The Huttig news., 1915-11-06


 Wyatt of the Staunton artillery is sent as a spy to his native county on the Green Briar by General Jackson.
 CHAPTER II-Wyatt meet. a moun- taineer named Jem Taylor. with whom he rides to house beyond Hot Springs. = CHAPTER III-In the house Wyatt and Taylor meet Major Harwood, father of ,Noreen and an old neighbor of Wyatt who IS sent to bed while the two other men talk Wyatt becomes suspicious and nnds that Taylor has murdered Harwood and escaped
 CHAPTER Iv-Wyatt changes to the U 5. cavalrg uniform he has with him. ana rides away in the night, running into d d h. aetaehnent e1 l of Federal cavalry. to whom he identifies himself as Lieutenant Raymond, Third U. $. cavalry, by means Of papers with which he has been pro- Vldeo Captain Fox finds Harwoods body and follows Taylors trail
 CHAPTER v-Fox and Wyatt believe iaylor to be old Ned Cowan. The de- tachment is ambushed. Wyatt escapes to the Green Briar country and goes to liar woods apparently deserted home.
 CHAPTER vI-wyatt finds Noreen Hafwood alone in her home She does not recognize him. and he introduces him sell as Lieutenant Raymond.
 CHAPTER VII-Parson Nichols comes 70 the house and tells Noreen of her fa- tHer uedtn.
 CHAPTER vIII-wyatt forces Parson Nichols to confess that he has been sent In advance of Anse Cowan, who proposes 10 marry Noreen at once. and so quiet title to the land in dispute between the Cowans and Noreen's dead father.
 CHAPTER Ix-Anse Cowan and his gang arrive and find the preacher bound In closet. Wyatt and Noreen have con eealed themselves in the attic
 CHAPTER x-The Cowan gang ran sacks the house but fails to find the hid- den couple. Wyatt tells Noreen who he is CHAPTER XT-Wyatt and Noreen re- turn to the second floor and await the next move of the gang. forcing the preacher to silence.
 CHAPTER XII-Unabie to escape while the gang Is on the first floor and around the house, Wyatt proposes to marry Noreen to protect her from Cowan She accepts and Wyatt forces the preacher to marry them.
 CHAPTER XTTI-Cowan's gang Is driv- en off by Federal troops. one of whose officers Is the real Lieutenant Raymond. Wyatt Is trapped. though Noreen attempts 10 defend him.
 CHAPTER xIv-wyatt is taken to Lewisburg for trial a spy.
 CHAPTER xv-The camp commandant ufu NdpldiH Ok NlSiI wyatt Tn DlS cell In the courthouse basement. He refuses clemency in return for information. and uses his boyhood's knowledge of the build Ing to prepare way of escape.
 CHAPTER XvI-csptain Fox again visits Wyatt and tells him that Noreen has interceded for him unsuceessfully, and that Raymond jealous. is pushing the case against him.
 could see nothing, and was com pelled to rely entirely upon the sense of touch. Iron bars had been left on one side the chimney, forming an irregular ladder. My groping hands located these, and by their aid I began to climb slowly upward At the level of the first story l came upon a pro- jection of rock. possibly six or eight inches wide, on which 1 found secure foothold and was thus able to regain breath and strength for a renewal of the struggle. was crouched opposite the oldtime fireplace, and the band, playing noisily, was within very few feet of where I hid. However, not a gleam of light was visible, and it was some time before I located the open ing which had been left for a stove. pipe. Even then l could feel no pipe, but, as l extended my arm, finger burst through the paper which had been pasted across the entrance, and glow of radiance illumined the black walls about me.
 waited. motionless, holding my breath in fear that some eye might have witnessed the tearing of the pa per; but there was no cessation of noise, no evidence of discovery. As sailed by temptation to view the scene, l found foothold little higher up, and, clinging to the edge of the hole. brought my eyes to level with the rent in the paper. The vista was not a wide one and I dare not enlarge the space, yet saw sufficient to yield me full knowledge of the party and it's occasion. The floor was crowded, the men almost without exception ID Federal uniform.
 The couples whirled past, circling the room. l watched the faces ca gerly, but they were all strange No doubt some of those young women l had known as girls, but they had grown out of my recollection. None among the officers present. so far as I could tell, had 1 ever come in con. tact with-ah! yes! there was Whit lock sitting disconsoately alone below the judges bench. l clung to my perch determining to assure myself. but my eyes encountered no other familiar countenance. Of course No ireen would not attend, but there must be some special cause to account for Raymonds absence. He was the sort to whom such an occasion as this would naturally appeal.
 Satisfied by my scrutiny, I explored the opposite wall in vain for any simi- lar opening. As l remembered there were offices there, where in days Of peace the county officers held sway, and the floor above was an unfur- nished attic extending the full length