Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1917-11-01

made as she greeted me on our arrival
at the door, well, sir, who be you?
she demanded abruptly, whipping the
trumpet from under her arm and point
ing its bell end at me as IL she were
aiming It tin blunderbuss Good
God!" / thought. How could my
gentle mother have been related to
this Gorgon?"
was properly introduced, and on
its being made known that ! wished to
board and lodge with her, and would
pay my way week in advance, the old
lady was nightly pleased. and ex'
pressed herself:
II told you, Agnes, that the Lord
would provide for his sparrows" she
exclaimed, with a puritanical draw ing
down of the corners of her hard mouth.
1.-The widows erase shall never
never be empty" she rolled her eyes
in pious ferver aud quickly added
"Glory to Gideon, Now we shall have
meat for supper"
That | did not laugh outright at
this bathos was because my own foot
ing was so unfirm; instead, beloved
into the trumpet some commonplace,
adding that had met her son. Lysan-
der, and so got through the ordeal and
was ushered up to what proved to be
my old room-a room redolent of the
memories of old da:'s, Of the innocence
of boyhood, and the grace OF moth
er's love.
Though / was temporarily safe,
was aware that / must again court
danger if / Would find Champe-and
Champe must be discovered, for as
yet nothing had been accomplished to.
ward the great end of taking Arnold.
The oak leaf had gone unrecognized.
Selfridge (to whom had disappeared)
would doubtless search for me, and
there was my u occupied quarters
at the Kings Arms, which might
cause more than mere remark. These
appeared like great matters.
However, l determined TO postpone
even thinking until l saw the girl
againN,I would be in the cherry orch
ard as instructed, and until then
would let everything go for the time,
having breathin. spell; and throw
ing myself on my own old bed, went to
sleep, though it was broad light
But hardly had Lhe sun set on that
day, which had been so foul and fair
to me, than / was in the cherry orch
ard, an offshot of the original planted
by one Richard Sackett, over one hun
dred years before, anG which gave the
hill its name.
The leaves were thinning. From the
orchard could see the heights of
Brookland across the river, the cursed
prison-ship, Jersey, swinging at an
chor almost opposite me, and to the
north the freshly turned earth of the
British inner lines, which ran clear
across the island from river to river.
In the orchard ! wandered, smoking,
on that golden evl ming in September
with its crescent moon growing to-
ward fulness, and had not finished my
first pipe when s;.w the girl, as gold
en- as the >hour itself, come through
the green door In the mellow brick
wall, and with her hat swinging care
lessly by its ribbon, advance toward
me and with an air of expecting moth.
ing and looking for no one. I knew
then that she was an actress.
1T Is Gods mercy and not mine
that brings you here, sir" she said,
stopping In front of me with a gesture
of infinite surprise at seeing me. "Do
not quit your pipe; gallantry is hardly
necessary now, your aunt being nearly
as blind as she is deaf"
"Thank God for that same!" / ex-
claimed. Mistress Barrow, I have
many questions to ask, but first i"
But first YOU wish to thank me.
Well, you need not waste words on it.
Had / done less than did, believing
as did, would be murderess. What
are your questions"
do you know Sergeant Champe?"
"No, why?"
! opened my heart and told her
Her face was very serious as she said:
II am afraid Champe's errand, and
yours, will be fruitless. You cannot
abduct Arnold from the heart of the
city. 1t might be possible to kidnap
him II he remains where he Is, but
Mrs. Arnold told me today that they
are soon to yacate their present
quarters. The traitor is obsessed with
the idea that there is a plan to capture
him. and has taken house on Queen
street. Mrs Arnold is lovely char
acter, but she is made miserable by
the fear that he will be caught and
hanged higher than Haman."
"As he ought TO be-" said.
"But as he never will be. Sir. 1t is
your business to get from here as soon
as possible. Perhaps can help you,
and give you some information to
carry back to Washington, l am go.
ing away, and"
"You going away" l interrupted,
with an Indefinite feeling OF personal
loss.
II am going 10 join my friend. Ma
rian Romayne. at Governor Robinson S
,nnuea nj Rloom N plale before they