HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1927.
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Harold MacGrath
Illustrated hvr Henrv Tav Lee
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Copyrigkt ly Harold MaaGrcl -HjaUaMd tlaru Auiocastar ServUX
WHO'S WHO
Jeanne Beaufort, daughter of a Vir
ginian, nwearn vengeance against tke
North for the deaths of her father
and two brothers in the Civil War.
She Is enrolled as a spy for the Con
federate government and instructed
to use the wiles of her sex to bring
rarson John Kennedy, a Union spy,
within the power of the South. Dig
covered in the act of spying upon the
group of Secret Service agents of
whom Kennedy is the leader. Jeanne
is given the alternative of death or
marriage to one of their number.
They are all masked, but Jeanne re
jects one volunteer and chooses an
other of the eleven as her husband.
To herself, she calls him Irony. Par
son Kennedy performs the ceremonv
and the bride and groom, ignorant of
each other names and she not even
knowing what he looks like, sign the
marriage certificate as "Mary Smith"
ana "John Jones." As witnesses the
group sign as follows:
John Kennedy, D.D.
C-WG-L H-RD-M
P-PA-G
J-NK-P
F-BN-S '
W-BE-H
her bound and disap-
A-NK-S
G-RD-A
J-WG-A
F-WG-S
They leave
pear.
Henry Morgan, a Southern officer
and spy for the Confederacy, is in
love with her but she rejects his ad
vonces. One day getting a letter
cigned "your husband," Jeanne real
izes that her identity is known. Dis
guising herself with a brown wig and
staining her face, Jeanne assumes the
Mine of
Alice Trent, and goes to Baltimore
to carry on her work. She is un
aware that a real "Alice Trent" lives
in Baltimore.
John Armitage, a Union officer, res
cues Jeanne from a drunken man
Jeanne induces Morgan to abduct
Kennedy so that she may question
him about the names on the certificate
rind about a curious tattoo mark on
the arm of the man she married. Arm
itnge reseues him, but Jeanne escapes.
She sees placards announcing a re
ward for her capture, "dead or alive."
General Armitage, father of the
Captain, is discussing plans for the
final campaign against Richmond
when Jeanne, attempting to steal
them, is captured. Though she is in
boy's clothes, Captain Armitage rec
ognizes her, but says nothing, and she
is bound to face a firing squad in the
morning.
Armitage helps Jeanne escape and
she makes her way back to her home.
It is now the center of a Confederate
encampment. Sentries bring word
that a Union spy is on the grounds.
Chapter VIII
Supposing it were Armitage,
thought Jeanne; to act would be to
send to his death the man she loved.
She could not do it, a thousand times
nol
She knew no sleep that night. She
spent the hours listening, lisetning.
She imagined footsteps; she saw
Armitage running the gauntlet of fire;
she saw him totter and fall. . . .
What was that?
In the garret above something
heavy had clattered to the floor. She
waited, holding her breath. She made
up her mind quickly.
If this man proved to be Armitage,
he should go free; her debt would be
paid. If it was a man she did not
recognize, well, he would have to pay
the penalty.
She tiptoed to the door silently,
and waited. A stair creaked. He
was coming down. Fearlessly she
seized the knob and flung the door
open,
A man's body plunged against hers.
Her revolver exploded harmlessly.
The spy dashed Jeanne aside, leap
ed through a window and was gone.
A shot broke the silence; then
came another shot, followed by warn
ing cries. A third shot seemed to
settle things, for after that all be
came oppressively still.
Jeanne, a hand pressing down the
thundering throbs of her heart, ran
downstairs. She had not Been the
man's face!
In the garden she espied a group
of officers and men looking down at
something which lay quietly at their
feet.
"What has happened?"
"The Yankee, Miss Beaufort," said
one of the officers. "We .got him on
the third shot." . He held the lantern
close to the fallen man's face.
The stub of joy drove a sigh past
1'cr lips. It was not Armitage. Yet
the face was oddly familiar to her.
Where had she seen it before? Yes,
yes, now she remembered. It was a
(ivilian Morgan had been forced
through politeness to introduee to
her one night in Richmond.
