The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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SYNOPSIS.
The story opens In a Confederate tent
at a critical stage of the Civil War. Uen.
Lrf>e Imparts to Capt. Wayne an important
message to Longstreet. Acfompinleri bv
Sergt Craig, an old arnry scout. Wayne
starts on his mission. They get within
the lines of the enemy and in the dark-
ness Wayne Is taken for a Vederal of-
ficer and a yountf lady on horseb*c,*
given In his charge. She is a northern
girl and attempts to escape. One of he
horses succumbs and Craig goes through
with the dispatches while Wayne and My
Lady of the North are left alone. They
seek shelter In a hut and entering It In
the dark a huge mastiff attar's \\ ayne.
The girl shoots the brute just In time
The owner of the hut. Jed Bungay, ana
his wife appear and soon a party ot
horsemen approach. They are led bv a
man claiming to be Red Lowrle. but who
proves to be Maj. Brennan, a Federal
officer whom the Union girl ^recognizes.
He orders the arrest of Wayne as a spy
and ht ;s brought before Sheridan, wno
threatens him with death unles3 he re-
veals the secret message. Wayne believes
Edith Brennan to be the wife of Maj.
Brennan. He Is rescued by Jed Bungay,
who starts to reach Gen. Lee. while
Wayne in disguise penetrates to the ball
room, beneath which he had been im-
prisoned. He is introduced to a Miss
Minor and barely escapes being unmask-
ed. Edith Brennan. recognizing Wayne,
says she will save him.
CHAPTER 3VII.—Continued.
"Colonel Curran Is certainly to be
congratulated upon having found so
charming a guide, madam. a~i 1 can
assure you I shall most gladly do my
part toward the success of the expedi-
tion. The Major was expected back
before this. 1 believe?"
"He left word that if £e had not
returned by twelve 1 was to wait for
him no longer, as he should go directly
to his quarters. I find the life of a
soldier to be extremely uncertain."
"We are our country's servants,
madam." he replied . roudly. and then
taking out a pad of blanks from his
pocket, turned to me.
"May 1 ask your full name ami
rank. Colonel?"
"Patrick L. Curran, Colonel. Sixth
Ohio Light Artillery "
He wrote it down rapidly, tore off
the paper, and handed it to me
"That will take you safely through
our inner guard lines," he said grave-
ly, "that being as far ; * my jurisdic-
tion extends. Goodnight, Colonel;
good-night, Mrs. Brennan."
We bowed ceremoniously, and the
next moment Mrs Brennan and I
were out or"11 .the step®, breathing
the cool night air 1 & ai jed curious-
ly at ber face as the gleam of light
fell upon it—how calm and reserved
she .ppeared, and yet uer eyes were
aglow with intense excitement At
the foot of the steps 'te glanced up
at the dark, projecting roo' far above
"This is all right, ho said, handing
it back, and lifting his cap in salute.
"You may pass, madam. You must
pardon us, but the orders are exceed-
ingly strict to-night. Have you a pass
also. Colonel?" I handed It to him. and
after a single glance It was returned.
"Pass them, guard," he Baid curt-
ly, standing aside.
Beyond the radiance of the fira she
broke the silence
1 shall only be able to go with you
so far as the summit of the hill yon-
er, for our quarters are just to the
night, and I could furnish no excuse
or being found beyond that point,
she said. "Do you know enough of
the country to make the lice" of your
army?"
"If this is the Kendallvllle pike we
are on," I answered, "I have a pretty
clear conception of what lies ahead,
but 1 should be very glad to know
where am to look for the outer
picket."
"There is one post at the ford over
the White Briar," she replied. "I
chance to know this because Major
Brennan selected the station, and re-
marked that the stream was so high
and rapid as to be impassable at any
other point for miles. But 1 regret
this is as far as my Information ex-
tends."
i started to say something—what I
hardly know—whe ., almost without
sound 01 warning, a little squad of
horsemen swept over the brow of the
hill in our front, their forms darkly
outlined against the starlit sky. and
rode down toward us at a sharp trot
I had barely time to swing my com-
panion out of the track when they
clattered by, their heads bent low to
the wind, and seemingly oblivious to
all save the movements of their
leader
"Sheridan!'' I whispered, for even
in that dimness I had not failed to
recognize the short, erect figure which
rode in front.
The woman shuddered, and drew
closer within my protecting shadow.
Then out of the darkness there burst
a solitary rider, hla horse limping as
if crippled, and would have ridden us
down, had I not flung up one hand
and grasped his bridle-rein
"Great Scott f what have we
here?" he cried roughl . peering down
at us 'By all the gods, a woman!"
