently heard the officer talking to
some one on the veranda.
"A Federal SPY escaped last night
from Chattanooga, madam. He was in
the disguise Of n negro girl" There
was something more which was unin.
telligible.
Then Mark heard the word nc"
spoken in a voice which he thought
was Mrs. FANS.
HE was tracked TO the river. which
be must have crossed. He probably
landed a mile or two below Chattanoo-
60, 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 well
come. but he surmised II was to search
the house.
"what time did you go to bedl"
The reply was lnaudible.
"You saw nothing till theni"
"No, SIR"
"And everything was shut up at ten
o'clock"
"Ycs, sir"
"You are good Confederates. I reck.
on"
Eyes, sir; my SON Mark could moi
hear the rest. except the word army"
well. with your permission. madam.
wen search The rest was lost. in'
deed Mark was too terror stricken TO
listen with due care. He supposed the
house would ID ransacked.
In q moment his terror was turned
20 a delicious sense Of relief. The Of
| scer. after calling to the men at the
gate. rode around to the negro quar-
tiers.
But there was a danger ia the search
which would follow In the cabins.
Daniel would remember tho negro girl
he had let IN the night before. and
would surmise that she was the person
the men we're looking for. Would Dan.
iel betray him? He thought o Dan
lei gave no hint. for presently Mark
saw the trio ride away 20 join the
troop.
Laura Fain had spent n night no
more comfortable than Mark. The re-
sponsibility OF a human life weighed
upon her heavily. At n moment she
would picture Marks face. pale. hag'
gard. despairing. as he would be drag
ged from his hiding place. The next
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 a.
Mark had heard them on the river
bank. and lay shivering till the baying
died away In the distance. Then III
the morning she saw the cavalry go
by: the oficer come up and talk with
her mother. whom he asked the negroes
to call from her bed that he might
question her about the presence Of the
spy. Laura got up herself and stood
at the landing. listening b~teathless
while they talked. When the man
rode away she muttered a fervent
thank Godr'
As the morning frightened and II
was limo to rise. her fears were less
intense, and she began to think Of how
che should keep her prisoner concealed
from the rest Of the household. How
'should she feed himi When her maid
came up she told her that she would
take her breakfast In her room. but
surprised the girl by the large guam
Itity Of food she wanted brought TO her,
When the breakfast came. Laura was
up and dressed. She directed the girl
to set II 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 II to the trap.
In another moment she was standing
on the ladder with the tray I'm heI
hand. half her body below and half In
the attic. regarding a handsome fellow
looking very much like q gentleman
in her brothers clothes. He In turn
was regarding what he considered q
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 he took the tray and laid
1t on the lounge.
1t was the first time that Laura had
seen Mark dressed becomingly. Thu
!. was the mar she had been instrumen
tai in saving. the man she was pro
tecting. the mar she must exercise he
wits to give an opportunity to Sc
away to u land Of safety from TIL
halter. II was pleasant to see that b