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the men riding steadily in advance,
constantly increasing their distance,
even the possible importance of the
dispatch within my jacket pocket The
ovident distress of the girl riding be-
side me, whose tale, I felt sure, would
fully justify her strange masquerade
in male garments, her risk of life and
exposure to disgrace in midst of
fighting armies, held me neglectful of
all else. I realized that, whatever the
cause, I had unconsciously become a
part of its development, and that I
was destined now to be even more
deeply involved. Whatever the mys-
tery, I must solve it for her sake. My
hand again sought hers, holding it in
firm clasp. There was a sound of
hoofs on th® dusty road behind us.
“It is Peter,” she whispered. "What
can have happened!”
The rider barely paused, turning his
horse’s head even as he spoke hastily.
"Captain Grant is with the ambu-
lance, Mistress Claire,” he reported.
"He came up alone about five min-
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The present congress will in all like-
lihood do the proper thing with respect
to our intercostal canal in so far as
making provision for its completion
under present accepted terms. The riv-
ers and harbors committee of the house,
which now has under consideration
Texas waterway projects, has given
assurances to Representative Dies that
the forthcoming appropriation bill will
carry an item for construction work
of that link of the canal from Sabine
to Galveston, thus completing the chan-
nel from the Mississippi to Corpus
Christi. With that link completed, it
will be up to light draft coastwise ship-
ping and the commercial interests of
•the cities and towns within coastal
territory to get busy and prove the
benefits of the canal in serving the
present needs of commerce and in de-
veloping it to still larger proportions.
Then will congress be easily influenced
to make appropriation for enlarging
! and deepening the canal, so that ves-
sels of larger capacity may navigate it.
The intercoastal canal is destined to be
of great value to the commerce of the
south.
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The long awaited order establishing
permanent government on the canal
zone has been signed by President Wil-
son, and Colonel Goethals will now be
able to carry out his plans for organ-
izing a permanent working force.
When he has accomplished this, Col-
onel Goethals will have finished and
delivered th‘e canal, ready for use, to
the American people. In ancient times
emperors and kings rewarded their
great generals liberally with honors.
In modern times, progressive nations
pay the same tribute to their great
engineers. ‘
President Wilson is reported as ser-
iously considering the question of rais-
ing the embargo on arms as a means
of hastening the consummation of
Mexican troubles. The embargo on
arms idea is a holdover from the flaccid
administratin of President Taft. It is
difficult to see what the embargo on
arms has effected in the way of im-
proving Mexican conditions.
bo assured you will come.”
"You can be assured.”
“Mistress Claire,” broke in Peter,
“some one is riding up the road.”
“Yes, Peter, yes. Major, wait here!
Don’t move. We will go back and
meet him.”
I held my horse steady, although he
made an effort to follow. Voices came
back to me through the darkness—
Grant’s loud enough to be clearly
heard.
"What, is this you, Claire?” he
laughed gruffly. “By all the gods, I
thought it must be Eric. I never ex-
1 Run Across Eric.
I slept three hours, the dead sleep
of sheer exhaustion, but felt refreshed
and strong when roughly aroused. Be-
fore sunset I was across the river,
where I found my little squad of dra-
goons prepared for their night’s ad-
venture. Arnold had kept his word,
the fresh horses being fine animals,
the ammunition in excess of our
needs. Conroy was enthusiastic, and
somewhat loquacious, but I cut his
conversation off rather sharply, and
ordered the men into their saddles.
With brain clarified by sleep I real-
ized the importance of the work be-
fore us, and how imperfect my plans
were. I could merely ride forth to
Elmhurst, hoping to pick up some
clew to aid me. As we rode rapidly
along the deserted road leading to
Farrell’s I reviewed over and over
again every remembered detail, only
to conclude that I must get hands on
Grant, and by threats, or any other
available means, compel him to con-
fess his part in the villainy. Dusk
settled about us, succeeded by night,
as we pressed steadily forward, the
men riding silently, the only sound
the thud of hoofs, and the slight jingle
of acec~trements. As we passed the
black valls of Parrel’s shop, I re-
called the papers found in Grant’s
coat, and the reference in Fagin’s note
to a rendezvous at Lone Tree. Prob-
ably that was the spot where the two
had been accustomed to meeting. If
true in the past, why not now as well?
Suddenly it occurred to me that it
was at a place called Lone Tree that
I the minute men had gathered for their
attack on Delavan’s wagon train.
Could this, by any possibility, be the
same spot? I drew my horse back
beside Conroy.
