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CHAPTER VIII VIIITHE VIIITEE III IIITRE
THE HINT OF THE EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKEThe
The crash of thunder following the flash flashfor ftulhfer flashIcr
for a time iruJv uat words impossible e and andaction andlid andation
action lid ion tras equally equay CU1i out of the question for foria foriJ foriT
ia iT the midst of f the t he bellowing LelJowin and while I Ias Ia5ZStiDg Iasusting
as a5ZStiDg casting Aaxl ftathin 4athing > ing glances about the room roomfor rocmflr roomfor
for some Bttcuns lOt l1S ns of defence he raised the theweapon the1rtapon theweapon
weapon and leveled it at mc mcI
1 could fathom fat iJOm no motive inotnc for his thus at attacking dking nttacking ¬
tacking king me m sve jve e the heat in lii his 1 rummad rummaddened nunuraddened ruminiddened ¬
dened brain braiD aau aa dad were wcr ce he impclicd by b drink drinkmy drinkm drinkmy
my m position vus zs doubly uuiJ critical < Had there therebeen tb therebeen re ren
been n a ghost of a chance tr t I > act in the ag aggressive ago agogressive aggresaive ¬
gressive gresaive in this desperate moment I should shouldhave shcreldtae shauldhave
have Availed uivwlf of it Lut not even that thatreally thntreall thatreally
really reall formid forid1c Jk lc weapon uei on and guard uard a chair chairwas eluiras cbirwas
was as nearer than tha tlu t th II table la ole and to hare made madea
a move mo toward to 1 it I felt meant certain de detlruction def d dariiction
tlruction f UCtifl1 A sudden sud < n attack It tad on bin was out outmy outd outf
d < f my power fur fo betwixt lxt wixt us intervened the theLroad thetroad theLroad
Lroad table itsef which wli < h made m de it impossible impossibleto
to avail myself of the th tactics I had used with withLounsbary withLounsbu1 withLounsbury
Lounsbary Lounsbu1 There was naught nau ht for me to do dol doLut dolut
l Lut > ut Etand Et Dd ac 1 va8 l8 and await the terrible terribleifefue terribleu terribleibNUC
ifefue ifefueHfTprpr u ibNUCHve ue ueH4
HfTprpr H4 > as he remained silent I mrn mrnrc m mm mmto n nj
rc j to find my U1 voice oi c and an as a the thunder thunderrcied tbundcrHL thunlcr1cierl
rcied HL < rl in the distance < io Dle I shouted shoutedCapt bc sbutedpt < ic icCapt
Capt pt Sea Mi SeantL1 nirll Ir1I are ar you so dcmcated or orso orM crFr
so cowardly ca art11y nd d so lost to honor thnt ynu ynuwill routil rn rnwill
will uurder c nurdertbe urdft the t h man you OU challenged to fight fightin
in L the field ie1dVitbut eld eldith T TWithout
Without ith Ut a fcwerve of the form he answered answeredsternly ansWeredsternly answeredsterny
sternly sternlySit sternlySit sterny sternySt
Sit down downEven downEven owr owrEvcn
Even thus beset h t it irlod r re e to obey him himJlke himJke himEk
Jlke Ek a schoolboy tthool1Y but I realized reahzi that armea armeauijtler armeUcLCr nimen nimenULdCT
uijtler the oxi cx ex4t > tn circumstances ir < Umsta1f he Lewas was far farttrufcgiT fiIHrotg farroLgr
ttrufcgiT Hrotg roLgr than I iritii wit wt ail ray m sircws srcus Wisely Wiselythen Wisi1ythen scJy scJytllen
then I swallowed lSallo l ray r ire rd t d approaching apprcacbirpthe pprcacbin pprcacbintLI
the table Ll se cd d d iryself ysIf wih the hope thai thaihe thaLhe tb tbbe
he would W ud eoce co w vtns Jj reach reachHe reac reachlie l lHe
He wss Dct SOT s n in foil olmng owing for he hestepped her heppcd
stepped r ppcd forwTl ard carefully rcCuJJr slid into the thetiiir tlclir tIccir
tiiir cir cpoosit thci t titih uh Ji not for icr a second Dd en enc u uuvc1ng 1 1Hin
c jvering uvc1ng Hin me vita yiu the muzzle cf his pistol or orlor ori
lor 10 i that matt r taking tlJI = 1 his eye from mine mineAnd fteADd inineAnd
And here h w < sat while flash and crash fol followed follcut follcwid ¬
lowed each other O bc > r in in quick succession Su OD Ify Ifybruin lfyrain MvLrL3n
bruin rain worked orked rt rq rtidv lid > idy caoajjh elot cnougi h but hitcstbese hitcstbeseonda cs the sec seconds se seonda ¬
onda sped no v ay y could ould I find to rid me of tie ttesLicing tJe1S4inilg tieLiriig
sLicing ring rin I stce < cco ce ccfroitirg < ine or turn turnfor tumfur turnfor
for a uomen L the he equally e 1uay briiiiact b irt glint lint of ofL of1w ofb2
L 1w b2 if eye el C each c < b whxh hh acquired iured dearness cJecrnesswith d dearnesswth rDess rDessth
with th the fitftii jtf itfn Ushtins li htJ of the th room roomThs roomTL roomThr
Ths TL table w is 1 too broad for en n onslaught onslaughtiid ons1lughtr onsaughtrd
iid r d now that we were closer I could < see seethe Retbe seethe
the nerves rcrn of the man were crt at full tension tensiontud tensionud tensiontjd
tud that on th t11 ili ihtest htcst ht hostile hOl lemcveonmy lemcveonmy1rt mere on my mypart myjit
part he would pull the trigger triggerI tri r rI
