THE CENTRE REPOR
SYNOPSIS,
Mrs. Varney, wife of
Reneral, has lost one son
dying from wounds. She re
her consent for Wiitred the youngest, to
join the army If his father consents. The
federals are making their last assault in
an effort to capture Richmond, Edith
Yarney secures from FPresident Davis a
commission for ( ‘apt. Thorne, who is just
recovering from’ wounds,
telegraph at Richmond. Capt
tells Edith he has been ordered
Bhe declares he must not go and
him of the commission from the i
dent. Mr. Arrelsford of the Confederate
secret service, A rejected suitor of
Edith’s, detects Jonas, Mrs
butler, carrying a note from a
in Libby prison Arrelsford suspects
Is intended for Thorne. Tha note
‘Attack tonight Plan 3 Use
Kraph.” Arrelsford declares Thorne
Lewis Dumont of the Federal
service, and tliat his brother Henry
wisoner in Libby. Edith refuses
eve and suggests that Thorne be
fronted with th J ner as a test
order comes fr General Varney
Wilfred to rear to the front at once
Edith is forced to carry her part In
the test of Thorae. The prisoner is thrust
into the room with Thorne, who
recognizes hin iis elder brother, Hen
ry Dum up a fake figh
and Henry kills himse]
‘aroline Milfo : swWee
a Confederate
and another is
luctantly gives
Thorne
Away
reads:
is
for
out
alone
nt
tally
rd,
mselves to watch Tt orn
Arrelsf rd expects 3
taker charge of 3
Arrel nford and
dispate from
Thorne t In the
when
calls
Thorne
Sho
attempts
guard
irns the
orne MI uw
produces ommission
telegraph 8he, having r
convine i #py. begs
order. After she
it up Thorne plans to
iehmond Arrelsford calls
3 ome and demands to see
Varney refuses A sergeant
order to search 1b
Wilfred Varney re.
he front wounded Tho
arrested hy Wil and turn.
$ n~
v are
As
seen
not
forged
Appears
house for
‘urn fri
ie
Thorne
s }
appears, is
ed
rne
over to
iets from
Is sentenced
Edith tells
and Suggests
1208 Pe He refuses
geant wi at has be
tion is halted by
Rande toh
to i
him wh at
he feign
the
CHAPTER XX.—Continued.
Now Edith Varney had 5 CE 3
moved She had expected nothing,
she had hoped for nothing from the
advent of the general At best |t
would mean only a little delay. The
verdict was just, the sentence was
adequate, and the punishment must
and would be carried out She had
listened, scarcely apprehending. busy
with her own thoughts, her eyes fas
tened on Thorne,
pale and composed. But at this re
markable statement by General Ran
fife. A low exclamation broke from
her lips. A hope, not that his
might be saved, but that it might be
less shameful to love him. came
her heart. Wilfred stepped forward
also
“yf
Say That Dispatch Was
Sent,” He Roared.
Not |
and commotion in the room.
Thorne preserved his calmness. He
was glad that Edith Varney bad
learned this, and he was more glad
that she had learned it from the lips
of the enemy, but it would make no
difference in his fate. He was not
guilty of that particular charge, but
Only |
| there were dozens of other charges
for which they could try him, the pun-
ishment of any one of which was
death. Besides, he was a spy caught
in the Confederate lines, wearing a
uniform not his own. It was enough
that the woman should learn that he
had not taken advantage of her ac-
tion; at least she cuuld not reproach
| herself with that
"Why, general” began Arrelsford.
dismayed. “I hardly under
| stand what you mean. That dispatch
1 saw him myself—"
General Randolph turned
| quickly.
on him
“1 say that dispalch was not sent.”
| he roared, striking the table with his
expected to arrive in time
for the trial. There is one here who
can testify Lieutenant Foray?”
