The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-02-20

American wished that he could cairjl
sight Of Jennie SmitlsOn without he
father seeing him. He waited TIL i,
was dark: then. tying his horse to :;
tree. stole up to the house t 0 %recOnnui
ter.
Looking through a window. ne
saw the soldier standing before TIL
bar. while the landlord was behind il
In the uct OF serving Il mug Of iIip
Woodville went around to the kitch.i,
and saw Jennie experimenting a Ne
gro cook. who was cooking the supper
He managed to attract Jennie's atte,i
ton and. putting his fingers to his lips
signaled her to come out to him. .Ien
ME Joined him. and the two retreatri
into the darkness.
Jennie did not sympathize with til.
Tories. for she bad been born In Amer
lea and. being very much in love witt,
WoOdville. was ready to do anythiu-
be asked Of her. He inquired II the
trooper was to remain all night. and
she replied that she did not know. Slr.
thought that. having eaten his supper.
he would 10 on to either Newark or
Elisa bethtown. Wooivtlle told her h.
suspected the man was a messenger.
and II 20 he desired to get possession
Of any document he might have on his
person. He bexged her to 6nd out if
possible what vas the mans errand
and II he carrying u message to
try to get 1t away from him.
Jennie promised to do all she could
in the matter and. returning to the
houae. brought out something for
Woodville to eat and put him In the
smOkehOuse. Later she returned and
said that she had talked with the sol
der and learned that he was on hi
way to Princeton. where q British
commissary Of subsistence was sta
toned for the purpose Of gatherin"
supplies for General Howe's army at
New York. She would detain him It
possible.
WOOdviIIe was puzzled. Having seer
the British ships loading with supplies
OF Manhattan Island. he had got the
idea that the force would be trans
ported BY sea. Was this commissary
to he directed to have supplies ready
for the British on a march through
Princeton. or was he to be ordered to
send them to New York that the!
might be loaded on the ships? This
uncertainty rendered 1t important that
Jennie should secure further Informal
dOn ON the subject. WOOdvilie paced
hAolS o,~H p,p<h huPOrn Tho o~DEnhD,s
impatiently awaiting her return.
An hour passed. and Woodvillt con
cluded to recOnnOiter. Leaving lht
smokehOuse. he went to the front OF
the house and saw the soldier talking
to Jennie. who seemed to be doing he
best to entertain him. every now and
again rising. going to the bar and re-
turning with Il mug Of dip for the
guest. Satisfied that all was goi,@
we'll. the spy returned to the smoke
bOuxe. About 10 o'clock Jennie camr
to him and told him that the soldier
had gone to bed well filed with liquor
As soon as she was assured that h.
was sound asleep she would 70 int"
his room and capture anything Ia
might have in his possession.
WoOdville had been deprived Of sleep
for several nights and while waitin.
fell into q sbuInber. He was awaken
ed by Jennie. who thrust a sealed
paper into his hands. She had taken
the prerautiOn to bring also q flint
and steel and 4 candle and struck Il
light. WOOdville rubbed his eyes and
read the super~rriptiOn on the paper
1t was to Captain George Doncaster.
commissary IF subsistence. Princeton
n. ]. Breaking the seal. he read:
Captain You are hereby ordered to senu
all the supplies In your possession to s
point on the coast directly east Of Prince
ton and deposit them on the beach at tn.
nearest inlet. where they can be taken of
In boats. You will also direct any office
In charge of a supply sta ton south Of you
to transport his supplies to the coast at a
convenient point for shipment. Signal BY
hre on the dunes. The feet will be neal
you OF the -th.
By order Of Major General Howe.
When Woudville had read this he
threw his arms about Jennie and gave
her u dozen kisses.
What does it mean?' she asked.
1T means that General Howe is
going to attack Philadelphia. and he
dare NO try to force his way through
New Jerxey. liable to be pOunced upon
by (ieaeral Washington from Norris
town. must be u with the dUru
nent At once"
Giving Jeunie . farewell kiss. Wood
vile went + the point where he ha,
teft bis horse and. mounting. rOdt
away. Passing through Newark anu
Orange. he ascended the rise west OF
the latter place. and early In the morn
ing rode up to WnshingtOn's head
quarters at MorristOwn. THROWN.
himself from his horse. be asked to So
the general. Washington. who had
risen early to begin the work of tn,
day. hearing that WOOdville had re-
turned. directed that he he shown t.
his bedroom. On entering the yOuna
man held out to him the paper IT.
had secured through Jennie Smithson
"Ah!" exclaimed the general. He
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