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CAPE KAY COUPTY 'fMES, FRIDAY, HAT 8. 1W7.

OUND to % NORTH O^Harold MacGrath

^ Illustrated hy Henry Jay I '«*

Copyrl*Kt fcy Hiroia Mac Oratli - tK~

<lau*»n*

WHO'S WHO

i n« Beaufort, beautiful r of a Virginia tobacco brave and daring, ba*

lost her father and two brother*

In the Civil War. 8h.- *«

get revenge. At the time she 1*

living with her aunt.

Mm. Wetmore. in the South. Jeanne lay* her plans and goes tu her Aunt Dellcr'a In Richmond.

Va.

She manage* to meet the President and she is assigned duties ae: a spy. Her first mission go to Washington and find a by the name of Parson Kennedy and bring h.m Into the Southr--Bne* She is Introduced to * Henry Morgan, a young officer, who falls In love with her at Mght. She repulses his love making. and he disappears for a While. • Jeanne, disguised as a boy. has had a horrible adventure. She has a document with code names

ft!

John Kennedy. D. O. C-WO-L H-RD-.M A-NK-H P-PA-G G-RDA J-NK-K J-WG-A F-BN-S F-WG-fi W-BE-H The organisation is composed of young men with the except)! of one. and they are spies who work for the North. There are eleven in number. Por weeka they have been in Virginia. Jeanne has sworn to track tbvu down, one by one

. , 'uanle sapling. It becam. -t—d »n ordinary deal table. »,,t and moro difficult to get night outride. Jabbed into hroug» those blue-lines, but *h! this table was a single bayonet always succeeded, and often as in the lock of this was stuck a a'boy In the uniform she hat. ) i l.gbted candle, which flickered flr^ietlmee she would spend or burned steadily as the night thr.-e or four days at the plan- draughts waxed or waned tat ion. And. iridiy enough. .seated about this table, on |: w.-w during one of tbeee visits',. m ptjr crates and boxes, were that she stumbled upon the ..] P ven men. The night was hot. secret which was seriously worry- and most of them had thrown Ing 'he Confederate leaders, their coats. They wore Richmond always knew what was masks—the kind that hides chin going on in Washington, but an d mouth under a limp curtain. Washington was now getting This not only concealed the some truths about Richmond. ; f, c ,. effectively but disguised the

No one will deny that there voice as well,

exists such a thing as servants' man seated at the table news. i was evidently ihc chief: he was Beaufort, some time before the also the oldest. His head was

They followed him pell-mell through the window. Crouched the wall was a form. They pounced upon It roughly, hustled It to the window, and those yet Inside hauled the of-

fender into the loft.

r a hand flash across the window-spar-. In the act c' throwing something. A boy:" The gray man shook the boy violently. Th. bat fell off. ■Good Lord, a woman!" cried ^old her!" said the He ran d w nstalrs to the street, searched door ways, cellarpita, but found no oc

could he discover

i runner.

loft again.

He

the

g'je has no sex.' the leader placidly. "We be bothered with a prisoner at

this hour."

can tie her up and leave re. But this Is my Idea. Hi’ handle this pretty viper. No doubt she la pretty under that smudge." he added. Ironically. -Pull my fangs If you can."

a hr n piled.

The gray man trowned thoughtful,y She had courage. Bald the young man: "Tou say ie hound heart and thr -tooth. Well, your body shall a ev : b-long to It." BS, ^tapped back—her first

sign of fear. warned the

Commissioners Fight 11 passed

I chief, "none of that. Better let mr take the burden upon t» shoulders. It la one l hln « »boo: a spy: II *» nnother thine

that window?" i to _ . not answer. In rnaeh-1 "You haven t heard

mean lA her

Choose!

Chapter II

This time the game she playing began to bring forth

Bhe applied hi raelf to the prac tlcal arts of war—telegraphy, signalling and things like that she perfected hereelf In swim mlng and running and shooting

had given freedom to his slaYes. The youth had e to Richmond, and once a year he would return to his

people.

The story he told came to anne t it rough the gxmillty of her old ,larky raamm A loft deserted warehouse, meetings held late at night by men in full mask, who came singly and departed singly: this wan sufficient to rouse something more than idle curiosity .Shi- instructed the old mammy to get the name and location ot this warehouse of mystery. When she secured these two facts, she returned to Richmond. The Cleghorn warehouse occupied a third of a block, and was flanked by two buildings whose ground floors were tenanted. It was unguarded. The lighting ww bad; here and there a dim bea con told one which way the street

peppered with gray.

"Our business in Richmond N done. You have all been of great assistance to me: but 1 have this day myself discovered the things we sought. I know the number of men. arms, rounds of ammunition. and food supplier In other words, we now have our fingers on the pulse of ibe enemy: we can feel it growing feebler and feebler. I shall no longer your chief after tonight, shall each of us go on our t again. We leave tonight. The horses are ready at Moriarty' stables. : iiree blocks away. W ride west first. Then we turn

toward Maryland.

plk<* until we are near the boundary. In the sealed envelope

The big warehouse was one story higher than its neighbors The east side was blank; three windows fared the weal, looking out upon thr roof of the adjoining building: Ibe panes of glass were cobwebby. dttst-and splashed, and all of them cracked

she even went an far aa to inure, or broken,

hers' If to privations. »» 'he center of the loft., became es sound and hard which Included the whole floor.

