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S —YTHAPPY DAYS HAPPY DAYS| a _ NEw YORK, APRIL 8, 1897. ——_— - —— Terims to Subscribers. One Uopy One Year , : : d $2.50 t'ne Uopy Six Months j : > » 1.25 One Uopy ‘lhree Months . J . 65c All remittances should be sent by express money order, P. OU. order or draft on New York to insure safety. Wa will be responsible for all money sentin this way. Postage Free. During the year 1897 HAPPpy Days will be forwarded free of poatage, to onr subscribers, which will enable all our readers residing in remote parts of the country to receive their favorite journalatalowrate. Address FRANK TOUSEY, P. O. Box 2730 34 and 36 North Moore Street, N. Y. NOTICE. Those of our readers who wish any of the back num- bers of HMWAPPY DAYS and cannot procure them from their newsdealer, can, by sending tous, secure any back number they desire, ati cents per copy. —- CUBA! 32 mS CUBA! Br _—- CUBA! Be A New CUBAN STORY, By Gaston Garne, IN No. 131. SEE TITLE IN NEXT NUMBER. ee = Parlor Organs, HIGH GRADE BICYCLES, ‘Kombi’ Cameras AND —— FLAG BUTTONS ARE GIVEN AWAY BY Happy Days. See 16th Page. HAPPY DAYS | I$ NOVEL AND ORIGINAL | = 5. | Everything It Does. KOMBI CAME: — The following is a list of the | five readers who sent us | the largest number of Happy Days Premium Coupons, | published in Number 124 of | Happy Days, in the Kombi| ee A WINNERS! | | ' : lying in the street. [This story commenced in No, 127.) The Spy of Spuyten Duyvil;'% THE BOY WITH A CHARMED LIFE. *-& A STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SS By RALPH MORTON, Author of\*‘ Rupert of Roanoke,” ** The Dead Shot Rangers,” “ The Girl He Left © } Behind,” “ Percy Greville,” “The Rapidan Rangers,” etc., etc., etc. CHAPTER VII. _2 30 AM I, MY LORD!” Jared went up and joined the crowd just | He was in a terribly battered condition, WHEN the seamen rushed upon the dis- | and his clothes had fared badly, too. He guised sergeant they fully believed they | was also ina towering rage. were protecting the apple girl from a brute. **Oh, the meddling idiots!” he cried, in They had heard her scream and saw her|his wrath, ‘‘She was a spy in disguise—a Sn Ss _ > = / ton — . = = a - Uf, I : < <S / 7 4 a“ 2 JAREDS RUSEIN PASSING THE BRITISH PICKETS ~<a emanates (HLA fy il = || = 4! ‘“ WERE’S SOME BREAD AND VENISON,” SHE SAID, HANDING HIM A PACKAGE, THE NOTE AGAIN.” HIS VOICE WAS 80 LOW SHE COULD NOT RECOGNIZE IT. as the sergeant was getting upon his feet. | } ——— = - =. ; j4 es ° - = =7 : — ‘ > — HE TOOK IT, AND THEN WHISPERED; SHE HANDED HIM THE NOTE, ‘* ‘Yes, and I had him cornered again just awhile ago, and fools had to help him get | ‘* Well, it seems he is making a fool of you,” remarked the soldier, ‘‘I’d quit and go back to the mess if I were you. You don’t seem to know how to catch a spy.” Again the crowd laughed, and the old man with the stoop chuckled as heartily asanyofthem. But no one seemed to no- tice him, and he soon moved about like one accustomed to do so every day. The sergeant went at once to the com- mandant of the post and made his report. ‘** In the lines again disguised as an apple girl, eh?’ said the provost, ‘‘ You never seem able to arrest him, sergeant.” ‘* It won't happen again, sir. I missed him before because two soldiers interfered. This time a dozen sailors took a hand in it. The next time I see him I'll call out the army and navy.” ** ‘You may get him then.” jryyr iy i Hil itt itil j { iil Piedad | | | af. BEeLaeatagl | j i peal il CULL AEDLOAUIETN POR PERRET ES SEREE ES! hile adi til | eEEPEGEatoRL. 