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Evening star., 1928-11-04

Then, as If to shake off the unhappy
visions, she turned to him again, point
ing at the geese.
"Tell me-" she said, "is there any mes
sage can take for you up North-if I
should get through?"
1t is a temptation to attribute to
Baker a sixth sense" which subtly
warned him against this woman. In
reality, 1t was only common sense he
was exercising-common for Baker.
For all he knew, she might be all she
claimed. But he was taking no chances.
DERHAPs is was just as well that he
played safe. For it was Belle Boyd,
the spy whose services for the Confed-
eracy had won such glowing tribute
from Stonewall jackson.
Her visits to prison stopped there
after
And one day Baker was taken to be
examined by no less person than JEFF
ferson Davis, President of the Confed-
eracy.
That high-placed gentleman was not
dressed for the part. He wore light
linen coat, but no collar tie or vest He
greeted Baker with informality, indeed
with disarn1ing sociability.
"You came down here by way of
Washington, they tell me. What did
you see there?" Davis asked.
Then followed a comedy into the
acting of which each man put no
mean measure of ability, Davis pre-
fo1 di11o k0 frttcf paknr T2aknr Y1Fpfn7d l.
ing to trust Davis It was Baker, of
course, who had the more difficult role.
He described what he had seen in
Washington, telling as much truth as
he suspected Davis already knew. And
he contributed additions to the truth
which would serve the Union well
should Davis swallow them.
Then the President became personal.
And what are your plans, Mr.. Mum
son?"
well, Mr.. President, did hope that
you'd give ME pass to go to my home
city"
'WeIl see about that" Davis said.
"1'll probably send you down there
with an escort"
Baker walked the streets of Rich
mond that day man temporarily re-
prieved from execution.
If any anxiety remained with him, 1t
did not seem to affect his senses nor
hinder his busy mind in storing away
all that he saw and learned about
Richmond in the next two weeks.
He made notes of regimental num-
bers on uniforms: he shrewdly calcu-
lated the probable strength of each
fighting unit; he judged the strength
of each regiments prosperity or poverty
by the looks of what equipment passed
under his eyes.
He listened everywhere and discreet
ly encouraged comment and speculation
on the state of war. He saw the famous
Black Horse Cavalry of which Gen.
Scott wanted to be informed. He wan
dered about arsenals and freight sheds.
Then he took short trips into the
adjacent country, returning barely In
time to report to his parole officer.
Finally he decided it was time for
him to report to his own superior officer
Gen. Scott Whereupon he headed at
Evening star., 1928-11-04

goal sooner than he had expected and
embarrassed by the change in his pro-
gram.
He was locked up In a city prison
to await his fate. 1t was miniature
inferno, peopled by half-witted GRIMM
ais and others who had gone insane
with the darkness, filth and brutality
of the place. Some of the prisoners
were trying to find something to steal
or take by force from the other poor
Wretches.
The only gleam of sunshine in the
picture visited the place for the first
time several days after Baker was
thrust into one of the cells. She was
obviously thoroughbred, this girl who
came as a visitor of mercy to this
prison.
There was brooding tenderness of
pity in her warm gray eyes and her
head was slightly bowed as If touched
by the weight of humanity's many sor-
rows. She was distributing religious
tracts and little gifts of food
| She stopped to talk with Baker.
you're newcomer, are you not?"
she asked gently. Il never saw you
here before"
Baker looked duly at her. "Yes'm," !"
he said.
| 'Why are you hereP
"They seq rna'am, I'm spy"
She looked cautiously up and down
| the corridor to see if there was any
she whispered:
"Is there any way-any way what
soever that can help you?"
Baker looked his gratitude. You're
so kind, miss. And since you ask me,
| why, I would like some of that corn
| bread I saw you give the others"
/ He got more than he asked for. She
| not only brought him cornbread but
| chicken and jellies, and she gave them
| to him in such way that the other
( prisoners would not see.
Then one day when he was IN the
| prison courtyard she approached him
| when there was no one about.
Won't you let me be of some service
to you?" she pleaded.
| why. miss, you've been powerful good
| to n1e already!" Baker protested.
She pointed to the sky where a v of
wild geese we're floating by.
| Look up and behave as II we were
discussing those geese up there" she
! said in a low tone. Listen. / feel you
! can be trusted. The only man I've ever
| loved or ever will love is a captain in
the 7th Regiment from New York. His
p, friends are my friends, his enemies are
my enemies. can't endure being here
any longer. I'm going to join him.
! Il don't know how shall get through
| the lines, but rather than be away from
! him any longer I'll run any risk, un-
dergo any hardship. / feel sure that
! you're on his side. IF / try to help you
escape from here, will you help me get
| to Bcb?"
Baker lo~k~d uneasy. I'm very much
obliged to you, miss" he said. But If
I tried to escape, they would then be
sure I'm a spy
/ Her eyes filled with distress.
/ Then / must do the best ! can un-
aided. Well, If must, mustl'
Evening star., 1928-11-04

