Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-01

was bowed. Even to our cheers he
! never once glanced up, and, as we
passed beyond the radius of light,
| laid my hand upon the name of Nor
gan's horse.
rs it true that Charles Lee thinks
We should'let Clinton go without fight
ing?" asked sooerly. THAT was ru-
| mored at the ferry"
otis enough" he answered, his
eyes upon the dark column of plod-
ding men. "And he seems to have
| others with him. l know not what has
put the coward into the fellows of
late. Saint Andrew! the odds are NO
greater than we have met before But
therell be no fighting, lad, fear, I'M
less Washington takes the bit in his
teeth and orders it. I'm glad the boys
cheered him; twill give the man new
heart"
"You favor the Joining of issue?"
why not? Were we ever in better
fettle? A retreating army is always
half whipped, and we can choose our
ground. Why. lad, tbs reported Clin-
toms line stretches out full twelve
miles, with train of baggage wagons
and battery horses, and camp follow
ers enough for division Twill be
easy work attending to them, and most
of his troops are Dutch and Tories"
By daylight We came up with the
| New Jersey militia, lying at rest along
the bank Of the Milestone river, wait
ing their turn TO ford that stream, and
join Maxwell on the opposite shore.
| From where l stood 1 could see the
thin lines Of Continentals' spreading
out like fan, as the skirmishers adj
vanced up the opposite bluffs. Down
| the tralnpled bank, men were strug-
Cling with light battery, and sudden
ly in the press of figures came upon
| Farrell. He was mud from head to
foot, his face streaked with it, but he
looked up with beaming eyes as l
spoke his name, and our hands
| clasped
Il thought you would be over there
| with Maxwell" he said, pointing
across at the black dots, now clearly
distinguishable in the glow Of sun.
shine
Il was left behind, and came up just
now with Morgan" 1 replied But
am anxious enough to be with my own
| fellows. What means that skirmish
line, Farrell? Are we already in touch
with Clinton?"
He swept the hair out of his eyes
with his great fist
mo one knows exactly, but the Brit
ish are not far off, and are headed this
way. A scout came through with the
news two hours ago-Clinton has TAX
en- the road to Monmouth" He
chuckled grimly, glancing at my face.
and who think We the lad was who
told us?"
"Who?" my throat tightening.
| 1.-THE same you was so anxious about
few days back"
| Mortimer! Eric Mortimer"
AYE, unless my eyes fail me al
ready, it was the boy"
You are sure? You saw him?"
We'll, l had a glimpse, as he came
up the bank here from the ford, his
horse dripping. 1t was dark still, and
he only stopped to ask the road. I
knew the voice, and the form-the lad
is as slender as girl-then he went
by me, digging his horse with the
spurs, and lying close. He had ORA
goon's cape Tapping from his shout
ders, but twas the boy all right. All!
there go the guns up the bank. Now.
perhaps, they'll let me take my fight
ing dogs across"
The way was open for me, at least,
and | swung up into the saddle, and
drove my horse down the slippery
| shore into the water. The stream
was not deep, although the current
flowed swiftly. and moment later l
had found Maxwell.
Yes" he said to my first question,
I'VE are going to fight, although it
may not be anything more serious
than skirmishing today. Washington
has decided in spite OF Lee. thank
God, and we'll have go at the Red
coats. Lafayette commands the adj
vance, and Wayne will be up within
few hours. We are to skirmish for
ward toward Monmouth Court House;
Clinton has turned that way"
You learned that from scout?"
Yes; he just came through; one OF
Charles Lees men, I understood-a
blue-eyed, rosy-cheeked boy, who said
his name was Mortimer He had rid
den from Cookstown, and was Keeling
in the saddle, but would go on. Your
men are over there, major, beyond the
clump of timber. In my judgment
we1l accomplish little today, fol
there rs a heavy storm in those clouds
} yonder."
How many men will we have wher
Wayne comes up?"
About four thousand, with the mi