| Show n rr r r ULM k WJ A M LAS VI ST STY it Y OF and ille shot told agnes platt plait blushed brushed scarlet and indignantly ra loft the room loom and willio willie 11 donzlo caino clarry found halil iw its lio lie had antic anticipated 1 a whole ning rellow a the for wear just then but bul full of animal spirits spi its and with will frank franic whining vin which quickly broke down the barriers barriera barr barri iora ors of now acquaint mice ship Ast As thoy boys aaa smoking their cikara together on the stoop that ov evening ening win which hal such a thrilling inter interest cot to him tuning tithing thu 31 x z NN ey T 4 J i A clr cl r iff r t ator v yat s d 7 i v jr y s I 1 i iLu LA ti buiu YOU iou rona ronala lr YOUR youn links of the watch canin lie ho lind found on the cipot of Bar barcinda barclays BArcI clays nya murder from his pock eil lie ho abruptly handed them to the young man with tho polli pointed ted question f you over seen those before ill lio ile was was astounded at the ghastly paleness oness of fuco face jio ile literally trembled as s lie gazed with a 11 black look tit at the boldon col doii links ts why you lie ho stammered nay let me bo tho quest loner 11 clarry thirry continued gravely for foi it wild thought though fc eti entered ta ed liis ills brain that this thia young yonn 3 follow though of courso tic ho could not havo have liim solf perlA perpetrated rated the foul deed was privy to its you over ever seen shoso links 1 I do not know that is bawell well they aro are acry like of a chain I 1 lost bomo time ago 11 you lost I 1 11 well vell not exactly lost disposed dispo iod or of would IQ be it a moro more accurate c how I 1 ain a not nt at liberty to tell you you must 14 in ia a little ward with ft a big meaning major maill winthrop exclaimed 1 I nm am not putting choso questions to gratify an all idle I 1 alio links of oc thil that clin chain lil you hold in your hond hand wore dropped ly by tilo 1 I man etian who adored frank B ovelay fl yes yes I 1 liow rily lily uncle wrote mo me till nil about nebout the sad ll 11 then surely you anvill ill toll tell mo me into whose it hands ands the chaill passed whon it lou left your possess possession foil III lt I 1 call not major winthrop please consider that it is utterly and alid absolutely impossible foe mo ine to give the information you demand 11 t your silence may bo be cou construed to your disadvantage 1 I linow know it still I 1 will vill not speak thus foiled harry flarry resolved to postpone post pono alio attempt to drag tho the information front from was wai evidently implicated momchow or other in ili tho the murder when n circumstance occurred which put a now phase on the position of affairs they nail had retired early but the night was sultry and lVin who could not steel sleep lind arwil a chair to the window of ills his room which overlooked a small garden suddenly lils ilia attention was iwas attracted to tho the burc ol of ft min man crouching behind a row of lilacs there was a sharp shrill twice repeated and answered by some one in ili the window of the room which harry knew was occupied by lieutenant eckelt yie presently the side door of the house aai ou clied and tie lie aw the co 90 al wari vara iii m ma aaro atro non or ini in biru druia in whose shada shadows 4 lie ho lost sight or of liftig hidu for i v a tittle time lio ito hoard aicard nothing 3 but tho muttering voices of two men vi speaking pealing 13 but a as 3 tit their eav conversation mccamo more bior 0 animator animate anim atou Ct tho the cords wore verc inore di dial at met ito ho was just on OIL the point of closing his wi window lidov when the mention of his own aanie attracted ills 1113 attention 11 11 1 toll tell you majar has his suspicions ai already ijo ho hinted q much to mo me this afternoon tho the speaker cov was me ile goniu Ko niu 11 t 1 lio ito for Vm cares major was the gruff 1 I do at 0 Is it not enough that having di disgraced graved your mother and aisted by your ill tire aro to come hero here lahea like i thief in fit tho the night to be beg a law few dollars 1011 drs from nic me t that hat you have or drai drank p f I 1 I 1 ef itt A V J V N A A A I 1 4 you TOU i 1 AN AM NOT ga MUCH num every cent you could call your own away butyok but you theft to your mad folly 1 you mean that cursed stitch and chain chai ill I 1 do it 1 h i no uno uio for you yon to deny that you took it for I 1 saw you glide from tho window irindow the night you robbed ino yot yet for your sisters Bia tora salco saku I 1 havo have liott the crime a secret I 1 toll tell you ill gitil back for you was tho the sulky response tl you do more you must toll tell mo me who lias has possession of it I 1 am almost f frenzied when I 1 of what may be possible I 1 know vio tho gruda grud tiro 0 you boro bore poor barclay I 1 heard you threaten him that light at charlottesville you shall not leave athla place tonight to night until you havo a clean breast of every thing tt 41 and ehos to hinder me mei there was vas then a sharp se fa cunie and harry dropped f from roin the v shidow adow i it lid lew flew to abo spot juat in time to catch in ili his bis arms me mc Kinz Kin ios reeling recline forni form and see tho the figure of a man drop to the other sido of the boarded fence fen co there