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THE WINGHAM TIMES JUNE 13, 1907.
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• ie naa struck a troop or uonrederate
soldiers, turned and fled. All this hap-
pened so quickly that no one but Beau-
mont and the three bandits had an op-
portunity to take a hand in the fight.
;When there were no more guerrillas for
the captain to kill, he went shyly back
to Tack, who had witnessed his feat,
'looking like a schoolboy who had done
'penance for 'a fault and wanted for-
givenese. But Jack turned her back
OR him.
When the firing began, with one
bound, disguised and begrimed as 1
was, I cleared my window. When
Itingold fell, I was joined by the other
members of our party from the houses.
Buck had blackened himself for a ne-
gro, and it was he who had answered
Ringold's questions. Helen and Ginger
bad hidden without disguise. The peo-
ple
eaple of the town, one man and eight wo-
men, besides children, rushed into the
road. I knew well that the absence of
the guerrillas was but temporary; that
they would soon come down on us in a
body.
"We have no time to lose," I cried.
"We must get away at once."
"Where?"
"Anywhere."
Turning to the townspeople, I asked
if they could furnish a conveyance.
"I've a horse and wagon in my shed,"
said the smith.
"Out with it, quick!"
Every one of us took a hand in bar -
messing the team, and in three minutes
by the clock we had finished. Then
we all tumbled in, except Jack, who
declared she would never leave her
friend, Captain Ringold. There was
•no time to bandy words, so I took her
up and tossed her into the wagon,
where she fell in a heap. Rising or
her knees, she shook her clinched dsi
:at me and cried to the wounded guer-
rilla that she would come back to him
as soon as she could get away. Mean-
while the blacksmith was driving us
.clown the road, belaboring his horse
with the stump of an old whip.
CHAPTER XKI.
A STERN CHASE.
STRAIGHT•road lay before us
to Decherd, a few miles dis-
tant. The place was of too
great importance for the guer-
rillas to dare enter, and if we could
reach it before they could catch us we
should be safe.
"How much is your horse worth?" I
.asked the blacksmith.
"A matter o' saxty dollars."
"If you kill him by hard driving, I'll
give you a hundred, and if you get us
to Decherd before the outlaws can
catch us I'll make it a hundred more."
"Weer, noo, 1 don't want to be hard
on a mon flyin for his life and wimmen
folk too. I'll do the best I can and ask
mo money."
With that be belabored the poor
horse's flanks with the stump of his
whip and sent him galloping onward.
There *ere no springs to the wagon,
but we valued our lives too well to
•draw rein at rut or stone.. At one part
of the road I feared that if we did not
check our pace we would break a
,wheel and be left with no means to
get on save our legs. I cautioned the
driver to slacken his pace; but, hearing
or fancying he heard the clattering ot
horses' hoofs behind, without a ward
from me he applied the lash. Now we
bounded into the air and now we were
tossed together like dice in a boa.
"Git oop, ye critter!" cried the black-
smith, mingling Scotch and Tennessee.
"Don't ye know ye're graggin bonny
Teddies flyin for their lives?" And
down came the butt of the whip. It
was harrowing to see a horse forced to
give his life to save ours, but our situ-
ation was too critical to warrant any
slackening of speed. Jack, who of all
lour force was usually most frightened
at danger ahead and would fight it
most vigorously when face to face with
It, for once acted in reverse at seeing
the poor brute making leaps that were
killing him.
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"Stop beating that horse, you brute,"
she cried, "or I'll beat you 1" And she
sprang forward to seize the whip, I
caught her in my arms. She looked up
into my face and burst into tears.
Whether it was wholly sympathy or
overstrained nerves 1 did not know;
probably both. At any rate, I protect-
ed her from the jolting by keeping her
in my arms, while she hid her face so
that she could not see the suffering
horse.
"Jack," said Buck, "you're nothin
but a baby."
