The Leedy Times (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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- Major Lawrence oon of Judea Law-
pane of Virginia whoaa wlfa tu a Loo
I sent on a perilous mission by Oon
Washington Just after the winter at Val-
ley Forge Disguised In a British uni
form Lawrence arrives within the enemy's
lines The Major attends a great 1 fete
and saves the “Lady of the Blended
nose" from mob He later meets the girl
St a brilliant ball Trouble la started
aver a waits and Lawrence Is urged by
Bis partner Mistress Mortimer (The Lady
f the Blended Bose) to make his escape
Lawrence Is detected as a spy by Captain
Grant of the British Army who agrees
to a duet The duel la stopped by Grant's
friends and- the spy makes a dash for
liberty swimming a river following a nar-
row escape The Major arrives at the
shop of a blacksmith who Is friendly and
knows the Lady of the Blended Rose
Captain Grant and rangers search black-
smith shop In vain for the spy Law-
rence Joins the minute men Grant and
ala train are captured by the minute men
CHAPTER X— Continued
“Oh I see a' family arrangement
Well Grant this Is all very Interest-
ing but I am unable to concelre what
I bare to do with It 1 met Mlatresa
Mortimer by accident- and then was
- fortunate enough to dance with ber
once Tls scarcely likely we ahall
ever meet again The daughter of a
colonel of Queen'a Rangers la not apt
to corns again Into contact with an
officer of the Maryland Line I don't
knowwby you abould single me out
In this matter I don't eren know the
lady's brother r
“Her brother?"
"Yes the family renegade the twin
brother on Lee's staff”
I could not perceive the expression
of the man’s face but bs was a long
while answering
“Ota yes She told you about him?"
"It was mentioned Would I know
the boy from any resemblance to bis
later?"
“Y — yes at least I -should suppose
so You must have become very Inti-
mate for ber to have told you that
You see It — It Is s family secret"
"Nothing for Tories to boast over
I should Imagine However It came
op naturally enough while we epoke of
the sufferings of the American army
during the winter It la a sad thing
tha way this war has divided families
Has Mistress Clairs any Colonial sen-
timents ?"
"How the devil do 1 know! She
would not be llkely-jo sir them before
me I don’t know what fool trick you
played on her last night but she's on
tbs right aids Just tha same" '
"I think so too"
-His manner waa so disagreeable
that I Instantly determined to have an
end I had more Important work be-
fore me than quarreling with this fel-
low and somehow bis claimed Inti-
macy with Mistress Mortimer grated
upon me strangely
“If that Is all you requested an In-
terview for Captain Grant" I - said
coldly TH trouble yon to return to
your men"
Irritated that I had even condescend-
ed to question him I turned back up
the road to where the men were yet
busy about the wagons spoke a few
words to Duval be explaining to me
tbs beat routs toward the river cross-
ing at Burlington and then swung In-
to the saddle and sent the black for-
ward to the crest of the ridge
I permitted the animal to go his own
galtand for a mile or mors bo kept
p g hot gallop Anally tiring fo a
trot Bo far aa I could Judge from tbs
few stars visible we were traveling al-
most due north However I was cer-
tainly getting farther away from the
British lines and could swing to the
left at daylight It made little differ-
- oaos where I struck tbs- Delaware
very mile north added to my safety
My boras bad fallen into a long
winging lope bearing ns forward rap-
idly Tbs moon bad disappeared bat
the sky was glittering with stars and
I could distinguish tbs main features
of the country traversed f waa on tbs
summit of n slight ridge but tbs road
swerved to the right leading down
Into n broad valley There wars no
signs of habitations until wo rounded
the edge of s small grave and cams
suddenly upon n tittle village of a
dosea bouses an either side the high-
way These wsra wrapped In dark
ness apparently deserted' shapeless
appearing strictures although I
thought one bad the appearaacs of n
tavern sad another seemed a store
Tbera was a well la front of this last
and water sparkled la n log trough be-
side It My boras Stopped burying
bis nostrils la tbs water and sud-
denly mads aware of my owa tbtret
1 swung down from the saddle My
bands wars upon tbs wall-raps when
without warning t was gripped from
behind and Aung down Into tbs dirt
-ef tbs road t mads desperate effort
to break away hot tws man held ng
Mir HiAjD'V
of Doubt
PARRISH
Mxstmtims HeNBY HUEDE
3anTaciffl:QCLURG5Cai3ii
one with knee t rested Into my chest
tbs other uplifting the butt of a pis-
tol over my head There was not n
word spoken but 1 could see they
were In uniform although the fellow
kneeling on me had the features and
long hair of an Indian My horse
started to bolt but bis rein was
gripped and then n third figure
mounted rode into the range of my
vision
“Search him for weapons Tonepah"
aid a boyish voice brieAy “There
era pistols In the saddle holsters but
be may have others Then tie him up
aa quick aa you can" t
There waa no mistaking my captor
— the young dragoon lieutenant sod
the three who bad escaped with him
But why bad they ridden In this di-
rection? What object could they have
In thus attacking me? They afforded
me little opportunity for solving these
problems Had I been a bale of to-
bacco I could not have been treated
with less ceremony the white man un-
clasping my belt while the Indian
with a grunt Aung me over on my
face and began binding hands and
feet I kicked him once sending him
tumbling backward but he only came
back silently with more cruel twist
of the rope wblls the boy laughed
bending over his horse’s neck
"Holst him up on the black lads1
h said shortly reining back out of
the way "Delavan’a horse Isn’t It?
