The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-08-30

grEuE lluEe- q luudEzu EIEztd AAAEs
was bur a hIurrsf outline. disrugutzh-
able By the ugHEs shining our EIr1us.1
open windows At thaE Distance M
sound reached Us E1wgvaE- II 4L1r-
timer was right. the way would be
cIz1r for CUR passaga aIuuE tie E1ur-
under shelter 0f tEa fence. even
rhough a sentry vas posted r1suz, and
we could creep up 90 the walls On r1e
opposite side uuubservgd Al We
needed 20 do vas To advance win
cautfun Whispering directions INN
the ears Of the orherz- 7 moved fur
ward slowly, Mortimer CICza % NJ
shoulder I could see aGruEH TIE ruu
raiI Of the fence. and lhe open suaca
beyond yielded 10 point az c1uceai-
meuE
Tel ne the rest Gf Tuur st1rTl I
said speaking s0f-IE- -az We "a alunE
Where did Fagiu rlEs yuUH
~T1 a sand cave We uuts 4 1igi1E
and a day 70 get thera
Treat E1u al riEhr'
Wen as he could. suppose I Ind
enough % saI. bur was gIIur-fsd cI7se-
T.. and the fellows were a bin r1ugii-i'
did yGu gain no fuEIug aE whHr
they we're uP to-
-E0- the men saW knew nuChiugs
or pretended not To- I only saw EIg-n
twice Once he cane % assure hiu-
self thar I was really uvseIE SGmE-
body t1IE him I was win DeIaEaH III
a Ezht 0vst uear Lone Trsa-H
That vas TCu- sister
WHAT You don't mean Il Waa
CIai-e-'
"Bur I do I chauced to be II thaE
affair uTseIf- and saw her EarsE she.
with three 0thsrz-PEtaE- an Indian.
and an qUIuE1 me- mis-
taking ne for sUme one else and u1GE
ne 70 EImhursE As SOON as sha
learned ny Identity she acMuEL
edged her erruE- Bur Z have u0r
learned yet why she vas win DeIa-
van. OF for whom she misruGE ma-
The lad drew IN his breath sharp
y, gripping ne By the shoulder
BY the Lord Harry" he exclaimed
exciredIy- There isn't another girE
in the Colonies wh1 would haze. duHH
IT, III bet I en- explain, but even I
didn't think she would ever have tina
nerve to perform such a deed I told
you 1 left ny papers thera- f1rzur
them where I changed ny clothes You
see I came out wearing the uuifarm Gf
a British draguOu Lieutenant and had
ir al Planned CUT 70 fuiu DeIaTa1. ami
Guide him toward Philadelphia over
the Lone Tree road lust before Iafi-
cur camp at Valley Forge On this trip
I received orders tram WashiuEunu CD
keep my eyes open for 4 courier rili-
ing from Philadelphia 70 New York
with CIint0n's plans Of evueuIEnu-
Hamilton seemed TO know an abUIL
this, and sent me speciaI Instructions
I talked OF It with Claire. pIauned how
I was going 70 waEiaE him. and tu-
gether we fixed up those servants as
soldiers To help me carT duE ths de-
ceDd0n-
He paused. chuckIing, and haIhsd.
eager TO learn the rest
And when Y9U disappeared when.
perhaps. she heard Of your GIurIra.
or suspected it, she assumed the dis
carded Uniform and went forth IN
your stead
That's il, lawrence She wuuId-
If she thought it was righr, If she be-
lievsd such an act necessary To save I
my reputation. III bet she found me
papers in NY pOcker. and miHtGuE you
for CIiuton's dispatch bsarar
There is no doubt Of It, I said So
berIv- And thar wasn't al she did
to protect you II was the taIE at
Lees headquarters that You had ds-
serted She stamped that a Has by
riding into CUR lines day before EeE-
teriaY. bringing an exact report OF
where Clinton was marching. Z dtdn e
see her. but heard all abGut IT.. and (
you get the credit washington tald l
me with his OWN Hgs. and granted her
permission to remove your fItileEs VINO 7
was badly wounded to Elmilursf-
Good Eadt Are they here n0WE
aThev must have reached hara early I
yesterday morning I passed them aI1
the road at ten u'el0cE- CRANE hiid
Just fuined their party. Ginning TO 4
be hunting after dasertera
He chung to the renee rlii.. staring
cut toward the house
Grant, Do v0u kuuws believe
that fellow IS at the hottum Of t1is
whole aaair Hes IN love with Claire.
and-ana na's wGr&ing some schena E
10 gain power over her
several schemes, Z taink. 70.
turned heartily. @Iva nippad two Of
them ln the bud already. S0maways
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