Courtney's eyes widen in fear as he took a rope and tied it around her neck and knotted it. Courtney could feel it tighten."This is what will happen i...f you do not cooperate," and he pulled the rope tighter, cutting off Courtney's air supply."GGGGASSSSPPP, AAAAHHHH," Courtney's body began to jerk, attempting to escape the asphyxiation. She shuddered as she began to lose consciousness.Courtney sucked in a large breath of air, as the noose was loosened. "No, more," she cried in pain, her lungs. .." Liz was teasing, but Julie wasn't sure."Uh ... okay," she said softly."Julie, I was teasing you," Liz told her with a laugh. "You and your sisters will be all the help your momma needs. I haven't thought about it yet, but I've been wanting to go back home, so I can spend some time with Catherine, and, of course, I have to find that good looking Colonel Payne, and thank him. And that may take a while. And who knows, I may decide I like this ranch we're going to and just stay there and stay. I would look for opportunities to seek out Andy's counsel as much as possible. No matter how inconsequential, I'd bring just about everything I did to him. Finally, when Thursday arrived, I knocked on his office door, heard him call for me to come in, opened the door, and found him staring out the window at the streets of Cincinnati below. Before he had a chance to turn around, I took advantage of the moment to really get a good look at that nice, tight butt of his. I didn't understand these. They smiled at me, disarmed me and marched me to the house, leading my horse."Look what we found out in the woods," the small corporal who had captured me said to his seated officer in the home's back room."What is he?" the lieutenant asked, glancing at me and then at the men beside me."Spy," said the corporal. "He was out there watching us." Lock him up; I'm busy," said the officer with a wave of his hand, "and bring that damn woman back down here."The bigger of the two men that had captured.