The band upon my arm clutched me
desperately, and my own heart seemed
to choke back every utterance. The
voice was Brennan's.
shock of surprise wr.s peering intently
into my face.
"Damn it!" he cried, tugging
viciously at a revolver in his belt. "I
know that face! You ars the measly
Johnny Reb 1 brought in day before
yesterday."
There came a quick flutter of drap-
ery at my side, and she, pressing me
firmjy backward, fa- J him without a
word.
The man's extended arm dropped to
his side as though pierced by a bullet,
and be took one step backward,
shrinking as if his startled eyes be-
held a ghost.
"Edith?" he cried, as though doubt-
ing his own vision, and the ring of
agony In his voice was almost piteous.
"Edith! My God! You here, at mid-
night. alone with this man?"
However the words, the tone, the
gesture may have stung her, ber face
remained proudly calm, her voice cold
.and clear.
"I certainly am, Major Brennan,"
she answered, her eyes never once
leaving his face. "And may I ask
what reason you can have to object?"
"Reason?" His voice had grown
hoarse with passion and surprise.
"My God, how can you ask? How
can you even face me? Why do you
not sink down in shame? Alone
here,"—he looked about him into the
darkness—"at .such an hour, in com-
pany with a Rebel, a sneaking, cow-
ardly spy, already condemned to T>e
His revolver was yet in his right
hand, gleaming in' the starlight, but
before he could raise or fire it 1 had
grasped the steel barrel firmly, and
the hammer came down noiselssly
upon the flesh of my thumb. The next
Instant we were locked close together
in fierce struggle for the mastery. He
was the heavier, stronger man; I the
younger and quicker. From the first
every effort on both sides was put
forth solely to gain command of the
weapon—his to fire, mine to prevent,
for 1 knew well at the sound of the
discharge there would come a rush of
blue-coats to his rescue. My first
fierce onset had put him on the de-
fensive, but as we tugged and strained
his superiority in weight began to tell,
and slowly he bore me backward, un-
till all the weight of my body rested
upon my right leg. Then there oc-
curred to me like a flash a wrestler's
trick taught me years before by an
old negro on my father's plantation.
Instantly I appeared to yield to the
force against which I contended with
simulated weakness, • sinking tower
and lower, until, I doubt not, Brennan
felt convinced I must go over back-
ward. But as I thus sank, my left
foot found steady support farther
back, while my free hand sank slow-
ly down his straining body until my
groping fingers grasped firmly the
broad belt about his waist. 1 yielded
yet another inch, until he leaned so
far over me as to be out of all bal-
crest of the low hill toward their
quarters. Then 1 turned my lace
eastward and tramped resolutely on.
1 was. first of all. a soldier, and noth-
ing short of death or capture should
prevent me reaching Lee with my
message. Let what would happen, all
else could wait!
The gleam of the stars, fell upon the
double row of buttons down the
breast of the coat I wore, and 1
stopped suddenly with an exlamation
syrupoffigs
W ' AND
elixir°f5enna
shot By Heaven! he shall never live ance, and then, with sudden straight-
J jk 1 a. 1 _ _ i. tl MmA
to boast of it!"
He flung up his revolver barrel to
prove the truth of his threat, but sne
stepped" directly between us, and
shielded me with her form.
ening of my left leg, at the same time
forcing my head beneath his chest in
leverage, with one tremendous effort
1 flung him, head under, crashing
down upon the hard road. Trembling
"Put down your pistol." she ordered like a reed from the exertion. 1 stood
coldly. "1 assure you my reputation there looking down upon the dark
Cleanses the System
effectually; Dispels
stopped suddenly with an exiaiuauuu ' ' . r a
of disgust Nothing could be gained COIQS cWCi nGdCraCflGSt
due to constipation*
Best for men, women
and children; young
and old.
To qet its Beneficial
effects, always note the
name of the Company,
(aufornia Fig Syrup (o.
plainly printed on the
front of every packaqe
of the Genuine
"Do you suppose he can possibly be
up there yet?" she asked, in a tone
s< low as to be inaudible to the ears
of the sentry
"Who? Bungay?" I questioned In
surprise, for my thoughts were else-
where. "Oh. be was like a cat, and
there are trees at the rear. Prob-
ably he is .safe lon^ ago. or else
a prisoner once more."