I hoj b hoed > j ed ligLtnng licbt mg would strike tri c the ho h hlnd hoesm hoesmnd se
2 lnd > nd put ut an eaJ to the situcticn which at atlast atlast at11t
last began Ll1 = an to have its effect on me and I Ilake Ibh I
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lake it that nc nc man win n long Ion stand the tbeseowl tbeseowlGf scowl scowlcf scowlGf L
Gf a loaded barrel backed JlCk by 0 a determined detcrtainedyet deterainedret I Iyet
yet silent scnt ent enemy eMn without undergoing undergoingor utdergo g more i io
or 0 less titraia titraiaI traiaI
I was aJi even wishing ishin tbd the heavens vens would wouldlet wouldtet I Iiet
let loose a bolt and finish the tbemtter matter or orUaat orUaatLe that thatihe thaibe
ihe Le man opposite would opea his lips and andrf andJHplte anddeete
rf > cnk despite the roar when I felt the the1oot the1ootN floor floorrnneath floo floohtneath
rnneath N nea t b me treaiUe e as tbough the hOMe bousewas hOMeas hossthaken
was as shaken by b a mighty i ghty ty power It pasted pastedin psasedAn
in the instant aa4Ae aaj4 it did so the thunder
Oh you shorn Nfl SS5SOS1 SS5SOS1fded S s sf m ont ontfded
f fded d i auny 11 ay fcr tie moment and Scam Scamtrell SNmrtlJ SeemtreU
trell lovrermg orerin Ls L bund L nd let It t rest r st on the theijrr tileq C
ijrr q t t oi 0 ± the til ts whence bcncc the pistol Ii tol held me meiV met in C CC
4 iV t m iu the th hc < > Turn he poke and per pcrfap perLapa
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tip Lapa Ut UtaOtJoC xcaus aue t > < excitement Xlt < ment indoors and oat oatLad outLad ou t
I Lad partly wered Iwrd IK rod him his words ca cace came came1 camI e
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1 uave ae here b jour our d dd d message mCSS 1ge < in my myLuuii cybul in F Fhil4d
Luuii but ae y ou i jay a well pess f ue css s it is f fore foreilJd foreS ore orelaijtJ
laijtJ ilJd Then will wi vd be no fight ht between Ix t n m mtun uslj1 u uLu S
tun Lu fl orroir rrotr lTO mon s slifaums
lifaums 1 1ulK ua you you OU ixtn < In it safer fer to murder me mer merJ im imtiemebut C
r rJ JTr I rciun rc tnlJ u J ctiraJy JmJv Give tiemebut tiemebutiut me but buti buthct
i hct ict your i 1I0ut > outii oitti l be interrupted if1 rrnjted Jet lett
t ng zo o hi ills tcscr tc tc Doyoa Do you OU think I am here beret her C
i Lnfiy Ln word with Wlt J a rebel 1 Capt apt Donald DonaldTbcrndye I I
Tbcrndye ThCrd e au aal I Ic 1ciabury untiharj m ul1 you OU arc close cJoseon cJoseonto on onto i
to the Ju md of o j jur rope rop and vjuil uIJ find that thatadusanouae thatndbslCOIJe tha thadbanooe t
adusanouae in illtrOuUrs it ityoU11rSZd you cursed d spy = sp pr Wb id idLe hatie t the
he f Jlti utiriiiid mj r ic I his iacruuung innai mjo mjond nI nId
nd d iin irv t netiiat l it nscTmg rIClm himself while whilen whil e
i n wc i < x V prew rrt > > i U i 1 do < you ynu ou think I am m a ano a1I i S
no 1I or cj BO hti i 7 I may may not see through throughi I
i rill it l i Lv L uur H Litl td you CU out hide and andLair andblrTh an anL I
Lair blrTh Thrrudyl nhL oi L Marthas Vineyard Vineyardrtro nernrdQ nernrd
rtro Q Ker erIt rtbei ry J Had you OU cscEpcdire cscEpcdiretills escaped m inis
tills 1 is u y V anJ ani In Jtr ofl o r 1 on Iiintons4 tintonsbusinesi tintonsbusinesiih lintonsLusine > usines usinestrfcich s sr
trfcich r ih ich dobt J dmbts btks h Urrc J pointing > to torn my mypaprs JUYrap r
paprs rap r5 wLcb 1 ri I the t he table I would wouldLave wouldbin I rI
Lave ucQied yen OU down do n had it i cost me memy memytrtniuicn meiu meiuetriisica ray rayr r
r etriisica tro trtniuicn > tf icR Ecai Jt c31K c me No by tile gods godsi ocLs1ro1l godsLrot
i 1ro1l reft the th beginning nniDlI I fancied yon the fraudc fraud
< c u ere aDd at the Bulls Bun Head Buel byybtir byybtirr byfourIOrdE byyou byyouV r
r IOrdE ord ordF and an i fine ± airs yon made me mtjere re of tt ttYou it itvc itYct
You vc fT cd d your your role Yo11 YoeUfiadOIUhen YoeUfiadOIUhenkii1 find flndovr your baa faealuirL baat
luirL kii1 ba bVt t tbarp sharp Utlrp eyw ey and giant though yott yoi t
be be you will see that a seamew is nothing in inhis inhia
his grip Nay I have not come to shoot you youdown ou oucio
down cio u you deserve but I know your in infernal infen infereel ¬
fen tricks trieka and mean to hold you where whereyou wbereyou whereyou
you belong I take it twill afford me more morepleasure moreplclSUre
pleasure pcasure to see you OU dance at a ropes end endthan endthan endI
than I han dirty dirt my hands with your blood save saveyou saverou saveyou
you make it urgent Let me clinch the mat matter matkr mattr ¬
ter now and then make you OU ready rea y to march marchIfelow marchJ marchIelow
Ifelow J ow stairs at this moment is Lounsbcry in inthe inthe inthe
the flesh and with him a file of men to take takeyou tal e eOU
you OU off This Thi bt of play was for my own ownpleasure ownpleasure ownpleasure