From among the group of staff of-
ficers who had followed General Ran-
| dolph, Lieutenant Foray stepped for
ward before the general and saluted
“Did Captain Thorne send out that
lispatch after left you with him
in the office an hour age?” asked the
older officer
“No
we
sir.” answered Foray promptly,
glancing from Arrelsford’'s thwarted
and flushed and indignant countenance
to Edith Varney's face, in which he
saw the light of a great illumination
was shining. “No, sir,” he repeated:
“1 was jt about to send it by his or
ders, when he countermanded it and
tore up the dispatch.”
“And what dispatch was
“It was one signed by the
of war, sir, removing Marston's divi
sion from HL"
“You hear, gentlemen,” said the
eral, and, not giving them time to an
swer, he turned again to Foray
“What were Captain Thorne's words
at the time?
“He sald he refused to act
that commission,
and threw
“That
ab
18%
fs 9
ik
secretary
Cemetery
gen-
under
and crumpled it up
it away.”
wil do, leutenant'
General Randolph trium phantly
turned Arrelsford again “i
are not satisf Mr. Arrelsford,
to you that we have a dis
from General ( cane y at the fr
{ which he says that no order
ceived Bere He got an uncor
pleted dispatch, but could not
Marston's
said
to
od
inform patch
were
re.
from
anything out of it
ravn from Cem
position weak
The
was a low m
was not withd
Hill, and our
ened in any
failed.” There
astonishment
in the room Edith
{ significant thing. She
in Thorne's direction T
i man did not dare to trust
look at her. “It is quite plain
{ tinued the general “that the
{ has been acting under an error
president of the Confederacy is, there.
fore, compelled to disapprove the find
ing, and it is set aside
| to be with the secretary when the find.
ing came in.’
wag not
way
Varney did
hat
himself to
con
court
effort
“General
i do him justice, he did not lack cour
jage, “this was put in my hands,
| and
“1 take fit
| sald curtly
i office, or the
| my compliments, and--"
“But there are other charges upon
| which he could be tried,” persisted
Arreleford “He is a spy anyway,
and
i “1 belleve 1 gave you your orders,
| Mr. Arrelsford” interrupted the gen
eral, with suspicious politeness
| "But hadn't 1 better wait
| spe"
“By God, sir,” thundered Randolph,
{ “do 1 have to expiain my orders to the
{ whole secret service of the Confed:
ieracy? Don’t wait to see anything
| Go at once. or 1 will have you es
corted by a file of soldiers.”
Arrelsford would have defled the
{ general if there had been the least
{use in the world in doing it, but the
| game was clearly up for the present.
{ He would try to arrange to have
{ Thorne rearrested and tried as a
| ep later. Now he could do nothing
He walked out of the room, pride en-
| abling him to keep up a brave front,
but with disappointment and resent.
ment raging in his heart. He did not
realize that his power over Thorne
had been withdrawn. In the great
game that they had played, he had
lost at all points. They all watched
out of your hands”
“Report back to the war
secret service office, with
and
him go, not a single one in the room |
with sympathy, or even pity.
“Now, sergeant,” sald the general,
as they heard the heavy ball door
close; “lI want to speak to the pris
oner.”
“Order arms!” cried the sergeant.
“Parade rest!” As the squad assumed
these positions in obedience to his |
commands, the sergeant continued,
“Fall out, the prisoner.”
Thorne stepped forward one pace
from the ranks, and saluted the gen-
eral. He kept hig eyes fixed upon that
gentleman, and it was only the throb
bing of his heart that made him aware
that Edith Varney was by his side.
She bent her head toward him; he
felt her warm breath against his
cheek as she whispered:
“Oh! Why didn't you tell me? 1
thought vou sent it, I thought you—"
“Miss Varney!” exclaimed the gen
eral in surprise.
But Edith threw maldenly
to the winds. The suddenness of the
revelation overwhelmed her
“There Is nothing against him, Gen-
eral Randolph, now; is there? He
didn't send it. There's nothing to try
him for!” said.
General Randolph smiled grimly at
her.