Beyond the gleam of the uncovered
window: all was wrapped in complete
darkness, save that here and there
we could distinguish the dull red
glare of camp-fires where the company
cooks ere yet at work, or some
sentry post had been established We
turned sharpiy to the left, and pro-
ceeded down a co- iparatively smooth
road, which seemed to me to possess
a rock basis. It felt • hard From ^ ^
the position of the stars I judged our I
course to be eastward, but the night
was sufficiently obscured to shroud
all objects more than a few yards dis-
tant. iixcept for the varied camp
noises on either side of us the eve-
ti*ng was oppressively still, and the
air bad the late chill of high altitudes
Mrs Brjnnan pressed more c.'osely to
me as we passed beyond the narrow
zone of light, and unconsciously we
fell into step together
A few hundred yards farther a Tire
burned redly against a pile of logs
The forms of several mtn lay out
stretched beside It. while a sentry
paced back and forth, in and out of
the range of light. We were almost
upon bim before he noted our ap
proach. and in his bs e he swung his
musket down from his shoulder until
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Reputation of a Woman.
Like a flash occurred to me the only
possible means by whicji we might
escape ope- discovery—an instant dis-
closure of my supposed rank, coupled
with indignant protest. Already, be-
lieving me merely some private soldier
straying out of bounds with a woman
of the camp as comp-nion, he had
thrown himse'f from the saddle to In-
vestigate. Whatever was to be done
must be accomplished quickly, or it
would prove all too late To think
was to act. Stepping instantly In front
of the shrinking girl and facing him,
1 said sternly
"1 do not know who you may chance
to be. sir. nor greatly care, yet your
words and actions Imply an Insult to
this lady which I am little disposed to
For your Information per-
WILLIAM J~*u
"Put Down Your Piatol." She Ordered Coldly.
the point of
touched my bre
"Halt!" he c
us In evident
road is closed '
"Valley Forg
and I noticed I
beared in the I
its bayonet nearly
ed sternl;
white
peering crt
"Halt!
e ofn
Is In no immediate danger unless you
shoot me. and your bullet shall cer-
tainly find my heart before it ever
reaches Captain Wayne."
"Truly, you must indeed love him."
he sneered.
So close to me was she standing
that I could feel her form tremble at
this insult, yet her voice remained
emotionless.
"Your uncalled-for words' shame
me. not my actions. In being here
with Captain Wayne tonight I am
merely paying a simple debt of honor
—a double debt. Indeed, considering
that he was condemned to death by
your lie, while you deceived me by
another."
"Did he tell you that?"
"He did not. Like the true gentle-
man he has ever shown himself to be.
he endeavored to disguise the facts.
form lying huddled at my feet He
rested motionless, and I bent over,
placing my hand upon his heart, hor-
rified at the mere thought that he
might be dead. But the heart beat,
and with a prayer of thankfulness 1
looked up. She stood beside me
"Tell me. Captain Wayne." she ex-
claimed anxiously, "he Is not—not se-
riously hurt?"
"I believe not." I answered soberly.
"He is a heavy man, and fell hard, yet
bis heart beats strong. He must have
cut his head upon a stone, however,
for he is bleeding."
She knelt beside him. and I caught
the whiteness of a handerchief within
her hand
"Believe me. Mrs. Brennan." I fal
tered lamely. "I regret this far more
than I can tell. Nothing has ever oc
curred to me to give greater pain
ithhold from me all knowledge ihan the thought that 1 have brought
"Haiti This Road Is Closed."
I
am Colonel Curran.
Light Artillery, and am
med to belbg halted on the
ry drunken fool who sports
nd I do
complet
rough <n?
lot was p
the glint ol
rfect < know
-What la It. Mapea?"
absrply
Wi.hAut waiting an am
the paprr she he.J out
ser he took
"Co'onel Cm
Halleoks staff
"The be" y<
ull gray beard a
>k you for some run
But I failed to caich
w did you name your
ma. of Major General
of your dastardly action. I know it
by the infamous sentence pronounced
against him and by your falsehood to
me."
"Edith, you mistake." he urged anx-
iously "1—1 was told that he had
been sent North."
ribe drew a deep breath, as though
she could scarcely grasp the full au-
dacity of his pretence to Ignorance
"You appeared to be fully Informed
but now as to his death sentence "
"Yes. I heard of It while away, and
intended telling you as soon as I
reached our quarters."
I could feel the scorr of his miser-
able deception as It curled her lip.
and ber figure seemed to straighten
between us
"Then." she said alowly. "you will
doubtless agree that I have done no
more than was right, and will there
tore permit him this chance of escape
trom s-o unmerited a fate; for you
eli as I do that be has been
>ndemned "
ped forward with a half-
oath. and rested one hand
on ber shoulder
r guees not. madam.- rve
him' I will bang tilts
you so much of sorrow and trouble.