"Ever heard of a place called Lone
Tree?” I asked quietly.
He rubbed his head thoughtfully.
"Not just about here, sir. We
camped over east of there once, may-
be a year ago, down in a hollow where
there was one big tree standin’ all
alone, kind of an odd-lookin’ tree, sir,
and seems to me, the guide said the
place was called something like that.
Say, Tom,” to the nearest dragoon,
“do you remember that Lone Tree
where we camped when we were out
hunting’ Tarleton?”
"Sure; in east Medford. There was
a farmhouse across on the side of a
hill. I got some buttermilk thre."
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havoc in undermining American so-
ciety as opium has done in sapping the
manhood of the Chinese. Reports from
New York indicate an alarming in-
crease in the use of the drug. A sig-
nificant phase of the development re-
lates to the “gangsters” and “gun
men” which have made New York civil
authority a by-word and a joke. These
degenerates, it is reported, are invar-
iably cocaine users, having become ad-
dicted to the pernicious habit often at
the early ages of ten or twelve. In-
capacitated by reason of their vice for
honest labor, they soon becom’e ripe
for desperate careers.
The nomination of Colonel George
W. Goethals to be the first governor
of the Panama canal zone is a well
deserved recognition of the man who
has brought things to pass. The task
of constructing the waterway that is
to link two oceans was one that called
for the exercise of so many extraor-
dinary qualities that the selecting of
the man to head the big undertaking
was almost as much a problem as the
actual work. tremendous as that loomed
in the eyes of the world and the choice
of Colonel Goethals was a most for-
tunate one for not only has the big
job been completed well but there has
been a shortening in the time whic2,
represent a cash saving running well
into the millions.
It always pays to put a man - on a
man’s job, the trouble is that the man
is seldom available when the job de-
velops, for the sort of individual com-
petent to head a piece of work of the
magnitude of the Panama canal is
usually engaged in some similar enter-
prise placed there by men of means
whose experience has taught them the
economy of employing a giant where
only a giant could measure up to the
job.
As governor of the canal zone Colo-
nel Goethals will not be called upon
for the exercise of any acquirements
not already brought into play while di-
recting the building of the canal. Pos-
sessing experience, temperament and
judgment in well balanced proportions,
there need be little fear but that he
will conduct the affairs of the canal
strip with as much freedom from fric-
tion as has marked the' progress of
the constructive work up. to this time.
The colonel has not only understood
the work committed to his care but he
has loved the task and the bigness of
it has merely afforded him opportunity
for giving expression to the ability of
a trained expert who possesses much
more than knowledge founded upon
the experience of others. The originality
of the man has been no small factor
in the success that has marked his la-
bors up to this time and this has
prompted him to establish new borders
of ascertained facts in the profession
A widespread conspiracy to oust
President Huerta by force and seat an-
other political aspirant in the Mexican
presidential chair has been uncovered.
Subtle strategy might very easily ac-
complish what Carranza et al. are try-
ing to bring about by the force of
arms. The course of the Mexican rev-
olution, however, has not shown much
evidence that the Mexican warriors
and patriots appreciate the value of
strategy. Villa’s sensational coup at
Juarez was a notable exception.
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swiftly forward. My escort would have -
a mile or two the start, yet that was
nothing. My thoughts were not with 5
them, or with my military duty, but ’
reverted to the little company around 1
the wounded man. The bearing of 1
the dispatch to Arnold was mere rou-
tine, involving only steady riding, but ’
the relations existing between Claire,
Grant, and Eric Mortimer were full
of mystery. There were connecting 1
links I could not understand; no doubt
had the girl been permitted to con-
clude her story I might fit it togeth-
er, but as it was I was left groping in
the darkness. Yet my mind tena-
ciously held to its original theory as
to Eric’s strange disappearance—he
had been betrayed by Grant, and was
being held prisoner. But where? By
whom? And for what purpose?
I pondered on this problem as my
horse ploughed forward through the
dust, my eyes unconsciously scanning
the dark road. Grant could not have
known that Colonel Mortimer was be-
ing taken home. His meeting with the
ambulance party was altogether an ac-
cident. Yet I had no faith the man
was out seeking British stragglers, foi*
had he been dispatched on such a mis-
sion he would have had at least a
squad of soldiers with him. Then what?
The probability was that he was eith-
er riding to Elmhurst, or to some ren-
dezvous with Fagin. Some plan had.
been interrupted by Clinton’s sudden
march, by the British defeat at Mon-
mouth, and Grant was risking his
commission, braving the charge of de-
sertion, for some private purpose.