Tea tie his feet underneath and one
of you keep a hard on the reins Peter
you and Cass rids with him I want
Tonepah with me All ready? Well
take the east road"
Some ono struck tha horse and he
plunged forward swerving sharply to
tbs right In response to the strong
hand on his bit I swayed In the tad
die hut the bonds held and we "went
loping forward Into tha night
CHAPTER XI
Introducing Peter
It was a new country to me that wa
traversed a rolling country but not
thickly settled although the road ap-
peared to be a well-beaten track The
gloom coupled with the rapidity of
our movements prevented me from
seeing anything other than those dim
objects close at hand yet we were
evidently traveling almost straight
east I endeavored to enter Into con-
versation with the two fellows riding
on either side of me but neither one
to much aa turned hla head In re-
sponse to my voice and I toon tired
of the attempt The night told me
little of who they might be although
they were both In the uniform of the
Queen's Rangers the one called Peter
on my right n round aquat Agure and
bald-headed hla bare scalp shining
oddly when once hs removed hla
cocked hat the other waa an older
man with gray chin heard and glit-
tering display of toeth
The movement of my horse canted
the ropes to lacerate my wriata and
ankles the pain Increasing so that
onco or twice I cried out The fel-
lows guarding ms did not oven torn
their heads but tbs lieutenant drew
np his boras so as to block ns
"What Is tha trouble? Are you
hurt?"
"These ropes are tearing Into the
Aesh” 1 groaned “I'd be Just aa safo
If they were loosened a bit"
1 saw him lean forward shading bis
face with one hand hs stared
toward ms through the darkness I
thought be drew a quick breath aa
from surprise and tbers was n mp-
ment’a hesitancy
“Let out the ropes a trills Peter1
cams the Anal order
The little bald-headed man went at
It without n word the lieutenant rein-
ing back his boras slightly and drasr-
Ing bis hat lower over his eyes In
the silence one of tbs bones neighed
and the boy seemed to straighten In
hla saddle glancing auspiciously about
“Ride ahead slowly Tooepah" he
ordered “Ill catch np with yon" He
turned back toward me "Who are
you anyway?"
Surprised at tho unexpected quee
tlon my Arst thought was to conceal
my Identity These wsra King's men
and I was In ordinary Rothes— tbs
rough bumespnn furnished by Farrell
If by any thanes I was not the party
they bad expected to waylay I might
be released without search -
"Who am 1?" I echoed "Do Ton
mean you have gone to all this trouble
without knowing whom yon bold pris-
oner?” "It eeeme ao" coolly "We know
who wo thought yon were but I sat
beginning to - doubt your being tbe
right man Peter take bis hat eX"
P straightened np bareheaded the
faint star-gleam on my faoe Tbe lieu-
tenant remained quiet but Peter brake
bis sphinx-like silence
"’T ain't him Is ltr
"No hs must have taken the other
road after all" with a alight laugh
“We’ve been on n wild-goose chase
However It's too late now to catch
the fellow on thly trip"
Peter rubbed his bald pate hla cyee
on me
“An wbatll we do with this lad?"
he answered drawllngly “Turn him
loose?"
