Gunnison news-champion., 1912-11-08

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coaceal " Sss0 the Raa. who -
nsiRed stas1saG ot the fest - ~
steps. He wss bus Q mere aorh chad
90, cad ] co9ad nOt evea dissiaGuisA
that he wss . ssa1ssr. yet the aaaGss
n his pressaos Uos suActensly esest
sor should ~ s1venR to the RIGHT ~
wesla CONE upos Gssafs uacoasctous
FORM. snd " tAaf oalsace the sliGhtusa
noise might srouss ssspict0a. nlistpusG
Claire stin cl1aG 70 ny haal. but saly
to whisper . ssoeeace q tsstructtsa.
Go straight nerth. major. satil ysu
reach the heAae: follow the shaAUW
= that beyos1 tAs escAsrd. saA shsn
take the veal SunatnG westWas1.
Dsnt mesat Satil yss reach tkers-
soodby"
''Gosdby. yes WIN n0t forget NET"
II am afraid not, bst--bst yeu
must go!"
! left her standing thew, . fsast
CLEAN Of white against the DART shrub
berry. moti0nless.
There 10 no incident Of thst nights
ride which recall distinctly. new
ly pushed on steadily through The
darkness, leaving ny mount TO choose
headed toward the river. I was So
hciently acquainted with the valley q
the Delaware. when da wight came, -
decide upon the nearest ford. A. 10
the British patrols, ! must run the rish
Of lodging these, but felt safe frO0
such m encounter for several hours.
In truth | net - sae. having - Occa-
sion to even draw rein, sltheuGA we
passed throush I've small vtllasss, aAA
~ . nunber - 1arns. I e0ull "a
evea asterRine thot these hsusss vseo
sccupied; they we've aarh anl silsat,
evea the Gallept1G hOOfs q NJ hosoo
failing TO awehsa peapooss.
1t IVES already AayAght vhsn Apsv
~ - The bluR ssontt 10 sass Aewn
inte the river valley. In the ntA1ss
distance small villaees faced sacA
other across ths stream, anl towap1
these most a tke reaAs coavoreeA-
proof u the existeace Of Q foeA. Z
could not Be nistahea % to the tOvn
Burlington - ths Jersey shore, snA
opposite Bristol. I should - safo
enough IN tie latter, evea n We hsA
no oatpost stationed thers. knew
homes alOAg those SHADED strsets,
where food w0ulA - f0rthcouinG, "a
where could pssbably procure fsssA
horse. II was The nearer town, nsstIsl
on the Jersey bank, that I stuAiel
with the greatest care. but. 20 fer -
! could see. the single street IVES -
serted. To ths sesth. certainly tive
miles away. . seSaAroa Of horse were
riding slowly, surrouRdeA BY q cloul
Of dust. without doubt this was ths
British patrol that he'd left the villa0o
at Aaybreak.
1t was . bot. close morning, anl tie
PADDED Rangers coat heavy and tight
hitting. I tooA II ~. ninging 1t acrsss
the saddle DOMnel. A. AiA - .
folded paper came inte view, anl
drew II forth. cSriously. Ny eye csught
the signature at the bottom a Q brief
note. and I stared st 1t IN surprise.
Fagin! How cane Fagin to be writing
TO Captain Grant? He pretended to
be . Tory to BE sure, yet both armies
knew him as a murderous 0utla " ,
plundering loyalists and patriots alike.
There came to me q memory of Far
rell's chance remark that Grant had
some connection with this fellows ma
rauding. ! had not seriously consid-
cred it then. but now-why. possibly
it Was true. I read the lines almost at
. glance, scarcely comprehending at
first. and then suddenly realiseA IT,
base villainy revealed:
Have the money and papers, but
the girl got away. viii wait for you
Mt Lone Tree tonight. Don't fail, for
The whole country will ~ AFTER ns
a. sooa ~ the news gets oct aboue
ElmhurSt- FACIN."
Do that was the reasoa fer thio raal
-Crant's personal aRair. He AaA -
turned 10 Elnhsrst. leaving his ~
- trvdee On into PhiladelpAia unAee
their Hessian omSers - that - 0ight
coaAunicate with FaGiA. wAat Q paty
II was ! had failed - kfn IT, fealOW.
1n0eeol q DeavinG hin uncsaocssua.
ne pavers! Nerhaps tAey WesO -
ths osat alse. 0asely 0sUn4 - -
tine - charge - Destroy then, - -
Oost have fs1osa lirectly - UnhuruG
! 0sarcAed TIE pscAees q - OnfDsue
hastlly. AD1inG . osAe - to. -
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