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Galley Neauest Me.— I'ugf 26.

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPR

A Story of ilic Attempl to Seize liencdici

Arnold After lie Had Fled to

New York.

By JAMES OTIS.

WITH EIGHT PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE G. WHITE.

NEW yokk:
A. L. BUllT, PUBLISHER.

71Rff«

A TR VITORS ESCAPK.
Bv James Otis.

m 1

r.iRtT CCr .•,

EXPLANATION.

Such credit us may attiicli to tliis .story of
the uiisiicee«Ht'ul attempt to eapttirf Heiiedict
Arnold should be given to the lad concerned
in the plot, rather than to him \vlK>se name
appears on the title-page.

In a general way Oliver Littletield is the
author of the tale, since his account, written
early in the year 1778, is given with but little
change of text, and only a slight reariangenient
of details.

JAMES OTIS.

i ;

CONTENTS.

t'HAPT''Ml I. MMI

A Dangerous Plan 7

CHAPTER II.
The Plot 83

CIIAPTKU 111.
The American Kegioii 54

ClIAPTKH IV.
An Inquisitive Stranger 79

(TIAPTKli V.
The Prisoner 103

CHAPTEIl VI.
Suspense 127

("IIAPTEU Vll.
Unwolcome Tidings 150

CHAPTKH VIII.
Fliglit 174

CHAPTKU IX.
Captured 106

ClIAPTEIt X.
Turning tlie Tables 217

PurHiieil .

CONTKNTS.
CllArTKU XI.

C'HAITER XII.

With Lee's Legion.

2.14

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAOB

Ah 1 wadt'd into thn Wntcr I HigiialltMl to those on tlit- (iiillc/

ncurt'Nt inc '-'•I

Benedict AriKilil—l'ortniit ..• Ii<>

1 tben saw Ben Stork .siiindiiig bfliiiid sonit- l)iilt'n of IIciii|). . 87

David mnv had his I'risoncr so nearly ('holicd, lit? wiis in
Sulijfction 1"1

Ben Stork was it Prisoner in a Building that siTvcd tht! ]iur-

pose of u ( I iiardhoiisc 1 32

A (Ji'ntlcnian wiili a lonj; Heard name toward the Huins and

spoke the word " Newark." MS

From our Hiding Place we could see throuj^h the Windows

where the Traitor slept 1 75

I seized a Billet of Firewood, with which to defind Myself. . ISII

" Step over your Man, so you may catch him by the Throat,"
I whispered to David 'J-2

1 1

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

CHAPTER I.

A DANGEROUS PLAN.

Altiiottcii I Jiave passed througli the trou-
blous time wlieu \ve braved King George, ay,
and bested liiin too, I never lieard of, or took
part in any more i)erilous venture tlian tliat
when I enlisted in the plot to capture the
traitor Arnold while he was in this city of New
York holding the king's commission, and mak-
ing ready his expedition to the south from
which so much was expected and so little
realized.

The story is worth the telling, even though
the attempt was a failure, for in it was con-

y A TUAITOII'S ESCAPE.

cenieil as brave a man and gallant a soldier as
it was ever my good fortune to meet.

There is no reason, however, why I shonhl
jump into the tale in such hap-ha/ard fashion;
it shouhl be told in an orderly manner for its
better understanding.

In the fall of 1780 I waM a stripling of seven-
teen years, believing myself already a man, and
chafing much because my good -other had her
heart so set against my j.miing the " rebel " army.
We, my mother and I, lived on (ieorge Street
hard by the highroao to Boston, and in Duke
Street, just oft' Frankford, David Uhinelander,
my particular comrade, xAxo was about my own
acre, made his home.

He, as well as I, was tl-.e only child of a
widowed mother, and our fathers had fallen
gloriously, fighting for ti^e colonies at Trenton
in the province of New Jersey, in Janrary

of '77.

Because our lives so nearly resembled each

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

a soldier us

it.

hy I should

[inl fasliion ;

Luuer for its

iiig of seven-
y' a man, and
tlier had her
rebel" army.
leorge Street
[\nd in Duke
Khinelander,
bout my own

ly child of a
s had fallen
3S at Trenton
, in Jan vary

sembled each

other, and because David was a lad who could
be trusted tliroun'h evil as well as fair days, we
l)ecanie such (inn friends that the neitthbors
spoke of us as conu'ades, and the Tories never
mentioned our names without adding that we
should be hanged foi what we had been able
to do toward aiding the cause.

More than once had we carried valuable in-
formation to those who were fighting affiuust
the king, and no less an officer than General
Sullivan himself was pleased to say ti> our
fnces that we were of more service to him in
X(nv ^'ork City than we could have been in tlie
raid<s, which I considered a great compliment,
although envious lads, to whom w'e repeated
th(^ wordsj insisted it was but anotlier way oi
telling us the army was better oft' for not hav-
ing US in it.

All this I set down that it may be under-
stood how we, who were of no importance as
citizens, save in our own estimation, should

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

liave been the ones selected to aid a brave man
^]i a plot which, liad it succeeded, would have
bi'ouirht trreat renown to all concerned.

As a matter of coni'se we, meaning David
and I, had heard the news when Major John
Andre, adjutant-general of the king's forces in
New Yoi'k, was made a prisoner ; of Benedict
Arnold's treason, and later of Andre's execu-
tion.

On the 24th of September in the year 1780,
we had the first information, less than eighteen
hours after the major was captured, and two
days later we saw the arch traitor, Benedict
Arnold, walking through the streets of the
city, he having fled on the 'iath.

It can well be fancied that we did little else
than converse on this subject, which was in the
mouths of all the citizens whether they favored
the Continentals, or the king, and David de-
clared more than once that we would be justi-
fied in shooting Arnold as we would a pole-cat.

I brave man
would have
ned.

vniiig David
Major John
g's forces in
of Benedict
iclre's execu-

e year 1780,
ban eisiihteen
•ed, and two
tor, Benedict
reets of the

lid little else
•h was in the
they favored
id David de-
)iild be Justi-
dd a pole-oat.

A TRAITORS ESCAPK. jj

And we were in tlie temi)er to do such a rash
thing, liad it not been for the fact that his
death wonld hardly serve to right the wron<^
and also that of a certainty we shouhl have
been hanged offhand, for the ti-aitor was under
the pi-otection of Sir Ileiiiy Clinton in fact,
he had taken up his quarters in the house adjoin-
ing the building occupied hy that nol)leman.

It would appear as if I had set down many
words that might well have been left out; yet
it seems to me, and also to David, who is even
now overlooking the task, as if each one is nee
essary for the proper telling of the story.

It was just five weeks from the day Arnold,
the traitor, enteivd the city, that David a.id I,
returning home from a stroll to Bowling (ijven,
met that good patriot, Jacob Schuster, who was
my comrade's uncle on his mother's side, she
having been one of the Schustei-s fiom Bergen
before marrying Fredei'ick Ilhinelander.
The night was just coming on, and we were

10 A TIUITOTI'S ESC\PE.

.luickening our steps lest we be overhauled by
the patrol, and were uot niiiuled t.) liuger any
longer than was necessary to greet Master
Scluister in respectful fashion, when he said in
a cautious tone, so unusual with him, that our
curiosity was (piickened at once :

" I would have speech with you, lads, and in
private, on a weighty matter. If it so be you
can come to the sign of the Black Horse in half
an hour, I will have ordered a lunch spread for

the three of us."

The tavern he spoke of was where the post-
stage from Boston put up, and we shovdd have
bee^n well pleased to go there under any pre-
text, for much was always doing at the inn, and
gossip was plenty as fleas on a cur.

« We will be there, Master Schuster," I said
boldly ; "but first it is right our mothers should
be made acquainted with the favor you propose

doing us."

" It is well to remember the mother, Oliver

t
i

A TIIAITOH'S ESCAPE.

i;{

I'll ail led by
liugor any
■eet Master
1 he said in
ini, that our

lads, and in
t so be you
[orse in half
h spread for

ire the post-
should have
der any pre-
, the inn, and

uster," I said
others should
f you propose

aether, Oliver

Littlefield, and a credit that yon think of her
first. St.'p 'luickly, so that I am not kept
waiting."

We needed no urging to make all possil)]e
haste; for to partake of food at the sign of the
Hlack Horse was nuieh more of an entertain-
ment than it is now, when the tavern has fallen
into bad ivjnite.

AVe two were excited by the invitation and
the mysterious air which Master Schuster wore
while giving it, and specuhifd as to its mean-
ing while we hurried homeward, l)ut without
solving the riddle; for it surely w;is a riddle
when David's uncle was willing to sj -nd good
money without seeing an immediate return,
Avith ample profit from the investment.

Of course Ave uniU'i-stood it had to do with
the cause, and I dechu'ed my belief that we
were about to be allowed to enlist ; but this
hope David soon dashed, when he said:

" If such had Ijeeu the business Uncle Jacob

A TIJAITOH'S ESCAPE.

would liiivr called lit oiii' lioiiu's, instead of Inly-
ing ivt'reHliineiits at the Blaek Iloise, where I am
told everything is of the most e\i)ensive kind."
"Then why should he have thus suunmrned

U8?"

" We shall know once we have arrived, and!
am minded to eat fast before the l.usiness be un-
folded iu order that I may have all the enter-
tainment possible while Ave remain there."

No check was p\it upon us wlien we an-
nounced our purpose, for our mothers had every
confidence in blaster Schuster, and we had
taken the precaution to accompany each other
when we told the news; theref(»re, iu several
minutes less than the time set we were at the
Black Horse Inn looking around eagerly for
David's uncle, and with many fears lest he
had repented of his generosity.

The good man was there, however, true to his
word, an<l the amount of food before him was
^o great as to surprise both my comrade and

too (,

t'jid of l>uy-
where I ain
sive kind."
summoned

rived, and I
iness be un-
the enter-
here."
len we Jin-
•s had every
id we had
' each other
, in several
ivere at the

eai^erly f*>i'
ars lest he

I", true to his
ire him was
omi'ade and

A TH.VITOHS ESCAPR. j^

myself, for instead of ulnn.di he had pinvhased
a ven'taltle feast.

iVo second invitation was ucmUmI, and with
<»'Iy such <h.Iay as was n.ressary in or.h-r t<,
.V^reet Master S-hust..,. in l.ro.nint,^ fashion, we

''•'"•^•^'^''''""^^'"^'I>''vid's advice to .at rapicily
lest we be interrupted before ,ny hunger was
appeased.

There was no need of s,u-h u..seemly haste,
J'owever; for Ab.ster S.-huster waited patiently
""til ue were tlllHl so f„Il that another mouth-
ful wouhl have been impossible, and then sai<l

'■"" Jou- tone, after looking stealthily around t..
"i.'ike certain no one was within earshot;

"Are you lads minded for an adventure in be-
li.-df of the cause-one w/iich has in it da.iger
""<>"gl. to please the most gluttonous sxva^h.
buckler, and much lionor if it be successfid ?"

"Indeed we a.-e, and it cannot come our way
too quickly," I replied, without naitin^^ to hear

A TUAITOUS KSCAPE.

Davi.rs opinion, for I knew full well wlnit lie
\v<»ul(l liJive sMi<l had I giv«Mi him tlu^ time.

"Ami think y.)U it woiiM 1>«' p(»ssil.U' to re-
main away from home a ,<:;oo(lly portitMi of the
time (lurinLC the next week, ov perhaps lon-erT

"Ay, sir; if it ho be you rei)resent to <.ur
mothers that it is your desire we should he

absent."

"I would not havii you deeide an important
matter too <iuiekly. Kemember that the dani^er
is great; if you should b.i taken, I Ix'lieve your
lives would pay the penalty, and even in ease
of success, we have nothing save the word of
others — neither bond nor written undertaking."
"So that the adventure is for the cause, we
need not waste our time speaking of rewards."
" And the danger ?"

« We have been in no little peril when we
carried news out of the city to our friends, and
yet no one can say that David or I was ever like
to show the white feather."

A T|{AIT(»liS KSCAIMO.

\t'll what he
h(^ time,
ssilih' to It'-
ortinii of the
liips longer d"
eseiit to <nu"
e should he

an iinportniit
lat the (hmgcr

Ix'lieve your
[ even in case

the word of
undertaking."
the cause, we
of rewards."

peril when we
r friends, and
'. was ever like

"I am not (|ueslioning youi' courage, lad;
hut wish you sliould iiiiderstand that this is a
serious niatterniore important than aii\tliin<'
you have cNeicNcn <heained (»f ad venturing on."

"There is no ivast.n why you should search
foi- hugbears, riude Jacol)," David said (piickly.
"We are all the inoi-e eager to end)ark in it
when }()U tell us (.1" the danger."

"A man is never so courageous as when his
stomach is full, thei-el'oi-e it was I fed you Avell
before broaching the subject, and now I must
Ix'lieve you will carry out your i)arts in goodly
fasliion."

"AVhat are they to be?"

Instead of replying Master Schuster called
for his acc«)Uiit; [)aid it like a man who is not
given to itinching his shillings, and walked out
of the taveiii after motioning us to follow.

Hy this time it can well be understood that
we were on Hre with curiosity; but, (piestion as we
might, Master Schuster would speak no further

A TUAITOU'S ESCAPE.

word until w«' wt-rc «'<.in(' to tli*' (•(uniiKui near
the puwdt'i-lioiisc. wlu'ii In- lialtrd and mu\:

«'It w.MH Ik'IV I ii^ivfd to nicft a ^riitlciiiaii
at this hour, and from liiiii. if he kwps the
eiii;a«ie!iieut, you will h'ani all that may he

iiecesMary."

Surely the |»lot was hx.kiiiii blaek enouiih to
satisfy even David and me, who liad »'ver hojied
we mii^dit l»e coneerned in some j,d-,'nntic eon-
spiruey a,<,'ainst the kin,;.', and I am free to
confess that for the moment 1 began to feel
weak-kneed.

If the ])ro[)osed l)usiness was of such a nature
that blaster .Taeob Sehuster sh<mld be willing
to skulk in this fashion, then it must be indeed
a serious matter.

David slyly took my hand in his as we
waited there in the darkness, and I believed it
was not only beeause of the cold, piercing wind
that his teeth chattered so merrily.

Anything was better than waiting here

frt

air

A TUAITuUS K.scAI'K.

otntuoii iicnr
iiid siiid :
a p'litleiunii
(' kcopj* tlic
lint liiiiy !)«'

k t'IKMIlill to

(1 t'vt'i' lun)ed

gigniitie con-

atn frt'u to

»ey:an t** f«'i'l

such a nature
1(1 be willing
ist be indeed

in liis as we
1 believed it
piercing wind

waiting here

witliiii fill' sli.iddw «>r tlu' |»(t\\dt'r-li(»ns»' at siicli
a time, and gr»'at was mv iviid' ..I" miiid ulini a
slrangvr suddenly apjiraivd rrom around the
('<»rner.

'I'he ncwcoMicr greeted Master Sclnister in a
I'liendly fashion, and asked (luicklv, betoio
David'.s uncle had time t<> intiuduce us:
"Are these the two of whom you spc.ke ^"
"Ye.s. and although they be young, T can
vouch both for their courage and their iidelity
to the cause/'

"How niudi do tliey know?"
"Nothing more than that they are needed for
an adventure of great [>eril."

" Ls it asking too much that you pace to and
fro near to the road, where you may see if any
one approaclies this place, wdiile I make kno\vn
to the lads what we would have them do ? I
am not minded they shall embark without
knowing all, and thi'ough your recommendation
I am about to put my life iu their hands."

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

I 1

" They would not betray you, however sore
might be their suffering. I will keep c-m ' ye
out, so that you be not surprised, and yo- <nay
summon me when the interview is en«' .i."

Then blaster Schuster walked ou^ „o\vard the
i„Md, and 1 stepped forward a .ew paces in
order to get a better view of ' .is man who pro-
posed to tell us— two strangers to him— that
which would prove his undoing were we minded
to act the part of traitors.

I do not believe he was more than five yeai-s
our senior; an inch or two above six feet in
height, and with a face so gloomy that it was as
if he suspected some portion of his own body
had designs against the remainder of his

anatomy.

Taking him all in all, so far as I could ji.dge
at that moment, he was not one I would choose
as a comrade, yet at the same time I would
have taken his word if my life was in the
balance.

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

)wever sore
keep an 'ye
11(1 yo' may

' „o\\ ai'd the
sw paces iu
.!in who pro-

him — that
e we minded

m five yeara
? six feet in
;hat it was as
is own body
[ider of his

' could jittlge
would choose
ime I would

1 was in the

A\ liilt' I i,Mz,.(l at him lie was smitiniziiiij us,
and when this j.nrtion oC the interview was c(m-
clnded to the satisfaction of all, he asked our
names, where we lived and who aere our par-
ents, until I eut short sueh eateeliisui l)v <Mvi„o-
the history of eaeli, even (l(..vn to sueh details
as when David had th':; fever, and I was laid up
with a broken arm.

He listened attentix-ely, as if each particular
was deeply interesting^, and when I had come
to an end because I coidd thiidc of n.-tliin^^
more to say, he took his tnin at talking, and
from that instant there was not a moment
wasted on useless matters.

" I am John Cham[)e, of Virginia, sergeant-
major in Lee's Legion," he began, and I was so
\ ill-mannered as to inteiTupt him by askino- •
^ " Have you left the service ?"

" No ; although my comrades, as Avell as the
British iu this city, believe I have deserted."
"Believe it ?" I cried. '' lluw can they be-

^ A TUAITOllS KSCAPE.

lieve such a thing unless there he some truth in

the matter ?"

u An.l s<, there is, as ^vill be seen if you hold
your peace while I tell my story, after which
you must believe I can be depnaed upon, for
1 put it in your power to have me arrested as a

.py. 1 am informed that (^.eneral Washington
himself sent for my comnmnd.r-Major Henry
Lee-and told him he believed there might be
found in the Legion a soldier capable and will-
in. to unde.'take a delicate ami hazardous
pn.ject. The major was so kind as to mention
n.y'name as one who might be trusted, and It

^vas •UTanc.ed that I be approached with a plan
^vhereby I was apparently to desert, make my
,vay into this city, and here attempt to capture
the traitor Arnold."

It W.IS David who interrupted the stranger
at this point by an exclamation of amaze-
ment that so daring a scheme should even so
much as be spoken of, and my knees grew

A TJiAlTOU'S E.SCAPIi;.

2.i

iome truth in

n if you hold
, after which
led upon, for
I arrested as a
Washington
-Major Henry
lore might be
a'nle and will-
nd hazardous
as to mention
trusted, and it '\
ed with a plan '.
esert, make my
mpt to capture

^d the 8trang<'r
ition of ama/A'-
should even so .
my knees grew

weaker, inr tliis ]>r()mis("(I to he more of an
a.lveiitmv than I had vwv dosiied.

" At liist 1 was unw ilHiig my comrades slioiilil
'•elieve,even for a few weeks, that I had hastily
(h'serted; hut the major used weighty ar-ii-
ments, chiefest among which was the fact that
I sliould he obliging the Commamh^r-in-chief
himself, and might make such a name as years
of service couhl not win for me,"

" NMien did you appear to (h'sert ?" I asked
in a tremulous tone, nioiv to gain coui'ag(! from
hearing my own voice than because I was
curious on the matter.

" I will come to that later. T agreed to the
plan, and was given letters to two gentlemen
on whom it was said I could fully rely. One
was Afastei- Jacol) Schuster, and the other nee.l
not be named now. At eleven o'clock on the
night of the 20th I took my cloak, valise and
or(lerly.})ook, crept out of quai'tei's to the
stable, and there saddled my horse without

A TU.VITOU'S ESCAPE.

being (leteohHl. It was nec-esHury to lead the

aninmlliulfa mile <.r .no.v lest hU footsteps

on tlie frozen ground should -ive the nlurni,

•uhI I be taken before haviiii,' really started."

"If your major was in the plot, why was all

that necessary r David Jiske.i. "I fail to see

why you eoukl not have walked out in the

open day."

"That would have been to tell every man
in the commaml of my purpose, and, thanks to
the spies which are aromid every encampment,
(u'ueral Clinton must have been warned of my
intention before I arrived. I was to be a de-
serter in every sense of the word, save that I
so acted under commiTv.l of my superior otlicer.
It had been arranged that I ride to Paulus
Hook where is a British post; but just as I left
the tavern near lU-r^^en, known as the Three
Pigeons, I saw a detachment ivc.m the Legion,
led by Lieutenant Middleton, in hot pursuit of
me."

•Mi :

to lead the
lis footsteps
;! the iiluriii,
iilly started."

why was all
I fail to see
1 out in the

1 every man
lul, thanks to
encampment,
varned of my
IS to l)e a de-
•d, save that I
iiperior officer,
de to Paul us
it just as I left
as the Three
n the Legion,
hot pursuit of

A TIJArrOH'S KSCAPfJ.

"How far away r I asked, furirettini; in
the interest tlic st..iy Imd for „„., tliat it
was not sccndy to interrupt the seru'eaiit.

"Less than half a niih;. Th.-re no lontjer
aj.peared (o l,e any eiiance tiiat I could iraiii
Taulus Hook; therefore I drew rein for C'om-
niiinipaw, knowin^^ that od' tlie settlement
wouhl l>e found two of his maiestv's •-•allevs
Now I heiieved myself safe fiom pursuit, for
It was reasonable to suppose the lieutenant
Avould continue on int.. ^er^ren, and 1 slackened
pace, for my hors(! was neaily w inded. This act
of humanity was near being the imdoing of
my mission; for no sooner had T arrived on
the shore of Comnuinipaw Hay than the
cavaliy ap])e.ired, iioiv so near at hand it
seemed certain I must he taken."

"Of course you would have come to no
harm, for Majoi- Lee could Ijear w itness as to
why you were thus apparently deserting,"

gg A TUAITOH'S KSC'APK.

Duvia said, (luite as iutcrost.Ml in the story as

was I.

"True; but tlie plan would thus have nns.

cairied, which was what 1 had to guard against.
Fortunately those al...ard the galleys were on
the lookout, and that whieh had threatened to
he a disaster l.ut worked for uiy benefit. Dis-
mounting, and with the few belongings in my
hands, 1 sent the l)east shoreward with a blow
from the tlat of my sword as I wa.led into the
water, signaimg furiously to those on the galley

nearest me.

« What were the pursuers doing meanwhile ?"

I asked.
' " Riding at full speed in the hope of cutting
me off before 1 could be taken up by a boat
Avhich instantly put out from one of the craft.
No less than half a do/.en nnu:k<'t-balls were
sent after me by my late comrades ; but I had
the best of them by three or four minutes, and
soon found myself on board the boat in safety.

A T1{A1T()1{S ESCAPK.

;ory as

e mis-
igiiiust.

wliile ?"

irricvcd to the lieart because my companions in-
anas would icttiru to camp with the word that
I had gone over to tlie enemy.'"

Tlie sergeant jiaused an instant, and David
and I literally held our breath in suspense to
hear the conclusion.

"I was now with the enemy, having arrived
in such fashion there could he no question hut
that I was all I claimed to he, and the cai)tain
of the galley gave me conveyance to this rity,
forwarding to Sir Henry Clinton, at the same
time, a full account of my daring esca[)e. With
that general I soon had an interview, and he has
|)r()p()sed that I enlist in wliat is to he called
the American Legion, which the traitor is now
laising from such loyalists and deserters as are
of the mind to aid the kinsx."

"Do you count on so doing?" I asked,
full of admiratitm for the youuir man who
was thus gloriously serving the cause, and at
the same moment saying to myself that I

,1 f.»ttune to have a like
^voula it ^veve my good foituiu

..imovtiiuity. 1 'T oKuM, in

i- 11 ,.- tlu' luovemeutrt ot tiic
t,„,„,. „h..,u 1 bop _ ^^^_^ ^^.^,„

.".•'.■.*"-'*'''•;■'"■ "'^tl The tune ,,,«

"' t'" i 1.- ..e m..utione.l you,. „un.e.
to Master Klmstu ^^ ^,^^

ple,lgingW»ow«l.«u.nf"i)OU. )

"":K;eo.aanot.e,U.ve..OotV.en..nJ^ut

wlu.se beans ^^j^.

'^■■«"'''™^-^''''' ,,,,,,, ve any ma., the ekmoe

-^"•'■"" ""^^ ::;. to the eo>on.t. in .h.
to say we were talhe

A THAITonS ESCAPE.

i.'!l

, in

tbe

the
well
with
e has
in the
n rely
vu<nvn
names,
to the

an that
e those
.-. We,

er death
le chance
3 in this

strni;gK% and only wait for the day when we
may prove tliat siieli is no empty boast."

"The cliance is now come, hid. Aid me, bnt
at the same time with a full understand int,' of
idl that may be meant by deft a*, and you sliall
have an (»pportunity of doing wliat falls to the
lot of but few men in these provinces."

" What will you have us do ^" David asked
eagerly.

"Assist me in making liene<lict Arnold a pris-
oner, and cai-rying liim back to the American
camp."

"That we will, right readily," I answered,
before David liad time to speak, "and in so
doing we shall be pleasing ourselves."

"It will be necessary you follow my direc-
tions blindly, if need l)e; h>v in a matter liUe
this there must be but one head."

" That we are ngreed to," David cried, dettr-
iiiined to speak for liimself, that it might be
seen he was of the same miud as I. ,;, . .

A ri{.\n<»ii> Kst Ai'K.

u|t•^v. fail it is possil.l.- y.ui ninysharo mv
fat., tor on l.iu, tak.-u 1 shall L- Imn, as .

"'■.' Wl.il,. w.. Imv,. n.. l,,,nU>Min« .ifi.T »u.-lH.

,,,„„„,,.., ,1„. ,."-'■"•"> 'l--""''^'''""."f

,„„1 ! ,'„„k l.nvi,l l..V.I..'l ' .l."< 1'- -"••-''"

,,„ve full .-.e.lit f..r i"ii.i"^' '" »'"" ' ''^■'"•^■'■''

to !«• a l>mve »iic'cch.

.. You aie l...l» ..ffi' n.> .m" !"'.Mt, an,Ul.onW

,„„,. 1,0,.,, ,.msnl i» Vi,«i„i., i"st..,.l ..t l,e,v,

,,,,„,. c.ve,>t.l,n,S i» ..»-"'-' '■)■ "» "'•'"■ '"

money" . . ,, .

.. I l,„v<. „o ..o„,i.laii>t t.. „i"l<- ",i-'^"""t »!'■»
,„,vi„n.," l.-i.l snul .l,",.,.l,.f"ll.v, "l,utl
„,,o„M like to ,„>■ I «„sf,"."tlH.™„c- colony n.

tl,nt l„-.>ve g..„tlHn.„, C-ne,-! Washington."

.. I bdifve von mo aln>.«t Vi,-i,iia„s even
„„„ " Se,.g.ant Cl,a„,|>c ,-,i,-.l, as h. »«/.«! m l>y
„„.,',a,«ls,«-,-i„gl,.gll,e,nwitl, .nol, f..,«tl,at

we had a ve,-y good i.lea of the .innli'y "* '"»

muscles.

will 8peu

A TUAITorrS KSf'APR.

" Vi't }<)U will llii(f that we hold (<» this n>I.
niiy," I siiiil, not iiiiiuicd that \'iiiiiiiia shoiihl lir
set up HO hi,L,'hly as jiifaiiist oiii' <»\s ii province,
"ami it will please iiu; to pidV(3 that we of New
^'oik ai-e no nioft; lai'king in courage than the
yuiitlis from yoiir hoip.e."

"Now Iain Iiei^iiniint,' t(» believe we luny be
ciiiirades," Seii^eant ("liainpe cried, as if pleased
with us, "and we will set about this work, each
f.elinix every confidence in the other. Come, we
will speak with Muster Schuster."

A TUAITOU'S ESCAPE.

Mil

4i;

OHArTER II.

TIIK PLOT.

DriuNO our couverse David's uuolt^ had been
paeiug to aiul fro near the road where the wind
haii full sweep, and lie must have felt relief at
seeing us approaching, for his sliare in this in-
terview had been most disagi'eeaWle.

"It is arnuiged that the lads will aid me,'
Sergeant Champe said as he laid his hand on
Master Schuster's shoulder. " I believe they
can do as good service as men, and we shall suc-
ceed in the work unless fortune serves us an

ugly turn."

" What part have ,/ou set down for them?"
"N.MU" as yet: I have but just made them

anpvdnted with the farts, for it was not to my

mind thj

(heir eye;

"Then

'm\i to pr

A THAITOU8 ESCAPE.

had been

the \viii<l

relief ut

1 this iu-

aid me,''
^ hand on
ieve they

shall sue-
:'ves us an

•themr
lade them
not to niv

mind that they embark in this adventuie with
tlieir eyes eh)sed."

"Then finish yonr converse, for tliere is noth-
ing to iirevent, and it liad Letter be bronglit to
an end as soon as may be."

"First of all we mnst gain aeciirate informa-
tion as to the surroundings of the building in
which the traitor is lodged."

"That I can give you now, sergeant. Under-
standing that it would \w of importance, I
strolled that way this afternoon, jacking up
such facts as are apparent to strauo-ers."

" What did you lear?) V

"Very little more than the boys are most
likely already familial' with. In the rear of his
•liiarters is a garden extending to the water's
edge, and adjoining this a dark alley leads to
the street. By asking a few careless (piestions
1 learned that the renegade usually returns to
his h)dgings about midnight; but, whatever
the hour, makes it a custom to spend more

Hi^

ife

3^ A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

or les8 time i!» this same garden before

retiriug."

'<V„.i have done well, Master Schuster.
There is little left for me, save t.> decide ui>on
the plan, which I will do this night. To-morrow

I shall enlist in the American Legion "

"To what end? Once having signed the
rolls you would be held as a deserter should
you be taken prisoner after returning t*' your
rightful command, and the Britishers need have
m, further excuse for hanging you."

" I have considered all that, my worthy sir,
and know full well the dangers which attend
such a course; but it nnist be done in <.rder
that I may have opportunity for free speech

with the traitor."

"He has ever held himself high, and I ques-
tiou whether you could have an interview at
will when you are no more than a private under
his conunand," Master Schuster objected.

"I am promised a conunissi.m if I enlist, m

not

liac

A TRAITOR'!^ ESCAPE.

en bef<'i'e

■ Schuster,
lecide iii>on

Tomorrow

signed the
erter should
liiii; t»< your
rs lieed have

\vt)rthy sir,
wliich attend
one in order
• free speech

, and I ques-
interview at
private under
bjected.
if I enlist, iu

wiiich case there will be certain intercourse
with the traitoi', and to my mind there is no
more positive way of gaining an op[)ortunity to
sj)y upon him. It must he enlistment for me,
whatever may befall at a later date."

I could understand that the seigeant would
not be diverted from sueh plan as he had
already formed, and Master Schuster must have
realized the .same, for he made no further
attempt to dissuade him from what seemed like
useless danger.

Then the two, meaning David's uncle and
Sergeant Ohampe, conversed as ;hey walked
<lown the Boston road toward the fort, the talk
being wholly upon the traitorous plot which
would have delivered one of our stron<diolds
into the hands of the British ; and my conuade
and I, keeping close at their heels, learned much
that was new to us.

First we heard what price Benedict Arnold
had received for thus selling himself body and

A TH.VITORS KSCAPK,

ill

soul, wliieli wns, as nearly ;is T now reinenibei
it, six thousand pounds sttrlinii; in liand, and a
Cjniniission as colonel in tlie British army, with
the brevet rank of brigadier.

Save for the money, he had not bettered his
fortunes, i+' that was the sole puipose in mind
when he woidd have saerilu-eil the oolmies
tt) his greed ; and money jrained in sueh
manner does not long remain in the hands of
him who receives it, so I liave often heard said.

Sergeant Ciiampe claimed that, <m Satin-day
before the Monday when Major Andre was exe-
cuted, Captain Ogden was sent to Paulus Hook
with an escort of twenty-tive men for the pn»-
fessed purpose of carrying letters to (Jeneral
Clinton, and that he pi'ivately suggested to the
British commander there, having instructions so
to do from heathpiarters, that if Arnold's caj)
ture could be brought about innnediately, Major
Andre would be set fiee.

That plan had failed, however, as we knew,

perfi

eoMip;

iienibei
, and a
y, with

red his
II mind

o]')nies

II SUfll

[inds of
•d said,
itiinhiy
I as (^xe-
s Hook
he pro-
(leneral
to tlie
tions so
(Fs oa[>
', ]\lajor

i knew,

A TUAITOUS ESCAPE.

t) I

and noNv it u,-,s to 1„. s.rn if this „ne, l.uhl ..„id
dani^en.tis as it was, wonl.l siuvccd.

It was decided between Master S.-hnst.-r and
the sergeant that we lads wen- to return t.. onr
homes that ni-ht, h-(.M,- it appear as if we h.-nl
done no more than enj-.y a feast at the siu„ <,[
tile Black Horse.

Early on the follouimr mor!iin,<r, however,
David's uncle was to say he had wo.k for us to
l)erfnrm which w.udd often keep us away from
home at night, and otheruise so arrange mat-
ters with our m.-thers that there woidd l,e
nodifliculty in going whithersoever we would
until the pl(,t was worked (Mit to a triumphant
ending, or disaster had come, hringing with it,
for us at least, death.

I sho.d<l have heen better pleased if we were
re(|uired to set about the business without de-
hiy; f(.r I was binning witli impatien. e to be-in
the adventure, which was far greater, an<l ac-
companied by more danger, than I had ever

m
ill

'K>?:,

-.1111

m
ii
1

^ A THAITOU'S KS( APi:.

0,„„,l,ti.w"uUll..myg«KH,..tunetoen,l,»rk

i„, t.i furthor llie eau»e.

S.,-^..nt C'l,an,,,e, lunvcver, ..v.le no l>.m>-
„f ,li»n,>s»m, us, ,.ue. it lu,.l l>e..n a..ci.l..l w.
»„„uM 1..VS...,, .n„.elv..s at Ma-t.. Sclmst^rs

ofti-e m'xt morniiig, xMtliin a ua.
,,tertlu.ln-eakfasth<>ur;butheaiasou.than

,i, ,,r exmMiug frienaiiness, such as robbed the

words oftl.-ir i^^verity.

1 >,. l..(U liavin'i- once sset your taces
„„,„„, n,i. „,„k .l,«v can l,e no .u.niug b.K.k.
Vunvtualitv is a» n«...s«.v,V a» fidelity, an,l attev
„.e meet to-n.o.vow nu.rning yon nu.t conxm.n
your goings mnl comings to n,y oommanas.

I „a« not nm„le,l 1,. sl.ouUl In-lieve us to be
,,„,, „.ho l,aa l.a<l no ex^vienoe in senous
ta»l<s, UU.1 therefoiv nm(k .q'ly-

» Altl,ou,l> «e a,- not soWiers. Loth «t us

■ uuclorstand all tln.t n.,,v l.e in,pli..l ."the

,vonl'.lut-.;fo.«eln,vel.«ennn.lertl,e order,

„t „o less' a l.e,sonage than .ieneral SuU,va«

111 SO

awa}
of th

f ^

and 1

of hi

iiidet

for I

short

A TKAITOIJS F:S('APE.

1\1 )!«'!<

bones
led we
uster'a
e time
vitli an
bed the

iiv faces
iir back,
lul after
conform

uis."
us to be
serious

fcli of us

1 in the

he orders

SullivaD

in some performaiues .'ihnoHt as (laiiirerous as
this."

" I have ah'eady heard from iNIaster Schuster
how you hids liave proved your (k'votion to the
cause; and if I repeat certain instructictn.s again
and again, ni«>r<' often tliaii j?eeiiis necessary or
kindly, you nuist set it (h)\vn that I liave grown
timorous, as a man can well be pardoned for
becoming when he is classed by his old com-
rades as a deserter, and may be ap[!rehended
by his new ac(|U;(iiitaiices as a spy. Even the
knowledge of what we woidd do fails to take
away either the shame for the one or the fear
of the other."

The young Virginian spoke us so friendly,
and withal so sadly, that I was shamed because
of having made a pert answer to what was
indeed a timely caution, and would have atoned
for my over-hasty speech but that he cut me
short ere I was well hetjun, bv saviuiT :

"I can understai.a, lad, what was in your

A TUMTOKS KSCAPE.
40
W,-,an,Ml,a,w y «,„k .o,...!,.. to t e

'„„,e.v,.. 1 wa» .U.,„..,l .V..U »ho„ia know uU

The,, be st,etel,«l o„t ..o,l, l,.n,.l- - "
,„U..„off,ien,l»l,u..a„a«W„lW"tau.llW

,,,.,..,1 the,,, heartily he tu,.u,lal,n,l,.l.vawa,v,

Ma-te,- Schuster f.,lh.wi.v--,..".l we .wo wateh.

i,„„„,il they ,li»ain.euve.Uu the ai».a„eeaown

Nassau Street.

„ ,,.„ Uttle les, than a vain l.oast wl,-

„„,lv tola Se,.geant Chan.pe we haa Leen

'„,„,:, „„ ,„,,e,. of (iene,al SniV.van .„ s..n,e

„,,„„„„„,„ aln,ost as aa„..H,.ns as

„i„ ,„.,„nisea to be; an.l it 1- -;'"' '-

„„,„„, „aek Hve „,in«tes atV,- say,,,, '•

„i.M,hew.,niahaveseenfo,.asn,vt.v.l,a. we

::.;„„aee„s.ou.eatos..ehl,e,.ilonsaave„.n,«,
l,yo.„-lia.e,insinthest,eet,s,av,n,g,nala„«

„, evel-Y so""'l- t'»"''^'<''' "^'S'"*' , .

Uis'.n>ewehaapevfov,neaantiesnoae,.the

:vas s

tu,.

A TIJAIIOKS KSCAI'K.

to the

low all

iH if i"
a I lia.l
ly a way,
» watch-
ce down

.'omman.ls of (Jencnil Sullivan, to wl.irli was
attached a ceit.iiii (hM^wt' of dan-cr in case the
enemy should discowr n!,;,t u-,. were alx.iit;
<*«"d I may say, without l.oastiiig, that wt' ha<l
d<'ne our part well, or at least s.. it . ould
stem from tli.- uoids of praise and .oura.ve-
nieiit which were l.estowt-d upon us.

Hut this adventure of Seri^eant Chamj)e's
was something far dim.rent. from anuhiiio- ^e
had ever done, and lookinu' hack npon it n..w I
question whetlier even men -rown old in the
service would not have ]„,.„ i,, -i ,..,.t,nn
decree timorous upon ci-nsiderin--- the matter in
all its hearinys.

Although Benedict Arnold was a traitor to
his country, and one to he despised by all who
h)ve the cause, he was now among those who
had s\\orn to i)rotect him, and would do so, as
could be seen from the fact that Sir Henry
Clinton had housed him in the building next
lijoiuiiig his own residence.

4.2

A THAITOU'S ESt'APE.

(if I

!,t'i

, iu

...ii

:!l3aii

The city was (.vt'irnn with redcdnts, as can
well be faneied; one eould hardly walk half a
mile throucrh the streets after the hours of dark-
ness without nieetin.ii tuo or three detaehnients,
out on patrol, and be forced to explain his
reasons for being abioad.

David Uhinelander and I well knew how
ditticidt it was to depart from the city without
a military pass: and yet here was a young ser-
geant from Virginia who not only proi.osed to
leave New York when it should be liis pleasure,
but to take with liini a prisoner, and that
prisoner a man who must have been well-
known by this time to every redcoat on the
island; for traitors were not so plentiful in those
days but that each man and boy ^vould have a

look at one.

I do n«t believe you could have found a
Britisher who had eitlier re;,mrd or respect for
this renegade ; but yet we knew full well they
wo.dd not suffer him to be carried away, and

A TUAIToits MSCAIM':

I, as cati
k half a
lof (liirk-
chineuts,
tluiu bis

ew how
■ without
DUUg ser-
)[)()se(l to
plcasiirf,
ami that
leu well-
it on the
il ill those
Id have a

e found a
espect for
well they
away, and

even that pnvatt^ sulVwr wh.- detested him
most heartily wu.,ld l,..,v,. dune valiant l.allle
;i,<,'aiii,st us slioujd our j)uriK.sc h,. known.

All this [ set down tliat it may he the hctter
"iKh-rstood why David's mind and mine were
i" stieh a whirl that to .ro ,,„i,.tly home and
ii'' d(»wn ill lu'd with the i-h-a of sleeping was
out 'jf the (juestion.

Ah for myself, it was much as though I were
hurning with u fever. My mouth was parched,
ami my throat dry; the harking of a dog ii, the
distance sounded loud as the roaring of a lion,
and the sighing of the night wind like unto the
iiowl of the tempest, all of which ia much the
same as though I had confessed to heing
exceedingly timorous.

We Uvo, r)avi<l and I, stood on the stieet
corner in silence, starting apprehensively at the
lightest sound after Master Schuster and Ser-
geant Champe had left us, and mayhap five

Hi'

„,„„„„ ,....,. in ..,1. manner before my

" Wlmt lire «>■ I.. .I.i ""«■.•"'*■«'''

Mi..l. „.l»l,iv,.v till .1.. morning come.

. ■ ;, wil,.Lt ,„v .'Vi's will not be cl.>9«l
tor ciTtiim It i» '"'" '".' •>

■„, shmilicr this iii;J't-"

.. I „„ul.\ l.e 1.-1 ""i""' '""■'' ""■ """""
t,, „„tio„ luul .0,,,.., l...f..>-.. esplaini,,, hi- l-'-
,„„,; f,„. tlu.n w.., sl,..,,M n..t Ik. t..,«a f.
• ■ ,W.. tlie sn..rt "t "111- own Ceiirs lUnl
I „,„ ,„.ow« timo. ()liv..r I,.t.l-fieW-tl..>t

- ,„„,1, 1 ,„uy cnnf.« to you alon..."

.Yetyo«W..n..tl.on:^l,tottnn,mslmcU.

,.S„tev™tW,l.ll<n«vto,v..rt.untytl,e

,„,veuture w..nia eml in onv nmloins;."

..Iti, yet early in the night," ls,u.l,»e,ml

,,v a »ml,Um thonght, " Onr moth..'- knmv we
„;, «itl> Muster Schnster, ,. ml therefore wll not

b,.alurn.eairwere,nain.hr<..ul.".>t.yh™>„.
N„w I atn tninclea to have a look at the honse
„,„„,, this traitor live,, aa.l that ,l„ue we

Mccaii)
til (III

Tlier

• 'oiltlUU

.It .;
ij

A iKAiiuKs i;,s( aim:

fore my

11 tr comes,
be cloaeil

e tnoineiit
vr his i>ur-
t'oived to
t'eiir^, iviul
field— that

iijo hacU c
(I'taiiity the

r."

