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Copyright 1M*. by Irvln* Bachellar WNU Sorvlc* CHAPTER HI? Continued * The Commander in Chief listened with deep Interest For a moment his chin rested on his hand as he leaned forward over his desk. Then he sat back In his chair, his weary legs crossed. A smile came to his face while he tapped his knee with a paper cutter. It grew stern as the story advanced. There was a look of rueful sadness In his eyes when he asked: "You have heard me say that I will have no duels In my army?" "Yes. slr.M "Your duty must have been clear to you. The men were In your power. They should have been turned over to General Waitf for punishment. They were In fact raiders." " I thought that they had been suf ficiently punished. I tried to avoid fighting, sir. He stung me with Insults "You Have Heard Me 8ay That I Will Have No Duels In My Army?" in the presence of my" sweetheart's brother. The matter* Went so far I should have , felt like a coward, I should have looked like a coward if I had refused to fight. Besides, sir, 1 am in love. The girl is more than my life to me." Lady Washington had been deeply Interested in the narrative. Her knit ting had fallen from her hands and was lying in her lap. Her dark eyes wete Wide open and aglow with sym pathy as she sat looking at the humil iated captain. She turned to her hus band: "Good land! I like it He had to fight" The General never argued with his wife in the presence of other people. He arose and answered her only with a smile and a bow. Then he addressed himself to the young man. His tone was kindly. "You are young and It is your first offense. You are Just out of civil life and have not learned that an officer must have self-restraint. We are in an army where vast Issues are at stake. They depend largely on the conduct of our officers. Go to your rest. I will see you at Beven In the morning and meanwhile I will think about It." "I shall bow to your will, sir, what ever It may be," said Colin. "Your dis pleasure Is a grief to me and I am most unhappy. I was to meet my sweetheart on the road to Hoxbury in the morning and bring her here to be lutroduced." "I must see her!" Lady Washington declared. Colin went to his room. The lady walked up the first.fllght with him and spoke a word of encouragement. Captain Cabot was Weary. He slept In spite of his unhftpplness. The drums and fifes awoke htm as they were wont to do at six o'clock, He dressed with unusual care and hur ried into camp for a word with Amos before the hour of his dreaded talk With the Chief.. Colin was waiting ?n the office when the General entered and sat down at his desk saying: "My boy, if I were to follow the dic tates of my heart, I would praise your skill and courage and romantic gen erosity and overlook your Indiscre tions. In the circumstances It Is im possible. The little foray Is of such a nature that news of tt will travel. It It the kind of story, with great names Involved, that feels good In the mouth. I shall have to reduce you to the ranks and return you to the com pany from which yon catao. In eon* fldence, I confess that 1 do It with a regard for you that Is affectionate. Ion have unusual talents and your promotion in the regiment will doubt be rapid. I assure yon also that It will give Joy and satisfaction to Mn, Washington and to me." "I will do my best, sir, and now I mn?t not forget a matter which Hnd slipped me In my great anxiety. The conduct of OftptAln Farnsworth was quite In line with your sense of Ma ' me sjs his superior . gly against my ac | tlon la forgiving the prisoners. He Jims for taking, them to the guard house. " "You relieve my mind," said w General. MWe shall do our best to make this a happy day for you. Mrs. Washington will go down the road With her coach and an escort to meet the young lady and her brother and bring them here. She will Invite your sweetheart to dine with us. The par lors and the library shall be yours for the day so that you may have an op portunity for an appropriate exchange of Ideas and sentiments." The Commander in Chief was smil ing as he added: "I am quite aware how Important It is to you and you ? have my very best wishes." The young man expressed his thanks and withdrew. Captain Farnsworth was entering the front door in his grand new fanciful uniform of blue homespun with brass buttons, scarlet cufTs and collar. While an orderly took his name to the Chief, Amos Bald to Colin: "The? General sent fer me, so I drawed on my best Sunday harness an' here I be." A . gold breastpin was fastened to the front of his coat. Colin advised him to remove it. 