IN the assignment. The hardened war
veteran was saying to the eager recruit:
We offer you nothing but E little
pocket money and we want in return
priceless information to be obtained by
you at the risk of death"
Baker seemed to find the terms am
pie, however, though he understood we'll
enough that he could count on nothing
but his own wits to get him out of any
scrape.
From Gen. SCOTS Office he went to
a dealer in secondhand Photographic
supplies He pointed to dilapidated
camera and tripod.
How n1uch?" he asked.
TITS cheap at 81, but you can have
1t for that"
The dealer was lying: the stuff was
not worth $4; no one could take photo
graphs with that outfit. But Baker
bought 1t.
Not ignorance. but the shrewdest kind
Of psychology was behind that pur-
chase. Baker wanted disguise. He rea-
soned that spy was expected to choose
as disguise something that would least
of all suggest his real purpose.
Furthermore, he reasoned, the enemy
would expect spy to avoid having any,
thing in his possession that would be
likely to betray him.
Now nothing suggests spy so much
as the possession of a camera inside the
enemy line. If he we're to take this
camera with him and be caught by the
enemy one of two things would happen:
Either he would be shot as a spy who
was fool enough to carry with him a
bulky and almost useless camera; or he
would be taken for simpleton who
had not even brains enough to know
that war was on and that carrying "A
camera about at such time was dan
gerous.
With the camera and tripod on his
back he started for the enemy's capital,
Richmond.
He made long detour through the
southern counties of Maryland, trav-
cling 35 miles in a single day.
Finally at lonely point of river
boundary he found colored man with
roWboat and in return for one of his
$40 gold pieces was ferried across and
guided we'll within the Confederate
lines.
Here he took to the high road again
and started trudging in the direction Of
Richmond, his worse than useless cam
era on his back.
TT was the part of his deliberate plan
that he made no effort to proceed
unseen. So that when he was stopped
by squad of Confederate soldiers he
, did not lcok concerned. He was taken
TO headquarters and questioned by
Gen. Bonhanl.
Who are you and whaare you doing
hers9"
Evening star., 1928-11-04

