La Junta tribune., 1913-01-25

I do more to break me dpwn than = hun
| dr.-i guns. snd I didn't wish TO do II.
I but ! couldn't refuse him and. getting
the materials. ! xat down by his i,~d
I and lie began to dktsi-. The very he-
/ ginning caused me 10 waiver '-Ihearesi
mother -I"ken Ia \ tremuious voIce.
| was like sticking y knife Into my heart
I He went m 10 tell her that she must
not griev~ for him: that he died for
/ his country and had h- got through
/ without Icing captured would hare
! rendered. II n xreai s~rvke. ! was weak
enough To regret thst 1 hsd been the
/ cause of his capture. aud when be
i cane to the ia.t words. Your loving
sou who Is about 10 die burs, into a
torrent Of tesrs snd .prinsied them oa
I the pNi.er.
{ This ended the night for me. Ny
rout uaS complete wS~ r~ady 60
turn irnit"r to my country by assisting
I In the e~s-sise of one ~ her enemies
who might On Use the defes = indes.i. the
Slaughter her sons. among whom
w~re my own brothers. To get him out
OF the house during the day ~eemssi
impossible. and b., evening the ines
--ng~r might return with soldiers to
take him SWAY. hut WAS now as
hot for ih. enemy a. ! had been
ASainst him. looked out Of the win
dow There WAS th. tnap ou guard
sitting on wool Pile with shotgun
between his knees. wh.atfield eI
tended from - few yards Of the house
to wood an eighth Of 4 mile away.
In the Interval there WAS not q tree
or mn obstruction OF any Kind. The
~hest had i-ceD cut aud was stacked
on the ground in sb-srcs. Could any.
thing be more hopeless for an escape;
But that power OF duplicity. sym
patty. unreasoning sningonlsm to see.
Ing fellow crcatur--e>p~ciaiIy a man
who has awakened the divine spark
OF loye-suncr. had been aroused In
me. aud ! wis n. ready To do and dare
la my field ~ man In his must
net In broad dsy: l dare not risk walt.
Ing for night. | looked at the sheav~s
aud th. guard below. and an id~a-no.
two idsa.-cam- To- me like the Fash
Of gun Seizing y part Of the bed
covering. ! began to tear II into strips.
Ar. you strong enough" asked
the invader. to lie, yourself down from
the window by ihi-y"
Il am strong enough. sw-ei ih-srt.
b. said hi- count.nsnce lighting with
hoIc and love. to do anything you re
quire
oh. thH, word sweetheart" II stung
m- with ecstasy When | had made y
rope long enough To- reach nearly from
Tia. window To I'll. ground | wen, down.
stairs aud. tskin. nn empty bucket
aud giving II To- sam Wsrdcr. the
guard. who IN crown for my Ir-ach~ry,
! had asked m- To- i- his wife. asked
hun tn gO to the -pri0g ncr'.s the
road Ia frpnt "f the hou-. aud bring
IN. s"i,i. winter While | guarded the
d-t-.iabl- Yankee iu hi- place. aud
! sealed the iutiuiiy by giving him a
| Juda. kiss.
III. absence gave m- jus, time
enough 10 -~y. Que IL The shcaye~
aDd to-> II M {" the prisoner. whom
/
I, and i"ok /, in Then ! returned TO
the rvom where he WAS and unbind.
INK the sh-af put II about him aud
tied II M sgsn. Then I put one eud
of the rop. Of b-dcloth-- into hi.
hands aud ii-d the uther end to q
leg OF the h.j>t.ad. This ali done. !
told the spy To watch by the window
4 A.. H.
heard me give q little shrek. 10 make
the descent and take position Ia the
field as n sh.nf Of wheat.
Going downstairs again I b-gan q
talk Ia ksm W~rd~r about our snair.
putting NJ my iip. near hi. To tempt
him. He t~Egesi for . kiss. and after
teasing him awhiie I told him that n
b~ would come around the corner Of
The house wh~rv there w~r~ no via.
dows would give him Que. After
. brsitsting gisncr at the prisoners
wiudow h~ consented -"oniy for Q
minute attempted 10 take the
kiss. ! gave q little .hr,.k then al.
lowed Aim to take m~ IN his arms and
| give W~ q. many kisses IS I've liked.
| When h~ started 10 go back to his
post ! looked ~ him r~pr"achfuiiy
and asked him N be ~. through ~
soon. This detained him for = few
uainn,es longer. when. fearing that n I
sa'ieavoresi Ia keep him further he
might snsIs-ct M, design. I went back
| With him Z" the rear of the house
Tt~rr ~r- the ~h~stn~Ii. hut I could
not detect the sh-nf which contained
the man for wis"m I had become Q
double traitor While my besri WAS
tsesting Wildly I ran ups,airs
The room wa. empty
| dam~d for JOY. There would b~
M hanging. I had undon- what l had
done for my country md deserved to
s'~ hanged Instead of the spy. Hut In
= twtnkiins ! bnd b~cn changed /
Wonid rather suffer death for the pris.
oo~e than ttVc for nv rouutvx ~,