pleasure and having had it Ill be your yourvalet yourvalet our ourvalet
valet and stay ata by your our heels until you OU are arcsafely aresafely aresafely
safely delivered to Cunningham Now X ow God Godrest God1Kt Godrest
rest your our miserable soul Have you ou aught aughtto a aughtto ght ghtto
to say before I give the word to the rest restTo restTo
To state that I was unaffected by these thesewords thesewords thesewords
words words which were poured forth m ih a tot toirent tOlrent
rent as though my tormentor feared inter interruption interruption interruption ¬
ruption would be false I saw my m plans for forthe fort1te fortie
the tie future future my hope for life itself swept sweptaway sweptaway sweptaway
away together and nothing but a blank blankbroken blankQroken blankbroken
broken only by a vision hi the gallows gallowsdanced gallowsdanced
danced before my eyes eyesTo eyesTo
To say 1 that he had the satisfaction of ofaceiag ofeiDc ofaeeiag
aceiag me visibly quail would be equally
i false for though my heart beat thickly thicklyeaottgh thicklyeaoucJa thicklyenosagit
eaottgh I sat unmoved and looked at him himas bimti
as 5 though in a dream I even essayed to toapeak tospeak tospeak
speak but t words would not come for my mythroat mythroat mythroat
throat was clinched by invisible bands bandsAre bandsAxe handsAre
Are you crushed at last he exclaimed exclaimedrith exclaimeditb
with a grim smile smile though without shifting shifting1is shiftingIis shifting1is
1is eye or aim Oh you shorn Samson SamsonI
I 1 am well paid for your cursed insults insultsHe insultsHe insultsHe
He was still speaking when again the theheavy tbeea1 theheary
heavy shake came to the flooring ooring But Butnow Butnow Butnow
now it did not pass into a gentle tremor tremorand tremorand tremorand
and fade away instead it grew stronger strongerand strongernnd strongerand
and stronger until ever every rafter took up upthe upthe upthe
the motion and the whole bole house trembled trembledas trem led ledBE
as though with tb an ague Greater grew the theshaking theshaking theshaking
shaking until the building rocked the bed bedslid bedf bedslid
slid f id away from the wall the table shifted shiftedthe shiftedtbe shiftedthe
the glass gl gla and boUle on it rang togther and andthe andtbe andthe
the pitcher danced so violently iolentl that the thewater theoiter therater
water within it splashed from its top A Asquare Asquare Asjuare
square of plaster from the ceiling fell to tothe tothe tothe
the floor with a crush cr h filling the room with withdust withdust withdust
dust but through all a l Scammell never neverwinced necrLnced neverwinced
winced Lnced showing wonderment nor bore a aless aless a1cm
less threatening attitude attitudeIn attitudeIn attitudeIn
In the course of the seconds through throughwhich thrct1lhbieb thrcuizhwhich
which bieb this endured he held me as he proba probably prbahI probaMy ¬
bly hI would have done had the roof fallen fallenabout fallenabout alllnabout
about about our cars cars so determined was wa he to totike htke t ttake
tike me I knew the nature of the tur turmoil turmoil turmoil ¬
moil at once for when in the Indies with withmy withm withmy
my m father I had experienced it It was wasnot wasnot wasnot
not caused by the earth shaking from the therolling therclliDg therolling
rolling of heavy thunder for or just then the thevoice theoice thevoice
voice oice of the storm was confined to the roar roarof roarof roarof
of a terrific downpour of rain It was an anearthquake anecrtbquakea anearthquakea
earthquake ecrtbquakea a rare phenomenon in this thislat thislatitude lat latitude letitude ¬
itude and its rarity its severity and its re results re results restilts ¬
sults before my eyes trifling as were these thesewoke theseoke thesewoke
woke oke me from my m trance and again gave gavefull gavefull gavefull
full play to my wits witsFascinated witsFascinnted witsFascinated
Fascinated and partly stunned as I had hadbeen hndbeen hadbeen
been by the fiendish face of my m enemy encm and andthe nndthe andthe
the full significance of the evil fortune intr intrwhich int intwbicb intwhich >
which I had suddenly fallen like him I Ieat Isat i
eat through the commotion Every unim unimportant unimportant unimjortant
portant detail about him from the broken brokenpearl hrokenpearl brokenpearl
pearl button on his shirt front down to the theTains thelTI1 therains
lTI1 rains ns of powder in the pistol pan and the theline thefine thefine
fine edge of the flint in the lock found a aforce nforce aforce
force of attraction to the eye only OlV known knownto
to those who ho fall into sudden sudd n hopelessness hopelessnessor bOPelessnessor
or deep depression depressionBut d dpressionBut re86iOll re86iOllBut
But with the dancing of the tableware a aquick aquick acuiek
quick idea shot through my m brain and andshowed andshowed andsh
