CHAPTER XXVlil—Continued. eS Jack and Solomon exercised unusual care In guarding the camp and organ- izing for defense In case of attack. ft was soon after Washington's depart- ure that Arnold went away on the road to the South, Solomon followed, keep- Ing out of his field of vision. The gen- eral returned two days later, Solomon came into Jack's hut about midnight of the day of Arnold's return with im- portant news, Jack was at his map of the Highlands. The camp was at rest. The candle In Jack's hut was the only sign of life around head- quarters when Solomon, having put out his horse, came to talk with his young friend. He stepped close to the desk, swallowed nervously and began his whispered report. “Suthin’ neevarious be goin’ on,” he began. “A British ship were lyin nigh the mouth o' the Croton Arnold went aboard. An’ desk studying a the bush. If 'twere honest business, why did talk?" Jack shook his head, were on my mind. “‘D—n the ol' British tub, make ‘er back up a little ‘She's too clus anyhow,’ the water front o' her bow, they were some hoppin’ eround on the deck o' the big British war down the river a mile ‘er so. sun were set when Arnold an’ the officer came out o' the bush. I were in a boat with a fish rod an’ could jes sce ‘em with my the light were so dim, They stood thar lookin’ fer the ship. They couldn't see her. They went back into the hush. It come to me what they wus goin’ to do, Ar nold: were a-goin’ to take the Spy glass, Smith, bushes front o 'nough !—that's what nold an’ t' other an' went IhAto the house, "Tw Sure Ar- the house. were done. feller come ery <0 I —— By IRVING BACHELLER no heart. The message was from Sol- omon. He had got word that the British warship had come back up the river and was two miles above Stony Point with a white flag at her mast- head, “I went out of doors. Scon I met Merriwether coming into camp. Ar- nold had returned. He had ridden at a walk toward the headquarters of the | Second hrigade and turned about and | come back without speaking to any one, Arnold was looking down as If absorbed In his own thoughts when | Merriwether passed him In the road. He did not return the latter's salute. | It was evident that the general had | being alone, i “l went back to my hut and sat down | to try to find my way when suddenly | the general appeared at my door on | with we little ride him. 1 mounted my horse and rode out on the east road together for half a mile or so “Yes, 1 answered, “'A British officer has eome up the | In my for a conference, I enclosed a quest ngo, some letter from Hale home Mrs inwit- Ing her to come to our her lover ue! officer of the A note re. celved yesterday says that Miss Hare is one of the party. We be able to do you this little favor. “I thanked him, “*1 wish that me down the river to morning,’ he sald. it will, of rou be staff, you cou'd go with her In the ‘But in my absence be necessary for Mrs. Arnold will go with me and we shall, I hope, bring the young lady “He meet course, to on duty, safely tv headauarters.” His There tone—I1 was preoccupled, look. in his serious melancholy note Is 1 (41 ARNOLD WENT a 1} i AWAY ON THE | lll ROAD ro rug } SOUTH, ‘twere them." “How 7" the young man asked. talk out loud like I come erway. “lI think you've done well” Jack. “Now go and get Tomorrow may be a hard day.” Jack spent a bad night in the fort to be as great his In the morning he sent Solomon three other able scouts to look the ground over east, and south of the army, One of them was to take the road to Hartford and messafe to Washington, After the noon mess, Arnold ed his and honest men would some ef as and west mount horse rode away alone friend Captain, the on the ¢ “He Is ed Captain Merriwether " general hgs ast road fost well, ravoline alone bis i Aveling sione, Gree | door. Jump on his y in sight of the general, snow what you Mrs. Arnold the office of the new brigadier are loing” little later most cheerful mood *1 have good news for vou,” she an nounced. in a confer flag of truce Arnold. 1 ship under a with General responsibility with cial communication. Invited come with the party and promised her safe conduct to our house. | expect her. For the rest we look to you. Let us have a wedding at head- quarters. On the night of the twenty- eighth, General Washington will have returned. He has agreed to dine with us that evening.” “lI think that she must have ob the general's while she spoke, a great fear had come upon me,” he testified In the court of inquiry. “It seemed clear to me that, if there was a plot, the capture of Washington himself was to be a part of it and my sweetheart @ helpful accessory. “You know much that T am emger to know,” 1 sald. ‘The general has not told me that he Is to meet the British. May 1 know all the good news? “Of course, he will tell you about ; that,’ sho assured me. “He has told me only a little, It Is some negotia- tion regarding an exchange of pris oners. 1 am much more interested in Margaret and the wedding, I wish you would tell me about her, I have heard thatsshe hus become very beau. tiful.’ “I showed Mrs. Arnold the minia- ture portrait which Margaret had given me the day of our little ride and talk In London and then an orderly came with a message and that gave an excuse to put an end to this timely babbling for which I bad with Lim riendly it ny fears at rest the general what the of F CHise, fone, he Pros i= SUCCess “They are swered not promising” “The defeat in and the scattering of his army rout not he an- of Gates utter is an encouraging event. ‘*1 think that we shall get better now that the Gates bubble has burst,’ 1 answered.” This ends the testimony of fable and most valued officer,” Irons, Jr, Juck CHAPTER XXVIN As an Army With Banners. The American army had been sold by Arnold. The noble ideal it had cherished, the blood it had given, the Jitter hardships it had saffered—tor- ture In the wilderness, famine in thé Highlands, long marches of half naked wen in mid-winter, massacres at Wyoming and Cherry Valley-—all this had been bartered away, like a shipload of turnips, to satisfy the greed of one man. Again thirty pleces of silver! Was a nation to walk the bitter way to its Calvary? Major Andre, the adjutant general of Sir Henry Clinton's large force In New York, was with the traitor when he rowed from the ship to the west shore of the Hudson and went into the bush under the observation of Solomon with his spy-glass. Arnold was to re ceive a command and large pay In the British army. The considefation had been the delivery of maps show- ing the positions of Washington's men und the plans of his forts and other defenses, especially those of Forts Putnam and Clinton and Battery Knox. Much other Information was put In the hands of the British offi cer, Including the prospective move. ments of the commander in chief, He was to be taken mn the house of the man he had befriended. Andre had » B) only to reach New York with his treasure and Arnold to hold the con- fidence of his chief for a few duys and, before the leaves had fallen, the war would end. The American army and Its master mind would be at the mercy of Sir Heanry Clinton. Andre would have reached New York that night if: The Vulture had not changed her position on account of a shot from the battery below Stony Point, For that, credit must be given to the good scout Solomon Binkus. The ship was not In sight when the two men came oft In thelr boat from the west shore of the river while the night falling. Arnold fiad heard the shot and now that was s thie ery wus suspected. “I may want to get away In that boat myself,” he suggested to Andre. “She will not until gets the Britisher return she him, “1 wonder what has become of her” sald Arnold. “She has probably river for some answered, "What “I'll take you man 1 know and send you to with dow n Andre dropped reason,” am I to do?” the of an lives near the river New York the morning house who horse You by passports in that,” Andre afford we a terrain.” you a of | you well enough.” “You and “1 would like claimed. “It would come survey of the “Smith will ex wel give sult fit the (traitor. he ure | nbout of a size. It will be better for you to be In citizens’ So it happened that of the Andre, face mare, said dress.” in the darkness September evening Smith and the the inzed. for King's Ferry, the latter riding set were rit ous where they tnken across river. They rode a few miles son the landing to the shore of Crom pond end spent the night with a friend of Smith, In the morning the Intter went with Andre had p Pine's bridge e Croton turned on until they pase on th back fared river Now road the Nancy. He enme to an outpost of the Highland Andre along down the alone on back of the mare arn and it ned he went on his transport « and later, a presser fend his iy DSS WAS exan and endorsed He met cavalry ¥ mill v ment of militia way agons, fn regi In the faded hat of Reuben called himself and this m Anderson, farmer folk and Smith, cont trousers n. who wns not much anlike who were riding ri- different It an English dark eyes furn gray. A little Ighway the aristocrat wis well-kept face of with hair begin. and to out of Tarrytown on traveled, a group of three men were hidden in the ragged, lads wa i the horseman reckless bush country iting for cows to come down out milked patriot mi a, some 1 hi: ave sn that they were farmers the army. been, sons not ay ha ! e undoubtedly ro hard-fisted ve epirit bred hy five warfa fiat m ve 11 of the lawless years of desperate re were looking cattle. Tories the In hey Torles as } for hest prey, for high i= to cused from the oath of alleg 4 as were thelr ric would give rewn he ox tne They came out lenged him, The had passed the and thought that tritish tHe Andre and chy that 1 upon iIntter Knew American he was near the lines was not He knew that the so-cnlied purties—the British being ealled the? “Lower” and the Yankees the “Upper.” “What party do you belong to?” Andre demanded, “The Lower” Yankees, (TO BE CONTINUED.) Rare Sea Sheil In a specially provided ease In the foyer of the American Museum of Natural History, there was exhibited recently for the first time one of the most highly prized cone shaped shells ever found In the world, According to sclentific authorities, it Is properly called “The” Glory of the Sea” It is about five inches in length, of peculiarly slerfder appearance, grace ful proportions, and has a tapering spire, It suggests an unfolding rose. bud. The ground color is pale ivory, overlnld with a mosaic of thousands of triangular figures ranging from an eighth of an Inch. to almost micre scoplcal size, These triangles are out- lined In chrome yellow or deep chest. nut brown, sald one of the Fair Play A woman has just learned that her colored workwoman, Aunt Dinah, had the age of seventy, married for the fourth time, “Why, Aunt Dinah” she exclaimed. “you surely haven't married again? “Yegsum, honey, 1 has,” wax Aunt Dinuh's smiling reply, “Yessum, as of'en as de Lawd tukes ‘em, so will L” CENTRE HALL, PA Coat Frock Makes Bow for Approval Simple One-Piece Garments of Popular Materials Are Charming. Length of skirt having been settled, the rea! novelties In the season's styles are significant, declares a fashion writer in the New York Times. The slteéve Is long, down to the wrist In the new wool, crepe and silk frocks for the open, and for afternoon dress in even the