Union sentries and let go. Then came
gallop of Is miles at a pace which
told cruelty on the horse; but 1t was
the rider who ruthlessly set the pace.
Finally came another sentry chal-
lenge and this time she answered II
with glad hail
The Importance of the news she had
brought the Confederates may be
gagged by the following note she got
some time later from Gen. Stonewail
Jackson:
Miss Belle Boyd
II thank you for myself and for the
army for the immense service you have
rendered your country today. Hastily,
I am your friend.
1T. j. JACKSON, c. S. A."
X x X
RUT so unremitting was she in her
AZ spys work, so daring in the risks
she took, so damaging to the Union
cause, that gradually-then quickly
her name and work became known in
Union ranks.
Finally one day she was caught and
sent to the military prison in Wash
ington, known as Old Capitol.
She had already received commits
sion as captain in the Confederate :
Army so it was as an officer that she
was later sent back to her people II
an exchange Of prisoners.
Untamed by her experience she
plunged back into her spying and was
again imprisoned this time at Carroll.
Here she Matched a little plot wherein
three other prisoners hid near the door
where a sentry barred the way of
escape.
But her plot provided that as, at a
favorable moment, cry of Murder.
rang out from across the street, the
startled sentry was distracted long
enough to enable the three prisoners to
slip out unseen.
Again she was exchanged and on her
return played a role in a little plot
in which the adversary was the man
whose exploits as a spy for the Union
cause make the next strand in this
skein of Civil War spy stories
The outbreak of the Civil War found
Lafayette c. Baker, then about 80
years old. engaged in a prosperous but
humdrum business in New York.
For Baker to be tied to a business
Office was as bad rs for romantic
young man to marry a dull woman
for her money The first bugle call
of war brought Baker on the bound
to Washington.
He wanted to get into that war. Sc
| there he was in the seething Capital
, through which the hastily gathered
J troops of the North were pouring to gel
at the Southerners only few milea
away.
Baker had. left New York so i'm.
petuously that when he now tried ir
Washington to offer himself for serV.
Evening star., 1928-11-04
BY JOSEPH GOLLOMB,
Author of master Man Hunters"

ineranged spy stories of Americas
them their worth with
in to them though they all part
most tragic of American conflicts the Secession War.
Every spy, woman, from ancient history or quietly
this at heart but single the
OF the ndviduazed character OF that particular spy and each
differs another their
Boyd adoscent out of college
the outbreak of the Civil War.
earthquake without
the solid feet; and
swallowed standing the brink
sure while who had been by side moment
before the other side of the chasm.
This especially of Martinsburg W. Va sele Boyds
where battle broke out between the North
the South Bellies menfok fed from their home to join the Con-
the seized by the of the
North.
domestcs remained the
home From the first of the conflict Belle had herself of
of the Rebellion, and became possessed by it.
bars andr a world could
Then guard in the attic while
expect that she Haunted defiance hn
ranfH Hh
Evening star., 1928-11-04

top speed In the direction of Washing
ton.
X
ON the morning of the third day he
was in the country beyond Fred
ericksburg sleeping deep inside hay
stack into which he had burrowed .he
night before. He was awakened by the
sound of mems voices all about him.
1t didn't take his acute mind an in
stant to tell him that those were cav
alrymen on the hunt for him. That
fact was almost fatally driven home
Evening star., 1928-11-04

time-~these and a tale of wild riding
through the night, were the constant
factors In many a Union officers ac
count of his capture by Mosby's
Rangers.
The South was jubilant and merry
over each exploit; the Northern officer
angry and vowing vengeance. Co.
Wyndham, aide to Gen. Stoughton al
Fairfax Court House, sent letter |
John Mosby.
1t was challenge by spirited ofh
Ger to a spirited guerrilla leader. The
challenge read;
Evening star., 1928-11-04
And Who Was the ChanfeurP

And So" concluded the Sunday
school teacher. Adam and Eve we're
driven from the Garden of Eden."
Couldn't Adam drive his own carr"
asked the pupil whose dad ran garage.
Evening star., 1928-11-04

Who are you9" Gen. Stoughton de-
'"nded furiously.
do you know who John Mosby is?"
lme stage whisper
Have you captured him9" eagerly.
mo, but he's captured you!"
C;en Stnilrhton was IN HE y,;aot
)thes, and few undressed men feel
.eir courage at high fighting pitch, es-
3cially when the weapons are all in the
lands Of the fully clad enemy.
Dejectedly he put on his shoes and
overcoat and followed his captors into
Evening star., 1928-05-06