Haul, seized
>rs know we
[ore will not
imny hcuirs.
it the honse
iit done we

^'"'" '"' '•"• •"•l'<T |.|r|,,-,|V<| wlirli vv..lk

IM'<.'1|||.

Tlii^ pl.'iii pIt;i^.'(|(Mi'..ri,rn.;,tIy,iint so imi,-l,

•"•••■•Ills,. .,r ||„. |,|V|.;,|..,tiu|,s (liMt \\(Mll(| I.,, inak.

iiiu', fis that it -ave iisa seinl.laiicc ..f Noinethin<;
'"' ''" •'" >!'»' tiiiu'wht-n wv. most needed em-
{•1<>\ iiit'iit.

U<'tiinii(l hack and stm.k acn.ss the com-

" "f '"i '''I'''' l'''"<' iiiilil w,. \v,.|v conie to

Mroad \\'a\,do\vii whi'ii w,- walked leismvly,
■•IS if al.ioa I m.ivly loi pleasdre, deeidiiiir
between oiiiselves (I,;,! In event of l)eiii<r halted
I'.v the patrnl we ,«'ioiild make such expluiiatiou
"f our heiiin' abroad.

There was no i-eason a\ liy we slioul 1 not have
•"ntimied stiaii-lit on, until arriving at the
lioiise whieh sheltered the traitor; l)ut it
seemed to us as if our i)uii>ose was suspected
I'.v every one whom we passed, an. I on coming
iK'ar to the ruins of Trinity Church we made
"iir ^vay across the yard to Lumber Street,

iiii

A TUAlTOU-a ESCAPE.

,„i„g .hence to the »ateVs nlge »s if fleei„g

t'roiu pursuit.

Here we surveyed the in-m-" » "^ "«

„,i,,„t i„ the .lark«e.». walkius "P ».l «.«,.

,,: „Uev f.-..,n (i.«,nvu.h street to Br.«ul

';,„o,e«.h.nfo„rf„«es...„taeithe,.,eeu,g

,„„• heaving any one in the g..vaen. _

U wn. n,uoh too ea.ly fo,- the tva.to,- to aU

,,, ,,,,,. yainng; ana t,,i.rH.«l.«. -;';;;
,,„„ ,„,nging .n^rieion „,on „.n.e ve , f h,u

U,t that it wonW have heco.ne necessary
„„,e .on,e explanation of ou. l-'l"--

During move than two hou. we walk, d
,„Hvo, not daring to eonve,.e even ,nwht.pe»

t „,rliH-ivt< lest the wovds
onthesul.ieetnearestomh.a.t,!

,W,n,a i,e ovevheanl. and then, hav,ng fat -
„„vl,cxlies.weweveinbet,evcood,t,on.o.,llo

the advice given by Sevgeant Champe, although
I was fa., from wishing to be alone in my Chan,.

ber.

mothe

knock

inand

early

could

i fleeing

best we
inil down
to Broad
her seeing

or to take
i, saved us
es, for liiul
doubt not
ecessary to

)se.

. \valked to

in whispers
st the words
iug fatigued
ion to follow
ipe, altliougli

in my clianv

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

Had we beeti two of tlie l<ini,''s most devoted
subjectsue could not have nuuh^ our w ay through
the city with h'ss impediment, for when we were
arrived at the (h)()r of mv mother's dwelling
there had been no interference with our move-
ments.

" 1 shall come here at an early hour to-morrow
morning, Oliver Littlefield," David whispered as
we clasped hands in parting, and I could well
understand .that be would keep his promise
faithfully; for, judging from what was in ray
own ii'.ind, T knew his eyes would be opened
\vith the tirst light of the coming day.

Master Jacob Schuster gave proof that his
anxiety regarding the outcome of the plot was
nearly as great as was David's and mine, for my
mother was not yet arisen next morning when a
knock was heard at the dooi', and by her com-
mand I hastened to learn who mi«;ht be this
early visitor, although knowing full well that I
could have spoken his name before seeing him.

' i " ''/ ''i lit'

A TUAITOH'S ESCAPK.

It must luvve been tint he iVare.l 1 svoul.l
speak some ineautious word, to.- instantly we
stood face to face hv made a warning gesture
with his hand as he said stiffly :

"Present my excnses to Mist-ss Littlelield,
lad, for such n, untimely visit; but the time is

precious to n.e when 1 have so uuich of business

on hand, and 1 c*ml<l not well afford to wait

until a more seemly h.mr."

Then I, to carry out the acting svhich he had

begun, asked innocently :

"Would you have speech with my mother, sir?"

'Ay, that T w..uld, lad, and as soon as may

l,e, again craving her pardon for coming at such

an hour."

I knew that my mother must have overh-ard
the conversation, yet going to the foot <.f the
stairs I repeated that which Master Schuster
had said; and she, good soul, flustered by this
early visit, came down ere yet it seemc.l to me
possible she couhl luwe arisen from the bed.

might

1 woulil
untlv we

«• o;estiU'e

.ittlelield,
he time is
►f buHiness
i-il t(-) wait

ich be bad

lotber, sii-r
wn as may
lino; at sueb

:» overbt-ard
tVtot of the
er Scluister
ivd l>y tbi8
emctl to me
tlie bed.

A TRAITOIi'S ESCAPE.

If be bad l)eeii fuoe to face witb tbe uobb'st
lady in tbe province, Master Schuster could not
liave been more buml)le in his apologies, or
used so many liigb-flown words while askinsr
pardon for his coming.

In fact, be beat about the bush so long that I
began to grow anxious, fearing lest he would
never come to an end of woiils.

The business was (juickly arranged, however,
when he broached the subject by exi)laining,
without too much of detail, that he was desir-
ous of hiring David and me to perform certain
duties which it was not necessary shoiiid be
explained.

My mother readily gave her consent to tbe
proposition, although making some show of a
demur when Master Schuster stated that it
might even be necessaiy that we remain away
fiom home at night on some occasions.

When this business bad been brought to an
end I was told to await there Davids coming,

.. A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

and my mother set about getting breakfas^
while Master Schuster went, as he declared, to
arrange for the hire of my comrade.

Before David came I wa- in mortal terror
lest I betray the secret to my mother, who was
full of speculatiens as to why the worthy mer-
chant should have come hi.nself on an errand
which might eciually well have been done by
one of his clerks, and over and over again did
she ask whether he had made any mention ot
this business while we were with him at the
sign of the Black Horse.

^Not being willing to tell my mother an un-
truth, 1 was finally forced to say that he had
spoken somewhat of his purpose, but pledged
both David rnd I to secrecy; therefore, unless
she would have me break my word, I must

remain silent.

It is m.t likely this satisfied my mother ; but
it certaivly gave me great relief, for instantly
she ceased her questioning, and refrained from

gives
Iki
my ni
for lit
neiglil
watch

A TRAITons ESCAPE.

fit

reakfast,
lareil, to

al terror
w lio was
•thv mer-
n errand
done by
igaiu did
lention of
im at the

ler an un-
at he had
t pledged
ore, unless
■d, I must

other; but
>r instantly
■ained from

speculating aloud in my presence, contenting
herself by saying:

" I h(»pe it has nothing to do with the war,
Oliver boy, for ^;ince your father fell at Trenton
I have none but you left me; and siuely the
colonists are not in such sore need that they
would take a widow's o:ily child from her."

"If it had to do with the war, mother, it
would be a (juestinn of our enlisting; and that,
you know, I might not do without your consent.
However, this much you should remember, that
Master Schuster desires to keep his business a
profound secret; and were }-ou to speak of it to
others, even so much as to wonder what it was,
Ji wrong might be done the gentleman who
gives me employment."

I knew this would in a certain degree arouse
my mother's suspicions ; but better that than
for her to speak unguardedly to some of the
neighbors, and thus be the means of having a
watch set upon us.

A TRAITOllS KSCArE.

My breakfast «a» l."t j'"'* <--""•'"''''' "'"■"

l,.vi,l e«te>v,l with much .1.- "I'l-"-'- "' "

1,„\ who has l.een mnmWy fl"S!!J«''l-

At o,l,H- .hues, when we weve eugas" "'

«,„, ,n-,ght be of ben..Ht t„ .he eause he hu,.

been rv,.us to, he verge ..(..■•...".,.'■ •.'"""""
hewL"»uh,l-.,e,l,a,„lleouh. weUu,„h.,sta,„l

• 11 ,;i. ,.+' tlie iulventure were
that the possible l>enU ot tlie

alrea.lv w^'i^ln"^ heavily up<m him.

.Will vou return for ainnerr my mother
asUea as I arose from the table ana prepared to

accompany my comiaae. ^

.That is as Master Schuster may say ; but It

,,ni be as well if you a., not espect me ior

«uvelv we shall Und enough with whu-h to
.atisf^ our hunger, ana supper will be all the

„,ore enjoyable because of short rations at

noon. ,

Then my mother kwe,l me much as .f I were

„..i„., f„,,l, ,„ battle, an,l the thought ..f her

Lcuish if it »houia so chance that through th,s

A TlJAri'oijs KSCAPR

1 \\\wn
ce oi Ji

acjed in
he hiul
i)ut now
(levstiiiul
live were

y mother
epared to

y ; but it
•t me, for
wliieh to
be all the
rati«)us at

plot David iiiid 1 were hn.uirht to the gallows,
so unnerved and dis].inted nie that when we
were ou the street I had har<l v\„rk to keep
baek the tears from my eyeliils.

Almost anything- wonhl have l.een hetter
than cowardiee at sn<-Ii a time, and [ took -(kkI
care not to so n)Mch as h),,k t(»ward David,
until he said in a voire that trembled :

" We shall feel better, Oliver, once the ^vork
has been begun."

Then I undeistood that I was not alone in
my tiuiorousuess.

>s if I were
oht of l»er
iiougli this

1 m

TUAITDU'S ESf \PE-

CUAl'Tr.ll 111.

Kow tka the »un «•■>. -biuing, Davi.l un.l

even-,,..' ,-V."-, l-ins; "1- ^""- ™' "' '
: nL,euc. that. .u,.,>l)y -veto -U.

:feU,„v «.>en he set, out „„„„ a a,„.ge.o,.

""S::r;;ft..e ..,.,.. ..^ -«» -.,„..

jr: the h,. .h.,.ee, .a, „„t .. .M..^

V,, the light "f aa.v. a,ul «e .oon began to fe
J if ..e couhl ,1., <>..,■ share of the «o.k «.h.

lson«u..evereon.h,g.Uhh,H,e,a^.
„nhe gallow. although that ^e,gea„ttU
davMuight he ended theve„u.ee,ae,lve,j.ea

soiuible.

A 'IKAITOH'S KSCAPi:.

av'ul antl
been the
i-id of tlu'
to weaken
dangerous

ix\ ventnie-
) desperate
i^^an to feel
work with-
tlie sluidow
LntCbanipes
led very rea-

lie, a soldier in the Coiitiiiental Arinv, was
within the enemy's lines nmiei' false |»i'etenses;
and should the true story of his escape Ije dis-
eovered, or his hand be seen in the etTort to
eapture the traitor Arnold, then the ilooni of a
spy would iieeessai'ily l»e his.

With us the situation was far different, since
we were at home, had no absolute connection
with the American Army, and even weie we
discovered in the attem})t, it hardly seemed
jtossible that death would be the penalty for
our portion of the work.

Thus it was T ari^ued with myself, and re-
jieated aloud for David's benefit the result as
we went toward Master Schuster's office.

IIow much yood such words did my comrade
it is not for me to say ; but 1 found in the idea
a great sense of relief — so much, in fact, that I
was as light-hearted by the time we were
arrived at our destination as I had previously
been downcast.

'i'S:'

,„,s,.„t,,.i ..u...-h- "-" ' •-•■ '■"""■'"''"■ ";

,,,,, W»itn,i,h. In..:-'- il-'-l "-''■'''''•'■ "I""''-
i„„ with us m 11,.. ..nl.,. :..!.".! l...en hi» «,mt.

,,; ,„„k u. t-, tl... .vur ..t tl„. waremou,,
,Ul,„>,,b n..;h-.„:4 «- «.i'i ■!-♦ ■">'^" "'"
have been hearil 1>> iuiv [hmsoii. ^

.. I l,„ve no uu.:m» "f s;"-'<»"'S "•'"'» " '"

n,.,.l».se,l v.." 1-1- -1-11 '1"^ '"" "" ;■'"
„,,,,„.c,l last nisi.., yn an-, t.. .vn.ain l,e.e

„„tii;„mo wo,a l,e v«...iv...l f, > .he sergeant

alter which, ana I say tl.is for y-nr safe,.uml
.„ well as u,v -vn, it will he best that y.m .U.
„„t present vont^elves here, save when it may
be ahsolutelN' neeessary. Y,.n ...v hke t,, have
„„„,. i,„,,e,.,,m. with the Uritishers than w,th
onv lVien,ls, an,l it is n,.t wise t.. show yonr-
.elves on goocl terms in Loth camps."

If Master Schns.er ha.l tohl "s that he
,«,,„tea having app-i.-lc'l his otHee as a

A TUAITOUM ESCAPE.

ulu'ii \V«'
'luber to
111' feared
of speuk-
liis wont,
vaierooiu,
light not

A-hat it is
t as was
main here
e sergeant,
safeguard
liat you cU)
hen it may
iive to have
5 than with
siiow your-

us that he
office as a

rendezvoiiH, I sliunid n..r have Keen more
certain of it, and therefore when he ceased
speaking I proposed that we wait at some eon-
senient phiee out of .loors rather than in the
'Miilding, and for the moment i<- seemed as if
he was minded to fake advantage of the prop-
osition; i)ii( then. mn<h as though ashamed
of his fears, !ie aihh'(l hnri'iedly:

" Xo, no, lads! Stay where yo;i are, since
this was the j)hu;e selected for the meeting. I
only warned yon against certain movements in
the future, thinking luayhap you woidd come
here so often as to excite suspicion. It is ])est,
perhaps, tlnit you remain at this end of the
wareroom, wliere my patrons will not be so
likely to see 3'ou."

Then, motioning toward two boxes wliidi
were behind a pile of barrels, as if these might
be used in the stead ,.f stools, Master Schuster
liastened away, hooking thoroughly ill at ease,
and I so stated to David, adding in conclusion :

A TU\IT«>US KSCAPE.

pre

, ,.,, [„,„„,„l„.r.aMS..llmnwetu..,„vm

, .„, i.oNV -iv.t must be the aunjiti

which thiviitt'iis uh!"

<'lciu>not see hou it >9 I

„„ „.,..i-. '"'••"""'"'■"VT"'' ,

U ei. .1 1. ■■- f-"":^ "^ ' ""- '"-' '"■:^"'' "

U;:„.,tt.,-n..«l-va.eve„:uo,.et, ».

t„ lau^!, at his f..n-«;' ^^

ll,„lwel.epnre.c,veai.yMa,t.rh

.e usnallv w-re-tLat is to say, .t h. laa
!,.„ r,tt.e o,. no he.l to „«.■ ,avs,.,K,.-
LnU Lave t-lt .hat n.uci, ..t t.„. ..a".e,
tLwn-y in n,yo.„ »..;>.--;;;
„„vi,i a„a I sat ........ alone w.t a.npie J

think eve,, the .natter, it can,., to n.e tln.t i e
"l was even ..-eater than I i.a.l ant,..,,atea
' A, / c^lowter kn..w more ot the

a..il that Master hchnstei
j,,o, than ha.i bee., intrusted .o ..s,

DnriMg .nore than halt an hour we thns

thoiig
of da

A TIJAITolJS I'.SCAI'K.

liiist«'r I'*
I) arc in
♦• (lunger

liny pt'iil
VH not so
kin-i; l"»t
iiiirht, and
tiniorous,

M-lmster ns
if lu' liiul
pvest'nct' — I
the (lan^'er
but now, i»s
iiple time to
IK! tliat tlie

iintii'ipivt*'*^'
more of the

we thus re-

tnniiH'd as if in liiilini.', ami then DaviiTs uncle
cauH' liiiri'it'dly t(» say that the scii^cant was in
the street, and would have us jnju him.

NN'ithout waitini; for further x^ords we hnn-
teiit'd away, and I am certain did not move any
too (|uickly to [tiease Master Schuster, who, I
fancy, tfuve vent to a deep si<fh of I'elief when
we were well over the threshold.

On the oppi>site side of the way, a short
distance above the warehouse, we saw the sei'-
i^eant, who, havinj^ made certain we ohst'rved
liim, moved leisurtdy on, which to our minds
was an invitati<tn to join jiiui.

I was more [>lease(I with the appearance of
this rawd)oned, sedatedooking ^'irginiau in the
ilavtime than I had Ween at nii'ht.

He had the air of one who would not be
(piick to understand when he was beaten; and
as I saw him thei'e in advance of us, the
thought came to my mind that however much
of danger might threaten, or however many

ATRin-ousEsciPE-
" , ■ , . in f ,0 l«tb, to «o»W neither

'"*™'r^V o "V n- *vo,. h. eo„,« uMU
draw l)ack uoi s\\t

, 1 -MMed by the responsibility-
.veigtolo. n...>^-l^> ,Hou as if it W been
• • ^ ^1>P rouversatiou as n-

Sir Henry Cli.'*"" 1'""*" """'. .
^k ,1, I to Ou'ir meaning:
„„pi<.iou, f -"-'; \.^,^^ York I "- reconr.
..VVl..nlarrKean.V^ ^ ^^^^__^

„.,„le,l to call ni-. *-'« ^ ^,,,„, ,,

;::i :!!:! entirely oH.pli., ana .—.

from the Continental Ar.ny.^ „„j„^to„cl.

p„.UUooUed„pins«n.™.-- ^^^

i„„ whither such conversation m.gU
.,'the sergeant paused asked;

Legi
gest

aojait;

A THAITOH'S ESCAPE.

I neither
irse until

totliing in
ther over-
Dility.
: bad been
\u^f in sucli
rtl even by
ould be no

was reconi-
tiold, who, as
sing wbat is
, a force com-
antl deserters

)t understand-
igbt tend, and

"Did yon have a long interview with (xeneral
Arnold r

" It might be considered so when you under-
stand that a brevet brigadier in his majesty's
service was talking witli a sergeant-major lately
from the relxd army. The gentlemen was very
kind, and personally asked if I would join his
Legion; but when I humbly ventured to sug-
gest that if I should do so, and was then cap-
tured l>y my former comrades I would,
assuredly be hanged, he kindly changed the
subject, bating, however, that he would assign
me quartei's among his recruiting sergeants."'

There was in my mind an idea that the
Virginian made these statements in what might
be called a continuation of his story told on the
l)revious night; but David, who had been
expecting to hear inunediately what part we
were to play, looked thoroughly puzzled at
this roundabout way of setting to work, and
again interrupted by asking :

po A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

"Then you deciaed not to enlist, sir?"
' "Such had been my deeisiou; but alter
thinking the umtter over seriously I came to
the conclusion, as I stated to the general late
last evening ^vhen I was so fortunate as to meet
hi.n on the street, and he so kind as to grant
me a brief interview, that it might be as well
if 1 joined the legion, since death would be the
punishment for desertion, whether I was cap-
tured while wearing a red coat or in civilian's
garments. He quite agreed with me, and
further promised that I should be made ser-
geant-major. Therefore it was I enlisted this

morning."

Now I was surprised, tor although the Vir-
giniau had declared his intention of so doing,
several hours previous, I then questioned whether
at the last moment he would not decide against
it. For him the die was oast in good truth.

« Then you have signed the rolls V I asked,
not attempting to hide my surprise.

A TIIAITOK'S ESCAPE.

as well
lI be the
was cap-
cinlian's

me, and
nacle ser-
isted this

I the Vir-
go doing,
d whether
de against
truth.
' I asked,

" Hardly more than an hour since, but am
given liberty until such time as we shall have
duties to perform. At present there is nothing
to be (lone at the barracks, and I would see
what I may of Xew Yuik, for perhaps a second
opportunity will not present itself."

"Are you bent on siijht-seeint; this morning?"
I asked aftei* a shoit pause, during which I was
trying to decide in my own mind the reason for
such conversation.

" I may answer }es and no to that question.
S^iiice you are the only acciuaintances I have in
tlie city," he continued in a meaning tone, "and
because it may not be possible for me to induce
you to join this portion of the king's forces
which wi'' be sent southward under General
Ai'nold, I have tliought that before you enter-
tained me with the siglits of the town I would
show you \vhat percliance you have never seen
— a military barracks."

Of course we understood that this long-

*i A TR * ITOU'S ESCAPE.

wiuded way of coming to it was a proposal for
us to see Nvliere the sergeant would be .luar-
tered, lest peradventure it might become neces-
sary to call on him suddenly, although I could
not fully understand xvhy he ams so careful in
his manner of giving the invitation.

However that may be, ^ve at once, and as a
matter of course, agreed that it would please us
to do as he suggested.

To our great surprise we were led directly to
the fort beyond Boxvling Green, instead of to
some building, for I had supposed this newly
formed legion would be kept to a certain
degree by themselves; but it must have been
that General Clinton was doubtful as to how
the men might be treated by others in the serv.
ice, for a Britisher hates a deserter and a turn-
coat, however much benefit he may gain from

him.

Therefore it was that we, who had several
times feared we might enter the fort as prison-

A TRAITOHS ESCAPE.

id as a
ease us

[ several
3 prison-

ers, followed the sergeant without Ijeing ques-
tioned, and were soon in the midst of that
worthy band of lenegades, spies and informers,
who, having done all tlie harm to the cause
tiiat was possible, were now leaguing them-
selves together under the command of the arch
traitor himself.

As we soon learned, tliis visit had been pro-
posed in order tliat we miglit, should occasion
require, be able to communicate with Sergeant
Champe without delay.

He spoke to several of the legion, saying it
was his intention to persuade us to enlist, and
declaring that we were the only persons in
Xew York with whom he Avas acquainted.

Without having absolutely told a falsehood,
he made it appear mucli as if we were old
friends, if not relatives; and thus it \vas that
we took our first step in the plot— not a pleas-
ant one, since Ave were forced to receive thos
villainous curs on a friendly footing.

^1.

„ A TKAITOBS ISCAPE,

I)„,.in<» tl,e entire forenoon we remaine.!
within tl°c lin,its of the fort, mA in tlmt t,me
had so„,l oi.i,ortunity "f H-ing the precons
Wud'«l.o ^v.■.■e ready to work injury to their

own couutry.

Among these was Jetbro Stork-he who
lived on Duke Street, and had held himself
devoted to the cause of liberty until that cer-
tain time when he found an opportunity to lay
hold of ten pieces of the king's gold, whereat
he suddenly became a Royalist.

David and I had seen Jethro, but perchance

he did not remenaber us; his brother Benjamu.,

a lad of about our age, had ever been a loud-

mouthed Tory, and he it was with whom we

were acquainted, but not friendly.

uif it was Ben who had enlisted in this so-
called American Legion, I would say the city
was well rid of him," David whispered to me.

"And New York will lose nothing when
Jethro leaves it."

recri)

aroui
servi
porti
theg

mained
at time
)recious
to their

be who

himself

that cer-

;y to lay

whereat

lerehance
knjamin,
n a loud-
whom we

[n this 80-
y the city
n\ to me.
ling when

A TUAITOUS ESCAPE. gf

"True; but we know for a certainty Jethro
will get liiinself hanged in due time wherever
he may be, wliile Jieii is far too cautious to put
his precious Ixxly into jeopardy."

Then, not caring to see more of the Stork
family, for we could get a sight of such rene-
gades any day, Ave turned aAvay, and at noon
ate the king's i-ations, which would surely have
disagreed with our stomachs ])ut for the fact
that we were doing so with a pur[)ose which
it was hoped would result ' in good to the
cause.

Half an hour or more after noon Serireant
Champe said to David and me, s[)eaking in a
tone tliat might have been heard by any of the
recruits who chose to listen:

"Now if you lads are minded to show me
around New York, I will thank you foi" the
service. Above nil things I would see that
portion of the city which was burned during
the great fire of '76,"

A TUATTOUH ESCAPE.

u That we can readily slmw yea, and without
mn.h walking to an<l fro," 1 replied, whereat
the three of us left the barracks, departuig
horn the fort without any more difficulty than
U: 'e had been on the staff of General Clinton

himself.

As we Avere passing one of the sentinels, the

sergeant said :

'' I fn-st have a desire to see the ruins of
Trinity Church. Of course I know where they
are ; but it would please me much to have an
extended view of tliem, that I may thereby
form some idea of what the building was

like."

As may be supposed, we acted upon his sug-
gestion without delay, and, going up Broad
Way, stopped at the ruins, as if our only pur-
pose in coming had been to see them.

The sergeant led the way across the church-
yard until^ve were a short distance in the rear
of where the building had formerly stood, and

seem

A THAITOHS ESCAPE.

r,9

^vitllout
whereat
eparting
[Ity than
Clinton

iuels, the

ruins of
here they
< have an
^ thereby
ding was

m his sng-
up Broad

only pur-
he church-
in the rear

stood, and

here, in the very heart of New Yoik, wliere
the king was master, a.id Sir Henry Clinton,
liis dutiful servant, did we arrange further
details of that jilot against his majesty and his
majesty's prime traitor.

Standing where we were no one could ap-
proach M-ithin earshot save ^ve were awaie of
the fact, and we conversed — jierhaps it would
be more correct to say Sergeant Champe de-
tailed his plans witht)ut fear of eavesdrcjyping.

He had already decided upon the course of
action, and I soon understood tliat we were to
be but assistants, not piincipals or advisers, in
the plot.

" I have decided that on the night of the oth
day of November we shall be able to make a
prisoner of General Arnold," he said abruptly,
and ]3avid and I Avere so surprised l)y the
startling announcement that we stood silent
and motionless like simples; for it did uot
seem to us possible the sergeant, however able

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

IX tuaii ho was, could liavo pcrfi-ftinl his arrange-
ineiits so <|uicl<ly.

"If tlie Work is to ]>o done at all, tlif sooner
we move in it the better, and nothiii",' will be
gained by much preparation. Now listen, for
it is my purpose that you repeat this to
another : As is well known, Arnold returns to
his (piarters about miduiiiht, and thus far,
previous to goin*,' to bed, has always^ tcken a
stroll in the garden. Now I propose that on
the night mentioned David shall procure a
boat, and lay in waiting for us near the foot of
the garden. You and I, Oliver, will secrete
ourselves amid the shrubbery, while another,
whose name I have not yet mentioned, stands
watch outside. AVheu Arnold appears it should
be a sim]>le mat ter to deprive him of his liberty
and the power of speech."

"And even then it will be necessary to get
him to the boat," I suggested, yet bewildered.
' We may not be able to carry him without

but it
as one
home
That ]
chanc(
more j
fact tj
which
[)Ul"po>
to ac(ji
have ]{
on the
after n
"Ac

k„

■??-

irrangc-

sooner
will hv
4tt'ii, for
this to
turns to
bus far,
tii^\en a
tliat on
•ocnr*' a
'. foot of
1 secrete
another,
l1, stands
it should
is liberty

y t'> get

uildered.

without

A TlfAITOirs KSCAPK.

attracting attention, unless yoii ai'e (h'jiendinjj;
upon the fact lliat the street!^ Hhall be empty
just at that time."

" I have no siicli roolish expectation as tliat.
We shall undoubtedly meet some of the patrol
or watch as we make our way from the garden;
but it -vill be a simple matter to represent him
as o!ie dnmk'in whom we are carrying to his
home or the guardhouse, as the case .nay be.
That portion of the plot depends wholly u[)on
chance. Regarding the ca[)ture v.e n»ay be
more positive. Nothing can defeat us save the
fact that lu( de[)arts from his usual custom, in
which case the next night will suffice for our
pur})ose. All that now remains to l)e done is
to ac(piaiut Major Lee w ith oui" intentions, and
have hira see to It that liorses are ready for us
on the Jeisey shore not later tluiu half an hour
after midnight."

" Acquaint Mixjor Lee !" David repeated.

jA'

A THAITOH'f* FSCAPK.

" Why, he in in the Anirrinin ramp; cith.-r nt
l»()mi)t()n or Went Toint !"

- Nay, hul, in..st likely at I>o}>b'H Feiry, an.l
you may have speech with hi.u tc-mciTOW
luoniinj;, if yoti be diligent on the way."

" We may ?" David cried in Hurprise. " U it
your purpose that we go into the Amerieau

cauip {"

«' You liave d(nie so more than once, I am told."

" Ay, and can again," 1 replied.

"Then set out at once. Here are six
Hhillings in case you should need money during
the jmirney; and even though I had more it
would not be well to increase the amount, since
should you be overhauled, suspicions might be
aroused at your being so well supplied with

funds."

" Do you mean that we are to leave immedi-
,,tely— tliis afternoon?'' David asked, as if it
were not yet possible for him to understand
what had been said.

A TUAITOHS KSl'AI'K.

fitlu'i- at

L'l'ry, iintl

i)-morrow

, )»

\ "Is it
A-iiu'iieim

told."

are six

ley (luring
ul more it
anut, since
might be
ilied witl)

re immedi-
d, as if it
understand

"Ay, lad, NO soon as yoii om j^'ft away.
Tlu'H! yet remains i'mn days lu'torc the tin..' I
have .set. V(»u sh mid be at the Anu'rican
('am|) to-morrow m( rning, and can return to
New York tlu; nii-ht after, which will eive ns
time to change our ariaiii;enieiits, if it ho be
Major I.ee sees any reason for delay."

1 knew fidl well that in addition to the
difTieulty of leaving Xew Yovk would come
the (juestion of entering the Anu'rican lines,
and therefore asked the sergeant what creden-
tials we might take with ns, mIijcIi would
admit of our passing tJK! sentinels, once we
were arrived at the outposts.

"There is nothing I can do for yon in tlwit
way, Oliver Littlefield," he siiid sadly. "Re-
member, I am considered by all, save the
Commander-in-chief and Major Lee, as a
deserter. You must make your way there and
back as best you can, unless it should chance

^^ A TUAITOr;S ESCAPE.

Master Schuster could give ycu what would
serve as credentials."

"That he cannot do,"' David replied quickly.
"The last time we set out from the city it was
near four -and -twenty hours before he suc-
ceeded in so much as getting us a pass to leave
town, and then he greatly desired we should
visit some New Hampshire troops, among whom
he had acquaintances; but claimed he could
not get the necessary permit."

"Then you must depend upon your own
resources, remembering that by the day after
to-morrow it is necessary to have returned.
Let me repeat, as forcibly as may be possible,
that my name is to be mentioned to no person
save IVIaJor Lee, and then only when you are
certain none other will hear the words."

" What shall we tell him in addition to the
plan you propose to carry out ?"

"That will suffice. Should he ask any ques-
tions concerning me, answer them as truthfully

piepj
I stoi

■ mj-ii ' ; !

our own
la^' after
returned.
1 possible,
10 person
1 you are

on to the

any ques-
truthfully

A TRAITORS ESC'APK. 75

as yon can, and forget not the niglit I have set,
for unless \te have hoi'ses on the Jersey side
awaiting us, we shall never be able to get our
prisoner within the American lines."

It was a blind sort of a journey Ave were
called upon to uiulertake, and without any
pre[)aration whatsoever; therefoi'e it was that
I stood looking naitely at David instead of set-
ting about the work at once, and Sei-geant
Cliain[)e asked with much shar[)ness in his
tones :

"Are you exjiecting time will hang heavily

on your hands, unless you make a delay here?"

" I was thinking liow we might best set about

it, for it is not assim[)Ieas you appear to think,

this Journey to and fiom the American lines.''

"So, at the first show of ditHculty, yoi;-
courage desei'ts vou ?" he asked in a sneeriu'i-
tone. " You who were ready to aid me even
in the face of death, stand (piestioning as to how
you may perform \vhat should be a familiar

'IS

■I '.,

'if

^
w

■',11!

A THAITOH'S ESCAl'K.

t<»

task. Thiioe I am told yon have been inside
the line., and Nvhy shall yon waste the moments
by debating hou' it may be done the fourth

time ?"

The tone of his voice, .jnite as much as the
words, nettled me, and turning stiffly after
motioning David to follow, I gave him what
might have passed for a military salute, as I said :
'' AVe will meet you in this place on the day
after to-morrow."

» You had best present yourselves boldly at
the fort and ask for me there," he replied
with H smile, and then it was that I understood
Ids harsh words had simply been intended to

spur us on.

Nevertheless I did not linger, but with my
hand on David's shoulder, walked through the
inclosure to Lumber Street, cudgeling my brains
to decide how we might make the journey to
DobVs Ferry within twenty-four hours.

Not until we had arrived nearly at the

wat

AVOU

matt

ail

1 inside
lomeuts
) fourth

1 as the
y after
in what
IS I said :
the day

)oldly at
> replied
idei'stood
ended to

with my
ou>j;h the
my ))r:un8
ourney to

I'S.

y at the

A THAIT()1{S KSCAPH. 77

water's edij^e did my comrade venture any
remark, and then it was to say irrindv:

"I am free to admit that the sergeant takes
many chances in thus joining tlie American
Deserters' Legion— for tiiat isthe name by which
it should l)e known. Yet at the same time he
would have it appear as if oui' part in this
matter was as nothing. Since he can arrange
our plan so glibly, it would have been well had
he told us how we might set about the iourney."
" But since he didn't, David Rhinelander, and
because we have no niind to fail in the first
work set us, we must go ahead, l)lindly trusting
to chance."

"And it A\ill be a chance if you get through
on time. Were we given two or three days, so
that we might watch our opportimity for leaving
the city, then Avould the case be different; but
it is proposed that we start immediately, and I
ask 3'ou how that may be done ?"

" We nmst use the skiff we borrowed the last

I '

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

time of Mas.ter Taylor, and embark as if bent

on pleasure." . -, ^

" An.l think you «e .ball 1>c revmutert to

aosointheliglitof day?"

"That we must ventuie ou. It may be the
very 1x.1.1m«» of the ^.tfrni-t will luove f.'ien.l-
Iv f„,- the i;uar,l couW uot Hupiiose we would
set about to visit the Ameriean lines without
tvyin.' to (lisrjuise our lunpose."

■"Then .10 you take the lea,l, auJ ' v.-illfol-

low wherever you n,ay say. 1 ".ake no ehun.s

,.t being a r-oi'l-t, but yet ve„tu,« to i>,e.lu-t

that we shall M ourselves in the sa"l. "'' ''^
infe,ner,witlun the Tort. U'VeKe sunsets

rather than..., our way up the rive,.'

1 was ,a>.<l. of D«"'''« "l"'"'""' '"" '""
not admu a just then; (or if both of us were

„,.,,k.kneed at the start, then ha.l the venture
foiled before we began, and while 1 had bttle
faith of its suecess I determined to make .t ap-
pear as if I was valiant and confident.

(

WCl

sol
mi
fro
att
be

A TU VITOirs ESCAPE.

7i)

if bent
itted to

• l)e the

■ friend-

e would

witliout

CHAPTER IV.

AN INQUISITIVE STUANOER.

David ventured no further remark.

One who did not know hiiu as well as I,
would have said he was disgruntled, if not ab-
solutely angry, at being sent forth on such a
mission ; l)ut I understood that his silence came
from anxiety lest we should fail, and paid no
attention to what in another lad would have
been ill humor.

It was useless for me to try to form any plan
of action in the limited space of time at our dis-
posal, and after gazing about me in vain for
teu minutes or more I said, speaking to myself,
aud not aware that I had raised my voice :

" \Ve will buy hooks and lines and appear to
be fishing along the bank, working up-stream

,t>

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

until, if fortune favors us, we are so far out of
the city tliat it may be possible to pull across
without attracting the attention of the senti-
nels."

It was when David made reply to this that
1 realized I had given words to my thoughts.

" Mayhap it is as well to st-art in that way as
another, and while it seems impossible w^e
should be allowed to leave, there is a cha-i.-e
the very boldness of the plan will carry it

through."

•'It gives me heart to hear you speak like
that, lad, for it is your old self, and but for the
fact of what lays behind all this, neither of us
would be so timorous. If your Uncle Jacob
liad [>roposed that we iiiake our way to West
Point to learn what news might l)e about the
camp, we, understanding that no one was in
peril if we failed, should have set about the
task without thought of danger."

" Verv true, and if the redcoats stopped us

-■Si

A TRAITOK'S ESCAPE.

r out of
1 ac'i'oss
le senti-

his that

iglits.

; way as
ble we
X char. .'6
carry it

it would be a trifling matter ; whereas now if
Ave are dehiyed it means, perhaps, the undoing
of all the pli)t in behalf of which the sergeant
has ventured his liberty and his life."

" Let us forget all that for the time, and have
only in mind the desire to leav^e New York.
I know of a shoj) hai'd by where we can buy
lines, and while I am there you shall go ahead to
ac(juaiut Master Taylor with the fact that we
desire his skiff. Get some bait, also; for we
must play the part of fishermen whether ^e
expect to catch anything or not."

There was a cheery expression on David's
face as he left me, and it liad not disapjieared
when I met him again at the water's edge half
an hour later.

I had bought the lines and hooks ; he had
seen Master Taylor and gotten a dozen clams,
wherefore we Avere equipped for the under-
taking, and it only remained to embaik.

Wc were at the foot of Stone Street.

8'^

A TRAITOirS ESCAPE.

i.-

A short (liatmice away were two redcoats
comiug toward the water in a leisurely fashit.n,
and as if bent on pleasure rather than business.

Anchored in the river less than half u musket-
shot off was oue of the king's ships, and in mid-
stream, as if having come from the dii-ection of
the fort, was an eight-oared barge, in the stern-
sheets of which sat an othcer wearing -■ cocked
hat, and so profusely decorated with gold braid
that there came into my mind thoughts of the
golden calf which had been set up to be wor-

shiped.

Without seeming to look at these things we
saw them all, David and I ; but did our best
to appear indifferent, as if they could in no
possible way concern us.

At the time it seemed to me as if I played
ray part well ; but I now remember how my
knees trembled when I stepped on board the
skiff, and it did not increase my courage to see
David fumbling nervously in the attempt to

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

8:?

'eclcciits
fashion,
usiiiess,
musket-
l iiimid-
ction of
le stern-
■ cocked
lid braid
s of the
be wor-

n\ms we
our best
Id iu no

I played
how my
(oaid the
cje to see
tempt to

break opeu oueof the clams, that we might bait
our hooks.

If the truth need be told we were both
frightened, although there was nothing near
about to cause alarm.

We gained in courage, however, or at least
I can say as much for m}self, ^vhen, entering
the skiff, we pushed off without seemingl}' at-
tracting the attention of any one.

Had there nevji' been any uprising against
the king, we could not have had less difficulty
in setting out on this voyage ; but I well knew
it was one thing to push out into the stream a
shoi't distance as if to fish, and another to con-
tinue straight on up the river.

However, our faces were set in that direc-
tion, and we should go on until forcibly
stopped ; but not at a pace which would show
we were bent on getting to any particular point
within a certain time.

We moved leisurely, I working the oars with

A TUAITOUS ESCAPK.

a trifle more tliaii sufficient force to Htem the
current, and David pretending to fish, l)ut milk-
ing a very poor fist of it, as an> one might say
who was close at hand, for he trembled so vio-
lently that his line danced up and down in the
water as if he was churning.

Inch by inch we crept up the stream, keep-
ing close watch, as can u '11 be imagined, upon
all within sight ; but yet no one gave heed to
our movements.

My timorousness vanished gradually; David
ceased to tremble, and when we were abreast
of Partition Street, 1 could not refrain from
saying to the lad :

'' We feared pain before being hurt. It
seemed certain we should not be allowed to
embark, and yet here we are started on the
voyage without hindrance. '

"Yes, w^e have started," David replied doubt-
fully ; "but yet it is almost a stretch of the
imairiuation to say so much as that. AVe are

loit(

to ll

f(jre

OUg

stro

11-

mi.

n, ke('[)-
d, 111)011
heeil to

; David

abreast

aiu from

lurt. It
owed to
[ ou the

d doubt-

li of the

AVe are

A THAITOIVH ESCAPE.

loitering about hen- in tlie boat, and It remains
to be seen how far we may row up-stream be-
fore some one hails us."

"We niiiy as well maki; the venture thor-
oughly." ' ., giving more strength to my
stroke, and the skill' glided owv the water with
reasonable ra})idity; but yet no one hailed us.

"The n<?xt time it is necessary foi' us to visit
the American camp, instead of hanging around
the water-front after midnight for a chance to
slip off in the darkness, I shall set forth in the
same bold fashion we have done this day."

David made no reply.

lie was ever one who insisted on strong
proof before being confident of anything, and J
understood that he was waiting until we should
have pushed on past the city before giving way
to joy.

"When we were abreast of Bai'kly Street, I
suddenly bethought myself that we would
stand in sore need of food if it became neces-

nr,

A TUAlTOtriH F,S( APE.

}

H)iry to row tlic nkift nil tlic way to I)(,bi»'s
Ferrv, and niiidc the HUi^'OHtioii to David that
h«' fro ashoiT to I my, at a slii>i» which 1 knew
was hanl by the watfi'-IVoiit, such as would
serve us for at least one lueal.

He objected to iiiakinuj any lialt lest by lay-
iiiijf in stores we sliouM brini,' sus^iicions upon
ourselves; but T lau,i,died at his fears, declaring
that the redcoats were not grown so alarmed
as to fall into a [)anic when two lads purchased
enough of provisions to supply themselves with
a supper, and by ridicule persuaded him to do
as I wished.

Once ashore he bought such food as would
have made three substantial meals for us, prob-
ably argr.ing that he might as well be hanged
for a sheep as a hunb, and when we j)uslied off
the second time without o])positi n, both of
us were confident we would accomplish our
purpose without diitieidty or danger.

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of the towu, being opposite the rope-walk, and
at that moment, when all danger seemed to
liave been passed, we were both startled by
hearing our names called loudly from the
shore :

For a full minute I gazed aromid me in sur-
prise and feai-, and then saw, standing half
hidden behind some bales of hemp, Ben Stork,
a brother to that Jethro wiiom we had met
in the barracks of the American Deserters'
Legion.

"We must get rid of him in short order,"
David said in a half whisper.

" Ay ; but how may that be done ? The
young Tory has hailed us for a purpose ; and
should we not reply might raise an alarm that
we were fleeing from the city."

Then Ben Stork cried out once more, coming
a few paces nearer the water's edge, and I, as
if having seen him for the first time, replied by
asking what he desired.

A TUAITOH'S ESCAPE.

" ANHiere are you lads bouiKl ?"

<' Fishing, as yoii can see."

" Take me aboard."

" The skiff is not large eiiougli for three, and
besides, we are not inclined for company,"
David rei)li('d quickly.

Ben Stork knew that we did not look upon
him as a friend, and never courted his company,
thei'efore my comrade's remark could have been
no surprise; yet he treated the matter as though
he was wholly at a h)ss to understand why we
should not desire his companionship.