"Shut up, yo' little nigger!" she cried.
I could not repress a smile at the re-
tort, seeing which, Jack realized the
absurdity of it all and broke into a
laugh, while the tears continued to run
down her cheeks.
"Won't yo' let me support yo' against
the jolting?" asked Captain Beaumont
ruefully.
"Yo'?" Do yo' suppose I'd let yo'
touch me? Yo' shot my best friend."
"Do yo! dislike me fo' shooting a
robber?" asked her admirer sadly.
"I hate yo'."
Beaumont settled down in a corner of
the wagon in despondency. After
awhile Jack slid down beside him,
whereupon he suddenly lighted up and
took ns much interest In our flight as
any one of the party.
We were a wild looking load to the
few people who passed us. Whenever
we saw a farm wagon coming or going
we would shout to its driver to get out
of the way, They must have supposed
our horse to be a runaway, for every
one quickly turned aside. There are
pictures of that ride which I can see
today, so vividly were they stamped
on my memory. An old man with his
hands en the handle,of bis plow gaped
tiri•ough Iron rimmed spectacles, a wo-
man in a check gown and sunbonnet
stopped trimming plants in her gar-
den and stood with the shears in her
hand to gape at us as if we were a
party of witches who had lit on the
earth from the moon and were making
eeadv to take to the sky again. Ne-
groes, cnlluren, country lads, raced the
road as we passed and stood wonder
stricken till we were out of sight.
Coming to a rise in the ground where
we could look to our rear for perhaps a
mile, we were terror stricken to see a
man shoot around a bend in the road at
a gallop. In a moment another follow-
ed. We could not see if there were
any more, for we passed over the sum-
mit. Not far below a milestone told _
us that it was one mile to Decherd.
"One mile to their two. Can we not
do it, driver?" I asked quickly.
The only answer was another "Git
cop!" and renewed hammering on the
horse's rump. The eyes of all were
strained to the rear, watching to see
just what chance there was from time
to time between life and death, while
I examined the carbines, which we had
taken care to bring with us, to discov-
er if they were in good condition. At
every rise we could see either one or
more men coming like the wind. They
IVe could see either one or more men com-
ing like the wind.
had evidently caught sight of us and
were straining every nerve to catch us
before we reached Decherd. I told the
blacksmith to lay it on hard, well
knowing that between us and, our pur-
suers was only the life of his horse.
He was raising his whip when the
horse stumbled and fell, pitching most
of us out of the wagon, fortunately on
soft ground. Getting up and running
to the prostrate animal, I found him
stone dead.
We were still a quarter of a mile
from the town, and the guerrillas
would be on us in a jiffy. Calling to
the others to help, I turned the wagon
across the road and directed all to take
position behind it. Distributing the
guns, we waited the coming of the ad-
vance of our enemies. Three men, pret-
ty near together, catching sight of us,
drew rein and waited for their com-
rades. Others soon came up, and I
counted seven melt preparing to charge
us. I was about to give an order as to
the firing when l heard an exclamation
from Ginger:
"Bress de Ladwdl"
Turning, I saw d troop of cavalry
carrying the stare and stripes riding
leisurely Prom the town. I fired a shot
to attract their attention. Suddenly
they seemed to take in the Situation.
Y heard the sharp word of command
and saw them coming at a gallop.
Glancing at the guerrillas, I saw them
vanishing in the distance.
"Saved!" I cried.
"De bressed Lawd be t'ankedi" shout-
ed Ginger.
"Got darn It," said Buck, "ef I'd 'a'
had a shot I'd 'a' plunked one of'cm!"
"By Jove," retpparked Beaumont, star
Ing at the approaching troopers, "I'm
a prisoner!"
There was a puff of smoke among the
retreating guerrillas, the crack of a
carbine, and Jack fell into Helen's
arms.
