The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-07-07
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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 human heart also, and it
was just as wonderfully made as his.
She went about her affairs as usual.
Twice she visited the house with the
secret door and left her information
i'm the drawer of the table i'm the attic.
There was no sign "TO rent" upon
this house; yet it was vacant. No
one was ever seen to enter it in the
daytime. The house belonged to the
Confederate Government, sub rosa.
If Jeanne found the candle out of the
bottle, it signified that there were
orders in the drawer for her, Thus,
on the second visit after Captain
Armitage's departure, she learned with
delight that she was to be given active
service again.
A certain general, who was one of
the few great strategists left in the
Confederate Army, was in danger of
humiliation, and only an exact know
ledge 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 Armi-
tage himself. So Senator Y had sec
reilly written to some friends i'm Illi-
nois. OF course, Morgan had unsealed
this letter, read its contents and re-
sealed it, as he did with most of the
Senator's correspondence. She, Jeanne.
must act Immediately.
A mile south of Armitage's troops.
in the hollow of blazed rotten oak.
were hidden batteries and Geographic
instruments. The lower wire was to
be tapped. Communications here had
not yet been destroyed.
Each night at nine the receiver
would be at his post. The mobility
of the troops would not make it adj
visable for her to attempt to cOmmu-
nicate in person; hence the telegraph.
All she had to do was to get the
information required and telegraph ii.
"All have to do" she unused, with
crooked little smile. All she had to
do was to steal into an army Of for
midable numbers, go straight to Gen
eral Armitage's tent, glance at the
plans and telegraph them! She rock
ed with sudden irOnic laughter. But
there was a glow of pride In her heart.
She was given this hazardous exploit
as casually as if she had been asked
to tea. 1t meant that her ability, her
cunning and resource, were highly
priced She would make the attempt:
she would prove definitely to her in
surgent heart that there was nothing
but the Cause.
The cloth dodgers were growing
dingy on trees and fences. dead or
Alive" To cook your hare Won had To
catch Ii.
The camp lay in the Virginia hills.
1t was early in October, and the night
air was chill. The men were gather
ed in groups about the fires
In General Armitage's tent he and
his staff were discussing the final de-
tails of the campaign which was to
set in motion the following night and
end in the scattering of the Rebel
forces. Success meant that they
would be in Richmond by Christmas
Trooper Murphy, whose picket-duty
lay between the stream and the tenth
telegraph-pole to the south, felt the
need of extending his line of march.
He was disobeying stringent orders.
He determined to go ten telegraph
poles beyond his allotment. So, when
he reached the end of his beat, which
twisted westward, he paused counted
the poles-and rubbed his eyes. There
was still tint of lemon In the west,
enough to throw out in distinct relief
each pole. Now, If his eyes weren't
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