showed sh wed me a last desperate chance cha to cx estricrte cxtr cxtricte
tricrte tr te myself m sdf from the coil about me meXntural meXau meXual
Xntural Xau 1J phenomenon Iil omenon in the shape of a abreeze alrU atrcz
breeze had e saved Ted me from the knife of the thenegro thenegro thenegro
negro and now twas an earthquake that thatmight thatmight ttmight
might open a way for my deliverance iqr iqrsplashing byspluhing iysplashing
splashing water from a pitcher pitcherStraining pitcherStraiD pitcberStraining
Straining StraiD D my nerves to conceal the new newhope newhope newhope
hope that had sprung to life I began n to act actNever actNever actNever
Never had I felt my mJ muscles knit firmer or orbeen orbeen orbeen
been less in need of of stimulant than when whensinking whensinking whensinking
sinking back as if at last overcome by the thecombined th thcombined thecombined
combined shock of his words and the con convulsion conUlsicn convulsicn ¬
vulsion of nature nature which had now passed passedI passedIsaidsowlyandasthoughdztzed
I Isaidsowlyandasthoughdztzed IsaidsowlyandasthoughdztzedI said slowly and as though dosed dosedI
1 I am but a prisoner of war sir I was wasforced w sforeed wasforced
forced for or my own safety to come to New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York I am no nospyI pI spy I will go gobutyou gobutyoulet but you youlot
lot me drink I feel lax and anddizzr anddizzr6cyOU anddizzyhare dizzy dizzyYou
6cyOU You have none of the Indian in you youyou youyou OU OUOIl
you palelivered sneak he answered answeredDrink answered66Jrink answeredTnk
Drink then and gather your spunk and andlegs andIe8s andlefis
legs for action Beat me with the flat of ofyour ofyour ofyour
your sword Fore God But wait till I Ican Ican Ican
can shift my eye from you Drink and an4 then thenmove thenmove thenmove
move before we have another quake and the thewalls thewaIls thewalls
walls about us ustwill twill be your our last dram dramWith dramVUh dramVIth
With apparent effort I raised my myself mrHliICAched myselfreached elf elfreached
reached for the bottle and poured out a astiff Istifi astiff
stiff measure mef ure of liquor liqu r which I drank off offthen offthen of ofthen
then taking the pitcher I made as though to tofin tofil1 tofill
fin the glass bat b t ac I tipped it itwith with a sod sudden s1ddenlBOlVemellt soddii ¬
den denlBOlVemellt movement I whirled full half a gallon gallonf JI aUon aUonof Jon JonOf
Of f rosier over the pistol pist drenching il8DC the thepriming thepI theiriming
priming and making g the weapon useless uselessWith u uaelessWith s sVJth
With tins action I sprang to my feet feetSrammell feetStammcll feetScammell
Srammell was quick but not quick quickenough quickCDMIh quickenoh
enough The water had but reached the thepowder thew thepoer
powder poer when w ll I heard the snap of the de descending de deDC dcseending ¬
scending DC hammer and saw his first mo motion root10R motion ¬
tion to gain gan his lega Jepbut but following up uptbe uptbedlOWD upthedrowning the thedrowning
drowning dlOWD Dg of the firepan I lifted lif the heavy heavytable heavytable
table and overturned it on him pushing g
him backward where to the floor went man manfurniture manfumi manfurniture
furniture fumi and crockery with a terrific crash crashAt crasbAt crashAt
At that moment there came a vivid flash of oflightning ofJisbtnieg ofightnin
lightning ightnin and hard upon it an appalling appallingpeal appallingpeal
peal of thunder Though almost blinded blindedUId blindedand Windedand
and deafened by the bolt bolt I sprang ra round roundthe roundt roundthe
the overturned table and seizing the first firstthing firstthiac firstthii
thing thii coming to hand which proved to be bethe bet bethe
the water jug still unbroken I grasped the thestruggling thestru tilestruling
struggling tory by the throat and with all allmy aUmT allnil
my force fore brought down the heavy earthen earthenware eartbenWare earthenware ¬
ware Ware on his hi uncovered head headThe headThe headThe
The pitcher flew to fragments leaving
but the handle in my grasp while Scammell Scammellbecame Scammellbecame Scammdllbecame
became limp and collapsed collapsedThis collapsedThis
This a action took place during the interval intervalat intervalat intervalat
at which the thunder was the loudest and andprobably andwas andwas
was probably the reason that caused the thee tbeDO thenoise
DO noise Ie e of the fall of the table to be unnoticed unnoticedby unnoticedb unnoticedbr
by b those e below But as though it had been beeninsufficient beeninsufficient beeninsufficient
insufficient another violent convulsion fol followed foJloued followed ¬
lowed which came me and went with the thesuddenness thesuddEnneu thesuddenness
suddenness of the explosion of a park of ofartillery ofutilJery ofartillery
artillery artilleryI
I had but gotten to a standing position positionwhen posItionwben positionwhen
