Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-25

other stupidity. and / asked the ques-
ton again before Grant saw At to re-
ply. His manner was excessively In
eolent.
THAT is more than I know. We
Delavan's officers"
He vas vat you call maybe a vol
unteer le~ftenant." added one Of the
Germans brokenly. AT Mount Holly
we met. yah. and from there he
joined"
mot one OF Delavsn's men them"
Il dink not; he vas Light Dragon.
l hat the wagon suard-the first vag
ons-an' see him there. Mine Colt!
he come pack vid his mems all right
slash, shoot-his horse g a up; that
vas the last | see already"
'The lad got away. with three 9TH
ers, sir" broke in n.new voice at my
back. They wheeled and rode
through US. across the water. We
thought the horse guard would get
them over there, but l guess they
didn't: anyhow there WAS no firing.
Tho fellows must have turned in un-
der the bank, and rode like hell"
Satisfied as TO this incident, and not
altogether regretful that the boy had
thus escaped. I held r. short consulta-
ton with Duval. seeking explanation
Al to why the command had been 30
unceremoniously thrust upon mo. A
few words only were required to make
the situation clear. Fnrrell'a ability
to injure and Annoy the enemy largely
depended on his leadership not being
known. While taking part In every
engagement, he always required his
leutenants to represent him In nego.
tiations, SO that up TO this time, what.
ever the British might suspect, they
had no positive proof that he was
openly in arma against them. Duval,
in turn, taking advantage of my pres.
ence, had shifted the responsibility to
my shoulders.
But what do vol people do with
our prisoners" I asked.
Send EN- to tho Continental lines
when we can" he explained, "and II
we can't then turn 'em loose. No use
paroling 'em. as they consider us
guerillas. II I was you I'd run EN-
back to the farm house across the
creek, an hold en- there TIL we get
rid of this stun, Maybe it'll take
twenty-four hours to hide It all. and
burn the wagons. Then the bHys can
done. I'd like 20 take that fellow
Grant into our lines-he's a mean
pillaging devil-but It's too big a risk;
Bristol Is about the nearest picket
post, and the re5coats have got cav
airy patrols all along in back Of the
river"
But I cannot watt here" I an.
swered. fmpatiently. Farrell under
stood that l have important ipforma-
ton for Washington, and only came
with you tonight because you were
following along my route. I've got 10
go on"
That's ell right: just give your
orders. and we'll attend 20 the rest,
What we want Is for these lads to
go back to Philadelphia saying they
were attacked by a force OF militia IN
der command OF an officer OF the Con
tinental line. That will give Clinton
q scare, and turn suspicion away from
US. Grant knows you, I understand.
so he'll report the afair that way.
You can be of within thirty minutes"
II was easy to grasp the point Of
view, and / saw no reason for refusing
assistance. I gave tho necessary or
ders. standing under the torchlight IN
full view. and waited while a squad
Of partisans rounded up the disarmed
prisoners, and guarded them down the
slope to the edge OF the stream
Teams were doubled up. and several
Of the heavy wagons rumbled away
into the darkness. Two. too badly in
jured to be repaired, were fred where
they lay, the bright flames lighting
up the high banks on either side the
road. I found o big black horse, with
British arms on the bride. and O pair
OF loaded pistols IN the holsters. a
f~ne-looking animal, and came back
into the FIRE glow, determined TO lose
no more time. Duval had disappear
ed, but, az I stood there looking about
for him TO say goodbye, a young
country fellow came up hurrledly
from out the darkenss
(To Be vo1tinued.)