, 1923-01-06

Jeanne Beaufort, we can't lay the
facts before him plainly"
In rushing from the cabin Jeanne
i had gone straight to her tethered
horse and ridden away. Armitage!
She had heard Parson Kennedy roar
out hat name.
Armitage with Parson Kennedy.
Armitage one of the eleven? 1t was
not possible. There had been nothing
in his attitude to suggest that he had
recognized her. She was dressed al.
most exactly as she had been that
night in Richmond.
Armltage was purely an outsider;
and this conviction afforded her great
relief.
her name did not alarmher. She knew
in the dark.
Why should he hate her whom he
had wronged?
She entered Washington. She had
sworn to run these men down.
1.-TWO days later Armitage called
j upon Alice Trent. They were to
go out riding. 1t was a glorious Sep.
tember day, mild and sunny.
How is It that you are not with
those beloved troopers OF yours?''
"Oh. for the present I am aide to
of the chiefs. It is my business
TO see hat fresh troops are promptly
entrained. that the recruiting officers
are not permitted to get into the dol.
drums and sometimes I draw or copy
maps. By the way, did you witness
the riots in Baltimore at the beginning
Of the WARP
mo, 1 was not there at the time
How wonderful those elms are! Is.
General Arm5age your father. by any
CHANGER
He is-and the fnest old chap in
the world. too. He's just a man. but
something of a martinez; and to tell
the truth. I'm rather afraid OF him.
You see. my company is among his
troops. IN the old regiment he was in
command Of before his promotion; and
he's On idea that. when I'm around, 1
should dc double turn so that no one
could ecu him of showing favorit-
ism. The boys in irony call me the
old mans pet. Lord. how he makes
me grind. But I like it,
And so you draw maps?"
"Of a kind. To the uninitiated my
maps would suggest Chinese charac.
tiers. Have you any men-folk at the
front?'
MY father died at Manassas and
my brothers at Gettysburg" she an.
swered, staring across the fields.
II beg o u pardonl I'm sorry"
why shouldn't you ask me? But
I'd rather not talk of Them
Armitage had unwittingly opened
the secret door. She was Jeanne
Beaufort once more, with a thousand.
dollar reward for her, dead or alive. "
What was 1t? Why could she not
play with this Yankee as she had
played with others? What subtle
barrier was It hat blocked each i'm.
pulse as It was forming? Was It be.
cause he was virile, good to look at,
frank and pleasant? Or was it be.
cause the heat of her hatred for
Northerners had abAted, and that she,
naturally honest inc direct. despising
hypocrisy, was beginning to weary OF
this game in which hypocrisy was
the chief essential? She was cropping
in a blind alley.
After the ride she gave him tea;
but the zest had gone out of every
thing. She hated herself, Morgan.
Armitage-hated the world.
RMITAGE returned TO his rooms
II in n thoughtful and analytical
frame OF mind. He must not see this
lovely girl often. She drew him too
closely.
on the following morning he was
ordered TO report to his regiment and
remain with it until 1t was necessary
En- V-a~nII IEw, L. ,urraNa n Y,afa "a
Alice Trent, regretting that he would
not be able to see her before he left.
She saved that letter: but she was
glad that he had gone from town. She
had n human heart also, and Il was
just as wonderfully made rs his.
She went about her affairs as usual.
Twice she visited the house with the
secret door and left her information in
the drawer of the deal table In the
attic. There was no sign ITO rent
upon this house; yet 1t was vacant.
No one was ever seen TO enter II in
the daytime. The house belonged to
the Confederate Government. sub
rosa. II Jeanne found the candle out
OF the bottle. Il signihed that there
were orders in the drawer for her.
Thus. on the second visit after Cap.
iAlu &AIIIlAldEb NeldL LhlNs HAn AN1AitA
with delight that she was 10 be given
active service again.
CERTAIN general. who was one
"A Of the few great stateglsts left in
the Confederate Army. was in danger
Of humiliation. n only IN exact
knowledge OF his enemy's plans of
campaign would permit him TO slip
out OF the net.
These plans were at this moment in
the tent OF General Armitage, having
been carried TO him by Captain Arml.
tase himself. So Senator Y had sc
! cretly written TO some friends in
Illinois, or course, Morgan had un.
sealed this letter. read it's contents
and ressaled Il, as he did with most
OF the Senator'S correspondence. She,
Jeanne, must act Immediately.
A mile south OF Armitnge's troops.
in tho hollow OF a blazed rotten oak
were hidden batteries and telegraphtc