The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-06-14

her tone was rebuke. | was there
In concenlment and had fallen as. ep.
Your voices awoke me. | was mem-
Der OF Reynolds battery. having on
listed from illinois," Then told her
OF my wound and consequent plight
She did not change her posture. yet
as | paused 1 could plainly hear her
rapid breathing.
But but IL was not the orderly you
attacked" she exclaimed. 1T was
Calvert Dunn"
"Yes. il was Lieutenant Dunn. but
] assure you he was left uuhurt What
followed | think you already know.
how I was discovered by Joe and your
brother. how I'm the gloom they very
naturally mistook me for Dunn. how
they insisted upon my coming up 10
the house I was compelled to yield
10 their insistence. or else fight them
] never thought at that moment or
Dunn's special mission: ii merely SEEM
ed as if the mistake in identity gave
me an opportunity for escape. You
realize how all the rest was forced
upon me. There appeared no possible
way 10 avoid what happened"
paused in vain: there was no sound.
no movement
81 knew how you dreaded that mar
rage with Calvert Dunn"
And" she burst forth. did you i'm
agine l would prefer one with you?"
Certainly not, but It saved you from
him and from what might have proved
lifetime OF misery. You need never
see me again. and any court would inn
mediately grant you divorce on the
ground Of fraud. even doubt IL such
a marriage would be held legal"
"But-but you do not understand"
her words almost sobs. 'I have ridden
away with you. am here alone with
you now"
"My purpose Is to leave you at Fair
view. 1t will require no more than
two hours from the time we left your
people before we arrive there. No
one need ever know the truth. except
ing those anxious TO protect your good
name. You may trust me implicitly"
Trust you-you! What. after all
this? After your lies. your eavesdrop-
ping. your spying, your tricking Of me
INTO this awful situation? God forgive
mel Married to Yankee! Release M
REIN
hesitated. the fierce flaming up OF
her anger so suddenly paralyZing my
senses. There was a swift uplifting
OF her arm to level with my head
81 mean it. You thought me help
less and-and In your power, but l am
not You drop that rein or I'll fire.
Oh. can do II, you-you miserable
Yankee spy! 1 hate and despise your
She drew back her horse. wheeling
the animal about, yet turning In the
saddle herself so as to keep me In
view.
II do not know why I do not kill
your she exclaimed. her voice grow
ing bitter with anger. 1T is what I
should do. You deserve it by your
own confession. and the one shot
would release me. Married to a Yam
kee" every syllable kissing from her
lips. 1.-THE very thought crazes me
and puts murder in my heart am
going to Fairview alone-aloneI Do
you hear that? IL you dare attempt
TO follow me will shoot you In your
tracks as l would a dog, you low
down Yankee curr'
With a single swift leap forward
both horse and rider disappeared in
the gloom.
Surprised certainly was by this
unexpected outburst. Scarcely realiz-
ing previously the indomitable spirit
OF the girl. before the sound of her
mares flying hoofs had ceased to echo
along the hard road l had given my
roam the rein and was squirting speed
ny after. We were between the lines
of two hostile armies, In a debatable
country. where bands Of irresponsible
guerrillas, deserters and fleeing con-
scripts roamed unchecked by authori-
ty, where no woman alone in the
night could be considered safe for an
instant.
1t seemed to me we must have fully
covered that quarter Of mile back
to where she had indicated the branch
road as leading down toward Fair
view. yet there was no turning or
pause in the swift pace. There was
an opening between the walls OF rocks
to my left visible even In that dark
ness. and l drew up the roam sharply,
swinging myself instantly to the
ground and feeling about hastily with
my feet for the ruts Of q travelled
roadway. There could be no other
road branching or at this point. Yet
the girl was riding directly westward.
riding at full speed. her horses hoofs
sounding fainter each moment
stood there an instant, puzzled, un.
certain. Then the truth came to me
in a fash. She suspected l had over
heard more than had confessed; that
/ knew Of the projected movement of
the gray army and that it was now my
purpose TO warn the blue. That was
why she had called me spy" that was
why she was now riding straight on at
top speed. desperately. through the
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