CLOVERDALE COURIER.
VOL. )2.
CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. AUGUST 24, 1916
to su sp ect an y one else of doing tfie
sam e thing. l i e stopped a t a house
n e a r th e road, a n d a w om an an d a girl
cam e out to g re e t him . By th is 1 fe lt
confident th a t he w as a C o n fed erate,
fo r th e w om an em braced him in a w ay
th a t told m e he w as h e r sou. I co u ld n ’t
h e a r w h a t th ey w ere ta lk in g ab o u t, b u t
I knew she w as try in g to p ersu ad e th e
; young m an to go In and g et a re st or
som ething to eat. H e d em u rred fo r
Neil A ppleton, a y oung A m erican who som e tim e, th e n yielded to her. T h a t
h a d been to th e p an -E u ro p ean w a r and yielding cost him his life.
h ad been d isch arg ed as unfit fo r serv
"I reckon he h ad been to o u r lines fo r
ice on a c co u n t o f w ounds, re tu rn ed inform ation an d w as c a rry in g it to th e
to h is hom e in M aine w ith a Belgian C onfederates. M ounting m y h o rse I
bride. A ppleton w as th e g ra n d so n of rode dow n to a low er em inence f a r th e r
n o rth w a rd to w a rd R ichm ond, w h e re I
a G. A. R. m an. an d y oung ’10 was
could see th e house he w as in m uch
sw ap p in g sto ries with* old '(51.
m ore plainly a n d w a ite d fo r him to
"T h e only d ifference betw een you and com e ou t to ride on. I d id n ’t h av e to
m e. g ra n d fa th e r.” sa id Nell, “is th a t in w a it long, l i e soon a p p e are d , his m o th
m y case th e 1 com es before th e <’>. while e r on one side of Jiim nikl th e g irl on
in y o u rs th e 0 Is before th e l. Come: the other. H e kissed his m o th e r a n d th e n
tell u s a n o th e r y a rn ab o u t tigbtlng In th e girl, a n d I knew by th a t second
kiss th a t th ey w ere lovers. It w a sn ’t
V irg in ia.”
"T h e re’s only one y a rn I h a v e n ’t told like th e o th e r a t all. T h en he rode on
you.” said th e old m an . “a n d th a t 1 to w a rd me, looking back a n d th ro w in g
kisses w ith h is fingers.
d o n 't lik e to tell. It h as been a sad
“ I w as posted beside th e road behind
m em ory fo r m e fo r m ore th a n fifty
thick bushes. As soon a s lie cam e w ith
y e a rs.”
in pistol ra n g e I called out:
All in sisted on h ea rin g th e sto ry , and
“ ‘H a lt! H a n d s u p !’
th e old m an continued: " I’ll no t m ake
" H e k new he w a s covered by som e one
m uch o f a y a r n ou t of it. I'll cu t it he couldn’t see a n d obeyed th e order,
sh o rt. As you know , I w a s on scout though he to ld m e a f te rw a rd t h a t if
ing serv ice d u rin g th e p e n in su la r cam he could h a v e seeu m e lie w ould h av e
paign. One d a y I w as re stin g on neu opened fire in stead . 1 d isa rm e d him
tra l ground. I w as on a hillside fn y n e n d d ro v e 1dm before m e to one of om*
w h e re I could look dow n on a road outposts, w h e re h e w as sea rch e d a n d
ru n n in g b etw een M cC lellan’s an d G en in fo rm atio n of th e u tm o st im portance
eral L ee’s arm ies. W hile I w as looking w as found on him . H e tu rn e d ou t to
dow n on th is ro ad I sa w n m an on be a C o n fed e rate so ld ier an d , being hi
h o rseb ack rid in g In th e direction o f th e citizen's d re ss, fulfilled all th e condi
C o n fed erates. I t stru c k me th a t he tio n s o f a spy.
h a d been In o u r lines and w as going
"W ell, he w as tided by d ru m h ead
to w a rd th e C o n fed e rate lines. Being c o u rt m a rtia l a n d sen ten ced to be
o u t fo r In fo rm atio n m yself, I w as ready hanged. B efore he w as executed he
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w rote a le tte r to Ids m o th er a n d one
to ids sw e e th e a rt. I w as o rd ered to d e
liver them . I'd r a th e r h av e been h a n g
ed m yself th a n obey tlie order. B u t I
had no choice. B esides, som e o ne m u st
take the letters, an d I h ad to do i t be
cause I knew th e lo cation of th e house.
“ I ca rried also th e n ew s th a t th e son
and lover h id been ex ecu ted fo r a spy.
D on't ask uie to d esc rib e th e deliv ery
of tills n ew s a n d th e le tte rs, fo r it
b re ak s m e tip even to tills day. T h is
is the last, tim e I sh all tell th e sto ry .”
Y oung A ppleton a n d his bride looked
n t each o th e r a t th e conclusion o f th e
n a rra tiv e , th e n su d d en ly w ere locked
in each o th e r’s arm s. T h e re w a s a
sto ry betw een th em sim ila r to th e one
th a t h ad been told, b u t w hich h a d re
su lted differently. A ppleton, h a v in g
relished sco u tin g service, v o lu n teered
to go h u n tin g fo r in fo rm atio n in te r r i
to ry th a t h ad been co n q u ered by th e
G erm an s. W ith in th a t te rrito ry w ns
th o hom e o f th e B elgian girl w h o m he
la te r m arrie d an d b ro u g h t to A m erica.
A ppleton h a d so u g h t a place o f re s t
a n d re fre sh m e n t in th e house, fo r he
k n ew th a t a n y B elgian w ould h a rb o r
him . n e w as e a tin g a su p p e r p re p a r
ed fo r him w hen a com pnny o f u h la n s
rode up to th e house. T lielr com
m a n d e r d ism o u n ted a n d en tered . Ap
ORE.
pleton had no tim e to ev ad e th e ollicer
and, n o t being ab le to give an acco u n t
of him self, w as arrested . On his iter-
son w e re sk etch es of G erm an w orks,
an d d e a th sta re d him in th e face.
W hen he w as tak en a w a y th e girl fol
low ed, an d w hen th e u h lan s w ent Into
a d eserted house w ith tlielr p riso n er
fo r th e n ight she set fire to It. T his
g av e A ppleton a chance for hls life.
D u rin g th e confusion w hen tho u h lan s
aw nkened, encircled In tlumes, th e ir
prisoner, who w a3 w ide a w a k e an d
prepared, got o u t into tho d ark n ess,
w as Joined by hls d eliv erer, a n d tho
tw o disappeared to g eth er
“G ra n d fa th e r.” said th e young m an ,
“th e re ’s n lot of difference betw een n
m an having a girl to help him a n d one
w ho h a s n 't If th e girl In y o u r ease
h ad known th at her lover wns in d a n
g er of lielng tak en your sto ry m ight
h av e ended differently."
-**1 wish she had." su'd th e old m an.
“ I w ouldn't have been loaded w ith tho
rem em brance of th e trag ed y I had
caused."
“ You did only y o u r d u ty .”
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