when a concussion concu ion rocked the house to its itsfoundation it itfoundition
foundation It sprang not from the earth earthbelow eltlibelow earthbelow
below this time but from the air above abovethe abcwetbe abovethe
the vibrations of which dashed the hang
ing inggiasfrom glass from tromt the thewalla wall and dcausedtliewin dcausedtliewindow caused the t1t win window window ¬
dow panes lDesto to fly ra in nieces piecesiutotheruset into the room It Itwas 1 ItWflS t twas
was not of the nature of an earthquake earthquakestill earthquakestill earthquakestill
still less like thunder near or afar rar much muchit muchit muchit
it resembled the th blowing blon up of a magazine magazinethough mapzinetbou magazinethough
though tbou h not until afterward did I come to toknow toknow toknow
know this as the solution of the matter matterThe matterThe matterThe
The flash that had lighted my attack on onScammell onSeamael1 onScmuIeU
Scammell bad struck a powder ship just justfrom iustfrom justfrom
from England Eoland as she lay la at anchor off Wall Wallstreet wanstreet Wallstreet
street and no vestige of it or those aboard aboardwas aboardIUS aboardwas
was ever discovered This combination < of ofintense ofintense ofintense
intense heat violent storm earthquake earthquakeand earthquakeand earthquakeand
and explosion actually occurred in New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York city eit Sunday Sundav August AuAu 8 177S 177SThe li7SJfhf 17ThI 17ThIThe
The vicious i 1 sna nature ie ottne sh5ck sh dc dclib drwiin drwiinlike rasun rasunlike
like the gradual gra ual coming COmiD and going of the theearthquake theea theearthquake
earthquake ea bquake and that it had occasioned occasionedmore oecasioncdmore occasionedmore
more alarm I soon knew by b the shouts that thatcame thatcame thatcame
came from be beneath eathmy my window T ooot Rushing Rushingto Rm Rnshin Rnshinto hin hinto
to it through the shattered sbatteredpanes panes I beheld beheldmen beheldmtu beheldluau4
men mtu rujwiiug ilW ilJg from the opposite opPosit houses houseswhite ho howhile houseswhile
while in fhe tMJUrd jard below belowaS was was the squad of ofsoldiers ot otsoldiers otsoldiers
soldiers which had preMed from the tavern
in i n k panic p nie when it teemed emed that thebbflil thebbfliling tbjbbJding thibWS1ng
ing i ng would fall fallMy iallM fallMy
My M safety still demanded immediate ae aetion aetion setion
tion lor for should curiosity or distrust impel impeldone impelI impelhe
I the t he guard to come upstairs I would benD benDdone bonndone
done That move would drive me to bay bmyand bayand bayand
and either oblige me to finally surrender or ordie ordie ordie
die like a rat in a hole holeBut holeBut holeBut
But I 1 bad determined det rmjned a course of pro procedure IJroccdure procedure ¬
cedure by b the time I had finished getting gettingnto
into i nto my clothing Hastily setting the table tableupright tableupright tableupright
upright I i stooped over the body of Scam Scammell Seammell ScammelL ¬
mell I expected to find him dead and was wassurprised wasI wasaurprised
surprised I urpri ed to discover that he was wassti1 still of ofthis oftlais ofthis
this world orld the thickness of his curly hairand hair hairand baliand
and a possible possible crack in the jug having havingsaved haVingsaved hivingaved
saved s him from a crushed skull He was wascompletely wascompletely wascompletely
completely stunned however and with withlittle withlittle withittle
little l ado I dragged him into the closet and andshut alldshut andshut
shut the door doorMy door11y doorMy
My sole chance of escape C now lay Ja in get getting ptting gaLting ¬
ting to Clinton and procuring a pass which whichmight whichmight Whichmight
might be used ere a hue and cry was raised raisedafter raDedniter raisedafter
after me and I fancied the hour was wa not notfar riotfar notar
far f ar from that appointed for the meeting
It was possible that Clinton had been in informed infGrmoo informed ¬
formed of the falsit falsity of my name though I Iargued Iargued Iargued
argued if that thathadbeen had been then SeammoHwmtld SeammoHwmtldnever SeammeU Wltu1d Wltu1dnever
never have approached me in the manner he behad
had done At all events the risk must be betaken betaken betaken
taken takenAt takenAt takenAt
At first sight there seemed no means ineansof ineansofeaving of ofleaving f fleaving
leaving l the house save by the stairs atairsor or a adrop ftdrop adrop
drop of twenty feet or more from my side sidewindow sidewindow sidewindow
window but upon investigation I dis discovered wcovered di dicovered ¬
covered a pent roof beneath the windowsof windows windowsof
of a room near the end of the hall and upongoing upon upongoing upongoing
going into the chamber I saw the apart apartment apartment apartment ¬