I had ceased rowing, and was allowing the
])oat to drift with the current, thinking that we
mi«^ht thus get rid of him even tlumgh we were
going backward on the journey, when lie cried :
" If you are really fishing there is no reason
why T could not come aboard. If you're bouiid
on some rel)el business, as, it is said, you have
en^^'ifn'd in more than once, then I understand
why you are not inclined for my company."

■ three, and
company,"

look upon
s ooinpiuiy,
[ have been
r as thouurh
nd Avhy we

lowini' the
ing that we
ff\i we wei'e
3n he cried :
is no reason
;)ii're bound
d, you have
understand
lupany."

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

§9

This was little less than a threat, and I so

understood it.

That we should find ourselves stopped, after
having passed the most dangei'ous points, by a
worthless Tory like Ben Stoik was enough of
vexation to make a fellow gnash his teeth with
raf^e, and David came nigh to doing so.

" The skitt' cannot be increased in size what-
ever business we miiy be bent on," I cried,
thinking to parley with the fellow, for I knew
full well that it was in his heart to do us a
wrong turn when an opportunity came.

" Let me see how many fish you have
caught?" he demanded rather than asked, and
it was in my mind to go on shore and fiog the

Tory villain.

"Since when has it been that we must ac-
count to you for our doings?" I cried angrily,
and David said in a whisper :

"Be careful, Oliver, he has it in his power
now to undo us both." , •

•^

i nUfM l jl i.. ^| i.i ^ i.

gy A TKAITOHS ESCAPE.

"Ami lie will work the harm whether we
give him soft words or harsh."

"Ay; but molasses is better for flies than
vinegar, and by nsing it you may entangle
them meanwhile."

I was at a loss to understand the meaning of
David's remark, and had n.. time to jionder
over it, for at the same instant Ben .Stork cried

threateningly :

" I shall warn the patrol that you are leaving
the city to visit the American lines, and per-
haps by the time they make prisoners of both
you will understand how long since it had been
that YOU must account to me for your doings.
I have had my eye on you two rebels, and
don't intend you shall lemain free to carry
matters with such high hands."

"I will go ashore and flog him," I said, haul-
hicr the boat around, and David whispered, a
smile coming over his face which told me he
had some plan in mind.

A THAIToirs ESCAPE.

hetlicr ^ve

' flies than
y entangle

iieanlng of

to jionder

Stork cried

are leaving
es, and per-
ers of both
it had been
'onr doings,
rebels, and
ee to carry

I said, hanl-

vhispered, a

told me he

"Let ine try the molas.ses th'st, Oliver, and
niayha}) then you will ha\e a better oppor-
tunity for doing the tlogging. Hold yom
peace a\ hile I make talk with the Torv."

I nodded my head without understamlini--
his pur[)ose, and straightway was astonished to
hear him cry to the villainous cur on shore :

"There is no reason why you should set
yourself to w^atch us, Ben Stork, foi- we are not
now doing any nioi'e than we ever have done
against the king; but if it so please you, come
aboard,"

" Now you are knuckling down to that
Tory," I whispered angrily.

" It won't be for long, Oliver, so don't get
your teeth on edge until the proper time
comes ; but pull in toward the shore."

" Where are your fish ?" Ben demanded, now
mystified by David's willingness to take him on
as passenger.

" We haven't got any yet. It is less than

A TlJAIToirs KSCAT'K.

half ail hour siiicf we set out, and the fisli are
not bitiiiLT hereabouts; l.iit we will have better
bu'k further ui) the river. Are you eoiuiii«x
aboanU"

" Vou tliiuk to bliud my eyes by nppearinf4
willing' to liave me for a eoiupauiou after you
liad ouce refused."

"It is better we do so than that you sliouhl
brinn' our tisliin;;- voyage to a eh)se by callini,'
on the Britishers," David said with a laugli.
" It is sehh)ni I have three or four hours to my-
self for such a ))ur[)ose, and I am not miuded
to cut it ^-hort because of your suspicions. To
be frank, Ben Stoi'k, we are not inclined to-
ward y<»u as a com]>anion; but are willing; to
pay the price foi' a s[)ell, and what is more,
yon shall share in the food which we have
brought with us."

I was inwardly raging at wliat seemed worse
than stupidity in David.

Should we take this Tory aboard the voyage

A TUAITOU'S KSCAI'K.

e fisii are
aw better
III eoiniiiix

nppeariiirj
after you

on should
])>' calliiis^
» a laui^li.
ins to my-
>t minded
I'ions. To
ut'lined to
willing to
it is more,
1 we liave

med worse

the voyage

must come to an end })ey()nd a iierad venture,
for how could we <-«.t rid of him, more partic-
ularly if matters were made pleasant as my
comrade su2ff<?sted '{

However, it was too late for me to interfere,
since by this time the boat was at the shore
and Ben Stork had laid hold of the irun-
wale.

lie peered around suspiciously, looking liere
and tliere as if expecting to see that which
would prove W(^ were about to aid the "rebels,"
and David said impatiently :

" We are not mindeil to come ashore that
you may o\eihaul us foi- yoiir own curiosity.
If it so be you think we are on othei- than a
fishing voyag', come with us; else let go your
hold tliere."

"I -svill do that Avhen T jilease," tlie Tory
cried defiantly, and I, unable to conh'ol my
anger any longer, rose to my feet suddenly,
shouting:

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A THAITOU'S KSCAPK.

;l-

" You will (1«» it now, you villain, or I'll
break at least one of the bones in }our wctrtli-
less boily !"

David had hold of me in an instant, literally
forcinir me baek on the thwart as he said to
Ben Stork:

" My comrade is right in being angry when
you would thus i)lay the i)art of customs officer
without authority. If it so be you choose to
come on board, as was tlrst proposed, do so at
once; but attempt to detain us here, and Oliver
shall work his will."

Why David should be eager to take this
fellow as a passenger I could not understand,
and the besvilderment, together with auger,
kept me silent ; my mind w us in such a state
of confusion as jirevented me from noting the
Tory's movements.

He hesitated an instant as if to ]et go his
hold on the boat, and then, most likely enjoy-
ing his fancied advantage, when it seemed as if

A TUAITOUS KSCAJ'K.

in, or ril ,
uir wcti'tli-

it, literally
lie said to

iigry when
onis officer
choose to
'd, do so at
and Oliver

take this
niderstaiid,
,itli auger,
ich a state
noting the

^et go his
ikely enjoy-
eeiued as if

he had the whip-hand (»f ns, he sJK.ved the skiff
off, at the sanie time leaping alxiard.

" I'll go to make certain whether you are tell-
ing the truth or no^."

"That's the jyroper way," I)avi<l replied in a
tone of perfect satisfacti( n, and added to me,
" Pidl heartily, Oliver, for the day is fast wear-
ing away, and we shall have no spoit if you
loiter here."

There was moi'e in his tone than his words
to attract my attention, and straightway I imder-
stood that the lad had in his head some cun-
ningly devised plan which would result in the
confusion of the Tory ; l)ut what it was I could
not so much as cojijectnre, for it seemed to me
we thus lost our last opportunity of leaving the
city on that day.

"You said that there was something on
board to eat," Ben Stoik l>egan Avith the
same friendly manner, and David replied
laughingly :

iKhiTtilMP >ii iiiml*

A TUAITOUS KSCAPK.

" Ay, so tlM'iv is; l)Ut it. isn't to 1)0 toiicliecl
until we arc w licrc w*' <'iin ,t,'«'t some i'lsli."
" llow far iii> tii«' rivor an; you oountiiig du

g(»iugf'

"Hall' a uiilf or more over 'mi tlic otlior
shore tlu' fishing is g(H.(l, and now since ^ve
luwe such an anh-nt Koyalist on board tliero
can l»e no reason why we sh(»uld not venture
that far from the city," David re[died in a voice
HO mild that one woidd have thought he was
speaking to his dearest friend, and s(. thick-
lieadeil was Ben Stork that he did nut suspect
any mischief was intended.

I l)e«'-an to liave an inkling of what my com-
rade wouhl do, and the thought of it was so
satisfactory and amusing that I liad great dilH-
eulty in keeping my face straight as I furthered
liis plans by pulling the best I knew liow uj)-
stream, but coustantly working, ai)parently with-
out purposing to do so, toward the Jersey
shore.

)0 tolK'lu'd
lisli."

)Ulltlllg t)U

tlic otlicr
■ sliu't' we
loanl there
ot venture
1 ill ii voiee
;lit ho was
1 s(t tliiek-
lot suspect

at my coin-
it was so
great diffi-
I furthered
'\v liow up-
rently with-
the Jersey

A THAITolfS KSCAPK. 07

1^'ii's mind was on the I'uod rather than his
own position, and after he had asked several
(juestions eoiieerning it, David appai'eiitly I'e-
It'iited, saying as he hroiight out the pareel :

" A\'e will divide this into fail- jioi'tions so
there may l»e cnoiigli left for supper, because
after llsliing two or three hours oue will need
a lieai'ty meal."

Ben fell-to innocently as any larnh, and I
pulled on the oars as vigorously as was in my
powei' until wt^ w<'i'e well over toward the
Jersey shore, so far above tlit^ town that we no
h)nger had any fear of l)(Mng interrupted.

Tlun it was that for the tirst time Hen Stork
began to realize [terhaps it was not exactly safe
foi' him to venture so fai- from homt^ in a skilf
manned by two "ivln'ls," who had more than
once i)lainly showed they felt no love for
hi.'u.

"See here," he be<'an Idusterinuh, av'.'ii lie
suddenly discovered how far we Avere from

A TRA1T(JU1" T'.SCAPK,

New York, "I sbun't staiul aiiytliing like this,
von know."

"Anything like what?" Davitl asked inno-
cently.

"This ffoinsj: so fjlr away. How do I know
what you fellers are up to ?"

"That is exactly what von came on board
for, as I understand it. You intended to learn
what we weie about, and are in a fair Avay to
gain the information."

" But I don't intend to go so far. I'here is
r.s good fishing ground on the other side as
here."

"But we preferred to try our luck on this
shore. Now let us gather up the food lest
some of it be wasted, and then we'll get the
lines over."

David, who had been sitting aft, stepped on
the thwart occui)ie(l by me and ^\ cut toward
Ben, as if ' xpecting the Tory cur would give
him such of the provisions as remained uneaten.

1 1

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

\g like this,

asked iuuo-

' do I know

e on board
led to learn
fair "way to

r. 'i'liere is
tlier side as

luck on this
lie food lest
•e'll get the

, stepped on
Aent toward
• would give
ned uneaten.

"111 keep what I've got, and you may attend
to turning back. Do you luar me i I'ut the
boat around, for Til nut go any further !"

David stepped past nie, and fearing lest he
mif'ht overset the boat I moved further aft;
but holding myself in readiness for that which
I knew was about to take })lace.

" Now what are you fellows up to ?" Ben
Stork cried in a rage, and probably at that in-
stant the first suspicion crept into his mind that
he had shown himself to be an idiot.

" You had better keep your seat or the boat
will be overturned," David said (piietly. '* It i.s
our purpose to laud on the Jersey shore, and
since you were .so eager to come we shall be
forced to ask that you remain with us for a cer-
tain length of time."

Never did I see a lad's face change so sud-
denly as the Tory's at that moment.

Although slow of wit, he could ii;.i. fail to
understand that we had him within our power,

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100

A TUAITOH'S ESCAPE.

and must luive known we should not liiindlt'
liim too i^tntly; but yet lie tried one more
gjiine at bullying.

"Turn this skift' buck or Til lodge informa-
tion against you at once," he cried. " Vou will
repent having acted the part of spies."

"Try not to lodge inform-.tion ngainst us
until you get on shore, Ben Stork," David said
laughingly, and the Tory showed that Ik^ had
about as iiuich coi.rage in him as has a cornered
rat, for he sprang up suddenly, aiming a blow
full at my comrade's face.

If he had known David Rhinelander :)etter
there would have been no idea in his mind of
taking the lad by surprise, and hardly had he
struck out l)efore my comrade clutched him by
the throat.

There was no reason for me to take part in

the affi'ay.

In fact it was quite necessary I should pay
all my attention to preventing the skiff from

lot liaiidle
one more

(' informa-
" Vou will

ii;aiiist u^
Javid saul
lat lit^ liad
a ('(ti'iierecl
ug a blow

ider )etter
lis luiiul of
[ly had he
led him Ly

ike part in

ihould pay
skiff from

David now had uis Piusoneu so Neahly Choked He was
UWDEB SCBJECTION.—Page 101.

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A TliAITOIlS ESCAPE.

101

being overset, and I Juinped here and there to
counterbahiiu'e the movements of the two who
were struggling in the l)ow, until David had his
prisoner so nearly choked that he was under
subjection.

" Give me somethini; for a <;a2f, Oliver," he
said, "an<l [)ass forward that piece of rope
from the stern. We must truss this fellow
up in such fashion that he can neither
move nor give the alarm, else we are not
safe."

The rope 1 handed him as he desired; but
could see nothinir out of which a miu" misj-ht be
fashioned until I hethought mxsejf of Ben's
own coat, and this we stripped from him in a
twinkling, stufHng a goodly portion of one
sleeve into his mouth, and fastening it there in
proper fashion.

Then I took np the oars, leaving to David
the task of getting the prisoner into the bottom
of the boat where he would not be so readily

102

A TKMTOU'S KS( APK.

seen by those on board passing ciaft, and asked

U8 I l'o^ved :

"N«nv that you liave caught your fish,
David, Avhat do you i-ount on (h.ing Avitli him V

"There is l)ut one course for us, so far as I
can see, Avhidi is to carry him into the Anier-
ican camp. Ibul he been allowed his way we
Hhould yet be in New York, an.l if Major Lee
can't care for this felhnv a few weeks, why
then the time lias c(mie when we must of a
surety enter the American army so soon as xve
have captured the traitor who is lying under
Sir Henry Clinton s wing."

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..?fc.-^.-A-^-|. — - ^^^-.^

11(1 asked

A TKAITOirs ESCAPE.

lot

Mir fisli,

til iiiiii r

far as 1
lie Amer-
s way we
lajoi Lee
■eks, Avliy
must of a
:)on as we
ins uuder

CHAPTER V.

THE PlilSONEU.

The adventure on Avliidi we had eiii barked
l^romised all the danger and difficulty that the
most venturesome could have desired, when it
was first unfolded to us by Sergeant Chainjie ;
but at this moment, while we had a pris(»iijr in
the skiff and were yet many miles from the
American lines, it appeared much as if it was
increasing rapidly in magnitude.

Should we be overhauled by the Britishers
while Ben Stork was on board, our position
Avould be even more perilous than Master
Schuster or the sergeant had counted on, and
even at the moment of our triumph over the
Tory I grew^ timorous again.

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104

A TUMTOUS ESCAPE.

,nj;||j|

Wheti his pliiii was fully oaiTie<l out, an.l the
Koyalist cur lay lu'lpless in the lu.ttoni of the
skiff, David looked at n.e with a certain
expression of pride on his face, which he had
a good right to wear considering how neatly he
trapped the scoundrel ; but as the moments
passed the same thoughts came into his mind
which had alieady found lodgment in mine, and
he began to appear disturbed.

It was to me as if he ha 1 spoken, and T
answered the (juestion I read in his eyes :

« AVe can only trust to chances, David Rhine-
lander, for now are we so far upon the road
which may lead to the gallows that there is no
possibility of turning back."

" I understand that full well," he said impa-
tiently, "and am not so simple as to think we
may retreat even though we were so disposed;
but that which troubles me most just now
is as to what we are to do with this Tory
bundle?"

■^B,

A TUAIToirs KSCAPK

ICo

lit, and the
:()in of the
ii certain
ch he had
r neatly he
3 moments
) his mind
a mine, and

»l<en, and I
eyes :

avid Rhine-
m the road
, there is no

said impa-
:o think we
3o disposed;
;t just now

this Tory

"Tie mnst he t.-ikcn will, „s, rlsr we may
make up our minds f. tast.. of Ijf,. „„ l,„ard
the prison-sliips il' ^^^i venture into \e\v York

again.

"Oiuv tlie journey on foot is begun he will
hinder our movements to 8ueh an extent that
we cannot hope t(. return accoi ding to promise."

"Yet must we hoM him, unless you are of
the mind to diop the cur overlx.ard."

David's face grew pale at the idea of taking
a human life in cold blood, and he answered
quickly :

"That woidd be murder, Oliver Littlefield,
and neither you nor I Avould do it, however
great the stake for which we are playin<r."

"I did not suggest it ; but said it is the only
way by which we can rid ouiselves of him. I
have no question but that :\rajor Lee will see
to it he is not allowed to enter New York for
some time; but he cannot always be held a
prisoner, and we have shut ourselves out from

■i I '* *m

^,„; A THAlTOirS KSCAI'K.

our l.onifs so lon,^ as tlu' IJiitisl.evs ivmain in

nosst'ssioli of Xe\v ^ ol'k,

David was siU'iii wliilo one might have
counted ten, and then cried angrily :

"I couhl ahnost wish \ve had allowed him to
prevent our coming up tlie river !"

"You do not mean all that. AVe had our
duty to pert'ornj, and at such a time have no
ritrht to think of ourselves. It is not well that
^ve speak further on the matter while his ears
are open, lest we make him aciuainted with
our secret. AVhat is done may not be recalled,
and the only course now is to push f(^rward
Avith all speed to carry out the orders given."

Then, as the plainest way of putting an end
to what was a needless conversation, I bent to
the oars once more, rowing as I had never done
before, and keeping the skiff well within the
shadows of the Jersey shore.

David again took up his station in the stern
that the little boat might be in better trim, and

n'Miain m

ed liiiu to

I' had our
L' have no
; well that
le his t'ars
iiited with
)e recalled,
^h forward
's given."
incc au end
I, I bent to
never done
within the

in the stern
er trim, and

A TRAITOUS ESCAPi:.

lot

steere(l with the paddle thai our eoui'r<e might
he the ni^st dii'ect.

lii'U Stoik lay on his haek miheeded hy us,
and the oars wt re plied until I was so sjient
with toil that it seemed as if I eoidd not [tuU
another stroke.

Then David spoke for the first time in half
an hour.

" Let me take your i)laee, )liver. liy spell-
ing each other we can continue to push ahead,
and it should not be long now before the
danger is passed."

" I allow that time has already come, at least
until we set our faces homeward once more."

Then I changed seats with my comrade, and
he worked the oars with even more vigor than
I had done.

Neither of us gave thought to the provisions
with -which we had proposed to refresh our-
selves.

It was as if the presence of our unwilling

lOM

A THAITOirs ESCAl'K.

i',f

passeni,'*'!' Imd taken from us all tlfsirc oi
tlioULrlit, save to ''aiii tlin AuH'riciin liut'8 iil the
t'arlit'Ht port.sll)l«' nioint'iit.

Wlu'ii auotlitT (Hiarter of an hour had passed
I noticed that the prisoner was writhing as if
iu ag<»ny, and instantly came tlie fear that he
might be stifling to deatli because of the gag,
uhich may not have been properly fixed in his
mouth.

" AVe must give him some attention," I said
to David, after explaining what was in my
mind; but he was not disposed to spend time
in aidin<jj Hen Stork.

"If he should stifle his death would be at
our door as surely as if we had thrown him
overboard," I said sharply, and then made my
way forward regardless of the possibility that
by so doing I might overset the light skifif.

It was but the work of a few seconds to take
the coat-sleeve from the cur's mouth, an<l then I
knew he had been very near death.

ihli

A TKAITOUS KSCAPK.

lOD

Wueti lit thti

liiul |>asst'cl
thing as if
Bur that he
of the gag,
lixtMl in his

ion," I said
was in my
spend time

koiild be at
thrown him
n made my
sibility tliat
lit skiff,
jnds to take
i,and then I

He gasped for hreath, his face was of a (hiik
hne, and the eyeljalls protruded from their
sockets.

My e.xchimalion of fear brouglit David to his
senses, and hastily drawing in the oars lie joined
me in the effort to give the Tory relief, although
while thus trying to aid an enemy he cried
nervously:

*' It is destined the Tory villain shall bring
trouble upon us, for even while saving his
worthless life the redcoats may come !"

•' It cannot be helped," I replied recklessly as
I dashed water into the fellow's face. " Almost
anything is better than that a murder be done
by us."

Not until five minutes had passed did Ben
Stork show signs of returning consciousness,
and then David insisted that he should be
dragged further aft, for while two of us were
in the bow it was next to impossible to piopel
the boat.

110

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

"Lay the cur where we can have an eye on
him without changing position.-*," he said, as he
suited the action to liis words. " We must not
loiter here for sucli as lie."

After this had been done David began
rowini? amvin, and I watched the Tory until he
was recovei'ed sufficiently to speak.

" You are bent on killing me I" he cried, and
there was terror in his tones.

" We would do so rather than allow^ you to
interfere with our ])lanH," I answered, minded
t » have him believe we were really blood-
thirsty. " You have taken it upon yourself to
do the king's work and must not grumble if at
times it causes pain or discomfort."

" It woukl be better to set me ashore, than
do murder."

"Of that I am not so certain. However,
there will ])e no murder done so long as you
obey such orders as we may give."

"Why should I do anything of the kind?"

I i

( an eye on
B said, as he
Ye uinst not

•avid began
ory until lie

le cried, and

illow you to
ered, minded
really blood-
Q yourself to
rumble if at

ashore, than

J. However,
long as you

i the kind?"

A THATTOR'S ESCAPR.

he cried angiily, gri)\vn bolder now it appeared
that he was not to be killed ott'-hand.

"Because we are the masters now, and don't
count on your spoiling our plans."

" Set me ashore or I will bring you to the
gallows l)efore this year has come to an end !"
he screamed, and David cried sternly :

" Put the gag back in his mouth. "We can't
have him yelling at this rate, and must take
the chances of his stifling."

This reduced Ben to submission instantly,
and he cried for mercy, promising he would
obey us strictly and to any length, if the torture
was spared him.

" So long as you hold your peace, and do
not attempt to so much as whisper, your mouth
shall be left free," I said, not minded to run
the chance of killing the cur. " If you make
ever so little noise the coat-sleeve will be put
in place again, not to be removed however near
you may be to death."

JJ3 A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

I could see that this decision of mine did not
please David.

He believed our safety demanded that Ben
Stork be rendered powerless for harm of any
kind, and mayhap he was in the right, yet I
had not the heart to inflict needless torture
on a prisoner.

After nearly half an hour more had passed,
during which time not a word was spoken by
either of us, David yielded up the oars to me,
taking ray place in the stern-sheets.

The night was now rapidly approaching, and
with the coming of darkness the danger less-
ened.

lu fact, I believed we no longer had any
reason to fear meeting the Britishers, and counted
that it was now only a question of endurance
until we should gain that portion of the
American lines where it was believed Lee's
Legion was encamped.

The Tory had not so much as yipped from

line did not

;d that Beii
arm of any
right, yet I
ess torture

had passed,

spoken by

oars to me,

oaehing, and
danger less-

rer had any
and connted
>f endtirance
tion of the
lieved Lee's

yipped from

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

the moment T tlu'eatened to replace the gay if
he made the slightest ontcry, and I felt certain
we wonld have no trouble with liini unless we
suddenly came upon a party of redcoats, when
I doul)ted not but that he wouhl use his lungs
to the best possible advantage.

There is no reason why I shouhl set down
here all we speculated U[H)n in our minds, or
spoke of during the houi's wliich followed, for
nothing of moment occurred until we were come
to a point where we could see on the New York
side of the river what both David and I believed
were the camp-fires of our army.

Then we pulled (piickly across; but before
arriving within an hundred yards of the shore
the sentries hailed us.

" We are but just come from New York, and
would have speech with Major Henry Lee !" I
cried, thinking to lose as little time as possible
if it so chanced we were not yet come to the
place where the Legion was encamped.

VC 3 I' '

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

" What have you to do with liim ?" a voice
from out the darkness asked, iuid it angered me
that there shoidd be in the(-outinental Army a
man so stupid as to think a message of auy
nature whatsoever might be bawled from one
to another at such a distance.

" We have Ijusiness of the utmost importance
with him, nnd I Iteseech you to give us speedy
information of his whereabouts."

" Come ashore and let me have a look at you !"
I was about to make a hast}- answer to this
unsoldierly demand, when David raised his hand
to command silence.

His ears, quicker than mine, had heard a
voice reproving the sentry in sharpest tones, and
an instant later some one whom I fancivid was
an officer cried :

" Major Lee is at this point !"
Fortune was most certainly beginning to
smile upon us at last, au<l in sucls hearty fasliion
that I began to doubt if it could be possible we

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A THAITOHS ESCAPE.

115

1 ?" a voice
angered me
ital Army a
age of any
id from one

importance
e us speedy

x)k at you !"
(wer to this
ised his baud

lad heard a

■st tones, and
fauolcd was

)e^inning to
earty fasliiou
i possible we

had blundered upon the very place w,j must
wished to find.

"You may come ashore and state your busi-
ness," th(! same voice cried, impatient because
of my delay in answering.

"Very well, sir/' David replied, and tlien he
pulled toward the shore, for it was his trick
at the oars.

We Avere met at the water's edge })y an
officer and two men, and, motioning for David
to keep his place in tlie boat, [ leaped ashore,
asking to speak i)rivately with him who wore a
sword.

AVhen we had stepped a few paces away
from the privates, I whispered that we had but
just come from New York with a message of
the utmost importance for IMajor Lee, and while
getting away from the city had been forced to
take a Tory 2)risoner.

The officer would have asked for more in-
formation ; but I implored him to lose no time

!|(-:

A TKAlTOliS ESCAPE.

in si^eakiiii? with the major, aiul iiiged tliat that
gentleman be iwniestt'd to come to the Hhore,at
leartt until 1 might make him acfiuainted with
certain matters which should receive attention
before we left the boat.

The officer was not disposed to grant what
was an unusual request, if not downright impu-
dence; but I pleaded earnestly, representing
that David and I had more than once before
risked our lives to bring information within
the lines, until he finally consented, ordering
tlie sentry to keep every one away from our
craft until his return.

The major, who as a matter of course Avas
m(Mnentarily expecting word from Sergeant
Cfliampe, answered the summons hastily on
being informed that certain lads wished to
speak with him, and from the moment of his
arrival all our danger was passed for the time

being.

I had but to whisper in his ear the name of

;ecl that that

the shore, at

uainted with

ive attention

) errant what
mright inipu-
representiug
once before
lation within
tell, ordering
my from our

)f course was
•om Sergeant
19 hastily on
ds wished to
loment of his
for the time

,r the name of

A TRAITORS ESCAPE. jjy

i;he mail wlio IkhI sent us, in ..nler to insure his
attt'iitic.ii, and before opening the matter with
which we had l.ecn cliarged, I begged that Hen
Stork be cairied into i-amp and kept securely
until we could tell our story.

All was done as f desired, and tlien David
and r, freed from the companionsliip of tiie
hated Tory, followed iAIajor Lee to his (piar-
ters, where in a very few moments we had
repeated the message from the sero'eant

As w:is ])tit natural, the mnjor insisted on
our telling him who we were, and I introduced
David and myself by explaining whai. we had
already done to aid the cause, ivferring him to
General Sullivan as to tlie truth of the story.

Tip's appeared to witisfy the gentleman as
to our trustworthiness, and he (piestioned us
closely regarding the sergeant's doings.

After gl.ing him down to the minutest
detail all we had heard or what we ourselves
saw, he was pleased to say :

118

A THAITOK'S ESCAPE.

"You lads Imve taken upon yourselves a
(lanj^'erous task; l.ut I ean promise you rich
reward if it be suecessful.''

« We have not enteiv.l into the l)usiness for
tlie sake of what profit may come out ..I' it,
hut to serve the Continental Army; and now
that lien Stork knows somewhat of our work I
venture to say our necks are in nearly as much
danger as the sergeant's."

" You need have no present fear of him. I
^vill undertake to keep the Tory where he can
do no mischief until this work l.e completed
and your safety is assured."

Then the major would have us repeat again
the plan Avhich the sergeant had proposed to
carry out, and ^hen I had tol.l for the sec<md
time how it ^vas prop;.sed to capture the traitor,

he said :

" You may tell him that I myself w ill be on
the Jersey side of the river with such an escort
as will insure the traitor's being brought into

'fl-^tnT'^OS;"

<p*-

A THAITOH'S KSCAPE.

ITO

e you rich

)iisiness for
e out ol' it,
y ; and now
our work I
rly as much

• of him. I
here hi^ can
e completed

repeat again

proposed to

>r tiie sec(>nd

re the traitor,

If uill be on

nich an escort

brought into

our camp. I sluill wait tlicre for Iiim until
daylight, and if it so cliauce his plan misrai-rics,
he must send word as to when the next attempt
is to be made."

" That would cause a delay of at least three
more days, sir," I ventured to suggest. " Wt.uld
it not be well to say you would coiik; to the
rciKh'/.vous on the next night also, unless word
should 1h' bictught to the contrary meanwhile."

"Ay, lad, that is a happy thought, and we
will so arrange it. You say the sergeant has
been forced to enlist ?"

" He believed the plot would be more certain
of success if he did so, and signed the rolls
yestei'day morning.'"

"AVell, what is done cannot be undone," the
major said after a brief pause. "I do not think
there need be more said between us. You ai-e
to remain in camp until morning, and then
make your wtxy to the city. I will remind you
of the fact, although there is little need lads of

J.,,, A THAITOUS KSCAPE.

your ♦'XlMM-ieuce 8b.>uia ho warned, tluvt the
Hcriicant's name is not to be spoken here."

I nuuU' l)ohl to ask if none of his comrmh's
suspected tlie true state of affairs, and uas tohl
that among all the men none had the slightest
idea but that the sergeant had gone over to the
enemy in good truth.

Mt is of co-.irse to be regretted that so gal-
lant a soldier should be ,lishonored in the eyes
of his comrades even for a brief period," the
niajor said regretfully ; "but if all goes well in
the city the truth can bt made known in a few
hours, and he will have no reason to complain
of his reception when he takes his place in the

Le;nou once more."

I fancied Major Lee wimld be ple.noed if the
interview was brought to a speedy close now
the business was concluded, and that he talked
thus kindly with us through curtesy rather
than from desire, therefore suggested that we
had best take our leave.

A THAITOHS KSCAPH.

r.'i

1, tlmt the
liert'.

is coinradt'H

ul wjis told

lie nliglitcst

()V»'r to tlie

that so gal-
in the eyes
[)erio(l," the
iXoes well in
nvn iu a few
to complain
place in the

[ile.i .ed if the
(ly close now
hat he talked
lurtesy rather
isted that we

To tills he assented l»y calliiii,' a Holdicr to
l)r()vi(|(' lis with qnartcrs (hiriui,' the night, and
soon wc Wert' lying on the straw in a sort of
shed which had lieen put ii[» as a shelter for
the troops at this point.

However sleepy we might he, there was no
opportunity for rest until we had satisfied the
curiosity of the men who were awakened l»y
our entrance, after they learned from him who
conducted us that we had lately arrived from
New York, and it seemed to me before the
qiiestioning was brought to an end that tlie
day must have fully come.

However, we found time for a nap 'twixt
then and morning, and at sunrise were makinir
ready to set our faces homeward.

(leuerous rations were served us, and we
v.-ere }et at breakfast when summoned to Major
Lee's (piarters. .

As was shown, this had been done simply
through courtesy, and as he bade us farewell,

I ,0 A TKAlTolfS HSCAIM;.

j.rniiii^iiiii; tluit l».'lli hnv'hl mid I sIk.iiM Iu'
given a i>liict' in lii-; ti«'oj) \\li"n<'v<r \v»' dc-
(.i,U.(l to »"iit.'i' til.' Jiiiny, I ;isk.-(l (u st-f our
]»iisoii('r, t'Xit1;iiirui,i,' that I >iiiii'ly wanted
to In- certain lu' could not ivadily make ids
t'scajuf.

" With so nuiidi at stake yon may ivst «'asy
that he will not l>e uiveii a cliiiuce to |e;ive Us,'
he sidd with a smile, and at the same lime
ujive oideis that we 1k' taken to wluTc tlie
'I'di'N was contiiie<l.

Ben St«»vk was in a small l.uildini!; wlncli
serve(l iIk' iMirpose of oiiardhouse, haviiiLC I'een
once used, I should uuess, as ji woodshed, and
idthouu'h iheiv wci'c no less than two soldiers
on ^iiai'd. it did not a|)i»eai' t«. .i.e that he was
anv to<» secure.

We made no attempt to speak with the cur;
but after looking- in on him went at once to oui'
iM.at. and when we were rowing down the
river David said que&tiuuiugly :

-lii'iiM lit^

(■!• we (Ic*

(» set' our

y WiUitcd

iiiiikc liin

• rest easy

» Ira\ (' lis,'"

saiiu' time
wlicrc tlie

ini:; wliii'li
aviiii; Ik'cu
ttlslu'd, and
\v(t si)l(lit'i"s
hat lio was

til tlic cur;

(•lice to our

down the

Bk.N SrtHiK w A-i IN A Smai I, Ilrii him; uiik ii si.kvkli 'I'UJi

Pi lil'dSK (II A (ilAKllllOl SK. — l'ili;o 122,

'"^

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

" It is in your uiind that the Tory luuy get
away ?"

"If I was in Lis place I should not stay in
that shanty four-iincl-twenty hours,'"

" So that strict guard be kept I fail to see
how he might give them the slip."

" One v.'ho bent all his eneryies to the task
could accomplish it, of that I feel confident,"
was my leply, and then I fell to speculating
as to what might come to David and me,
if Ben Stork should suddenly appear iu
New York while we were yet eng.-iged iu the
plot.

My comrade had greater faith in the security
of the makeshift for a jail than I and there
was no good reason why I should try to shake
his faith, for under such belief he was content
in mind, and it wa>j better he had no additional
cause for worriment.

As we pulled leisurely down stream, reserv-
ing our strength in case it should suddenly

MaaatiaaMMaie'

A Ti'AlTOU'S ESCAPE.

become necessary to out-row the enemy, we
decided tliut it would be safest to leave the
skiff a mile or more above the ropewalU, and
maUe our way across the country until arriving
at the Boston Road.

Approaching the city from that direction
there would be less reason for suspicion on the
part of those we might meet than if we had
been within the American lines.

We were right secure iu mind, for since
having been halted by Ben Stork fortune had
favored us so giandly that it seemed certain
we should complete this portiim of our task
without mishap, and pulled toward the city as
if briuirin^ a pleasure-trip to a close.

When, at about noon, we were arrived near,
by where it had been proposed to land, and I
was looking around for a fav(jring place in
which to conceal the skiff, we sjnv u boat put
out from the shore as if to meet us.

I was at the oars, and, therefore, could not

A TFtAITOUS KSCAPK.

enemy, we

leave the

lewalk, au<l

til aiTiving

it direction

•ion on the

if we liacl

I, for since
Fortune had
ned certain
>f our task

the city as
>se.
[•rived near,

land, and I

g place in

a boat put

us.

3, could not

see what was ahead without turniuir; but
David warned nie of all he saw.

" Js it a redcoat ?" I asked nervously.

" I cannot say — he wears no coat."

" \\v surely have no need to fear one man,
and " .

David's face paled so suddenly that I ceased
siK'aking and rowing at the same time, while I
stared at him in alarm.

"What has come over you, lad ?" I asked
as he remained silent, tnuch as if haviiii; lost
all j)o\ver over his tongue.

" He who is putting out from the shore
can be none other than Jethro Stork!"

Instantly I pulled the boat around three or
four points, ill the vain hope we might pass
him, and asked in a whisper:

"Has he taken note of us, do you
think?"

"Ay, and is rowing this way. Ben's par-
ents have become alarmed because be did not

A THAITOUS ESCAPE.

ivturn home last niglit, and Jethro is out
searcliing for uim, most likely."

" lie cau liave uo iilea we know auglit con-
cerning the cur."

" I would we were certain of that ! Who
shall say we were not t)bserved when h^ came
on board V

This suggestion was enough to send the cold
chills of fear down my spine, and I turned my
head ever so slightly to look at one who
might prove a more dangerous enemy than
ever Ben could be.

Iiro is out

auglit con-

^Imt ! Who
len li^ came

entl the cold
[ turned my
\t one who
enemy than

A TUAITOKS ESCAPE.

V4lt

CHAPTER Vi

SrsPENSE.

It needed but one glance at this represen-
tative of the Stork family to convince nie lie
had put out from the shore for the sole pur-
pose of intercepting us, and my courage sud-
deidy oozed away at my fingers' ends as I
realized he must have learned somethin<r of our
meeting with Ben the day previous, else he
would not be approaching with such a con-
fident manner.

"AV^e are undone," David said hopelessly,
and I could have echoed the words, but did not,
lest by so doing I should discourage myself.

To continue on down the stream in the hojie
of avoiding Jcthro Stork would be folly, since
he could easily cut us oft', and it would have

%%B

A THAT lOHS ESCAPE.

been a oonfessicn of guilt to have deliberately
run away, therefore it only remained for us to
meet him with as good grace as posnible, which
was much the same as none at all.

- Whirh of you lads is called Oliver Little-
field <" young Stork asked while he was yet
ado.en yards or ,nore away, and 1 determined
to put a brave face on the matter, however
cowardly 1 might b« at l.»eart, as I replied :

"I am he."

'' AVhere did you leave Benjamin r
For an instant 1 was tempted to deny having
seen his brother, and then, luckily, came the
thou.dit that since he kr.ew my name so well
it must be he had gotten definite information
concerning our movements of yesterday, and I
made answer without apparent delay :
" Up the river a short distance."
« AVhy did he not remain with you ?"
« Because we wouldn't sail the boat to please
him, I suppose."

deliberately
ed for us to
sHible, which

Oliver Little-
he was yet
I determined
tei', however
replied :

m r

o deny having
aly, came the
name so well
te information
sterday, and I
elay :

you?"
5 boat to please

A TIJAITOR'S ESCAPE.

130

"Do yon know lie liasn't returned at his
home r

By this time .[(-thro was jilonj^^side, and I
forced myself (o h.ok surpiised as 1 re])eated :

"Not returned himie !"

" Know yon aught of liim since yesterdav V
and young St(Ji-k looked me sharply in the
face.

"I know he wislied to join us in a fisliing
excursion; but sli(»rtly after we started from
the ropewalk he insisted on l)eing put ashore."

Ilius far I liad answered l>i.s (juestions
without telling that wiiicli was false, aJthoufdi
I nuist confess to iiave acted the lie; but it
was necessary if we would save our own lives,
or so it seemed to meat the moment, and I was
prepared to go even to greater length than I had
done.

Fortunately, however, Jetliro Stoi-k took it
into his head to bully us, not as I now think
because he had any idea we were keeping

^30 A TUAITOUS KSCAPE.

,,,,,. overrule those .-.akev than hunself
.Be careful what khul <.f a story you tell

V na.. T am in a volition t.. make mattern

me, because I am m "■ i , . „

.nfortable if \on attempt to deceive,

verv \uu'«>mtou.u)if 'i .> >■ . , . » n

w-,th a swac-er, mul I looked hmi f nil

mtheeye«itboutin.l,vii'S-

Silence U-..H the l.«t ccurs- at tl>i» t.n.e.
..Why aw v«"temi.t my l.n.tl."t„ embark

„„tl,iHCvaftrl,ec.,Wfuri,H,slv,a,„lI.n,l.«l,
speaking earnestly uo« because ,t xva. the

absolute tnitb: , , u ,i„

..It.asu.,tiumyn™Ul..atbeshouiado

,o DavM ana I botb were .,in«««> '" ''"^-"'S
,. „,, bo-ml>."»i™llaeraft;bntl.e
a pasaengei- on bo.u(i

insistea, declaring he uonUl g,ve not.ce that .e
tea left the city to enter the Amencan hues,
Less.veaiaashe.lesi,.ea. Thevefovc, ■■„ he
,hao lose a„ opportunity tov fi«hing;ve took

,,•„„„„, ana it waa^vUhvos>t.ve.■el.ef I sa«.
him go ashore."

A TUAITOU'S ESCAPE.

l:!l

lis <lisp(>sUiou
n hiinHeU.
^tory you tell
muke mattevH
pt to deceive "
ooked him full

this time,
ther to embiirk
y,uiul I replied,
ise it was the

it he should do
,posed to having
1 iKMaft; but he
,ve notice that we
e American lines,
Therefore, rather
' fishing, we took
iitive relief I saw.

"Rut where is he now?" Jethro persisted,
losiii!^, liowever, some of liis swiiuger.

" Tliat lie can best tt'll. We ha I no further
concern regai'dim.'- Iiini after he left us."

" How far up the river have you been ?"

"Perhaps two miles."

" Where di'l you sleep last night?"

" In j; liut by the riverside."

" And you have neitlier ^een nor heai'd any-
thing of IJenjamin since you started (low n the
liver ?"

"No," I rei)lied, decidedly, n<'t thinking it
necessary to state that just before .setting out
we had seen the villainous Tory.

Young Stork had his hand on the gunwale
of our boat, and after this last reply of mine
remained silent two or three minutes as if
revolving some [)lan in his mind, thus causing
us much mental anxiety.

I do d)ted not but that he was deliberatintr
whether it would be well to caiTy us before a

A TUAl'l'lllls VM.Wy.

„,.Wvat.. "" tlu. vharp. "f b..in,M'om.-n,..a in

hfabrntber", ,li«M>|H«nu„-.., wl.i.l, «.,„1,1 Imv.
been almost «» l>.ul .« t.. huve uc.us,,l u» uf

1 '.l,,,,..! not att,.nn>t to l..>vo hm, l.st l.«
sl,„nM nnaovslana how <..«■■.■ «.■ wo.v lo p.tt
,.,„„„,,.,,„. sat tl>..v hnvanlly ,,nak-n« as

,.,„k.,l l,un full i" the foe.., nntil he linally sa,.l

threateningly: ^,.

" I shall know where to fnul yon, Olnov
Littletiel.1, in ease Benjan.iu .loes not retnn.

home this ilay."

"An.1 in ease he <loe» not, Innv are we

to he held resi«.nsil.!e? He was nevev a

Wen.1 of ours, an,l sinee it nn.st have been

that s«n.e one saw him take im-age w.th

„s, the sa,ne person ean tell yon how^ nn-

willing we were to make him one of the

It wa8 evident from the expression on Stork s
fece that be was already aware of such fact, and

A THAITOirs ESCAI'i:.

j;};;

oni't'i'tiod ill
would l»!lVt'
;t'USi'(l lis of

him It'st he
wei't' Id [>i»i't
(j\i:ikin,^ as I
w final ly sai-l

you, Oliver
-s uot return

how aro we

\\:is never a

ust have been

passage \vith

you how un-

m one of the

ssion on Storlv's
3f such fact, and

instead of oontiiminii liis tlireats h<' asked
slijir])ly, lookiiii^Mowai'd David:

" What is the name of your eomrade?"