This might be love of Claire, revenge
upon Eric, or possibly both combined.
The latter would seem most probable.
He would use Eric in some way to
threaten the sister, to compel her to
sacrifice herself. She was of a nature
to do this, as was already abundantly
proved by her assumption of male
attire to save Eric’s reputation. My
own responsibility loomed large as I
reached this conclusion, and remem-
bered her appeal for help. She, also,
must suspect the truth, and had turned
to me as the only one capable of un-
raveling the mystery. She trusted me,
loved me, I now believed—and, under
God, I would prove worthy of her faith.
With teeth clinched in sudden deter-
mination I caught up with my little
squad of plodding horsemen, and, with
word of command, hurried them into
a sharp trot.
Riding ahead, boot to boot with
Conroy, I thought out a plan for ac-
tion, and finally, in the gray of the
morning, told him enough of the story
to arouse his interest. Just before |
sunrise we passed Elmhurst, the great
white mansion appearing silent and
deserted. There was no halting, al-
though we turned in the saddle to
look, and my eyes swept over the
troopers trotting behind us. They were
a sturdy lot, their faces bronzed from
exposure, their uniforms stained and
dust-covered.
"Regulars?” I asked, nodding back
across my shoulder.
"Not. a man but has seen two years’
service" he replied proudly. "Ham-
ilton knv’s the troop, and he picked
us out.”
“I may need them for a bit of des-
perate work.”
“They’ll do it, sir, never fear.”
"Good, sergeant; we’ll ride hard,
and trust to getting fresh horses in
Philadelphia. I’ll tell Arnold the story.
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Before General Arnold.
I felt her hand withdrawn quickly,
and the swift intake of her breath, yet
there was no sharpness in the voice.
"Captain Grant, Peter? What can
the man want here?”
"He claimed to be hunting desert-
ers,” returned Swanson, as calmly de-
liberate of speech as ever. “Butthat
was false. He knew we were on the
road, and asked for you.”
“For me? And you told him—"
"Merely that you rode ahead to see
that the road was clear. Then I left
at once, fearing he might join you.”
She sat a moment in silence, her
head bowed; then looked across into
my face.
"This arrival must end our confer-
ence, Major,” she said soberly. “Cap-
tain Grant must not know that you are
with me—that would mean fighting.”
“Surely you do not wish me to run
away?”
“Yes, this time, for my sake as well
as your own. If I could have completed
my confession you would realize the
necessity. However, the fact that you
are the bearer of dispatches should
be sufficient; your duty to the Colo-
nies is more important than any pri-
vate quarrel. You will go?”
“Yes—but you? Are you safe with
him?”
“Perfectly. I wish I might be
clothed in my own proper dress, but
with Peter and Tonopah on guard.
Captain Grant alone is not danger-
ous. Besides, I wish to learn his pur-
pose in seeking to join us.” She hes-
itated. "You must not fear for me,
but—but I wish to tell you all, and—
and I am sure I shall need your help.”
"You mean I am to join you again—
at Elmhurst?”
“Is that asking too much?”
"Clair,” I whispered, bending to-
ward her, so Peter could not overhear,
“nothing shall keep me from coming,
dear. I will ride back the moment my
dispatches are in Arnold’s hands. But
tell me, first, if you are not afraid of
Grant himself, what is it you need me
for?”
“Eric,” she answered swiftly. “He
has disappeared, dead or deserted. Oh,
I cannot believe the last is true. It
was to save his reputation that I
dressed in this uniform, performed the
work assigned him. I feel sure Grant
knows where he is, what has become
of him. I went to him in Philadel-
phia, but he only sneered, and said the
boy had doubtless run away. I know
better; that is not like a Mortimer.
The republics of Haiti and Santo Do-
mingo must eventually pass under the
control of a nation capable of estab-
lishing secure and stable governments
therein. Revolution has succ’eeded
revolution in both, andthere is no
prospect of hope for the future. The
present occasion affords an excellent
opportunity of effecting a much need-
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abilities.
A man’s recommendation for a cer-
tain task is usually based upon his
record in some similar field of enter-
prise, but this man possesses another
recommendation not usually considered
as having bearing in such matters.
Colonel Goethals willingly agrees to
accept a higher position coupled with
a reduction of remuneration; this, if
nothing else he has done, would stamp
him as a unique personage in this age
where the dollar is pointed out as the
ultimate of every exertion. It has al-
ways been the belief of some among us
that if one dug deep enough a real
man could always be found, one who
put first things first, and whose esti-
mate of the value of the dollar did
not place it as the consummation of
earthly life, and in the case of the
canal engineer there appears proof un-
controvertible that this belief is well
founded. There should be no opposi-
tion to the confirmation of the Colonel
Goethals nomination.
