The evening world., 1915-02-17

And Miss Harwood--shs knsw
you. ~ she said. by that Manner
"She did: I was born In this coun.
try. and we were children together. II
she has attempted TO protect me from
arrest, II has boon because Of no dis
loyalty, but a. womanly desire TO a.
sist IN old friend"
Raymond was far from satisfied.
suspicicusly Elancing from my face to
silent.
There II nothing else between
your he asked roughly. "Do you
mean TO say she told that story Of
her cousins uniform merely because
Of Q girlhood frlendshipf"
II ain unable TO Say, SIR"
y hardly think. Lieutenant" broke
In Whitlock, suddenly realising his
authority, ut Is necessary to ask such
questions now. The man oonfesses
himself p spy. and y court martial will
probe into this matter. We must re-
member the young lady 10 tho daugh-
ter OF Major Harwood."
"And ss Major Harwood's dAush-
ter" she said grsvely. standing before
me. II desire to be heard and to an.
sought TO save Sergt. Wyatt beeauso
Of our early friendship. aud also b.
cause Of tho special service he has
rendered me during the past night.
know nothing Of his purpose here.
but but hold him friend, whatever
may be his uniform"
The Lieutenant bowed. hat In hand.
Il intended no criticism Of your
motives. but a soldier must perform
his duty. Under whose ordsrs are
you here. Wyattf" ~ =.
Nj
"Ahl The old fox In caSting his
eyes this way for his new campaign.
What were your 0rdersT'
II refuse to answer"
Nor Well. Ramsay will get . re-
II hardly think no. sir. You hang
spies. but do not torture them"
A little later we rode into Lewis.
burg and l was locked In a cell In
the Court House basement. The cells
only furniture were q box and = set
Of shelves--the shelves on which had
once reposed the records of Green
Briar County. They were of iron. as
q safeguard against fire, with q sheet
OF iron At their back. concealing the
wall behind.
Ny heart gave a sudden leap; per-
haps. after all. Fate had not been
wholly unkind: at least had another
card left TO play. and need not re-
main hopelessly staring about at
those bare. solid walls. As q boy
had played about this building. In
vading every nook and corner.
could oven recall when those shelves
were first installed. and I had sat
watched the workmen bolt them into
their present position. Tho memory
came back to me that those shelves
rested against tho big chimney, and
there was an opening leading into II.
across which they had nailed Q tin
protector before they fastened the
Iron to the wall.
II I could once get In behind the
iron plate the way out would not be
such a hard or difIicult one TO travel.
The chimney was large; I recalled
standing upright in the fireplace on
the third noor above and looking up
70 where could perceive the light OF
the sky. II was construs1ed Of irreg-
lodgment for the feet and grip for
the hands In climbing-no easy Job.
of course. but not impossible for one
reckless enough to make the attempt.
But now could ! hope to pry loose
that protecting sheet OF ironf Where
could discover tool TO give me the
necessary leverage to dislodse those
bolts? Could one Of those supports
be unscrewed or twisted offf II so. II
might prove strong enough for the
purpose.
4 stepped hastily across and tested
two Of them with my hands. but
found both these arm and immovable.
dare not exercise much force In fear
the noise misit be overheard. and
besides II was tpe the Jailer brought
me IN some food 10 ! vent back TO