Never was the pleasure of bard earn-
ed success more cruelly dashed at the
moment of triumph. We bad fought
these fiends off for days, we had es-
caped from them to a coveted protec-
tion, and now, at the last moment, they
had struck us severely. Jaqueline lay
on the grass, her bead and shoulders
resting on Helen's arm, who stanched
the blood which flowed from a wound
111 her side. I bent over her with a
groan. Captain Beaumont for a mo-
ment seemed fired to chase the man
wlio had shot her. then joined those
about the wounded girl, muttering im-
precations on the guerrillas and in-
coherently begging us to save his little
Jaqueline.
"A. surgeon!" I cried to the troopers,
who were sitting on their horses look-
ing on. "Some one go for a surgeon."
"Ride quick!" said the captain in
cotnmaud, turning to the man nearest'
him, "and bring a doctor and a con-
veyance from the town." Then to an
officer: "Lieutenant, follow those men,
and don't come back till you have cap-
tured every one of them. Take 20 men
with the best horses. With fresh
mounts you cau run them all down."
A man dashed off toward the town
and 20 more after the retreating guer-
rillas. Jack lay with her head on
Helen's shoulder, her eyes closed, her
face white as a cloth, we all about her,
dreading every moment that the life-
blood would run otit. Presently she'
opened her eyes, looked about her, then
fainted away.
"Orn, my God!" cried Beaumont, "she's
gone!"
"Keep off," cried Helen, "and give
her air."
"Jack," cried Buck. terrified at her
ghastly appearance, "wake up!"
I, with a soldier's knowledge of the
thirst of a wounded person, dashed
away in a hunt for water. 1 found a
well in a yard on the outskirts of the
town and, drawing the staple to the
ebain that held a tin cup, brought a
plentiful supply. Helen was still sup-
porting her cousin. Buck was striding
about nervously, with his hands thrust
down into bis pockets, while Captain
Beaumont was kneeling, his eyes peer-
ing into Jack's as though by his gaze
he would hold the life that he dreaded
was ebbing away. I sprinkled water
in her face, and she opened her eyes,
looking about her as if unable to under-
ttaud her surroundings.
"What's the matter?"
Curiously enough, the words were the
same as those I had first heard her ut-
ter when, wounded, I reclined on a
sofa at her home.
"You're hurt, Jack," said Helen.
"Am I going to die?"
"Oh, no, dear. I hope not"
"Don't die," said Beaumont in a bro-
ken voice. "Don't leave me. I couldn't
bear it."
She looked up into his face sadly. "I
have been a bad girl' to yo', captain,
Forgive ipe."
"Forgive you? I love even your harsh
Words."
"Oh, Helen," she said, "I hope I won't
die!"
"You won't, surely, Jack."
"Because if I do I can't dance any
mo' fo' the colored people. Who'll look
out fo' 'em, Helen? Papa's away, and
no one else cares fo' 'em as he and I
do."
"They'll have you with them for
many a year, Tack."
An open wagon appeared In the road
and drove up beside us. A doctor with
a satchel in his hand got down and ap-
proached Jaqueline. Making a hasty
examination of the wound, he ban-
daged it, then told us to lift her into
the vehicle. The seats, except the front
one, had been removed and their cush-
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kets, and I smoothed them over the
cushions, making a comparatively com-
fortable bed. We placed little deck up-
on It. llelen got in with her, and, the
rest of us walking beside, the cavalry
acting as escort, we bore her to the
town and lodged her in a room in the
main hotel of the piace.
We found the to vn agog with news
of the first day's battle at Pittsburg
Landing, and f knew that my general
would hold himself ready 'to co-operate.
I determined to join my command at
once. IIaving been assured that Jack's
wound would not prove fatal, I ar-
ranged for the transportation of the
party as soon as she could be moved,
then gathered my little force in her
room and announced my intended de-
parture.
"I must now bid farewell," I said, "to
my little army, every one of whom has
become dearer to me than life."
