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Highland Park Press, 9 Jun 1927, p. 18

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In the garden she mrpied . map I - und men looking down at “in; which by quietly at their ._.. - Islam: . hind musing down the; ”in; throhu of her heart, In; “If": She had not "on the! ' A M broke the silence; then an: - UM. followed by var-hug ah. A third that seemed to settle _ for um that all became op- Mely still. She Ivy d.iiiCfeGr7iiiTi,""Gp. H‘W t wl‘rudow Ind - (one. V - F'epqrF» u 30u can. for Armitage't Btie tiptoed to the door silentlyusako I hope there's nothing to my and cum. A chm ere-Red. Hetidn. " there is anything claim, in coming dawn. Furlmly she I'm sure that the boy is innocent Or- Island the knob and flung the door 1 dinarily it would be water off I duck'n - ' back. mn he's under a cloud. And A mn's body plunged mint hers. I if you warn him, there’ll be tmhle Izrmrolwr exploded harary1-Ir. (for you." " this man moved tube Armitage, 5!"th go free; her debt would be paid. If it was a man she did not tacos-11in. well, he would {lave to pay thlulnlty. m was that? _ In the and above something heavy had cluttered to the floor. She waited, holding her breath. She made up her mind quickly. She knew no sleep that night. She spent th'e hours listening listening. She imagined footsteps; she saw Armitage running the gauntlet of .. CHAPTER VIII T Supposing it were Armitage, thought Jeanne; to act would be to and to his death the man she loved. She could not do it, a thousand times Geller)! Armitage, father of the Captain, is discussing plans for the ihanl campaign against Richmond when Jeanne, attempting to steal them, is captured. Though she is in boy's clothes, Captain Armitage rec- ognizes her, but says nothing. and is bound to face a firing squad in the morning. I Armitage helps Jeanne to escape did she makes her way back to her home. It is now the Centu of . Con-j fulcrum encampment. Sentries bring word that a Union spy is on the) grounds. "What has happened?" 'Nhe Yank“ 'tian Beaufort," aid ,dih _ "We at him an blu' lint." He held the lantern b th. 'lm lum'l fare. n d by drove a sigh put . I: - m Armin... Yet . _ y! oddly familiar to her. John Animate. a Union otBeer, rescues Jeanne from a drunken man. Jeanne induces Morgan to abduct Kennedy so that she may question him about the names on the certifi, at: und‘about a curious tattoo mark on the arm of the mun she married. Armitage rescues him, but Jeanne es- apes. She 'tees placards announe- ing I reward for her capture, "dead or alive.” Alice Trent. she goes to Baltimore] to curry on her work. She is link; ware that a real "A1ict,Tredt'uives,' in Baltimore. ( Mearr Morgan. a Southern (mice! and spy for the Confederacy, is in love with her but she rejects his ad- vnnces. One day getting a letter signed "your husband." Jeanne rea- lixec that her identity is known. Dis- guising herself with a brown wig and shining her face, Jeanne assumes the name of-- T Tl ” Ive-n VIM agaimst the H for the deaths of In: lulu! “I": bmthcn in the Civil war. 9- in enrolled u I spy for the Cote "-atiiiiiier." fic tug-m It“. They leave her bound ind disap- “a Who fe- than". damn: ot . vi; - hl Inn "reed Wbeh s. mg. n Mth& A-NE-S G-RD-A J-WG-A F-WGS H-RD-M P-PA-G J -N'K-F F-BN-S W-BE-H saw him -totter GU aii Lolly Kennedy, rho, fifimfim‘i’? h tsttehiaaeirurtutnma-- "Maul-Vir- ofa mystery to lulu Mtheathnn. nee Iain-t the But the (our capital letters " the of Mr father bottom of the di-teb-di-A.' the Civil int. One of the dawn! 