thank you I 1 air net much hurt lt the young mar man cried while ile he clung to harry so persistently that pursuit after the fugi fugitive tivo vw ivas impossible tl 11 it was only a fellow 0 I 1 know hilow in ili bettor better days lie lic was V as un tin fortunate wo we had biad some words and you BOC my illy sickness lias has not lof t me vory very stroll strong pray come quietly back to tho the house i I 1 would not nob for a great deal disturb tho the ladies iu ili their slumber harry thought for it a lie he replied ile ho had not a shadow of doubt but that thin young platt who apparently was the noor do well son soil of ills his hostess was his friends murderer but lie shrank from implicating the man mail who was about to marry the aua sister in ills his conviction so acting on oil this Ini impulse pulse he said as unconcernedly cern corti edly odly as though receiving disreputable acquaintances in it gardens tit at atilid midnight 1 light were common occurrences well I 1 let ot us go back to VIA bod my illy dear follow fellow and if I 1 were you I 1 wander about by starlight t till I 1 was wi i it a little bit stronger but in his heart of hearts lie ho swore that it should go hard with ahn festive mr platt piatt if once lie ho could got upon ili his track CHAPTER mr tim AMBUSCADE our ancestors med to chicklo hugely over the joke johe mrs glass perpetrated in her famous book of cookery when she an that you must catch your liaro haro before you proceed to cook him and harry found himself in ili much tho the same saino position as tho the worthy matrons matrona mat rons rot readers lorg ile ho must first catch ills his hare and the hare in question proved to bo be of such a shadowy char actor that tutor after two a q ys bunting tie no was compelled for tho the present to give up tip tho the pur pursuit sult of courso course lie ho at once loft mrs platts platt house ile ho felt like liko it a discordant element in the libnic cicele for it is 14 not a very pleasant tiling thing foru fora trian man to sit at tho same table willi indies phoso whoso son and brother it lie is determined ter terin mined ined to bring 0 to lo the gallows hut but though ha IC learned man v particulars concerning the widows vi dows son soil who was declared by several who know him to be it a notorious scoundrel who had been dt drummed out of the regiment V in ili which lie haden had enlisted and waa now supposed to have drifted utterly to the bad lie ho could bould glean no tidings of lib his pi present cc seat whereabouts ahoi 0 o no one harl had seen him no one wanted to see liim him ro 0 o harry wont bade back to his regiment at harpers ferry without bringing the scoundrel to justice then the cry was sheridan Sherid nii ill 1 bravo brave gallant all allt dashing phil was to lead tho troops to victory so under this renowned general they turned their facos once moro more westward along the shenandoah valley it was liot work for the cavalry little phil apt thorn thoin well in adv advance anco exploiting and devo developing loping the enemy but for a timo time not closing with him a delay which caused 0 grant rant some anxiety for ho he came in ili person to see how matters stood but was wag so BO satisfied with ills his lieutenants perfect preparations that ho he went back to his post at petersburg but one day the crisis came thoy they were near tho quaint old city of winchester and struck the confederate army ut tit the ford of the river throop about colonel brewer who commanded harrys regiment and the gallant squadron da dished headlong 0 nii tho foe driving them thein back to tho the very act y t tn iuis n baury was acuri WHIM cuu US ua HUBS huas its liel hero 0 o was concerned for harrys it borso orso in its mad career leaped right into the race of a milldam mill enill dam dain with him bim dis locating dislocating I 1 hii shou and half drowning him even ai ilia 1113 pursuers were on oil the bauk bank lie ho crept to the hie millers house where luckily for him a northern woman reigned 0 as mistress quick Ill sho she cried into this barrel with youl you I 1 and in a minute as ho he lay crouched there site she poured over liis his head tho the contents of it a big bolster of hens feathers it was not a very heroic attitude for it hero to bo be in but it served harrys purpose us a of conco tilmont bild 19 christmas inns passes to this day clay but that mat good a substantial evidence of the northern soldiers gratitude the worst of the adventure ws was that harry lost his favorito favorite charger selim which 1 I had nearly said who was as dear to him blin as a human friend back to the command again and cedar creek was readied reached mornin morning broke bralic A dense fog hung over the valley so thick that you could scarce discern objects a few yards distant and through 0 the sullen vall vail of nilst mist earlys I 1 test host poured like an avalanche on tho the union lines ilour hour after hour tho the battlo battle raged but tho the federal troops could not recuperate from the shock of that first terrible charge and at last baat with ono one hopeless effort for victory broke in ili night flight but bub baric I 1 along the road from winchester cl chester iester fourteen not twenty miles away as the history books say came clattering the iron shod hoofs of