"We found this in his pocket, Miss
Beaufortl"
It was her own photograph, the one
that had stood on the dresser. She
was puzzled. They showed her a
dispatch in cipher that was as much
of a mystery to her as to the others.
But the four capital letters at the bot
tom of the dispatch G-RD-AI One
of the eleven!
Jeanne rolled back the sleeve of
the man's left arm. There it was, the
dreaded unforgettable circle with the
strange device in the center.
She was free! For there, at her
feet, lay the man with the devil's
banter, the man she had married!
Parson Kennedy leaned against the
side of the window and looked across
Pennsylvania Avenue. The man at
the desk asked :
"Are you keeping an eye on Arm
itage?" "I am keeping two eyes on him.
He doesn't keep many secrets from
me."
"Could you put your hand on Mor
gan's shoulder?"
'You mean arrest him as a Bpy?j through th etrap at once. "Call at
As easily as that," said Kennedy,
snapping his fingers. "But if we
spring him, we lose a more valuable
quarry. Armstrong could have han
dled them both, poor lad."
you know where Armstrong
inside the enemy's
Do
died?
"Somewhere
'ines.
"At the home of Jeanne Beaufort,'
said the other gazing curiously at
the broad back of his friend.
Kennedy whirled around. "Jeanne
Beaufort's home? G-RD-A died
there? . . . They ere paring us
down. Fogarty has been hanged,
and Shmidt; Henderson has died of
exposure; Skinner's been shot; and
now comes Armstrong. And you tell
me he died at Jeanne Beaufort's!''
"You say that Armitage Ims no
secrets from you?" asked the man at
the desk.
"I repeat it."
"Who is Alice Trent?"
"Alice Trent?" Kennedy blinked.
"Why, so far as I know, she is a
young woman from Baltimore, at
present living with the Caldwells, a
family inclined to sit on the fence.
The Trents are of an old stock in
Baltimore, of established loyalty."
"Armitage calls there quite fre
quently."
"What of that?"
"Well, Morgan has called two or
three times."
"Morgan goes everywhere."
"We are laying a trap for Morgan
to-day, merely to open Senator X's
eyes, lhe President is to entrust to
the care of Senator X some valuable
papers at four. We have spread the
rumor quietly that these documents
relate to the munition stores. You
will escort the messenger from the
White House to the Senator s. Mor
gan is his private secretary, as you
know."
Kennedy began to rub his palms
together in pleasurable anticipation.
"Morgan knows the combination to
the Senators dispatch box. But if
those are bogus dispatches, we'll lose
him
'That's exactly what we wish to do.
We want him out of the Senators
house, in the open. There are lots
of men who'd be happy if a scandal
popped up in the Senator's home. If
the documents do what we hope they
will, Morgan will never cross the Sen
ator's threshold again. Parson, those
documents are his indictment. That's
the joke. If he purloins them and
reads, he'll go into hiding; but he
will not leave Washington at this
time. If he doesn't go into the dis
patch box, then we'll have to try some
other method."
"You are taking great risks,"
grumbled Kennedy.
"Sooner or later, he'll hang. Go to
Baltimore to-morrow. Come back as
soon as you can. For Armitage's sake
I hope there's nothing to my idea. If
there is anything off-color, I'm sure
that the boy is innocent. Ordinarily
it would be water off a duck's back.
But he's under a cloud. And if you
warn him, there'll be trouble for
ycu. '
"I'll not warn him. But if Morgan
succeeds in getting South, I'll never
forgive you."
"Rest easy on that score. That's
all."
Kennedy went away somewhat dis
turbed. What new coil had the boy
sprung about his feet?
Morgan left Senator X's at ten
o'clock in the evening. The Senator
saw him to the door. Immediately
Morgan returned through the garden
window which he had left open and
was in the act of lifting the lid on
the dispatch box, when the portieres
rattled on the poles and the Senator
himself, with candle in hand, ap
peared. Morgan sprung, bore the elder
bakward, toppled him to the floor,
bundled the dispatches into his pock
et, and ran all the way to his lodg
ings. There he burned what papers
he had, saving only his various pass
es, and fled to another part of the
town.
