, 1923-01-07
%INsrALLMENT 80. SEVEN.
WHO'S WHO.

lNSTALLMEN1
WHO'S WHO.
Jeanne Beaufort. daughter of a Wiz.
ginian. swears vengeance against the
North for the deaths OF her father
and two brothers in the Civil War
h is enrolled as spy for the Con.
federate government and instructed
TO use h miles Of her sex to bring
Parson John Kennedy,.a Union SOY
within h power OF the South. Dis.
covered in the act OF spying upon the
group Of Secret Service ayents OF
whom Kennedy is the leader, jeanne
10 given the alternative OF death or
marriage to one of their number
They are all masked, but Jeanne re-
5ects one volunteer and chooses an
other of he eleven as here husband.
To herself, she calls him Irony. Par
son Kennedy performs the ceremony
and the bride and groom. ignoraat Of
each Others names and she not even
knowing what he looks like, sign the
marriage certificate as MARY Smith
and 'John Jones'" AS witnesses the
group sign as follows:
John Kennedy. D. D.
C.wG-L
A-NK-S
G-RD-A
J.-wG-A
F.WG-S
H-RD.M
P.PA-G
J.NK-F
FINS
W-BE.H
They leave her bound and diap
pear.
Henry Morgan Southern officer
anG p for the Confederacy is In
love with her but she rejects his ad-
vances. One day getting a letter
signed your Identity is known. Dis
guising herself with a brown wig and
staining her face. Peanne assumes
the name OF
Alice Trent, che goes to Baltimore
to carry on her work. She Is unaware
that a real "Alice TRENT lnves in
Baltimore.
rescues Jeanne from a drunken man.
Jeanne induces Morgan to abduct
Kennedy 50 that she may question
him about the anne on the certifi.
cato and about a curious tattoo mark
on the arm Of he man she married.
Armitage rescues him, but Jeanne
escapes. She sees placards. announc-
ing a reward for her capture, dead
or alive"
General Armitage, father Of the
captain, Is discussing plans for the
final campaign against Richmond
when Jeanne. attempting to steal
them, Is captured. Though she Is. in
boys clothes, Captain Armitage re-
cognizes her. but says nothing. and Is
bound to face a firing squad in the
morning.
TUE officers filed out sravely, the
j Generals son along with them.
All those carefully laid plans gone
like a puff Of smoked But 1t was GER
tain in tho minds of them all that
nothing on Gods earth could prevent
a firing squad at sunrise.
Captain Armitage entered his tent
calmly enough; but once there he fell
TO pacing. BY and by he snuffed' the
candle.
The spy lay quietly, wasting nc ef-
fort at the bonds, tied none too gent
". Tho guard paced back and forth
and occasionally paused to glance IN
side the tent Hour after hour went
past.
At midnight the spy heard a rather
unusual sound at tho rear Of tho tent.
It was a whispering sound. as OF n
crawling over grass
Presently a strange hand worked at
the ropes.
There came a faint whisper: ~when
you hear me talking to the guard.
slip out at the rear. Mako straight
for the river. The way is fairly clear
The w~hisperer felt his hand being
caught by two small ones He drew It
back quickly. for the kiss had the
feel of hot lead.
1T about midnight Captain Armi-
a tage had stopped to question him.
Just before that he had looked into
the tent and the spy was yet there.
When General ArTn'tage returned to
his tent. he found his son
"Ah. john said the father, fling
ing his glvues down violently, "all
these plans gone to pot in a night.
Damnationi Spies outside and trait
ors withinI In Gods name, how can
we END the war when such things ex-
sst7'
IT am the traitor, Father" said the
son quietly.
whats that7" The General leaned
across the table. his mouth open, his
eyes at thir widst.
"I freed the Spy"
your Ny sonT'
YES, But before you give any or
eers. Father"
"say STRIP came quickly through
the lips OF the man opposite.
Before you give any orders. sir, I
wan you to lear the rights Of II, such
as they ara"
'RiFhts7 Dd you give the spy
his information too7"
mo sir. When the spy said 70
search him after he was dead. did not
the strangeness OF that request strike
you. sir2 It was a woman"
"A womanr' The General stopped
back. ''You say a woman"
Eyes. sir. o woman. And II you viii
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