"
I need not say how overjoyed I was to find this new and most
unexpected friend, and how gratefully I accepted his offer. He gave
me the street, house and number where Mary Smith lived and during
the evening we planned together exactly how the whole affair was to
be managed, from beginning to end. I went to bed, but could scarcely
sleep; and all night long I was agitated by alternate hopes and
fears for the success of the scheme of to-morrow.
CHAPTER IV.
SUCCESS WITH SARAH.
MARY SMITH AS A CONFEDERATE-THE PLOT-WAITING IN THE WOODS-THE SPY
OUTWITTED-SARAH SECURED-THE PURSUERS BAFFLED-NIGHT ON THE
ROAD-EFFORTS TO GET MARRIED-THE "OLD OFFENDER" MARRIED AT LAST-A
CONSTABLE AFTER SARAH-HE GIVES IT UP-AN ALE ORGIE-RETURN TO "BOSTON
YANKEE'S"-A HOME IN GOSHEN.
It was Saturday morning, and after an early breakfast I was on the
road with Boston Yankee's fast horse; towards Easton. On my arrival
there I had no difficulty in finding Mary Smith, who recognized me
at once, and was very glad to see me. She knew I had come there to
learn something about Sarah; she had seen her only a week ago; she
was well again, and the girls had talked together about me. This was
pleasant to hear, and I at once proposed to Mary to go to Scheimer's
and tell Sarah that I was there; I would give her ten dollars if she
would go. "O! she would gladly serve us both for nothing."
So she made herself ready, got into the buggy, and we started for
Scheimer's. When we were well on the road I said to her:
"Now, Mary, attend carefully to what I say: you will need to be very
cautious in breaking the news to Sarah that I am here; she has
already suffered a great deal on my account, and may be very timid
about my being in the neighborhood; but if she still loves me as you
say she does, she will run any risk to see me, and, if I know her,
she will be glad to go away with me.
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