“Bring him along Well And out to-
morrow who he la and wbat his busi-
ness may be Men are not riding these
roads at midnight without soma pur-
pose" He wheeled his horse and with n
touch of the spur disappeared In the
darkness ahead Peter clambered hack
Into the saddle and gripped my rein
“Come on" be said disgustedly kick-
ing tbe black In the side "It's a ways
yet afore yer lie down1"
Ws rode steadily and at a good
pace Occasionally tbe older man
wore solemnly but Peter never ut-
tered a sound not oven turning hla
head at my attempts to draw him Into
conversation The situation mystlOed
me but It became more and more evi-
dent that I abould have to wait until
morning Ijefore learning tha truth
Neither Peter nor tbe Indian seemed
to belong to the class with which the
army waa recruited Peter appeared
more l!keya well-trained servant and
hla riding was atrocious And tbs lieu-
tenant! Thers came back to me tbs
haunting memory that be had Joined
Delavan aa a volunteer— the Dragoon
uniform sufficient proof that he waa
neither of the original foraging party
of Hessians nor of Grant’s detach-
ment of Rangera Yet these others
wore green and white and must there-
fore have been In Grant's command
How did the four manage to escape
from our attaek evidently animated
by one purpose? Why was Grant ao
anxious to learn If I had seen the lieu-
tenant and whether we had a party
out seeking him? Not one of these
questions could I anawer not on
could I even guess at with any degree
of satisfaction
W were coming out of' the low
swamp lands Into a more thickly set-
tled and cultivated region Rail and
tons fences could be seen on either
elds tha road and ws passed swiftly
by a number of farmhouse some sim-
ple log structures although one or two
were more pretentious
It may have been two miles further
along when the lieutenant and his In-
dian companion wheeled suddenly to
the right and without slackening
speed rode through an open gate and
np a graveled roadway circling
through n grove of trees to the front
door of n great square mansion It
was dark and silent n wide porch In
front supported by bnge pillars a
broad Algbt of atepa leading from tbe
driveway Tbe Indian ran up these
leaving the lieutenant holding bta
horse while we drew up some yard to
tbe rear I beard the boom of the
Iron knocker followed by a gleam of
light through n lower window Then
a negro’s voice spoke and tbe front
door opened disclosing two Agure
one with sputtering candle In hand
The two exchanged n dosen word be-
fore the lieutenant asked Impatiently:
“la It all right Tonepah?"
Tha taciturn Indian made no at-
tempt at speech but gave an expres-
sive gesture and the young officer
turned In his saddle
"Take the prisoner to the lower
room Peter" he ordered curtly “Ill
decide tomorrow U be can be of any
use to na"
- The two fellows loosened the rope
about my ankles and Peter waddling
ahead the graybeard gripping my
arm we climbed ths steps and en-
tered tbe ball A tall slim negro evi-
dently n house-servant from Ills sleek
appearanoe eyeing me curiously
handed the little fellow a second light-
ed candle and the three of us went
tramping along the wide hall past the
ctrcllng stairs until ws earns to a
door at ths resr This tha black Aung
open without n word and I wae fed
down into tbs basement Ths dicker-
ing candle yielded but gllmpeei of
great rooms beautifully decorated
and almost before I realised wbat was
occurring I bad been thrust Into a
square apartment the door behind me
eloeed and locked Tbe two guards
left tbe sputtering candle perks ps a
third burned behind and 1 beard them
rambling back through tbs darks ere
to tbs foot of the stair I
sheet eartoealr --t the kMuud
rqpe (tom wy wrists my mind Instant-1
ty reverting to tbs chases of escape I
Whoever these fellows might be what
ever their purpose I bad no lntsntioa
of remaining In their bands a moment
longer than necessary Somehow their
silence their mysterious movements
bad Impressed me with a strange feel-
ing of fear which 1 could not analyse
1 could not believe myself n mere pris-
oner of war but rather as being held
for some private purpose yet to be re-
vealed Yet tbe room offered little
promise It waa nearly square tbe
walla of stone solidly Imbedded In
mortar the door of oak thickly stud-
ded with nails and tbe two small win-
dows protected by thick Iron bars It
was a cell so strong that a single
glance about convinced m of the hope-
lessness of any attempt at breaklag
out
I was not there to exceed ten min-
utes when without warning the lock
clicked and Peter cam In I tat up
quickly but aa Instantly be bad dosed
tbe door and actually stood there
grinning cheerfully I would never
have believed him capable of bo pleat-
ant an expression but for tbe evidence
of my owa eyes
“Spring lock" be grumbled a thumb
over bla shoulder “opens outside"
Whatever resemblance td n soldier
be might have previously shown while
in uniform was now entirely banished
Bareheaded bla bald dome of thought
shining In the candle-light bla round
solemn face with big Innocent gray
eyes gating at me an apron about hla
fat waist the fellow presented an al-
most ludicrous appearance Somehow
my heart wanned to him especially as
I perceived the tray heavily laden
which he bore easily on one arm and
the towel Aung over hla shoulder And
as I stared at him hla movements be-
came professional 811ently solemnly
his mind strictly upon his duties he
wiped off the table top and arranged
the various dishea thereon with the
greatest care polishing cups and
glasses and Anally placing on of the
chairs In position Stepping back nap-
kin atlll upon arm he bowed silently I
took tbe seat Indicated and glanced
up into hit almost expression less face
“Peter you old fraud" I said swift-
ly “have you eafen?"
