White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-03-09

and we can starve WELL We know
how to go to hell and find our way
out of it. They're not used to that kind
o. maneuverin'. Don't worry. The ocean,
the SHOWS, the rocks, the stone walls,
the forests, the swamps, an the noun
tains are our friends an allies They're
hard to beat if you're on the right side
of 'em. You'll drive them rump-fed
lady-killers out O. Boston before
spring"
Fortunately, good part of the army
had already begun ito get it from him"
and from Morgan
In September the Bushmen and their
chief left camp with Col. Benedict
Arnold and his thousand men to march
through the northern wilderness and
join General Montgomery in the siege
of Quebec. In consequence of this
depletion Colin and Col. Simeon Bolts
were sent into the west to hasten the
process of recruiting. Before they left
Revere brought letter from Pat.
Communication had become more diff
cult and now the young spy rarely
ventured to cross the lines.
"My beloved" the letter began, Il
received the pass, but General Gage
is in a bad temper and refuses to per-
NIT me to go through. His son is very
i'll. l hear that he will have to lose
his arm. 1t was bad arm-the one
with which he used to embrace me
when we met. Poor boy OF course
am sorry for him, but that arm often
made me angry. 1t was an indecent
arm.
"You are always in my mind and
/ am lonely and forlorn creature.
Still, in a sense l have you with me.
Even in my dreams you are with me
but it is only shadow, and a shadow
is poor company at best
II must be content to stay at home
and wait until this vile war is ended.
/ think that it will be better for my
health than day Of your ardent love-
making. And the parting. Oh, dear!
the parting must have looked like
Ophelia singing her death song. Hon
estly, my dear, when got home was
weak for days. My mother wanted to
know If l had been in battle. No
more of that she said.
How silly for good men to be fight
ing each other! These British gen
erals are all kindly, delightful gentle
men, I'm sure 1t isn't their fault.
suppose that the kings cause all the
trouble. George the Third! I'd like
to get hold of the big nose Of that old
German. I'm sure I'd lose my head
for it. I'd make him know that l am
in love with an American soldier and
with dear Mrs. Washington and the
grand and gentle General whom she
called her old man.
"All this is from your faithful and
devoted, Pat"
Colin and Colonel Bolts set out at
daylight on their horses with good
store Of food in the saddlebags. Their
orders were to get the people together
in their churches and schoolhouses
and kindle their enthusiasm for the
cause. They were to see leading men
of known loyalty, and lay before them
the situation at Cambridge and the i'm
perative need of strengthening the
army. Washington had said to the
young man:
II send you because you understand
the principles involved and know the
camp and have an unusual gift for
self-expression. send Bolts because
he is well known and liked in that
part of the province and because he
can be spared. When you are at the
most convenient point in the West,
shall ask you to leave the colonel and
70 north to Ticonderoga and get a re-