"Like General George Washington,"
said Buck, "sayin farewell to his ossi-
fers. There is a picture of it in my
American school history."
"Goo(by, Buck. Remember to get a
book and pencil and break yourself of
the habit of saying bad words."'
"I will, by thunder!" •
"Goodby, little girl," I said to Jack,
bending down and kissing her on the
forehead.
"Where yo' going?"
"I? Oh, I'm going away,"
Helen's eyes were gleaming. "Where
are you going?" she asked, repeating
Jack's question, though in a different
tone.
I had managed to keep my connection
with the Union army thus far a secret.
Now I knew there was no need to keel
It longer.
"To the Federal army, where I :,..
long."
The mute agony on Helen's face
what my disclosure had cost her.
tending my arms, 1 cried one w es7
"Sweetheart!"
"Renegade!" she hissed.
"Helen, dear love, hear me."
She turned her back upon me and
swept out of the room.
"i like yo' ef yo' are a Yankee," Jack
cried after me.
I left tbe hotel. my brain in a tumult.
Coming up the road was a little knot
of troopers surrounding the guerrillas
wbom they diad run down and captur-
ed. A few hours ago I would have
cried out with delight. Now they were
no more to me than if 1 saw them in a
dream.
CIIAPTER TXII.
HUNTING BIG GA1; t.
T was the morning of the llth of
April. 1302. I was nearing the
spot I occupied at the opening of
my story, where the bushwhacker
bad sought to -kill me, though •then I
was alone, while now I was with an
advancing army. Five hundred caval-
ry, a division '4f infantry and several
batteries of artillery were burrying
down the road toward the beautiful
city of Huntsville, lying, tranquil and
unsuspecting, a few miles below. The
upper edge of the sun was peering
above the horizon, gilding the crest of
the foothills of the plateau on the east,
the tree tops and the roofs of the neigh-
boring houses. The flowers, which a
fortnight before were opening, were
now in full bloom. They looked inno-
cently from the gardens beside the
road, they leaned lovingly against the
pillars of the verandas, and from vines
trailing over casements they smiled at
the rising sun, while the breath of
morning was laden with their perfume.
1t was the general's purpose to sur-
prise the city. capture the railroad ma-
chine shops and the rolling stock con-
centrated there, then make up trains
laden with troops, seize a hundred
miles of the nlemphis and Charleston
railroad on either band, thus opening
communication with tbe army at Pitts-
burg Landing on the west and paving
the way for future operations in east
Tennessee on the east. The enemy
must not be given time to move troops
to protect the city, for even should we
defeat them they would destroy the
shops and run off the rolling stock. A11
depended on celerity and secrecy.
The evening before we had bivouack-
ed ten miles north of the city. Our
scouts permitted no one to go south of
us, enfolding all they met in order that
no news of our approach could reach
the place we hoped to surprise. Two
hours before dawn the command was
aroused—not by the fife or the bugle,
but by whispering officers — and the
march was resumed with no sound
save the trend of men and horses and
the rnmble of artillery. Within a few
miles of the city detachments of mount-
ed men, armed with telegraph cutting
.and track tearing impletnents, dashed
to the left and to the right to prevent
tbe enemy from sending for troops or
running off the rolling stock. To an-
other detachment which rode among
the advance columns was assigned the
duty of seizing the telegraph office.
Boom!
Hark, a gun! It homes from the east-
ward, not half a mile distant, where
the railroad runs parallel with the
pike. Ar' i d ivin back a loco-
motive.
Artillery s r g
motive. The iron monster shrieks Iike
some wild beast that has met its death
'wound. '
Boom! ..
More whistles all along the track far
down to the south. varying in distinct-
ness frons a near, loud cry to a distant,
faintmoan,[
This is tinehunting—
stalking locomotives with cannon. Did
any South African sportsman ever
StL1ke such game or hunt with such
guns?
Boom, boom, boom! Far and near
the shotted guns speak; far and near
the metal monster's cry out in terror.