ment was probably the quarters occupied occupiedby oceupicdby oceuedby
by my late assailant Upon the bed lay qa qamilitary a amilitary amilitary
military hat coat and saber while rom roma om oma
a hook hung a long cloak used by cavalry cavalryofficers ca1 ca1offices cahofficers
officers officersAppropriating officesAppropriating officersAppropriating
Appropriating the latter I stepped steppedom steppedomthe from fromthe fromthe
the window windo to the roof creeping to the eaves eaveswhich eaveswhieh eavaswhich
which came to within ten feet of the ground groundand grouncl1nd ground2ind
and nd from there dropped droppedSo
So far I had been unobserved and audit It it took tookme teakme tookinc
me not n t many man moments to get into the steed
A woman is a a better judge of a a man thari tharione tl12Ione thurtoneof
one oneof of his own ownaex ownaexand sex sexand sexand
and below the tavern working from thoc thfUer thfUerlOUDdabout thareroundabout t troundabout
roundabout course eo course r8e through the eaetsideot eaetsideotthe east sid sftinot sftinotthe r rthe
the town or until I dared to come 0tffcpi 0tffcpiI o1 oUt fi o othe pthe
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none save Belden had an inkling of my mymiEion rn rnmission y ymission
mission to Clinton and andthis this with the pre prevailing preuing peevailing ¬
vailing excitement due to the explosion explosionand explOf1ionand explosionand
and everywhere manifest nifest placed me out of ofdanger ofdanger ofdanger
danger for the time timeWith timeVitb timeWith
With the cloak about me both as a dis disguise disguise dinguise ¬
guise and a protection from the rain which whichwas whichwas
was 85 still falling though rapidly rapidJ diminishing
I strode sb > ode down to headquarters and there thereboldly tberebotdly thereIxdly
boldly sent in the name Mme of Captain Louns Lounsbury LounsbUlJ Lonnebury
bury to the general in chief It relieved relievedme
me greatly to note no signs si s of an unusual unusualatir untWUtI3tir unusual3tir
3tir about the place nor did the guard gu rd at atthe 8tthe atthe
the door show more than a passing interest interestin
in me as he turned me ovbr to the flunky flunkywithin flunk flunkwithin flunkywithin
within the hall hallBeing hallBeing halLBeing
Being ushered into the same greet saloon saloonI
I had known the day before I waited with withnatural withnatural withnatural
natural impatience for recognition I was not notfar notfar notfar
far from my m appointed appoint eel time for the clock clockon elockon clockon
on the mantel showed it was but quarter quarterof quarterof
of three nor had I cooled iny m heels for long longbefore Jongbefore longbefore
before a lady lad entered 1 caught but a aglimpse aglimpse aglimpse
glimpse of her seeing little more than that thatshe thatshe thatshe
she was richly dressed but marked her ap apparent apparent apparent ¬
parent familiarity with the piece by the theway thewaT theway
way waT she immediately swept from the room roomwithout roQUl roQUlritbout vocimwithout
without giving an opportunity for the an announcement aI aInouncement announcement
nouncement of her name nameHowever nameHowever nameHowever
However I I was struck by the deference deferenceof
of the uniformed attendant as he backed backedaway bckeda8 hackedaway
away a8 from her and her ladyship had not notbeen notbeen notbeen
been gone above five minutes when hen he re returned re returned returned ¬
turned With lth a glance askant at my cos costume costume costunic ¬
tume he requested me to tofollow follow him We Wetraversed Wetraversed Ve Vetraersed
traversed the length of the th hall to an annpart annpartmeut anapartment apart apartment ¬
ment at its end where throwing wide the thedoor thedoor thedoor
door be loudly announced Captain Loans Locnsbury L Loansbur M s shurt
bury bur and retired while I entered to find findmyself findMSelf findmyself
myself in the presence of the lad lady who had hadleft hadleit hadleft
left the saloon but a few minutes before beforeCHAPTER beforeCHAPTER beforCHAPTER
CHAPTER IX IXSIR IXsm IXsm
sm HENRY CLINTON CLINTONConceiving CLThTONConceiving CLINTONConceiving
Conceiving that a blunder had been com committed committed cornmitted ¬
mitted and that I was unwittingly an in intruder intruder intruder ¬
truder in a private rinte room roomI I was about to tomake tomake tamake
make an apology for my presence when thc thelady thclady thclady
lady half rose from the partly partJ reclining reclinin3lJOai reclinin3lJOaion pool position poolLion ¬
Lion on she had assumed and with a gentle gentlewave gcmtJenive geitJcwave
wave of her hand said saidYou saidYou saidYou
You are Cnpt Lounsbury Come near DCILIcr netror nearer
er please Sit here against the light that thatI
1 may ma have a nlook look at you ou at the same time timeindicating timeindicating tinicindicating
indicating a chair near the great window windowwhich windowwhieh windoivwhich
