Pittston Gazette

              m ESTjkBLIMlKID VOl.. XI.lit. NCD- -• Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. riTTSToX. IXZRRXE CO.. 1DA.. FRIDAY, JAM WRY 27, I8!K!. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. T D i mr aw™ J\ ADVANCE. "Wliar's my-gnri "Oh, blessed childhood Mark, "tha». in moments of [x interested in snch trifling thin_ "1 have your gun here in my hand It's safe. Stand on your legs, my hoy We're going on." perhaps he would not wish t.D sponsible i»« :.-itn»u. iJnt tiie di'*ire to help his friend out of a bad fix having got into his brain, from the nature of the case it simmered there, and then boiled a little, and simmered and boiled again. Like most people of genius, Jakey was unconsc ious df his own powers, but there was one person in whom, next to Mark, he had great confidence; nau it c tlKlU in Laiuerou i' i(z oo thought il ran be identity to so uianv. At any Hail it nut been for Ixi.s assumption Mark would have applied to the captain to let a poorcounjryiiian and his little brother pass. Had |»e done so ir is quit" possible that the ttlSClo: linjfli VJ/riL ■D T 3 rlto tin :iotir.i]!» AD K 11 nC he ctiti'ml lie b4ckC him to u corner of th 1 the f II UU.uT »!CD." "I r a::d tcld him that room apart from the others fir Consulta- 5 I tion It \V3 ! lit it lonveuient place for CWjw£Urt rf ' ' M/XAU/ J for inc in leiwiu January- Jake)- stood on the ground and rubbed his ej-ea with his fists. Unco awake he was awake all over. such ;i!i important. in; charged with bC-iii^ to many favors, ami thd exigencies iDf the case did not admit of aught except the bare forms of justice. iv, I)at one men lie had deceived, surmising that he vas a refugee like themselves, would lot have betrayed him: lint Mark knew hat be-ides t his danger the officers, hav- Eg found him in such company, would ;i s]Dv \w not likelv I !W. I p III ug and press notices lie wrote back '•Whar'd v Uml voniW They moved on dowu the river toward the base of Lookout mountain, soon leaving the river margin and striking inland behind some rising ground. Finding a convenient uook in a clump of bushes wherein to leave Jakey. Mark told him to lie down and stay there while he reconnoitered to find a way to get down the river and to cross it. Mark hunted nearly all night. He could find no practicable route, lie diil not know how to proceed around Lookout mountain, and could find 110 means of crossing the Tennessee near where he was. At last, looking down from a knoll, lie could see the margin of the river at a place where the bank concealed the shore between the base of the bank and the verge of the water. But what he saw especially, ami which gladdened his heart, was a boat moored to the shore and in it a pair of oars. Going back to the place where he had left Jakey he wakened him, and together they returned to the knoll. The Iwnt was still where he had seen it. Leading the way Mark descended to the bank So intent was he upon seizing the boat that he did not think to approach cautiously. He forgot that where there was a boat with oars in it the oarsman would likely not be far away. He jumped dowu to the slanting ground below and landed in the midst o.* a party of Confederate soldiers. t Wid C it M ! " )fM rilM's Jlis First, f.frtnro antl Ho :it to him "Will you give me vour confidence i.iy man, or shall I j.roceed at random? Torlmt's pi in i. 1 i or ou He ID at ( li lie ni wr used it: It r vr. N w j Mark's heart was h» a vy as the boat in which ho sat was pulled slowly pgaiiist the current to Chattanooga. He realized that there was now no opportunity for bin wits, on which he usually lied, to \v irk. HCD was in the hands • Dulil not be released !i questioning, and he that would not tell "If you think it best, to trust me, I [jive you the word yf a Virginia gentleman that 1 will nC1t betray you. ami 1 will do all lean'fur you. I am a Fitz Hugh." •At random'." "Wl t I spoke' at the on the subject, 'I3 or Ik D ax?' The speaker arclock stage from Tie 5ie first one in the hall i-S one out of it. Ho lifficulty, owing to the ihle to "think of things *onnD t'.iihk Ik* 11 improve. anCl several came ih Ule i. hat'd irted an 1kDt PRE 53 ASiO1 ** So- } Oil. t U1O8 C COJYRTCMT, I89f2, B/ AMERICA" the eo of fi! K.T it lie v [CONTl.NUl-.D.J He began to hum a few strains of "The Suwanee River." He said this unconscious of how it would sound to a northerner. To him to be a Fitz Hugh was to be incapable of a dishonorable act. Mark [understood him perfectly: indeed his jconhsel inspired him with every confidence. - a i . I id 1 CHAPTER VTII M tD So UN could not read v sat. i fact PASSING A PICKET. "Poor devjl," said Mark to himself, •'he, too, is thinking of home. What a cursed thing war is! If ever 1 get out of this I'll do no tnore such duty. Give me an enemy face to face, bullets before me and no gibbet behind me." But he had said this many a time be- v ruitln Jured, arid was at or 1 fail- t to say of 1 Si tc and ti iOCO ture was fi C-S On l.iudit nil v ■o taken to the pro- Tlie soldiers ao v \vCTe members of ues-see regiment, but stoutt hey were deserters. They ■n men, seme of the northern-1 been impressed into the "Vvria lCi la ve head ■1 not conic in, De who were already icnovrlfi "1 would explain everything to you, captain, but my secret is not all my own. I would'be perfectly willing 10 trust my fate jn your bands if I couldi honorably do so. You will doubtless fliil in your defence, but 1 thank you for the effort yon will make." Tlie trial was of brief rlnration soldiers in whose company Mark was taken were called and testified to his having masqueraded as a stjaff officer. Knowing now that he was probably a Union spy. they would have shielded him, but they had already giVen up the secret. Mark was asked where he lived. He had entered his name ait the hotel as coming from Jasper, so he gave that placo as his residence, but when asked what county Jasper was in he could not tell. The maps he had studied, being military ma}*;, did not give the counties. Then some Tennessee soldiers were brought in—the town swarmed with them—who testified