The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-11

TS"h, A British ship were lyin'
high IRE mouth o. the CrOton river.
Arnold went aboard. An officer got
INTO his boat with him and thew pulled
over I" the west shore and went int.
ne h'sh. Stayed thar till mos night.
Il twere honest business, why did
they go of in the bush alone fer q
TALK"
Jack shook his head.
"So0n as ] seen that I went TO a
. our batteries an tor the cap'n what
were on my mind.
"'D-n the OIL British tub. Wen
make 'er back up a little seq he.
She's too clus anyhow /.
Then he let go a shot that rIDped
the water front O her bow. Saw. Jack.
they e some hOppin' Ground on the
deck o the big British war slOoD.
They h'tSted her sails an she fell away
down the river a mile 'er so. The
sun set when Arnold an thei
oaacer cane eu4 o. the bush. ] weraY
a = beat with q Hsh rcd an could Ies
Zee EN- with my spy glass, the ligeat
we're SO dim. They stood thar loOkIn'
Ter the ship. They couldn't see her.
They went back lntO the bush. 1t CONS
20 me what they WAS gOin' to do. AR
mold were a-gOin' TO take the BritisherI
over to the house O. that OIL Tory, Reub
Smith. I got thar fust an hid in the,
bushes front o the house. Sure
nough!-that's what were done. Ar,
mold an Z other Teller come 'erlong,
an went into the house. 'Twere 90
dark I couldn't see 'em but I knowedI
'twere them"
Howp the young man asked.
"'Cause they didn't light no CANDLE
They sot in the dark an they didn't
talk out loud like honest men would
come erway. / couldn't do no more
II think you've done we'll" said
JACK. Now go and get some rest
Tomorrow may be a hard day."
Jack spent a bad night In the Ell
fort to be rs great as his problem
In the morning he sent Solomon and
three other able scouts to look the
ground over east, west and south OF
the army. One of them was to take
the road to Hartford and deliver q
message to Washington.
After the noon mess. Arnold mount
ed his horse and rode away alone.
The young b~rigadier sent for his trust
ed friend, Captain Merriwether.
Captain, the general has set out
on the east road alone" said Jack
"He Is not we'll. There's something
wrong with his heart. / am a little.
worried about him. He ought not to
be travelling alone. My horse is in front
of the door. Jump on his back and
keep in sight of the general, but don't
let him know what you are doing"
A little later Mrs. Arnold entered
the office Of the new brigadier In a
most cheerful mood. {
Il have good news for you," she an.
nounced. "A British officer has come
in a ship under a flag Of truce to
confer with General Arnold. | sent
q letter to Margaret Hare on my own
responsibility with the generals Of9-I
4 communication. / invited her RI
come with the party and promised
her safe conduct to our house. Ii
expect her. For the rest we look toi
you. Let us have a wedding at head.
quarters. On the night Of the twenty
eighth, General Washington win have
returned. He has agreed to dine with
US that evening"
L think that she must have n
served the shadow on my face for.
while she spoke, a great fear had
come upon me-" he testified IN the
court of inquiry. ut seemed clear
to me that, if there was a blot. the
capture of Washington himself was
to be a part of it and my sweetheart
a helpful accessory.
You know much that | am eager
70 know,' ! said. The general has
not told me that he is to meet tbe
British. May | know all tine good
news?
or course, he will tell you about
that, she assured me. "He has told
me only a little. 1t is some negotia.
ton regarding an exchange of pris.
~Ah HuCu more interested in
Margaret and the wedding. I wish
you would tell me about her. | have
heard that she has become very beau.
tiful.'
I showed Mrs. Arnold the minia-
ture portrait which Margaret had
given me the day OF our little ride and
talk in London and then an orderly
came with a message and that gave
me an excuse to put an end to this
untimely babbling for which I had
no heart. The message was from Sol
ONION. He had got word that the
British warship had come back up the
river and was two miles above Stony
Foint with a white flag at her mast
head.
i went out Of doors. Soon / met
Merriwether coming into camp. Ar
nold had returned. He had ridden at q
walk toward the headquarters Of the
second brigade and turned about and
come back without speaking to N
one. Arnold was looking down as IL
absorbed in his own thoughts when
Mefffwether passed him IN the ROAD