tateS contain all that is left Of Sher-
wood Forest, once a royal hunting re-
serve of 100000 acres, Some of the old
oaks from the original growth are still
standing after viewing centuries Of his
tory II is said that no district Of like
size in England contains such beautiful
scenery or more noble family mansions.
The country. however, has sharp
contrasts. Almost touching the DGk-
cries is a coal mining and manufactur-
ing region Of unusual ugllneSS and
stark industrial conditions. Thus IS
the new .encroaching upon the old.
This is reflected as well in Nottingham
City itself, where the warehouses OF the
lace makers creep close under the walls
of old st. Mary'S Church. Neverthe-
less, st. Mary's Still sets the tone 10
the neighborhocd in all its pride of
Gothic walls and stained glass win
dows. In Nottingham the old still holds
It's head above mere newneSs
Evening star., 1928-05-06
Man Kills Self, Asking Corpse Be Sold
For Dissection to Settle for Bad Check

had made Ballou respondent.
Another letter contained Ballo1s will,
dated March IS.
My corpse is willed to the Noatoet
DiSSecting Medical establishment" the
win read Make demands OF diSsecting
society that they pay the highest mar
ket price for corpse and apply pro-
ceedS to settling for a bad chack passed
al the Central Union Trust, so Broad
way, New York City"
Almirall told police Ballou was grad
uated from the Sheffield Scientific
School at Yale University. He was 40
wears and was unmarried.
Evening star., 1928-05-06
OLDTIME CRAFT SAVED.
Boat Built in Napoleon's Dogs Still
Seaworthy.

BUDE. England Aye. she's a grand
old boat and is still classed Al by the
Board of Trade" said 7l-year-old Capt.
r.. w Petherick of his 52-ton ketch
Ceres, believed to be Britain's oldest
Seagoing ship, which has just cele-
brated her ll7th birthday.
The Ceres was built at Salcombe.
Devon, in 1911 and was sailing across
the Bay of BiScay with cargoes of fruit
from Spain during the Napoleonic wars.
She was dodging German submarines
along the Cornish coast during the
great war while carrying food from one
place to another while bigger ships were
fast in port
Evening star., 1928-05-06
Rr ihn AssnoIa,cd rress.

bN t0e Associated IFFSS
FOREST HILLS. N. V, May 5.-A
Denver mining engineer, who, police
said. committed suicide yesterday, left
a will directing that his body be sold NJ
the highest market price for a corpse
and the money be applied TO the settle
ment Of a bad check.
A maid found the body of Franklin
Bauou. said 10 have been at one tine
a director of the Hannngton National
Bank IN Denver, Colo, in his room al
a hotel
Four letters were found, one address
ed to Leon Almirall, friend, of Forest
Hills. who told police business reverSeS
Evening star., 1928-05-06
NOTTINGHAM CITED
AS CHARMING CITY
Closing of U. S. Consulate
There ArouSeS Memory OF
Robin Hood Days.

Announcement that the closing OF
the American consulate at Nottingham,
England is contemplated brings into
the days news one Of the most charm
ins of English provincial cities" says
bulletin from the National Geographic
Society LAS q great market town near
tho boundaries Of Sherwood Forest,
Nottineham PLAYED a leadiug role IN
the DAYS Of Richard the Lion Hearted
anc Robin Hood Today it Is q manu-
featuring city Of mere than quarter
million inhabitants center Of the Eng
liSh machine lace and hosiery M
6uStry
Its modern aspect rests lightly. how
ever on ancient Nottingham, III spite
Of the annual production Of a proclglouS
number Of machine-nlade lace curtains,
miles Of department store lace and
thousands of pairs of stockings. the
city manages to preserve a remarkable
air OF romance.
Castles Eventful History.
'The city's major fame rests in part
upon its reputation for supremacy IN
foot ball ard cricket. in part upon the
celebrated October carnival or Goose
Fair ana largely upon the romantic
sight az Notiingham Castle crCWniD& a
rocky height above The city. The castle
vas a fGvorite ROYAL residence in the
GAYS OF the Wars Of the Roses and IN
later Tudor times, II was destroyed
by the followers OF Parliament during
the civil war Of the seventeenth CEN
tlry and rebuilt in the Italian style by
the Duke Of Newcastle. II now serves
as a municipal museum and art gal
lery
About q century ago. when England
was in the throeS OF industrial reyolu
ton. following the replacement Of hand
industry by steam-driven machinery,
thousands Of Nottingham spinnerS.
veavers and hosiery makers were thrown
out Of ocCapation. the new machines
requiring but few operatives Indig-
nant mobs set fire 70 Nottingham Castle
and watched il burn far into the night
as a protest against a government that
would tolerate machinery. Fortunate
II, however. the building has been COM
pletely restored. AS a sequel TO the
burning the leaders of the mob we're
hanged in black and white suits fur
niShed by the government and the Duke
Of Newcastle. as owner of the castle,
received the equivalent Of Sl00000
damages
Home of Gen" Booth.
Nottingham has sent many diStin-
Guisheo sons into the world since the
days of the famous Sheriff of Noting.
ham Of Robin Hood fame. Among the
best known of these is Gen. Booth.
founder Of the Salvation Army. in whose
honor a tablet has been erected.
Nottingham City is capital Of a
shire Of the same name long famous
for its noble residences. among them
being Byron's ancestral home Of New
stead Abbey and the well known
'Dukeries' The latter is a small dis
trict containing the country seats Of
the Dukes of Portland and Newcastle
and the former Dukes of Kingston and
Norfolk The parks OF these four eS-
The Washington times., 1928-12-10
| |'(NlIlEG
NlvIIEl|