Hel'oi'e I could reply my (•ompjuii(»n answered
readily as an innoeent lad should:

"David Khinelander."

Then the hully IooscuimI his l.old on our
skill", and it e()uld plainly he seen that he
was pei'plexed.

I rowed leisurely away fj'oiu y«>un<,' Stork,
not darinj,' to hend all my Htreni--th to the oars
lest lie shoidd ,i,M'o\v suspicious, ami it was with
a sense of deepest reliel' that I saw him head
his boat up the river.

Not until we Avere separated })y a £,'i"eat
stretch of water did either of us two speak, and
then l)a\ id said qrindy :

" We are like to come to grief through these
promising members of the Stork family, since
if one does not ajjpear to charge us with carry-
ing him into the Continental camp a pi'istiiier,

tlM. otluT will accuse us of luiviug .Ume no.ue

luxlilv injiiry."

u'piu. »l!iv H rari'lly ni>i»roaclnn- xvlu-n our
„„tl,.,s will u,-. tl.at w. enlist, i.ist.aa of
„l>j...tin.; to our .loin, s..," I K.i.1 with a lan<,U
J,, ^^,,,-,,, tlnMv was no mirth, for it se.Mm.1 that

^v. wm. l..'in- Hocon.iKvssea arounaUy ene.mes
,, ,o render it innmssible we ocuUl aid the

Hergeant in his plot.

This smne thought was in DaviU's nund
ftUo, for he Haicl half to himself:

"To-morrow night is the time fixed for the

♦'- ^v■nl•^ -md it is well the hour be ho
sen'eant s woiK, iuui i^ ^

near at hand."

i' Whether the attempt is a success or a fail-
ure we had best not be found in the city ou
the' moruing of the 0th of November, and in
that ease it is necessary we make our arrange-
„,ents for departure at once, since there is like
to be little time to-morrow for our own
luatters."

i(r \\\\vi\ our

nth II li>»>,<;li

HtTiiu'il that

(I hy eiieiuies

oiihl aul the

)avul's miiul

fixed for the
le hour be so

iccess or a fail-
in the city ou
't'inber, ami in
e our arrange-
}e there is like
for our own

A THAITOUS KscaIM:.

i;i.")

Til ivivWuiT (,v..r whi.t I liMv.- just ,s,.f .|..\vii it
.'ipp.'ars much as if | l.ad uttrrly failr.l in thus

tryiiii,^ t(. (lesurih. r |.ositi(.ii. altliuni-h pt-r-

haj.s if is (.f litth' (•..iis('(|ii('iic.', since in thu
plot conceived l.y the cnininaii(h.i-ill-chief' ,,iir
imits w.Mv so small that tln-y c„nl<I Imve l.een
readily performed l.y almost any one.

However, the situation seemed to iis of
greatest moment, and we gave little heed to
the more important work as ^\e strove to
devise some way out of the tangle into which
we had been pliinyed.

because of tlie coming of Jethro Stork we
hinded further down on the shore than was at
lirst intended, pulling our skiff amid the hushes
hardly a (quarter of a mile al)()ve the roptwalk,
and then set out at full speed across the coun-
try, hoping to gain Master Schuster's ottice
before he should have gone home for the night.
In this last we were hui»pily successful,
although it taxed our powers uf endurance to

'"i\

'' i;iil

..iiil

Wv}

A TUAITORS ESCAPE.

I„tmost,t..v..«tal,aHwasmaaeaswesped

across the if^lmul. , . , • a,^

The sun «us yet halt an lu.ur l..gl> m tl e

,,e,veus when we Feseute,! o,u.eUes to

DavuV. mu-le, an.l leavne,! f.on, the exp.-

,•„„. o„ v. face that he .a» l>y "« »--

nleasea because of ouv ooming.

..Youhaveretuvneafnuuupthenver? h

„,kea iu a whisre,-, motiouiug that we sh.nh
„„ f,„,„ the ofliee into the waveroom towar.1
that covuev, where ouce befove we ha.l been
,o.M.etea fnuu view of any who might enter,
.We a.-e just come back," David maJe reply,

,„a then he would have told of what had be-
fallen u. but that Martev Schuster interrupted

impatiently. . . ,„

-And did you pevtor,. your m,s«on

.Ay, sir," T replie,!, quivering with unpa-
„e„ce because he delayed us in tl,.,- telbng o
„nr story. - Listen to David, Master Mm
l,.r it is important you should hear at once that

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137

,e as Nve sped

liiuh in tlie
ourselves to
1 the expves-
by 110 means

tlie river V he
hat we shoukl
I'erooin toward
> Ave had been
luiiiht enter,
vid made reply,
f what had be-
ster interrupted

mission '.
ring with impa-
ill th'. telling of
IVlaster Schuster,
hear at once that

which he has to tell, and then we will depart,
leaving you to decide on our future course."

I fancy at that moment the Avorthy merchant
regretted most dee[)ly he had ever concerned
himself in this plot to make a piisoner of the
traitoi', for he beti'ayed fear in every movement
and gestiu'e.

David gave no heed to this, however, but
straightway plunged into the story, telling it
with the fewest words, yet at the same time
making plain all the dangers which menaced
us.

If Master Schuster had been troubled before
he was certainly in great distress of mind when
the tale had been concluded, and such evidence
of uneasiness on his part did not tend to render
David and I more coui'aireous.

AVhen the position of affairs was such that
he, who was in little danger as compared with
us, was seriously alarmed, we might well be
excused for displaying the greatest terror.

^3g A TRAITORS El^C APE.

It pleases me, however, to be aUe to say that
timorous although we both were, Master
Schuster couhl never have guessed it from
our faces as we stood before him waiting fo.

his advice.

"It is a most perplexing business," he finally
said " At present 1 can see in it but one
course, which is for you to return to the Ameri-
can lines as soon as may l>e, and there enhst.'

"Of course you mean, sir, after we have done
what we may toward aiding the sergeant in Ins
work r' I ventured to say, and to my great sur-
prise Master Schuster replied impatiently:

"I mean that it is necessary to leave the city
without delay. I can repeat to the sergeant
what you have told me, which will suffice for
Lim. You must take measures for your own

safety." , ^

u That we cann<^t do, sir, until after complet-

i„. the task in which we engaged," 1 said with

,nore of courage in n.y voice than was u. my

! to say that

ji-e, Master

ied it from

waiting fo.

,;' he finally
it but one
() the Ameri-
lere enlist."
we have done
ircceant in his

crreat sur-

atiently :
leave the city
the sergeant
nil suffice for
for your own

after couiplet-
1," 1 said with
iian \vj\s in my

A TRATTOFrS ESCAPK.

heart, yet at tlie same time was I <letennine(l
to carry out the work regardless <.f the liazard
to oui'selves.

"^'ou can be of little assistance if Jethro
Stork lodges mformation against you, as doubt-
less he will."

"But the time is set for to-morrow night,
and he can hardly accomplish very much
toward our undoing 'twixt now and then,"
David added.

Master Schuster suddenly looked around him
as if fearing some enemy was about to appear
and work harm; but seeing none he turned
again to us as if we had offended seriously.

" You shall go your own \vi\y, and get out of
the difficulty as best you can, if my advice be
not heeded."

" No, sir," I ventured to remonstrate. " You
are boundeu to aid us so far as you may, since
we embarked in the adventure through your
counsel."

litti

'<S

j^„ A TUAITOn'S ESCAPE.

.Anabowoanlremlevaia «to you aVB

(letevmiiieil to go youv o«n way ?"

"That may be -lone, sir, l.y ao,,uaint,uK our
.mothers uith the f«U reasou. wl.y - must
enlist, fov I qnestiou whether we woul.l 1« sate
i„ visitiug our l,ou.,« this uight. H you are
pi, W. to .10 that, sir, we will take care of the

rest so far as we may."

I believe the worthy merchant was greatly
relieved at learning that we <leman.le,l no more
of him, for he readily promised to do as I had

renuested, agreeing to visit our mothers w.thm

the liouv. .

But he offered neither money nor adv.ce
.vben we took ot.r leave of him to go in search

of Sergeant Champe.

uUncleJacobis credited with having much

love for the cause," David said grimly when we
,vere out of the merchant's office, walk.ng
toward Broad Way, "l.ut I .l"-'""" '/
to love for self be not far greater. He .s

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141

!U you ave

ijvintin^ our
y we must
ouUl be safe
\i YOU are
; care of tlie

was greatly

idetl uo more

do as I Imil

)thers Nvitliiu

y nor advice
in search

)gO

having much
rimly when we
office, walking
I question if
rreater. He is

ready to serve the American people when he
may do yo Avithout fear of injui-ing Jacol)
Schuster either in a private or a business
way."

It was not seemly for me to say anything in
disparagement of my comrades uncle, althougli
his was the right to do so, if he pleased, and I
held my peace, turning (^ver in mind meanwhile
such plans as could be devised on the moment
for our o^vu safety \vhile we cairied out our
portion of the plot.

AVhen we were come near the ruins of Trinity
Church I saw the sergeant, who I had uo
doubt was abroad with the hope of meeting us,
and instantly he turned into the churchyard
Avhei-e we had once before conversed in safety,
1 knew we ^vere observed.

"Now we shall speedily settle this portion
of our work, and mayhap have time for attend-
ing to our own mattens," I said to David in as
cheery a tone as I could muster, and he, not to

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

be outdoue by my pretei.se <>f carelesHuess,

replied with a laugh .

'' We shall be cared for in some fashion or
other before many hours have passed."

Then we were near to the sergeant, who
gazed at us with earnest in.iuiry in his eyes.

MVe have carried your message, and bring
the reply that all will l>e do.ie as you re(iuest.
At the same time we took it upon oui^elves to
say that if the adventure failed to-morrow night,
your friends should be at the rendezvous the
next evening, unless in the meantime other
word had been sent them."

" It was well thought of, although I feaa-
much that if it miscarries this time we shall
have little opportunity of making a second
attempt, fov the American T.egion is under
orders to begin the southern campaign without

loss of time."

" Do you mean that Arnold is like to leave
the city soon ?" 1 cried incautiously loud, and

carelessness,

e fashion or

ed."

sergeant, who
11 his eyes,
[re, and bring
you re(iuest.
I t)ui'8elves to
morrow night,
:»n(le/.vous the
^autinie other

though I feai-
time ^ve sliall
sing a second
'gion is under
ni)aign without

is like to leave
iously loud, and

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

143

the sergeant silenced me with a gesture as he
replied :

" Ay, lad, as soon as may ))e, so it is said in
the barracks; but we will not look further
ahead than tomorrow night. Have you other
news to tell me ? If not, we had best separate
to meet again in this place two houis after sui;.
set to-mori'ow."

" All that we have of information concerns
ourselves, and because we repeat it now do not
think that either of us is of the mind to turn
back from the work agreed upon. It is well
you should know how we aie threatened, since
it may cause some change in your own
plans."

Then I told him the story of the jouiney up
the river, and of the meeting with Jethro Stork,
whereat he was instantly plunged into deep
thought, not after the same fashion as Master
Schuster, but with the air of one who racks his
brain to devise how he may l>e of assistance.

?!•

A TIlMTORS ESCAPE.

iiii

.. You mu»t enter tl,e army at once," he finally

saiJ, a,un)avia re,Ue.Uvith a lauglK

„Ay,„ir,tlmtnmcbweknow,n,KUreonl.e
„,,aL.et forth beto,.snn™eontbe.xtaa,
of November. It i, on what we »halUlo .n the

meanwhile that we should have a,lv,ce.

. Master «chn.tev should be able to counsel

von in that matter." , • ^

,.VneleJacob.*«Wbeableto;buthe,snot

wUling. Wehaveiustcome£r„mhi,n,anaeven
UongthebemyreUtlve,Ihavenohe— .n

,,vi, " that he would wash In, hands ot t^^
r,: business it it were possible so cowanlly

bashegrownwith this new danger threatening

•I am not surprised;' Sergeant Chau.pesa,d

1 • If " The worthy merchant has
half to himself. 1"^ ^

„,..er seemed to me like one .ady to ventu,

nu.hintsobeldsi.opertyoM--JS^^^
be injured thereby, yet the keepmg of two lad

fo,.{our.and.twentyh«urs should not havecaused
him great annoyance or distress. '

e," lie finally

;h :

ul are of the

the sixth day

balUlo ill the

I vice.

lie to counsel

but he is not
him, anil even
o hesitation in
hands of the
,e, so cowardly
r threatening."
t Champe said

merchant has
ady to venture
V person might
)iiig of two lads
not have caused

A THAITOUS KSCAPR.

145

Then lie would liuve lis ivpcat to Lim the
conversation wo held uitli the mcrcliaiit, and
when Ave had done so, said witli a confident
air, which lieartened nie wonderfully :

" It is fortunate tliat we liave one other here
of stronger stuff, upon whom we may call. I
told you ill explaining the situation of affairs
that I was recommended to two persons, one of
whom I did not name. It is Master Jialdwin
of Newark with whom I am to have speech
this night, unless it so chance fortune c'oes
against us. It appears to me you lads can do
no better than remain in hiding near about this
ruin until one shall approach who speaks the
word 'Newark.' Such a man you may be
certain is our friend, and he will take it upon
himself to look after your safety until the time
agree<l upon to rendezvous liere. If, howevei-, 1
should fail in meeting him, then may you expect
to see me again this night."
The sergeant did not spend further time in

«3*

116

A TUAITOH'S KSt'APK.

exi,lauatio,,s, but huvri.a away like one bent
,, ,,,,,.•„.. <.ut his own purposes, and mud. «£
the anxiety was instantly ^n.ne froniDavuls
,,i,M ana mi.uOKvaus.ut the heartiness ^v,th

,,l,i,h the Virjxinian had espoused our cause.

.' I wonUl that to-night had been «et for th.«
atten.pt to eapture Ihe traitor," Duvid said
^vhen ^ve were alone. "Imperiled as ue are,
aud about to incur yet greater danger, the
suspense is worse than action."

- Yet it luust be borne, and instead of allow-
in,, ourselves to dwell upon that which can only
tend to make cowardly, let us picture what we
will do after becoming members of the Con-
tinental Army."

"The picture had best be drawn when we
arc concealed from view," David said with a
laugh. "I am not minded to stay here in the
optMi lest the patrol take us ii Hand."

There was no lack of opportunities for con-
cealment, and onc3 we were where it was

1
c
r
n

"'Tl

A TKAIToirs KSiAPE,

ke otie bent
aiul iimoh of
I'roiu DiivuVs
iirtiness with
1 oiir cause.
n bet for th«'
' Diivitl said
>d as Nve uie,
r danger, tlie

stead of allow-
whicli can only
cture wliat we
rs of the Con-

Irawn when we
id said with a
bay here in the
uand."

tunities for con-
wliere it was

P.>a^|l,le lo l.av. a vl.u- of any one who n,i^^d,t
'■'''''•"*'"■'' '■•■'"" ''itl»«'''Mtn.rt ^vv .■onilorted mul
eun.un.^^.,' ouisdves ly .sju-aking of thv future
^^''*'" '''' '■'"• <'"list,.d. nn.l n.v.r allowing the
conversation to v.nturc on any nearer "time
than that.

When we left the skiff in the woods just
above the ropewalk, I ..,^,ffed in n.y pocket ihat
uhich was left of the food Davi.l purchased
the (hiy previous, and now it formed oursupper.
After the meal l,a<l been eaten, and when we
had HpecMlate<l upon our possil.je military
careers until the sul.ject was grown stale, we
relapsed into silence, and it seemed to me the
morning must be eome before any one ap.
proached our hiding-i)lace.

Then it was that, as nearly as could be dis-
tinguished in the faint light of the moon, a
gentleman of middle age, with a long beard,
came toward the ruins, looked about cautiously'
and as if satisfying himself there was no one in'

-^ A TIlAITllU'S r.scM'K.

• • •. . L,. ill,. Hiii"l>' «.m> "Ni'wavk,"
the viciiMlv, x|'"l^'' "" "'"-

.„ffi..!..nn,v 1..U.1 r..r "- 1.. 1 ■ ''•""■

the time ol wai.in, l..'! " *" "" "'"'• "'""■

,.v,.,. ,.f evil n,y,.i- •"-'•••■'• "'"•;"7;''

„„„,, „,,,,„ ,„ ,.o,„,«uva wi.l, .1.,. v..,.,.i.t..>" "e
1„„1 ,,...'iv,.,l rr,m, Mastw S,.l,usl..v.

„..,li.,,>ot.lis,.lay,..-."^."'-'"«"""™"7

,.,„. int,. ,Ung,., -M u,..l that wo .•« th.

aty without att..m,,tin,...,l..whatha,l...o,„.

om. ,.utv, ...t aA,..l if w.. w,.,. v„M .„■ lnn,..-.v.

.. ^V,' u.i.'l.t 1« wanner, sir," I V^M. ''■'•'■

i„„ instinctively that thin wa»o«ewl,..o..ul.l 1.0

.U;e,„h.a ,„..n as a (riencl-, "l.t o„. huu:,-.

,„, ,„.,.,> nu.ve than halt-aM-ease.! by t.at

whieh we brought with u«."

. I, „u . old you Wslmve always, lived IB the

"'.AyHiv, ^ve^verehonllle.■e,"T.n>li"l•
.Tuluitmaybey"»««"te<"l"^™y'"

Miikfiil tliat
111 IMld, wliiit-
1 tli»' iiiaiintM'
,.(.ii\t(l all till!

reception we

'1'.

vume we ^vel•e
it we tU'e tlu'
lit had btH'oiue
„l,l or limi,i,M-y.
1 ri'i)ru'd, tVel-
P who oouUl be
»ut our luiii,!j,vr
'jised by tliat

ays lived iu the

;' T replied,
lead the way to

A Uextlkman wrrii a i.oNd Ukai!)) ( amk row ahdtiik Uli.ns
AND 81'OKi: Till-; wuitu "Nkwakk."— Page 14s,

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE. J49

Orange Street nearaboiit the tanyards on the
Boston Road ?"

" That we can, sir, if it so be your pleasure
to go there."

" Say rather if it be your pleasure, lad, for I
would secure shelter for you with one who may
be relied upon, and who lives on that street. I am
told it is not well for you to venture home."

"So it seems to us, sir; but perad venture
you think we are over-timiu regarding Nvhat
Jethro Stork may do, we are willing t^, make
the venture, for, as you may s.ipjwse, ^ve had
rather be under our mothers' roof than anv
other."

" I think more than like the brother of your
prisener would seek you out 'twixt this an<l
morning, therefore, that you may be simred for
to-morrow night's ;vork, it will be well to
follow me, at as smart a pace as you can set, for
the night is grown late, nnd the gentle.nen of
the patrol are given to much curiosity."

150

TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

CHAPTER Vn.

XJNWELCOME TIDINGS.

althcgU it seemed «aa that one

„,„i„tea wHb all the .feet, u, Kew ^^

. tlvit was of no moment, ana x^

li:aVaytotUeC„,nu.oa,*,.e«et.«U
"V ^'""•'^ ^ „„t ,o muel. to save dw

» ^""'■' ""* TL l-.veleo,,.e favele...

"""^"^"Tth».W,u.,atvo,.out

It was as .{the B" , ^ „,„,ta„tly

from tlie time ot leaMu^

"i^*

laerstand we
. Street, from
I, ill the city,
who lived sc
uglily well ac-
]slew York.
.ent,ana David
Ltletuan, walked
where we took
eh to save dis-
.leoine travelers,
td no patrols out
alert constantly
ruins of Trinity

A T1{AIT()I{S ESCAPE. ];,|

Church until arrived at this Jiouse wliere lie
said liis frieu.l lived, ^ve sjiw ncthiug more dis-
agreeable in the foini of a redeoat than a few
soldiers who were lounging ahout the streets,
evidently Avithout purpose, and had one of us
been Sir Henry Clinton himself we could not
have made our way with less inij)edinient.

Master Baldwin was not so leckless as to
engage us in conversation while we were in the
open air, and we contimied the walk in silence.
Once arrived at the house of which he spoke
we entered without ceremony, and it seemed
much as if our coming had been anticipated.

David and I were introduced to the master
of the premises, whose name was Ledyard, a
brothei', so I have since been told, to that
Ledyai-d who mvned the potteiy nearabout the
Common, and he immediately bade us welcome
as if we had been old friends.

Master Halduin made no hesitation about
asking for supper, and whixe the meal A\a8

I ;■

,,„ A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

Lein- prepared we three were given a room
to ourselves, Master L.dyan\ explaining that
it niiglit be well v e did not remain with the
family lest peradventure some of the neighboi-s,
of whom many were Tories, should enter un-

expeotedly.

Therefore it was that while thus waiting for
the meal we had an opportunity of conversing
upon the matter in hand, and it seemed to me
only natural Master Baldwin should ask for an
account of the doings which had brought us

into s'lch peril.

There was no reason why we should not
explain everything down to the minutest detail,
knowing as we did that the gentleman was
such a friend to the cause that he had been
trusted with the secret of Sergeant Charapes
coming, and surely ^^'e might confide in him our

poor secret.

" Save for the fact that it will cause your
mothers distress of mind, I see no good reason

I a room
ning iiiiit;

with the
neighboi-8,

enter un-

raiting for
conversing
lied to me
ask for an
brought us

should not
utest detail,
tleman was
e had been
it Charape s
e in him our

cause your
rrood reason

A THAITORS ESCAPE. J53

why you lads should l,e downcast," the kindly
gentleman said in an encouraging tone after
our story had been told, "ft is almost certain
the brother of that lad Mhom you made prisoner
will lay charges against you, since Benjamin
Nvas probably last seen in ^our company ; but
the time for the grand plot is so near at hand
that you may safely take part in it, and yet
have ample opportunity to make your escape.
More than that, in case the plot be successful,
then is the way plain for you to join the
American forces.. If it fails, vow up the river
as you did before, and I cannot see why you
should give yourselves any uneasiness concern-
ing the matter, save on behalf of your mothers.
Is Master Jacob Schuster one \vho will speak
the light word at the right time when he goes
to your homes ?"

" Under different circumstances I would say
he might, sir," was my reply; " but no^v he is
grown so timorous, fearing lest the slight share

,., A TUAITOUS ESCAPE.

he has had in the i>lot may prove his unch.in-,
that 1 fear be ^vill set the matter in such liglit
as to make it appear nu.re serious than really is

the case."

-That much at least may be remedie.l, and
at once. If it be yonr pleasure I will go to
your homes this nigbt and do what I may
toward comforting those who are sorrowing
without great cause."

There Avas nothing the gentleman could h-ve
said to give me greater pleasure than this, for
he had so heartened David and me that I knew
his visit would bring cheer to the widows ^vho
were most likely by this time mourning the
loss of their only sons.

I would have been glad could he have set
out at once in order to arrive there before the
night should be well advanced; but we could
iK^ well nsk him to sacrifice his supper in our
behalf, therefore were forced to content our-
selves until the proper time should come,

A TUAITOUS ESCAPE.

1 :>-)

1 un(l«)in[j^,
such light
.11 reuUy is

K'dietl, and
will go to
lat I may
sorrowing

could h"ve
lan this, for
that 1 knew
»vidows Avho
ourniug the

lie have set
e before the
)ut Ave could
ipper in our
content our-
hould come,

altliough it seemed as if tlie women folks in
Master Ledyard's Inmie were wonderfully slow
about their work.

Then it was tliat blaster Baldwin told us
how it chanced he had been concerned in this
plot which was being carried out by Sei-geaiit
Champe.

He had made the acquaintance of Major
Henry Lee at a time wlien it was [lossible for
him to render signal service to the cause,
and thus proved himself a friend of the colo-
nies, therefore the major had first applied to
him, and afterward to David's uncle.

" I am surprised that Master Schuster should
grow so faint-hearted before there is any great
danger, considering the fact that lie eagerly
snatched at the l)ait which w^as offered, and
wdiile I accepted the same terms, it was not
wholly because of the money and property to
be received that 1 agreed to do what might be
within my power."

ft:

ffp^

156

A TUAITOUS KSCAPK.

"Was Uiu'le Jacol) to be paid for aiding
S'rgeant <Jha'nper David asked in surprise,
an- ^ .. ; . diimfvuinded to tliink that the man
wh(' K -■ '"inu'd to 1)e such a frieml to tlie
cause should i . e agreed to take payment for
his services, however arduous they might

be.

" Ay, that he was, hid, for I repeated at
Major Lee's recpiest the same proposition which
was made me, and it is no secret. If the plot
succeeds each of us is to receive one hundred
guineas in lawful coin, five hundred acres of
land, and three negroes — not a small amount
for what service you say should be rendered
without thought of payment."

» It is large, indeed !" David exclaimed, as if
bewildered by the magnitude of the amount.
" One hundred guineas, five hundred acres of
land, and three negroes ! Why, Uncle Jacob
need not have begrudged us the shelter of liis
wareroom a few hours."

i for aiding
ill surprise,
lat the man
rieiul to the
payment for
tliey might

repeated at
)sition which
If the plot
one hundred
red acres of
mall amount
be rendered

claimed, as if
the amount.
Ired acres of
Uncle Jacob
shelter of liis

A TKAITOU'S K.«CAPK. 15-/

" True, lad, true; but Master Jacob Seliuster
is a caivful man, and when learning you had
nin your noses iii(„ difficulty, or that it so
Heemed, he immediately feared harm would
come to him tlirough you. I venture to say at
the moment it was as if ],is Jiouse or his lands
were alieady being taken away from him in the
name of the king because of disloyalty. How-
ever, there is no reason >vhy we should discuss
that now. Doubtless you are well satisfied with
the reward jnomised you?"

"There ^vas no niention of such a thing, sir,"
I said sliarply. «'l question whether we had
been so hot to do the Nvork if jiuythiug had
been promised."

" But your portion was to be \vhat I fancy
lads like you are most eager to iiave— rapid
P"omotion in the army so soon as you shall
have learned the trade of a soldier."

"Who promised such a thing V David asked
sharply.

158

A TUAITOUp escape.

.'Major Lee. 1 leiK-ateainH word, to your

Uncle Jacob." ^^

"But yet he made no mention of it to us.
-PerlmpH lie wanted the Letter to prove your

loyalty.'

'" rerhai>>* he did/' David replied with a curl-
i,,,, lij,, ,„.l I knew there wan in his nnnd
tlii^M^hts concerning Master Schuster like unto
those which I e,>tertained ; l»nt we had no
opportunity just then for conn.a.i.ig notes
because at tlrat moment Master Ledyard
entered the room to say that our supper was

prepared.

Despite the fact that we were in danger ot

losin<^ our liberty, perhaps our lives-despite

the sorrow into which we knew our n.others

^vere plunged because of us, we thoroughly

enjoyed the meal in Master Ledyard's ho.ne.

It was generous in (luantity, cooked nearly as
M-ell as if my mother had superintended it, and
of such variety that to David and me it seemed

s
I

1
1:

tl
d
e:

ids to yoiir

' it tt. lis."

prove your

1 witli a c\irl-
ill his iiiiiul
ster like unto

we litul no
pilling notes,
4er Ledyanl
ir supper was

; in danger of
lives— despite

V our inotliers

,ve tliorouglily

yard's home.

Miked nearly as

intended it, and

id rne it seemed

A TF{AITOHS EsC'APF:,

150

even more of a feast than that which we had
enj<»yed at the sign (.f the Hhiek Horse.

AN'hik' we were busy at the table, and tlie
master of tln^ lioiise kept us in countenance by
seemiii!,' t(. eat also, I am uslianied to confess
that there was linle in my mind save the satis-
faction of tlie present moments, and even at this
date, after having sat at more bountifully spread
but not more hospitable hoards, I look back on
that meal given in charity as one of the mo!>t
l)leasant halfdiours of my life.

AVheii the supper was ended .Abister Baldwin
set forth on his errand of mercy, and David and
I went at once to the chamber which had been
prepared for us, since it ^vas not safe, as we had
before been assui'ed, to remain where the uei<di-
bors might by chance have come upon us.

As lias already been set down, our sleep on
the previous night was not [)rolonged, and
dui'ing six-and-thirty hours we had had such
exercise and passed through sucli experiences as

IfiO

ATlUITOIfB RSI' APE.

iKul futi-n.a us, (...ns(Miiu.ntly w. f.ll asU-ei.
,,,,, ,vl.ih' saying to .n.rs.lvt-H tl.ut xvo wc.ul.l
,„„,i, ,,vuke until MHst.r liaMwi.i shuuM

retiu'u.

ThcMvCiv, not until tin' sun l.ad ris.-n next

,,^oining <rul w« ^^''^'" ••^" ^^'^' .^^'''t^^^'"''" « '^''^''■-'■
in our behalf.

Ah we l.ml sun>ose(l, he found our n.otluM-s
in ^reat grief, lM>th of them in n,y home, where
Miu Uhinelander had eo.ne for symr^^thy in her
trouble, and it was his opinio,, that Master
Schuster acted the part of one wh.. hears evd
tidings, rather than a friend who would search
in hil mind for words of consolation.

I can well fancy how cheered these two grief-
Htricken widows were after Master Baldwin had
set forth the facts in the case, belittling the
danger and enlarging upon the adNantages
which would be ours from enlisting at such a

time.

Certain it is he did not fail to set great .tress

li
t
c\
tl

en
h(
br

fell aslt'»'p
t \v«' \v<»ultl
win h1i(>u1»1

I riHen lu'xt
iniiirH doings

owv inotlicrs
lioiue, wlu'ie
miitliy ii» Ihu-

tlmt MjiHter
li(» lu'iu'rt evil
would seiirch

l)U.

lese twogi'ief-
r Baldwin had
belittling the
le adNantages
;ing at such a

set great atvem

A TUAFTOIJS KSCAPK.

I'll

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""^-"'^'tlH.an..v,nl...M .1.. op,..,,,n.lfi..,s for

ll<>t-f<M.t I'lOIll (liis ,,|,,t u|,i,.|, I,.„l I

I ■ I \> MM (I iiad hcc'ii con-
ceivt'd l,y ,|„. c(.nini;.ii.|..r.iii-H,i,.f.

In Hhort, Mas.,.,. I{,Muin a.ss.nvd us, and I

^"'•'"<"l"estinMastotI..(mtln.f(l„.s(a(,.„nM.t
tlmt In. had l..r. o,.r ...,,1..,. in a .vasonahh'
cl.-.fnl IVanu. of n.in<l, an.l h,. .vp^at.,] (,. ,.s

tl.^.r l>arl in. w<,nls.f..,.i.uasd,vid.du,. should
ii<»t ret.nn h,.n„. hul'mv h'nvlw^ thv vUy.

It can w,.II 1.. i„.aoi,H,, ,..,,, ,„„,,,, ^,_^^^.^^
^'onifc.rtal.h. i,. n.i.Ml David and I u.,,. ,a,,,

'''"•••'•f'^^ this nows, and the futurcMum- looked as
hngJitasit had dark.

It wan decided that we shouMivn.ain in this
place of refuge until after sui.set, Mast^-r IJald-
Avin taking it upon himself to have speech with
Sergeant Chan.pe befo,.- the <]av ^va.s con,., to
an end, wlien we would know if any d^anoe

16S *■ TBAITOR'S ESCAPE.

v,.as to be made in the r-l-ed ordei- of

events. . ,

Tben we were left alone, since even n the
ho«,.of<l«ylightitw,«noteon.i.Wsafefov

us to t,te the chancer of being seen by any of
the neishbovs, and until late in the aftevn.x.n
.ve saw no pevson, save when dinne. was

brought in to us.

Then Master BaUwin aroeawl, and before
le so much as o^enea his .nouth I knew be
broiK^ht unwelcome tidings.

I larea they were eonoerning my mother,
a„a never so much as thought of Jethro or Ben
Stork, for during the l,ast twelve hours .tha,l

Wtomeasit.heyneverhaaaue.—. ^_
.You bring US bad news. Master Bahbvm,
I said .« if nnai,le to wait until it should be h,s

iilcasure to speak.

..You have a keen eye, lad, if you ean read .t

i„ „y face, for there is yet a doubt whether .t
l« bad, although it cannot be good. Ben

jed order of

J even in the
ideied snfe for
eeu by any of
the afternoon
1 dinner was

red, and before
uth I knew he

m^T my mother,
)f Jethro or Ben
ve hours it had
1 an existence,
laster Bahhvin,"
I it should be his

if you can read it

doubt whether it

be good. Ben

A TIlAITOIiS ESCAPE.

1(J3

Stork has escaped from tlie camp near Dobb \s
Ferry."

"Escaped !" I excLaimed in dismay.
"Ay, lad. Last night at about eleven
o'clock it was learned that he had in some
way, whether hy assistance from such of our
people as ai-e traitorously inclined, or some one
on the outside, it is impossible to say, broken
jail, and so cleverly was it done that no trace
could be found of him."

" Then we are undone indeed !" I exclaimed,
overxvhelmed by the information, for once that
Tory cur rea.^L k1 ^Ne^Y York he would lay be-
fore Sir Heniy Clinton all he knew of our
being in communication ^vith the American
Army, and the hue and cry must be raised
immediately afterward.

" I debated some time as to whether it would
be well to tell you this thing, lads," Master
Baldwin said thoughtfully; ''})ut after giving
the matter due reflection I said to myself that

^g^ A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

tliese boys are brave, and a brave mau is best
armed when he kuovvs all that awaits him. I
fail to see how the escape may affect you, since
it has already been agreed upon that you were
to joiu the army this night."

"But we may be taken in custody even as
we leave the house," T interrupted.

"I (luestion if there be any danger of that,
since no one can know where you are, and the
only risk to be run is while crossing the city.
Surely to lads who arc well acquainted here-
abouts that r/iiould be a reasonably simple

matter."

"Bnt one of us must go above the ropewalk
to get the boat, and Jethro Stork may, by
watching, have learned that we landed at that

point."

"The same idea has come into my mind, and
been provided for. Because of the prisoner's
escape the plans for this night are changed
somewhat. I have brought a boat to the foot

a
b
n
Is

man is best
aits him. I
ict you, since
Lat you were

itody even as

mijfer of that,
are, and the
sing tlie city.
;^nainted here-
)nably simple

the ropewalk
"iitork may, by
landed at that

) my mind, and
' the prisoner's
it are changed
oat to the foot

A TRAITORS ESCAPE j^g

Of Crown Street, where she is no^v made fast.
David has simply to get o„ h,.ard and keep her
afloat until our coming. It was proposed for
you to stand guar<I in the alley, wliere several
palings of the fence have been so far detached
that a slight blow will throw them off, while I
was to lay in wait with the se,-geant to seize
the traitor. Now, however, the parts are to be
reversed ; you taking mine and I youi-s."

" Am I to aid in seizing General Arnold ?" I
cried in astonishment.
"Are you afraid?"

" Not of what can come to me ; bnt that I
may not be equal to the task."

"I venture to say you ^^■\U perform it as well
as I. If all goes as we hope, he nu.st be taken
by surprise, and the sergeant should be able to
n^anage th. matter alone, were it necessary.
Now, as ha. just been arrange-l, you two kds
^vdl remain here until ten oVh.ck, when you
are to go to the foot of Ci•o^^•n Street, ^^■here

A TRAlTOirS ESCAPE.
lOb

David is to remain iu the boat, and yon,
Oliver, malce yonr way to the garden in the
,ear of the traitor's h.dgings. At that pon.t
Sergeant Chan.pe may be found. Do you
understand tlie plan fully ?" _

I repeated the brief instructions to make
certain there ^vas no nnstake, and Master Bald-
.vin buttoned his coat around him as if to take

his departure.

" Do you go so soon, sir ?" David asked.

« There are many possibilities to be guard.<l

against, and it is well I be stirring."

.-Before going uill you kindly tell n. ho.

you learned that Be Stoik had made h.s

escape f

-It wa. a simple u.atte.'. I have been m
commuuication .itl, Maj.n- Lee for «ome tm.e,
a„,Hnstnntlyl.e leaded that the rmonevwa.

missing a messenger rtarte.Uor n>y home that
I might bring you the news."
" But you were not there, su\

\V
bt

lia
t]n
oui

. and you,
•den in the
that point
l. Do you

ns to make
Master Bald-
as if to take

d asked.

;«) ])e guard* ■< I

^- tell \h> lio\v
lad made liis

have been in
ior some time,
3 prisoner was
my home that

A TRATTOU'S ESCAPE. ^.^

" True ; my ;vife, ^v},o i.s known to be a good
patriot, received t);e messenger in my stead,
and immediately vi.ited New York as if to sell
olnckens and egg,. Fortunately I met her on
Bo^vling (Jreen, ^vhere she Avas staring about as
if >st,-„ek with admiration of all she saw, and a
fe^^• words sufficed to put me in possession of
the facts. Now, lads, nothing remains for the
success of the plot but tog.anl against a possi-
l'l« failure. Hemain here until the time set ;
*!«> "ot allow yourselves to dwell upon the
disagreeables ^vhich inay happen, for such
thoughts only serve to dispirit you. Say that
Ave shall succeed ; keep your courage up, and
when the hour arrives set forth full in the
belief that w^e shall ferry the arch traitor across
to the Jei-sey side this niffht "

Then the good man took us each by the
i'and, after which he went his way; but <lespite
the advice he had given we could not prevent
ourselves from indulging in gloomy thoughts.

jjg A TKAITOUS ESCAPE.

How we passed the lu.u.^ f.'om the time he
lett m .mtil Master Lclyanl announce,! that
the ch.ck wa» on the point of striking ten, 1 do

not know. ,

My n,ina was in such a whirl that t conh
„Jy „a.,osai.l whether a tuUaay had not

,,ee„ .pent, so wearisomely did the u>oments

''''lt'wasr.l,lesse,l relief to know the time was
., last come when we shouhl be at work, and

we sprang tn our feet j>yously. , , ., ,

Uuri,,. the tedious waiting we had decided
l,ow we^mftht best reach our i»sts of duty,
and this simple plan we hit upon:

We were to make our way from the corner
of Orange St,.et to the Boston Road Then

through the negroes' burying-grouud, aaul from

■ 1 ., tl,e nrner part of Broad Way until
there down the uppei p»' ,., ^

■ we were come to Veseys Street, after which the
,,,,„e would be along the water-froi.t,
leaving David in the boat, I was to make

1
j

a
11

S
\v

the time he
louiiced that
iug teu, 1 tlw

that 1 couUl
day hail not
the momenta

the time was
J at work, and

e had decided
posts of duty,

rem the corner
n Road. Then
ound, and fi'om
;road Way until
, after which the
jr-froiit.
I was to make

A TRAITORS ESCAPE. jgg

my way as best I „,ight to the rendezvous, and
here we were both convinced the greatest peril
threatene<l ; l>„fc it oould „ot be avoided, and
must be met bravely.

It Nvas a gre^vsome tramp through the bury-
ing-gronn<l, and mayhap but for tlie many otlu-r
<lisagreeable matters in our minds, we might
have feared to ventm-e ,unong the graves, for it
Avas said more than one gliost had been seen in
that place.

Terrifying though the spectacle might be I
felt then tJiat we would be safer in the pres-
ence of a disembodied spirit than standing face
to face with Jethro Stork, and in that I believe
David was agreed.

However, we saw nei(:her one nor the other,
and, thanks to the lateness of the hour and the
unfrequented streets through wliich we passed,
we met no person until Ave were on Veseys
Street, when two drunken sailors lurched this
way or that on a course such as I was ccnvinced

,.^ ATUMTOU'S ESCAPE.

uoulcl speeaUy bri.l^ tluMn into the an.i« of the

' On the NV!itei-fr.»nt Nve ^^■ere nemly as fortii-
„,te. At all .v.nts, no person clnvllenged our
,i.ht to be ubroiul, and >ve gained the boat

without mishap.

It was ^vell she should be kept afloat in case
we were pursued after our work was done, or
Ud miscarried, and I aided David in pushing
off fn.m the shore, after which, without one
Hin.de Avord of farewell, for I could not trust
my voice to speak, I left him.

NoNV there was no longer opportunity for me

to skulk around.

I was forced to take my chances, knowing full

well that the Storks, and most likely half a
dozen soldiers, were searching the city for

me.

As I figured it there was little to be gained,
and much risk run, in dodging from one corner
to another in the attempt to avoid passers-by

e anus of the

iuly as fortu-
itilk'iiged our
lied the boat

: afloat in case
: was done, ol-
id ill pusliing
, without one
3uld not trust

artunity for me

es, knowing full
; likely half a
g the city for

Le to be gained,
from one corner
avoid passers-by

A TKAITOUS ESCAPE. Iff

since he who saw me co-nianeuvering niiglit be
certain I was bent on niisc-hief, jind thus I
sh(.uhl find myself in difficulties when none
would liave existed had I gone in a straight-
forward fashion.

Hence it was, after leaving David I walked
boldly through the streets as if I was one of the
kings most loyal subjects'; but it may be set
down for a fat-t, however, that I did not court
companionship, and when I saw two or three
approaching, crossed to tlie other side of the
street, whenever it could he done secretly.

Many times I was forced to pass some citizen,
or a soldier clad in a red coat, and then my
heart literally stood still until I found it difficult
to breathe; but no mishap befell me, and I
gained the alley without having been recog-
nized, however many may have been searching
for me.

At that end of the passage nearest the water
I saw standing in the shadow a dark form, and

i«., A TUAITOUS ESCAPE,

appvoaclm.^ it \M\y wan arrested by Sergeant
Cluiiupe's haiul ou my shuiiUler.

« Yi.u are eouie in good time, lad. Where Ib
your c«)mrade ?"
" In tli(^ l)oat/'

- Tl.en ^ve may a8 well take our station.;'
and the sergeant spoke .i.uetly, as if lu^ had
been engaged i.i some simple d.,/ rather than
that of attempting to steal from beneath the
very eyes of Sir Henry Clinton the traitor who
would have sold his country.

- AVher.> i. Master Baldwin ?" I ventured to

ask.

- Somewhere abroad in the city ; never fear

but that he will be here <m time. Follow me,
and from this moment do no': so much as

speak."

The sergeant led the way up t\ie alley untd
we were co.ne to that portion of the fence where
the palings had been partially removed, and
after t^aking one ofE we crawled through, he

1 by Sergeftut

,d. Where is

our Htations,

as if lu^ li:ul

, • rat her tliau

n beneath the

he traitor who

I ventured to

ity; never fear
e. FoHow me,
:>*: so much as

t\ie alley until
: the fence where
ly removed, and
led through, he

A TI{AITOUS KSC'AI'l'].

173

replacing tlic l)()ar(i onw we were on the other
side.

Ah proof that he iiad nuuh' good use of liis
time, my companion went through tlie tfarden
witli th(f air of ,mio knows exactly the

point he wishes to gain, and forced his way into
the midst of a clufiip of sln'id)s whieh grew
midway from the house to the lower en<l of the
inclosiire.

