CHAPTER XX
IN THE SHADOWS
Colonel Ashley, after a night's sleep, was about to prepare for the trip, when he thought of Darcy in jail.
"I've got to send him word," he reasoned. "No, I'll let his sweetheart take it to him. It will be all the sweeter. Here, Shag!" he called.
"Yes, sah, Colonel! Whut is it?"
"Get me an auto, Shag—any kind of car will do. I want to take a run out to Pompey where Miss Mason lives. I won't trust the telephone, and I'll have time enough before I leave for the West. Get an auto."
"Yes, sah, Colonel!" and Shag hurried down to the hotel office.
It was while getting into the machine that a message was handed the colonel. Hastily he tore the note open. It was from James Darcy and read:
"Have just been informed they are going to put me on trial to-morrow for