'Til hide It If ye say so, although It cost a master sight," said Amos. CHAPTER IV In Which Colin Gets Better Acquainted With Mrs. Washington and Meets Sim Botts and Mrs. Bowlby. The Lady Washington was not at the breakfast table. Colin met her on his way to his room above-stairs. She kissed his cheek and shook his hand. "Poor boy !" she exclaimed in a low tone. "I did my best. The Gen eral Is the dearest of men but he Is like a great rock. When his mind has found Its bed it settles down and ? mercy ! ? you might as well try to move this house with your hands. Don't worry. You will get along. We are really fond of you." "The General Is right," Colin an swered. "He is always right. I want to help the cause and I have long fplt~| ?that I could do m6re down among thfi. men In the ranks than I can do at headquarters. NI shall miss the good company I have foumWhere, especially that of your ladyship and the Gen eral." "I shall see you often, for I love your honest face and your graceful courtesies. I did not expect to find such a knight in New England. In a few minutes I shall be going down the road In my coach to meet your lady and her brother, with the dignity and grandeur to which they are accus tomed. It will be Virginia showing her good-will to New England. I do regret ? " She hesitated and Colin Interrupted her. . "^.understand. -You could not honor a disgraced man by taking him with new the ?nlnlater-a loyalist shocks by' tlio Injury dotte to a son of the king's favorite general, Mrs. Washington said : "Your lover is a big, splendid, noble-hearted hero. Only a woman can put the right value on a man like that We do love courage and strength and courtly man ners. Of course you are longing to see him," The ladles chattered like sparrows and Pat was never more sentimental. Her' brother laughed, at her extrav agant adjectives. "Don't mind him," said* the Lady Washington with a smile. , "I love your talk. Men are cold-blooded crea tures." She gave the young man a look of feigned sternness and then laughed. Pat thought her a delightful human being. Pat was, It would appear, very hu man herself and not unlike her sis ters of a later time. The lovers met In the big comfort able library at headquarters, a bit apart from the life of the house. They embraced each other while Mrs. Wash ington stood beside them. She with drew in a moment saying, "You may? sit down here and get through" with your greetings nnd promises. I'll pop in once In a while, for fear you" might be lonesome. I must have some ex cuse for looking at you." When she had left them Colin said : "Now let us forget war and have a romantic day. Since I left Boston my Imagination has been busy with you." "What has It done with me?" She laughed merrily as he went on : "It has throned you in Cleopatra's barge. You remember all that pretty stuff ? sides of beaten gold and per fumed, purple sails and silver oars moving to the sound of flutes." "Flutes!" she exclaimed, laughing as she rose on her tiptoes to meet his lips wlthrher own. "I can tell what my practical father would say. I love your talk. It is music to me but he would laugh and say, 'Give a Yankee boy the higher education and you get flutes and perfumed, purple sails and silver oara and all that trumpery.' We know how Important they are In -ku;.erjnaklng, but they wouldn't do In a high wind and a heavy sea." "-She laughed and kissed his fore head. "J'Awny?wHh- ? commerce !" 'he ' claimed. "We'll sink the golden barge If you like. A castle or a palace will cost no more.-' "Make it a pretty little house with a garden. You know T am a Boston girl. I have been faught to be prac tical." Mrs. Washington interrupted them as she- "popped In" with these cheery words : "Now don't get tired out. We shall have a little dancing after din ner." | A. X It was a memorable dny in the lives of the young lovers. They sat long, reciting the summer history and dis cussing their plans. They dined, with . General and Mrs. Washington and SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS At Boston, tn the fateful month of J illy, 1778, Colin Cabot, ardent young lover of liberty, bids good-by to bla sweetheart, Patience "Pat" Fayerweather, daughter qf a stanch loyalist but herself at heart jt "rebel." He Joins the Revolutionary army at Cambridge, and Is mus tered into the company of Capt. Amos Farnsworth. CoUn's devotion to the causa Impresses Washington, and he makes the young man his Informal secretary, with the rank of captain. A Utter from Pat tells Colin she la to visit friends outside the American lines, and asks him i. to meet her. Obtaining leave, he sets out. Learning of ? British plot to capture Colin, Farns worth, with a troop, rides to the rescue. A British patrol, led by Harry Gage, CoUn's rival for the band of Pat, threatens the young patriot. Farnsworth and his troop pome up. Gage challenges Colin to a duel. They fight and Gage La wounded. Colin returns to Cambridge. you on a public road, nor is It neces sary. You will" find them near the Roxbury turning." "Oh, It Is not that. A knight must not meet his lady-love In the dusty road with curious onlookers to em barrass them. I think that It will be 1 better for him to meet her In the castle." "Shall you bring them both here?" Colin asked. "Mercy ! The General was