The Meeker herald., 1916-02-26

After the harrie Of Bunker HE New
Yarx sn.i View IerS<5 became the
prinrfpuI Revolutionary backgrounds.
though tire fnaE lssIe wat decisJerf III,
Virginia View Jersey was the central
stare. and fr WIS there for great por-
Ebon Of the struggle the commander tn
chief CensraI Washington was pres
enf hs p.rSan-
One ninrnin=-ft vas tise winter aft
er the one In which the .Anaert,ans suf-
fered 80 severely at Valley Forre and
rhs eauae OF American Independence
was at its Sboonaie.r pntnr-i young
soldier srspped rp to the sentry pacing
hefore the donv Of the Norrttown
headquarters. and. being stoppe.i by
he sentry. b.. sabf that b.. bad been
| ,rtere-f TO report IA person 20 the cora-
nand~r ia chief Passing Into tae
house- be WIS directed to 4 little ronun
In the rear Of the building used By
I tbs. general for his oA1ce- Entering the
rooua, be found Washington writing ut
his desir- Tue ssneraI turned The
yoNnx man saluted- &sn..f ar attention
anil SAIL.
-C~neral : ans Private George Mar
eeT-
AM fo1 are the uan Captain Ham
itron Tells noe Is familiar with every
hill and dale In rhts rexiou have 4
mission for you but one on whbeh !
cannot order yos1- sor you wilt have to
xD In dtssutss and If captrre'i viii be
hanssd for . spy Are you ready to
assume the rtsk:"
= am. general
very we'll There Il In Elizabeth
town \ Tory name-f Tracy His dzngh-
ter. Catherine. Is stanch pntrtot-
She has gwen me valuable informa-
tfou Of rhe enenys movements b<Ht
for a month past nothing has come
from her. I am snxtous 10 know II
b Important that I continue to receive
the information she has been sending
me- Go to Elfzabefhtown- fad Miss
Tracy and bring noe whatever word
she may have to send ne Take tie
road from here 10 Orange and from
there proceed due south To Elizabeth
fowE You will ind the Tracy home
on the outskirts Of the town In the
dirrtioA of your approach ZOO will
| and NO grent force Of British troops IT
E1fzsbethtowu- but they doubtless
have outposts from New York there
80. and xoccesa attend your enoefA-
That the general realized the dan
ger into which be Was Seeding the
yoonS soldier was manifest. 80 he
grasI<d his hand At the final words
Then Marcy le.f bis eomma nder. who
resumed his work.
An hour laier Private Marcy, dress-
cd ~ 4 counsTymau and carrying q
1 basket Of winter vegetables on his
arm, was passed out OF the American
| lines by Captain Alexander Hamilton
Of Lwaxhingfon's stan and proceeded
on his journey. Reaching point now
/ called Summit. from which he could
/ ks1k down On the lower ground be
/ paused TO view the scene before him.
| then descended to Orange. where be
obtained refreshments at the tavern
Meanwhile = viotent SnowstOrm had
set In. and travel being DISTRACTED.
| he resolved 10 await It's abatement
\ That night 4 bowling wind piled the
/ snow In drifts and rendered progress
doubIy difficult-
/ The next morning the wind had
I ceased and the sun came ont. though
without warmth Marcy struck gu,
| for Efizabefhfown, but 4 few miles
| distant. reaching the outskirts about
| II O'Clock Approaching the Tracy
house. the young man knocked at the
door. A negro servant answered the
xummons and Marcy asked IL any
oDe would buy his vegetables Mar
cey. seeing a young lady In 4 living
ruOm. pushed In there and began to
solicit trade. When the negro went
back 10 the kitchen Marcy asked IL
the girl was Catherine Tracy and be
! ing infosmee that she was made him.
self known.
| Miss Tracy till then had not had any
information for tile general since be:
| last communication But the night he
fore some British officers were stop
| ping NJ her fathers house. and she
had heard them asking about the roads
and distances TO Trenton From these
inquiries and other dsta dropped by
the officers she Judged that consider
able fore was to I've moved from New
| York to sOme point southwark. prob
/ ably Philadelphia.
Now. II Marcy had returned imme-
diafely to General Washington with
this Information all would have bsen
well. The region round about Eliza
BEETHOVEN was not occupied either by
the British or Americans. and he would
have had no gantIet to run. His trou-
bic was he found Miss Tracy so attrac-
tive that he was loath to part with her.
He made nm excuse to himself for not
hurrying away that tie snow was 20
deep and his coming through It had %
fatisued him that he needed a rest be
| fore returning.
Catherine was expecting her father
| for dinner m leading Marcar 70 .h.