which was swung open and led to a small smallbalcony smallbttlcon smallbalcony
balcony bttlcon without withoutHer withoutHer withoutHer
Her voice oice was sweet but even in these thesefew theseIev thescfew
few words I noticed the affectation of in inflection inflection inflection ¬
flection so common with ladies of fashion fashionand fashionand p pand
and her original position which she imme immediately immediate immediately ¬
diately diate regained lenincdafter after thus addressing me mewas mewas incwas
was a pose pure mre and simple doubtless doubtlesstaken doubtlesst4ktn doubt1e doubt1efor
taken for the purpose of opposing IJosing her fine finearpt fineArlll fimar
arpt ar and the graceful curves of her small smallthough smallthough smallthough
though equally fine figure figureMadam figure6lJadam figureMadam
Madam I 1 replied advancing a pace dij dijtwo dCtwo di ditwo
two 6J I ave not the honor of knowing you youas youas yetas
as well as OJ you ou seem to know me By what whatname whatnamc whalname
name namc namci1rs nameiIiu
nameMrs Mrs Florence Badely she interrupted interruptedwith interruptedrith p pwith
with a smile which discovered her small smallwhite amanwhite smallwhite
white teeth and accentuated the rather ratherinfantile ratherinfantile ratbeiinfantile
infantile prettiness s of her face I have havetaken hawtaken havetaken
taken the liberty libert of asking to see yoti youerc youercyou Oucrc OucrcOU ere ereyou
you OU met Sir Henry llenf A woman is n better betterjudge betterjudge betteijudge
judge of a man than one of his own ownAnd sex sexAnd sexAnd
And in the present case to what end endmadam cndmadam p pmadam
madam I asked bowing and taking the thechair thechair tluchair
chair to which she had motioned me meFor meQ incFoitanswer
For Foitanswer Q au an answer she slowly raised a pair P air of ofJ ofdoubleoowcd o f fdoublebowcd
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Well she broke forth irrelevantly 1 1protest I Iprotest E Eprotest
protest Capt Lounsbury You are almost almosta I Ia
a gentleman Were Vere your face but less Jessred Jessredand red redand ret retand
and your figure less gigantic in ina a proper propercostume propercostume propecostume
costume you you would not be amiss ami Ydurj Yo Yodriis rl rlis g gis
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I ceHent ce lent I am un quite provoked rovoked Sir Henry
has deceived dece ed me though it is now perhaps perhapsjust perhapiJjust
just as well that you are not illfavored illfavoredAre iDfavoredAloe
Are you so hardhearted Capt Lounsbury
You scarce 8ear look a kidnaper kidnaperHer kidnaperHer
Her reference to kidnaping brought me mesharply mesharply
sharply back to the role of Lounsbury Lounsburywhose Lounsburywhose Lounsburywhose
whose papers had shown kidnaping to have havebeen hacbeen
been one of his hi accomplishments Under Underthe Underthe
the sharp eye of this lady whom hom I now nowknew nowImew nowknew
knew to be Clintons reported lightolove lightoloveit
it would not do for me to make a slip
That in some manner she had to do withmy with withmy withmy
my coming secret instructions I instantly instantlysurmised instantlysurmised instantlysurmised
surmised but the conjecture on my m part partcould partcould partcould
could clear the mystery 1 stery of the nature of this thisinterest thisintere thisinterest
interest t Deeming it policy to refrain from fromdiscussing fromdiscussing fromdiscussing
discussing the matter I simply I mpl said saidMadam saidMadam saidMndam
Madam my leg is not exactly that of a adancing adancing adancing
dancing master nor has my figure the grace graceof gnueuf graceof
of a courtier but they are the gifts of ofGod ofGod ofGod
God and have seen service in this broil broilagainst broilagainst broilagainst
against the king As for the small compli compliments compliments compliments ¬
ments I am your debtor debtorNow debtorNov debtorNow
Now really Capt Lounsbury you have havequite havequite harequite
quite a neat gift at retort also But she shegot shegot shegot
got no further as at that instant a door doorconcealed doorconeealed doorconcealed
concealed by heavy hangings was suddenly suddenlythrown suddenlythrown suddenlythrown
thrown open letting in a burst of noisy noisylaughter noisyJaugb
laughter Jaugb r from what might have been a dozen dozenmen dozenmen dozeninca
men the sound of jollity jol1it being mingled mingledwith mingledwith mingledwith
with the clinking of glasses and clattering clatteringof
of coin The door then shut and was evi evidently evidently evideatly ¬
dently securely fastened as I heard the theturn theurn theturn
turn urn of a key and the shooting of a bolt boltthe boltthe boltthe
the curtains were pushed aside and there thereentered thereentered thereentered
entered a man who by his uniform alone aloneI
I knew to be the commander in chief of the theBritish tbeBritish theBritish