“You are very much mistaken, Miss
Varney,” he answered. “The fact of
his being caught in our lines without
his proper uniform is enough to hang
him In ten minutes
Edith caught her heart with
hand with a sharp exclamation,
General Randolph turned to speak
the prisoner
Captain Thorne,” he said, "or Lew
is Dumont, if that {s your name; the |
president is fully informed regarding
the circumstances of your case, and |
needn't say that we look upon you as
a cursed dangerous character. There
fsn't any doubt whatever that
ought to be shot right now, but
gldering the damned
your behavior, and that you refused to
out that dispatch when
have done we decided to
you of
You will
reserve |
she
her
but
to
you
con
peculiarity of
send you
might
keep
80, ¥e
mischief
be held
out some other
way a
war.”
Captain
dazed to
decree
{oo
the
almost
purport of
Thorne was
realize the
He miechanically
from his lips broke a m
“Thank you, sir.”
The general looked at him sey
and then, seeing Edith Varney
away and engaged In conversation
with his staff. His intention
vious, and Edith immediately em
braced the opportunity
“Oh!” she said; "that isn't
80 bad as death,” and before them all
she stretched out her hand to him
No?" queried Thorne in =a
voice
“No,” she
at him
some time
“Oh!” sald Thorne “Some
if it's some time, gh”
Mrs. Varney, having succeeded
ting t and composed
3 3
saluted, and
urmured
erely
turned
was ob
pearls
low
®
forcing herself t«
said,
look “After a while perhaps
time?
that's enon
in
Howard
in
General
quis
TOO
Ha
said
the
“Mamma.’ Edith,
to him,
too?
Varney approaches
fred was quicker
would like to shake hands
he sald, boyish
with
you,” with enthusi
asm
What, again?” sald Thorne,
ing All right” He stretched out
hand ‘Go ahead.”
‘And so would 1.” sald Caroline,
| lowing the lead of her boy lover
“Don’t be afraid now,” said Wi
‘Everything will be all right
smil
his
fol
fred
They
said Caroline. "Good
they will give you hun
I am sure”
But General Randolph turned once
more
“One moment, please.” said the offi
cer. As he came forward, the others
back. Only Edith Varney kept
place close by Thorne's side
There is only one reason on earth |
the pres'ient; has set aside a |
verdict of death You held |
“A parole!”
our favor. You are not to be tried as
but held as a prisoner of war
expect you to make that turn
“Never.” replied Thorne
“That's impossible, sir.”
“You can give us
sald the peneral
“You have it now.”
“You will be kept in close confine.
come to our terms,”
the older officer
me a prisoner for life.
instantly
your answer |
continued
“You make
then
“You will gee it in another light be
fore many days, and It wouldn't sur
prise me if Miss Varney had some
thing to do with a change in your
views."
“You are mistaken, General
doliph,” quickly interposed Edith
think he is perfectly right.”
“Oh, very .well,” sald the general,
smiling a little. “We will see what a
little prison life will do. Sergeant?”
“Yes, sir.”
“l have turned the prisoner over to
Major Whitfield. He requests you to
take the prisoner to his office, where
he'll take charge of him.”
Ran-
i
TER, CENTRE HALL, PA.
“Very good, sir,” answereé the ser
geant
“What is It?" whispered Thorne to
Edith. “Love and goodby?”
“No,” answered the girl; “only the
first.” She stopped and looked at him,
her face flushed, her heart throbbing,
her eyes shining gloriously
ute, until we meet again.”
“Thank God,” whispered Thorne.
“Until we meet again.”
“Attention!” eried the
“Carry arms! Left face!
prigoner! Forward-—march!
sergeant
AFTERWORD.