that thev lived Jasper and had never seen tlie prisoner there. The closing evidence against Mark was given by the recruiting officer with whom he had promised to enlist. Hearing tjiat a spy had lDeen taken, and suspecting it might be his premised recruit, he went to the courtroom and there recognized the prisoner. His testimony was sufficient. The court had made up its Mud Ixjfnre the) prisoner's counsel had said a word. passed this i iiie back; ]":i tells, us that the lecture hour. • He thinks that if * had "begun in time i£ ■ averted. He is going1 to or if the owners of the • treat him with more I lie  By deni I »' 1 m our peopiD conld -h«ivj fore Kvert: I "My good man," talking to the soldier, but without making any sound, "if you will go far enough from that musket you'll never get back to your *-rs who ii ■eivioc, or had enlisted for of flying to the stars and Tf lid ; the pt ••■OS! ■' jdo fripi' they could get near The I-!** $A - I ther notices that were betbovC*—•iiuuees that I had Suwanee river." lOugli to warrant au attempt. They r.«heir regiment under guard. to leaving one of them said mot /v/n "Nonsense, Mark," the sentinel seemed to say UD him; "a shot would arouse the whole picket post. Besides, if that's your game, why don't you riddle me with Jakey's shotgun?" ivere si As the kD Mar ZTic men claeped Iran ox, and Mark wns led airau between two soldier*. % written iqysell'—for X was more careful not to my feelings tliaa the man that was his sister Souri. Then came the thought that if Sonri were only there "she mought do a heap." This led Jakey up to the problem how to get her there. The problem was too difficult for his young brain to solve, so he got no further until circumstances came to his aid. or may he not have had the germs of reason within him to go further without being definitely conscious of them? who wrote V: ;t on#. "I hope you'll keep your promise." weeks,. greatly to the sur:cDso who know me, I got a teleig me my price for lecturing, •am came from a small but '1 thrifty place. I wis not my lecture yet. and my not done, po I wired back rge $300 and expenses, by ml message was that my ted with pleasure. Mark dill not reply; he hud cherished hope that they would be taken away ofore a? villi tig would come out as to in assumption of authority. "What ininir-e?" asked the provost jljl  ,!V; ■Hi Then the stillness was broken by the sound of oars out on the river. How Mark longed tor the boat to come and take him from his terrible position! Bnt whoever was working those oars pulled on. unmindful of the man who so keenly envied the oarsman's freedom. The sounds became fainter and fainter till Mark could hear tbeia no more. He sighed as if he had lost a dear friend. "Jakey's comfortable anyway," he said, looking down at the boy. He had dropped asleep, and Mark for the first time in his life envied a human being the protection of weakness. There was innocent childhood, unconscious of danger, sleeping sweetly, the boyish face lighted by the moon. /7k liie t"l active a • with arshul ij ti .es we I v.-Qiil l cl '•He's a?) ofiicer on General Bragg's Vou ought t« know him, colonel." "Ihe devil!" exclaimed the colonel. rt- y§ CHAPTER IX /O D /Aj\ sv.-C A DESPEKATE SITUATION. "Oh, I fuw tlie uien were doing someliug they were ashamed of, and I bluffed m to row l-ie across," said Mark with When he left Mark he went out into the jailyard and began to stroll about with his hands in his pockets. To a casual observer he was simply a boy with no playmates, who did not know what to do with himself. If any one had been near him he would have seen his little eyes continually watching for some means of communication with the outside world. Occasionally he would wander nt*r the fence, first casting a sly glance at the jail. There were cracks between the boards, and Jakey was looking out for a good wide crack to spy through. At last lie found u place to suit him and hovered about it listening for a footstep, and occasionally getting a qnick glance through the opening by putting his eye to it. But Jakey knew well that if caught at this he would be called into the jail and forced to stay there, so he preferred to rely on his sense of hearing rather than on his sense of sight. The jail was in an unfrequented place, and he was not soon rewarded. A man went by, but he was too far; then another man, but Jakey studied hi ; face and let hiin go without Stopping him. At last an old negro woman passed with a basket on her arm, smoking a short clay pipe. ave ms two days in which piece and finish my clothes. ..nnoyiny, but I could not honorably-get out of it. Also by this time I had grown very tired of studying the lccture. It did not improve on acquaintance. I wondered how I could have sc. n anything smart in it on the start. Oh.-how very trite and tart and touyh it eeemied a- T studied it walking up and Iill3 0 »-mA yy i: CV Hi He turned to Inoli at the xenllncl. ■ ,D• ' * ■ ® a it was Going down to the ferryboat they found a boat which had all it could do to carry the soldiers and citizens who were crossing. Mark thought he would try what assurance would do in getting across without a puss. He found the guard more Watchful than he expected. "Can't y* pass me 'n my leetle brother, lieutenant?" he asked. "Wo be'a doen some trajen in Chattanoogy and want ter git home. We ben haven some caliker for the women folks." "Old himself couldn't go over •without a pass," responded the officer. "Whar mought 1 git oue?" asked turned' carelessness, "Win* are yon-" "NINETY DATS AND COSTS." :V-' |JC .C*r: lie said he would like some day my judgment on a book he was going.tG publish under tho title "Gleanings." I paid yep, I would look at it when I happened to be at his house. He said that "You don't belong to any such place, 'ou're not southern bornat all. You're Yankee. I thought yon were only rying io get north with these men; now believe you are spy." I belong in east Tennessee." won Id be n. he had it wiih At last Mark heard the relief coming. The sentinel took his gun and began to pace his lDeat. The usual form was proceeded with, and the relief marched to the sentiuel up the river. Mark observed the man that had been left on poet. "1 hope this fellow will be moro inclined to rest," he mused. ■ i tan He opened hi.s valisi which con- dowa in si:« granary, and how I wished that 1 had not beaten down the price of the voting;man Who wanted to write a "I'm a southern man, sarten,". 