Boom!
All are bagged, except one more dar-
ing than the rest, which runs the gant-
let of artillery and with a round shot
flying through its cab speeds out of
range.
Meanwhile sashes in the houses along
the road are being raised, shutters
flung open and heads put out to learn
the cause of the commotion. As guns
boom, whistles shriek end cavalry clat-
ter along the road, followed by men
rapidly marching and artillery horses
briskly dragging the guns, many a
citizen who the night before had gone
to sleep not dreaming of a foe looks
upon the passing armed throng,
tens to the sound of the cannon and
the shrieks of the engines and wonders
if pandemonium has come.
I am drawing near the Stanfortbs'.
There is the house, with its broad ve-
randas and its peak roof. A knot of peo-
ple are at the front gate, but I am yet
too far to see who they are. Now I
can distinguish the turbaned Lib.
There is a boy perched on one of the
gate posts. It is Buck. That girl, tall
and slender, is surely Helen. As I
draw nearer hcan see Ginger, his broad
mouth stretched in a grin of pleasure
at sight of Yankee troops. A figure is
sitting in a wicker chair on the veran-
da, dark eyes flashing in a pale face.
It is Jaqueliue.
Riding up to the gate. I am out of
my saddle almost before my horse has
stopped. -Buck gives a cry and jumps
into my arms. Ginger grasps my hand.
"By jingo, Mr. Brandystone," cried
Buck, "I'm mighty glad to see your
07�G.
"Ours', 't's Bond fo' de cues t' see yo'," In-
terrupted Ginger enthusiastically.
Since I got back after fightin g'rillas
like"—
"Mars', 't's good fo' de eyes t' see
yo'," interrupted Ginger enthusiastical-
ly.
"After fightin g'rillas like a man"—
"What!
Mr. Branderstane and in the
uniform of a Federal officer!"
It was Mr. Stanforth. Ile looked at
me, surprised, then put out his hand.
But I always suspected the old man to
be at heart a Unionist.
Buck kept on. "After fightin g'rillas
like a man I come back"—
"Upon my word!"
Another of the family was express-
ing surprise to see a former guest with
the Union troops. Mrs. Stanforth look-
ed pained, but she had nursed me when
I was suffering, and her motherly feel-
ings got the better of her prejudices. I
took her hand, and she did not with-
draw it.
"I say, Mr. Brandystone," Buck now
fairly shouted, "after fightin g'rillas
like a man I come back hyar to be fol-
lered roun' by that doggone old Lib!"
It was out at last, and the boy looked
relieved. I broke away and, advancing
toward Helen, put out my hand.
She turned away from me with con-
tempt.
Fortunately at that moment I espied
little Ethel Iooking at me wistfully
and, taking her up, hid my face and
my anguish in her tresses. Then, look-
ing up, I saw that Jack was waiting
for me, and, going upon the veranda, I
took both her bands in mine.
"Yo're the only Yankee in the world
I want to see," she said enthusiastical-
ly.
"Golly!" cried Buck behind me. Turn-
ing, I saw what had surprised him—
the guerrillas riding by as prisoners.
They had been conducted to Shelby-
ville by the company of cavalry which
had captured them and were now a
part of the procession of men and
horses hurrying by. Captain Ringold
looked un at us with a melancholy
stare. He caught sight of Jack, and I
shall remember to my dying day the
sad took 1n nis'eyes as they rested for
a moment upon hers.
The advancing army moved rapidly
on and was soon a mingled mass of
guns and horses in the distance. The
sun touched bayonets and flags flashed
for an instant, then were lost in a turn'
in the road. The region which had so
suddenly been enlivened relapsed into
the (itllet of the country.
Jaqueline begged me to go igto the
heuse. I declined. Mr. Stanforth add-
ed his invitation.
