, 1923-01-08

w-BE.H
They cave he- bound and disap-
pear.
Henry Morgan Southern officer
ana epy FOR the Confederacy is in
love with hsr but she rejects his ai.
vancsA One day getting a letter
signed your identity is known. Dis
RuisinE herself with a brown wig and
staining her face. Peanne ssume
the name Of
Alice Trent, she goes TO Baltimore
to carry on her work She Is unaware
that a real "Alice Trent" hives in
Baltimore
John ArmItage, a Union officer,
rescues Jeanne from a drunken man.
Jeanne induces Morgan to abduct
Kennedy 50 that she may question
him about the names on the certitt'
ate and about a curious tattoo mark
on the arm Of the man h married.
Armitage rescues him. but Jeanne
escapes. She sees placards. announc.
ing a reward for her capture. dead
or alive"
General Armftaee, frS1sr Of the
captain, is discussing plans for the
final campaign against Richmond
when Jeanne, attempting to steal
them, Is captured. Though she is In
bows clothes, Captain Armitage re
cornizes her, but says nothing, and Is
bound to lace a firing squad In the
morning.
ArmitaEe helps Jeanne TO escape
and she makes her way back TO her
home. It is now the Center OF a Con-
federate encempment. Sentries bring
word that a Union spy IL on the
EroundA
CUPPosrN6 II were Armitage'
y thought Jeanne: to act would be to
send TO his death the man h loved
She could not do Il. a thousand times
mol
She knew no sleep that night She
upert the hours listening, listening
She imagined footsteps; h saw Ar
mitaRe running the gauntlet Of fire
she saw him totter and fall.
what was thatT
In the garnet above sornethins
heavy had clattered TO the floor. she
waited. holding her breath She
made UP her mind quickly.
II this man proved TO be Armitage'
he should go free; her debt would be
paid. If It was a man h did no
recognize. well. he would have to pay
the penalty.
She tiptoed to the door silently. and
waited. A stair creaked. He was
coming down. Fearlessly she seized
the mob and flung the door open.
A mans body plunged against hers.
Her revolver exploded harmlessly.
The spy dashed Jeanne aside, leap
a- -.A 1~a -A~a
A shot broke the silence: then came
another shot, followed by warning
cries. A third shot seemed 10 settle
things, for after that all became op'
pressively still.
Jeanne. a hand pressing down this
laundering throbs OF her heart. ran
downstairs. She had not seen the
mans face!
In the garden shs espied a group OF
officers and men looking down at
something which lay quietly at their
feet.
what has happensd?"
"'The Yankee. Miss Beaufort" said
one of the officers. we got him or
the third shot" He held the lantern
close to the fallen mans face.
The stab OF JOY drove a sigh past
her lips. It was not Armithge. Yet
the lace was oddly familiar TO her,
Where had she seen II before7 Yes.
yes. now she remembered. II was a
civilian Morgan had forced through
politeness to introduce to her one
night in Richmond.
I'VE found this in his pocket, Miss
Beaufort"
Il was her own photograph, the
one hat had stood on the dresser.
She was puzzled. They showed her
a dispatch in a cipher that was as
much OF a mystery TO her as to the
others. But the four capital letter,
nj he bottom Of the dispatch-G.RD-A
One of tho eleveni
Jeanne rolled back ths sleeve Of tn