L E - • ' • / : ; ̂ COPYEISHT A.CTFCLOBS a CO. 1511 BRAVE GIRL TO GET REWARD 8YNOP8IS. Major Lawrence, son of Judg« ranee of Virginia., whose wife wm i to sent on a perilous mission by Wb • Law- i Lea. r . Gen. Washington, Just after the winter at Val- Ity Forge. Disguised in a British uni form Lawrence arrives within the enemy's tinea. The Major attends a great fete and saves the "Lady of the Blended Rose" from mob. He later meet$ the girl At a brilliant ball. Trouble is started OV*r a waltz, and Lawrence is urged by hi* pa rtner. Mistress Mortimer (The Lady Of the Blended Rose), to make his escape. CHAPTER IV. (Continued). How I kept to the measure I cannot imagine, for. In an instant, all my bouse of cards crumbled into nothing ness. She kn«w me, this blue-eyed girl; knew me. and sought to aid my .mission, this daughter of a loyalist, this lady of the Blended Rose It was Inconceivable, and yet a fact--my name had been whispered by her lips. Suddenly she looked up laughing, as though to make others feel that we conversed lightly. We passed Grant. «ven as I held my breath, almost afraid to venture with words. Yet they would not be restrained. "You certainly startled me; how do you know this? Surely we have never met before?" "I refuse to be questioned, sir; It means nothing how I know--the fact that I do should be sufficient" "Must Mistress Claire--" "Rather Mistress Mortimer." "Yet the captain called you Claire." "And we were children together-- you can scarcely claim such familiar ity." 'T warrant you can name me " "Allen, is it not, sir?" • What was it the witch did not know! This was no guess work, surely, and yet how could her fstrange knowledge be accounted for? Sweet as the face, was, greatly as it had attracted me, there was nothing to awaken a throb of memory. Surely I could never have seen her before, and forgotten; that would have been impossible. The mu sic ceased, leaving us at the farther extremity of the ball. "And now you will go?" she ques tioned eagerly. "You mean, leave here?" "Yes; you said onoe tonight, that tout for me you would be riding yon der. I realized all you meant, and you must not remain. The guard lines are slack tonight, and you can get through, bet if you wait •r.tii tomor row it may be too late. Belie\« tne, I am your friend, a friend of your cause." "I do believe you; 1 could not con nect you with deceit, but I am bewil dered at this sudden exposure. Does Captain Grant also suspect my Iden tity?" "1 think not--not yet, at least, for if he did you would be under arrest. But there are others here who would rec ognize you just as I have. There is no mystery about it I was In Phila delphia when the Continental troops "were here, and you were pointed out to me then. No, we have never met, lyet 1 was Bure I recognized you this afternoon." "I was pointed out to you by whom ?" "My brother--my twin brother on the staff of General Lee." "Did you not inform me your family were loyalists?" "Yes; it is true," earnestly, her foot tapping the floor, as though annoyed at such persistent questioning. "I have a father and brother In the king's service--but one is a renegade, and I--I--" "You are what?" "1 am merely a woman, sir, unable to determine whether to finally be come loyalist or rebel." I looked gravely into her eyes until discovered where 1 can read the trutb beyond the masque--what is occurring now ?" She turned to look, attracted as I had been by the change and bustle about us. A few feet from where we stood conversing, large folding doors, previously concealed by draperies, were suddenly flung wide open, re vealing a magnificent dining hall. Dazzled by the magnificent spectacle, I turned to my companion, unable to resist temptation. She must have In stantly read the purpose in my faoe. for she grasped my sleeve. "No; you mu3t not think of remain ing a moment longer. There will be a Beat reserved for me, and Captain Grant is coming this way now. Some thing is wrong, I am sure; I have no time to explain, but promise me you will leave here at once--at once." Her eyes, her words, were so in sistent I could not refuse, although as I glanced about I felt convinced there was no danger in this assem blage. not a familiar face meeting mine. At the instant Grant came up, elbowing his way through the press, ! and staring Insolently Into my eyes, even as he bowed politely to the lady beside me. "At least this Is my privilege," he insisted, "unless there be another pre vious engagement of which I am Igno rant" "Oh, no," and she rested her hands on the green sleeve. 3millng from his face into mine. "We were waiting for you to come. Goodnight. Lieutenant Fortesque." They had taken a step or two, when Grant halted, holding her arm tightly as he glanced back to where I stood. "Would Lieutenant Fortesque Bpare me a moment after 1 have found the lady a seat?" he questioned politely. "Gladly, If you do not keep me waiting too long." "Then there will be no delay. Shall we say the parlor below?" I bowed, conscious of the mute ap peal In the lady's face, yet with no excuse for refusal. "As well there as anywhere, sir." Once again we bowed with all the punctilious ceremony of mutual dis like, and he whispered something into her ear as they disappeared in the stream of people. My cheeks burned with indignation at his cool Insolence. What could It mean? Was he merely seeking a quarrel? or was there some thing else concealed beMci f4>is re quest? In either case I knew not hov to act, and yet felt no inclination to avoid the meeting. Studying over the situation I pushed my way through the crowd across the floor of the ball room. There were a few people still lingering on the stairs, but. except for the servants, the parlors below were deserted. I walked the length of one of the great rooms, and halted In front of a fireplace to await Grant's coming. I "was eager to have this af fair settled, and be off. I compre hended now the risk I had assumed by remaining so long, and began to feel the cords of entanglement draw ing about me. There was a door op posite where I stood, and, staring toward it, I saw It open slightly, and, back In the darkness, ..lie beckoning of a hand. Startled, yet realizing that It must mean me. I stepped closer, gripping the hilt of my sword, h«»f suspecting treachery. "Quick," and I recognized the deep contralto of the voice. "Don't stop to question; there Is not a moment to lose." slender figure press against me in the narrow space where we stood, and I clung to her hand, both remaining mo tionless and silent "That fellow has run. Grant," boomed some one hoarsely, "either afraid, or else what yon say he is. See here, boy, did yon see anyone in here lately In scarlet jacket?" "I don' just 'member, sah," answered a negro, hesitatingly., "I was busy over dar' cleanin' de sideboa'd." "Well, he's not here now, that's cer tain." broke In Grant impatiently, "and we've been in all the parlors? What next, MacHugh?" "Try to head him off before he can get out of the city, of course. That's his game, probably. Osborne, have Carter come here at onoe. Why didn't you nab the fellow upstairs. Captain? Fool play that, sending him down here." "I didn't wish to create a row In the ball-room; he was with Claire Morti mer--" "Oh, I see," laughing coarsely. "Something besides military duty In volved. eh?" 'Til trouble you to be a trifle more careful, MacHugh," Grant said stiffly. "The fellow did her a small service in the afternoon, and she couldn't refuse dancing with him, as he was in uni form, and apparently all right I ad vise you to drop that part of the af fair. Here's Carter now." I could hear the click of the new comer's spurs as he crossed the room. MacHugh chuckled. "Touchy about It just the same, I see; however well pass up the lady. Carter, there has been a spy In here tonight, calling himself Lieutenant Fortesque, of the 42nd Regiment He came through the lines this morning with despatches for Howe, I under stand. Did you meet him?" "No, sir, but one of my men was riding about with him all day--Watts; I heard him telling about it an hour ago." "Is that so? Where'd they go?" war against the pitiful appeal In bar voice. "Yes, 111 go, at once. But I take away with me a memory which will never permit me to be satisfied until we meet again. We #iave been to gether so short a time--" "Had It been longer," she interrupt' ed, "you would know me better, and care less, perhaps. I am a sham; a cheat." a trifle of bitterness in the tone. "You will learn all that some day, and laugh at yourself. Oh, I know you will; so not another word, sir. I am going; then, perhaps, you will.'* There was a slight pressure of her Angel's, and she had vanished so quick ly I could only stare blindly along the deserted passage. Yet, an Instant later, the peril of my predicament flashed back upon my mind, and I faced the Immediate necessity for ac tion. What her strange words might mean could not be interpreted; I made no attempt to comprehend. Now I must find means of escape, and learn the truth later. I opened the door cautiously, and stepped without, every nerve taut, every muscle braced for action. It was a star-li^ night, and the numerous rear windows of the man sion cast a glare of light for some dis tance. The dark shadow of a high fence alone promised concealment, and, holding my sword tightly, I crept in that direction, breathing again more freely as I reached its protection un observed. There was a guard stationed before the stable door--a Grenadier, from the outline of his hat--and oth ers, a little group, were sitting on the grass a dozen feet away. If they had not been already warned I might gain a horse by boldness, but the probabil ity was that here was where Carter had mounted his squad, and I would merely walk forward into a trap I had better chance the possibility that some visitor had left a horse tied In front, or to one of the stands. With this possibility in mind I turned, and skirted the house, making myself as Inconspicuous as possible There were 'f I Leave You Now as You Request I Must First Have Promise of Wet- come Again." of tbey fell, veiling their revelation truth behind long lashes. MistresB Mortimer," I murmured, bending so close to her pink ear, I felt the soft touch of her hair on my lips, you dissemble so charmingly as to even puztle me. But if i i€ave you now. as you request, I must first have promlBe of welcome again." "Then you mean to return--a pris oner? i am always merciful to the suffering." "No, we are coming back to Phila delphia victors, and soon I am not afraid to tell you. I have learned much today, and go back to report to Washington that the exchange of Brit ish commanders means the early evac uation of the city. When we meet again you will not be a lady of the Blended Rose, nor will 1 be wearing this uniform." Her eyes sparkled^ brightly into mine, then dropped demurely. "I---I rather like the colors you are wearing now, and am sure this dress Is most becoming. 1--I have a pas •Ion for masquerade." "I recognize that, but have already CHAPTER V. The Threat of Swords. Stepping from the glare of those gleaming parlor lights into the gloom of that narrow passage, blinded me for the instant, yet a moment later, I be came aware of the distant glimmer of a candle, the faint reflection revealing the girl 's face. "Please do not talk; do not ask any thing--yet," she urged hurriedly, noiselessly closing the door at my back, and as instantly gripping my sleeve. Her breath came quickly; her voice trembled from surpressed excite ment "Come with me, beyond the light yonder." I followed her guldanoe, bewildered, yet having every confidence the rea son for this mysterious occurrence must be fully justified. The passage curved slightly, terminating at a closed door. Scarce a reflection of the candle reached us here, yet my eyes were by now sufficiently accustomed to the gloom so that I could trace the out lines of her face. A vague doubt took possession of me. "You are causing me to run away from Grant," I protested blindly. "You are making me appear afraid to meet him." "No, it Is not that," swiftly. "He was not coming to you personally at all--you were to be arrested?" "What! He knew me then?" "1 am not sure--some one did, and mentioned his suspicions. Captain Grant was glad enough of an excuse, no doubt, but he." the soft voice fal tering, "he made a mistake in twitting me for being friendly toward you." "And you came to warn, to save me!" I exclaimed, pressing her hand. "That was nothing; 1 could do no less. 1 am only glad I knew the way." "You mean how you might reach me first?" "Yes; it came to me in a flash when he first left me alone, only I was not certain in which parlor you would be waiting, l ran through the kitchen and down the back stairs; I helped the officers plan their decorations, and in that way learned of this private passage beneath the stairB. It was easy, but-K)h, listen! they are in there "ow!" W e could hear voices through the in tervening wall clearly enough to even distinguish words, as the speakers ex ercised little restraint 1 felt the girl's J "If You Go at Once You Can Outride Them. Please, Please Go!" "Covered everything. I judge, from Callowhill to the Lower Battery. WattQ said he asked questions 6f everybody they met but he didn't take any notes. He liked the fellow, but thought he was mighty Inquisitive. Where Is he now, sir?" "The devil knows, I don't, and yoq'll have to find out He'll head north west likely; he'll never try to cross the river here. How many men have you ?" "Twenty." * "Scatter them to every north post. The fellow had no horse, and your troopers can easily get ahead of him. Hurry up now." Carter departed with click of steel, and MacHugh evidently turned to his companion. "We'll catch the lad all right. Grant. Some of those outposts will nab him before daylight No use our waiting around here; let's go back upstairs." The girl's nervous grasp on my arm tightened, her lips pressed close to my ear. "I--I must get back to my place at the table," she whispered. "8urely you know what to do; this Is a rear door; there are stables a hundred feet away; you must get a horse, and ride fast-- you--you will do this!" "Yes, of course--but bow can I thank you?" "Don't try; don't ever even think of it again. I hardly know what mad Im pulse sent me here. Now I have but one thought--to hurry you away, and get safely back myself--you will go?" "Yes--but--" "Not now! there is no time for ex planation. promises, anything. You heard what they said; every avenue of escape will be blocked within an hour. If you go at once you can outride them --please, please go!" She held out her hand, and I grasped it warmly, unable longer to soldiers on the outside steps; I beard their voices without seeing them, and was thus driven to run swiftly across an open space, memory guiding me toward the opposite pavilion. Breath less, with heart beating fast, I crouched lew "n the shadow, endeavor ing to make out my more Immediate surroundings. There were no horses there, but I codld clearly distinguish the stomping of restless hoofs some where to the right. As I straightened up, determined upon discovering an empty saddle if possible, the figure of a man advanced toward me. "Hold on there! hold on!" he com manded shortly. "Who are you? What the devil are- you skulking about out here for?" It was Grant beyond a doubt; I would recognize the peculiar snarl of that voloe In a thousand. He had not gone upstairs then; had not rejoined the lady in the dining-room. What would she think of his absence? What would she do when she realized Its probable meaning? Someway I was not frightened, at thus meeting him, but glad--if those others would only keep away, and let us settle the affair between us. Here was his test--a coward would cry out an alarm, sum mon the guard to his assistance, but, if the fellow's nerve only held, or if he hated me badly enough, he'd fight ft out alone. All this came to me in a flash, and the words of challenge spoken before he even grasped tht thought of who I was. "So I have discovered you, have I? Why did you fail to keep our appoint ment within?" He drew up sharply with an oath, peering at me through the dark, be wildered by my speech. "The spy! Ye gods, what luck! Do you mean to insinuate I ran away, sir?" "How else could I Interpret It?" I questioned coolly, determined to taunt him to action. '1 waited where you told me till J was tired. Perhaps you will oblige me by explaining your pur pose." He muttered something, but without comprehending Its purport I went on threateningly: "And I think you made use of the word spy Just now. Did you mistake me for another?" "Mistake you? No; I'd know you in hell," he burst forth, anger making his voice tremble. "I called you a spy, and you are one, you sneaking night rat. You never waited for me In the par lor; If you had you'd now be under art rest" "Oh, so that was the plan?" "Yes, that was it. Mister LleuteOftat Fortesque." "Well. Grant/' f said sternly, g">t just one answei to make you. fot c*n caU r<Piir guard, or you can fight it out wltc w here. Whichever you choose will depend upon whether you are a man, or a cur." I took a step nearer, watching him as best I could In the dark. "You are an unmitigated liar, sir," and with sudden sweep of the arm I struck him with open hand. "Probably you will realize what that means." For an instant he remained so still I doubted him, even held him cheap; then the breath surged through his clinched teeth In a mad oath. He surged toward me, but my sword was out, the steel blocking his advance. "You--you actually mean fight?" "Why not? Isn't that cause enough? If not I will furnish more." "I do not fight spies--" "Stop! That silly charge is merely an excuse. You do not believe it yow> self. You wanted a quarrel yonder 1ft the ball-room. The expression of your eyes was an insult Don't evade now. I am here, wearing the uniform of the British army. I have every right of a gentleman, and you will cross sworda. qr I'll brand you coward wherever there Is an English garriso^." I saw the sudden flash of his draws blade, and flung up my own in guard "Wait; rot here, Captain," I insisttH quickly "We're far too near yo'ir watchful friends yonder; besides tfte light is poor. Let's try our fortunes beyond the pavilion, where it can he simply man to man." He turned without a word, and I fal lowed, eager enough to have doAe with the business. The ftars gleamed on the naked weapons held in oar hands, but we exchanged no wortis until we had rounded the corner and come forth Into the open Bpace be yond. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Prompt Action That Averted Most Serious Railroad Wreck Is to Have Recognition. Miss .Hester Ross, daughter of W. G. Ross of Ross Spur, a Mississippi flag station, will receive a Carnegie medal and a purse of money for her bravery In saving the lives of a dozen or more men on a freight train some few days ago. A telegraph operator and a young woman telephone opera tor each played an important part in the story. As No. 72, fast freight, pulled out of Noxapater, the depot operator at Louisville flashed to Dispatcher Stepp at New Albany the following: "Long cut cars broke loose here. Took main line." Dispatcher Stepp, realizing that a crash Between No. 72 and the run away cars going in an opposite direc tion on the main line was almost in evitable, called Miss Mary Monday, long-distance operator of the Cumber land Telephone company, saying, "Get whoever you can on the wire at once and tell them to flag No. 72. There's a chance in a hundred. Hurry." Not losihg a moment, she called the Rosa home at Ross Spur. It was then about 1 a. m. At 1:10 the freight was due to pass the little town. No answer to her frantic rings was obtained for nearly five minutes. Finally a drowsy voice answered at the Ross home. Learning of the terri ble situation, and without waiting to arouse any others of the family, and having but five minutes to reach the station, Miss Ross, in her night clothes and bare feet, armed herself with a lantern and dashed down to the depot. No. 72 whistled and was about half a mile down the track. The cut of runaway cars could be discerned com ing in an opposite direction to the fast freight. Standing in the middle of the tracks, Miss Ross swung the lan tern desperately and Jumped aside as the freight rolled by, coming to a halt a few feet further on. The cut of runaway cars bumped into the engine, but did no damage. The cars had run away for about five miles.-- St. Louis Globe-Democrat. JU»T CAUSE FOR PRIDE. DEVICE FOR UNLOADING CARS Turntable Used in Germany, Capa ble of Being Swung Completely Around and Tipped. A car especially designed to elevate and dump cars loaded with coal, gravel and like materials, is being used in Germany. It comprises a flat- car of especially strong construction on which is mounted a turntable bearing rails. This turntable Is cap able of being swung completely around and can be tipped to an an gle of 45 degrees. Normally it is In clined at an angle of 30 degrees, so as to form an unbroken line with the Moses, Electrician That electricity must nave been known to the ancients has been many times asserted, but now comes for ward an electrician in Munich--Mr. Stadelmann--who. has been in times past an archaeologist, to assert that he found in Egypt, in burled walls, in dications denoting the use of electric lamps, says a writer in Harper's Weekly. he claims that Moses brought electricity from Kgypt and that there are Biblical paragraphs which will bear him out in his state ment that lightning rods were in use in the temple at Jerusalem. Stadel mann believes that the serpent ol bronze of Moses was nothing more or less than an ordinary lightning rod such as is in use today. 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Her eye* filled with tears as she read it "Wllllbrand, darling." she said, as she hastened around the table and put her arm about his neck, "I'll take back all the mean things I ever said about your work. This Is the best thing you ever wrote?" A Car for Elevating and Unloading Gondola Cars. approaches on which the cars are drawn onto the turntable for unload ing and are run from it after the oper ation. Cables, driven by a motor, draw a car at a time onto the turn table, the turntable is given a quar ter turn, its inclination is increased from 30 to 45 degrees, and the load is allowed to discharge from the end of the car. Then the turntable is lowered again to the 30-degree in clination, turned another quarter-revo lution, and the empty car run off the A Car Inclined by the Elevator and Discharging Its Load. table on a second set of approach rails. The operation of the turntable is executed by means of a second motor. 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