Inclined to kick over the traces when I pro posed to bring a young loyalist to headquarters. Our spies are coming In at all hours, you know. So we shall take him to General Greene's house and send him to the Dorsets' after dark with a pass extended to midnight. The General's son will keep him busy bowling In the back yard. I shall draw the shades In the coach so we shall see no travel on the road. It would seem ungracious to turn him back and to take his sister. A Virginian could not do It." Patience Fayerweather's account of the meeting and the ride became a fireside story of old Boston. She and her brother David stood waiting a little beyond the turn. A squad of cavalry came toward them followed by a coach drawn by four horses. The squad and the conch halted near them. An outrider ap proached and asked If they were David and Patience Fayerweather, say ing, when he heard their answer, that Mrs. Washington had come to meet , them and to take them to general headquarters. Amazed that they were so highly honored. Pat was In a flutter of ex citement until the gentle, motherly woman had embraced and kissed her. "I have longed to see you, and I am not disappointed," Mrs. Washington said. "Are you a good American!" Oh receiving Pat's answer she gave the girl another hug. When the young man was introduced the Lady gave him her hand saying, , "Mercy 1 Yes! I had not seen him. There are mo menta when men are of no Importance. Forgive hie, air. This shining maid dasisled my eyes." She turned to Pat. "Now let's talk. I want to hear you talk. Have you heard of the dueir H The duelt Pat bad thought of noth ing else since the news of it had flooded through the rooms and up the \ stairways of the Dtirsets' house. It ! members of the staff and their wives. Mrs. Washington arranged for an hour of dancing at four o'clock. The Com mander In Chief took part in It. When the dancing was over he retired to his office and sent for Colin. "Mrs. Washington, tells me that you and the fair young lady wish to be married and to settle down here in j Cambridge. Your wish has my sym pathy, for I have been young and have had in my breast the emotion so far above the common things of life that one forgets them. The time has come when a man's judgment may save you trouble. The situation hero is b?d. I We have no money. Wages and sal aries are long unpaid. For nw>rM.s to come we may all have to work without pay. You would not wish to borrow money with this prospect ahead of us. If you were my son, I would say wait until the way is clear and your spurs are won. You are young and you will be wise not to complicate 1 your, problems. I have had my any. The decision rests with you. I shall only add that If I were of your age and standing In your shoes, I would probably marry as soon as she would have me." The General concluded his remarks with a little laugh. Colin promptly answered, "T>ut I shall not. My sweetheart has more wisdom than I. She has spoken of the things of which you remind me. She | is willing to wait. I shall be governed by your judgment. Until better days I come my bride shatf* be the Great Cause/* Ro It happened that late in the aftornoon of that day Colin sot out in a cha'.sn for Roxbury with Pat beside him. Mrs. Washington came to the door with therp as they were leaving. "Oh, these cold-blooded men!" she exclaimed. "I feel as if t had been robbed and I shall feel more so when you are jgone." As they were driven on they cheered each other with the opinions ot cer tain men that the war would soon he over. They went to the Dorset*' house, whore he left her to await the arrival of her brcther. In the mo ment of parting Colin said to her: "1 shall try to get a pass that will let you across the line when you may wish to use It. 1 can only ppur my love Into written words and think of you every hour until you come." 236S ?ti?^ erect' looking at bin. ^ tlx? cruelty of war t How I nate to see jroti going | But I must try to be a* brave as you are, I could [ tnrow myself down and weep ' but I will not. I will stand up straight and look at you as If I had a heart of i stone. -Then I shall think of your courage and with the Lord's help I will try to Imitate It" When be left, the setting sun' was shlnlpg on her face and 'form. The picture and her words were being branded upon his memory, as he drove down into the dfeep shadowed valley where night was falling.' He felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness. The war may go on for years, for many years," he muttered, "and any I day we may move or I may be sent to some distant place." ?KWh?n-he returned Washington and tne staff were In a conference. He went Into the library to' sit down and recall the enchantment he had felt there. The night was chilly and a flre was biasing in the grate. Lady Wash ington found him alone ? a dejected figure gazing Injto the Are. "My boy," she said, "let me look Into your face. Yes. I thought so. I know right well how you