a horse and gallant phil sheridan rides tit at headlong speed to the rescue with the cannonading canno of the battle battla ringing in it ills his ears cars he meets nieces the hurrying hu fugitives and waving hie hia sword cries back bacic men I 1 back I 1 turn with me and you shall sleet sleep in your own camp tonight to night I 1 11 what a magic 0 there is in ills his pres presence encel I 1 the demoralized force halts reforms and led by that splendid soldier rushes on the enemy who are arc plundering t the camp and literally whirls them irom from the ocene and when night conics comes men and horses just worn out fall asleep upon the battlefield battle battlo field neld CHAPTER XIII THAT AT RICHMOND it was the ath lay day of february 1805 the army had wintered clos alosa to winchester 1 and the campaign was vas about to open with a 11 grand review before general Shori it was a splendid sight that you would go f 10 many a 1 mile to see sec in ill theao piping times of peace but there wore no 0 ou ii lookers tle timi blinds of neighboring houses house were all drawn down and not a curious faeo face peeped furtively out nor came a soul from win chester to witness the gallant doings r recai i iii ician i i u onuis onu ii Y on driving till nil before their but in III uia very flush of victory the gallant brower as no hu was wao bravo brave poured out outbid ili lifo life upon tit the battlefield battle field held harry stood by his sile side when tit tho deathblow death blow was dealt him it happened thus A man dinall throw threw up ills to S surrender urr 0 lid C r a an n app appeal I 1 ill unit that wila wasi never made iti III vain to brower brewer anil and evon even us as ho bo lowe lowered reI his bis sword shot him through the heart tills this RAVO the iho command of tho the regiment t to harry i in the alie days that followed they had m many N a brush with Moso bys guerillas guerrillas gu erillas who hovered round them ever ready to limasa thorn thein and ana impede their movements in ili fact bo bc tacon custers Ou brigade a and these virginian irregulars it a bitter vendetta ven dotta existed winch which eli entailed deeds of relentless cruelty on oil either cither side that tho the pen of the historian would falit fain pass by in silence it was nothing str strange aligo to find a 1 comrado comrade dead on oll tho the ground with a tiela ticket t marked 11 blood for blood 17 pinned on oil ills his coat though tl I 1 0 ugh it 14 i said that moseby did acknowledge the sign of freemasonry and many a man owed his life to the fact that lie ho belonged to the brotherhood tito union forces tried to mako make their way to charlottesville Charlott chat osville hub but found tho the grapa aps so full of the enemy eliat th it the attempt failed ono one d day ay a man crossed the river and seel seeking cing audience with custor custer told lurn eliat lie as it a union refugeo refugee and that tit at the bade back of a neighboring hill was nas a rebel sup ply train alanos t unprotected ted harry was ordered to talo liis ills re regiment ament and capture it ile he crossed cd tho fo fort t and rodo rode a mile along tho river bank suddenly lie he pressed forward to speak to the tho guide 0 who was riding radim a beside des i de the advance guard As ar lie did so tho the ill 11 drol dropped lic d from his horse arid and made a sin dash into the wood but not ai 10 quickly that lie he could not nat reco allce in ill taw peasant tho ligure figure or of the ous canadian alphonse alphono lecroix instinctively let lie he halted liis ills men to retire but a whole bi brigade arade 0 of the enemy was pouring down the hillside to cut him off from frojm the ford ouster custer saw his dile dilemma nima and advanced to i the rescue just jus t then theli a colored colora d juian in fia rags and tatters r ran a i n to harry and cried 1 l tl 11 daros a ford forc I 1 up do de riber boss not two miles nn los away ciar to goo driess bows boas JV it truo izo no alyin 11 forward I 1 trot was the command and surely it was us as the noro no P ro biad told hini him they reached the spot in in safety got go back to their div awu u lines again unit moved towards the east cast oli oh the stern necessity of wart warl to protect the city of Ashington Vf all tha fair valley of the I 1 ba stripped c d and laid desolate houses and barni hur burnem neti crops and stores dea destroyed troyed till tillas 3 SImrid dait an himself said tl 11 if a crow evants ta fly down iza the valley he mut must carry his own provision A with him I 1 harry la rry winthrope Win thropa heart ahw as lie be sav the ruin around him lowith early at its heels the union army fell bade back to fishers hill chero Sha sheridan ridall turned abbay at bay tho villa 70 vlas va in flames famer tin and half the time the me men 11 were fighting 11 re so that the position waa untenably nabla they to woodstock and thoro thera sheridan like a lion tracked to mr his lair rushed upon ills his foes with a roar of rago rage the union army dashed forward where tho ranks were thickest tho the enemy resisting with the stubborn courage of men ahting for the lat spot of ground so impetuous vaa the charge of tho the federal squadrons that they stopped not till piercing tha danso mass of retreating columns they roa poached |