"Thank you, Mr. Stanforth, but I
must rejoin my regiment at once. This
is no time for me to be absent"
"You shall come in long enough to
drink one glass of wino to show that
you are our friend." I saw that he
would be not only hurt, but, with his
strong southern impulse, angered if I
refused, and I reluctantly consented to
spare a few minutes to liledge eny for.,
mer host.
1 entered the house supporting Jabs
and was turning Into the Minim
where 1 had passed my time while
wounded, when cd. w len ,sacs: guided me Into
the parlor opposite. Helen left us and
went into the library. Jib came in
bearing a decanter and glasses. I
drank to the host and the assembled
company, Promising that during the
occupation by the Union forces I would
use my influence to gain them every
favor and protection. I had drafned
my glass and, setting it down. was
about to go out to mount my horse
when IIelen came out of the library
and crossed the hall, band in band
with an officer in Confederate uni-
form. His forehead was bound with a
handkerchief, be walked with difficul-
ty and, I judged, had been severely
wounded. Jack sprang forward and
seized tbe other hand.
"Major Branderstane," said Helen,
"my brother."
Great God! Before me stood—my en-
emy!
As at night by a flash of lightning
one may see for an instant a landscape
distinct in all its details, so I saw again
the events of the night of the massa-
cre. There were the flashing shotguns,
the soldiers coming down the hill, a
figure with garments streaming in the
wind running to me for protection.
And now before me stood the man with
the smoking pistol. Involuntarily I put
my hand to my revolver.
"I am your prisoner, sir," he said
quickly. "You do not need your weap-
on."
Helen's eyes flashed. "Would you
shoot an unarmed man?"
Jack, mute with terror, staggered to
the gray clad figure and clung to it,
her expressive eyes bent on me, a min-
gled flame of reproach and wrath,
My band rested on my holster. I
moved not, spoke not, but stood star-
ing at the group that stared at me.
This man, whom I had been hunting to
kill, whom Helen had stimulated me to
pursue, against whom she bad even
'voluntarily pledged herself to aid me
in my revenge, had now suddenly ap-
peared as her brother.
"I was wounded," said the officer,
"at Fort Donelsou and was brought
here to my father's house. I am unable
to endure the fatigue of flight; there-
fore I am compelled to surrender."
"Cnptain Stanforth, I have been
bunting for you for months."
"Me?"
"You."
"What for?"
A bush came over all. as if about to
listen to a sentence of death.
"To kill you."
There was a brief murmur among
those looking on. then they stood
breathless, waiting for the next scene
in what promised to be a tragedy.
Only Helen knew what my words
meant. I saw a spasmodic quiver pass
over her as I had seen death touch a"
comrade who had been shot in battle.
(To be continued.)
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iginal is Da. FOWLER'S. The rest are sub.
stitutes.
Mrs. G. Bode, Lethbridge, Alfs,,
writes : "We have used DR. Foweraret
EXTRACT OF WILD STRAWBERRY and
found it a great remedy for Diarrhoea,
Summer Complaint and Cramps. We
would not like to be without it in, the
house."
Rev. Dr, Watson, better known as
"Ian Maclaren," whose death was am
pounced this week, was capable of a
tolerable pun when a suitable opportun-
ity offered. His opportunity marred
at a dinner party to which several other
well-known literary men had been in-
vited. When in doe time the coffee and
cigar stage was reached, the oonveratt.-
tion turned by change on the art of
punning, The anther of "Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush" ventured to assert
that he would undertake to make at
least as passable a pun as anybody else
in the room, The challenge was taken
up. Thereupon "Ian Molaren" assumed
a thoughtful expression and appeared
wrapped in thought. "Come along,
Watson," exclaimed Mr. hall Caine,
who was one of the guests, "we're ell
waiting." Quick a thought the nimble -
witted clergyman turned to his brotiuer-
anther. "Qaite so," he returned,
blandly, "but please don't be in such a.
hurricane." -Exchange.
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