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Danced with her myself. Now go on,
sir; I can appreciate the tale better
for my recollection of the fair hero-
ine.”
I was not long at it, although he
interrupted me occasionally by shrewd
questioning. As I concluded he kept
silent a moment, looking at me from
under his heavy brows.
“It looks like rather a blind trail
to me, major,” he said kindly, "but
I’m no spoil-sport in such an affair.
You might have the luck to stumble
onto your party, and I’d take the
chance myself if I were in your shoes.
You wish to start at sunset?”
"Yes, sir.”
"You need horses, rations and pistol
ammunition for twelve men?”
"Yes, sir.”
“Very well, major, the quartermas-
ter will attend these details. Go and
lie down. Washington may not ap-
prove, but I’ll take the responsibility.”
He extended his hand across the
table, and I felt the firm clasp of his
hand.
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liking; I saw him occasionally by ap-
pointment, usually at Elmhurst, and
became aware that his old quarrel
with Captain Grant was seemingly for-
gotten. There appeared to be some
understanding, some special connec-
tion between them. They met once,
at least, and I delivered one note be-
tween them.”
“Perhaps I can explain that later,"
I interrupted, “from something men-
tioned at Lee’s headquarters.
“You! Oh, I wish you could, for
their relationship has mystified me;
has made me afraid something might
be wrong with—with Eric.”
“I think not, dear; say rather with
Grant.”
“If that be so, then it may prove
the key to all the mystery. What
made their intimacy so difficult to un-
derstand was that I knew the cap-
tain’s dislike of Eric had in no way di-
minished. He spoke of him as sav-
agely as ever.”
“Perhaps he played a part—his ul-
timate purpose revenge.”
“It might be that—yes, it might be
that, and—and the consummation of
that revenge may account for all which
has occurred.- But I must go on with
what I had to tell.”
pected to find you togged out in this
style. By Jove, I wish it was day-
light.”
Whatever she replied must have
sobered the fellow.
“Everything I say you take wrongly.
Of course it’s all right, for the coun-
try is full of stragglers out of both
armies. Lord, I don’t care what you
wear, as long as it suits you. My
business? Oh, I explained all that to
your putty-faced servant—Saint Anne!
that fellow!. But I’ll review the mat-
ter again. I’m drumming up Clinton’s
deserters, but now I’ve met you I’m
tempted to go along with you as far as
Elmhurst.”
“Become a deserter yourself?”
"Oh, no, or at least only tempore,
rily. There will be plenty of fighting:
yet in the Jerseys. Clinton’s whipped
all right, and is going to have a time
getting away to the ships. In my
judgment there will be richer picking
for a Jerseyman right here at home,
than with the army in New York.”
There was a moment’s silence; then
the girl asked, a shade of horror in
her voice: 1
“Surely, you cannot mean to ally
yourself with guerillas, Captain Grant?
With—with Fagin?"
The man laughed, but mirthlessly.
"That would be horrible, wouldn't
it? Well, personally I fail to see why
Fagin is any more of a scoundrel than
some of these other fellows in gilt
epaulets. However, I’ve not come to
that point yet. The fact is I have a
private affair to attend to before I
leave this neighborhood. Can you
guess what it is?”
"I? Certainly not.”
"Well, you will know shortly—the
ambulance is coming.”
I rode my horse slowly forward,
keeping at the edge of the road, until
assured a sufficient distance separated
us. Then I gave the restive animal
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simply to have the men rested and
ready. Cannot we make better time?
The horses seem in good condition.”
We passed swiftly over the level
country, meeting a few stragglers, but
paying them small attention. By two
o’clock we were on the banks of the
Delaware, and a half-hour later, I
swung down stiffly from the saddle in
front of Arnold’s headquarters on
High street.
He was an officer I never greatly
liked, with his snapping eyes and ar-
rogant manner, but he was courteous
enough on this occasion, questioning
me after reading the dispatch, and of-
fering me a glass of wine.
"You look tired, major, and must
rest before you start back. I shall
have my report ready by sundown.”
"General Arnold,” I said, standing
respectfully hat in hand, “I have a fa-
vor to ask—that you will send your
report by some other messenger, and
give me a detail for special service.”
He looked up in surprise.
“Special service, sir! But you are
not assigned to my command.”