Here he crouclie'l upon the ground, motion
ing for me to do the same, and then there
was nothing for us l)iit to wait until the rene-
gade should appear, as he had done every night
since arriving in New York.

174

A TllAlTOKS KSCAPE.

CIIArTEll VTTT.

vr.ioiir.

Nkvku, either l)ef.>iv nor since, luive I s^ent
two Hiieh long, fearsome lioui-s as on tluit night
oi the otli ot November when we crouched
amid the shrubbery straining our ears to catch
the lightest souml as we awaited tlie coming of
the arch traitor, and thinking of what would be
our fate if he should succeed in alarming the
guard while we were trying to make him pris-
oner.

Once when I would have whispered to Ser-
geant C'hampe, he pressed his hand over my
mouth in token tliat I must remain silent, nd
as the moments wore on, ])ringing no change in
the situation, it seemed as if I must cry aloud,
so grievous was the tension upon my nerves.

!, have I spent
i on tliat uiglit
1 we orcmdu'd
ir ears to cjiti-h
[ the coming of
^vh:lt wouUl he
n ahinuing the
make him pi'ia-

jinpered to Ser-
liand over my
naiu silent, nd
nf no change in
must cry aloud,
•u my nerves.

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175

Finally we heard footstei»s in the alley just
outside the garden, auil when, from the sound,
we knew tliey had passed and re-passed several
times that portion of the fence where the palings
had been loosened, we understood that Master
Baldwin had begun his portion of the task
which, at that moment, seemed to me could lead
nowhere else than the gallows.

From our hiding-place I could see indistinctly
the windows in the rear of the house, and those
I watched, believing we shoidd see the reflection
of a light when the traitor i-eturned from hob-
no])bing with the Britishers, as it was said he
did nightly, although it was common gossip in
the city that there were many weaiing the
king's uniform who refused to sit at the same
table with one who had sold his honor for gold
and a commission.

I noted the fact that Sergeant Champa also
looked from time to time at the windows, and I
believed he too was watching for the light as

j^g A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

a token that the time for action was nigh at

hand.

Now and then in the distance we heard the
measured tread of men which told that the
patrolwaspasBing; but save for that a most

distressi.ig silence reigned, and I would have

sacrificed nuich of safety could I have broken

that fearsome stillness.

My legs became cramped with remaining in

one position, but only when I could endure the
pain no more did I venture to move ever so
slightly, while as for the sergeant, I question if
he^so nuich as lifted a finger during two of the
longest hours that can well be imagined.

' Although the seconds passed so slowly, I was
surprised almost into an exclamation, when by
the cry of the watch we knew the hour of mid-

ni'dit was at hand.

U had been believed that by this time the
work would be finished, and yet there was

n was nigli at

we heard the

told that tlie

1)1' that a most

[ I would have

I have broken

[h remaining in
onld endure the
move ever so
mt, I question if
LU-insi two of the
imagined.
\ so slowly, I was
matiou, when by
the hour of mid-

by this time the
li yet there was

I -.-.-.

-c^

■■•i«

*ifc

:r.-T-m -:=r

Fkom Ouii IIiDiNci-ri.ACK \vi: tollu ske Tni(uf(;i£ tuk
Windows whkhe tue Tkaitok slei't.— Page 175.

'awg»iiM»;MK^..,, ,p,, ^,-- ^^

A TRAITOIiS ESCAPE, 17;

nothing to betoken tliat the traitor liad returned
to hi.s hxlti^iiiirs.

From the rustlinj,' of thedi-y leaves I helieved
my companion was tremltling violently, and I
.stretched ont my hand to touch him.

He was crying !

I never would have believed so determined
and soldierly a man could give way to tears
liad I not felt them on my hand, and now I un-
derstand it was vexation and disappointment,
rather than grief, which caused such a dis^ilay
of weakness.

When the fiist flush of sui-prise had passed
away I began to realize that he believed some
unlucky chance was to prevent the accomplish-
ment of the design, and regardless of possible
noise I moved four or five paces toward the
house to make certain there were no signs of life
to be seen from the windows.

All was gloom and silence as if I stood
before an uninhabited dwelling.

178

A TRxVITOlVH ESCAPE.

Ketnrninu' to the H.rg..int^s .ido 1 motioned
towanl the lmihli.ig,an.l he shook his heml sadly.
It was much us if he said he no h.uger even
hoped we might be successful.

lie yet remained ni..tionless, nave when now
and then a stifled sol. shook his body, and 1
mentally counted each sixty secondn that I
,„i.|,t have some idea of the passage of tune,
but soon lost my reckoning when I got well
into the thousands. ^

The watch had not yet called the hour of
one when we heard the scuffling of feet on the
alley just outride the garden fer.ce, and Her-
geant Chan.pe understood that Master Baldwm
was trying to attract his attention.

I made no effort toward leaving the hidmg-
place when my companio.i rose cautiously to
his feet, believing 1 was to remain there while
he sm>ke with Master Baldwin, but the pres-
sure of his hand on my arm told that I was

e.xpected to follow.

I motioned
Ills lieml sadly,
o longer even

Lve when now
is body, and 1
econds tliat I
iHsage of time,
len I got well

ed the hour of
; of feet on the
fevice, and Ser-
blaster Baldwin
on.

'inL' the hiding-
se cautiously to
nain there while
in, but the pres-
told that I was

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iro

At tills liciii- of the night there wan litth*
danger of onr attracting the attention of
enenn'rs, save from the building, and we went
toward the fence at a reasonably rapid pace.

Master Baldwin was near the palings, his
face turned toward Broad Way that h., night
not l)e taken by surprise from that direction,
and Sergeant Champe presented himself boldly
at the opening in the fence thi-ough which we
liad entered.

" It is useless to remain here longer to-night,"
he said in a whisper, and Master Baldwin
replied :

"Something has prevented him from returnin<^
home, else he would have been hei-e before this."

" We will hope for better fortune to-morrow
night. The boys must not remain in the city,
and it is for you to see that they have a safe
hiding-place."

" I know of one which will serve their pur-
pose, but it is on the opposite shore."

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A •ni.\lTI>ltS ESCAPE.

t„ Bneuk «itl. ..... >l...U.g the foven,*,,, eve,.

though y.m ...e t".-a t.. c.,.ne to the bu,.'ack«.
We c,«...ot ntfo,a to h.«e a.."the. opiKntumty,
f„r the leg...... » to be »e„t avv..y ve,'y hoou."

Master Buhhvi.. ..o,hl..,l ; the »ergea.,t .hn^^\

my hana w..r...ly "ttv he ea,..e th,o,.gh the
fence, aud the.. «e «-i.a.-,.te,l, he g,.i..g to«a,d
Broad Way, while M>«te.- BuhUviu aud I weut
whe.e David was iu waiting.

I couW well fa..ey how nervous the lad was
by this ti.ue, for the ho..rs must have seen.ed
as long to hi.n as they had to me, and I «.'ged
„,y co,.,panion to his best pace in o.Jer that
David's susi«nse might be the sooner e..ded.

We saw no person on the sfeets. It was as
if „-e walked through a deserted city ; but yet
«.e aa«d ..ot sreak regarding that matter
which was nearest our heaits lest an enemy be
in hiding among the suadows.

David was on the alert, as I knew he would

it, aiul inunage
forenoon, even
o tlie bunucks.
er opiHutuuity,
\f very Ho»>n.
sergeant clasped
ue through the
le going toward
[win and I went

ons the hid was
ust have seemed
me, and I urged
Lce in order that
! sooner ended.
treets. It was as
ted city ; but yet
ding that matter
lest an enemy be

I knew he would

A TUAITOHS ESCAPE. i^i

be even though we had hec.i away four-and-
twenty hours instead of three, and [ could
guess much of what was in his mind when a
dry sob choked his voice as he wouhl Imvo
asked why we came alone.

"There is nothing to be done this night,"
Master lialdwin said, as he stepped into the
I -at and took the oars from the lad's hands,
and until he had rowed a long distance from
the shore neither of us three so much as
whispered.

Tiien I explained to my comrade that the
traitor had failed to come into the garden for
the first time since his airival in the city, and
added in conclusion, to give him lieart :

"He will surely be there to-morrow nio-ht
and so that our purpose is finally accomplished,
M-e can well afford to give him a little more of
our time."

" But what of ourselves ? Close watch will
iloubtless have been set for us by that time."

lH'i

A TJtAITOUS KSCAPK.

"You Hlmll go to an oM liiding-plaoe of
mine, and remain till I erne for you after dark
to-morrow," Master Hal<lu in naid. " I c-an am-
Hwer for your safety there, and wlien you ven-
tun; into the eity aj^'ain it will be so late in the
ni'dit there is little chance of your being recog-
ni/ed, for the Storks cannot remain upon the
streets constantly. We shall sniely succeed in
our work on the secontl attt'm[»t."

"I had prayed it might ho. finished this
nitdit," David said tremulously, and I under-
stood how great had been the strain upon him
as he sat in the boat all that while, starting at
every sound, even as I had done in the garden.
From that moment we held no converse until
after having gained the opposite shore and
hauled the boat up amid the bushes.

" Now keep close at my heels, lads, and I'll
lead you to a hut which might contain more to
make men comfortable; but could not affonl a
safer hiding-place."

(liiig-plaoe of
•(>\i lift*'!' dark
, " I can an-
klu'ii yon veil-

*■'

8() late in tli«'
I' being recog-
lain upon the
t'ly Huoceed in

finished this,

and I under-

•ain upon liini

lile, starting at

in tlie garden.

converse until

lite shoi'e and

jhes.

3, lads, and I'll
ontain more to
lid not at?onl a

"•"^TtiTrf-'^-if rr

"T"I

A TRAIT0F{'8 KSCAPR.

ls;j

Perhaps \\v walked straight hack fioin the
river, as it seemed to nie in the (hirkmss, dur-
ing rearly half an In.ur, and then the journey
was come to an end.

We were arrived at a log Init in the thicket,
huilt as stoutly as a fort, and into this Master
B.ddwin led the way.

As soon as might he a l.hue was kindled in
a fireplace formed of chiy, and grateful indeed
was the warmth, for the night was biting cold,
although until now we had given such fact but
little thought because of our anxiety of min<h

Two benches and a rough tal>le made of
hewn boards comprised all the furnishin«rs •
but we were not distressed because of this.

The knowledge that we were safe from those
whom Jethro or Ben Stork might send in i)ur
suit of us was more gratifying than the great-
est luxuries could possibly have been.

{'Vom a cuimingly-contrived cupboard behind
the fireplace Master Baldwin drew forth some

jo^ A TRAITOU'S ESCAPE.

dried V,eef and «alt fi^h, and from sucl thirst
inspiring M we made a hearty meal as we
talked 'freely conceramg the disappoiutments

of the night.

In less than half an honr from the fme we
arrived all three of us were stretched at full
length on the floor with o,.v feet towarf the
fi,^, and I was hardly more than in th,s pes-
tion befc-e my eyes were elosed in slumber,
„„ly to be opened next morning when Master
Baldwin dhook me by the shoukler.

" The moment has eou.e when I must set
forth for the city," he saia. speaking hurriedly
like one in great haste. "You two are to
remain here without so much as ventunng out
of doora until I return, no matter how long I
„ay be absent. The keg is filled .vith water;
you know where is stored the supply of food,
and it only remains to be patient, otherwise the
hours will seem doubly long."

Then he was gone, and I said to myself that

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185

111 sucli thirst-
,y meal us we
isappointments

n the time we
retched at full
3et toward the
m in this posi-
ed in slumber,
g when Master
der.

len I must set
aking hurriedly
^ou two are to
18 venturing out
itter how long I
iUed with water ;
; supply of food,
therwise the

SUo, -^

id to myself that

if we were to stay there in liiding it would be
wise to speud all the time we could in sleep,
therefore I rolled over with the Lope of finding
a softer spot as I closed my eyes again.

Additional I'epose was denied me, however,
for having once been art)used my mind went
instantly to the work which remained to be
done, and slumber fled very far from my eye-
lids.

"If you can sleep any more you have a
stouter heart than I," David said grimly, as he
arose to his feet and began pacing to and fro.
"The wonder in my mind is how I could
have lost consciousness when we lay down
here."

Then we fell to talking of wiiat had hai>
pened during the past four-and-twenty hours,
he telling me of his fears as he sat in the boat
awaiting our coming and exi)ecting each instant
to hear those sounds which would tell that we
had been discovered and Avere pursued, and I

111

jgQ A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

ae,k.tu,g my sensations as .e cr..u,W a„,ul
the slnubbery in the garden wa,t,ug tor tl,e

cming o£ the traitor.

Dnriug tbis long day ^ve ate .Wnever on

stomachs craved the ove,.alt foo,l ; taltel
„,„,,, „f the v-t, and s^ecdatcd long regard-
•,,,„ the future when we should be members ot

the Continental Arn.y, tor of course «e under-
st.K.d full welHhat we could not return to our

t;i .,ftei- the redcoats had beeo
himies agam until attel tue ieu>.

driven ont of New York.

Itwasnotyetdark when we were startled

bv the sound of footsteps anuoachiug the hut,

.„„, I seiv-ed a billet of firewood with which to

''.V.fend myself, fori fully exacted the enemy

h..d tracked us to this idace, but the ,.oor

„e.n»u was suddenly dropped "l'"". '^'^ **''
openina, Master Baldwin appeared.

One'^glance at his f.ace and I understood that
evil fortune had befallen us.

For the instant I believed Sergeant Champe s

c'n)U<l>etl amid
Aiiitiug for the

i wlipnever our
It food; talked
:ed long regard-
be members oE
ourse we under-
lot return to our
dcoats had beev»

we were startled
Toaching the hut,
,od with which to
leeted the enemy

^ce, but the poor
h\ when, the door
reared.
I understood that

Sergeant Champe's

I SEIZED A Billet ok FiiiEwooo with wmcii to Defend
MysELF.— I'age 166.

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

187

purpose had been discovered, and he put under
arrest, which caused me to cry :

" How could they have suspected hira ?"
" Suspected whom, my lad ?" Master Baldwin
asked in a tone of exceeding sadness.

"The sergeant. Is he in prison ?"

"No; but there is no longer any hope we
can make a prisoner of the traitor."

"What?" David and I cried in concert.

"The time for the legion of deserters to
embark was nearer at hand than we supposed.
It is possible something has occurred in the
south to render it necessary that exceedingly
honorable body of men be sent forward at once,
or that Arnold fears they may desert again if
he allows them to remain too long in the city."

" Are they to leave soon ?" I cried, impatient
because Master Baldwin was so long in telling
Avhat should have been a short story.

" Arnold did not return to his quarters last
uiffht because he slept on board the transport

^gg A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

^vhic■li is to carry the legion southwarcl, and he
will ..ot lodge there again for many morths, if

ever.'

"But Sergeant Champef I cried yet «r.ore

inniatiently.

.. I went to seek bim this morning after learn-
i„„ what was being done. His orders were that
I Resent myself at the barracks, if Hailed to

,ee him on the street, and there I went. Ihe
se.«eant was among those sent aboard the
transix-rt shortly before sunrise this mormng.

. Why, there is danger he may be obliged to
sail with them !" I cried in horror, as I pictm«l
to myself one who loved the cause forced to
take his place in the ranks of the Britishers.

..J/«y be obliged! Lads, he has already
gone < 'The transport sailed at one o'clock this
afternoon, and the Virginian must now serve
the king, or acknowledge that which cannot fail
ot taking him directly to the gallows."

There was so much of evil fortune in Master

-k

thwaiil, and he
aany raorths, if

cried yet ir.ore

ruing after learn-
orders were that
;k8, if I failed to
re I went. The
jent aboard the
e this morning."
nay be obliged to
rror, a8 I pictured
3 cause forced to
the Britishers.
}, he has already
at one o'clock this
1 must now serve
it which cannot fail
I gallows."
, fortune in Master

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A TRAITOnS ESCAPE.

Baldwin's disconnected story tliat some mo-
nients elapsed before I could fully understand
all which had come upon us, and then I saw the
picture.

The traitor escaped from js, who could have
trapped him so readily, hy the merest chance,
and the brave youth f lom Virginia, weaiing the
uniform he hated, receiving orders from that
man above all others in these united colonies to
be most despised J

It was indeed a sorry ending to the adventure,
and for the moment I believed fate \vould have
been more kindly to the gallant sergeant had
it brought him speedy death.

Mastc • Baldwin was not disposed to give
us overmuch time in which to dwell upon the
matter, however.

" You lads are, of all those connected with the
plot, in the greatest danger, although I can
understand full well how desperate is the ser-
geant's position. The boy you took prisoner

190

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

1^1

has returned to the city ; his story, added to and
embellished until you would hardly recognize it,
is in the mouths of all the go.ssii>H, and a reward
of five pounds is ottered for the capture of each.
I doubt not but that this side of the river will
speedily be searched, for the promise of ten
pounds will make of many a man who has pro-
fessed to love the cause, a loyal subject to his
majesty, and you must be on your way toward
our lines within an hour."

"Did you see Master Schuster?" I asked,
failing for the moment to realize fully the
danger which menaced us.

"Ay; but he was too much alarmed to
venture on speech with me. Never before have
1 seen a man so thoroughly frightened, and I
dare wager he would deny ever having seen
either of us three, if the question was put to him
by one wearing a red coat."

" I suppose his cowardice is so great that he
will not so much as vhink of going to my mother,"

'E.

ry, milled to ami
itUy recognize it,
l)H,au(l a reward

capture of each.
of the river will

promise of ten
lan ^^llo has pro-
il subject to his
our way toward

lister?" I asked,
realize fully the

riuch alarmed to
Never before have
fnghtened, and I
ever having seen
on was put to him

8 so great that he
ing to my mother,"

A TIJAITOirS ESCAPE.

101

David said bitterly, and his eyes grew ni(.ist as lie
understood that there was no longer tlie slightest
chance he could see his hest friend until after
ni.iny months— perhaps yeais— had passed.

"The same thought was in my mind, and I
went to your homes that there might be no
more anxiety in that (piarter than is absolutely
necessary. l^)th the good women believe your
escape is the same as accomplished, and I will an-
swer for it their hearts are not so heavy as yours."
"The sadness in my heart is not wholly be-
cause I must flee," I replied quickly. "It
grieves me that the plot has failed signally;
but most of all because Sergeant Champe is in
such sore straits."

" It is best to think of nothing save what
lays before you," Master Baldwin said kindly,
and then he began explaining how we had best
proceed i i order to gain Major Lee's camp.

i do not think he gave this advice because he
thought it necessary, but rather to hearten us

^m'

j^ A TUAITOU'S ESCAPE.

by leading our thoughts to the future, and iu
this last he succeeded.

AVheu the moment had come he conducted
UB to the water's edge, where was concealed hi.
beat, and promi^iug to visit the camp before a
month passed, actually pushed us iuto the craft.
Iluiiging the Jersey shore closely, that we
might'liave an opportunity of taking to our
heels in case of pursuit, we rowed as when that
villainous cur, Ben Stork, had been an unwilhng
prisoner aboard, watching closely meanwhile, as
may well be imagined, for any sign which might
give token that we were being pursued.
To my mind there was little cause for fear.
1 could not believe that Jethro Stork or his
precious brother Ben would have any suspicion
we had passed nearly twenty hours on the
New Jersey shore; but fancied they were at
that very moment watching intently every craft
which put out from New York, in the hope of
intercepting us.

'E.

e future, and in

le he conducted
/as concealed his
e camp before a
U8 into the craft,
closely, that we
)f taking to our
,ved as when that
been an unwilling
lely meanwhile, as
sign which might
or pursued.
le cause for fear,
thro Stork or his
lave any suspicion
nty hours on the
icied they were at
intently every craft
.rk, in the hope of

A TUAITOIlS KHCAPE.

ur.i

IWause of this unfcinidcd, and perhiips un-
reasonable, belief, I was n..t as cautious as
sliould have been a lad whose life was in the
greatest pt^ril.

To me, at the time, it was as if we Iiad
escaped all danger, and that there remained f(»r
us no more tlian to row so far as the encamp,
nieut of Major Lee's Legion, ^vlleu we could
snap our fingers at the Stork family.

Davi'ds mind was concerned with little else
save our future, and as he pulled vigorously at
the oar tlie dear lad talked regarding that time
when we, ^\earing the Continental uniform,
Avould do for our country something more than
spy around New York to gather such poor in-
formation as might come our way.

Thus it was that instead of keeping shariiest
watch, at the very hour when we should have
been most keenly on the alert our minds
\vandered from what should have been the one
important duty.

I'U

A TRAITOUH KSCAPE.

m
w

Perhaps five minutt-H luul V^meA without my
having searched with .ny eyes the river as well
as was possible in the gloom of the fast-coming
night, when sn.l.lenly the sound of oars brought
me to a realization of what should ever have
been present in my thoughts.

David heard it almost at the same instant,

nnd w hinpered :

«« Whoever may be in that on-coming craft
must already have heard the sound^ of oars, for
we have been exceedingly careless."

"Pull for the shore. We will take our
chances on land rather than the water."

The 8l<iff was headed for the Jersey side of
the river as soon as might be thereafter, a:id,
rowing cautiously now, since all the mischief
had been done, we pulled at our best speed,
which was far inferior to that of the other craft,
while we knew beyond a peradventure that
these newcomers were in pursuit.

It needed not the fragments of conversation

ed without my
le river as well
the fust-coiiiiug
oi oars brought
ould ever Lave

e same instant,

on-coming craft
und of oars, for
less."

s will take our
e water."
16 Jersey side of
e thereafter, aiid,
all the mischief
b our best speed,
of the other craft,
)eradventure that

niit.

ts of conversation

A TKAITOR'S ESCAPE.

whicli we overheard just l)ef(Me reaching the
shore, to tell uh who was so eiono at hand.

"They can be none other than the traitorous
rebelM, and if we are so minded neither ,,1* them
shall escape.'*

It was Ben vStork who said thi^, ns I well
knew from the tone of his voice, and his brother
Jethro replied :

" Have no fear, lad, thao they cau give us the
slip. Stand ready to shoot instantly you have
a fair target, for it matters little whether we
take them dead or alive— the reward of ten
pounds holds good in either case."

Now I realized fully to what extremities our
carelessness had led us, for it seemed more
than likely they could so far gain in the chase
as to be able to bring one or both of us down
with a bullet, and for the moment my heart
was as lead, heavy in my breast, for I believed
that indeed was the end near at hand.

r.!,i

196

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

CHAPTiiiR IX.

CAPTURED.

From the time I became convinced our cap-
ture was certain, until David and I leaped
ashore, no more than foity seconds had elapsed.

The two Storks, thinking rather of the ten
pounds which had been offered as re'.;ard for
'our capture than that they might be benefitmg
the king, or wreaking a private vengeance, were
so near the landing when I sprang from the
boat as to appear no more than fifty yards
away, an^ it needed not the sight of Benjamm
rising to his xeet suddenly with a musket m his
hands, to tell me that I could not too soon get

under cover. ^ . ,

.. Have a care to yourself, Davul," I sn.d

shari^ly, as we two r.m with all speed towai-d

"TT*

nvinced our cap-
d and I leaped
onds had elapsed,
rather of the ten
ed as re\';ard for
ght be benefiting
te vengeance, weve
sprang from the
J than fifty yards
sight of Benjamin
ith a musket in his
I not too soon get

;lf, David," I said
1 all speed toward

A TRAITORS ESCAPE. fgy

the thicket which bordered this side of the
river. " Have a care to yourself, foi- the Tory
cur is about to fire !"

The words had no sooner been spoken than
the report of a musket rang out, and I heard
the hissing of the bullet as it cut is >vay
through the foliage nearer my head than was
agreeable.

The night was so nearly come that the dark-
ness sheltered us once we were within the
thicket, and had it been possible for us to
have run at full speed without making any
noise whatsoever, then might we readily have
given our pursuers the slip.

Unfortunately, however, as we floundered on
in the darkness, making twice as much of a dis-
turbance as if we had been thoroughly ac-
quainted with the \.ay, the enemy ould follow
us readily, and our only hope lay in outstrip-
ping the Tories in the flight.

There waa no longer any reason to fear tiiey

!'i

f
y

198 A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

migbt aHempt to shoot us down, because we
were completely screened from view, and thus
was the fear of a sudden death taken from us

for the time being.

«Come to a standstill, or ni fire!" Jethro

cried, after having followed us perhaps a couple

of hundred yards.

Thore was no reason why I should waste
breath in replying to this demand, unless it
might be to let him know I was not a fool who
could be thus frightened; but he who is
pursued plays a simple part when he spends
his wind in vain, and I held my peace.

How long we two ran in silence, one at the
other's heels, I cannot say of a surety; but it

seemed to me it was hardly more than five min-
utes since we left the boat when David began
to slacken pace somewhat, and I urged him for-

ward in whispers : ^

«I cannot do it, Oliver," he replied, speaking
with difficulty because of his labored breathing.

wn, Lecaiise we
I view, and tlius
b taken from us

ni fire !" Jetliro
perhaps a couple

I should waste
lemand, unless it
ms not a fool who

but he who is
b when he spends
Diy peace,
silence, one at the
i a surety; but it
more than five min-
when David began
ad I urged him for-

lie replied, speaking
s labored breathing.

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

ID!)

" I am nearly blown already. Do you keep on,
and let them make a prisoner of me. Tims
your escape will be insured. My capture is
certain."

" Do you believe T would leave a comrade
behind in the enemy's hands ?" I asked shaiply,
hurt because David had judged me so
meanly.

" But if it is possible for you to escape, and I
am out of the race, why give them two prisoners
when one will suffice ?"

" Because I do nut choose to have it laid at
my door that I deserted a friend. Run as far
as you can, and then we will measure strength
Avith them."

I spoke hopefully at this time to cheer my
friend ; but knew only too well that it was a
foolish speech.

These two Storks were armed, and would
perhaps be better pleased at cairying us back
to New York dead than alive, therefore when

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gQQ A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

the instant came that David must halt we were

the same as prisoners.

There was time, perhaps, for me to have
counted twenty before the dear lad, almost at
the verge of exhaustion, tripped over a half-
decayed log and fell heavily, remaining motion-
less as if death had come to spare him further

suffering.

It was only by catching at the nearest tree
that I prevented myself from falling headlong
across his body, and then as soon as possible I
leaned over him, fearing the poor lad had re-
ceived dangerous injury.

« How is it with you r I asked anxiously, and
he replied as well as he might because of his
thick, rapid breathing :

« 1 am at the end of my rope. Leave me-

save yourself."

Here in the thicket it was so dark one could
not see an object at the distance of half a dozen
paces away, and I crept around blindly for

ist halt we were

or me to have
ir lad, almost at
)ed over a halt
Muaining motion-
pare him further

the nearest tree

falling headlong

icon as possible I

1 poor lad had re-

ked anxiously, and
ht because of his

ope.

Leave me

so dark one could
ince of half a dozen
round blindly for

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201

something which would serve as a weaiion, but
not finding so much as a stout stick.

From the rear, that is to say in that direc-
tion where ran the river, could be heard tlie
tno Storks as they floundered on through the
underbrush, and instantly theie came into my
mind the hope that now we were still they
might perchance pass us in the gloom, and '^'-i
we have an opportunity of doubling back on
them.

Tliere was no such good fortune in store for
ns as that these traitorous cui"s should miss
their prey, and the two were not more than
lialf a dozen yards from me when I heard
Jethro say as he came to a standstill :

"Look out for yourself, Benjamin. The
rebels have halted hereabout, and we must not
miss them in the darkness. Be ready to shoot,
and take care of your aim, for there is no reason
why we should run any risks."
I believe my conscience never would have

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jdJ A TRAITOR'S ESCAPU.

t,.«ul>led me in the future if, it l,eing possible,
I l,aa killeil that Tory where lie stood.

He vv,« »l>eaking of David and I much a, he
„,ight a couple of foxes who, Leing run down,
,,ad best be shot dead than that the hunter
take the chances of receiving a scratch.

I litei^lly held my breath, hoi.ing even now
they might pass us by, and having decided m

„y own m-u.d that it would be worse than
Jolly, unarn,ed as we were, to atte.npt any
,.sistance when they demanded our surrender.

There was no need to warn David of what 1
hoped to do, for he still l^mained whe.« he
had fallen, his face press«l among tlie de-
eaying leaves untd the noise of his heavy
breathing was stifled.

The Tories came, of course by chance,
au«tly toward us, and h.ad my comrade been
on his feet I believe ot a verity we might have
stepped aside and so let them pass.

As it was, however, such a plan could not

PE.

t being possible,
lie stood.

and I much as he
being vxm down,

that the hunter
a scratch.

hoping even now
having decided in
dd be worse than
e, to attempt any
led our surrender,
•n David o£ what I
•emained where he
,ed among the de-
loise of his heavy

course by chance,
d my comrade been
erity ^ve migiit have
em pass,
ch a phm could not

— 1

A THAITOUH f:SCAPE

have been carried into effect save at tlie expense
of too niiicli noise, and 1 was forced to stand
still until Jetl.ro Stork had advanced within
three or four paces, the niiiz^ile of his musket
hardly more than that many inches distant from
my chest.

Then suddenly he saw me, and cried in a
loud voice :

" Surrender, you rebel, or I'll shoot you as I
would a cur !"

" When an unarmed man is directly in front
of a loaded weapon without means of defense,
it would seem as if there Mas no need
of demanding his surrender," I replied with
a laugh which had in it very little of
mirth.

" Do you yield ?" he cried.

" I see no other course. If there was half a
show of succeeding in case of making a resist-
ance, you may be sure I would not be thus
humble."

204

ATUAITOUS BSCAPK.

.Have .lone with... mud. talk! Where is

tlie other vel>fir . . a„

.. Ki.ul him it y.M. count on grnnrng the

...ewanl; in.t .lo not think 1 am to search at

vour bldilinj?" , ,

By this time l?en had stnml.le,! acr,«
David's IxKly ana eon.e nigh to falling, where-
„„on he dubbed his musket viciously. I'or a
.uoraent I felt certain it was his vur,K.se to
brain my co.nrade, as indeed he might have
done without fearing to be ,.unished thereU.r,
lieoause we were the same as onthuvs,

"His death will be on your head .f you
strike, Ben Stork!" I cried. "There has been
no resistance n.ade by either of us, and should
you take our lives it wiU be none other than
a cold-ldooded murder!"

..You ch,>.>se rather to go b.aok and be
hanged, do you ?" the villainous cur asked, with
a laugh that 8tr,mgly tempted me to try ooncU,.
,i„ns with hhn, even though the odds were so

•uf'li the odd8 were ti(

'APE.

1 talk ! Where ia

it on gaining the
1 am to search at

;1 stumliled aenws
li to falling, \vber«v
et viciously. Voy a
^^■a8 liis i>urpose to
leed he might have
,e punished therefor,
as otithuvs.
I your head if you
I. "There has been
ler of us, and should
be none other than

to go back and be
ainous cui' asked, with
pted me to try conclu-

A TKAITonS ESCAPE. .,mi

absolutely against nie. '• I have no desire to <](.
the king's butchering, but a few days later can
sit at my leisure and see tlie executioner stretch
liis neck."

Then Ben lowered his musket and kicked
David viciously, ordering him to stand up.

While my conn-ade wbeyed, Jethro Stork,
lowering his weapon, stepped forward, com-
manding me to hold up my hands, after which
he proceeded to search my garments as if
believing I had weapons concealed.

Having satisfied himself on this score he
took from his pocket a i)ieee of stout hempen
cord, and with it tied my ^vri8ts together,
<lrawing tlie bonds so tightly as to cause me no
slight amount of pain.

While this was being done Ben followed his
brother's example in the treatment of David,
and the two of us Avere soon tied together in
such a fashion that we could not have made
much iDrogress toward escape even had our

2y,. A TIIAITOIIS ESCAPE.

Tory captor, given uh hv. iK-runssiou U

run.

At the moment ^ve Nvere tliuH helpless nil

hope deserted me, a...l I o.uM see in my n.i.Ml's
eye, at not such a very Ion- disttmc' in the
futiire, the outlines of the gallows on Avl.ieh
Duvid and I would he hanged, or a squa.l of
soldiers who were to put ns to death in a more
humane fashion.

That there were many day« of lif« y^'t
remaining to us I did n..t believe.

The Storks wt»uld, so I argued, deliver us up
to the Uritishers in New York before midnight.
AVe should be tried within forty-eight hours,
mo8t likely, for aiding and abetting the so-
called rebels, and both of ns well knew the

penalty.

All this was in my mind on the supposition
that we would be taken directly t.> the city, in
order tlu't the Tories might handle the promised
reward as soon as possible.

PE.

' jicniiisHiuu to

tliUM lu'li>U'ss all
see iu my miiMl's
r (lisituiice ill tilt'
-•jilloWH on Avliirli
;et1, or ii siiuiul <>f
,o tletitli iu u more

tluvM i)f life yi't
ieve.

>;ue(l, deliver us up
■k before niidniglit.
forty-eight hours,
I abetting the so-
us well kii»*\v the

on the sui)position
•ec-tlv to the eity, iu
hau<lle the promised

A T|{AIT(l|{S i;S('AI'li.

Tlieivforc it was (liat I felt a certain anioutit
of surprise, which came near to veri-in"' into
hope, when 15,. II said :

"1 have no stomach for pidling across the
river to-night with these rebels. Tluiy must
iiave friends on the ,sh<»re beh.w here, where
they remained hidden yestenhay ; and whosJiaJi
s.'iy tliat our movements were not observed
when we K-uKh'd for the chase?

"These two have not so many fiieiMls licre-
about that we can be bested, armed as we
are," Jethro said, with a certain display of care-
lessness, yet I kiunv that in iiis cowardly heart
he was .riving no sliglit weight to his bn.rhers
suggestion.

" AVe might not be bested," Hen hastened to
add; ''but there is a cliance our prisoners coidd
l»e taken from us, and it wouM make me sore
to lose the ten poimds which are now so near
our pockets."

"By all of which you mean— to do what?"

.1 K

,„, A •niAITOUS KSIAI'E.

..SlavwI.M'"""""""""''"^'"''"''- '^"*'''

the .uulm»n*"l -■"."- l" «.>•""■"■ •"■"•"'

,,,„.,, ,,e,vul,.,ut wl.o «,.«1.1 .l.m. .n,.ke «u

„t,.u.k ..,«... u- ..nee «e were iu «..,■ l...«t.

.,..,l,v., tl..ew lmu*lf u,«.u the i;mm\ m .

t »i,le,. the ,n,me,. n,o,e ut his lei-.UV, HU.l

„„,i.l ,,,e.,ea n,y !..,.,,!-, «hich were n.gU o
hi, l,ecau-e of the coni, mu.-h u, if 1- -.nW
say that tlu.,e was yet KO,k1 ,•.,.-".. lor hoi«.

n.-.v it mii;l.t be that we, fettere.! mul un-
anne,,, should get the best ot these two Tones

1 had uot so ■nuch as the ghost ot m. .Jea, but
itwasiu»y.ui»lthatif(l.e;>.lelaye.l-t„n,.

i„„ to New York it was oot i,ui«s8.ble we

couhl tree ourselves.

Jethro. who ordinarily would not have
storpe<l to argue with hi, younger lather,
now invited Ben to state in more deta.l why
he considered it hnprudent to venture on the
river after nightfall, and thus the two showed
their cowarilice.

iliiybivak. After
, Huy tlu'iti luo lu)
1 (lure iimke au
in o»ir boat.
I the fj;roiiii<l as ii
,it liiH leisure, an«l
Inch were tiigh to
r\\ an if he would
n-ason for hope,
e, fettereil ami un-
jf these two Tories
lost of au idea, but
he> delayed retiirn-
uot impossible we

would not have
18 younger brother,
in more detail why
it to venture on the

hus the two showed

A TU.VFTOirs KSCAPB.

::*o!i

y-r my part [ .|i,| „„t |„.|i,.,,. d,,.,,. ^^.,.,.^,
any IVini.ls ..f ,„ms uI... ..„„m ,,i,| ,„ ^^^ ,,,.^

"■'"•' i" <•'•'.-•• tl.. Turi..su,.„f .liivfly hark to
the city.

I »"aM.i,..I it uoul.l Im. sal'rr f.,r (I,,.,,, to <|o
.^o, if i,„|,,M| (hcv was a.iytliin- like .lai.nrr
attached t.. tl.cir si.h. of ,|„. ..ntcrpris,- i„ tl.e
•'i.i^ht ralh.T than the ,lay, .■.,..! as the matter
Umw^l it was pn.ven t<. „,.. of how little value
my own jll(l^'lll(Mlt mit-lit be,

Wl<en Hvn had n.nm to an end of explaining
that we must have IVi.^nds nearal.oiit, because
of the fact that we had ivniaine.l hidden eer-
'.•'inly du.'in- th(. <lay just passed, Jethro pro-
IVssed to be satisfied niti, the leasoning and
<-nsente,l, as if in thus acting he was confer-
•iiig a favor upon his brother, to remain in the
tiiicket until sunrise.

FOven this precaution was not all the coward
l>t'ii desired.

He feared some ont might have followed on

1^* d!

2^0 A THAITOR'S ESCAPE.

bis trail, after luvving seon US kna, and was

even now coming tl.rongh the tliieket.

Tn order to tlnoxv a possible rnrsner oft the
scent, he suggested that we be taken a .lu^-ter
of a nule or n.ore further up-stream, where
perchance a better camping-place nnght be

found.

To tills Jetln-o also agreed, and we were
ovdeml to ,narch fonvanl as Lest we .night
«.hile standing face to face, oui- four wnsts
pinioned together, while the valiant Tones
their weai...ns ready for instant use, followed

close in our wake.

As may be suppose.l, we could not walk
rapidly, David a.ul T, and after ten minutes of
awkward movement, dviring which time I be-
lieved we had not gained two hundred yards in
distance, Ben called a halt, saying to his brother
t^.at the spot where we then were afforded a
fairly comfortable place for a camp.

AVe were in a depression of the land sheltered

iPE.

lis luiul, and was

thicket.

e p»nsner off tbe
)e taken a (quarter

up-«tieani, where
ig-place might be

eeJ, and we were
as best we might
e, our four wrists
he valiant Tories,
stant use, followed

ye could not walk

ifter ten minutes of

«T which time I be-

xo hundred yards in

saying to his brother

lien were afforded a

V a camp,
of the laud sheltered

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPi^.

from the wind, and amid a tliicket of spruce
trees which would j^rovide material for a bed,
were one at liberty to make use of it.

David and I Avere ordered to sit down, one
either side a small sapling, to which our fettered
hands were tied securely.

The oidy comfort to be found in the situation
for us was that we nu'glit hold converse tofretiier
in whispers, and could stretch our legs now and
then, although thei-e was good reason to believe
our arms would be cramped before the moniing
sim gave these cowards sufficient heai't to ven-
ture on the journey across the river.

I have said that hope came to me when the
curs wlio had so nearl}- earned the ten pounds
reward pi-oposed to remain on that side all
night; but after thus learning how they in-
tended to guard against our escape I gave way
once more to despair.

The two Storks threw themselves down
on the ground half a dozen feet in front of

,„, „„,1 Ikn t.K>k fr..,n Im e,«.t ,.o.-W "
„„,nly .Hood, winch «l.o«e,Uhat they luuNe

out i,M".™"t »f "«'''"""■''*'"' "''""
be a long one. .

Now they conld veg«le themselves nt the,,-

,«„„., ..nA T ventu,. t„ »uy l-.th h,.,l all the
,„,„,l,,ea..,e in this .neal because of the be. ef

... (..nhili'/iM.-- US by eating when
that they wei'e tant.iM/u.i,, u j

it mi-ht'well be sul>l.ose,l we wel'e hung,y.

D^via Fesse.1 his han.ls against .nine now
„,„, then .as if to hea,ten ,ue, ana 1 elasi«a h,s

„,„.,. as best I .«i^l.t to kt '""■ "»"'' ^ ^■"]
J yiehlea to aespair. although the shadow of

the scaffold was hanging heavily upon ,ne

We ,uaae no atteu,i.t to si«ak one w,th the
othev, lest the To,.ies-houia cheek us, a„a
was not .ninaed to give the,n even that p.t.f.d

satisfaction.

After perhaps no ,no,^ than half an hou,,
although it seeutea to n,e fully a tUi.l of the
right must have been spent, Ben Stork gave

s c<i{it pocket a
that tliey l»ti(l set
the chase would

lemselves at their
both had all the
'cause of the belief
lis by eating when
e were hungry,
against mine now
, and 1 elasped his
t him think I had
ugh the shadow of
avily upon me.
^peak one with the
ihl check us, and I
sm even that pitiful

than half an houi',
fully a third of the
ent, Ben Stork gave

A THAITORS K.SCAPE. 0,3

I""'"'^elf „p to slumber while l.i.s brother acted

the part .)f sentinel.

Tlien, i„ time, hilie,] by the nileuce, whiel.
was profound save for the soughing of the
gentle ^vind through the trees, Jethro's heavy
breathing told that he had als.. had so far for-
gotten his duty as to yiehl to the iuflueuces of
the night.

" ^' *'"'"^ "'» ^^'••^y ^ve may best them even
"ow?" David whispered cautiously, bendiii..
forward that he might speak directly in my
ear, and I replied, striving to prevent the sorrow
in my heart from heing apparent in the wonls :
" ' ^'^*'^^' "«t ^^''^«t we can do, fettered as we
are. A dozen times have I trie.l to work my
fingers so far as to ui.lo the knots of this cord •
but all in vain. Unless you have greater
freedom we must remain prisoners until it shall
please these curs to give up to the Britishers."

"The rope is drawn s. tightly that my
fingers iire numb, and even if- "

i|!tl'

-V

liifii ■■ 1

)>U

A TltAITOirs KSCAPE.

lie ce,>seas,x..king very s,.a,l>.nly, for at that

i„s,.„t we .....1, l,ea,a what .nuM l.ke the
,„.eakiu....MntwigMmae.aheavywe,ghtana

, ,.,i.:v e,l .h...e were wihl heastn .vowtag
„,„.„„,, even though it .li.luot«eemFol,able

auv»ia-h had their Uh-s near by.

We listened intently while o,.e might have

counted ten, the Wood bo-n''™? >" ""'• ™"f
„u,U it seemed an U the pubatioUH of ouv hearts

„„,.t waken the Tories, and tl.eu theve was no

1 . ii ^ .■ 1,1-tn or au animal was
,|uestion but that a m.m o.

stealthily ai.proaehing.

l,,vi,l showed hin>»el( to be .lu.cker-w.tted
than 1, for he i-tantly suspected the truth o
tbe situation, and leaning forwanl whispered

eagerly in my ear :

"it'is Master Baldwin! He saw the pursmt
„„ the water, and has followed that he may do

u« a i'ood tviru.

..It could not have been that he watched our

boat so long," I .n". --^-'''g '"^^''''' '""''

"^*.