6aiCl lark. with such coolness that the officer as for a moment; in doubt as to hissur- tained the manasorij and a lunch, and to... •i, a pair of arctic L'aptnin Fitz Hugh seemed distressed at not iK-ing able to bring forth auv evidence in behalf of the prisoner. When he arose to siDeak in Mark's defense the court listened to him with marked attention and respect—indeed they were as favorably impressed with the accused's counsel as they w. re unfavorably disnosed toward th«* accused. The captain was obliged to content himself with warning the court against convicting a man of being a spy because his identity was not satisfactorily explained and on circumstantial evidence. lie asked that the prisoner might have more time than had lDeen given him in which to gather evidence in his bellalf. out 'G ire for me! " Whrn'd y' (iH thi «sl:ril Souri He read quite a, lot of it to n Why (11 1 I ir ." Co economize by writing uxy own lectr.rc-? Here was a young Let mo hear you say New York." :id, ",Tak osi that?" h SriW tvhat \v ur judgment Ix ni:m who liatT written lectures for all the prominent lecturers of the country, and C_igbt dollars was all lib asked. Why did I try to save eighi; dollfcrs and thereby humiliate rnvseif before the people? "Nev. York," repeated the colonel ironally. "If you v.ere a southern man ju'd say Niew Ynwk. 1 shall have to ;Dld yo'u for further information." Yci "La sakes!" exclaimed the JNinetv h and « ;s," naid I Mark But he was disappointed to sgo the man begin to pace his beat energetically. He seemed to fear that if he did not keep moving he would get drowsy. A half hour passed with scarcely a rest, then another half hour. It was tramp, tramp in one direction, turn and tramp, tramp back again. a scream him?" "Air tlsey goen tcr Liu as a f "At headquarters, 1 reckon." "Don't know. The sojers ti Reckon tlu-v/1 hang him, sarten "llow'd /know? • id as ho reluctantly get off the Mark turned away. H« considered the expediency of going to headquarters and asking for a pass, but regarded this course fraught with too much risk. He determined to make an attempt to got out of town and across the river by the route over which he had entered. He knew the ground bj* tins route, and that was a great advantage. If lie eonld steal his way beyond the picket he could doubtless find a, method of crossing. Perhaps ha might make his way down the river and across at Shell mound, or, still lower, to the mouth of Battle creek, held by the Union forces. Mark skirted the town on the west, and then took a course directly south till he caroe-to the railroad. This he followed to a point n°ar where he had bivouacked the night before. Crawling to a rise in the ground and motioning Jakey to keep back, he laid down ou his stomach to make a surrey. cur that the Iloopicr port was a •eat student of Mi i don't he "My hnnchiknfhe ich inert •1 v emu.- Id like to go to my home in 1 came here to buy a gnn .Tim lias over v Dto anything th Finally the j.Dbwas done. The Iectnre instead off the lecturer was committed, and thfD new clothes came home with te halting threads in tliem. I had a ;.I in ihe evening at homo nt to bed. One good, kind \vflift from my rehearsal to sit tip th a lady who had been killed by her 'jwl.iloat tea. He went rather ic seemed to me. Never was there a more surprised look on any man's face than on Mark's at the moment he discovered the men into whose midst he had fallen. He knew the range of the Confederate picket line, and was unable to understand how this party could be a part o), it. The men looked equally surprised at his appearance. Indeed they seemed more disconcerted at his sudden coming than he was at their being there. When he made his leap among them the} were about to get into the boat, and one of them held the painter in his hand Mark in a twinkling made up his mind that they were uot pleased at his ap pearance. He determined to play a bold game. He had no defined plan when he began to speak to them—it came tC him as he proceeded. "What are you men doing here?" he asked irj a tone that none but a soldiei knows how to assume. No one answered. "What regiment do you belong to?' ycm won't let e I'll have to stay with you, Isnp tC*e. Only I hope von won't; separate other. But if Sonri told her alx'nt tirirg Mar I, can t rC p' t. ami, between von and iriv i handkevc ■f and its return "in C U heap i ter than ho d caiisc ol) f What sliali \v moaned t see you later,' in idv vc'iif • I The clouds which continued to pass over the tpoon becjyne heavier. If the sentinel would only relax his vigilance, these periods of comparative darkness would be favorable to flight But if the soldier was to keep a proper watch the clouds might die away. Then there was the morning to come. Mark began to lose that coolness which thus far had characterized him. It was the waiting that was wearing him out. In perhaps an hour after the sentinel catne on pic Ice t he yawned. This was the first sign of hope for Mark, After awhile he sat down on the log and yawned several times at intervals. He got up and paced for awhile, but at last sat down again. This time he sat longer and his chin sank on his breast. He roused himself and sank away again. He would not go to sleep comfortably in accordance with Mark's muttered prayer, but took short naps. Mark considered the feasibility of an attempt to escape between these naps. Without Jakey he would do it; with Jakey it w;is too hazardous. i. Jakey's very yoniig, and I don't ant to turn liiiu adrift alone in a mother, rock nig iu cojic with S; if;i of lecturing, I have an car hefb and si re letter from a );onng uian t IW! I'm goen ter Chattam cy ter fir at Raccoon Kami: my own early experience and how I i onn , asking about hrtsl "I siiail have