feel, rve ? been to Sorrowtown myself. You need to be cheered up." She rang the bell and sat down be side him with her knitting. When the servant came she ordered supper to be brought to the young man with tea and a pint of claret. Sitting In her armchair she fceld him stories of her girlhood and first-loves in remote Virginia and by and by sent hint away to bed cheered and re freshed by her motherly kindness. The next day he went hack to his company. News of his exploit had traveled through the ramp. To his surprise he soon learned that he was probably the most popular man in the regiment. W I thin a week a company , which had lost Its captain elected him to the place. Captnfn Farnsworth sold that the only way to punish a man like that was to kill him. It seemed to he so The New England brigades were In n falling spirit. Reorganization was under way. Officers about to he dis charged were trying to dissuade their men from service. Colin. Amos and a band of strong-armed fellows sought them out and gave them warning. Connecticut regiments would have no Massachusetts soldier In their ranks and those of Massachusetts would have neither Connecticut men nor Rhode Islanders. Colin was one of a committee of the brigades who en^ deavored to reconcile these ' rivalries nnd jealousies. Only thirty-five hun dred men had enlisted for extended service, and they demnnded fifty fur loughs to the regiment. The gentle man of the Iron will at general liend quorters wos In no way discouraged by the chaos that surrounded him. In Braddock's army he hod found a deep understanding of the back-countrv | home-lovers, | At this time Colin writes In his diary : "No pay for anyone. Many of the oflleers are discouraged. The men are homesick nnd dejected. They are nil needed on the farms. The call to go is strong. The food Is poor and often Insufficient. There is not powder enough for a day's fighting. Still the army remains. I* wonder at it." Mnpy of the Connecticut troops would not re-enllst. nnd they were hissed, pelted nnd hooted when they left camp between long lines of men who resented their conduct. Amos back In the crowd, yelled In Ill's ring ing voice, "Go home, ye white-livered clam-dlggers I Go home, ye scare faced mammy-suckers, an' leave yer country to the cutthroats' In Boston." An outburst of laughter, bitter and derisive, followed the sally. This little event helped the spirit of the camp There were many re-enllstments in the days that followed. 'I hen Daniel Morgan arrived with his Virginia Bushmen, a famous regl ment of sharpshooters. It was said that every man of them, riding at a gallop, could hit a tin cup fifty yards away. Colin had heard General Washing ton tell of Morgan's exploits In Brad dock's army, a British officer had Insulted him, not renllzlng that a wagoner had any right to feel Insulted. Morgan resented his conduct. The officer tried to run him through with his sword. Morgan disnrmed him and gave him rt severe drubbing. For this he was condemned to suffer five hun dred lashes. Four hundred and fiftv were administered when the torture deprived him of consciousness. He was a man of immense Mature with the vitality of a bear or the cruel punishment would have destroyed him. It had only chopped his hack into ridges nnd kindled nn unquenchable fire in his heart. He and his Bush men had gone Into camp near the troops of Massachusetts. Colin was cholrmnn of the entertain ment committee of his brigade. It be came his duty to go nnd ask Colonel Morgan to speak to the Massachusetts men. He nsked the first Bushman he met Where he would find the colonel. lies In front of his tent over thnr restln', his foot," snld the Bushma.i. Colin was soon to learn that the re doubtable man was often "resting his foot." He found the colonel with his :?Vr>r* The b,*? "warthy, red-cheeked, sllver-hnlred fighting mart gave the young captain a hearty greet ing and asked, "T>id ye ever se<? such a dam' fool toe as that?" (TO RR CONTINORD, ) Life of Boiler* Boilers with proper enre have gl* en efficient service for 40 to 60 yearn, while othert which hu*e not received this care have serious'" deteriorated In five years, says the flamblng and Heating Industrie* bureau* CATS BRIEF GLORY Cinderella, an alley cat, was found by fifteen-year-old Daletta McKlwee in Pasadena, Calif. The girl gave the cat meals, brushed its hair sleek and entered It in the society cat show. The big silver loving cup wa9 awarded to Cinderella In a field that had 125 of the city's blue-blooded cats. There was much applause. Cinderella's hair bristled and she Bcampered over the back fence and backed to her former haunts. To keep clean and healthy take Or. Pierce's Plrnnnnt Pellet*. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach. ? Adv. "I Or Even if You Hare Loafing becomes tiresome, of course, if you have no Income. REAL ARTISTRY Literary urt is knowing how to make music of words. 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