'e-tous-ii-dCr/ii""""'""" - halal. w It can. I. mhmum-am hm. a. "iii-FTC M715. Idol bu ”Hort-n twang. bore the fglider A STYLE POI "KEY TYPE backward. toppled him to the oar. . bundledthedimuhnhuh'. pocket Pp,t,',rt2tt t'g."i'lrfe',p.t', In Indra-"the nybhh W. an?“ './t'.'etts m"“ Pteehetyr-iatruGiiird, .le'.l.1r.tl't1'e'1f,flp,3rer,'1ltgrc '?ytht,etriamrsmi.ud.ir,Gii tTrreynr,arted-GaAGt'ii; fteto_.rr-taetirioGk mu "rt-tm-tts For Thu nuthIn-dwr-M 1'S'd"2h'e2pguaeE,2ii'i h... In. H. ' _,A- - _ Mama left Set-um X's at ten {o'clock in the evening. The Senator saw him to the door. Immedme Mnmn returned (brunch the garden window which he had left open and wny‘m the an of lifting but the lid on the dispatch box, when the por- tiem "tiled on the poles and the Senator himself, with candle in hand. w ! Kennedy began to rub his palms together in pleasurable anticipation. "siorsran knows the combination to the Senator's dispatch box. But if {those are bogus dispatches, we'll lose ll him." Kennedy went sway new dil- lurbed. What new coil had the Ix) sprpur that his feet? "thl not urn him. But if Mor. nn Inca-eds in getting South. Pt? never forgive you." ‘ "You ttre uiiG-irat risks." grumbled Kennedy. "Sooner or Intel he'll hang. Go to Baltimore tomorrow. Come buck as soon as you an. For Armiuge's .-L.. I l,~ _. . -- "That's exactly what we wish _ do. We want him out of the Sena-l. tor's house, in the open, There are; lots of men who'd be happy if I <candal popped up in the Sen-tofu home. If the document: do what we hope they will, Morean will never] cross the Senator's threshold again.1 Parson, those drumets are his iy-i' dictment. That's the joke. If he purloins them and reads; he'll b, intof hiding; but he will lint leave Wmsh-t Melon at this time. If he doesnt gm into the dispatch-box, then we'll have) to try some other method." l - ,V,_,.,. j "Armitage calls there quite fre- quently.” _ f "What of that?" , "Well, Morgan has called two or (three times." 1 "Morgan goes everywhere." _ "We are laying a trap for Morgan today, merely Co open Senator X's Ives. The President is to entrust to the cure of Senator X some valuable papers at four. We have spread the, rumor quietly that these documents, relate to the munition stores. You, will escort the messenger from the; White House to the Senator's, Mor-; an is his private secretary, as you} know." . l Kennedy whirled around. "Jeanne (Benutort's' home? G-RD-A died (there? . . t They ire paring us down. {Funny has been hanged. and Schmidt; Henderson has died of ex- ;posure; Skinner has been shot; and ‘now comes Armsttong. And you tell [he he died at Jeanne Beaufort'st" _ “You say that Armitage has no as icrets from you?” asked the Inn at ‘ the desk. _ “I repeat it." _ , "Who is Alice Trent t" l "Alice Trent?" Kennedy blinked. "Why, so far as I know, she is a, young woman from Baltimore, at' 'oresent living with the Cnldwells, a family inclined to sit on the fence.‘ The Trams are of an old stock in Bal- l timdre, of established loyalty.” l "Do you know where Armstrong died?" "Somewhere inside the "enemy's lines." "At the home of Jeanne Beaufort," said the other gazing curiously at the bred back of his friend. "You mean arrest him for I spy'. As easily " that," said Kennedy. snapping his fingers. "But if we spring him, we lose a more nimble quarry. Armitage could have han- dled them both, poor lad." Parson Kennedy leaned Against the side of the window and looked ma Pennsylvania avenue, The mu at the desk asked: She win free! Por" uGC% her feet, lay the nun with the devil's buyer, tht, manpshe had untried! Rest as, au., nun. That‘s gamma-iii; our mi l Tel. nun-a Park 39.14 I First