PE,

xlenly, for i\t tliat
soumled like the
heavy weight, iiii<^
])easts prowling
uot seem probable

e one might have
(ling in our veins
itions of our hearts
tV.eu there was no
or an animal was

) be quiclcer-witted
lecteil the truth of
forward whispered

He saw the pursuit
,vved that he may do

that he watched our
•using to believe such

'. THATTOHS EHCAPR. .,,^

good news because at the time it seemed improb.
able.

^'et even as [ denied the correctness of my
comrade's statement nil fear of wild l)easts
was gone from me, .-md I Hstene.l intently
to ti'ace in the sounds (,f what was now a
regular approach something which should
betoken that they A\cre caused by a liuman
beinff.

" It must be him," David repeated, as if to
stimulate his own courage. " It must be hhn,
and we are saved !"

Even though my comrade was in the rLdjt
we wei'e not safe unless i)ercliance Master
Baldwin was armed ; but the fact that he might
be near gave me such cheer as I never expect to
experience again.

Then came an instant when I ^^'as startled,
although almost expecting it, by the j.ressure of
a liaml on my shoulder, and turning as nearly
as I might while held in position l)y the rope, I

21 rt

A TRAITOll'S ESCAPE.

Haw a (lark mass against the foliage wliicli told
nie a friend was near at hand.

<< It is I— Baldwin," came a whisper as gentle
as the breathing of the night wind. "Where
are the Tories f '

"Directly in front of us, asleep," David re-
plied cautiously.

" How are they armed ?"
" Both have muskets, and had as soon kill us
as to take us into the city alive, the reward
being the same."

" How are you fettered ?"

I explained in a few words, Avhen he, first

passing his hand over the rope to make certain

' of its position, drew across the strands the keen

edcrc of a knife, and we were free so far us

concerned our limbs.

■APE.

folijiire which tohl

a whisper as gentle
it wind. "Where

asleep," David re-

had as soon kill us
alive, the reward

.rd*, when he, first
ope to make certain
he strands the keen
yere free so far as

A THAITOU'S ESCAPE.

217

CHAPTER X.

TURNING THK TAHLES.

Without being told, I knew that ]\raster
Baldwin was unarmed save fcr the knife with
which he had severed our bonds, otherwi.se, .so I
judged, he wouUl have approached Avith more
boldness, for from what he Jiad .-.1 ready shown
of himself I knew he was by no means a tim-
orous man.

After cutting the rope lie stepped back into
tlie thicket as if of the mind that we should
follow him, and I un<lerstood that it was his
purpose we slip away from our captors rather
than make any attempt at disarming them.

Neither David nor I ,ere min.led to g„
away thus, leaving those scound;elly Tories be-

oiH A TIUITOII'S E»(\PE.

l.i.ul t.. follow Oil our trail ho soon as tlu'y
were awake.uMl, and bv our hesitation it was
„n.<h as thongh each gave words to the same

tliollglit.

Now tliat Nse were free to move as we
pleased it cli.l not seem nther a dangerous or a
aitUeult task t<. creep uj-on our late captors,
and should this be (l<me successfully the work
of <liHarnnng them would be con.paratively

light.

On the contrary, if they awakened wlnle we

were making the atten.pt, I argued with my-
self that we were but little worse off, su.ce
eoming from out the heavy shuuber sud.lenlv
they would be c<.nfused, and we might take
leave of them at our will.

It was not with the idea of risking this
last chance that I halted tu learn what Bche.ne

Daviil mi<;ht propose.

There was no .luest.m in my mind as to the

possibility of doing as 1 aesire.1, and it seemed

so Hdon as they
hesitation it was
Olds to the name

to move as we
!• ii dan^ei'uiis or a

our late eaptors,

cesst'ully the work

be comparatively

iwakeneJ whih' we

I argued with my-
le worse otV, since

slumber suddenly
nd we might take

dea of risking this
i) learn what scheme

II my mind as to the
sired, and it seemed

"»-f — it~ii«,.

A THAIToits KSCAPK. o|;)

as if my conir;..!,. was., I' i,,,,,-!. tl.e snmc opinion.

iW.uis,. w,. hesitated to loII,,w liini Master

JiaMuin a.lvanced one im,,iv until lie could lay

his hand iip.Mi my shotdder. and as h,. fhuy

*■''"' '"*' it was much tiie same as thomdi

lie iiad as|«.d why we delayei].

I l>ointed toward the sleepers, tnisting h«
would understand the gesture by the sense of
hearing, since the night was now come so dark
that his eyes were of but little avail, and I was
n(>t mistaken.

He increased the pressuie upon my shoulder,
thus giving me to uii'lerstand he disapproved of
the i)lan; but there w.-.s in my mind the thought
that it were better to take a few chances here
while the Tories were asleep than run the dan-
ger of being pursued before we had well gotten
away, for however timorous these two Storks
•night be, that reward of ten pounds would <n>
t.ir toward sc?'ewing up their courage.
There was no need David lihinelander and I

,,„ A TUMTcmS KSCAPK.

11« knew exactly wl.ut 1 F"l"««l '" ''"• *"''
the,v .-.uia l.e but o,.e m«." t".' tl.u« turmug
,,.,,U wl,-n we .ui,'l.t have m».le goo'l our
e^eai-e, uu.l he 8to«l close l.y my »i.le, awmtrng

the sitfiuil. , .,

I save it by l-es-ing l.i« ha.ul, a.ul together
„.e lie fonvanl, without heed to what Ma,,te,.

Baldwin might ilo.

If Ahe.-Jethn>ov Ben stork had been versed

i„ woodcraft we could not have crept up on
„„.,„ „. we did. for he who has spent much
,i,„e in the fo>«t learns to sleep lij^htly, and
i„,,i„„Uvely wakens at the slightest unusual

noise. Tj i. •

U we advanced more than once d,d a twig

,„,ak under our feet, for we were, a« you nngl.t
say, moving at random since it was impo-We

Jsee anything before us, and yet the heavy
b«athing of the Tories continued „nd,.turbed.

■AI'K.

•,l HO fur aH under-

proposed to do, for
)u for thus turuiug
^e made g(X)d our
y my side, awnitiug

hand, and together
leed to what Master

itork had been versed
^t have crept up on
,vho has spent much
to sleep lightly, and
the slightest unusual

than once did a twig
we were, as you might
ince it was impossible
us, and yet the heavy
outinued imdisturbed.

A TWAITOHS i;,s( AJ'i:. o.)|

One- w.' ucic coin.- n.'.-.r lu wlwiv F b.-Iirved

tlM'V WCIV, it u;,s II.M-CSSJIIV In sloop J,|„l ir,.,,j„.

"'•••'iikI Willi o.ir lian.ls, l,.s( u,. s|,o,il.| ,K-liialk
stt'p np.fn llieni.Miid wliilr thus .Mij-air,.,! I canic
upon the KkII of a iiiuskct.

The weapon was i„os| likely lying by the
side <.f its owner; yet I to(»k the ehaiiees of
withdrawing it without .hanging my positjou,
<letennined to treat them, should they awaken,
even as they would have tivated us, providing I
Hist Hucceeded in g<-tting eontrol of tl,e musket.
It was like I'laying at a game of jaek-straws
in the darkness, and although the odds were
desperately against the attempt, it went through
so admirably that the current of the sleeper's
breathing was not changed.

Then [ would liave handed the weapon to
David, and tried the same method with the
second Tory, but that I soon understood the
dear lad was following my example.
'Jo shorten an over-long stoiy, I Lad hest

24'4

A TU.\ri'<>ll>^ l>' AI'K.

n.i.t.'nt inyHi'lf U ^nviii^ tlmt in l-.ss thai, liv.'
,„i„„t,.s fiuMi the tiiiu' Mii.tiT nnhhvm scv.-nMl
<,ur Im.imIs wc were staiuliii-;' nvrr the Stcik
bictluMH, pivpaivd t'i.r anvthiug they might

!itteini>t to <1«>.

The tables had been turned most beaiiti-
fully, and instead of our beini,' carried back to
New Y.)rk that the villainous Tories mi-ht
fln,t,'er ten pounds <.f the kin-V ,gnld, we woi-M
give them a most ur.i^^ent invitation to rnroni-
pmi)' us to the encampment of Lee's Le.gion.

Hcwever, there was possible dant^er to be
apprehended before our task was fully com-
ph'ted, for when we had aroused them iu the
darkness it was not unlikely one or the other
might sti'ike a cowardly blow with a knife, aud
our joy be turned to mourning.

" Step over your man so you may cbitch Lim
by the throat, and do not be afraid of putting
too heavy a pressure upon it," T whispered
softly to David, and in another instant those

>' Ai'i:.

lull ill Ivss tliiili live
tcr I'niMuill severed
iiiu over tlie Stork
i\tliiii<i lliey iiiiiilit

tunietl iiioHt lie.iiiti-
eiiig caiiied Imck to
uinouH Tories niijilit
ii</s Lfnld, we wouM
iuvitiitioii to mrom-
it of LtH-'s Lei,d()ii.
>ossil)U' diiiiu:('r to he.
tusk was fully com-
uroused tlicm in the
<ely oue or the other
)lo\v with a knife, and

irniiig.

io you may clutch him

t be afraid of i)uttin,u'

ipoM it," 1 whispered

another instant those

STEI'OVKU VUI kMa\, K(( VOU MAY (LLTCIl HIM l)V TUK
TunOAT," I WHISl'KHlED TO David.— PngC 323.

A TI{AIT()R'S ESCAPE. 223

who had triinnpheil n fe>v hours previous were
s-Kldcnly awakened to find themselves gasping
for bivath.

" At the first show of resistance I shall act as
you threatened us!" I cried in Jethro's ear, for
he it was over whom I kneeled. « We have
taken possession of the muskets, and propose
to go in another direction than New York."

As I spoke the sound of rapid footsteps fi-om
the rear told that Master Bahhvin, apprised of
our success, was coming forward to lend what-
ever aid might be in his power, and David
cried :

" Have we nothing with which to truss them
up so that it may not he necessary to keep so
strong a hold upon the curs ?"

" Von are choking me to death," Ben gasped,
si.eaking only after the greatest difficulty, and
David replied, with a note of satisfaction in his
tones :

" It ^vould give me solid pleasure to do so,

a24

A TRAITOUS ESCAPE.

but that T might afterward be asliamed of
having killed such a wretch."

"Here is what will serve to tie them,"
Master Baldwin said, as he crept around in the
darkness to learu how we were situated, and I

cried waruingly :

"Be careful lest they strike with a knife,
although should such an attempt be made it
would be their last on this earth, for I am not
minded to treat these villains with any ap-
proach at kindness after our late experience

with them."

So thoroughly frightened was the cowardly
Jethro that he made no effort even to speak, and
dexterously did Master Baldwin tie his hands,
using, as I afterward learned, the fragments of
cord which had been severed from our wrists.

I have taken longer in the telling than was
really required to render these Tories helpless,
and when it had been done David and I rose
to our feet with a sense of deepest relief.

APE.

(I be asliained of

ve to tie them,"
lept around in the
ere nituated, and I

rike with a knife,
iterapt be made it
arth, for I am not
aiuH with any ap-
»ur late experience

1 was the cowardly
ft even to speak, and
Idwin tie his hands,
ed, the fragments of
d from our wrists,
he telling than was
lese Tories helpless,
3 David and I rose
leepest relief.

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

Now we were fi-ee, indeed, and Avhat >\as
more, would carry to Major Lee two prisoners
who might possibly be made to serve as barter
for some of our unfortunate friends who were
confined in the piison ships.

"Will you go back to the hut?" Master
Baldwin asked, and I rei)lied promptly, having
decided in my own mind what we should do
unless it so chanced ni}- comrade was opjiosed
to the plan :

"We'll push on to the river. I am not afraid
to vent-i.re forth in the night, and would be at
at the American camp as soon as may be
possible."

David was of the same opinion, and gave
token of it by ordering Ben to rise.

"Are you going to carry me, \vho have never
done you any wrong, to that wretched place
again?" young Stork asked in a qnaveri,...-
voice, and David replied witii a laugh :

"Your memory is treacherous when you

220 A THAITOUS ESCAPE.

speak of never Laving done us a wrong, for not
more than an hour ago you proposed to slioot
us down m cold blood. The best we could
have hoped fro.n you was to have bee,, con-
ducted to the scaffold. I shall not hold out
any such promises as that, but this I vouch for
right heartily : There won't be a second turn-
ing of the tables this night, and you may not
find escape as easy when you make a second

attempt."

Now that his brother had spoken Jethro
found his tongue, and he cried pleadingly-1
believe the cowardly cur would have gotten on
his knees before me had he dared to make the
slightest movement .

« The threats we made were more in jest than
earnest, and surely you will not take us prison-
ers to the American camp ?"

« The threats were so much a jest that already
in your mind had you tingered the ten pounds
reward," I said, angered that he should pn.v.

SCAPE.

US a wrong, for not
I proposed to slioot
The best we could
9 to have been con-
shall not hold out
but this I vouch for
n't be a second turn-
ht, and you may not
you make a second

• had spoken Jethro
; cried pleadiugl} — 1
would have gotten on
tie dared to make the

were more in jest than
^rill not take us prison-

p?"

iiuch a jest that already

inhered the ten pounds

that he should prove

A TRAITORS ESC APE.

00 *

so arrant a coward, and then the fellow begged
and whimpered like a child, until I could have
struck him, prisoner though he was.

" There is no rea.son why we should delay for
such converse as this," Master Baldwin said im-
patiently. <' These two were searching for you,
and unquestionably there are otiiersof the same
kidney who would earu the reward by carrying
you to the gallows. Nothing is gained by loi-
tering, and much may be lost theieby. I can
lead the way to the river even tliou«>-h it be
dark, and the sooner you have set out on your
journey the better."

I was of the same mind; and, after threaten-
ing Jethro with a blow if he did not cease his
whining, I was ready to follow the guide.

Master Baldwin went as straight through tlie

thicket as if it had been broad day, bringin*-- us

out within fifty yards of where the two boats

had been beached.

Once clear of the foliage, the night was not

2jj8 A TUAlToirS ESCAPE.

SO (Lirk but that we couM make our way up tlio
river without clitHculty ; and Davi.l took it uiH>n
l.iniself to embark t)<e prisoners, while I heUl a
short conversation with the gentleman who ha<l
proven himself such adevote.l friend, begi.niing
it by asking how he chanced to come upon us

so opportunely.

"You had hardly gotten out of earshot when
I saw those Tories coming up the river," he
said. "It did not re<iuire much thought to
decide that they were in search of you, and
it was then too late to give a warning. 1 could
only hope to be of assistance by following at a
distance. But for the fact that I was unarmed,
you two would not have been prisoners even
for a moment. As it was, however, I only
hoped to render aid later, as really happened.
It must be your care, since you have decided to
,;arry them to the American camp, that they do
Jot escape, for I doubt not that I have been
recognized; and once they were to return to

ICAPE.

lake our way up tlu-
I David took it upon
)neiH, while I lieM a
gentleuiau who had
;ed friend, beginning
»d to come upon us

out of earshot when
g up the rivei," he
•e much thought to
I searcii of you, and
B a warning. 1 couUl
ice by foUowing at a
; that I was unarmed,
been prisoners even
\-as, however, I only
r, as really happened.
3 you have decided to
an camp, that they do
lot that I have been
3y were to return to

A THAFTOItS KSCAPi:.

sSd

NcTT Voi-k, I fouM no longer be of service to
the cause."

"I will answer for their safe-keeping, even
thougli I stand guard ove/ them myself. Shall
you go into the city S(*oii again ?"

" You ask hoping to send your motliei- some
Avoi-d?"

"That is my desire, if it can be done without
danger to yo.wself, sir."

"It Hhall .>e done, lad. I will see her to-
morrow."

"And tell her l)y that time we shall have
enlisted in Lee's Legion. Jf David's uncle re-
covers from his alarm thei'e should be an
opportunity for her to send us a messac^e
thi'ougli him in due course of events."

"I will explain everything yon would say,

my boy. Have no fear as to that, and now get

.Aou gone, for it is better you were not on the

river after da3dight."

David had placed his 2>risoners in the stern-

A TUATTOIVS ESCAPE.
230
.,,eetsoftl.ol.o.t,anaw.«»t«naingreaayt,:

irnsli her oft'.

Tl,ere «■,« nothing to ,M.>y o".' -l-l""''""'-
Afte,. a hearty haiul.c-b-P «i.l. this tnu,
„„,., to the ca„»e, we en,l,a,.K...l, an,! ««t>l he
„,« U«t to Vew in the ,huW T ™w Maste,

M-hvin xtanain, on the nho- -f'"^^ *"
„„.Ue eertain no fnrther n,i»hai, hetell us.
O„ee«e«eve«ello„onvwaynrthene

Jetbro Stork he,an to ph-a-l fo.' li'«rty; hut
i.t an en.l to hi».hinin..,y threaten-

: ,„;, with a g... «..ie. his n,o„th «a»
nlclily elo^d, a„a .In.ing the next houv I

:;::::;;lin>e«.nn.eha,oi«neahi,hp«t«

'T;rw«.not.n>ueho,an..aave..u..eafte,.
„,,, thi, being ovevhaulea by o«v To,-y fnen.ls,
ly eomraae .ict when we had been ,ow,„g
iai-y fo,. an hou.. o,. n,„,.e an,U, tbu, n^

what ,nigl.t'-f»"*l"*"' """"""" T
lTo.;-»honia.,eexehangeatofAn.enean

SCAPE.

Htanding ready t*;

lay oin' deprnture.
asp with this true
barked, and until he
.rkness T nasv Master
t, shore watching to
iishap 1>efell us.

our way up the river
,U.ad for liberty; hut
whining by threateu-
nless his mouth was
,i„g the next hour I

aa opened his lips to

of a misadventure after
.a by our Tory friends,"
, ^ve had been rowii.g
, more, and T, thinking
ter Baldwin in case these

exchanged f.n- American

A TUAITOR'S ESCAPE. Q^^

piisonei's, or otherwise find their way into New
York again, said doubtfully:

" That remains to he seen, David. We will
not call the day fair until the sun be set, and
while these cowards are alive there is always
a possibility of treachery."

2\yi

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

CIIAPTEU XI.

PURSUED.

TiiEKK was in my luincl the possibility of
treachery on the i)art of the Storks, as I had
said to David ; but never for a moment did I
think that they might have friends thereabout
who would prevent us from gaining the en-
campuR-nt <.f Lee's Legion within the limit of
time which we had set for ourselves.

After tiie prisoners had been bound by Mas-
ter Baldwin, in such fashion as would preclude
all possibility of their loosing themselves un-
aided, I believed them to be secured beyond
chance of gaining freedom, and thus held in my
.mind that we had no more to ftar.

We two, meaning David and myself, had
come thus far safely out of more danger than

CAPE.

A TIJAIToKS KS(\\I'K,

ffsa

id the ]K)SsiV)ility of
the Storks, as I hiul
for a moment did I
,'e friends tlierejvl)0ut
rom gaining the en-
u within the limit of
r ourselves.
I been bound by Mas-
ion as would preclude
oosing themselves un-
to be secured beyond
a, and thus held in my
re to fear.

[IV id and myself, hud
; of more danger than

lads (.f oiir age often encounter, and were I.y
this time so far uj. the river that on., could uHl
be excu.sed f„r saying tliaf, we lia.l (inally .•<.mh-
io an end of the advendire, as I then (irmly
l»elit'ved was the case.

Therefore my mind wont back among the
.•vciting 'ncich-nts in whicli we had taken [.ru,,,.
inent part, as if they were so far in tlie p.-isfc ;,s
'<> I'e out of our lives, so to speak, .'.n.! I found
ii"slight amusement ami satisfaction in pictur-
ing to myself the timorousness of Jacob Schus-
ter while the hue and cry against us was kept
III), and, afterward, the sorrow which would be
liis because the hundred guineas, the five linn-
<lred acres of land, and the thie<' negroes, in
tact, all the pronnsed reward, had slipped
through his fingers at the very moment he had
uood reasons for believing it was within his
grasp.

"He is afraid for his life now, but will grieve
desperately when the danger is past,"' I said to

5434

A rUAlTOUSKSrArE

DavuUauulm.K iHMutily al the im'ture my fauoy
1,,, ,.,„jaml up, a.ul lie .nunt l.avo l.eeu th'uk.
„,g „f the Haine Hul.jeot, fur without asking to
wLin I ivftTied he auHueivil readily :

.. There is the only gleam of light i.. th.
,vl,<.le aisMn>ointi..g business. Vncle .lacob
.l.«erves to lose the rewar.l, n.ul he ca.mot l>e
too thoron<^hly frightened to please me. That
he should set himself up as a friend to the
Cause is ridiculous; if there was m..re to l.e
gained in the way of money I doubt not bnt
that he ^vould slu.ut loudly for the king, and
oare not a whit which side xvas victorious." ^^

uOf a verity he is being punished now,M
added Nvith what may have seemed like n.ali-
cious pleasure, "and his mind can never be
wholly at rest until after we have been cap-
tured and executed, or the kb.g's forces drive-
out of the colonies forever."

" It is the first that will be brougbt about,
,„a before many days have passea," Ben Stork

:s»APE

, the picture my fancy
nust have been th-nk-
•(,r without asking to
tjifil readily ;
It-ani of light iti the
HiiM'SH. Tncle .lacol»
vril, an«l he cannot l)e
] to please nie. That
ip as a friend to the
there was more to he
auney I doubt not I'Ut
udly for the king, and
de was victorious."
)eing punished now," 1
liave seemed like mali-
lis mind can never be
iter we have been cap-
the king's forces driven

ATI{.\rT()HSKHCAl'K.

:;!:)5

ver

I. "

will be brought about,
have passed," Ben Stork

ened ,n a rag,, his anger all ,h<. greater hecnuHe
''^' ''•'"' ''-" ^<"<-l >o hold it in check HO h>„g.
'"''''•''•" '■^""|-ssil,ility.lu, v.hipp.r.snapp.rs
'■'<" you can .My sncrvssMW hi. majesty's
army!" , ^

" We seem t<. have dune so thus far, and with
'"'*JittIe.lillicnhy,"I)avi<| replied laughingly
"Although huth yon la.Is t..ld..f onr ha^L
P'''>^<"- onrselves ,el>els „f the deepest dve, and
,-4'>odIy rewards uere (.llVred for our eapt-,.e
^^^' '"•^' y<.t s<, far free as t., ren.Ier n.atters very
'f'-i^.-eeal.lef..ryo„. Unless !'„. oreatlv n.i;

^••''<«". we shall be in a position (..make certain
•;•" ■'"•" "'»^ •*'""^^«'<^ ^^V^'^^^'h uith your Tory
''"ends f,,r many weeks to conie."

" Don't he so certain abonf that, for "

It was Hen who thus spoke, and Jethro pre-
^•<'>'ted him from h'nishing what f doubted not
was about to be a threat, and yet such a simple
^vns I, wrapped up iu n>y own conceit beyond
'I'e power of seeing au inch before my nose

A TRAITOH'S ESCAPE.

"1 uevev for an \n.Un.i ai,l 1 -U- our

.,„„ge>- until we were well «.nul .t.

.. There is good V«..M. wl,v you slu.uiaiu-e.

vent your ,reeiou. bro.l.er fro.n l.eiug to,, tree
with bis tongue, lUM'l

,,,i,e ^ l,lin.l to the r,«sibilitie» as was K
'too u„u,y rash .or,lsrronr either of you wl

„,,„. into use gags, whieh, as «en already

ul, are un,lea t to wear. We are not

,„i„,e; to give such as you e .nvtieges

than „,igUhavel.eenoursl,aa the tal.les not

been turnea."

.AVeaia not gag you, although ,n n,y ,.lau.

another nught have aone so in ..raerto give yon

„ taste of your own,ueaic;ne,-«ensaun, what

„e ,uost likely believed to be a tnendly tone.

..Wevveretl.euinthethieket,surro.,ndeab5

your frienas, or, at least, you believea we were

Ld there w.as no reason for taking sttutgen

" nreasttr-es," I rerliea, defending our course, as,

«ere, when I should have believed ,t betnath

U'APE.

t (lid 1 realize our
iiiiiid it.

why y()n should pre-
(. from l.eing too free
said waruingly, being
„ssibilities as was I.
om either of you will
liich, as Ben already
;o wear. We are not
^ you more privileges
us had the tables nut

, although in my phiee
e so in order to give you

licine;' Beu s^id in what
to be a friendly tone.
,e thicket, surromided by
it, you believed we were,
isoufor taking st.iugent
efending our course, as it
bave believed it ])enralli

ATHAITOirs KSCAl'K.

2:37

me to bandy words with sucli Tories as the
Storks.

" Yet it was sliowii that if we h.'id Efao-^ed vou
we might be pulling towjiid New York, instead
of being carried to the rebel camp," Jethro said,
speaking so loud that it was as if lie believed
me deaf, and yet I had no suspicion as to the
reason of his so doiiio-.

Neitliej- David nor I niade any reply to this
speech; perhaps we both had grown tired of
holding converse with the Storks.

Then Jethi-o began to plead loudly for us to
release him from the bonds, because, as he said,
the cord was cutting through tlie flesh to tlie
very bone.

"You will speak in a lower tone, or be de-
l)rived of all opportunity to wag your tongue !"
I cried sharjdy, angry at hearing the villain's
whining. During such time as the conversa
tion here set doun had been carried on, I was
plying the oars steadily but not vigorously.

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

To my nuiul there was no good reason -.vhy
,ve Bbouia distress ourselves by over-nuich
exertion. We yet had full two hours of dark-
uess before us, and in that ti.ne it should be
possible for us to gab. the American eucanu.-
n.eut, however leisurely we worked.

Twice since leaving Master Baldwin had
Divid spelled ,ne at the task,l taking his place
,„eanwhile in the stern-sheets where I could at
the same tin.e steer and keep a watch upon our
prisoners, and. therefore, we were both in good

bodily condition.

The Storks had nuide no attempt at freeing
themselves fron. the cords which prevented
Huy movement of the arms, and, in fact, U
would have been useless to have done so, for
Master Baldwin was evidently an expert in the

art of tying knots.

Because they remained there apparently witl>-

■ out the lightest hope of being able to effect ...

escape, I foolishly believed there was n<-

iC\PE.

no good reason wliy
elveB V»y over-nmch
[1 two hours of clu>l<-
at titne it should be
he American eucauii'-
ve worked.

Master BaUlwin had
task,l taking his place

leets where I could at
veep a watch upon our
we were both in good

. no attempt at freeinii
ords which pievente<1
arms, and, in fact, it
ss to have done so, f^r
ideutly an expert in the

3d there apparently witli-
f being able to effect nii
relieved there was ne

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE. gy.j

th.-ugl.t of tryin^r. to outwit us, and, strange as
it may seen., fuil.<l to keep n.y eyes and ears
open for that wliicl. would tell us of p,;rsuit.

I trusted to tlie <iarkness for conceahnenf,
believir.^r ^e Imd left the Jersey shore secretly'
and such folly was fully shared by „,y comrade.'
Jethro spoke loudly from time to time; now
pleading that he and his brother be set free,
and again imploring us not to deliver them up
to Major Lee, using language, as I afterwards
realized, such as would give to any who might
chance to be in the vicinity a clear idea of the
•situation.

Again and again did David or I threaten him
^vith a gag; but he continued his threats or
•ntreaties from time to time, we hesitating to
I'lit him to so much of torture as must follow the
•I'oking off of his speech, until suddenly the
truth dawned upon me.

My dull ears had caught the sound of oars,
seemingly close at hand, but muffled as if he

240

A TRAITOR S ESCAPE.

who used them Mas trying to creep up secretly,
iiud in a twinkling all the truth came to me.

Jethro had learned— how, I never knew— that
his friends were near at hand, and had been
speaking thus loudly that they might be guided

in the pursuit.

David and I brought all the trouble about
by sheer carelessness, and had no one but our-
selves to blame if those precious Storks suc-
ceeded in turning the tables for the second

time.

I was not minded, however, that this should
be done without a valiant struggle on my i)art,
and on the instant my eyes were thus opened I
leaped upon the scoundrel, giving no heed to
the fact that I might overset the boat in m)

eagerness.

At the moment there was no thought in my
mind save to repair, so far as might be, the mis-
chief which had been wrought by my owu
heedlessness.

5CAPE.

to creep up secretly,
truth came to me.
v,I never knew — that

hand, and bad been
they might be guided

all the trouble about

had no one but our-

precious Storks sue-

tables for the second

ever, that this should
t struggle on my i)art,
es were thus opened I
rel, giving no heed to
)verset the boat in m)

was no thought in my
ir as might be, the mis-
wrought by my owu

A TRAITORS ESCAPE. ^il

As r sprang upon liini lie gave vent to a shrill
sc.va.n ; but an instant later my hands were
upon his throat, preventing another ,-utcry, and
I)at id, loj-,ing all idea of caution, asked in a loud
tone :

•' AVhat has come ujion you, Oliver? There
is no reason why you should handle him so
harshly, foi- "

"Hold your tongue, and take up the oars !" I
•lied, speaking in a loud tone, as was necessai-y,
otherwise our conversation nught have been
I'lolongcd until Jethro's friends ^vere within
^^triking distance. "There is a boat close at
Land, and w. are like to pay dearly for our
ciU'elessness!"

1 question if my comrade ^vould have under-
«tood the situation in time to be of service, so
certain had he been of our safety, if at that
instant the re, >rt of a musket had not rung out
•'" the still air, and the whistling of a bullet
sounded within a few inches cf his head.

Ill'

If.;
I

41- ■■

243

A TRAITOR S ESCAPE

Then was lie, like myself, aroused from liis
dream of security, and in an instant we were
battling once more for freedom, knowing full
well that capture meant for us death.

I had shut Jethro's mouth, l)y making it im-
possible for him to breathe, and it can well be
understood that under the circumstances there
was little care in my mind as to what might be
the result of my clutch upon his throat; but
Ben, the Tory cur, set up such yells as told
those in pursuit the exact location of our boat.
"Kill the villain !"' David said in a whisper,
as he bent himself to the oars. " It is his life
or ours just now, and the shedding of Tory
blood cannot be called murder at such a time as

this !"

Ben Stork heard the words, as a matter of
course, and when I, bending over Jethro in order
to deal the cur a blow in the face, raised my
hand, he V)elieved I was about to act upon my
comrade's suggestion.

S 11'

fiefr

APE

If, iiroused from liis
an instaut we were
eeilom, knowing full
r us tleatli.

til, l)y niakiug it ini-
e, and it can well be
3 circumstances there
[ as to what might be
ipou bis throat; but
p such yells as told
location of our boat,
id said in a whisper,
oars. " It is bis life
he shedding of Tory
irder at such a time as

words, as a matter of
ufr over Jethro in order
in the face, raised my
about to act upon my

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

243

" Do not murder me ! T beg of you to spare
me!" he shrieked, and this prayer answered as
v.-ell for information to our unseen enemy as
had his yells.

Kelea.sing my hold of Jetliro's throat for the
instant, I covered his mouth ^^hh my hand,
using such force that it was equal to a blow,'
saying at the .same time in a tone which must
have told the Tories that I was in earnest:

"If either of you so much as whisper again
I'll kill both without a second's hesitation T

They were silent on the instant, and then,
understanding that I must be ready to carry the
threat into execution in order to have it effec-
tive, I lifted the boat-hook which David pushed
toward me, holding the iron-shod end poised
in the air just above their heads.

It was only reasonalde they should believe I
would do exactly as had been pi-omised, for it
was our lives against theirs, and on the instant
l>oth were silent.

fT-

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A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

Davul was pulling Nvilh an energy born of
the knowledge that our lives were ha..ging m
the balance; but I could hear the Hwish of oars

in the distance, telling that our pursuers, who-
ever they might be, were no l.>nger making any
effort at keeping secret their approach.

I knew full well by the sounds, for it was

yet so dark that we could not see twei.ty yards

in either directio.i, that there was more than

one pair of oars being used in the pursuing

boat, and it would lu.e 1. en folly to suppose

David alone could outstrip them in the race,
it was necessary! should aid him in the race

wherein the stakes ^vere the lives of two lads
acainst ten pounds of the king's money, and
yet this could not be done until o,ir prisoners
were rendered powerless to make the slightest

noise.

Jnst for a moment there was in my mind tl.e
thought that by throwing both overboard we
would not only put it out of their power to give

KSCAPE.

I iin energy born of
ives were Imnging in
hear the swinh of oars
lat our pursuers, who-
„() longer making any
leir approach,
the souiuls, for it was
I not set! twenty yanls
there was more than
used in the pursuing
i h'H'U folly to suppose
ip them in the race.
,ul(l aid him in the race
li the lives of two lads
the king's money, and
one until our prisoners
ss to make the slightest

lere was in my mind the
nng both overboard Ave
)Ut of their power to give

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

245

tokenof our whereabouts, but at the same time
retard pursuit, for those in the oncoming craft
must necessarily stop topit^k them up.

I repeat that tliis thought v.as in my mind just
for a moment, and then I resolutely [)ut it far
from me, sayii.^ nv 'ally that if we could not
save our own ''ves i^ept by mui'der, then was
it better \v^' b. itted to such punishment as
his majesty Vj oh.jei., dealt out to spies and so-
called trail , :.

To purchase our lives by the murder of such
as the Stoi-ks would be paying far too great a
price; because in aftei'life one would ever see
before him the deed, and at that instant I said to
myself we woidd carry the miserable Tories into
Major Lee's camp alive, or go to our death as
lads should who had served the Cause to the
best of their ability.

Already was David breatliing heavily, and I
knew he had winded himself by too great exer-
tion at the beginning of the race.

240

A TRAITOKS KHCAl'E.

a. -

It was necessary I take liis place at tlie oars,
iiiul without delay, else were we overhauled in
u few moments.

Another musket shot came singing over the
boat, this time so near to .Tetliro Stork that
be turned his head (iuickly and would have
cried out in alarm, coward as lie was, but for
a gli.npse of the hoathook which I held ready
for a blow. There was nothing near at hand
which might be used as a gag, and time was so
precious that I could not spend many seconds
hunting for material.

Whipping oft' my eont I tore from it both
Hleeves, and thrust one into each prisoutr's
' mouth, forcing him to submit by 8(iuee/.iiig his
throat until breathing became painful.

Then, tearing the remaindei' of the garment
into strips such as would serve in the stead of
ropes, I bound the gag into place, giving little
heed to the comfort of those whom I thus
deinived of the power of speech.

HCAl'K.

A TRAITORS ESCAPR.

24:

his place at tlie oars,
e we overhauled in

ine Hiugmg over

the

Jetliro Stork that
ly and would have
1 as he was, but for
which I held ready
othiiig uear at hiind
gag, atul time was so
spend many seconds

, I tore from it bt)tli
into each prisoutrs
)mit by scpieezing his
anie painful,
inder of the garment
serve in the stead of
ito place, giving little
■ those whom I thus
speech.

No more than two minutes had been npent
Ml this work, and I was ou the point of taking
David's place at the oars when I realized that
the piisoners might yet be able to give the
pursuers an idea of the location of our boat, by
kicking against the planking.

There was yet sufficient of my coat remaining
to furnish a substitute for rope with which t(»
tie their legs, and in considerably less time than
it recpiiivs to set down the words, I had put it
beyond the power of the Storks (o signal the
enemy.

It \vas well I Inid finished the woik at this
moment, for when I pushed David aside in order
to take his place at the oars, tlie lad was breatli-
ing so heavily as to make it appear that he was
completely spent by the severe exertion.

Tlie slight noise occasioned by mir changing
places nnist have been heard by those who
would aid the Tories, for immediately a.iothei-
nmsket shot rang out ; but this time we did not

A TU/iTdus kscaim:.

lu.vr tl.e H\uiruvA "^ ^1.^' bullot, n.Hl thn« knew
that our eueiuies were unable to locate uh accu-

liitt'ly.

We had U)«t ground somewhat by thus chang-
ing oarsn.en. an<l it wns with ditUc-nlty I could
r..frain from glancing over tny nlu-ulder after
having settled down t.. the stroke, for it seemed
as if .Tethro'M friends must be close aboard.

I tried in vain to decide hovv many more min-
utes we would be favored by the darkness. In
the excitement 1 had h.st all idea <.f time, and
it seemed as if a new day nuist be near at hand,
when the race would come to a si>eedy en.l,
because those who pursued could readily shoot

us down.

For the moment I did not dare look toward
the east, fearing lest there I should see the first
light of .lawn, and then, realizing that he who
wmild make a brave fight nmst face all the pos-
sibilities,! resolutely gazed arcuid me to reckon
up the chances.

•4f§r_-.-r

ll.'t, ami thus knew
le to lociito UH nccu-

what by tliusoliftiig-
:\\ (litlu'uUy I coiiUl
r my HhoiiUler after
Htroke, for it Heemed
be close uboaid.
how niiiiiy more niin-
by tlie tlurkuess. In
till itloii of time, nncl
iiuist be near at hand,
me to a speedy en<l,
(1 could readily slu>ot

not dare look toward
) I should see the first
•ealiziiig that he who
i must face all the pos-
idaro' ndmeto reckon

A THAITUUH LSCAI'K.

249

As f have already net d..wn, the piirsii.MH liad
ceased all Hb.rf.s tu ke.-p their wh,.real,..iit.s a
secret, h\u\ wen- now wnikini^r nt tj„' o.us
regardle.iH ..f the noise, theief.Mv it was I ,.,,,,1,1
say with reasonuMe certainty tiiat tliey were n<.t
more than (ifty yanhs distant,

There were as yet no sinus of the conilii./
day; but I knew beyond a (jiiestion that we had
considerably less than an Iioiii' „f ,larkness at
the longest remaining; after which time both
inirsuerand pursued would be exposed to vi,!w.
We liad but one pair of ,.ars in the boat,
therefore ct.uld not increase ,,ur speed l.eyond
what one of us .night I.e al.le to do working
singlehande.!, and I believe<l tiiafc our enenn-ea
would overhaul us within half an hour.

Such thoughts as these were in my mind as I
speculated upon our chances for freedom, ulien
David moved softly towa.d me. crouchincr i„
the bottom of the boat as he ^vhispel•ed :
"I can make out the line of shore ahead, and we

250 A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE,

now have so much the best of those behind that
1 believe we might land and get a good start in
a la .e through the forest."

MVould you leave the Storks behind?" I
asked, tuking good care that my voice might not
be overheard by the enemy.

- It would be better they went free than that
we were taken prisoners into New York."

i'They now know more than at the time of
Ben's escape. After all we have said in their
presence it is plain to them th ■ t your uncle and
Master Baldwin have been concerned in a plot.
By setting them free we are condemning those

two."

This was a view of the case which had not
occurred to David, and he was far too brave a
lad to bring ruin upon others, even though
silence should cost him dearly.

- We must fight to the last," I whispered after
a short pause, during which I bent myself to
the oars with even more vigor than before, if

liiif

SCAPE.

, of those behind that
id get a good start in

B Storks behind ?" I
at my voice might not

ey went free than that
into New York."
. than at the time of
we have said in their
ni th. t your uncle and
?n concerned in a plot,
are condemning those

le case which had not
he was far too brave a
n others, even though

dearly.

e last," I whispered after
ivhich I bent myself to
ore vigor than before, if

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE. 251

indeed that were possible. " There has been in
ray mind for the past five minutes the idea that
if we find it impossible to escape, we should
make certain those miserable Tories are not able
to repeat what we have said."

" Meaning that you would "

David did not complete the sentence, but I
understood what he would have said, and
rei)lied as if the lad had spoken fully :

"Ay, it would l.e better (hey ^^eve sent out
of the world than that Uvo honest men suffei-ed
a shameful death."

For reply David lent his aid at the oars,
standing upright that he n,ig!,t push as I pulled,'
and such action gave me hope when I was nigh
to desp lir.

I could tell by the motion of the boat beneath
me that she was gliding over the water mo,e
swiftly with this additional weight on the
blade., and I whispered with no little show of
confidence :

"WF"

le;

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252

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

"1 believe we can yet win the race ! It has
been cowardly for me to give iu as if we were
already beaten."

"There is little won«ier that you have done
so. To me it has been this last five minutes as
if we were the same as captuied, and 1 could
see the gallows before my eyes."

"Let us pull harder and talk less; we are
sptMuliugour breath with no good results."

Then we fell silent, working at our full
strength and expecting each instant to hear the
singing of a musket ball ; but none came.

Although both of us strained every muscle in
the effort at escape, we took good care to row
silently, and those who pursued must have beei»
puzzled iu the darkness to know exactly where

we were.

On first taking up the oars I had given the
little craft a sheer in toward the shore, and
when, as nearly as I could judge, we were
n' souably near the land, 1 seat her up river

APE.

the race ! It lias
e iu as if we were

hat you have done
last five minutes as
itiired, and 1 could
yes."

1 talk less; we are
• good results."
>vking at our full
instant to hear the
ut none came,
ned every muscle iu
)k good care to row
lued must have beeii
know exactly where

ars I had given the
vard the shore, and
lid judge, we were
1 sent her up river

A TRAITorrs ESCAPE

353

again. Of course I had no hope of escaping by
«uch means, for our enemi.-.s in the rear hww
l^«3ond a doubt that Nve ^vere making f<,r Major
Lee's camp; )>„t it k.pt them guessing as to
exactly where .ve uere. (h.Tefore was the dam-er
of »>eing ^vounded by a musket ball g.Jly
lessened.

Even while we w^ere in such peril I found
myself wondering how the prisoner, might be
faring, an.l .juestioning if ihey coui.l live^nnch
Jonger, muffled as they were i.y the gags.

It hurt me, even uhile David's li^e Limine
were hanging in the balance, so to speak, that
the Storks should be thus tortured ; but there
was no remedy for it, and I tried vainlv to steel
my heart against the suffering whieh ha<l been
l^rought about by themselves solely in the hope
of bringing us to a shameful death.

254

A TRAITORH ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XII.

WITH LEES LEGION.

Lest T weary with too many words those
who may chance to read these poor lines, that
which foiiowed shall be set down briefly; but
the femptatiou to tell all David Rhinelander or
I did and said is very great, for at no time dur-
ing tlv progress of the plot to capture a traitor
were we in such exceeding peril.

After my comrade aided me at the oars it
was as if the boat's speed was redoubled, and,
thanks to our n^ethod of rowing, we proceeded
with the most perfect silence, which was broken
only by the swish of the water against her

bow.

It is always darkest during the hour pi-eced-

words those
)or lines, that

briefly; >nit
hinelauder or
; no time clur-
iture a traitor

at the oars it
edoiibled, and,
, we proceeded
ich was broken
er against her

lie hour pi-eced-

•fiff'

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

255

ing the coming of dawn, and tliis, as a matter of
course, was greatly in our favor.