to Lold you till I can rerot the to headquarters," said the ftcer, and Mark and Jnkey were led tray to a. room in the house occupied IT the provo-t marshal for prisoners imporarily passing tiirpngh his hands. The reply that camr to the announce nt of the capture of the citizen and !»D boy was to hold tlifm under vigilant It was reported that Mark had ■n personating aji oilicer of the staff. TheC'Cmrt denied this request and proceeded with a verdict. In forty minutes after Mark entered the courtroom he was found guilty of heinjj a spy. '•Have you anything to tjav why tlie sentence of the court should not he passed ont '•They'll hanqr j too," whined M Slack like it. The 1 t e way to ray engagement I could not he happy. Everything reminds d me of ray lecture: In my imagination I could see the r»udienee, at All "Lo'd a massy! Is de angel oh de Lo'd shaken to his sarvent from de clonds?" said the- old womau, starting and dropping her basket. "Auntie, hyar at the crack!" "Who is yo' call en? Yo' inns' he a chile from yo' voice." "Auutiet" called the bov Reckon not. I in lit find a \v AiiK'i forv of Hie lef t is one of altern ter #it oute 'N tii' sojer toi "Air C101! liistorv of alt€ nation and failure and hi is, vritttn witii h e Ii first expectant, then disappointed, thC n disagreeable, then offensive and finally I could not eat anything. I _rr. I dreaded meeting I was tempted to get till d.oA road, and though I needed the advertising I gave it up, for I could kind of death that would upon yiwir "No. sir, heart *3 odd of vnvr It is a it ion, of ex- Sotiri thonj;ht goen .1 while without rc-rl record of ] id inC riot iiaru Captain Fitz Hngh intelrposeil once more for delay. would go-with 1 lie colored t It is America tosav ml iu ling frosts. "I will 1R ditl not foci 1 "Put yer eye close np to ile feuce anil y' can see me at the crack." "I would suggest,"lie saicl mndi as some explanation nwy come t« hand bearing on the car-i- the eonrt tix niy client's punishment to take place CDn a day not nearer than a Wek from today."that inas- uf course. I!i i show a ltvt in J i V 11 train ruv voi tnd c nittee. ii'l tin* looked very suspicions; indeed lite C rough so to wurrant their trying 11 spy by drumhead court marxecnting liim the next morning, irt'hed and everything ot They went :id felt of the jt, hut as he was a child iC h was not very thorough, 01 u]d have found the bilis in his They took his gun, but by this le J.ikey realized that there was some- and she uii.aht pass lor some reia-ti But that Vi itml the !D•D en lior Tact Id not dC warm tlie cold 1 if mv fellows with p;ii f « The woman drew near and put her eye to the crack. Jakey stood off a little way, and she could see him plainly. Meanwhile he pretended to have lost something on the ground. "Why bre»s my po' ole heart, honey, ef y' ain't nothen hut a leetle boy in de jailyard. 'T aught t' be nuff to keep dein jkD' misable po' white east Tenuessans dar what dey had in de cellar widont keepen a chile." "My brother's a prisoner, 'n so air I," said Jakey in a melancholy voice. "Climb ober de fence, honey, and run away." black. Wl inv moe i ID]K-r r ister, I will train not tliijijj of an It was neariy dark. Silhouettes of figures were passing between hi.n and a campfire beside the railroad track. Beyond, the palisades* of Lockout mountain Stood out boldly against a streak of twilight in the west. Between the track and the river was an open space, over which he must pass to get by the picket. The ri\-er bank would aiTord some protection. Near where he was it was steep, and the current set directly against it. but lower 'down by the picket there appeared to be places where a man could walk under the low blull. till ui good ( i elocutionary jioint ol not rcaice m« siiamed to "oe laid out, Mar!; wa "Ma id. "I'm i out I o fit the w, and i will v •P3 11 i have t self No ote mot tCD In [ie i iw a! the train.' Then I nit- poft'iibly it was all a ..■it mavbe I would not I went to tiio only hotel !. ii.: landlord asked if I n to Bill Nye. I said yes. 'he is here today; fr in him "1 had intended to fixj it for tomorrow morning at Funriue," said the president, "but in deferenco to the prisoner's counsel I will compromise with him midway between a week, as lie desires, and tomorrrow, or allowing three days. The sentence of the court is that the prisoner lie hanged by the neck until he is dead 011 tiie twenty-seventh day of August, eightjeen hundred and sixty-tvso, or three days from today."' Before Mark was led out of the courtroom hi# counsel approached him. Considering the prejudice against the prisoner, another man would have suffered him to go without a word. Not ko Cajvtain Fits Hugh. lie strode up to Mark, the officers and soldiers present making a way for hint, leaving him alone with the prisoner by withdrawing to another part of the room, and extended his hand. "One thing is plain to me," he said, ' whoever .you are, you are a gentleman, and I believe you have sacrificed your life to your sense of diity. I am sorry that you did not trust me with your secret. Then I might have done something for you. As it is, I have done nothing." "It would have availed nothing," said Mark. "Yon have done all yon coul.l under any circumstances. Besides, had I told yon who' I am, you might have felt it your bounden duty to your cause to make known tiie facte." id befi to Jitakf » np. I w tor in f a place in tin tt" liroi When Id 1 arts of n:v t ryflaen at ) per a ;ivC- to lecttir No answer. "la there a noncommissioned officer ig i-t i TO ll! had i ie returi d h :mCi corn El v. ''Lo! lit?i; and among yon?" There was so much of authority it Mark's tone that it compelled an answer and a respectful one. She told him that she \v Id I indr-fd a corker! of the town si ami p and the loading! people, 11 take me to their liomos was tu "Well," said he, Las IJ609 here all da "He hasV' go back W;':i him in half an hoi v7hil« *•' talk'" 1110 of tlieir •reserves, and ii If* 1-lVfp. :i1 to him be 1 ■ommitteo sball meet 1 t the dC At last the soldier slid down on to the ground, stretched out his legs and rested his back against the log. Mark's heart went up into his throat with a sudden joy. ■c momentous th.iii a squirrel and i«rl«l with it without uctance. lie roalk, for whom he had by gard little short titer to 1 t lions; iiil tra v.ith a livery team Yes, Came in on the morning train. "No, sir." t itl ;tt H ikl lDe lost I It is 1 to say j? 11 tl S: hut it is not 'i': 3 committee met him raid took lam tip to f.ce the ariv?ian r.ell, and visited the pi-: 'lie school vriih him. and they say "You men are away from your com inands without permission. 