I have

Ing her point of vantage outride through."^ Intel

that wlindow ah<- bad been forced to crawl through cellars, worm her way over balea of cotton, through grime ann dust and the sweat of her exertions, she looked like thr urchin she pretended

to be.

"How did you find out our presence here?" demanded thej

be bound to the

given each of yon

are facts and information, one of us will reach Washington. And gentlemen, we all leave together. eleven of ««. all of us " He put loculi-, enihasls upon these words. "Any ro-n who palter*. hesitates. .<fers excuse* Well. I'm a rougi. soldier; you are all fmmlliar with my ways. The man who hesitate*—dies " One jf their number sprang t< hi* feet ami dashed toward On window. The gray man's re volver flashed In the candlelight. "Quick!" cried the man who had caused this agitation. "Some

one on the roof!"

gray man. No answer.

"You nfuse to answer questions? Your life depends upon

lt.“

"Well. then, you must pay the penalty. You must die." Then she spoke. "And who among you will be ao brave aa to do the killing?" "I." said (be gray her ear* there was terrible In that cold, unemotional tone. Hr whipped the mask from hi* face suddenly. "I will 1st you look upon ray face to prove to you that 1 will never let you leave thla loft alive, unconditionally." It was ibf- face of a fanatic. She bad only to look Into thi me-alllc blie eyes to know that ae would keep bla word. 8br sent a roving glance among the other mask*. "Will you permit such a thing' “Does m oath mean anything to you?" asked her grim questioner. "Yes!"—with proud, uplifted chin. "WU! you take an oath to r veal nothing you have heard?" "No. 1 have given my oath the South. Either let me go or shoot me—If you can!” "Walt a moment, parson,” pleaded the young man to whom sh* owed her capture. "1 have an

body shall

North."

And bow?' -By marriage to one of u One of the number gave start of surprise at the augg

tlon.

The gray man smiled for the

Marry her to one of

shall call It a sacrifice to the altar of war. You will serve the South, hut by the Lrird Harry, you'll belong to the North. Well punish you with doubt, doubt and fear, always you'll be wondering who and what this man la who marries you. Of course, we are •till ready to take your oath. -I have declined to give It. -Very well. Line up. comrades, •nd she shall choose among uv— womans ancient prerogntive.--it can never be said that forced ooraeivea upon her. Death or marriage—maaa or the

Bastlle!” ■ — _ :

Avalon folks.

rtittona for the fou: candidate* being circulated and It Is un jtood (hat each baa received a iaVge number of rignatures.

Mayor Gustav Berxner and Com-

r George H Rothacker have the unanimous *up-

As I was going to St. I I pawed a man with ■

^ . a I I And each wife, as I On In Avalon, »■.. i.mw •— »*«><

E. O. Howell H»i Entered

the Fray

There will he a four cornered j tussle fir the three Avalon fW-mlariooe-n office* at the election In that riorougb on Tuesday. May 10. Mayor Gustav Bergner and

acker and R. Bruce Brith. present

IncumbawU, i “ *

first 1

the*- mad young cockerels, bind

her and leave her!

But If *»y chance I should already be married?" abe Inquired. her courage returning. If you wish to commit btgy. that's no concern of our*." With a swift, unexpected gesture the young man caught her hands. fingers were ringless. He laughed and flung aride the

hands.

"Who's for thla fool adventure*" deraandnd the gray man. His comrade* stirred uneasily. "Make up your mlnda: It is death or marriage. I aland ready for the ceremony.” She ewanted time. Ltie. time It would take her co federate fully an hour to return wsth men. Bhe had written in code «.-tough to condemn them all to the wall or the nooae. Wrapped around a pebble. II had ben flung into ibe street Bhe had no known that those desperate men would really here: she had put hardly any faith »• all In the darky's tale. And now to play with them, to hold them until aid arrived. They would all be dead in the

had been consumed. If only she could hold them long enough: She stared speculatively at the circle of flashing eye* Then there la a minister of the gospel among you? she as^ed. Incredulously. -Yes. I am he." The gray man

laughed.

Each' hair at the base of her neck stirred at the sound of that

laughter.

"Come, comrades!'

But these comrades demurred,

jit was one thing

life, for one might risk It and I still save it; but It was another thing to marry an unknown

an. simply to

oman whom they might never

e again.

The gray man took up hla revolver. T will shoot her. It la la thousands of Uvea against hern.” TU marry her." Tbt. man who spoke was he who had. a little •Her. given the start of sur-

prise.

I thought I was to ehooee.” she said, looking at the sternvlaaged man fingering the revolver. More time—closer and doner the net was drawing. And choose you shall. Trust : your marriage shall be as legal aa though performed in ca'hedraL (Continued next week)

Considerable interest

manifested In the coming Mutest. The present Coramtaakioers were swept into office at a recall elec

. J tlon a year and m half ago and the

‘"" " .'•wk « B-rra-r ■“

her Hie. *| n| j Jalaner Rothacker s-ems to have

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One dollar apent for

lasts five hours.

One dollar apent for a collar

last* three week*.

One doUar spent for a necktie lasts three months. One .ollar spent for

lasts *ix months.

One dollar spent for a suit

To My Mother Cod took part of the beauty out of Heaven above And part of the kindness from nic own heart of L/ive And from the Garden of Truth he plucked a tender bit: He reached out to the sunshine and took part of It Then he took all the smiles and gladnees the world ever knew— Blended them all together and fashioned YOC.

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-AnC what of the man whoi motile lasts five years,

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