Erskine Academy - Pinnacle Yearbook (South China, ME)

10 THE PINNACLE back across the river to make ready and await the signal that this point is clear to land upon. I will remain here with Captain Gareth to deliver signal." The men around the campfire dis- banded immediately, all but the spy and Captain Gareth, who remained seated, and pushed the boat into the water. Gathering up their arms they jumped into the boat and pushed ofif. Young Holcomb's mind was working rapidly. He must act immed.ately before the spy and the captain took possession of the remaining arms. As soon as he made sure the boat was out of hearing, he jumped from his con- cealment and ran between the men and the weapons before they realized what had happened. Keeping them well covered with his rifie he picked up what of the weapo.ns.he could take with him and threw .the rest into the water and then ordered them to march before him. Young Holcomb soon no- ticed them throwing meaning looks at one another which meant that they were either going to attack him or to try an escape. This was easily nipped in the bud by orders that the first who made a break would be shot down. They marched on grudgingly through the dark until they brought up sud- denly before the front door of the big brick house, where the spy and the captain were ordered to a halt and the spy, who was in the lead, was told to kick.on the door. Several times he kicked until finally he was answered by a servant. Holcomb ordered that General --Q come to the door at once with armed guards. After the case was explained the prisoners were put in a room under guards and at the time when the signals were to be sent up from the east side of the Delaware a trial for the prisoners was held. They were convicted, cne for a spy and the other for treason, and at the time when the attack was to be made on the headquarters of the Patriots, they were shot on the south side of the same building. :af Pk :sf fx- ak as Pk as And now when the winter evenings are long and cold and the wind is blow- ing the snow in all directions little Paul and Mary play around the same great fireplace that General -- was sitting beside when the kicks sounded on the front door nearly 150 years ago. And now when little Paul and Mary do something that displeases mama, the wind begins to rattle the door and mama warns them that the ghost of the spy isl coming after them if they are not good. So it is very seldom that there -are quarrels in the house where the spy was condemned to die because it has become a custom that every time the big front doors rattle the spy is there waiting for a chance to enter. LEWIS TURNER, '23. THE SKY PIRATES After the armistice was signed Eng- land and France saw the need of an aerial mail route, so both nations agreed on the location of the landing fields and construction of giant planes capable of carrying many passengers