1 can see that plainly." WON 1.1 1 1 to liitefnijiti easy to do it. Before all tins can happen the long dusty road that leads to public approval must he sprinkled with , The moon was about three-quarters full, and the night was clear except for clouds that wonfti float lazily over Lookout mountain and across the moon's face, so that at times her light was partly obscured. Mark thought of waiting till 6ho had £et, but this would not be till after daylight. He made np his mind to make the attempt at once. Calling .lakey he gave him an account of what he intended to try for, and told him that if it should be necessary to run nnder lire the boy %vas to lie down, and, if necessary, give himself up, but on no account to risk being shot. Ja.key only half promised, and Mark was obliged to lie satisfied with this. Then; waiting for a little while longer for the twilight to entirely disappear and a cloud to obscure the moon, he lay on the ground gathering his forces and getting his mind into that cool state requisite for one who is about to make a very hazardous attempt e conceived h r "The fence air too high, 'n I ain't a goen fur to leave my brother anyway. See hyar, aunty, air you niggers Union or secesh?" As near as he could guess there remained a quarter of an hour till the next relief would come. He looked at the moon, which was now shining with provoking brightness; he looked at the man and tried to make sure that he was asleep. It was impossible to tell with any certainty. The men looked guilty, but said nctb ing. idolatry, was ii) danger, and the boy r t)i" firi-i time tx-gan to feel that his Dot accomplish everything. 1 looking on stolidly as Mark d till lie raw a soldier take ri's red bilk handkerchief. He had dived the impression on the searchers lad at first produce*! upon Mark—that ,va- stupid beyond his years. As the m grasped the handkerchief and was put to put it in his pocket Jakey set iinen-ii i iie air :r lecturer must c ie fi to th pt 'em langhthe teacher, smoked tho once oroj tribute many nobs and three sheet l - xou evidently don't know me. I a. an officer of General Bragg's stafT on ar important mission of secret service." He waited a moment to discover the effect of his words and then proceeded Send Jake ilOOIl and many a.i ama commute; s ci ■s. C a corker! "Why, honey, do you t'ink we turn ag'in ou' own folks! Ain't de Yankee sojers comen down fur to gib us lilieration?"meet with reverses of—his fortunes lecturer's cuffs are. goin.y He lectc II old net c X.s lie stt ,s" house? tier I Our'l st lec io wealthy to i'.uil so til*1 field is occupied Chiuiie, where "It is a matter of the greatest moment that I get across the river at once. 1 want you men to pull me over and then report immediately to your colonel. Give me your nan^s:" Without appealing to doubt for a mo ment that he would be obeyed, he called on the men successively, and each- man responded with his name. There were five men, and as each answered lie saluted respectfully. "Ef y" c'd save a Union sojer from hangen. w'd y' do it?" "Duia't did Bill jnst before the ni 118K it, ne saia. ono I Wan r to their lectures, or wljos lv bv those whose fain train we Ho took Jakey up in his arms very carefully, hoping not to waken him, fixing the boy's limp body in the hollow of his left arm. In the right hand he took the squirrel gun, cocked and capped, using the arm at the same time to hold the child. When all was ready he rose slowly and fixed his eyes on the soldier. "Fo" de Lo'd I would!" "Then send this hancliiknff to Souri Slack." rC? superior to their fame. So Well '■ in t:)u ran np to "o. PO aliov. 1 "Jalius "What" loct :D often it either a small but do- na see if he's in Tell Mm there's.a re- fWhat-8 the matter, sonny?*'asked one "Who Souri Slack!"' "Ain s vcr ( no r lighted and •e,"' large pnd di the soldier My hanchikuff," he whined. "She's my sister. She lives at Farmer Slack's." , "I'm goen with v rreil Pret said t! s pone. Also his bright little enameled jxjrtemonnaie. He h*d :one out Cn tlfame train whloh He had enjoyed himself -1. it is said. He had 1 day, made a few re;.rraenon reciprocity notoriously unbound yterlan synod, in sc Psion there—a speech y eight years in Ly sn upright life. Ke v n Charlie csji 10 t*ck and yours.' lu it Yas, from; then 1 reckon I'll 1 alone-" .) on •ntii i.'iii. while the audience mes the lecturer entirely es "Whar dat?" "Oit! man C ''Waal, co) pparent enjoyment. Thin is one of the saddest sights I have .stinq for its nrofp a torn- The mau did not stir. 'Give the boy his wipe," said the man the would lx) appropriator. "Don't "On the Anderson road, close onter the Sequatchie river." along he tote v' fnrdi i ght me i Mark moved slowly forward, his eyes riveted on the sentinel. A few steps convinced him that the man really slept. Mark turned his back on him and walked a dozen steps noiselessly, picking a place to plant his foot at each step.v' "Now what regiment do you belong tor While this conversation was going on Jakey continued his efforts to find something at his feet. He picked up a stone, rolled in the handkerchief and threw them over the fence. then we'll g i -; 11 a snack c •r wit .V bright. Voting critic Do Jakey preserved his handkerchief. L'hen they were marched away toiler to a small building used for a ne « jail. It was two stories high, though D lower story had no windows. The per iDart was reached by a long flight (steps outside the building. The lowei rt was a dungeon, and though used to ufine negroes, there had been a numr of east Tennosseeans imprisoned ;re. The place was kept by an old tn and his wife named Triggs. Mark is put into a room in the upper story, guard was stationed at the door, and t only window was barred. Had Mark in arrested with definite proof thiat he is a spy, he would doubtless have been When Julius had C. fill tho liail somen s us liigli as a yair sa thought .marks to t!.;4 w and. delivered "The th Tennessee." "The old story," said Marl: severely "You men are doubtless from cast Ten nessee. You are deserters, trC back to whenyou canto from. Mark liad fiit the nail on the head. The men looked terror stricken. He knew, when he ordered them to puil across the river, that they would obey him gladly. And if he Duld leave them to report to their ctaonel, they would attempt to make their way north instead. ttting ;rad a half of experience r. takes an audience of more or latr.re people across his knee and "Never," said Fitz Hugh proudly. "1 owe more to myself, more to my sense of honor, more to my birth and breeding, more even to my state than to the Con- ;i coum li bef the Pri the conditions were favorable, and he got np and If d the way to the river bank, which he proposed to skirt. He left his bundle, bnt took Jakey'sgun, loaded and capped, in his hand. They soon gained the jioint where they had landed the night lie fore—nearly opposite where.Mark had seen the silhouettes on the railroad. Treading as uoiselessly at. possible, they passed along the river margin under the overhanging bank till they came to a place where the bank was low. Stooping, they proceeded for a short distance till they reached the root of a tree that had been felled long before. Here they iDaused and listened. iug to get "What good dat do?" asked the colored woman, picking up the missile of war. ives it a well i ed rebuke. I ha\ Halt! looked for Julius 1 dience after such an exp •h I have bC-:en n to 1 Was it the soldier's voice? Should he turn and shoot bim? merabl t mid loci No one who has never been je its name and sorr lr I spoko on that evening at a great, dis-1 Income noised aiwnt "When Souri gits it she'll know." "Will dat sabe de Union sojer'« neck?" "Mebbe 't mought, 'n mebbe 't moughtn't." "Captain Fitz Hugh," said Mark with a voice in which there was a slight tremble, "you are of too fine grain. You are too frank, too truthful. Do not feel a moment's regret at not having been able to save ine. Mine is but one of thousands of lives that must go out in this great struggle for human liberty. Mine is an ordinary nature. You are tilted for nobler Work than war. I trust you will be spared to become an honor lo your state and a reunited country. From the bottom of mv heart I thank federacy a larg ui iC »n elsrf iDeo under such circninstanc advantage. 1  that I jvas 1 low, coarse tiling, and that Iliad never b xii.iu good society nrach. Ch:e mah asked at the box ofSce if it would be a { roper place to uring ladies. I do i)cDt know when I "hare been so pained. It is hard enough to lectnre for No, only an explosion of a burning brand in the campfire at the picket guard on the railroad track. down, and ho had can imagine its when it finds by the paper that it has enjoyed a lectnro which was a li'.Uf.: disappointment to a iouslv taken one C1 his r His heart, which had stood still, began thumping like a drumstick. He turnod to look at the sentinel. The man sat there gazing straight at him; at least so he appeared to Mark. The figure Was as plain as day in the moonlight, though too far for Marh to see the eyes. "I cain't go myself—I'm too ole—but I'll start hit along. Keckon de darkies'll tote it." the way to s Going to one C If was returned it t» Jmc-ct blase yo Jndici 1 vertising twenty-five year "Get into the boat, every one of vou.' Every man got into the boat, and one of them took the^oars. "Now if you will get me over quickly I'll see what I can do for you with your commanding officer when I,return." door, whtrt D wonld havfe mad Le any lecture a She picked up her basket and wis moving away when Jakey called to her. "Auntie!" ml, J lDnt now it will not. I first Tix ; bat, oh, how dis- the C i een t Fains nd I. ubination of fame—a ligned J wa if is \ 1 by an Alibi! s been ma- "What, honey?" taiiooga. "LDi- dt» gal sme: «■ i :ced bv a i an who was f o He cast a quick glance down into Jakey's face. He, too, was sleeping peacefully. While these two were in slumberland Mark felt himself suspended between heaven and hell. And how still it was. Even the hum of insects would have t)ecn a relief. t in As it was, he was oiuy guarded with linarycaution. This, however, seemed ite sufficient to prevent his escape, key was put into a room liy himself, t lie was not required to stay there. ie dungeon "Yer inought git some un to tote hit ter an old nigger named Jefferson Randolph, ez lives up a creek 'bout five mile from hyar, near the pike ruunen that a-way. Mebbe he'll pass hit on." Goe.nl to Cha i ibe c up tli Slim Of !;V tandpoint now fraid that he might a Suddenly they heard what sounded like a murtet brought from a shoulder down to tjie hollow oi' a hand, and a Jakey was stagding on the bank with his eyes wide ffperD at this scene. Mark had been a lieiio with him; now he was a little less than a god. man to be tl « ,• , : t least, for 1 blf for mv eet ;neuts t! he said you '•Rfxkon t"iv and local mauag excel a regard to tbe lieanti- Tlie men clasped hands, and Mark was led awav between two soldiers • CHAPTER XI. "1 show yq'd "Yas." Go righ v.