I think the pr;-,oneis liad been gagged fully
half an hour, and our craft was close under the
bank of the river where the shadows were
densest, when David whispei-ed cautiously :

"I have been straining my ears these last five
minutes, and fail to hear anything of the enemy.
Let us hold up a moment to listen."

I acted on his suggestion at once, keeping the
oars in the water simply iu order to hold the
craft under c(;ntrol, and although we Jitewilly
held our breath lest the silence should be
broken, nothing could be heard.

The pursueis had gone astray, and n >w
were we in perplexity as to the proper coMse.

The enemy may have passed us unwii'aiir'v,
in which case by keepin^ .n we stood a -ood
chance of coming direct upon them, or they
might be holding near the middle of the river
waiting for the light of day.

iji

111

256

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

In either case it would have been mnvise to
stand on when there was little hope of gaining
the encampment of Lee^s Legion before sunrise,
and I was fully prepared for the suggestio.i

which David made.

u Why should we not ptdl in under the bank
now while it seems certain the enemy have
been thrown off our trail? It will be advancing
blindly to push on, not knowing where they are;
and if it so chances we can remain hidden untd
daylight, we shall at least know where lies the

greatest danger."

"It shall be as you say," I replied, all the

more willing to follow his advice because I
really believed w. might be murdering our
prisoners by thus kee,>ing them gagged.

Half a dozen strokes of the oars were suffi-
cient to send the boat so near the bank that she
was hidden by the foliage, and once we pulled
her close inshore the overhanging branches com
^iletely shut her out from view.

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

ill unwise to
le oC gaining
afore suiuise,
e suggestion

ider the bank
enemy hiive
be advancing

'here they are;

I hidden until

vhere lies the

■eplied, all the
rice because I
nurdering our
ragged.

oars were suffi-
3 bank that she
once we pulled
g branches com-

257

David made her fast to the trunk of a tree,
and I pulled the boughs down here and there,
until having satisfied myself that when the sun
rose we would be hidden from view of any who
might come within a dozen yards.

This done I stepped aft, and, first assuring
myself that the Stoiks were yet breathing, said
in a tone that must have convinced them I
spoke in earnest :

" It is our purpose to give you a breathing
spell. You know full well that we are pursued,
since each did. all he could to lead an enemy
upon us. The gags ai-e to be removed, and I
promise faithfully, realizing that our lives
depend upon the keeping (»f my word, that he
who raises his voice above a whisper shall be
killed without mercy."

Then I laid the boathook close at hand thnt
they might see I was fully prepared to execute
the threat, and pulled the gags from their
mouths.

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258

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

Duriug live miuutes or more 1 do uot believe
either oUhe Tories could have made the slight-
est outcry, so nearly stifled were they, and after-
ward I had but little fear of any alarm being

given.

The Storks had suffered so much that their
greatest f.arwas lest the torture be applied
acruin, and both la> motionless, not daring even

to whisper.

Had we continued the flight ten minutes
longer I believe of a verity they would have

died.

However, I was not in a mood to trust in
their fears, for, cowards though they were, if the
oi.portunity offered I knew full well what
might be done ; therefore the boathook was
kept raised over them in readiness for a bh>w,
and it would have fallen with deadly intent had
either so much as ^vl)inlpered.

David sat in the bow of the boat where he
could have a view of the river, and in silence

t
c

uot believe
e the sliglit-
tjy, and after-
alarm being

jh that their

3 be applied

daring even

ten minutes
J would have

d to tnist in
ev were, if the
11 well what
boathook was
ss for a blow,
idly intent had

boat where he
and in silence

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

the moments passed until the shadows of night
gave way before the light of dawn.

It seemed to me, nervous and timorous as 1
was, as if a full lialf-day passed before it was
possible to have a clear view of the water, and
then we were in a measure relieved, for nothinir
of evil met our eager gaze.

Not a craft could be seen on the broad i-iver,
and while this was in the highest degree reas-
suring, we did not venture to continue the jour-
ney at once, for who could say but that our
enemies were iiigher up the stream, between iis
and the encampment we were so eager to
gain ?

The Storks never so much as whimpered from
the moment we relieved their mouths until it
was time to resume the journey.

The suffering they had endured was sufficient
to quiet them fur so long a time as we might
choose to remain in the boat, and although their
limbs must have been cramped from holding

^! .1

ggO A THAITORS KSCAPE.

one poBitici sc. long, I faiUnl to see either h..
nuich as lift a tinker.

Present sutYering or dan.^cr wan all the c-ow
ards appeared to un<lerstana ; neither lo..le,l
very far into the future save to plot nn. ..ef
or lay plans for enjoyment.

It is not necessary that 1 set down h.re all
that David and I sai.l and did .luring the
three hours or more xvhile we remained hulden
behind the foliage at the bank of the river.

It is enough if 1 say we believed it wisest to

loiter there nntil the sun was high in the

heavens, and so long was this time of waitu.g

• that even our prisoners -nust have felt a certau.

setose of relief when the boat was pushed out

into the current.

We saw no craft fron^ sunrise until we had
pulled several miles upstream, and then it was
only a email sloop, heavily laden, which came

into view.

Her we did not fear, and, rowing steaddy but

A TUAITOR'S KSCAPE

either h<>

1 the cow-
lier hx'^ed
)t mis iiief

vn ht've all
(liinng the
lied hiiUleu
e river,
it vviseHt to
\'vA\ in the
3 of waiting
felt a certain
\ pushed out

intil we had

then it was

, which came

r steadily but

2(11

W)t swiftly, lest need hIkmiKI arise for a hui.st of
speed, we pushed on toward the encampment
where Sergeant rh.'unpe's eoinrade- weredouht-
less condemning him as a traitor.

We talked hut little. David and I, durinc^
this pull ui) the river, for strength was needed
at the oars, and we Avere not minded to waste
our breath on such conversation as could s.-ifely
be indulged in while we had as prisoners the
two Storks.

It was near to nooji wlien we came within
sight of Major Lee's camp, and, pulling inshore,
were hailed by the sentinel.

Remembering our previous experience, I was
not n>inded to go ashore until the major had
news of our arrival, for neither David nor I })e-
lieved it safe to give the prisoners an oppoitu-
nity of talking with the men lest, having heard
some incautious word from our lips, they nu'ght
be able to repeat that which should be kept a
secret.

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20«

A THAITOUS ESCAPH

Tliereforo it wan tl.at, resting on onv ours,
Davi.l Hi>ok. the sentinel ^vlu> luul cluaie..gea

us, by HJiying :

uWe Nvouia Imve inimecliate speech with

Major Lee." ,^

"You'll be forced to conie ashore, I reckon,
the nmu replied with a laugh/' for onr com.

„,an(ler isn't iu the custom of receiving visits on

the river."

" Say that two lads would speah >v.th him at
ence on business of importa.>ce," David said
sharply ; whereupon the man appeared affronted,
and was on thepoint of turning away, after

saying angrily :

«'You may stay there till you're gray-headed
without having your wishes gratif.td."

" It i of the utmost importance tl.at he receive
information of our coming!" I added, speaking

sternly. ^

-Come ashore, and in due time you will
have speech with him, providing it be possible

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to give proper account of yourselves," the
sentinel replied, now thoroughly disgruntled.

" Tiiere are grave reasons why ^ye must not
laud until he has knowledge of our being here,
and I assure that he will be in no pleasant
mood if we are kept long waiting."

By this time the man must have understood
that we had good and sufficient reasons for
speaking as we did, and after the briefest delay,
lie shouted for tiie corporal of the guard.

Fortunately this last soldier was one whom
we had seen on our previous visit, and, without
waiting to parley, he immediately carried the
message to his commander.

Five minutes later Major. Lee appeared, and
not until then did we pull inshore. David
leaped out as the boat's bow touched the bank,
and said in a low tone tothe commander :

" We have with us two prisoners who must
not be allowed to speak with your men until
after our story has been told."

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204

A TRAITOR'S ESCAPE.

"That shall be attended to in proper fashion ;

but first tell me, lad, why was it that no one

came to the rendezvous on either night ? I was

there with an escort ; but failed to see aT.y to

whom I might apply for information."

"The plot has failed most signally, and Ser-
geant Cliampe is on his way soutli with the
American Deserters' Legion. AVe will tell the
whole story once our prisoners have been cared

for."

Then it was that Major Lee gave the neces-
sary orders.

Two men whom he could trust implicitly
were ordered to carry the Storks to the buihl
ing which served as prison, and there keep the
closest guard over them.

"See to it that neither of the villains has an
opportunity of speaking with you, or any other.
Guard their tongues as you do their bodies, and
take good care such orders be strictly earned
out"

n' fashion ;
at no one

it ? I W'VS

see any to

y, and Ser-

1 with the

,vill tell the

been cared

B the neces-

t implicitly
;o the bnild-
u-e keep the

llains has an
or any other,
ir bodies, and
rictly carried

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

After this we liad no hesitation in fulJowin"-
the major to his quarters, and once there our
sori-owfui story was scon told, for we did not
waste time in relating our own ex])eriences.

Miijov Lee's sorrow because of Ser<a'ant
Chanipe'*, disagreeable, if not dangerous, posi-
tion can well be fancied.

I could see that he was more disturbed in
mind than he would have us believe; and after
some time he made as if to dismiss the subject
by saying :

"It is the fortune of war, lad, and those Avho
have embarked in this struggle against the king
know that their lives are staked on the hazard.
Chainpe would suffer less amid all the hciiTors
of the prison ships than he will while ol.evinf>-

»■' O

the commands, as he must perfoi'ce do, of that
arch traitor, Benedict Arnold. However, our
regrets and speculations can avail him but little.
We had best think oidy of ourselves."

"And in doing so I venture to add, witn all

m\s

A TRAITOUS F.SCAPE.

due respect, that it is necessary closer guard be
kept over the prisoners tl.au was exercised when
Beu aloue was iu camp, for sliould cue or both
succeed iu returning to New York, Master
Baldwin's life would speedily be sacrificed be-
cause of the part he has played in this affair,
^vhile Master Schuster's position would
be dicidedly uncomfortable, if not absolutely

dangerous."

The major remained silent during several
moments, as if in deep thought, and then said,
speaking slowly as one does when weighing

well each word :

- You are right, and even though there is no
good reason for extra precaution, it should be
taken because of the service rendered. Just at
pre'H.nt you two are in greatest danger, for in
case of being taken prisoners I have no question
but that the Britishers would hang you off-hand.
The Storks shall be forwarded to headci^arters
at once, with a detailed report of their capture,

•MM

■^MWiMAKacJs^

aSB=

ler guard l)e
arcised when
one or both
'oik, Master
sacrificed be-
in this affair,
itioi\ would
ot absolutely

uring several
and then said,
hen weighing

gh there is no
I, it should be
ered. Just at
, danger, for in
ave no question
ig you off-hand,
to headcjuarters
f their capture,

A TRAITOR'S E8CAPE.

267

and tht'n I will come to some conclusion regard-
ing yourselves."

" Meaning to take certain stej^s for our safety,
sir?" David asked.

"Ay, lad, it strikes me that is tiie most im-
jiortant business on hand just at i)resent."

" It was agreed that we should be allowed
to enlist, in case the plot was carried throuo-h
successfully," my comrade said in a most resjiect-
ful tone.

"iMore than permission to enlist was prom-
ised," the major replied, with a smile. "It
would have been a scurvy reward to allow only
that whicl) we are most eixgtn- to have. Recruits
are ever welcome, and you are entitled to some-
thing of value."

Now it was that I took part in tlie conversa-
tion, by saying decidedly:

" We did not embai-k in the enterprise, sir,
with any hope of re^vard It was in the expec-
tation of being able to serve the Cause that we

-Im

;it

ii»ii
t

A TR.MTOUS KSCAPE.

agreed to do whatsoever Sergeant Cl.an.pe
desired, a-d now we si.nply ask permission to

enlist."

" That is yours already, and I will be right
glad to have such lads under my command.
For the present c-o.-sider yourselves as havit.g
the liberty of the camp- Do whatsoever pleases
you, and if I can contribute in the slightest
degree to your comfort or happiness, it is only
necessary io make your wishes known. Later,
when I have had time to consider the matter
well, we will decide upon a future course.

Having said this Mrjor Lee walked rapidly

away in the direction of the shanty which

served as a guardhouse, and we knew he had

taken it upon himself to make certain the

Storks were sent out of the encampment under

proper and sufficient guard.

Now it was that for a time David and I had
good reason to feel as if we were of some con-
sequence iu the world.

A TI{.\l'|(ii;s l',S( AI'K.

lit ( lianipe
L-nuissioii to

nil \w riglit
ly ooiniuiiiKl.
■es as liuviiig
oever [ileases

the slightest
ess, it is only
lown. IjiittT,
iV the uiatttT
e course,
rtlki'd rapidly
shanty which

knew he had
e certain the
nipment nudcr

ivid and I had
■e of some con-

•^'(lii

More tliiin (iiM' <.|" tlic iiicii ill (he? L»'-:i(.ii
undcrstuod diat wc Imd Itccn <'ni;;iut'(l in a Wdik
of importance, (iilii'i\» isc {hv (•(.innianch-i' Aoiild
not ha\t' l»c.>to\\((l so much lime upon us, and
tlicse look it njion tlicmsehcs to see that \\»'
were treaft'd as honored quests.

Had Daviil and I ])ei'f(>nn(!(l sonu' woudi'ous
deed foi' tlu' l)enelit of the Cause we could not
have ivcei\-ed more consideration from tlu! I'ank
and tile, and luit fur tln^ fact that we were
growing wo<'fully lioniesick h)V a word froui our
motliers, we might have become so puffed up
with pride as to he disagreeable.

It can well he imderstood that we ha<l longed
most ferventlv fioui the first hour of leavin<>-
home, for iniormatiou i'e(>ardin<r those whom we
loved so dearly, and now we weiv in compai'a-
five safety was the desire all the greater.

We knew, as has aliead\ been .set down, that
Master Baldwin had carried to our homes the
stoi-y of what we had done, and \\ hy we were

«w

A Ti!.\n"oirs v;s('.\rF..

,,,,,.,■,1 l—l< i.."l-ti"" i" tl.- .■«„.,. of !,«•»

,„„mn l..v„Hs. ot .„l.s,.u>.,.,..v,.„,l,..n,.l.l.....

„r ,„ k„u« (..n wvU tl,.l H..'l. assunm.-.. .■ouW

„,, „,.,■. u>.-V lu,l.l.,V "".1 s,ul .1 ll"' -""■
„„.nu.ul, ,..„! 1 ..un..t »aj- wl.i.l, IV.l.ug was

the strongt'i'.

()ntlHMn<4l'tl.vevious IVn an.! .l.thr.) Murk

l,aa been taken to l.eaa.iuarlHs n.ul.r a stn....
gnanl,ana it was .vasonaLU- to su,>l.use tl.at
;ve haa seen tlK. last of them, fur ouc-Ml.e 1 ones

,,eivfm.to.vturntotl..irnnlisl. fn.-n<l>^-ve>y
„„,.,, onnfor.uatknMvlm-h the Cause <leuwuuU.l
.houhn.ekei.taseeret<.ouhlbe:4ivenbytl.en.
therefore vvouhl both he lo<,ke.! after so HhaiTly

,s must prevent tl.e possibility of eseap.
. AVe Inul not seen Major I.-e since our ti.^t
interview; it was saia that he also baa gone to

«M

il'ter wjis sill
■y would ti"t
tliouuli l'"tli
iinitii'^' o(»ul(l

r iiniviil that

ill the sanu'

1 reeling was

Jelliro Stork
imler ii stroiiji
I s»n>p<»se tliiit
uiicc tlicToii''^
Oi fiit'iidH, veiy
•!iU>e(leu\aniU'<l
s given by tlu'ni.
iifter so sharply
i)f escape.
. si nee oiiv tirst
ilso had gone to

> TUAIToK'S KscaI'K

271

'"■••"1'1"-"'''''S ■•"1.1 I Lelieve,! it u ,,s f,,r tlie pm-
l:ose <.]• rep,.;,tili- („ (it'iMTal \V;isl,i.l-(. "l. .•ill
we li,,.i t..i.l hjiii .•<^:M(lin,- (li,. laijiire of the
pl<»t.

I>a\i(l an<l I li;i(| l.erii escorted an.iind tlie
erieanipirieiil imfil there \\ ;is nothing left to
sliow n.s, and ha.i go„e (h)\vn to the river's hank
that ue tnighi l,e alone for the time to tuJk of
home matters.

AVhile tlnis mournfully engaged we saw- a
skiir coming np the river, in which were tw
men, and David siiid idly, nev.r for an instant
dreaming (hat lie might he hitting upon tl

truth

" It would he o(hl if Tncle Jaeoh was forced
to flee from Ncav Voi-k hrvause ,,(• the slight
part lie played in the attempt to capture a
traitor."

" Th<'re isn't tlie ,slia(h)w of a possihility lie
eoidd he susi)ected of having a hand in that
matter," I replied confidently. " Jaooh Hehnster

A TltAlTollS KSCAl'lv

was I'mi ln<. >lnvsv.l to do that whirl, mi-ht
involve him uitl. ll'" liiitishfis, a.i.l I Nvanant
youhr isiiou ivi.ntin- lh('liltK-i.ait hr .lid

phvy.

Tho words w.-rc no ni<>iv than spok.-ii I'fl'ore

Diivid ciicil fXritrtUy :

.-It is I'lich' .lan.l.! I l'»'l'«'v»' the maiwit,
tht'oarsisnoiu".>th."r than Master I'.ahlwiu T

Kven whiU' insisting' that such (ouhl not l.c
the case, I m'o.u'nized the caiith.us i.u'ivhant,
and in another moment we knew l.eyond a i.ei-
advent. .re that it was our true Irieud who i.lie.l

the oars.

B.innntj with impatience to lean, why they
had left New- York, and what had <uv,.rivd to
i^ive Master ^ehuster so much courage as to y.er-
n.il of his openly visiting a " rebel " enca.np-
n.ent, Duvid aud 1 hunied down to the water's

edge.

Never before had we received sucl. a warm
reception from Jacob ScbuGter. It really seemtjd

Aliii'li iniulit

III I wiUiaiit

|)iirt lit' <li»l

ipoUt'ii bt'l'ui'u

!> the miin lit,
• Bal.lwiur
(oilhl ii<»t !»•'
)us mcrcliant,
l)ev<'ii<l !i IH'i'-
t'lul wlio ^ilietl

■Mrn >vliy tli»\v
1(1 (it'ciirrt'd to
iragn as to \n'V-
■ebol " eiK-aiiip-
I to the water's

I such a \vann
[t ivully seeiuttcl

A TK.VlToirs i:st AIM';, 31^3

as if lie felt a ecitaiii sense ,,f relief Inraiise we
were there to ureet i,ii„. and nftera most hearty
haiid-clasj) the ineicliajit askeil:
'• \\'lier(' is Major I T

"He went t.. Iiea(h|iiarfers last even inu. sir.
and it is not eeit.iin tli.it lie has \ft r.'t iii'iicd."
"Lead me to his tent; I won!. I speak with
liini at oiioe."

II(.weverwillin^^ we were to do as he wislied,
il was not possihh.for David and 1 I,. introd„ee
visitors to the enoanii.nienf, as we spe.'diJv
learned when the ollieer nf tlie day, siniinioiied
hy one of the sentinels, came 14. to see wlio the
neweoiners niii;lit l»e.

'I'o hini Master Seliusfer repeated his re(|iiest,
and the ollieer at oiiee led hin, away, leaving,' us
alone with Master Haldwin. Th,' kindly -ren-
tleinan did not wait for us to uive words iu tlie
• piestions he ooiild read in our eyes; but said,
inuiiediately it were possible to sj.eak without
bein^ overheard :

A TKAITOR 3 ESCAPE.

" Ay, lad, we are fugitives, and have come to
seek proiectiou bere. 1 to enlist iu the Legion,
and Master Schuster to devise some means— if
Major Lee will aid-to throw oft' the susi.icion
which has been aroused against him."

« Then the plot is known T I cried in dismay,
thinking what would be Sergeant Champe's fate

in such a case.

"Not so. Ir^.d; fortunately that yet remains a

secret."

"Then why are you two fugitives T David

ask m1 impatiently.

"We are accused of having a hand in the
murder oi Ben and .lethro Stork."

"Their murder!" 1 cried in bewilderment.

" Ay, lad. It is known th;it they set out to
capture you. Neither I.ms returned, and I was
seen in your company on th^ river the morning
after our dismal failure. To be arrested now
mig:it lead to the discovery of what we would
have done, and thus Sergeant Champe be con-

have come to

iu tlie Legion,

nue means — if

f the susi>icion

lim."

nietl in dismay,
t Champe's fate

: yet remains a

o-itives V David

a band in tbe

k."

•ewilderment.
, they set out to
rned, and I waa
iver the morning
l)t' arrested now
' what we woidd
Champe be con-

A TRAITORS ESCAPE.

(leinned to a sliameful death ; therefore Jiave I
decided to leave tl.e woi'k of spying, since my
usefulness has departed, and take up arms for
the Cause."

"But iALister Sclsusterr I cried, still in a
daze of hewilderment. "Will he enlist?"

" lie i)r()poses that AL-ijor Lee shall send word
into New ^',»rk that the Storks are alive, which
will i)ut an end to the charge of murder."

"Hon eould the Hritishers have suspected
him ? Suiely he was careful enough nut to
have any hand in the matter, save tn put him-
self in line to receive the reward in case we had
suceeeded,"

" You were seen eating su])i(er witli liin\ and
immediately afterward, so it is said by the Brit-
ish spies, visited hini af his pl.-.ce of business.
It caused suspicion when the fiugal merchant
spent overmuch money at the Bl.-.ck Horse Inu
with two lads as guests. He, ever cautious,
sought out this encampment immediately after

m ^ THAITOUS KSt'.M'E.

l„,nung these facts, uuU before an order could

l.f iiKidf for Ids arrest."

It is enough if 1 «ay here that Master Schus-
ter s.icceeded in clearing his own skirts with
hut little ditHculty.

Major Lee was perfectly willing to malce

suc-h a statement as could not be dis.-e.lited,

,vgardir.g the St.>rks, and se.it it to New York,

when, as David and I heard a few days late",

the charge of nuirder was suddenly dropped.

At this point the story <.f our attempt to
capture the traitor has been f idly told, and there
oan be no .lueslion but that he who reads it is,
as were we two lads, sore at heart because d.at
which prounsed to be a brave adventure .ame

to nau<.dit.

As a matter of course Major Lee received
:yiaster Bahlwin, David and myself a. r emits,
and we wei-e yet with the Legion on llmt day
in Korth (^u'olina when Seigeant Cliampe,
having alter many a long, weary week, escaped

'"I

^■ ■ I ' li " .'JBCT

A TKAlTMrs KSCAPR

order could

laster Sclnis-
II skirts with

iiicT to malce
)e disc 'edited,
to Kew York,
t'w ilays kite",
ily dropped,
ur attc'iupl to
told, and there
\h) reads it is,
\'t bfcause I hat
dveuture janie

)r Lee received
lelf af3 r emits,
m on Vl!!vt day
■want Ciiainpe,
y week, escaped

from liis coniinandcr, tlie trai!oi', came into
camp, fo (he iiit.'nse surprise of all save we four
wiio wove conccnicil lu tlic plot.

I would there was time foi' me to set dowr
the derails of his reoepti,,ii when all the story
ha»l l)een told the men, \\ jiilc they were drawn
up in line, with tlie sergeant, :\Iaster l^ahiwin,
I>;ivi<l and I faeing ihe ranks'..

However, it may he that af some time in the
future, wlien we shall lia\e aiven the ledcoats a
few more doses such as we ndminisiered to Lord
Unwdon's troops the dav after the ser-'eant
eame into eamp, the opportunity will pr-sent
itself for nie to set down in Letter fashion than
I have l.een ahle t.. do in this tale, all that was
said and d(,ne when the men of Lee's Le-ion
understood that theii- sergeantMuajor had never
been in truth a deserter, but one who risked
everything, even life itself, for the Cause.

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Professor. The. Uy Charlotte

P,.u!."am'ri, ny Ueurge William
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Kohl',;:., '•>■u^oe. uy Uanlel

liolMlo's''' Uv Sir Walter Scott,
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Tl.irty Years' War. Hv Kreil-

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Amelia It. I'Mwanis.
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Thiinias Ilimhes.
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Tom CrlnKle's I.oR. Hv Mlehael

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Jacnhit,. ,.ire.,t. e.se.,|„.H, is wiv,.);,.,! „„ , |„. |.',,.|„.|| .-(.a^t, reaele'S
niri!*, aii.l serves with Ihe Imv lel, iiraiv at Dettinir.-n. lie Uills
Ills hiilers |,,e in a duel, and e-eapinir to the e.mst, sliare. tlio
land''''''''"' "' '''''"''"''""''''• '"" 'i""l'y "'■"'"•^ lu.ppily In Seot-

r h ^V I N,^^^ r .•.sK'.M.,lanar.

With Clive in India; or, the HeuHnmiiirs cf an Kiiipire. Ity

<). A. IlKNTV. Witll 1,> full |,a-e 1 1 liiM ,-,,| i„„.s \,y iin\'.\.i}S
UtidWNi;. r,'iiio, clolli, |iriee .sil.iio

Tl|e p,.ri.MJ lM.(»v,.,.n t'le Ian liiiir of ('lis e as n voiinir „rii,.r in

iniliaaiid the ejus,. ..f hi. eal r was erilie;d an<rev,.ntfnl in the

extreme, .\t ils eoini lee le'iitthe Knf,'lish w.Metradeis exi-.tinir

..nsnlTemneeolthe native priiuvs. At its eh.^e llev were masters
oi Mimical an, I I ih- jrr aier part ,.f S.M,th.-r,i India. Th.M.iithor
iasf,riven a lull and ae-inate ai'coi.nt of th.' events of that stirrinL'
tune, and Imfl.sand s ,.,. , f„ll.,w..aeh other in n.pid s,„.,.esM.m,

while he eoMihi ..s »iih hi. Marrat i ve a la f daring and a.lveii-

tiire, which irive. a lileMu- inlfre.t 1,1 the voliune.

an'M'll!"l!','i:,'MM'','.'''i''''''';''' ';',' •',""■"' '''",'"'■*■ "f ""• '""^' ^"^^1 impo,-tance,
!wsm','.!: " '"■"'''" •"*""'■'"">■ "ill '»' 'lrlit,'hl,.,l « ill, ,!„• v„hMn.v - -

The Lion of the North: A TaJ.. of O :,staviis Adolphns nn.l the

Warsof IJ,.|i^.!on. H.vij, ,\, Hknty, With fiilhpM-e llln.s-

trations hy John Si iio.mii.i.'c. r2uu>. ch.th, price $1,00,

In this story Mr. Hen y i:ives th,. hisioiv of ihe (iist .art of the

Ihirt.v \,.ar.s War. The i.M.e h h1 its nnp.nlaiic,.. which has e\.

tended to ihe present day, as it estahli.hed rerii,noiis fr loin

in i.erniany. The a: my of the chiv„|,-oiis kin- of Swed,.,! was
hir.uely composed of Scoi.-hmeii, and anion'' these was tl
the siorv.

he hero of
truHt^a to read itcousci;u,:iJusly;u;e, iauLi-Ui;i^;uit,;V;;'^,:::i>:^ -^;>i,.'::

J!!v;;l'li!!;\;t';^;;!'j':''JJ''"','"''':!'^''i'i''''.'' of.i,isio,-y, a.uiasi,oysM,/,v i...

1,. lU-HTH IM-m-lCATIONH^

T,e Dragon and the Raven. ^^, ^^^^^J^^^^^^ ,,^, ^, ,, ,,,,..

t„.x,.„ ,1,..,..., t.>u..H 1-rt '::', I :.'--' »'"i .-msh... i>a...<H
;:;;:.:^..au,..ion«».i.;.^,-n;^^^^^ ^,„,„

, Ui. U I limn, clolli, i>ni;." sfl ""■

.|..i..at.Ml tlM, liomuu^a' ' ' ' j, .^nv .H-irlv th- sum. total of

ll.eir ,u.owlr,l.-. ... 1-' ' '; Mr. H.'niv l>as writ.-n tin.

Morv, wl.ic'U no, '•-''>■ ^''^•'r';',^\\tlis^ rv, l,ut is a taU- -l .x-
,i„„- of a "w.Ht "'"'•■•'7''"»'.'; :\' ; , ,';.,st-. I- tl.. r.aa-r.
,i,i„^. „,lv.-Mt..re MMv to s"'>" • ll>' „othlt,.st„y« tl>«

.. ,y,.n ..oMs,nu.t,..l ..M,. vivi; y ^• ;!, , ;^' .!!'oM'Utn.;.,.,w..os.. cum-ut
va,'iUia.l,.v.-,inM,hu, .unvrlos,..>l.,oM .

War of l..ar,HMul..n.v. ' ^v^il lb." .Ir.Mls of tlu- mytli.ni

p„„v..sH of VVallac- ami 1* " ' ' '\ ,. „„. -Valhw.' "«« '•a"^"'

with tb-s. l.«.M,.lary {•'■r-;:^^" j^,^,', ! , , „ Uvi,,., l.r.a.Um^'
l.istoriat.s hav.- show... '"'.^^^^' % ',; „ .,f ,1,.. taU- loUfllil .'>.aer

;,.„|, \Valla,.MVMaHrmv .u .^^^ ■ ,,^.,.„^,, ^i,, ,vork .«

full of '•Iwii.l.ivaath scar- "'"'""' ,. ,„„ ^viMost an.i most re-
'. „ is writUM. M. tl,.. .m.l,o.-s 1.J.S, s^,K 1^ .^^ ' .l^'.',, .,„y,oace be has

A. I-. HfUTH IM'IU.K'ATIONS.

0. ,). hi'ANI-

il, iiii'l pri'si'iits
i„. ciiiiiiry was
, ii.Tii, a yiiuiit;
,v KiiiK Allrccl.

, up 111.' >*<•!"".

1,.|-. • AlhDiivum.

OM (if lliintiilml-
, l,j. (•..). St\N I-

i',. sfliliiiii iiU "fn
it was al first ii
. 1)11 tlif ("kfl "'
(TciH'ial, thai liti
Ills, ami <'aiiiui',
ill,, sum '"ii'l "f
I this imiiiiiMitiiiiH
lias writl.-n tliin
liriUiuiil (it'Hcrii)-
t is a laU< of <*»■
!(■ r^ ailtT.
St iKitlilnnHtayn tlio

l-l'lllll WIIIIH.' cuii-i'ut

Hrme. HyO. A.
imnoN UiiDWNK.

iileof tlie Scottish
al.T ami Iit'rsoiial
Is <if the niyihica
,illi„,. wnH raiiUfil
lurliis of iiioil'Tii
I liviiiu', hr.'athiiit,'
,. taU- loufilil uii'l'-f
liiMorical aiTuracy
I'vciits, the work is
lire.

. wil.lfsl and most re-
iiUMialioy.oacBlielaw
oolmaater.

With Lee in Virginia: A Story of th.- Atiii'rlcan Civil War. Hy
<». A. IlKNTV. With full ,i,i^„. Illustrailoii.s l,v (i.im.oif

HllOWNK. l'.>iii„, clntli, luj.i'lfl.lM).

'I'li.i ^loty nf a yoiiiiir Viruiiiiaii planiiT, «),„, alt r l.rav.'ly
proviiitf l,i>, sviii|,»fl,y will, il„. ,|„v,.s ..r hnifal iiiMs|..rs, s,.rvoH
Witli 11- l.sH rnura-.- ami . iilhiisiaHMi uml.T I ,„„| ,I„cks..a

By England's Aid; or, Thi- lM,...ii,^r „r ,),„ .\,.t|,„rlumls (i:,8r»,
"i"li. Hv (f. A lllATV. With fMll-i-np. III„s,n,tloi,s l,y
Al.KllKli l'K\ris|.;, ami M,ips. fj,,,,,, ,.|,,th, prici' || .00.
'I'hi' story ..r two K„Kii>h la.ls uh„,,r„,o I „|„| „, ,„ ■

Hl'-^rr. '"•"'■ •■tl'" liKlitMi- V..r.s." Art.T ma.iv .7.lv.,n-

turi's ly sva ai,.| latrl. ,| ||„. |,„i.s |i„,|s l,im>,.|r ,„; |,„„r,| h

Hpanisl, ship „t tl„. tin,.. „r th- .h-l-.i. nf ,|,.. Ar>„aila, an,l ...rap.-B
on .V to all ,„„ th,. Iiamis .,f ,1„. c.r-airs. ||.. i.s s,„r,.s.sr,.| i"
>:..ttii,ir hack to S| ail, ii„,l,rth.. prot.M'tio,, of a wealthy merchant
ami refrains his ,„iijv ronntrv alt,- tli- captiiiv of ( 'ai'lj/

K,;;'"'-'"' '■ ■'•"•• iii"Ht,.ati„.,s a,i:i';'„"iis' :;;,;^:;;[i;;^,.:!:^^"7;;;}i;^

By Right of Conquest ; or, Uiih Cortc/, in .M,.xico. ]U (I. A.

llK.NTY. With full pa^.. Uliistraiinris l,y W. S. Siackv, and

Two .^[ups. I'Jiiio, cloth, prifi- Al ."ill.

Tim com,ii,.st of .\I..xico hy a stna u„| „f ,,.,soli,t,. nmn under

*'"' '"".-;"" "' i''"'l-'sl'ip of Vnru-A is alwavs rliihtiv ra„ked

aimiMir the most r,,maiitie ami .lariiij: ..xpjolts in hist„r\* With
tins as the Kroi.ii.luork o| 1,1. story .\|r. ||.„tv |,„s iMfrwi-ven the
advintiiiesolai, |.;„.i:.l, ,,„„1,, l;„„., ||„„i,,|,„„., the sol,, .sur.
vivor ,, tl„. p,o,l ship Swan. „ hmh ha I sail,.,l t,,,,,, a Dev.m port
\Vw W^Tl" M ■.•"■'■'■"'"'l'-^"l-'=n,„.y o tl,.. Spanianis i„ 'thn
^ew \\ oild 11,. ,s |„.s,.t hy many p-rils aiiioiiu the nativ,.s, hut
is_sav,.,i oy IiisowM ji„lir„„.i,t ami stivntrih. aii,l hv tl,,. ,l,.voti,m
of au .\ztec p,:m,.ess. At last hy a ruse l„. obtains th,. prol,.,.tion
of the ^panianls. and alter the fall of .Mi'xi.'o I,. si„.,.,.,.,|s iu re

b"i' I,'."" '"' '""''''' ''"*"'' "'"' " '''"'"""■ "'"' " '•'""•'"'"« Aztec

I. BITHT'S prBT-lCATlONS.

liy (J. A. UUM»-

„KKa. 12n.o, rloth, rr.ce |l.nO ^^^^^^ _^^ ,^,^

chateau of a Fren,lM.mn,ms m'l al ,{, vnluti.m. lin-

prisoniueiit an. (Ifath u 1 ' ",„,,. ,.oun- .l.u.-l.t.'rs ot the
himself bes.-t by iht.Is xv tb , ' ;' ^,,,,,\'s,'av.'s tbey r.-acli Nau-

they depict. . • • ^'"^ '

^''''"'"'' ^ Ti,„ \Vinnin"of a <'ontinent. l^v

BuowNK. 12-no «'"^^';i;\''^ *;;";•,;,, „, recount of the .^..^.
In tbe present vohnne M.etsp i„ the North

gle between UrUam 'J^;^,"^; l^^,. l/this'war aepen.le.l not o.Uy
American .■■■.if.nent. On tlie s. u ^^^.^^^ ,,_,,j,^ „f i,e

fie destin.es of North Amenc-a b t a "V . ,,,^^,,,, , ,^ ,

„K,tber countries tbe.nse V J ,;,„^,,. 'j',, u>e New \\ orld;

the An,^lo-Saxon '^;' ^^ ZL take the lead a.non, the
that Hritain. and not [ '.•,• p,,,, ^^,„i An.erican c.Mnn.erce, the

nations of Kurope; » J/' l^.jfT 'literature, should sprea.l n,rl't

En^'Vish lantrua^e, an 1 l-nt,iisii

round the i;lobe. . ,,.,„.tit7..1v as it is Kraiiliicnily told,

^. A T .1.. of the American War of Inde-

True to the Old FUg' A l"b ^^^^^^^^ uiu^trations by
peudence. By (4. A. iii.M ^ -, ,y

Lui.ON- BUOWN-E. 12uto. clot h^ Vn<^^;^^^ „, officers .ho
m this story the ^-^^J-';;, ;-^^':i^' ^^("^at in no war in «^.ich
took part in the conthct aiid '" ''^ "' ' „ ,.„.,„<;ed did they behave
A,nerican and British - '''^^^ n'l cr TluA.istorical portion of

j2^^rir!nS:::^n';S^thf i^-«' ^.--^ve and carrted

A. L. BlTRT'S PrBr.ICATIONS.

V.'stmiiiSt.;r Hoy.
,ns by J. SciiON

a rcsiiU'iit at ilie
iilvtMitiiri's accoin-
Hi viihitiou. liii-
1(1 lilt' Ikti' liii'li^
diiuKlit'''''^ of the
s tliev n-iicli Nan-
n tin" cotrin-liips.
hoy )irotffti>r.
l.t» siiiil to iH'iit Mr.
li," iui<li>''>ly "'"' 1",'''"
y's l,fSt."-^(''""'"l'

a Continent. l^y
tions by (iouDON

ccountof thestnig-
uirv in the North
• (lepi'mled not only
. cNtent 'l.ose of the
jiieliec liecided that
n the New World;
he lead anions; the
■rican coiiinierce, the
should sprea<l ri^ht

as it is Kraiiliioa'.ly tolJ,
if adventure aud \>vn\ By

lerican War of Inde-
.pat;e Illustrations by

00.

(■onn..^ of officers who

Ual in no war ill which
raged did they behave
"ie'~historical iiortion of
s thrilling adventures
iron, astory of exi-itiuR
uurrative and carried

thenritishsoldiersdunnK

:,ll^..i.oiu' tlM-hestierod-
eiideured to us by aie vX-

The Lion of St. Mark: .\ 'I'ale of Venice in the Fourteenth
Century. Uy (i. A. IIknty. With f'lll-pago Illustrations by
Goui)()\ Hkownk. 12ino, cloth, price $1.00.
A story of Venice at a ])erind when her streiif;th and splendor
were put to the severest tests. 'I'iie hero ilisiilays a fine sense and
nnmliness wliich carry hiii safely throiii^h an atin isphi-re of in-
tri,"ue, I'rinie, and l)|no(lsht'd. lit' contributes largely to the vic-
tories of the Venetians at Poito d'.Vnzo am! ChioLTfria, and tinally
wins the hand of ilie dauijlit^'r of one of tlie cli.ef men of Venice.

" Kvi'rv liny slum hi ri'ad ■Tin' I.iiin of St. ^I.irk.' Mr. iri-nty has never pro-
dnci'il a siiiry nini'i' (Ir-iit^litl'iil. iiiDri'Hliiili'suiiu'.iir niorn vivacinus." — .S'o/Kr-
dill/ h'l'firir,

A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Hush Life in Aiistalia. 15y(}. A.

Hknty. With full paire Illustrations by \V. 15. Woi.l.EV.

12niii, cloth, price $1.00,

'I'he hero, a youni; Kuirlish lad. after rather a stormy boyhood,
eniif,'rates to Austriilia, and gets e iiployrnent as an ollieer in the
mounted police. A few years of arli.'e work on the frontier,
where he has numy a lirush with b th natives and bushrani^crs,
gain him promotion to a I'aiitainoy, and he eventu>\lly .settles
down to tht- (leaceful life of a squatter.

"Mr. Iletity lias never i>nl:!islii'il a riiore reail.alile, n more carefully coa
Btnietcil. or a lielter wrillen story than this." -.S'/jj-i ■^l^lr.

UnJer Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish .Main. By (J. A.

Hhntv. With full-page Illustrations by (Jokdon Huow.nk.

]2mo, cloth, price JjJl.OO.

A story of the days when F.ngland and Spain struiTirled for the
Hupremaey of the sea. The hernes ^ail as lads with Drake in the
I'acilic expeditiiw), and in his great voyaire of circumnavigation.
The historical portion of the story is absolutely to be relieii upon,
but liiis will perhaps be less attractive than tlie great variety of
exciting adventure through which the young heroes pass in the
course of their voyages.

" .\ liiink of ailveiitiire. where the hero meets wif- e.iiperience enouKh, ono
would think, to turn his hair v;ray." ~II(iri>er's Miinllilij Mii'iiizine.

By Sh^er Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War. By (J. A. Hknt\
With full-page Illustrations by (U)l{l)()N' Bkdw.nio. 12mo,
cloMi, price fl. 00.

The author has woven, in a tale of thrilling interest, all the de-
tails of the Ashanti campaign, nf which he was himself a witness
His liero, after many exciting adventures in the interior, is de.
tained a (prisoner by the king just before the outhrenk of the war,
but escapes, and ace 'inpanies the Knglisb expedition on their
march to Cooniassie.

"Mr. Plenty keeps up his reputation as a writer of boys' Stories. 'By Sheer
IPluuk ' will be eagerly read."— .dt/tenicum.

A. h. RFP-T'S ITBTJCATTONS.

6 _^

By Pike and Dyke : A Tale of the lUse <.f the Dutcli H.'public.

By (J. A. Hhnty. With full-piiK.- Illustrations l.y Maynaud

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InthisHtorv Mr. Ilentv trmvs the a<lvei.U.res an.l hrave <lee<ls
of an Kn.lish- bov in tl.e-ho„sehol,l of the ablest n.at.o ns u^---
VViUiuin the Silent. K.awunl Martin, the .on of an Knjr.isb m .i-
aS'-U.; the servi<.e of the Prinee us a v- un,ee.^ and , s en.
ploved bv hi,M in many dan^-erotts and ,es,,ons>ble ' '^^ ."^' ' f
discharj:;- of whieh he passes thu.'^U the^^^tva s ..jre. -.1 th. f.n..
He ultimately settles down as Sir Kdwur:! Martin.

selves." St. Jiimiii' (la: tti'.

St. George for England : A Tale of t'ressy an.i Poitiers. By

(}. A. llKNTY. With fuUpaire Illustrations by UoUDON

BltowNK. 12nio, cloth, price $100.