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He was knocked ‘‘T had nothing to do with it,” said one down, disarmed and beaten, kicked and| man, a citizen, “but I saw it all. You thumped till he was more dead than alive. | can’t make me believe that apple girl was Then the seamen dispersed and left him | a man,” and he shook his head. Some of them looked ‘*‘Nor me, either,” said another. “I around for theapple girl, but she was gone. | think I know a woman when I hear her They did not expect her to stay there after| scream. I have a wife and daughters.” the treatment she had received, so they re- The crowd laughed at and jeered him, turned to their ships to avoid trouble with | and he grew more violent in his denuncia- the authorities, conscious that they hadj| tion of the men who interfered with him, done that which was right and proper un-| His language was more forcible than polite, der the circumstances, ‘* My friend, one would think you were In the meantime the young spy had gone| a rebel from the way you swear at the into an alley upin the next block, to get| king’s seamen. How do we know you are out of sight of those who had seen him, | not one?” : In the rear of one of the buildings was an| ‘‘ Yes—how do we know!” cried a half copgee house. He darted into that and| dozen at once. ‘“*‘ You may be one—the hastily proceeded to make a change in his| spy himself, for all we know.” disguise. Ile dropped the dress and bon-| ‘ Youcan find out if you want to know,” net and appeared in the garb of an old| Duncan retorted, What better os could | man—the rebel Spy of Spuyten Duyvil—| C Camera Contest which ended | man. | sy facial contortion and a stoop he had the appearance of a man of sixty. n FEBRUARY 27th. | old hat that came down almost over his a: of Cantidad | ears added much to the venerable air of Name and Address. Leo Lutz, 1,208 Michigan Street, Buffalo, ae 4 his disguise, In less than five minutes he was out on _N. s Stein ‘Avenue, Ocean 40 | the street again, minus basket, dress and Ww. pine vey ere es Pee ee seg et hoy ee y vary stoop and a touch r AN . at ; ; : ‘lyn, N. ¥..... 27 | Of lumbago in his baek, A. Ellis, 408 13th Street, Brooklyn alifoux & **I’ll go back and see how the sergeant Banks Ormond, careof J. L. Ch | LJ ; Co., Birmingham, Ala..........--+e+ee9+: 26 | fared,” he remarked to himself, Albert Topp, Fort Plain, N. Y......-+++-+++: 24; Quite a crowd had gathered about the sergeant as he pulled himself together. He THE NEXT NUMBER J hadn’t a friend among theth, for as each man came up he was told what had hap- Will contain the names of the Five! pened, and the comment, “Served him Camera Winners for the week right!” immediately followed the infor- > ending March 6th. mation, oeeeenvvee ahoe eee Seer eee be eeeeweatoeerrr- Lae ae eevesc ee Cte eer rere? Fee errr “IT am too old to bother about such things. Were I as young as you are, I would have the king’s uniform on my back and a musket in my hands, instead of go- ing about in citizen’s clothes, and talking as you do,” ‘*That’s it,” cried others, ‘Give it to him. He may be a rebel himself!” Several soldiers came along who didn’t know the sergeant, and ocpres to see | what had drawn the crowd there. They soon learned what had happened, and one asked the sergeant who he was. He told them, ‘Ah! That Spuyten Duyvil spy played you a trick the other day, did he not, at the ‘Pewter Mug’ tavern?’ said the soldier, ** 1 don’t know, sir. Thearmy didn’t get him the other night, I hear Captain Wilkes is dead, sir,’ ** Yes—killed by a pitchfork,” **Tt seems the army has done no better than I have, colonel.” “No. I'll send out the alarm for the apple girl.” n a little while the city was being searched for an Irish girl with a basket of apples. The searchers went about in twos, Two of them repaired to the ‘“ Pewter Mug” tavern, and spent the day there, Down at the Battery the old man with the woe met two of them, ‘*Have you seen an pe girl about here?” one of them asked him, ‘Yes. I saw one with some sailors a while ago going up Front street.” The two soldiers hurried off up Front — in an eager search for the ‘‘ apple girl, In the meantime he saw a party of offi- cers Of high rank approaching, e soon saw that they belonged to both army and navy. Sir Henry Clinton and Lord Howe, or [am dreaming!” muttered the spy, as he looked at the group of officers, “I'll see where they are going, anyway,” and he followed, But he didn’t have to go very far, A boat was waiting for the commander of the fleet, and Lord Howe had come down to meet it, Sir Henry had accompanied him to the water’s edge, ‘Well, good luck to you anyway,” saifil Lord Howe, extending his hand to Sir Henry, “Sorry I can’t go with you,” (Continued on page 11.) EOMIcboo GO