-ho cannot draw ful poil and climate of tlic town, and what a future she had, hefj»re her, and voice "Who comes tliur p was suffered to go and come at will, pept that the guard at the gate was tiered not to let him leave the yard, p askeil the jailer's wife to permit him go in to Mark so often the first morn- "Sho null." "Yo' boy, thar!' "Ilabfoot hit no 1 v.ir ta hat underdog d resources she had, foreign capital would "Corporal of the guard, with relief." "Advance, corporal, and give thecoun- "Do you want to get across the river, my little man?" asked Mark, as if he had never seen the boy before. "Docs I want ter? Course I does." "Jump in then, quick. I've no time to lose." "I can do hit i, talker To st; i lect 1 v,ii nd 1 All this occupied but amotnent. Mark turned his back attain and moved cautiously forward. The jailer's wife was standing in an open window regarding Jakcy severely. "Come away from that ar fence!" Jakey skipped along toward her, doing a little waltzing as lie went. "Ef that ar lxDy wasn't sich a chile, I'd think he'd b'en up to sumep'n." "What war yer a-doen by that ar fence?" she asked when he came np. "Nnthen." "What war that y* throwed over!" "Oh, I war only tlirowen stones." "What yer thro wen stones that a-way On tuo morning after Jakey's interview witb the colored woman through the crack in the jailyard fence Sonri Slack was washing dishes by an ojwn window in the kitchen, an addition built of pine boards to one of the united houses which formed the Slack dwelling. The sun was shining brightly, and a morning glory she had trained np tr grow arwiit tne window was rres;i witn dew. Sonri's heart felt nntisualiy light. The air was so fresh; tiie snu was so bright; the morning glory flowers had such a companionable look in them that Sonri was very happy. DE CAUSE OB FREDUX The negro w evideirtlv read 1U t W iiV ] S 11 ni amie her i hat she was destined in tlie ;tant future to become—the tersign expecting them, for without into the cabin lie led the w:«.v t lecture v no g: it d Then there was --unit) mattering and footsteps I iamping away. «. His imagination had never served him snch tricks. Surely he heard the soldier, tnovo. He was getting np on his feet. His mnsket was leveled at an "aim." A sharp sting under the shoulder blade, and a warm stream flowing down his side. Certainly he had been shot. aj of his arrival that, at last the guard the door was instructed to pass him and out at will. Sonri traiiipedin his ( ml at day' in whom von 1 gem city of the c I arose somew iat irritated and said ben ut if til and deserved r jduction jnst given to incut Mark pC cped between the roots of the stump toward the point from which the sounds had come. He saw./iot a hundred feet away, a man sitting on a loir with Jakey came down and got in with the rest. of the high lie v C fontr.l that lii'ier the tribute and ini at his cabin on The t :n.ug' fllKI exiir the ]!iuDhf i "Give way," cried Mark, and the boat shot out from the shore. r'Well, Jake said Mark, urlien tliey getlifr in their new quarters, lliis looks pretty blue." took a few Iionrs rest, and 1 attei l, ar oroin i t he continent I-was sorrv re t was up ate a breai man prepared for lit which th r i hi, sM s to state tl I tha t I had been secured lie to lie present his mnsket resting again?t his shoulder, the butt on the ground. He was looking listlessly up at the sky. Presently he took a clay pipe ont of his pocket, which he filled, and touching a match lighted it. "He's the rive/ picket," said Mark to himself. Not a dozen strokes had been taken before Mark, who was delighted at the success of his assurance, saw a sight that made his heart sink within him. A boat shot around Moccasin point from the eastward. Reckon it does, out to t-iiow liC r the wavto Chatt i sh to take Then I went on from lure, which sounded "You'd Setter not stay here. Go out the yard and I'll try to think up some an. But J must confess I don't see ly way out," and Mark rested his elDwb on his knees, and putting his face i his hands thought upon his perilous He a;-keii D nues Aril Itfc knew t with l Nonsense! Away with such freaks of fancy! Suddenly he trod on a rotten branch. It cracked with a sound which seemed to him like the report of a pistol Again he paused and turned. He saw the sentinel motionless. He had slipped farther down, and his hat had fallen farther over his forehead. Thank God! was lliat 1 irts w ere' iu o luuienicf strar id vory poor to me. fur?' olD fredutn," »nCl thut was quite enough The old woman who had brought hit the handkerchief had told him wher her cabih was in Chattanoc In the a if the v ■84 I i When any sniclcert d, it surprised "Fur fun." With ;i in the norther ;nd i'st 1 me so that niy very as- dded to their mirtli. I Avas inside that it seemed and add to what God in heaven! It was full of armed men. "Well, y' just keep away from lb' fence er y' shan't play in th' yard at all. I'll shot y* up with thet big brother o' vourn." Suddenly there came to her a quick sinking away from the pleasurable, sensation. A sense of danger rushed in to take its place. Surely something horrible was about to happen. and lit i at the kiu which mv lot The The sentinel sat smoking while Mark meditated. His first thought was. Why As soon they saw the skiff with Mafk and the deserters ;n it—for such they were—they pulled straight for them. In five minutes they were alongside.tuation seemed to understand that he was U tuie 1 v to all t'rrcr i to lici t; ! ten i I, you don't worrit," said Jakev guide Souri ther ve hit v.hich my own -eclijivh iii file text that was of a humorous character. That air of intense gloom while on the platform is still with It is natural nntl honest. It C1. It was pte.se fright to iliere w did I bring this boy? The sitnation was perilous enough without an encumbrance. The guard was facing the space over which they would have to pass to escape: there might be a slight chance for life to make a dash were he aloDe, but with the boy it was not to be thought of, and Mark was unwilling to leave him. He looked back with a view toretracing the route over which he had come. He was horrified to see a sentinel pacing a hundred yards above. He had been placed there by the relief. The only hope was to wait for the man nearest him to relax his watchfulness, and attempt to pass him. The sentinel up the river was not to be feared except by going back, for from tla nature of the ground the fugitives would be hidden from him if they should go forward. 