You will have faith In me?"
"Always, everywhere—whether
by longer masquerade, and I feU in-
expressible shame at being thus at-
tired. Neither pass nor uniform
would suffice to get me safe through
those outer picket lines, and if 1 should
fall in the attempt, or be again made
prisoner. 1 vastly preferred meetipg
my late clad in the faded gray of my
own regiment. With odd sense of re-
lief I hastily stripped off the gorgeous
trappings, flung them In the ditch be-
side the road, and pressed on, feeling
like a new man.
There was small need for caution
here, and for more than an hour l
tramped steadily along, never meeting
a person or being startled by a sus-
picious sound. Then, as 1 rounded a
low eminence I perceived before me
the darkoutlines of trees which marked
the course of the White Briar, while
directly in my front, and half ob-
scured by thick leaves of* the under-
brush, blazed the red glare of a fire.
1 knew the stream well, its steep
banks of percipitate rock, Its rapid,
Swirling current which, I was well
aware, I was not a sufficiently expert
swimmer to cross. Once upon the
other bank I should be comparatively
safe, but to pass that picket post and
attain the ford was certain to require
all the good fortune I could ever hope
for.
But despair was never for long my
comrade, and I had learned how de-
termination opens doors to the coura-
geous—it is ever he who tries that en- J
ters in. It took me ten minutes, pos-
sibly, creeping much of the way like
a wild animal over the rocks, but at
the end of that time I had attained a
position well within the dense thicket,
and could observe clearly the ground
before me and some of the obstacles
to be overcome.
As I supposed, it was a cavalry out-
post; I could distinguish the crossed
sabers on the caps of the men, al-
though it was some time before 1 was
able to determine positively where
their borees were picketed. There
must have been all of twenty in the
party, and I could distinguish the lieu-
tenant In command, a middle-aged
man with light-colored chin beard,
seated by himself against the wall of
a small shanty of logs, a pipe In his
mouth and an open book upon his
knee. His men were gathered close
about the blazing fire, for the night
air was decidedly chill as it swept
down the valley; a number were
sleeping, a few at cards, while a little
group, sitting with their backs to-
ward me, yet almost within reach of
my hand, were Idly smoking and dis-
cussing the floating rumors of the
camp 1 managed to make out dimly
the figure of a man on horseback be-
yond the range of flame, and appar-
ently upon the very bank of the
stream, when some words spoken by
an old gray-beared sergeant interested
me.
"Bob," he said to the soldier loung-
ing next him. "whut wus it thet staff
officer sed ter ther leftenant? 1 didn't
Just git ther straight of it"
The man, a debonair youg fellow,
stroked his little black mustaches re-
flectively.
"Ther cove sed as bow Cole's di-
vision wud be along here afore day-
light. an- thet our fellers wud likely
be sent out ahead of 'em."
"Wbar be they a goin'?"
"The leftenant asked him, an" the
cove sed as it wus a gineral advance
to meet ol* Hancock at Mlnersville."
"Thet's good 'nough. lads." chimed
in the sergeant, slapping his knee. "It
means a dance dowi. tne valley after
Early. I'm a guesBin' we'll have
bang-up ol' fight 'fore three days
more."
"Pervldin' aliens thet ther Johnnlea
don't skedaddle fust," commeniet' an
other, tartly. "Whut In thunder Is
ther matter with them bosses?" he
asked suddenly, rising and peering
over into the bushes beyond the hut.
where a noise of squealing and kick-
ing had arisen.
"Oh, the bay Ally Is probably over
the rope agin," returned the ser-
geant, lazily. "Sit down. Sims, an be
easy; you're not on boss guard ter-
nlght."
I know tbet." growled the soldier.
HARD LUCK.
"II 'peof.TELLUM ]
11 FoMunt TtUHd
"V.
The Fortune Teller—You are de-
stined to marry great wealth.
I. M. P. Cunlous—Fine.
The Fortune Teller—Unfortunately,
death will claim you two days after
the event.
Sleuth Guarded Jewels.
Pity the poor duchess of Marlbor-
ough, who has been driven to insomnia
through worry over her jewels. She
has hired six former Scotland Yard de-
tectives to camp at Sunderland house,
Mayfair. three by day and three by
night, and guard her gems. The out-
lay for this is something more than
$6,000 annually. She has spent many
thousands in equipping her mansion
with all the latest wrinkles In burglar
alarm and safety devices, but she
considers the money that buys her
peace of mind is an investment well
made.
t
His Suspicion.
