Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-29
The Daily Story
copyrighted i2ls By As.os,a,ea literary sarssu.

TO learn Of the available stock T.
visions in Richmond and 10 So. ise
return 70 the north. While thu 49,. 49, :
was pending she learned ff,.. '1
were very few commissary &C. e -,
Richmond. and II General Grass 4. - =
cut the only line Of supply sin v's
that through P.tersbure-the cs ,rss
OF the Confederacy would be otI ~.
to surrender. sss
At last. point for landing e.,.,.
by the fictitious BaItimone syu,r.s s M
crs having been agreed upon -
Beale was given a pass to 20 ,h-..rs
the lines and resolved or her den...7.
the next day.
But now at the last moment A.,
came up in singular coincidenca
Confederate spy was in Richn,opd ~
was playing the same game n,
Federal that she was playing On
Confederate government II han,.s-,
that this person bad seen Miss Be-.
coming out OF Allan Pinkerton,s a..
in Washington. Whether he rs,.s.'
bered just when and where he NJ
seen her. or whether he was moi o,,:,.
sure OF IT, she knew at once br 4.
scrutiny with which he looked Al 4,
that she was I'm danger.
All her faculties were concentrates
on losing the man or his losing ber 4.
fore he could take any decided ac,,o,
Appearing not to notice his iutera..
IN her, she walked on till espyiny !,
empty cab she called the driver s,d
entered 1t.
And now comes one of the most "a
markable cases OF assurance urae,
peril that have ever been manifested
by either man or woman With lirht.
ming rapidity she formed her plan.
Drive me to the executive mansion
she called TO the driver.
She was whirled away. but a rIanc
ut the man she was trying TO avoid
assured her that he was watching no,
though he was endeavoring to make 4
appear that he was not. and when shs
reached the mansion and alirhted :,
the door she saw him hurrying after
her. Entering the house. she asked
for the president and was shown 10
the anteroom to wait her turn for an
audience. She had nothing TO cou
municate to Mr.. Davis. her object b.
ing to indicate to the man who follow.
ed her that she had business with tie
government. Finally. when she thoughl
this had been effected. she determined
to make an exit.
II her shadower were outside wait.
ing for her. she felt that she was losi.
Her heart was in her throat as she
passed from the house. She dare not
look about her. but so far as she couM
see the man had vanished. At any
rate. she saw nothing of him. n hy
were still shadowing her he was keep
ing out of sight.
But she must seek safety 10 fight
A few miles from Richmond to The
are the battlefeIds fought
over by Lee and Mcclellan during the
pcninsular campaign. Miss Beale d.
rected the cabman to drive ont 70
these fields. Having reached her desti-
nation she dismissed the cabman and
enty miles to the southeastwar1..
The story of this journey, on foot. By +
wagon. by boat on the James river. Is
4 romance in itself. 1t was digit
from prison. a fight from the halter
At last. worn with fatigue and e.
posture. the fugitive reached the fart
On whose battlements fioated the star
and stripes, and she knew she vas
safe.
The closing act in the drama is when Z
Miss Beale reappeared at the White
House. Mr.. Lincoln was in his ofhr
me morning when a messenger care
lin the name of Kate Beale as one DE-
firing to see him.
Thank Cod muttered the pres
lent. Bring her TO me ut once
Mr. LincoIn's JOY Mt his emissaT' 4
afe return was enhanced by the news
he brought him that the Confedersie
apital was without supplies. Genera
rant was hammering at PeteSbu's
nd was destined Il month later % cap r
ure the place. So MIR Lincoln was ~
ured by Miss Bea,e's report that Is
DON as Grant had finished his wofA
he capital OF the Confectionery voua
e at the disposal of the Federal se''
and that the end OF the val
ms in sight.
Kate RcaIe was well paid 1oF ."
FORK. Indeed. she received enough y
upply her mothers and her own WITT
or a long tine Ia come Luckily. lH :
FAR soon after her exploit endeh
oubtlesS the fascination of the das'-~
lvolved would have led her TO riSS ~
fe again. But the pitcher that E's'
ften to the well * nc last brosett
Such episodes rs this have conhe'F
j Mr.. I.incoln's name with adfehla
us story. But this is but one q -
ANY branches of romance That 'aNss
,gether. have woven charm anon
i'm which will last rs long ~
ame and his work are renemsfr
ut that which especially enara..
i'm TO the American people
any acts of mercy to the hnmhlfse
lose who begged for it during 'nr
OIL when the shedding OF b'oon ~
TO move the clock OF the word -.
renty centuries. necessitafins
essage OF. peace on EARN ana
Ill to me7