"That is true, general,” I insisted,
“.but the conditions warrant the un-
usual application.”
"What service is contemplated?”
“An attempt to kill or capture Red
Fagin, and release a scout whom I
believe he holds prisoner.”
"You hope to accomplish all this
alone?”
"With the assistance of the sergeant
and ten -dragoons who came here with
me. They are in camp now on the;
Jersey shore.”
He walked across the room, stared
out of the window, and then again’
faced me.
"By Gad, sir, this is a most extraor-
dinary request. Damme, I’d like to!
get hold of Fagin all right, but I need
to know more of your plan, and the
reason you have for asking such a
detail. It looks foolhardy to my
mind.”
I went over the situation carefully,
watching the effect of my words in
the man’s face. He sat at the table
now, leaning forward eagerly. Ar-
nold had the reputation of a gallant,
and my first reference to a young lady
aroused him.
“The name, please—you mentioned
no name.”
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did not speak, preferring she should
tell the story in her own way.
“The two did not meet after that
for many months. The Queen’s
Rangers, in which regiment my fa-
ther secured Grant a commission,
were in New York, while Eric was sta-
tioned up the river with Morgan’s
riflemen. When New Jersey was in-
vaded, both commands came south,
and, because of Eric’s knowledge of
this country, he was detailed as scout.
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of engineering' and shown that as a
leader of men this army officer is to
be numbered among the unique men of
the century.
Probably the practicability of the
man will prove one of his largest as-
sets in the new office he is to assume.
Some official traditions may be shat-
tered, but if they are, they will be
replaced by something essentially bet-
ter and those who have tendered Colo-
nel Goethals the high honor of be-
ing governor of the canal zone are
satisfied that diplomacy will suffer no
violent shock at his hands and that
whatever of animosity or resentment
may still exist among the Latin re-
publics is more likely to be dissipated
than enlarged by the conduct of the
man. In short, it would appear that
the same qualifications that prompted
the appointment of Colonel Goethals
to the head of the Panama canal con-
struction would be identically the ones
that would fit him for the office of
governor of the zone, the needs of
which are to him now so familiar.
Colonel Goethals may not have had
any extensive training in the art of
diplomacy, but some men are natural
born diplomatists and if the career of
this man on the isthmus has not shown
him to be of this class, then the world
"Your father is aware—”
"No, not even father. He is scarce-
ly conscious of what is going on about
him. Peter knows, and Tonepah,”
with a wave of her hand into the dark
shadows. .
"They are with you, then—keeping
guard over him?”
“Yes; they have known from, the
beginning; not everything, of course,
for that was not necessary. Peter is
an old servant, silent and trustworthy.
He would never question an act of
mine, while the Indian has reason to
be grateful and loyal to me. What-
ever indiscretion, Major Lawrence, I
may have been guily of, I have gone
nowhere unaccompanied by these
two. You will believe that?”
“Yes, and whatever else you tell
me.”
“That, now, must necessarily be
the entire story. As I proceed you
will be convinced, I think, that only a
true confidence in you would enable
me to speak with such frankness. I—I
know of no one else in whom I could
confide, and—and the time has come
when I must have help—the help of a
friend.. I should have explained to
my father—indeed intended to do so
—but now he is helpless to aid me.
There is no one else I feel able to
trust. I—I—you were in my thought
o-night; I—I am not sure I did not
ven pray for your coming, and—and
then God sent you.”
My hand sought hers, and held it
against my horse’s mane.
"Tell it in yeer own way, dear,” I
whispered.
She flashed On. glance into my face,
leaving her hand in mine, while our
horses took a dozen strides.
“It will not take long,” she began,
in so low a voice, that I leaned for-
ward to listen, “and you already know-
many of the characters and can judge
their motives. I have been strangely
situated since the commencement of
this war, only, surely ours is not the
only family divided in its loyalty. My
lather was a King’s officer, and felt it
his duty to serve the crown. While
he has said little, yet I know that
lown in his heart his sympathies have
been with the Colonies. Those of my
brother were openly from the start,
and my father has never attempted to
interfere with his actions. They talk-
ed it all over together, and Eric chose
his own course. Only Alfred Grant
made trouble, presuming on what he
termed our engagement, and endeavor-
ed to force my brother to join the
King’s troops. The two quarreled bit-
terly, and Eric, a hot-headed boy,
struck him. Grant has never forgiven
that blow, nor Eric’s influence over
me. To the latter he attributes my
dislike—yet this was not true; it was
because as I grew older I realized the
ill character of the man.”
She paused a moment, gathering the
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