"Why did you leave the place In
which you were previously employed?"
asked the head of the firm.
"I think," said the applicant for tha
positlorf of office boy, "de boss waa
afraid if I stayed l might git hla
place."
Indefinite.
"I want a pun, suduenly announced
the petted, spoiled star.
"Yes, my. dear Miss Starllte," meek-
ly answered the long suffering man-
ager. "Shall I call on the confection-
er or the press agent?"
Bush Leaguers.
Professor—You know that the low-
est type of human beings Is found In
Australia. What are those native*
called. Mr. Fanning?
Student (captain of the ball team)—
Bush leaguers.—Puck.
WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
Faith Came After the Worka Had Laid
the Foundation.
A Bay State belle talks thus about
coffee:
"While a coffee drinker I was a suf-
ferer from indigestion and intensely
painful nervous headaches, from child-
hood.
"Seven years ago my health gave
out entirely. I grew so weak that
the exertion of walkhig. if only a few
feet, made It necessary for me to lie
<i>wn. My friends thought I waa
ever be our fate to meet again or not j doubtfuliy -but thet thar kid Is no «uarked for consumption weak, thin
But now you must go."
"Go? And leave you here alone?
Are you not afraid*"
"Afraid? "she looked about her Into
the darkness. "Of what* Surely you
do not mean of Frank—of Major Bren
nan? And as to my being alone, our
quarters are within a scant hundred
yards from here, and a single cry will
bring me aid in plenty Hush! what
waa that?"
citrnjj.lgn T«tat no .or.tr w.7 t.r l M laltbtullr to set relief from mod-
hitch em anyhow, to a picket rope
ruins more hosses than ther
dew."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Standard of Colors.
Tbe call for international standards
, of all kinds Is becoming every day
It was the shuffling tread of many mor> ln#igtent with the progreaaiva did not like It at first, but when It waa
feet, the sturdy tramp of a body of | unj1)cal|0n of the industries of the
infantry on the march world The latest demand of this kind
"Go!" ?he cried hurriedly ~tf yoi^ for mu international standard of
would truly serve me. If you cai
all for me do not longer delay and |
be discovered here It Is the grand '
rounds I beg of you. go!"
I grasped her outstretched band,
pressed my lips botly upon It. and
Ith noiseless footsu>pa down
ft deserted roed.
CHAPTER XIX.
colors. \
Chemists. manufacturers of dye
stuffs and pigments, and many others
would benefit by aucb a standard It
is suggested that when once the de
sired color scheme baa been decided
sped
the b
upon,
tb
I
The Cavalry Outpost
lingered merely long enough to
Curran had
ontb ago
now higher than Hainan. Just to show
o :*cn Father tta< It can be done Out 1 f« el assured as to her aafety. creep
„f 'I! ... madam!" 1 mg closer antll I heard ber simple
Rendered <l«>*porste bv her slight •♦ory 0C the Major's fall from hla
resistance and bis own jealoua hatred, boree. and -hen watched
aside no rudely night shadows while the little squad
standards, and rendering them
available for comparison everywhere,
mould he by means of colored glasses
with which a tintometer could be con
•tructed A tentative instrument of
this kind, based 00 an arbitrary color
scheme, has been made—Youth * j
Companion
e iuu« jh mj - thrust the woman aside so rudely ntgni snaoow. wane iu^ ——
I I cot
An Exception: THe Foundling.
Every mother's son of us has rela
dvee be doesn't like—Chicago Neva
I
Irinea, till, at last, after having em-
Kebs 1 loyed all kinds of drugs, the doctor
acknowledged that he did not believe
It waa In his power to cure me.
"While in thia condition a friend in*
duced me to quit coffee and try Post-
um, ami I did so without the least
hope that It would do me any good. I
properly made I found it waa a most
delicious and refreshing beverage. I
am especially fond of It served at din-
ner ice-cold, with cream.
"In a month'a time I began to im-
prove, and In a few weeks my Indleea-
tlon ceased to trouble me. and my
headache stopped entirely. I am so
perfectly well now that I do not look
ihe best method of perpetuating like the same person, and I have ao
gained hi flesh that I am IS pounda
heavier than ever before.
"This Is what Fottum has jlone for
me. I still use It and ahall always do
so." Name given by "oatum Co,. Bat-
tle Creek. Mich.
"Tbere'e a reason." and It la ex-
plained In tha little book. "Tha Road
to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Kver m4 the >Wn iHiert A eew
mm appears ln>« IIm in dm, TIm /
are traalM, UM, mm4 fell •€ IsaM
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