"Not as yet sir" his voice showing
Just the proper tone of deference his
eyes staring straight ahead
"Then take that chair and sit down"
"Oh no sir Indeed sir I am not at
all hungry air"
I squared myself Angering the knife
at my plate
“Peter" I said sternly- "I’m a bet-
ter man than you are and you’ll either
alt down there and eat with me or 111
It Was a Call So Strong That Single Glance About Convinced Mo of the
Hopelessness of Any Attempt at Breaking Out
lick yon within an Inch of your Ufa
Thera ta food enough hero for thro
men and I want company"
Hs rubbed his hand across his Ups
and I caught a gleam of Intelligence ta
his eyes a
"Well sir seeing yon put It In that
way sir" he confessed almost aa
though In regret “I hardly see bow I
can refute It is very Aatterlng air"
Ho drew up the other chair and sat
down opposite me "Would yon care
for a glass of wlao Aral air?" hs
naked solicitously "It has boss a
lather dusty rids"
CHAPTER XIL
I Interview Feted
I sooepted the win gratefully and
sat th silence while hs served tbs
Mat wondering at tha odd character
of the man and striving to dbteratno
bow best to win bis confidence 1 was
hungry and not knowing wbat to say
fell to work with some aeet instating
on his doing likewise Tot even as 1
disposed of tbe food that stolid ho
opposite fascinated me and 'held my
te Tbs fellow wao not oo big
fool so bo looked for while the fee
tores remained expressionless sad vai-
cant tbers was a sly glimmer to IM
oyo betraying an active observant
mind behind tbe mask I began to
suspect some purpoee In his play sen-1-
"Wbat la spar name my man?" K
asked Anally mad nervous by hit
lienee
"Peter Bwanson sir" humbly
“Oh n Swede?"
"By ancestry only sir" bo explained
wiping bla mouth with n comer of tho
napkin but not lifting his eyes from
the plats "T Is hundred years slnoo
wo crossed tbe sea"
"And you’ve been good King’s msto
ever alnce!"
He cocked one eye np at me
"It would seem so sir"
"The fellow with the gray chin beard
was Irish was n't be?" '
“Ha might be sir"
“A Swede an Irishman and an In-
dian" I said musingly "That make
a nice combination for ths Queen’s
Rangers Come now Peter give p
tbe straight of all this"
He stopped with ‘hla fork In n hit of
meat favoring mo with another stare
“I think I fall to comprehend air"
“No yon don't yon rascal" a hit of
anger In my voice "Did yon bring
this supper yourself or were yon sent
here?“
“Under orders air"
“The lieutenant?"
He bowed solemnly and asked:
“Would you object If I smoked sir?"
“Certainly not only anawer my
questions Good heavens man I do yon
think I am a log of wood? Act like n
human being Who la tho lieutenant?"
"A Dragoon air"
“Peter” I broke out Irritated be-
yond patience “I have some reason to
believe you a liar But I'm going t
get the truth from yon If I have to
choke it out"
“Tea air very good Indeed sir
However there would seem to be no
need of your resorting tf suck ex-
treme measures sir"
“Then you will tell mo wbat I wish
to know?”
“It will afford me pleasure sir"
“Then kindly Inform me Ant of iQ
who this young lieutenant la"
“I fear sir" solemnly "that I may
have misinformed yon when I
he was n Dragoon"
1 “Yesl" eagerly'
"I would correct my statement earn
wbat — bs la a Light Dragoon sir"
In spit of my effort at self-control
I oworo tempted to batter that stolid
taco yet realising the otter uselees
ness of such violence
"Now sea her!" I brake forth
fiercely "Have dons with year play
You are no soldier 1 doubt If yoo
wro over on a horee’a back until to
night 1st tho fellow with you an
not wueen'a Rangera I’ll uwsar"
How do yoo know air?" ko later
rap tod gently "Are you la the army
air?"
