The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-21
Washington ) Spy
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Antetnalioa.
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ulefe are numttet uf Si1csis- irbtsts
sill stFndias7-i i.oiictei among Stsgss,
relies }of b2Eone ttnles oiIe Of ffiise
quagst. old fashioned clocks St:indIIiig
son5 six or seven feet high. ono lnay
seS u clock OF this Kind frsaneiijiy iE
these days, either ln antique OF made
- look antique, so that there. was ilutlp
Hing especially peculiar gl,put this; yite
Except that 1t WAS n very large one,
Ny llqst. noticing H,e looking ut II. tod
NE II story about the tiInepleee.
".iil the antique furniture ii this
house, he said. ..llaa teen here since
I75G. though setne or it IS earlier ttian
tliat. There Is IL lied uIistnirs III which
General Washington slept wien lia
passed. through this i,l,tce when he
was going to make Ills Iseadluarttqs
Mt Morristown. Aiy great t.gralliIpath,
er, then 81 girl of seventeen. was here.
at tie time and has left an =iiiiiIt
of the iintter in the family octAslonea
by, the presence ~ ..c icGniIfiaiIder III
chief,and Il description or him.
Washington passed. on up TO Morris
town. from where he keIIt In tauch
with all the region between New York
and, Philadelphia. He ielsfned much
from the patriots living hereab6lit. aiIalt
his pfincira. source ;6fffeiiiIutl6n
was spies. whom he sent In different
slireetiohs ai.,ig
ys.one OF these efBissaries Nas T.ieu-
tenant Rogers. Il feafIess SniingsfeE.
bur so gallant that he wpsi very Liable
tospend more time Wilt the JJ:lrls than
in looking nfter ehe movements OF the
enemy Ssverthe eleS8 tie seemed to
pick uiI ipore fnformatjon than Amy OF
the other spies. and for this reason
Washington relied much ulinn him.
Though hiJ cotnihandef did mot Eit0m.
it. the secret of Rogers Hlire eess 4lis
that ,1ie iiad way OF getting news
frnfn girls in whose H6mes fsfItISii sSlfi.
cars hnd been auartefed and II lll6 SiIaa
heard their talE. What they. .a e. e.
Rogers usually wnrIisd ont OF 'tlie
girls With the l,atiiot gir;s ~, had
no ttsHltle:. With the Tories he @siiB,-
t.eedesl by niakiligl dove to then. = K
~ '.0ne day dile young dflt,erl came
through here u1 his way to New YeFs.
where lie was going ID gathar Informal.
tion, 5s Howe Il afInr. then fsS.iIIlylnE
that city. Ms gfait. grandaot otirer fhp
.uiie 1 w,iE telling 81 a nb0dt T-y7as the
s.liy one of the faHlf lS sys h,, kynipathiz-
ed WITH the fDyll lists. be- ,reSsal for
this WsS that she iniid ileeiigut school
iii Englahd and isad aet,irised hut ii
slieRt tliiie 2Pfd dire the ftesniuit0ti, br6l;e
our, Rogers inkse ssf iy6ililg Ia ,sSess
yotiis tlaIIied here gseiit and
IllrrilIe WIS Esers ii me- SS,Is
kEees e5f ailsil. stittI isaFiiaf, ftp rea8tsi
lie sal etl sslast fiI:it iie 5siI,ss II
more atIt us her. aboiiI ( the iffsls
ni;tIs sI,iiEl he was IA; eIs to rel ess
AgFIs anyway. Hove and Il Tij:lFs tit
IDS lltets Ind t5srlf isere shls. B. ssliiys
tif ftFTi5 m uiSs. !. Z, -
> iisty5 S1t OilT or S,atiis
1.il is.s Al:s-,.,a
I,use+WJ mn. u Week, Hanong gil III mn =
haee Il;eii more lavafnal iig5 & 1 lllaii
.s.s. ~ fllii.i f.i az
the, lob Hut ne ,tis sli fHts .SseaEsS
Most tills time lse syiis II ltti6g Jiis tb
my siE;,t- gra nitna ther-, stiestil Gath,
erine and vhetiier ne was doing the
business 0f his Esenefiii OF Ina Bling l6ye
for she fun OF II 1 don't ksIoHs fstis
oiln eyeniiig his e0grtinE OF spy sssdgl
or wtlIiteyelt ie yr,is. ssiisie IL: II sudden
END WIS 1 / Z o. ciotl, Mt liEaflit. a.,
hpitt Ssliicli M those si,i ya F0sIiiti every.
bedx sii he'd. liiit rogers ana. ms s.reiit!;
grind tltlptl her tlieFfne gege "a lttlnG
liliset4eE III HIS s Il o0Ifi:t Il eI6r
st0nd 81 here ft does ms s. stsitils
deIlly llaf,es tgiiIia Il fr;iiiiIf IN siufsaS
Haiifs Il efntter 0f Ride hkfis ain sl A, s.
1t the n1r. :. ~
tlaEl shA i fiaEIl 81 EstiE,
siisslf We SyitEgNt. lgoEen, NupuI Ief;s
:. Ll.iltlg ssl;ls'sss 4 he sisiRl 40
the elqtts. ssIesla "a tue door and Gsiast
hin gel Ilisids. fIs did sd. and she
went tls the DOOR ssSill tlsaA Ii. s aS
~. Who ~ tilsf4 ijet G lafsisI
i tSilAsil astan Re csltfl 10 isi rom. !!
fsiilhwed by bis ssisceif III sliit al
: Ssathefii iile if she hid sneh ST Iisasl
anythials Of itehaR Rt Iss.sess. lIIs.
: lStllBlnie tllslt IaAis lover tyl0liSL sstt tfef
be s,alt,sllt tllete I D. tie l.sseoass tiis.a
l,s his seneTssl leriafed that lie Knew
Mullins 1ilsntt ID Ia yzaSlfIi; {ih !; -,
ed aiySlS. ID sing that Z u.
SAfe h had sent iiogers 81 81 aIsissiod
ma Ssnee he had not ketassii,ii flis
gl.liefsi seHped ~ lsad bela
asF I'LL ssaiilSs. z
e u woiiia hns5 g0sis sSesls I'M not
j sls0eet tieen e. Zen ssltll encensse:,
liable desire al vi Iie6ze aiiddeiilS & ia,tils
s.ss -eiless iisie nom ssf eitIek me
gSfesal IAN ayina d 9sfy iiilstlf ~
hidden fiseres YVES 70 TIE & "a
opened n, rilere cfsngesi isy;ss ss,s ~
lls q beet