No nnriion of Kn"lish histMi-v is more crowded with great events

^^^:C:7^!^:■(,n .i i.iwardiii, *>-r -i ;;;;--; ;'-

destrection of the S,.anisl, tleef the pla-ue , ''" \ '^'^ ;'.:-^' '
tie lac.iuerie risini;; these are treated by the author it ^t.
I e,, - r Km- lan.l •• 'I'he hero of the story, althou.^h ot pfood
fa. ilv 1 - ""life as a London apprentice, hut alt-r countless ad
le:u;r;.'m ..i -erVis becoines by vlul.r at.d g,«^
and at last the tru ted triend ,.f tie- Black 1 nnce

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Captains Kidd's Gold: rheTrueStory of an Adventurous Sailor

Bov Hy J vMKs 1-kank: in 1-Tits. 13,uo, clot i, price !|l.OO.

Th'ere is'soMie.hiti- fasci.atinir to the averaire youth it, tl,e very
idea of buried treasure. A virion arises betore hisevt'sol s«nrth.v
Po u 1 e e T;,,, Spanish r.scaN- with bhu'U beards and frleani.ng
^:^!2;::„i.ter-!ooLn, tellows wlio once -m a »-;:*. ^V"-,,':
Spanish Main. sneaUinu- out from some hi.hlen creeU .. ' '' ;™^^
low schoo.ier, of picaroooisli raUe and slieer, to '"'"'';' ""^"^^"f^
necti- .' tradint: craft. Tiiere were many famous sea nners la
[he dav none more celebrated than Ca, t. Kidd. Perhaps

r nulst fascinating tale of all is Mr. Kitts' true story o, =u, adv^^
turous American bov, who r.reives trom bis I.mu.: bit Her an
S.U I. t of vellum, which the latter obtai.i-.l m a curious wa>
'ZZcnLn bears obscure directions purp,.rtin, "• •;" ;,^<;-
tain island In the Ualiaina jrmup, "■'«'' ^••;''~ ''■'''", .,';':; ^
buried there by two of Ki< d's crew. 1 he he o " 'J f ;'^^;
Paul Jones (iarrv, is an ambitious, persevering la.i ot salt-water
New Knllai 1 aiicVstrv, and his ..ITorls to reach the islan.l and
st"r^"he money fl.r^ "'ost absorbing t. .. for uur

youth that bus come from the press.

A. !.. BT'HT'S PtTBLICATIONS.

iiitcli Republic,
i by MaYXAUD

1,1 brave (IcedH
!in of Ills ii^'' —
in Knjr'.Wti t*f.i-
itccr, and is eni-
mi>sii)ns, in tlie
jre> of tUu tinii'.

tcil with th(> liook,
s ill spite of tlieiu-

i(i Poitiers. By
i.s by UoUDON

vitli greiit pventb
ml Poitiers; t'uo
,e BiiM'l? Dei'.tb;
aiillior in " St.
tlion>;li of frood
tiM' coiiiilless ad
nducl the squire,

ical iiovi-I for hoys
irii'al laliors of Sir

Ivctilnrous Sailor
it 1, iiric-e^l.OO.

\-oUtli in tlie very
> eves (if swarthy
iNand irb'aniinp
iiiie liiiiuiti'd the
i..'l< in their \(mg,
iittacl; an unsus-
iiis sea rovers in
. Kidd. I'erhaim
storv of :inailvea
clyiiii: father an
ill" a curious way.
iiir to locate a cer-
ideralile treasure
ro of this book,
lad. ol salt-water
h the islaiul and
in"- Ir .'!' fur uur

Captain Baylcy's Heir : A Tale of the (fold Fields of California.

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A fraiili, manly lad and his cousin are rivals in the heirship of a
CO sideralile jiroperty. The former frills into a trap laid liv tin
hitter, and wiiile under a fal>e accusalinii of thi'fl foidishly leavea
Enfrland for Ainericn. lie \vorl;s his |iiissaf,'e before the mast,
joins a small liand of hunters, crosses a tract of country infested
with Indians to the Californiiin giAd diggings, and is successful
bith as di^'-i^er and trader.

■•Mr. Ilinly is careriil to iiiiiiKle instruction v.illi eiitiTluininiMit; ami the
humorous lunches. es|ii'ciiilly in thi' sketch of .loliii Ih'll. the Wcstniiiisler
dustnian. |iiri<cii.s liiinscir cmiM Imnlly have e.\cclli'i|."— r/u/.'://i(ii l.iiidir.

For Name and Fame ; «>r, Tliron^rh Afghan Passes l?y (f. A.
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An interesting story of th,- last war in Afglumistan. The liern,
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among the .Malays, finds his way t.i Calcutta and enli>ts in a regi.
llient proceeding to join tlie army at the Afghan passes, lie ac-
companies the force under (ieiienil i{oberts to the PeivarKotal,
IK wounded, taken prisniii'r, carried toCaUnl, whence le is trans-
ferred to Canilahar, and takes part in the linal defeat of the army
of Ayoub Khan.

'•Thelicst feature of the hook -apart from tlie interest of it.-; scenes of ad
venture- is its honest elTort to do justice to the patriotism of llie AI'Kliat
people." — ,')((// 1/ .V, H.s.

'he Wonderful Adventures of a \dnnt
Haukv jMiK.Nrici;. l'2mo, cloth, $1.(10
is laid on an i>land in the Malay .\rchi
a Touiig animal collector and trainer, of
New York, sets sail for l-'asteni seas in ipie^t of a new >tork of
living curiosities. Tlie vessel is wrecked o|T the coast of liorneo
and young (Jarland, the sole siirvivorof the disaster, is cast a^•lo^e
on .1 simill isliind. and captured by tlie a|>es that overrun llit
place. The lad di'.covers that the niliiig spirit of the monke'
Iribe is a gigantic and vicious baboon, whom he identities as
(loliah, an iinimal tit one time in his possession ami with whose
Instruction he had been especially diligent. The brute recotrnize
liini, and with a kind of inalignant satisfactien puts his former
ina.ster through the same course of trainiiiL' he liad hin.self ex-
perienced with a faithfulness ol detail which shows how astonisli-
fng is itionkey recollection. \'ery novel indeed is the wav by
which the young man esca|ie-: death Mr. Prentice has certainly
Worked a new vein on Juvenile tiction, and the ability with which
lie handles a ditlicul'. subject stamps liimosa writer of uuduubied
skill.

Ciaptured by Apes : 'I

Animal Trainer. My
The scene o'' tliis tab
pelago. Phili|, ;iar'and

A. T,

■RT'l?rs PCHMCATIONS.

The Bravest of the Brave; or, With IM.rl.orough in .-puin.

By 0. A. llKNTY. Witli lull-i'at;« lllustralUms by 11. M.

PAnKT 12mn, cloth, price $1.00.

There me V v jrreut leaders whose lives and actions have s..
conMlHelvfale,, into..l.livin„ as those of the Karl of I'eter

Shadow ;i li he ^iSv- ula successes of Marlboro,,.!, 1 is eajm
Rs i ,e a e-x.e, .ie.l oVer 1 Ule „,ore tl,a>, u vear, a„.l vet, ,,, that
U„^e. he showed a ,'e.m.s for warfare wbieh l.as never been .ur

passed.
■.„,..„,.ntvneve,MosessW..of.bem,.r.,nu^^^^

^i;;';=;-eU:h;Str::tV.;;;^^a^e;;::!.;'s;.^

The Cat of Bubastes : A Story of An.hnt KRvpt. «>' "• A-
HkntY With f,.ll pa-e Dhistrations. limo, clotli, pnee^l.OO.
A storv which will -ive vo„ng reixlei-s an unsurpassed insi^' ,t
i„^ e .,^ m s „f ,1.; K^yptian P-pl- A,n,.ba, ".I-nnce ,d he
Kt, nation is tar.i.'d wllh his charioteer .letlno int<. sl,i\«'rj.
'n,ev 1 e" ,.e i>„n,ites of .he house of An,eres, the Kgvptian h,^!.-
i e-st ,n r. happv in his service until the pnest s son acci-
dent, ilv 1 'lis the s.cVe,i cat of Hul...st..s. In an ••utburst ol popul.ir
fVr-Meres is killed, a,,d it rests with .lethro „„d A.nuba to
secure the escape of the hij^h-priesfs son and daughter.
..T...s.o,-v,fn.,nt,....iM.al,,.on.en.ofU^^^

Hi'i'ifii'-

With Washington at Monmouth: A Story of Ihn.e h.la-
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^E;:rwafsu:;;t.!r:;/i:;:;i:w;;:;'^':n4;l-"^--.-^^

.' 1 i tl„. H.,l-..r " serv,' as the ,>rinc,pal characters. Hie

;^;";: i:!d duH:;^'thr wi.;ter whe„ ^-^ •^-;;!ris,'— —
^;i'w;:--n:s:'ni;:r''i.rf;:;u:::t^

O e r , is 1," ■ of l,.n,„. life i>- tl,.. captive city when bread was
See an.o,."tl,e pe-.ple of the lower classes, and .i re.ddess pro. 1-
Sv Xvtt bv ,l,e British officers, who p,,ss,..l tbe winter in
f,^„'ndn,err -making wbMe tl,. un^mbers of the patnot army

;:ra l^w nlih-s away wen- su.T.t,,,, f-'" '-' l.ir'l /^"' klmliily
The storv aboun.ls with pictur.'s of ( olnnuil i . sUillluuy
drawn and t le glimpses of \Vasb,„frt..ns s.d.ii, ,s wh.c 1, are g,v,_Q
Jl,ow that tl,.' work'ha. not bee. hastily do„e. or without COU
Biderabie study.

ugh ill .-iiuin.
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ictions linve so
Kiiil of IN't.T
lifV were (iviM •
icrli. His cnift'l
mill yi-t, in that
lever been sur

i work -to enforce
ivest of the Hriive
!/;/ Teliyniiili.

;yiit. Hy (J. A.
atli, price ^1.00.
iirpasseil iiisifiht
i, 11 lu'iiice of tiie
ro into sliiwry.

• Kjiyptian lii^'li-
iriest's son aeci-
tliiirst of poimlar

uiui Aiiiubu to
iM-litc-r.

Ill" saorcileattothe
illfiilly c-iiiisti-iicteil
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of 'I'hree PLila

price $1 00.
lose motlier con-
by the British
il w'lose {hiiiciiifi;
tie Jacob, son of
c.baiaclers. The
e belli possessiou
iiifr the .\iiiericaB
oiu Valley I'orfre
.• when bread was
I a reckless proili-
eil tlie winter In
.f the pat'iotariny

cold and biiiijr>'.
i,d life skillfully
IS which are given

• or without cot

A. T. Brin"H PTTBTJCATIONS:

For the Temple: A Tnlo of the Kail of Jerusalem. Ry (i A.

Uk.ntv. With full-page lllustratioiib by S. J. SotOMO.N. 13uio,

cloth, price !J;1.()0.

.Mr. Ileiity hero weaves into the record of Josepluis an adniiriiblo
and attractive story. Tiie tmuliles in the district of 'J'iberias, thf
inarcli of tiie legions, th,. sieges of .loiapata, of Uaiiiaia, anil oi
.Jerusalem, form the iin))ressive and carefully .studied historic
setting to th" ligiiii! of the lad wlio passes fnmi the vinevard to
the .service of .losephus, becomes the lender of u giienilla band of
patriots, tiglits l.ravely for the 'l'ein|de, and after a brief term of
slavery at Alexandria, n^tiuns to his tialileau homi! with the favor
of Titus.

"Ml-. H-nt.v\s K'l-.iplii,; pi- i.sepietuivs of Hie hopeless .Jewish reslstaiiee ,o
Kfiiimn sway aUd iiuotlu'r Jeuf to his record of the faiiious wars of the wuriU "
• '(/ntitUfr.

Facing Death ; or, The Hero of the Vanghan Pit. A Talo of

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" Facing I teal b" is a story with a purpose. It is intended to

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he will ri.se ill life and who is |)ie|),ired to face toil and ridiciilo

and hardship to carry out his determination, i.s st;re to succeed.

The hero of the story is a typical British bov, dogged, earnest,

generous, iind tliougli •• shamefaced" to a degree, is readv to faco

death in the discharge of duty.

"The tale is well wriiieii ami wi'll illustrated, anil there is nuieh reality in
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rorairooil imok to u'lve .is a iiiesent ton hoy who is worth his salt, Ihisistho
hook we woiilil rfciiiiiiiieiiil."- Stiindiinl.

Tom Temple's Career. 15y Hou.vtio Ai.tticn
price ijtl.OO.

Tom Temple, a bright, self reliant lad. bv the death
father becomes a boarder at the home of Nathan .Midi
p<>niii^ious insurance agent. Though well paid for keeping tht
boy, Nathan and his wife endeavor to bring .Master Tom in liiib
with their |)arsimonious luiiiits. The lad iimenioiislv evades their
eff'fts and revoiu'iom/.es the household. A.s Tm'n is heir to
^tO.OOO, he is regarded as a person of some importance until by
an unfortunate combination of circumstances his fortune . shrinks
to a few hundreds. He leaves I'lymptoii village to seek work ie
Ne\v York, whence he undertakes an important mission to Call,
fornia, aroum! which center the most exciting incidents of hi.s
young career. Some of liis adventures in the far west are so
startling that the render will scarcely close tin- book until the last
page shall have been reached. Tlie'tale is written in .Mr. Alger's
most fascinatiiiu' style, and is bound to please the veiv large class
of boys who regard this popular author as a urime favorite.

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111,. UiMihliiuNN «i"iV" wiifri,! ,1 stroll.', s.'ll-it'l lint, cmirn-

' HiiM.fnl '„f ■a,lv..M.uie.,of h,..n.on,„s ,.,,.1 in.-n.s.inK convi-sation. and
vivi'l piftiii-fs i>l' roldiiiiil lit

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Julian Mortimetl: A Brave l?«yV Stn..,'k- for 11. a.ul fortune.

HV ILMiUY TASTLKMON. lliiuo. clolli, l-ru.- *l.l)0

. r i a «torv tlmt will Nviirii. .-v-ry boy's Ix-iirt. There m

ll,.r.- IS a ^y '^- ' ,;, . i,,,!'^ inm- imtioi. xvomi'i "P 1" '>>e

niysfry ':-;";'«'", ,"^^,^'>, . storv li.-s wrst of tl,.. Mississippi

w^ r ,1' h Mlav 1^ 1 -.1 grains miul.. tlnir perilous way across

i:.il;:;,^"'^.:^t:^s:l;i'oi.i..;;o;u-;;;P

youi.K An..;n,UM ''' ;;-7 ^ '^ ' j' . s^V Surroun.!..! l.v an un-
the r..aili.rs syjnpa l.> o 1 e m . l^^ ^^^^ imswrvi-^j: ti.l..li.V

known aiui '•'V'"'''''V „ .'., r n '1. oiauioiul. mir li-ro u.hi. vs tlie
of a stalwiin trap ...r, '■;''/",,;, ,„; .vrittrn niimv enter-

T^- '"''!;•;,::" i.o^" a ul wouM seen, uhnost supeiHu-a^.to
raiS-tMn^in i;L;:nu;^ fortheyomh of America regard Ini.

as' a iavorite anil, or,

"Carrots-" .lust a Little IV.y. «y M.ts. M..i,k.swouth. With
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„„„.,„ ,„.. ,.,,,.,., a,.a in,.. Pv,..si,.. s.,.i,. jt j-,|;:r;i,:;i;;i,^':;rV[i::

beings, «l,ii„i V^T." -^ 'V «V"v,'s,.,.i, •en,s,.i/.. il. a„.l nswl it >.'ive,l,l.y.
r;:,^;':^;: ts!'nu.. '^HUos: ana .l..;io„K.,.y appivcia... Wa.u.r erane's
illiisl,-atioi,s."- /''oii''i-

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piHvly i,„at,'i»ai-y w.„-k »•' 'I .'"'-j. '.' . sVi,. ahsiinlitv. I>ul. u-enius Miss In-
\ii,|,o„t running: m.;. a n,. iv ,' .^'l^ i'^'as larell'sls and joyous, tut as delioat«,
Ki'li.w l,as an.l Ini- sl..,> o, ', ,7„. '
58 tt picture o£ childhooU. -- t-iUxtic.

iii Wtu: i?y

Ulil) I'KAUSK.

the period of
it'liiint. cniira-
s lor liisfrifiid

slrciiKlli ""il
iii; I he Maoris,
Ids .sffUi liojie-
ili^liiii^ tlit'Ui-
vnllcys.
(iiivcrsation, ond

ic and Fortune.

iirt. There is
luiui up to the
tlif Mississippi
lows way across
arllinir features
a lariie party of
1 pluck, a lirave
•nlists aiul liolds
iided l>y an un-
iwervinj: lidclity
iTo ucliii ves the
ell many enter-
■ t superllu<ais to
rica regard hitu

swouTll. NVilh

I, price 75 cents.

liccii our Ki""l for-
ai-.Ml.'li^'lillul i:ilW'
1(1 of." K.idiiihivr.
Ill reiiil it (.'i-iTilily.
ati- Waller t raiie s

^'ith F/ight i.aRe

11 living writers for
prr-cmptive ri»:lit t:i
rniiMS lo cniiCMlve ii
li the siii>errialural,
iuit iri'iiius Miss lii-
,ous, but as delicate,

A. L. nrUT'S PrBI-TCATIONS.

A Jaunt Through Java: The Story of a Journey to the Sacred
Mountain, liy Euw.Mii> S. Ki.i.is. ISiru., cl,.il., pri,v if l.(io.
The central interest of tliis .story is found in the tlirillin.' nd

ventures of two cousins, l|,.nu<m and Kustacr lladlev. on"tl,eir

tni) across the i.shmd of Java, from Sa.uaraufr to tl.e Sucre.! .M„„n.

tain. In a hin,l «1„ re tl,e |{ov»l Hrn-al ti-,.r runs at lar

when^ the riiiiioceros

an<' otlier fierce licasts are to he met wIill

dt unexpected iiionients; it is leit naiural that tl,e heroes of tins
h.«.k shoud Imvc a lively ..xperi.nce. Ilniuon not .mlv :iis.

inguishes hiuiself by k, jj ,i f „ ij .,.„wn tifier at sliort funire

hut meets wuh ti.e most startlin;,. adventure of ih,. journe/
1 here ,s much in tins narrative to instruct as well a ..nte'rtain thh
reader and .so deftly has .Mr. Kllis used his material that the e s
notadul page in the hook. I'lie two h,.,oes are hrave manlv
young fell.nvs, hul.hling ov.r with l,„vish indepen.lence '", 'y
jTope with the nmny dillicuUies that arise duringthe trip in a fear-
less way that ,s hound to win the adndration of every lad who is
BO fortunate as t,> read their adventures. "^

Wrecked on Spider Island; or. How N..,l lingers Found the

Treasure. Hy Jamios Oris. 12mo, ciotli. price jfl. 00.

A "down-east" plucky lad who .ships as cahin hov, not from

love of adventure, hut because it is the only course remaining 1 J

who he can .am a l,vel,l,„,„i. WhH,. |„ i,i, ,,„„,. „.„,^,.|.^

t),^ .. Iiif i' " >' 'I'" ™l"".i" «'"1 ""If discussing their plans fo^
the ■. illful wreck of the hng in order to gain the insurance. ()nc«

i,n ,Vn"v' ,'" 'i '" l'"^"''^t"' "'■ "'"■ ■•^•■'■'•'•t tlie ..aptain maroons
llim on Spider Is.an.i. explaining to the crew that the hov is
nniic e,i with leprosy. W hile thus involuntarilv plaving the 'pari
nLl.. T"'' V'''"T"''''"' " "■'■'''^'' submerged in the sand, an.i
» H,r. "i". 'r ■,"■"'";'■■' ^•"" ""■ '""•'"•^" '" Kmherim: ma erial
with wliich to build a hut finds..e,msi<lerahle amount of treasure
Kaising tlie wreck; a voya-.. t,. I lavana undersail; sliippiiu- there
a crew and running f,.r Savannah; the attempt of t „■ new to
se,.-. tue httle craft after learning of the treasure on boanl. ,md
as a matter of cour.s.-, the suc.e.ssful ending of tlie ioiiinev all
serve to make as entertai.iing u story of sea-life as the" most
captious boy could desire.

Geoff and Jim: A Story of Scliool Life. By Ismay Tiiokn I'
lustrated by A. (f. Wai.kku. 13nio, cloth, price 7.5 cents

^£{\.^iri:"s:,r;;;,;;^:i;tt^i^r^i^;,-:?--

Stan^ri'"'^ """ ^ '"'"''"'*' ■^'^""""••"J'^'l "s a preseut for boys."-

A. I. BT'RT'S prm .lCATIONS.

':^^:r^:z:::j^7^:^^^ ueef. By jam, ^ o....

121110, ch.th. I'riof *1.00. ^ ^ ^^

■n,. ta... Hn,..-Us of t .0 salt sea. ^Vr „ h. t>nu.nr tl.a, the

tlia, tl... nu..i..n,y ot '"'.y^ >' ^^ 'Jjces „f tlu> tuj; in Icw.T New

S..a liMe.-n .lisiM'Uses ^^■''»';''" f^^^f^ i..-cal,n.Hl off tl,o cast of

York Lay till th.- "'■'■■^': ' "^ ",; -his .of tl.o v^■i.ul throu.'h l.er

ri"-irii)K. tl"' •■'■''"'^ "' ' . . ..„vv ri.i.m'd waves w licli IxT
•e^tvanl, and fe..) '''- ^.e o U.' '-;^ 'I'V.ff ;,Wvn,.u..as K..yB

elmrp l)ow ^^^''^^ '"'" \''' ['u (M. rk the Ihto of the story, ana
Bl.e ioals in a dead eahn '''■".'[;„„ (j.^, ^lassv surface ..f the
Jake, the eo„k s,,v a turtle ' ^''^ ; 1,^ , '^ ,.'f tak^e a boa- for that
water. 'I'hey I'-'^'-^^'^W sue e i atehin.-x hin, a thiek fog
purpose, and just as they suctetii tn.ubles heLin.

^nts'them ..ff from |''%;,^;;^^ if^^ i^ s o^

They take refuge on bou »^^ ; „,,ventures from

Ki"::;^:orc ^ 'Sr'"iS-st^: i:::!;zs^

P-Kl^a';:::;.::.:! IC hI'Xw the lute.. to nag. m •• The

Castaways " he is at his best.

Tot Thatcher's Fortune. By Hok.vt.o At.oKK. Jn. 12mo.

cloth, price $1.00. Thatcher is ft brave, am-

Like all of Mr. ^'^--^ Vir"upno ^ S'" and sister on
bitious, unselhsh b.-y. ";,;,"'''; i„ ,loht« Sin.ps.u.'s factory.
m,.ager ^vages earned as a shm -l'" ^M ' ^,^^^ ^^^ i.^^ause

Th.'«tory l,egn.s with '""'^,; \^'' ',;,i f„r interrogating him too
Mr. Sin.pson 1';'' ""•)''>.',':\7. A' J' a ,lw davs alterwar.i Tom
closely almut his .'''l^^'"K, V ',' ,\;,„t overh.nd'for Calilornia with
l.,arns that wlxch '"''"'•'■^, . , ";" He n.eets with uuxny ad-
the view " P;.'''''"ff, *';/;; i,' ,1 snative village, bringing con-
ventures. I Iti.uately e ^ >['^r ,' „„ ,,,,„ „„iy ..scapes the cm-

word in so many homes.

B di . A Tale of Child Life. By II. L. CHn.«K-P,cMnKnTON.

Birdie. A i"' hvinkv 12nio, ch.th. price 75 cents.

Illustrated by H. W -/^/^'^'-V, , ,;,,,. „ „ fn-shncss about it that
"Tlie story is 'Vmint am simple, u u < i- ,,^^.^,^ ^,^,,,,^ „j ,.„i,aren a»

makes one lu-ar "»<'''■' j'',;^."^em^/' -.V<''' i''"'^ AVpr.ss.
-Atlienaeum.

^ J AMI

Otib.

kind of story
Diiiciu llint the

in lower New
[f tlio const of
111(1 tlirou^'li lier
be lifcls to tbo
lives wliidi iiff
Mivniucsns Keys
[ tlie story, aiui
y surrncc -il' tlie
'e a boiii fur tliat
lim a tliicU fog

troubles lieuin.
Ill arises uii'l tliey
idventures from
writer for young

captivating, and
) iliig. In " The

HER, Jr. 12uio,

r is a brave, ani-
ler and sister on
Vmipson's factory.
e factory, because
rrogiiting biiii too
K afterward Tom
lorCalilorniawitb
;'ets witli many ad-
Inge, bringinncon-
ly escapes tlie con-
hition to tbe man
is told in that en-
name a household

ILnE-PlCMBERTON.

price 75 cents.
I'shncss nliout it that
■y slioiit of cliiklren at
rprcss.

:haMM Profusely
stories are delightful."

A. L. urirrs pithmcations.

With Lafayette at Yorktown : A Story of How 'I'wn H..ya
Joined ilic Contiiieniul Army. By .J.\,mks Otis. IL'uio, clot'li,
l)rice ij! 1.(10.

The two hoys are Iroiii T'ortsinoutli, N. II., and are iiiirodii 1

in Augii-t, 17S1, when on the point of liavin^' I to enli-t in

Col. SiiiiiiiMeirs legiiiieiit, tlieii stationed near .New \ciik('ily.
Their liielliod oT tnivelin,; is on horseback, ai d tlie aiillior has
given nil jnleii -tiiij,' account ol wliiil wn-i ex|»cied from hovs iii
the Coloiiiiil days, '{'lie lads, alter no sliH:lit Miioiint ol adveii'iuie,
Hie sent as iiiesseiii,^el's — not soldiers -into the smitli to lind the
troops under l.aftiyelti'. Once with that youtliliil p'tieial thev
are ;,dveii eiii|i|oyiiient as spies, and enter the jhiii-li r»iii|i,
bringing nway viiluahle jcloriniition. 'The pictures orciiiip lilt-
are careliiily drawn, and the portniyal ol' Lafayette's ihaian.T is
thoroiijriily well done, 'I'iii. story is wholesonie in tone as are nil
of .Mr. Olis' woik>. 'riier- is no luck of exciting incident whirh
the youthful r.-nii-r craves, Imt it is henltlifnl exciinneiit liriiii-
milig with facts which every hoy slxi.iid he familiar witii, and
while liie reader- is foliowiiii;- tlie" H:lventiires of Hen .InlTreys and
Ned .\lleii lie Is Hi'ipiiriiiir n fmid of historii-a! lore wliii'h will

remain in his memory Ions; after tiiat, which he has ine i/.ed

from lext-hooks has been forgotten.

Lost in the Canon : Sum Willett'- Adventures on the Oreal
Colorado. Hy Ai.fkki) |{. C.vi.iiorN. rJiiio, cloth, jirice !j!l. OK,
This story liiiiu:es on a fortune left to S.im Willett, the hero,
and the fact that it will pass to a disreputable relative if the lad
(lies In-fore he shall have reiudied his majority. 'I'he Vigihiiice
Committee of Hurley's tfulch arrest Sam's father ami an associate
f()r the crime (d' murder. Their lives depeml on the production
of the receipt given for mom y paid. This is in Sam's po.sessloii
at the camp on the other side' of the cafiiui. A messenger ..s ilis-
patched to get it. He reaches the lad in tlie midst of'^a fearful

Btorm which II Is the ciifioii. His father's peril nrifes Sam to

action. .\ raft is built on whicdi tlie hoy anil his frieinls e>sav tc
cross the torrent. 'I'hey fail to do so, aiid a desperate tripdowr
the stream ensii.-\ How the party linally e-cap,- from the hor
rors of their situ tion ami Sam reaches llnilev's (fiilch in the very
nick id' time, is described in a graphic style that stamps .Mr. Cal
houn as a master of his art.

Jack: A Topsy Tnrvy Story. Uy C. .M. Ch.\wi.ky-T?(ii:vi;v

With upward of Thirty Illustrations by H. .1. A. Mll.iss

12mo, cloth, i)rice 7.") c<'nts.

"Th.- illiwlralioiis ileserve pnrlieiilar inemion. as tliev aiM laix'elv to th ,
Interest ,,( tins ainusiiij,- viilnnie forehildri'ii. .lack t'alls'aslecp wiih his mini
full of the snli.jci-i or the lisli|ioii.|, ami is vcrv luucli surjuiscij prcsciitlv t-i
Hiul hiniscir an inlialiitaiit of Waterworlil, wiicre lie pies tlioiiKli woinlerrul
and edifying adveutures, A haudsomuaud pleasant biK>k.' -LUininj Woild

^4 A. 1.. lU'in-S IM'm.l>-AT10>?><.

Search for the Silver City : A l"l.- "f A-lv-ntur.- in Vurut.m.

Hv .1 \MI ^ "lis I'.'mhi, rintli. jnicf ijsl.dtt.

Two A.nHricuM la.l ., T-mMv Writ'lit un.l N.al Kinery. .•mlmrk
on tl..^ >tf,i M vnrht l»Mv Ur.mn f.-r a ^l.-.t suniiiu'r (TUIsh Io lli.j
, .,,i,.s. lluuM-wMnl l>oi.n.l ll,...vuol„, is .l..str..y...i l.y hr^ A

,1,., ..oust of Vuru.M... Th.'v ■•-Mn,. a.T a y.mn^r Ainen hu

na, 1 .*.,M.un«s, wl nfitnins ,1,,.,,. w,.!, t ,e s.ory of e

wona-rful S,lv..r Ci.y. of .1,.- i'lia,, Santa in.. '"'•■';"'^; ;

„„„;.s ,,ro,,os..s with tl,.. Hl\ of a laitlilnl In.lia.i all U, l.rave
LlMM is of thf swan.p an.l .arn- olT u nmnUT ot th- KoWh-n
l,;,a],.« fron, th. ..•.,,,.1... I'nrM...,! with rel-ntle^s v;.-r ||r - "ys
thrif situation is a.siM.iat.v At laM t lo-.r rs.^ii... is HT-'U • .1. n
„stonisl,in^r tnann...-. Mr. Otis has built ins story on an 1 >> '• il
foundation, it is so full of ..x.itmi: inn.h'n N that th.^ rfU.hr is
,,uite curri.-a uway with the novlty an.l roahstn of the .uirrat.v.i.

Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy. Hy HoitATio Ai.(n:u. Ju. 12mt.,
c'otli, prici' *t '•<*.

'i'hrown upon his own resources Frank Fowler a poor boy.
bruvelv .letenuines to uu.Ue a livinj; for hmisell unci 1ms fostel^-
Kister .-itaee. (loinK to New York h- o'.tuins a ■-•'''"''''" "\™^
l,ov in a .Irv ^r"o,ls store. He n-n.iers a servnr to a weult ,> old
tr,.;,tl,.,nan"nau,e.l Wharton, who takes u fancy to the la.l. 1-rank
^fter losing his place us cush hoy, is ..ntice.l hy "-> •■>""".v to «
loneson.e purt, of New .ler^ey un;l hehl u pr,so„,.r. ""V"" '■7^
coils upon the plotter, for it U-a.ls to u clue I u.t enables the la to
estnl.li'h his re'ul i<lentity. Mr. Altrers stor.es are not on un-
usually intere-tin^'. hut they convey n usetul lesson of pluck and
r.iunly' independence.

Budd Boyd's Triuinph; or. the Uoy Finn of Fox Island. By
William I'. (iiu'Man. 12nio, cloth, price sfl.OO.
The scene of this sDrv is laid on the upper part of Narrntrnnsett
15uv. und the leudin- incidents Imve a ^.""''^' ^'''' VV^^;/ 'V^""^
Owin.r to tl.e.'onviction of his fuiher for lor-ery .n.l the t, Budd
Hovdls con,|Mlle,l t.. leuve his home and >-;"l<'', ""»„'"'. '"";*"''f-
■lumce hrin^s Hu<ld in contact, with .ludd Floyd. 'I he two boys
beinfjaMihltr.us and clear >ij:hted, lorn, a I""V"T'1''V;'io
„.,d sell tish. The sche,..e is s,.ccessf,. y '»'""; ""••,'''\:,""-
expected uppeu>-a..ce on the scene ol Thonuis Ha-sley the ...an
who.., Ih.dd believes gnilty of the cri.n,.s '"'■■''"""''"';''; '"f';"^:
leads .0 -everul .lisu-reeuble c,.i..pl.cut.o..s that nearlN (a.ised I.l
lad's rui... His pluck und ^ood sense, howeve.- curry h.... 1 1, o K J
his trouhhs. I. loUowinfj the career of the hoy firm "f .'M'l &
Flovi the vouthf,.) reader will lind a .,sef..l l"Ssot,-tl.at .«du«tr?
and jwnieverauce ar-) bouud to lead to ultimate success.

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Kit, Jit. 12m<),

T, ft poor lioy.
nd lii-^ fnstcr-
nation as cash
a wcaltliy old
III- lad. I'"raiik,
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'I'liis move re-
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)X Island. By
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of Narrntrnnsett
it-wuti-r liiivor.
.11(1 theft, Budd
lit for hinist-lf.
'rill' two boys
(■rslii|> to ciitch
i-d, liiit till- un-
itrsli-y, till' mar.
I'd to' hisfalhfr,
'iirly causi-d the
•rv iiiiii tliroiifth
firm of Boyd &
1 — that industry
ccess.

A. I,. Hl'HT'S IH'HMCATIONS,

The Errand Boy ; or. How Phil lliint Won Siiowss. By

lloUMKi .\l,.,|;u, ,)|t. 12iM(., rloth, |.ri,'i-!|Sl.(»0.
Til.. nii..,.r . t •' 'I'Im. K, niiKl |(ov '• ..niliraivs tin- ciiv nih-.-ntiircs
ol a Miiait .•oiintry la. wlio at an .-arly up. was almii;ioii..d hv IiIh
fatli.T. IMiili|. wiiH l,roiii,'l,t ii|> liy a N.nd li.-arl..d iMiil<.'..|,..r
imni.-d Bnni. Ih,. d.aili ,.f Mrs, H,vni pav.d tin- wav lor tin.
liHruH Mil,„..,ii,.|it troiiliU-s. A.cidi.nt iiiti„,lii,-,.s him to th„
niitic..o( a ritir..,! m.-nhanl in .N-w VorU. who not onlv s.-currs
liiMi Ih.- sihiMtioi, of ..rraiid l,ov hut thiivafter stands as his

[,":!'.''• V' '"'"^ •"•'I '">-i' "I- foituii.-'. whH,.|, liowi-v.r, hrlnuM

lliilil. and his lath-r to;,...ih..r. In ■•Tl,.. Krrand Hov " i'hilii.

Hr.-tit I. |.oss..>s ,f t|„. sail,.- sti-rlini: ijiiallli..s so .•onspj,.,„ms in

all ol th.. |'i-.-M,.iis,T..ittioii.Hof thisd.-liKlilfnl writi-r foronryouth
The Slate Picker: Th.- Story of a B..y's Lit,, in th.- Coa! Minrs

By llAHUV I 'It K NTH K. I'Jiiio, doth, prii'.- JJil.tMI.

This is a story "la hoy's hf.. |,i th Mil inin.-xd' INiinsvlvMiiia.

Jli.-i.-ar.-niaiiv ilirillin,: siiiiation>, n..tal>iv that of |i,-n ihnioii's
l''»l' I'lto Ih.- •• lion's month ••_,h,. vawnln^' shut,. |,i ,|„. I,,,.,,! ,.rs
-to.-s,-a|.,-ah,atiiiK „t ,|„. i„„„l. „, ,|„. ^,„.„^„. Spjlki,,. ij.e
ov.-rs.-,-r (,rm-i,. (ior.loi, i^a lilt!.- aiif,-.-! in ra^'s, T.-r.ii,-.. O'Mowd

l.sa iiiiinly, sv,n|i,i,h..ti,- lad. and !•: ), Kv,,,,., tl,,- niiniT po,-l is

'; '"^'l"'"'"''!. >-t f-llow, a 111,,. f,|,.,„| t,. all whos,. I,„r.

d.-ns s... 1,1 loo h..avy for ih.-ii, to I,,.,,,-. H,.„ H,,,,,,,,. ,i„. |„.r,, had
a hard rn«, to t:avl h„t hy ^^il an,l riu;^:y !,.■ a,lvan.-...l sl.-p by
H .;p nntil h,- loim.l l,i,„.s,.|f ..„||,.,| „|,„,. ,„ ,i|| ,,,„ . ■ ^
clin-l (■iif,'in...r ol ih.. Koliinoor Coal Coiiipanv.

A Runaway Brig; or. An .\cci.lcntal Criiis... Bv .1 amks Otis.
12iuo, cloth, |)ri,f jjil.Od.

"A Hnnaway Hriir • u „ si-a taU-, pur.- and sinipi,., „„,| ,i,„fs
yh,.r.Mtstnk..s „ l,.,v'slan,-y. Th.-' r..„,l..r ran look ou, ,1'
li.- wi.l,. >lii,„„ienii>r s,.a as it Ihi.lH-s ha.-k ll,.- sni,li..lit, „„d
nm;:in.- lmiis..|| „tlo,.i „i,i, ||„,.,v Va.idvn.-. Wnli.-r Mo>s.. .M ,
l.ihh.y ami Hint oi,| .l„.il I,,,.-!,, Hoi, Uvm:. on th.- hri. il.'.ni

:'";■'' ''""'\"", ."I ";•• '^^'l-'ma k,.Ns. Kinallv thr.-.- stian' ' I's

s .-al t... aatt h-ayinir th.- iifrhifnl own.-rs f shift forlln-iMs-Tves
nhoar.1 u hrok.-ii -down tn^. Tli.- hoys ,!is,-ov.-r a invM.-rious
•lonini.-nt which ,.„„|„,.s th,.,,, ,„ (i„,| „ i,,,,,),.,, ,,,.„,„,,,•, ,,„.,'„

storni .-onii-s on an.l ih.- in.- i. .m,„„,|..,|. At last „ va.-ht r ,.si,,

M>,'lit and th,- party with the tn-asiir,- is tak.n off lli.. lon.-lv kev
I 1,.' inost cxacliiiK y,,uth Is siir,. to 1„. fa.scii,al.-.l with this 'i-m.-V
tainiiif,' story. «-iio i

Fairy Tales and Stories. Hy Hans Ciihistian AMii-utsFN
l'n>riis..|y llliistral.-d. l:.'iii,., cloth, price ijil.OO.

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A. T. niMirS IMULICATIONS.

The Island Treasure; or, ll.rry Dmnr- Fortimt., I!v 1"ii\nk

11. CiiNvi.usi;. 1',' clcitli, I ijil.iM),

lliiiry Diirri'l. mi oriilmn Imviiif,' rcccivtMl ii nniitiial triilninir'in
RM-Iincll sliip. is liflil <ill ^'"il'^' ">>'i' "ill" » '""yi'li lircilnlilitlincB
liiiinnl l>iii\ IMiiliUfl. A niimwHV Imrx' ilmiu:i'H lii> |ilMs|Mi'tH.
lliiiiv Mivrs |lr. (ii' "K Irnm iliiiwniiiK iiii'l llic dixlur |iriMhlw liirt
i)ri'»<"rvfi- Willi II liil "I pni|Miiy UiH.wii iis (irf>rj;V Kiiiinl, iiml
iiiiik.- ill.' Iiiil Miiliiii; -I' r 111 lii>slii"|i yiiilil. .V |iiriilinilliiiiiril

is mi|.|i.)~.m1 111 1m' lllilill'll MilhfW llflf till Ilif i-lllllll. AlliT llllirll

M-nrc'li mill iimiiv tliwarlnl piiins, lit lust l»mi illsmvcrs tlic
irciiMiii' iiiitl is il'f tii'iiii« "f tiii'liiiL' IliuryV liitliiT Mr. I'mi-
viTsi'V slorii-s |HPvsi's> II rliiinii <>l thi'ir nvMi wliiili i> ii|i|iifi'iiil. il
h;, ImU will) iIi'IIkI'I i" K""'<' lifi'l'l'V liil>'> llml S'luiu'k nl' Milt
wiiiir

The Boy Explorers: Tlu' Ailvciitiiro of Two IIuvh iti Alaslui.

Hy IIaUUY I'liKNTK k. 1','iii>), cl'itli, l>li(<' *l.llll.
T.VO liDVs, HiiviiKiiiil mill SpriictT Miiiiiiiii^', tnivrl friiiii Sun
Friiiicisco'tii Ahi>Uii iH jniii llifir I'iillii'i- in miiitIi cil Ilifir iiii.U-,
will", il is liflifviMl. wa^ rii|iiiirfil iiml iliiainnl li.v tin- inliiiliiiunts
cfuVlaci' nill.'d lli.' " lli ml ol Ala-Uii." On llicir iinival at
f,\tk\\ till- liiivH with an Imlian >;iiiiln m'I <iIT uvvioh tlif iiKiiintailis.
Tlif trill is I'raiijrlit wiili nrrils lliat trst llir lails' n.urap- In llm
ulinost. Ui'iirliin^' till' \ iiUmii liiver tiny ImiM a lalt anil final
down till' slrtain, inliiiiif,' llii- My-tiTioiis Uivir, Irniii wliich tln-y
liari'lv I'snipi' with tlii'ir iivrs. only to In- captmi'd liy nalivi's of
till' liiarl ol Ala>Ua. All tlirougli tlii'ir cx-ilin^' a.lvi'iitiirfs llm
imis lU'iMoiislruli' wliHl mil lii' ac'i'oiiiplislii'il Ity pluck ami rrsolii-
lion, anil tln-ir exp.'rii'iii '■ niaUi'.s oni' o( tin- most intiTi'Sting tulea
t'ViT writtt'ii.

The Treasure Finders : A Boy's Ailvinturps in N'lcnrngun. 15/
.IamksOtis. 12iiio, I'lntli, price ifl. (10.

Hoy nml I'can Coloncy, witli tl. ir jrniili' 'roiii;la, Icnvf tlirir
fatliH-'s indigo plaiiiatioiMo visit tin- •.iiiidiMriil riiiiis ol an anciiMit
city. 'I'lit' liovs t'aj;i'ily cxploio tin- * ■ ...antlcd tcinpli's of an ex-
thiVt race ami discover tliri'i- troli'i'ii iiiiat;i's ciiiiniiii:ly liiddcn
away. Tliev .-scapi- with llii'^rfali'sl dilliciilty; liy tiiUini; advan-
tn^n" of n frslivf ^'atlii'iin^' tlii'y sci/f a rniiof and tly down llio
river. Kvcntiially tlicy rcacli 'safety with tlieir pililen prl/cs.
Mr. Otis is the iiVime i)f story tellers, for he handles his material
with consuimnate skill. We'doiibi il' he has ever writlen u iiioio
entertaininf,' story than " The TreiiBure I'iiiders."
Household Fairy Tales. Hy the Buutiikus (iiiiM.M. Profusely
Ulustrnted, 12iiio. cloth, price sjll.OO.

'•As a collect i r fairy tiilcs lo (lcll„la cliildreu of all a^es this work

ranks geoornl to iiuue."' 'l><ulu Uim^hic.

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Nicnrngim. 15/

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