And so the great adventure 18 over,
the story is told, and the play Is
played. It is hard té tell who lost and
who won. It made little difference in
the end that Marston's division had
not becn withdrawn, aud that the at
tack on Cemetery Hill had failed. It
little difference in the end that
had been thwarted In his
wreak his vengeance upon
wade little difference In
Thorne re to enter
of the Confederaqy, pre
sonment for life. For the
were num
tottering on
spite of the
5 10
It n
end that
BEervice
impr
the
was even then
in
fused
ring
of Confederacy
It
‘ze of its grave,
it up
Three days the at
night, and Richmond had fallen, and
presently the of the Confederate
Appomattox. The
down for
days
bered
the ver
brave front kept
* nite ¢
after events of ths
last
and bars were hauled
The prisoners were re
leased There was a quiet wedding
in the old house. Howard, happily re
covering his wounds,
ent Varney i
AWAY reluctantly,
yet he di Wilfred
of the
slars
the last time
from
General
the
took the
Thorne
Ane
place brother of Captain
to cont » to call him by the ns
he had; i as the best
man Ti
oveted
ride
and the few
iridge
ng General Randolph
uld Like to Shake Hands Wit}
You."
on this
principal
much
weddir
and Edith Va
gecond part
sid be
was
interesting occa
;
iB
Ives
pposition, oi
Captain
and many
but there was
no restraining the young people They
had lived and suffered, they had almost
died together. The years of peace and
harmony and friendship that came
sections at last, and the present
themse
There
course. to the
ie
of
AY
THE END
First Aid From King Manuel,
King Manuel, in rendering first alc
of the audience at a Muniel
follows in the footsteps of his
Louls Philippe The kin
French in his early yout)
medicine and surgery at the
Dieu. He habitually carried »
in his pocket, and said he hat
it useful on many occasions
course of his wandering life
Even after he came to the throne
Louis Philippe’s surgical knowledgs
gsorved him in good stead
of his outriders was struck wit]
apoplexy on the rord between Pari
and Compiegne, and the king bled hin
most scientifically with his own bands
London Chronicle
“Caddie.”
to
theater,
ancesior
of the
one
Hotel
lancet
found
in the
(1)
“caddy.” meaning one who holds the
“tea?”
(2)
small ead?
je form of the Greek word “Kedos,'
meaning “one who suffers sorrow or
affliction; one who mourns: one whe
attends a funeral procession?”
(4) Or Is It from another Greek
er “a collection sox" or a cask contain
ing lguor?—World of Golf.
ONCE A TERM OF REPROACH
Golf “Caddying” Not Always the Re
spectable Occupation It Ig in
This Century.
——— - “
It Is delightful to the average eit!
gen to discover that the golf player
can display a kindly human sentiment
outside the strict rules of “the royal
and ancient,” and it is cheering to note
that that flood Is just now pouring out
toward the caddie. This constant sub
fect for cyrical speech and caustic
pleture is to be suitably provided for,
and an accomplished golfer pleads al
most with tears in his volee that
“caddies are identified with the one
pleasure which helps the elderly gen:
tlemen to feel young” The hearts
aged cannot but be touched by such
an appeal; ana yet there lingers the
haunting memory that the very name
of caddie 1s suffused in some strange
fashion with a shade of ne'erdo
well.
The earliest known use of the ap
pellation, and then as “caddie,” isto
be found in the London Morning Pen.
ny Post, when George Il. was still on
the throne, and “the forty-five” was in
very immediate popular remembrance,
News from Scotland had it that “one
Duncan Grant, a discharged soldier,
who had passed in Edinburgh some
times as a street caddie,” had In.
curred a heavy penalty for a rather
trivial swindle in a transaction over
herrings. He was to be taken from
the Talbooth and “put in the pik
lory, to stand for the space of an
hour, with half a dozen herrings about
his neck, and thereafter to be ban
ished from the City of Liberties for
ever.”
It was a rough sort of making the
punishment fit the crime, which some
irate golfers would desire to revive
for their caddies even in this more
humane age Westminster Gazette.
Alas,
Ethel-——"After you refused Jack, di
he propose again?” Maud-—-“Yes, bu
it was to another girl"
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