Prince Georges County Indies
League TriangIes VS.. University
Park.
Prince Georges County, Mems
League Arcades vs. Gretta.
Bethesda League -Gingell's vs..
Chevy Chase Gardens.
: Bankers League washington
Loan and Trust vs.. Federal Re-
serve Board: HiIobs vs. Washing
ton Loan and Trust No. 2: O.. NJ
r. Murphy vs.. District National;
National Bank OF washington vs..
American security No. 2: ItigSs
VS.. Northeast Savings; Park VS..
Second National: Eastman and
Dillon vs. National Metropolitan;
Federal American National VS..
Perpetual.
District League-Kfng Pin vs..
Progressive Printing.
Federal League-Interstate vs..
War; Internal Revenue vs.. Post
office: Veterans Bureau VS.. Navy;
United States Shipping Board
vs.. Commerce: r. u. and p. p.
VS.. Interior; Bureau of Engraving
and Printing vs. Merchants Fleet;
Marines vs. Agriculture; Army vs..
Treasury.
Maryland Alumni League Ross
bourgs VIZ. Cabs House: Finn-Out
vs.. Terrapins; Paint Branch vs..
Black Straps; Buzzards Roost ys.
Diamondbacks.
Second Assistant Postmaster
Generals Office--Headquarters w.
Railway Adjustments: Railway
Mail VS.. International Postal Ser.
vice.
District League (Girisp-Lncky
strike VS.. Recreation; Arcadia vs..
Terminal Ice.
Georgetown Recreation League
Biackman's Jewelry vs.. Wilkins
Rogers Company.
Athletic Club League-Allied
Roofing vs. Burkhalter's Express.
Typothetae League - Potomac
Electrotype vs. Judd & Detweiler;
Columbian Printing VS.. Lew Thay-
or: National Capital Press vs.. H.k
Advertising Service; d. &. Paper
Manufacturing Company VS.. Eel
lowsbip Forum: Charles III, Potter
Company W.. Washington Printing
Company; Ransdeil, Inc, w. M.
Joyce Engraving; Standard En.
craving VS.. The Big Print shop. /.
National Capital League--H. Il.
Denham vs.. Service Cafeteria.
Eastern Star Harmony
vs. Joseph III. Milans; Mizpah VS..
Mt. Pleasant; BrookIand vs.
Acacia: Bethlehem VS.. Good VIII;
Unity vs. Fidelity.
Odd Fellows I.eague-Loyalty
vs.. Eastern; Mt. Nebo vs. Amity
No. 2: Langdon vs.. Columbia.
Northeast League-Princess The
ater VS.. Olive Cafe.
Comforter League-Aces VS.. Its.
Western Union League e-Auto-
matte vs.. Delivery: Branch Office
vs.. Accounting; Equipment VS..
Morse.
The Washington times., 1928-12-10
Commerce League