British forcs in America AmericaSir AmericaSir AmericaSir
Sir Henry gave ma m but a passing glance glanceas
as I rose to my feet He stepped forward forwardand forwardaDd forwardand
and taking the hand of the lady who whobarely whobare 0 0barely
barely bare shifted her position posi tion to greet him himbowed Itimbowed himbowed
bowed low over it repeatedly kissing the thefinger tbefinger thefinger
finger tips tipTO
TO BE CONTIJTOBD CONTIJTOBDGENERAL CONTlmJEDGENERAL COlTINUEDGEI1ERAL
GENERAL LEE TOOK THEM THEMT5io TREjThe
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Their 3 MoHler MoHlerGen other IotherGen otherGen
Gen Robert E Lee the famous con confederate conflderate confederate ¬
federate commander command l was as kind kindhearted kindhearted kindhearted
hearted and simplemannered as he heVVRS hewas liewas
was brave and able While hUe president presidentof
of Washington and Lee university uDiversit Vir Virginia Virginin Viiginin ¬
ginin in the later years of his life he hevvas hE8S hewas
was 8S greatly beloved belon d by fhe t e children childrenwhom childrenwhom childrenwhom
whom he loved in return It was nis de delight de deUht dclight ¬
light Uht to give the little ones pleasure pleasureProf ple pleasureProf sule suleProf
Prof Xelsons two t 0 little girls were weregreat weregrent weregreat
great favorites The general would wouldturn wouldturn wouldturn
turn and ride with them when they theymet thcJmet theymet
met encourage them to talk of their theirdolls theirdolls theirdolls
dolls and a d playthings and then escort escortthem escortthem escortthem
them home with ith as much gallantry gaUnnt as if ifthey ifthey ifthey
they were young ladies He vvnuld vvnuldalight ou1d ou1dalight ouIdalight
alight and helping them down from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the gentle old horse they both rode rodehe rodehe rodehe
he would part with a kiss from each eachOnce 1chOnce eachOnce
Once the strict Presbyterian rule of ofth ofthNelson the theKelson theNelson
Nelson household was us rudely shocked shockedby shockedby shockedby
by the general A circus was coming comingtc
tc town and as Pro Prof and Mrs Xdson Xdsonleft x Xcisonleft i on onleft
left for a visit isit of several days they theycharged the thecharged theycharged
charged the children on no account to togo togo
go So the two little girls hung h ung over overtke o ov2rthe er erthe
the fence listened to the music and anddfbver andl andon
l ClJhe lJ nc1ren tfa tPft pa d on n their theirfthnt b elr elrhtteDtWpai1iiIiSe
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dfbver iftbr once hoped to go Presently Pres nn a aIsarger alarger alarger
larger crowd of children than ever evercame eTercame evercame
came along and Dd in their midst was wasGen wasGen wasGen
Gen Lee keenly enjoying the happi happiness happiness happiness ¬
ness of his little proteges The little littleNelson littleXelson littleNelson
Nelson girls joined the party without withouta
a word when he asked them to come comealong comeaJong comealong
along with him Soon they were all in inthe inthe inthe
the tent and when the performance performancebegan performancebegan performancebegan
began all were given reserved seats seatsby SeRts SeRtsby seatsby
by the owner of the circus Mother Motherwe Motherwe ICitherwe
we went cnt to the circus was the greet greeting greeting greeting ¬
ing of the children on their parents parentsreturn pqrentsreturn parentsreturn
return Why Vh children didnt I tel telyou tpn tpnyou trilyou
you you must not go said their moth mother mother mothCr ¬
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said their mother if Gen Lee took tookyou tookJOU tookyou
you thats all right After ttfnt tintoing tintoingto going goingto goingto
to the circus was a legitimate amuse amusement amuement amuseinent ¬
ment for the children childrenrro childrenTroy Troy Times TimesPresence TimesPresence TimesPresence
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The presence pIe ce of mind of ofan an American Americansoldier AmericanoleUer AmerIcaniioldier
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of his chief characteristics A brother brotherof brotherof
of Father de Smet the noted Jesuit Jesuitmissionary Jesuitmissionary JesuitInissionaryr
missionary who labored among the In Indians Indians Indians ¬
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I hearing his brother say one on day that fhatthe f1at f1atthe thatthe
the Indians had a great t devotion for forthe forthe forthe
the sign of the cross the tb symbol s mbol of ofthe ofthe ofthe
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and in distinct tones repeated the thewords thewOids theor35
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and of the Son and the Hoh Holy Ghost GhostAs Ub GbostAs st stAs
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