, 1923-01-09

W-BE-H
They leave her bound and disap
pear.
Henry Morgan Southern officer
and. spy for the ConfederaSy 10 In
love with her but shs rejects his ad-
vances. One day getting q letter
rigned your identity is known. Dis
guising herself with a brown wig and
staining her face, Peanns assumes
h Fame Of
Alice Trent, she goes to Baltimore
10 carry on her work. She Is unaware
that a real "Alics Trent hives in
Baltimore.
John Armitage, a Union officer.
rescues Jeanne from a drunken man.
Jeanne induces Morgan to abduct
Kennedy so that she may question
him about the names on the certifi-
cate and about a curious tattoo mark
on the arm Of the man she married.
Armitage rescues him, but Jeann
escapes. She sees placards, announc-
ing a reward for her capture. dead
or alive"
General Armftaee. 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.
Armltage helps Jeanne TO escape
and she makes her way back to her
home. It is now the Center Of a Con-
federate encampment. Sentries bring
word that a Union spy is on h
grounds.
The spy attempting escape is killed.
Jeanne reads a dispatch in his pocket
indicating that he was G-RD-A and on
his arm sees the tattoo mark. She now
believes that he was her husband.
Morgan is discovered to be a Con-
1ederate spy and wea vengeance on
Kennedy. Jeanne hopes to obtain. by
torture IL necessary, the truth about
her marriage from Kennedy. The
parson and Armitage accordingly
are kidnapped and taken to a deserted
cabin. There. bound. they are seated
when Morgan lights a short fuse at
tached to a powder barrel
THAT fiber which holds tho stout
i heart impervious TO ordinary perils
and Kennedy and Armitake were men
of the toutest of hearts-began to
uisintegrate in the a c eof this horror.
To die IN the fury of physical con-
tent is nothing; indeed. death is for
gotten. e
But to sdt stiI. to reach put ment-
tally and anticipate, is a thousand
times 20 diei Armitage closed his
eyes. 1t IL a strange fact that. when
confronted by immediate death of
the catastrophe order, instinctively
we close our eyes.
Perhaps Kennedy closed his eyes
too; mayhap he ook sardonic pleas
urs in cycling the dancing sparks.
There might have been a prayer on
his lips.
An unexpected gust OF cold night
ar striking Armitage's forehead.
caused him to open his eyes. The
door of the cabin was open. He saw
nsHiender youth enter and step upon
the fuse.
ITS it you. Jeanne Beaufort" asked
Kennedy.
'Yes. ParSon Kennedy, It IS Jeanne
Beaufort. 1t is the woman upon
whose head % set q price. dead or
alive, dead or alive. It Is the woman
you broke and ~dishonored for doing
for her cause what you were doing
for yours"
She gAzed down somberiy at the
cropped ray e 70 near her feet.
Have you a prayer that o can
recali7"
She then ran over to Armitage and
fought the knots with her fingers
and teeth When she had done, he
was free to walk, but his hands were
still tied behind his back.
You are free, Captain ArmitaBe.
You are not here through any act OF
mine. You saved my life once: I pay
tho debt a life for a life; we are
quits"
You are 4 woman. and you would