With exception Of the Bureau OF
Mines. which moved into a, tie for
third place with Secretary's Office,
the placement of the teams remains
unchanged A new season record
for high team game was rolled by
Patents No. J., with total of 573
pins.
Hargett, of the Bureau Of Mines,
broke the existing high, Individual
set mark with a count of 394 pins,
and his single game Of l42 was best
for the week.
Team standina--Patents No. 2. 25-S;
Patent No. !, 24-9 Bureau Of Mines.
21-l2: Secretary's Office. 2l-12; Foreign
a. Domestic Commerce. 1917: Bureau
of standards. 4-l9; Foreign Service.
6.27: Commercial Intelligence. 6-2S.
SEASON RECORDS
High team Rame~-Patents No. J,
57g: Patents No, .. 571.
High team Rct-- Patents No. ]. 1857
Patents No. :. 1.s22.
High individual game 49, Sperllng
fBureau Of Standards), 1b4; Iansda]e
(Secretary's Office, IA7; Msrgett
fBureau Of Minea). i42
High individual set---Hsrgstt tRureau
of Mnes). 1914; Lansdaie (Office of the
secretary. S72: Patrick Patents No
-. S7t,
High Individual average -- HarRstt
oRmeau ~ Mtnes), 1919; rstrirk
patents No, - 1If-fs; Lsnsdsle
tSscretsry's Offics), 1850.
The Washington times., 1928-12-10
GTODAYS
oP PORTORIAL
By KIRK MILLER =

up there fighting it out for a
pennant. Can you imagine the
owner of a big apartment or q
couple of rows of houses hav-
ing them occupied only n days
of the year, and keeping out of
the poor house? Think it
over, you birds who are always
harping about professional base
ball and the money the players
and owners make!
Every now and again hint
comes out of Annapolis that
the two service football teams
will again get together on an
athletic basis. The latest adj
vices indicate that both the. Army
and the Navy may make
compromise, each agreeing to a
four-year playing rule. The An
napolis institution has hereto
fore abided by a three-year rule
and the West Pointers have had
no playing limit placed on their
athletes whatever. Thus, the
adoption of a four-year agree
ment would be yielding, one to
the other, and neither side
could be said to have been COM
pletely victorious or vanquished
in their athletic feud.
DID YOU KNOW:
That Larry Sutton, scout of
the Dodgers, wears watch fob,
on the back of which are the
names of some of the ball
players he brought into fast
company? The list includes Jeff
Pfeffer, Zach Wheat, Hy Myers,
Sherry Smith, Gus Getz and
Jake Daubert.
That the toughest pitcher to
bat against is any left-hander
when he is making his debut.
Then it's a case of going to bat
with all thoughts on selt-pro-
lection?
That Everett Scott is one OF
the best bridge players in the
racket? When pinochle is being
played, Ray Schmandt is an ace
Jack Fournier knows his cards
at poker?
That Welton Ehrhardt long
ago asked for waivers on his
first name? That's why ne
says, Call me Rube."
The Washington times., 1928-12-10

Mountain granite. If he contracted
debt. and he knew debt init.
mately. he literally went hungry
until It was paid to the last dime.
IL man owed him. he trailed the
debtor like timber wolf until the
debt was collected. Yet. under the
the tender heart of woman. Never
did beggar leave him empty.handed, /,
never did needy human ask of him
In vain.
Born. in Kentucky, the thrill of
the race track was in Grannan's
blood He gambled because gam.
bling was his life.
As q bell boy in Louisville
hotel he won the name Of
Lucky" Grammar by the finesse
with which he operated the
cards, the cunning and skill
with which he handled dice i'm
crap game.
And in later years. when good
fortune had smiled and iron nerve
had carried him TO the top of the
gambling profession---the first and
original of Americas gambling fig
lires---he still retained his interest
i'm cards and dice games.
The sky was his limit. No bet
was too large for him to cover. il
he thought he had the edge: no
game was barred; no chance was
overlooked.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow