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Highland Park Press, 30 Jun 1927, p. 15

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. -%TriFtuia-s-.tu.a.vs, , "gVs.iir-ittM.b--&ndr-d _ -r-.- i: ai'iiii'?i'i'ib1scsrtr. ' i I 2;! him nbodt the mmeaon the eertiti- cate and about a curious tattoo mark on the Inn of the man she married. Armitage rescues him, but Jeanne M- Capes. She sees piacards announc- ing a reward for her capture. "dead or lliva” Gnu-l Armitage, father of the; Captain, is discussing plans for thel tina? campaign against Richmond when Jeanne. ‘attempting to stall them. is aptured. Though she is in) boy’s clothes, Captain Armitage ree- otrnizes her, bot says nothing, and is bound to face a firing squad in the morning. I Armitage helps Jeanne to escape and she makes her way back to her home. It is now the Center of I Con- federate encampment. Sentries bring word that a Union spy is on the grounds. F Henry Morgan, a Southern other amVspy for the Confederacy, is in love with - but she rejects his ad- vances. One day getting & letter signed "roar husband." Jennne ret- lizes that her identity is known. Dis- gnising herself with I brown wig and staining her face, Jeanne assumes the We of-- The Buy attempting escape is kill. ed. Jeanne reads a dispatch in his pocket. indicating that he was G-RD- A and on his arm sees the mm mark. She ndw believes that he was her hmband. Morgan is discovered to be a Confederate spy nnd swears vengeance on Kennedy. Jeanne hopes to obtain, by torture if necessary the truth about her marriage from Ken- lady. The mum and Arming: ne- ealdincly m kidnapped and taken to n deserted cabin, There, bound, they ate mud when Morgan lights a short fuse attached to a powder hot- n). Alice Trent. she goes to Baltimore to any on her work. She is um- ware that a real "Alice Trent" lives in Baltimore. _ _ Join hinge. a Union oMeer, warm-Jung (mm a drunken man. Janna induces“ arifit'rttrr _ 1ir Tim Kennedy.oo that she may question Jeane saves them and tens Ami-l use, with whom she is Idling deeper‘ Ind deeper in love, that she gives him) "a life for a life." Armitage, rejoin-‘1 in: his and. command. is present when she run any with 1 federal locomotive. He than at the engine and hits her in the arm. She luke- her my back to the mm linen and chi). recuperating Harm give- her a the: of - containing the - of the “clan!" To herself. she all: him Irony. trrrt non Kennedy performs the ceremony and the bride and groom, ignorant of each other's names and she not even knowing what he looks like, sign the marriage eertificate as "Mary Smith" and “John Jones." As witness the group sign as follows: John Kennedy, DD. has. Job Kennedy. a Union spy. within tho power of the South. Dis. must! in the In of spying upon the m of Secret Service agents of with Kennedy is the leader, Jeanne in given the alternate of death or minim to one of their number. Big - all asked, but Jeanne re- Arthur Snell. George Am, him Links“. Philip Guitar. June- po. gu-ty, Fran: Schmidt. Wall” Beat. m. Wick Slim. Th WG, Wuh'mgton: NI")!!! York; RD, Richmond; BN, Bonn. PA, Puude1phis. _ ttttgrg=iefeAe'stgt,'rt idurtho_hutmofberiuher ,apdtdobeerth.esinthocivi1 var. not ens-om.- GGAG if. ca. m govern-um and instructed to-th-i-erm-ine-- iuum 1m iwdmu'm) AtsM- M mf- nm and " _ -- it and 'tmate. to her that than hi - begin "ttFt J-VO-A, ..hdtremaMuth.---wtd Pt-A-he-dt-mob. “hens-lbw]. Anti-nun. Sings-deb“.- 'A..-t.-rth.ti= My. Arnie-numb“. -.r-ir-Rr,tNeoltt.FrtmtehM-etrtu.ehMr, q-t.tt--.mwdthemhulhg.ehuhtMBe.dlt.r.%qnm._ -..-h.trruhtt0%9olh.oa-6-t-ree1mt.6-t. -e-st'.dn,hemmrfthrarth_.3-er---oeb.d www.mwuihahM-Ih loin-i “*0“: u - 7_ - haunt-Ina. . They leave her bound and disap- Pawn Kama”. fee “It; auaur of qf.K. C-WG-L A-NK-8 G-RD-A J-WG-A P-WG-S H-RWM P-PA-G LN’K-F P-BN-S W-BE-R CHAPTER , hetftT2t.C22'rg? 2z2tt.,l "-P "Eleven? I secured what T could. Didn't I ten you I got them in Par- son Kennedy’s room? I didu't have much time. You can be like granite sometimes." “If our meetings an unpleasant. you have only young-H to thank. I do not love you: but there m a time when t respected you. admired your courage and resourcefulness" _ "No. Besides, there were eleven. and you brought me the names of but tem" as much as you please; but T an it, ways bound to cross it. You made I confession to me one night. under stress." _ "You are under my root, Union" "A Yankee?" "Still. an honorable man." "And yet his name was on that list I gave you. Will you not tell. me, not as a woman to a man. but as com- rade to comrade, what this list means Y' "You hit straight. Well. I thou- sand times you have signed John Ar- mitage's deattrorarrant," Be spoke without apparent Inger. “All I want is Amman in from of my word. T wish to conquer him before I kill him." . He reached for his hat, but did not put it on his head For two troopers entered. wheeled right and Mt Ind stood at attention. A man followzd them, blinking. Two more trooper! came after him. Then clue the Ital. John Armstrong and Jeanne Benn- fort looked into each others was one more. He took a! his It“. She did not reply. She eould not hate this man. She vaguely wonder- ed what her attitude would have been had he been less handsome. "Have you ever paused to thinkiit resolutely. She was I couumm: Jeanne, that a man falls in love in, l, actress; but all her acts were use! voluntarily? That it is instinctive new. of no nail. on his part to elude it a: long as pos-'; Morgan came in, smiling. "So in sible?" !we are at last!” "Between you and me, Major, love', "At least it will not be murder.‘ is taboo." she said, right. . , "You and the Parson Izmir l ". PA may . Ii t: tr) . In - w l fooled on !" as $32: wrt" fgercttysAt.t au ut, "t7,iUe'ghrtotUigoht IP,'U, .". "The death of John Armitage will in no wise liter my sentiment; in re- gard to you. Eliot. You ought to realise that." Armitage, with compressed lips and frowning eyes, listened to this vivid recital. Six gone: Armstrong, Foxtr- ty, Schmidt, Henderson, Skinner and Gardner-six brave and gallant om- cers. Clark. the telegrapher. had told him it was a woman who held him up. Six comrades were dead; but Jeanne Beaufort lived; and she was free be- sides. He stiffened in the saddle, and the lines in his face-grew hard. He would tind Jeanne Beaufort; and woe to her when he did! The rugged army had settled down for the winter. The living-room its temporarily deserted, the chief in command and his staff having gone on a tour of inspection. Beyond the window the camp-tire blazed hrightly.‘ The door opened and closed softly, and Morgan stood with his back to it for a while. absorbing the lovely pie- ture Jeanne presented. "You Ire very lively tonight," he said. "Do you know this an, Idol-Y“ Mom-n m “an. ‘ "Yummzhhwm 'trorttretfthe_3tkevett_, oneofth._gureoet-- you OUND to NORTH" Jeamtemrathedtoth.farth-, tmet-dp-ed-tarea.--, utesshese-nrtretmstnsre-k Thereetttodtmbteftheh-edt. MMM‘. to I scouting My of the enemy. The "Yen. You played with me, you two never hesitated; hesitation would nought my love to break it. Well. be to invite death. They struck the have they are, love and life. Brent astonished group before they 3hmratst them. I was there that night, " you to raise their whines. broke through know. Take your revenge. They will and went on, followed by 1 storm of have me shot -r." bullets. The younger man twisted odd-f " do not want your life. God for- ly in his saddle. A all! or so beyond, bid'." she cried brokenly. -_ he called out in agony. Kennedy“: 5 " have ceased to mm it a: arty- beside him almost as soon as he felt. ( thin; very valuable. t have stamped _:_G_ugh_er, boy?" upomthis love, but it is too strong her bin whirl. After uni-l uh: "Romulhislmorhil naught-kn. MIMI.“- terero_omrth.er-h- mic-uh.” P-ttr3d-t.h-dth.V mac. Slogan-land“.- ua-ly. Amt-“Ida. bhmth-ehlr, _ "He was but! within out “as.” --trrimlr. “He sun be shot at dawn." IDPCrm ihsd any paper! on -. Thetwo,amttmattofeetths- from handgun-ten. hgdfun plump}:- tionbythemtlnck. Hob-diet: his comrade but them, deal leth” Inked Manage. atrm Hui-in "iudakd'iu - III In. in “h thin -da..._rath" ’ "Alice Trent-there w drama for ir"": How she hushed behind you back.'" V l 1 Something impelled Armitage to, ' My, "You lie!" j l " have stirred you. than t" I t There '15 I sentry outside the win-' view, one an the vehndn. three more idiszrihuted wound the house. Anni- 1 take had made “and note of this. 1.5 great may things might ham iwithin u. hour. “I shouldn‘t mind in tht least." Ah mince instantly formed a pupae. He believed he saw . way out. M ,msaettnneeof.tmlletmi+is back tonight butnochmeof-donm missing his breast in the m. "Suppose we play a game of m to white sway the time. We med to try our hand a that." "Then God help as both.'" And with this passionate cry she m from the The cry lingered in Armitatte's en! for a long while. Re fought against it resolutely. She was I consummate actress; but all her acts were useless new. of no lvail. Morgan came in, smiling. "So here we are It last!” "At least it will not be murder.” "You Ind the Parson were in my my. lard..1wv l fooled on a "h'ot "ms? Aebr. :3 w: Should he tell her that it was Mor- gan. Morgan, whom she trusted? He doubted if she would believe him; to he let the opportunity pass. "You will not tell me the truth?" Armitage smiled into the fire. "Suppose I tell you that I did not play with you, that I admired you be- yond all other men?" "t'm afraid of you. Jeme Bull- fort." was all he said. . gl ELririiri7ryr "Sas that t V“ the Lan, and let it go at that." “It is impossible, because you In the man who first stepped frat." “On my word of hGor. I m not that man." own." _ V" __ V _ _ . "You toreed me to play traitor."' He leaned toward the fire and spread out his hands. - “AW" you give me the name of the man I married tint night e" - A no. tonight! 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