Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-24
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He paused aad. in spite Of herself,
her eyes flashed toward the door
Easkine saw it, drew himself erect,
bowed and strobe straight out. Nor
did the irony of the situation SO
much as cross his mind-that he
should be turned from his own home
by the, woman he loved and to whom
he had given that home. Nor did
he look back--else he might have
seen her sink, sobbing, to the floor.
XXI
Up the James rode Erskine, hiding
IN the woods by day and slip
ring cautiously along the sandy
road by night, circling about Tarle-
ton 5 camp-fires, or dashing at full
speed past some careless sentinel.
On the third morning he came
ulfon ragged sentinel-an Ameri-
can. Ten minutes later he got his
first glimpse of Lafayette, and then
he had hailed joyfully by none 9th
or thansDaye Yandell, Captain Dave
Yandell, shorn of his woodsman's
dieSsand panoplied in the trappings
OF war
But late in August came the mes
sage that put Washington great
soul in arms. Rochambeau had
lanaed six thousand soldiers in Con
nccticnt, and now Count de Grasse
and a French fleet had sailed for the
Chesapeake.
General Washington at once re-
softedsto camouflage lie laid out
: zztSaPs eslentatiously opposite New
1orkand in plain sighttof the enemy
lie made a feigncd attack on their
posts. Rochanlbeau moved south and
reached the Delaware before the
British grasped the Yankee trick.
Then it was too late. The windows
OF Philadelphia were filled with la
dies waving handkerchiefs and crying
hraynes when. the tattered Continen-
tais, thtir clothes thick with dust but
hats pfumed with sprigs of green,
marched through amid their torn
hattie7llags and rumbling cannon.
A'St1tiu lo1loW6Q t11e french IN
gay white uniforms faced with
greens and martial music throbbed
tire air.
Down the Chesapeake they went
IN transports and were concentrated
at Williamsburg before the close of
September CORVALLIS had erected
works, for he knew nothing of Wash
ing and Count de Grasse, nor
bad Anthony and General Nelson,
who were south of the James to pre-
vent escape into North Carolina.
Then came de Grasse, who drove
off the British fleet, and the mouth
of the net was closed.
CORVALLIS heard the cannon and
sent Clinton to appeal for help, but
the answer was Washington himeslf
at the head of his army. And then
The joyous march.
A Williamsburg the allies gath
cred, and with Washington's army
came Colonel Dale, now general
add young Captain Harry Dale, who
had brought news from Philadelphia
that was Of great interest to Erskine
Dale. Ia that town Dane Grey had
been a mlose intimate Of Andre, and
that intimacy had been the cause of
much speculation since.
He had told Dave of his mother
and Early Mon and Dave had told
him gravely that he must go get
them after the campaign was over
aud bring them to the fort in Ken
tucky. If Early Morn stull refused
to come, then he must bring his
mother, and he reckoned grimly that
no mouth would open word that
could offend her.
In mid-September Washington
Games and General Dale had but one
chance to visit Barbara Erskine's
plea that he was too busy to go with
them aroused Harry's suspicious,
5s and he went bluntly to the point:
"You wouldn't go to Red Oaks and
Barbara did not seem surprised. Is
Dane Grey concerned?"
eyes,
Harry looked searchingly at his
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