The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-07-18

yes, Miss Milford" and Foray
looked very embarrassed as he stared
again at the order and then from the
young girl to the orderly, "aRd that
isn't the worst of It,"
What else is there?" asked the
girl, her eyes big with apprehension.
"Why, this man has orders to take
back your message with him to the
secret service office"
Take back my message!" cried
Caroline.
There must be some mistake" an
swered Foray, "but that's what the or
der says"
ITO whom does 1t say to take II
back?" asked the girl, growing more
and more indignant.
ITO a Mr.. Arrelsford."
do you mean to tell me that that
order is for that man to take my dis
patch back to Mr.. Arrelsford?"
yes, Miss Milford" returned Lieu.
tenant Foray.
And does it say anything in there
about what l am going to do in the
meantime?" asked the girl Indignantly
Nothing"
We'll, that is too bad" returned
Caroline ominously.
II am sorry this has occurred, Miss
Milford" said the lieutenant earnest.
ly, "but the orders are signed by the
head OF the secret service department,
and you will see that l have no
choice"
Don't worry about 1t, Lieutenant
Foray," said Caroline calmly, there is
no need of your feeling sorry, because
it hasn't occurred, beside that, 1t is
not going to occur. When 1t does, you
can go around being sorry all you
like Have you the faintest idea that
/ am going to let him take my tele.
gram away with him and show It to
the man? Do you suppose"
She was too indignant to finish her
sentence and old Martha valiantly en-
tered the fray.
mo, suh," she cried, in her deepest
and most indignant voice. you all
amt gwine to do it, you kin be right
suah you amt"
But what can do?" persisted Fo-
ray, greatly distressed
you can hand it back to me, that's
what you can do"
Yes, sub, dat's de vehy best thing
you kin do" said old Martha stoutly,
"an' de soonah you do it de quickah
it'll be done-Ah kin tell you dat
right now, sub"
But this man has come here with
orders for me to" began Foray, en-
deavoring to explain.
He realized that there was some
mistake somewhere. The girls mes
sage had nothing whatever to do with
military matters, and he quite under
stood that she would not want this
communication read by every Tom,
Dick or Harry in the secret service
department. Besides all this, as she
stood before him, her face flushed
with emotion, she was sufficiently
pleading figure to make him most
willing to help her. In addition, the
portly figure of old Martha, whose
cheeks doubtless would have been
flushed with the same feeling had
they not been black, were more than
disconcerting.
This man." said Caroline, shaking
her finger at helpless Private Eddin-
ger, who also found his position most
unpleasant, "can go straight back
where he came from and report to
Mr.. Arrelsford that he could not car
ry out his orders. That's what he
can de-"
Martha, now thoroughly aroused to
a sense of the role she was to play,
turned and confronted the abashed
private.
"JGs' let him try to tek 1t. let him
TEX 1t if he wants it so pow'ful bad!
Jes' let de othah one dare glib 1t to
hims--an' den see hirl try an git out
thu 6is yeah do wild it! Ah wants
to see him go by" she said, "Ah'm
jes' waitin' fur de sight OBJ him git
tin pas dis do. D2t's what Abs
waitin' To-. Ah'd lax to know what
dey s'pose it was All coined around
yeah TO- anyway-dese men wild desc
ordahs afussin' an"
Miss Milford" said Foray earnest
ly, "if l were to give this dispatch
back to you 1t would get me il heap
of trouble"
What kind of trouble?" asked Car
oline dubiously.
Il might be put in prison, / might
be shot"
"Do you mean that they would"
"Sure to do one thing or another"
"Just for giving 1t back to me when
1t is my message"
"Just for that"
"Then you will have to keep it,
suppose" said Caroline faltering."
Thank you, Miss Milford"
Very WE'LL" said Caroline, ut is
You don't give 1t back to
me, and you can't give 1t back to him,
SO nobody's disobeying any orders at