"Of court I am" I cried answering
without consideration
"I thought uo sir although you!
clothes do not proclaim thg tut tj
1 ask wkloh army?"
ro n coamarc2
fimmnoNAL
SJIMSGIOOI
Lesson
(By El O SELLERS Director of
Sat Deportment The Moody Bible I
ctitutn of Chicago)
LESSON FOR N0VEU2ER 21
THE TRANSFIGURATION
LESSON TEXT-MarU
GOLDEN TEXT— “A votcS came out of
the cloud earing Thle la mr beloved Soa
beer ye Him "—Luke t:B R V
L On tbs Mountain w 1-6— Peter’s '
confession la connected closely with
ths lea oon for today Thors la no rec-
ord of tho Intervening “six days" Ws
are left to surmise what of fear and
perplexity Ailed tho minds of tho die-:
eiples after listening to tho words of
Jeans found In Mark S:S4 and 9:1
Tbeae words must certainly have
Ailed them with doubt and dismay
Aa If to meet this condition of mind
Jesus takes Peter James and John
those three partners In business who
were also present in th horns of
Jalrus and later went with him Into
th garden and withdrew to n moon- '
tain probably Mt Hermon Here ho
was transformed La metamorphosed
completely changed In appearance
read carefully th parallel accounts
Paul’s Inspired Words
Joined with Jesus there stood
Moses ths law-giver and Elijah tho
great reform prophet What n com
mentary aa to tha Interest of heaven
In n dying Messiah and In ths glory
of that death
We need to read Paul’s Inspired
word (PhlL 2:67) In this connec-
tion He who thought it not a prizo
to be grasped after to bo equal with
God yet took upon himself the form
of a slave and was made In th habit
or fashion of n man Upon the moun-
tain Jesua reversed the figure and th
“servant”— the Son of Man revealed
e g showed forth the glorious ap-
pearance of th Bon of God Th dis-
ciples there caught a faint glimpse of
that glory which he had with the
Father before th world was (John
17:6) But tho work of redemption
was not yet accomplished and ao
one more ho turns hack upon- that
glory Small wonder though that aa
they beheld these heavenly visitors
Peter should exclaim: “Rabbi It la
good for us to be here lot ns maho
three tabernacles (booths) one for
thee ono for Mooes and one for Ell-
Jah" Notice however that Peter
spake “for he wlat not what to say" '
(v 6) Mark alone records theao
wonjs and Mark largely received hla
gospel from Peter
Three Heavenly Voices Hoard
W have only to read 2 Peter 1:16-
II to answer any question ns to this
being a vision In the modern accept-
ance of that term We are also told
that the word “vision” found In verso
I of th lesson can bo translated
“things seen” Indeed the disciples
were “fully awake” (Luke 9:32 R V)
Tho question sls to how the disciple
could recognize Uooo and Elijah
whom they had never seen is not at
all difficult for the believer They ap-
peared “In glory” and when the glory
was withdrawn they saw "no man
save Jeans"
This also aerves to help answer tho
question "Shall we recognise la glory
those whom we have lost while?"
Three heavenly voices were heard
Jesus’ voice in prayer his compan-
ions converting of that great event
yet to be accomplished (Luke 9:31)
and the voice of God "Thin Is my bo
loved (only begotten) Son hear him"
What matters the opinions of earth's
greatest lawyer and prophets or th
suggestions of our dearest friends
Fear fell upon them and they fell
upon their faces In humiliation but
with tender compassion Jesua amid
"arise and bs not afraid" It almost
seems like a rebuke to Peter who had '
so freely protested against th sugges-
tion of th manner of hla death
Jeans’ transfiguration and th words
of hla companion aa well as th com-
mand of th Father were n vindica-
tion of hla authority and a revelation
In ndvanoa of th supremo wonder of
th cross Arising they "saw no man
oavo'Jeaus" It la far bettor to ”aeo
him" thin to see hold converse with
or have communion with th great-
est of earth past or present
3 Tho descent V 9:13 — Aa they
descended from the mountain Jesua
charged them to tell no man Very
different from our modern method
But th need la clearly shown as wo
read Peter’s words (3 Peter 1:15-21)
Peter plaoe great emphasis upon th
tmportano of this experience declar-
ing himself aa aa eyewitness of hla
"majesty" aa well aa tha “honor and
glory" Peter sad th other could
not talk Intelligently of this experi-
ence until after Christ's work eras
“finished” upon Calvary vindicated at
the tomb apd glorified oa tha day of
Pentecost Reno they "kept that
saying with themselves” obeying Vi
Injunction of silence -Tho
transfiguration is n glorious
Fact It Is n wondrous light upon the
"scandal of th cross" a wooCrfu)
yerelatloa of tho glory whloh “he had
before th world" sad it te a
prophecy of th glory yet to be ro
vested It served to help the die
ctplee daring tho days of dartnee
and doubt tvugh which they were
about ta pass sad It has boon an U
plratloa to tho Christian dr
throughout th uubooquent arra U
ta also a moat ' nlgnlAeant vtr’
"This Is my son my chosen t - r : i
bla:" sad a Ftnwna-rl t lj j
work ul - -
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