georgettes, chiffons and volles, A prety model half covering the hand 8 especially popular, a subtly engaging fancy, and most becoming. The long sleeve has been accepted wholly, and its vogue Is now firmly established, It eclipses, almost elimi nates, the kimono and quite toglenlly lines of sleeve, tightens the F rench Ensemble : Coat and Frock Combination ler There are variants with a full plated “peasant” sleeve get in the arm Seam, or a snug-fitting sleeve at low the elbow. But the poin{ empha sized is the length: It will irm from shoulder to wrist. dito that commonplince fashion ndd a the collar dainty note to frock. A neck more slender and hands are more falr when sheer batiste, net or in soft, creamy tint touches them the hor ter lines and sleeve, The simpler one-plece frocks of cloth, ‘Tepe or the many new stuffs have a and the is lace nt of bodice is altogether charming. In the more elaborate gowns, such 1% the brocades, the beautiful new em- the silk and the chiffon, full and long. bossed velvets, reps with of elegance, With both the skirt and the sleeve— two novelties of the ason that have the approval by the prominent * couturieres—the gown Is thing which every one is keen. Beginning the day, It Is frock. the tunic, the the conspicuous the about the coat Attractive Coat Dress in Black Coleen Over White Satin. Notwitl easy-going the craze for one-piece 3, many fashion = conventienal with an over the or the two-plex oll for Little Girls’ Wear Just her years are few In number, let no one suppose that Miss Six-Yenr-Old indifferent to her clothes, In fact it ls often surprising to discover the definite ideas that these small persons have concerning thelr frocks and coats, especially in the matter of color, There is an most engaging simplicity about children's clothes of today and a cetain chic that Is always in keep ing with the youthful spirit, One no- tices among the Iatest models a marked tendency to employ plaids. These gay materials are used with the greatest success In the fashioning of iittle school frocks, A material that Is becoming more and more popular for school and play frocks is challis which now comes in most interesting patterns. One design reproduces amusing Httle Japanese fig- ures in different colors on a dark blue ground, ; Small ®vo-toned checks are also much In evidence and in colors a prominent position Is accorded shutfer green. The smartest little straight. line coats are developed In this slmde ns well as demure little frocks of flan. nel or crepe de chine trimmed with green a bit lighter in tone, More Material Is Usefl ; in Fashioning Gowns While many of the new frocks give the effect of extreme slimness, a close study of details reveals the fact that considerably more material goes into the fashioning of gowns of this season than was. used in the season just past, However, writes a correspondent, these because is i 4 idbed This is one of the popular French ensemble coat and frock combinations, developed in a fabric covered with gold embroidery and trimmed with dark gray squirrel, new models in crepe or needlework, blouse of any one of the in daintiest lingerie effect, i georgette; In something of smocked or whatever, skirt of this type of suit is in. variably plain, narrow, tube-like and short The be straight, or, following Intest designs {| from Paris, it an effect of ‘he coat must some of the must have matching the prevailing mode In men's Among all quite so SOeNRE, i fashionable daytime attire, the later styles nothing Is | modish, in a conservative smart, perfectiy-cut tailored sul blouse to be worn with it may be finest the en the the loveliest, thing in serphle, New Winter Coats Are Truly the designers and manufac passed their previous efforts lines reveal und reamed] decade ngo when a fur cont was an af fair of special beauty of line ] grace While a num longer length predominates both in the costly furs as well as the A featn less luxurious. shaped or shaped or formed so that there is a fullness from the elbows to the wrists Seal, both Alaska Hudson ; black caracul, gray squirrel are used for daytime coats, while chosen, Ermine with are Opossum when bordered fox Is Soften Severe Lines hey tie at the an elbow, o skir In both beltless any case, their purpose is to line effect of the new modes, extra that one change, Another point brought out by sar torial authorities is that there is ap parently an attempt to deviate a bit from the absolutely stealghtiine and to adjust the material so that the lines of the figure are subtly sug gested, This suggestion of a raised waistline was seen all summer and alrendy the question has been raised ag to whether this presages a return of the high waistiine of the Empire period. It will be interesting to watch developments along this line. Thus fur the new, models in a great majority of cases dispense with the waistline entirely. is not conscious of the Novel Hat Brims Hatter's plush is used for smart tall ored. hats showing interesting brim treatment. One model somewhat re sembles a cardinal’s hat, fitting snugly and having a closely turned up brim. Several rows of twisted satin ribbon meet at the center front in a scroll ef fect and continue on the back brim in a lpoped pattern. Wing effects are carried out by cutting or twisting the brim In various models of either hat. ter's plush or velvet. Much use is made of brown velyet, In dark shades and in the lighter wood tones. Trim New Hats Not so many flowers appear on the hats now, Here and there a large cupelliné may have a single bright blossom, snuggled against the brim. But for the most part the trimmings are bow ends and bands of silk or felt. 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