The room he entered was rather
bare. He lighted the candle and
placed the scaled documents before
him. One by one he broke the seals.
He stared entranced. Suddenly he
jumped to his feet, furious.
Fooled, tricked! He swore. He
ripped these cynical indictments into
tatters. They had played with him,
Henry Morgan, as they would have
played with a tyro!
He laughed shortly. Clever, devil
ishly cleverl They had gotten rid
of him without dragging the Senator
through hte trap at once. "Call at
dal, a thing every sympathizer would
have hailed with delight.
"Devil take them all I Well, the
game's up. But Parson Kennedy, and
you, John Armitage, watch out. I'm
a masterlcss man from now on. I'll
never leave Washington until I see
you both dead! Jeanne Beaufort is
mine, mine!"
He rolled up his sleeve and stared
at the symbol on his forearm. He
li ughed again as he recalled a night
he had entered Jeanne's room and
stuffed the little note in the side of
her mirror. If only he could get hold
of that certificate, to see if she had
written her name therel
Next day Morgan recounted to
Jeanne the trickery which had
brought about his downfall, and he
was keen for reprisal. He must now
remain in hiding, but he would man
age to keep In communication with
her. Besides, he had some news for
her he could not put on paper.
Ho was determined to attack Par
son Kennedy first. And this fell in
with Jeanne's plan agreeably. Parson
Kennedy knew, and torture should
wrest the secret from him.
When Parson Kennedy got out of
bed the next morning he found an
interesting note under his doorsill.
He was a wise old hawk, for he saw
Number Nine Black Street to-night
at ten if you would learn the truth
about Jeanne Beaufort."
"H'umph! This smells strongly of
my old friend Morgan. We've nipped
his claws, but we must draw his teeth
to be rid of him."
He found Captain Armitage reading
a letter identically the same as his
own.
"It's a trap, son plain as day."
"But suppose we take a look at it?"
suggested Armitage.
"All right. We'll go to Number
Nine to-night. Forewarned is fore
armed. I'm kind of curious myself.
If the house doesn't look right, why,
we can shy off."
The block in which Number Nine
was situated was practically desert
ed. Kennedy mounted the steps and
rang the bell. Then things began to
happen. Men dashed out of the door,
and came pouring from" the alley. By
their sudden and unexpected volley
ing, they toppled Kennedy and Armi
tage to the sidewalk.
Neither had the slightest ahance to
defend himself.
They were Bwiflty bound aid gag
ged; bundled roughly into an evil-
smelling hack and driven away. An
hour breught them to their journey's
end. They were lifted out. A cabin
stood back of the road.
They were carried inside, and a
glance was sufficient to acquaint them
with the desperateness of their situa
tion. Upon a table stood a keg of
powder, attached to which was a ten
minute fuse.
Terror first, then death!
The two men were placed in chairs
and rebound so securely that they
could move neither hand nor foot.
The men who performed this service
on completing their work solemnly
filed out.
Immediately Morgan stepped inside
the cabin, stared at his victims gloom
ily for a space then Btepped over
una relieved them of their gags.
"They say a prayer is more satis
factory if spoken aloud."
Kennedy spat grimly. He had
never asked mercy; he never would.
"Are you going to light that fuse,
Morgan?" asked Armitage.
"I am."
There was no mockery in Morgan's
eyes. He swore in his heart that this
was war, that the death of these two
r.ien was a military necessity. But
it was a ragged defense, and his con
science saw through the tatters and
voiced the truth.
"This is not war; it is murder,"
said Armitage.
"Well, what is war but murder?
You would have shot me quickly
enough. I win that is all."
Kennedy ran his tongue across his
battered lips.
"Will you ever be abie to forget us
after this night's work?" asked Armi
tage. "You are in my way."
"It is an abominable crime you are
about to commit. Take us out and
shoot us, if you will. But not this
mutilation! "
"I do not care to have you found.
I intend that you two shall vanish
from the haunts of men. John Armi
tage, Parson Kennedy adieu!"
He fired the fuse, placed the candle
on the table, bowed and backed out
of the cabin, closing the door gently.
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