two-thirds mile _ . --- tet 3tie 3 Each additional 1-3 mile __-r-- toe 1 No charge for extra Inn-angers. l PHONE arcnuxn PARK moo They were swiftly bound and gagged; bundled roughly into an evil- smelling hack and driven away. An YELLOW CAB RATE i, He was determined to m Pu- ‘son Kennedy first. And this (Q in with Jeanne's plan agreeably. PAI- son Kennedy knew, and tort-n {should wrest the secret from bin. , When Parson Kennedy got out of ‘bed the next morning he {and In in- flex-eating note under his doorlill. Me Neither had defend hirnssett, Kennedy mounted the step. .nd rand the bell. Then things began to happen. Men dashed out of the door, and came pouring from the alley. By their sudden and unexpected volley- ine, they toppled Kennedy and Armi- taee to the sidewalk, b 1 The bloék a, which Number Nine was situated was prmicnlly deserted. "it's a trap, sort-tthh as day." "But suppose we take a look " It?" suggested Aquila“. "All right. We'll go to Number Nine tonight. PM?“ is fore. armed, I’m kind of curious ulnar. " the house doesn't look right. why, we can shy ot" m a wise old but. for he at through the trap " once. I‘C-ll st Number Nine Buck street tonight at ten ir you would hurt: the truth about Jeanne Beaufort." He found cGiaiirArmitaee M in: a letter identically the an a his own. "H'mph! This smells strand] of my old friend Hahn. We've 'thoed his dun, but we must draw his teeth to be rid of him." Next day Morgan reeoamtatt to Joanne the trickery which - brought about his downfall, all he was keen tor reprinl. He nut nu remain in hiding, but he would m- age to keep in communication with her. Besidgs. he had some luv: to: her he could not put on paper. ' He rolled up his sleeve In! stand at the symbol on his {on-urn. Ila lxughed unit: as he "and I night he had entered Juan's mo- Id stalled the little note in the lib " hee mirror. It only he could (a hold of that certitieate to Ice If the had written her me there.' "Devil an (fen: Ill! Wet. “a gun's up. But Pusa- KM. and you, John Alumnae. with ed. [M a muzerless man hum not a. m never leave Wuhim until I as you both dead'. Jeanne Bent!!! in mine, mine!" l Re laughed manly. Clap, h. ilixhly clever! Sher had - " of him without dragging ch 8“: wreath the mire " a politic] - dnl, . thing every ”IRE": “Add have piled with fetiehts - _ _ titan. my had played I“ h. “our! Hm. us they was in. pl:__yed_ wily . two! “ . Pompeian Jan Kings (Formerly W Coiboys) SeeUs for "rs-as-nt... Spring and Sumner Dancing Season [ae aint MASON comma County Line Rand hug the slightest chance to m’lig Ta." r. Met, - Hui: Themnwhoamnhuuuto ttrind-seldom if ever like. the Chip. fly, You: - lac-Grew: plan to enter college this (all. Sandy than! think much of eoiiege, but somebody Wave him a Mel: Ind he hates to. waste it. He fired the flue, placed the an. die on the able, bowed tad Inch“ out of the eabin, closing the door gently. "t do not an to have you ' I intend that you two shall ' from the hunt-- of men. John mitaee, Pusan Kem-dime.' “It is u: abominable crime about to commit. Tut: .- shoot as. if you will. But a: mutilation!” "ttr. But it in n and Home, and his conscience - throrrat the tuners and voiced the truth. "This is not in; it in nude,” said Amine. “Well. what in m but under? You would have Bhnt In: quiehir enough. I wigs-that k d1." . Kennedy ran his m whim New lips. I "'“Will ,a - be uhle to target us after this night': vol-k!" nghod Areitaee. m5 cm. H. "on In it. icon that this um: 'II’. the the that) at that two men m a military mum sity. Bret it in I an“ a... 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