'ymiuep'n'll turn up sho." | "Well, go out into the sunlight. Don't stay here. If they sentence me to hang Irll try to get them to send yon home." "Waal, I won't go thar no more." And Jakey took a top out of his trousers pocket and began plugging imaginary tops on the ground. information the jail in C s to ii ma itCI a t of a gro\rrmp cvclon He moved batfkw-jrd, his eyes fixed on his sleeping enemy, occasionally turning to see where he stepped. He was getting near to cover. In this way he passed to within a few steps of concealment. How he coveted the overhanging bank near to him, yet far enough to be useless should the sentinel awake too he knew attai a. This \ cvvlone'si orlrit v*as lit. new peal me t "I reckon you're the men we're looking for," said an officer seated in the stern. In a moment she heard the clatter of borse's hoofs coming at a gallop. Looking up the road, of which she had a view from the window, she saw a horse covered with foam tearing toward her, with a negro boy on his bare back. Jn a moment the rider was at the fence and had reined J in his horse. Wild with haste and excitement, seeing Souri at the window, he called: [To ua CONTINCFD.] of il from niysrlt. I i'cill its r Mark hoped that the preparations the Confederates were making for the expected move would cause them to forget him. He was not destined to be so fortunate. The second day after his capture he was taken before a court martial held in a house occupied bv the staff department, to Ihj tried on the charge of being a spy. mo with very little ob l, and it lias at last crystallized iut« habit ami lias boon honored by the it is not art. It is the petrifaction of my early hofror. CHAPTER X, No Itiltfrncss T1 until I reached the earth, when cickod to find that I could pro- "Who are you looking for?" asked Mark, with as much coolness as We could assume. lirtaci TIIK r.ED SII.K llANDKERfTHEF. imUeriylng an uninviting 'i'n called out by circumidcr.t Lincoln" would not 10 "great emancipator" had born in the nick of time, it would not have become vr had the civil war ler he was of tit age rirmies, and Jake.v would not have deei st rategist had it Mark Malone, "Does it uCD( throw a shade of bitti name of ness into your heart," she sa'd. the trees- all leafless and to h to St coon no tins tolD. however, I w horrified "Deserters from the th Tennes- wind sighing foicver in mournful 1 to i ■e 1 had proceeded two stej soon! see.' live bi liotonv? Does it not make you tvd tl ♦ bore is too mm h that i t mv c had been broken C'achew! Mark knew it was all up with him. His assumption of being on General Bragg's staff, which had been so successful a ruse, suddenly appeared to him a halter about his neck. (jene (com ofccui tjD lea duck 1 (J I bleak in the After weeks of This sound was real; it was a sneeze from the picket. II, Soil "Am tlis Slack's place?" «rorlCl£ "No. a, till to Which 1 wa? iiends, I was led Mark knew that it was a signal of awakening. He darted behind the bank and was out of sight. lwjtorc tie UI The court was assembled anil ready to proceed with the case. An officer had been detailed to defend the prisoner, but he had not arrived and the court waited. Presently a clatter of horse's hoofs waa heard outside. It stopped before the door of the house, and in another moment Mark's counsel entered the room. Mark looked at him with astonishment. In the tall, straight soldier, with black hair and eyes, mustache and goatee, bearing about him that something which indicates "to the manor born," he recognized the officer who had called at the Fains' on the momingr he "Ya "Whar Souri Slack'/' lie answered, ''i ■\veally does to 1 ;e number of peo mces to view th rC"t He Coulil IDo. well, .J.I I tl "Mvaiv "You?" "Yas." WLv Irate Cnstoiper—Look here,. I want my money back. "That parrot you sold Die "Hand over your guns," said the oflB cer. vfclop nkit 1. apd 1 Llal i hi Because: papa i* in tho coal busi shatt that if I could get it c her with a few explr He heard the sentinel get up, «hake himself, give a yawn, a grunt, as if chilled, and begin to pace his beat. Mark moved away cautiously, a great flood of joy and thankfulness welling up through his whole nature. After going a sufficient distance to be out of hearing, he awakened Jakey. "Jakeyt Wake up!" The boy opened his eyes. "W«?r«D Beyond ihd wcB»t»" i aess. Bird Dealer—1 did the best I could, sir. You insisted on having a bird that would not swear.—Texas Sittings. 't ta The guns were handed into the boat all except Jakey'a shotgun. "That other one too." "That's only a shotgun, captain," sail 1 at Chattanooga The boy held up a red handkerchief, tud then jumping off his horse threw the reins over a'picket in the fence, which he vaulted, and running up to the window poked the handkerchief at her. Sj/hri at once recognized the handkerchief she had given Mark. Sewed on to a corner she noticed a piece of dirty cotcloth oti which* gome one hau written with a iwDn in blotted letters: atory r phenoru ia, I would entertain and vding atmosphf Mark resolved to wait and watch, pliui fi.r his fricud'sesr i demonstrate a propo- Ile could neither add ' iigures nor spell words indeed he could neither mpetent to sit down Mrs. D Avtioo—Tho Tiuit 'i* C1Dangos, repairers struct while poi Iv detrac The minutes seemed hoprs, the hours """days. The soldier still sat on the log. though now and then he would get up, and leaving his musket leaning on it saunter back and forth on his beat. He well knew there was no enemy to fear; fcifl duty little more than a fona. wipe viiio have got through at last Mr. D'Avtioo—They hat Sirs. D'Avtioo—Yes: they lirvve taken aw.iv their rod lantern. Mr. D'Avnoo—Taken away their red lantern? Well, well! Another old land-1 rnoi;_ch ... mark gone.—New York Weekly. 1 began to c tion ■d ballet and: tin: Mark Siiirli lTflter. "Well, Eever mind the popgun." CfinriiDs of one f-'. road, wr \ 01K "Papa g Jo save e me a whole dollar today Every moment the deserters looked for Mark to declare his exalted position on General Bragg's staff, but no such ft ®aled BQgai tDjC? t/D ine r 1 I ha 1 bC :i just cov "Well, my papa gave me ten cents to spend, and thatD better still."—Harper's Young People. i cipher, the want of an utility to read or write being a great disadvantage to lum in In? nr4g#nt r« im interested. Thus as I and ou cratches I could