Show I j jI L 7 m i ie 4 j t I a 0 A e I f I I I II II I I i I II I d dS S Sd Y I ops 0 of Preceding Chapters H if i arlt nn on in of jn an n old I III I its is j ii r at i r F In ill li slog g and la Il withdrawn I l d lather Ills His home bolD I It iSIS inter t r nf f I ISa is I celebrate to i nt IlP ii i Christmas I MI ng nig tile the guests t are an Datsy DaLY 0 i I of n Dr De Hott Hoite lawyer Ic and andi anda I II a i V II i ItO 1111 both of I Iii rift log Utters biters of tf introduction Inu I ar r i r Mr ard sd ardi at i 1 ih i but arouses arous tile the theN tb N rm i niti tu Molt Holt t b by hit his atten I l n ti i i LanA Lan Mutiny Mallo separate I 10 in iii It from frum the maui main part party during I I mi a i in iii I at Itt th the c t ball the thell ll I ii e affects an air ot or propel i P p lii to 10 DaN D DaIsy tl and nd ob oh i hb hi rival nal Norman Holt HOJI Nut But ButIs UK i Is forgotten when at mid inid 0 Dr I r Holt to drink k mt the i h h ceremony is Iii in tn ini i 1 h iP a as midnight messenger who m n i ir the I tie dangerous illness of Judge r Investigation on Is his I 1 ft Hair in a hoper tangle tange un and andi andin i t I t in dissipated i Henry and andin I in r 11 Lan Lanes s law office ff in t in inN N nn noo in enlists as a private in inin in Mallov Malley through po poTi rr Ti f 4 i in t lit lieutenant l t in the same I UK 1111 iI H JI lit On unit Hull joins the o rim cn n ni i Ir r I P Norm in is ordered to part tart under CapI t Cap P II v i i l lle ie In Arch of r I r i v raid falls fails I II i Ij 1 I ind Norman accused ar of or ori I r f in i n liver f er sa 1 saves es him from i ir r him to the hospital 1 i P II t Norman orman are an disproved I I IN N m maIl tn rejoins his hi regiment I chlan il Ii in 1 in id capturing Henry i I I 11 It I wooded II banks bulks the broad broadI h u I toping ii the Queen float with the flood Below l I 1011 n ii on forted with coffee fJ e j A ui I were we ere dosing ding off on OD oni ODI i In I ii the tk cabin abiD two or ori of i threes officers were eft at cards i II K a i fw w sv appeared outside Is 4 If If ran along the rail a nil upon this Norman j his hiN face in his u Ii l i roiL not yet et go below beo and andi i P i It 15 s He lIe craved to be bet bethink I ef om t think for a few mo mour R 1 four ur officers wrapped rapped I ii and sprawling on onu t u it l I ta on OD the tM deck I I u sting for sleep slee at atis atno oI is no one to say sav him himI 1 h I re was ras none w when hen be n he hei t i Lut ut presently pre the door I i 1 c 4 11 and the form of a an aIt n It forth The i him and aDd he be stood I Then Theil in a moment I I Ii J i i nit i accustomed to the theM M ii him at the I ii t forms oa on otto one c i figure on the I 0 1111 1 he stood trees I Iu I I u 21 t l t MUI ti kl kly to the latter I Ih Ic c h ii hand md lul upon tipon the tile j I P f k l t I up uJ u instantly rote rose I I t and stood at sa Ba S 1 Ii 1 tI well sir said saW I Ii 1 l i cutting tone youE you youre E re IO Go below where I i I f I II i spring to Normans N j I I i t to speak but no noi J Ji i i II Silently he be faced f i it ItO point t l h arit to the tile stair atair j I 1 I f i P ard aid At the dae foot j jI I iff a l tw I sergeant major i ii 1 i 1 Holt Report to tou toh ii h u fter ier cabin at once i I Ii mt ant i ft s II crisp words word c w I oP v w II up the th stairs I ti t 11 h stood Loud upon the h i 1 run nut tl il moment before i i y I ordered The I th Ii i hi h i j i i it t lieutenant ai 1 I h hilll m ily a al 1 l int iI and aDd i ir L r i v overboard i I r I gl T i t ti tr l it s pt that a let letic i ic K i 1 t serape H raps i il Ly S h i r 55 r l start and d 1 L S h I HI MK 1 i 10 i Illar of the j I Ii i 1 h n I urno l tied and fated faced I i i S r I 51 ul i n 11 t sworn SWOre he heS I It t I k h S m no I ih 1 Ii h v Vice I ice le with ith i I Was and 8 shaking i I n Il mg I ald II ad I I I j jc jI S ri c i yo Mr I S How l IJ dISby hey heyS I 1 1 S toe ne t t as thO ii dark back was wan wanI i I With ith sy IV mournful fUI 1 S n Ill of i J Jt t at i I 1 w rh I IT ht of t tl V s sI It I r T t r c rh 1 1 5 r t hoot Ma 1 t t UTAH aarni J 1 0 c I r i at the instant Ga Jovial jo brogue rang ranc out oat on OD the night Share Ill In find him at colonel Twill Twin be glad news to him himas as It is to me i hissed Malley as he turned and hurried away awayA A moment later the tall taU young soldier to was wa standing at attention cap in hand band handin bandin in front of the colonel who seated at atone atone one side sije of the cabin his hili adjutant standing by the sofa oa and other officers grouped about him leisurely looked Jook up q from the papers he held beld in m h his t Us il Holt said he I have a tetter team bout Colonel Sheridan one paragraph raph eC of C which will wIil interest you He thanks us HI for the prompt support given him hint the morning of the th before starting on OR ORbIs his bIs way to Boo and says that bat but for 10 his guide ide he couldn t ha have e nab nabbed nabbed nabbed bed the Ute rebel scouting party with their important papers and referring to let letters tees written ahem in your behalf he says sayil I 1 have hae heard ard so touch much in favor favo of o that yov r soldier and was wa so well en impressed with Ith him that bat t I 1 ha h e written urging u his being betag ODed a first fiT t lieutenant in my regiment re l nent He na I look OIt for it before the middle of Jul July But before fore tLc U middle of July the I young Oung tolon 4 had stepped up to tho thoI I stars and bade goodby to the Second Michigan Before the middle of f July Narman Holt was w a prisoner oner pr under guard ordered to face fale a general genera court martial on oit trial for fur his life Chapter ch XIII XIU lender the IMI buning ning summer suns o over Ol er r I the glaring pike powdered and choked toy Ity the limestone dust thick and theist provoking shedding their knapsacks whenever they y dared and wondering I where on earth they were going and aad wherefore when fore the tm Buckeyes with w ith the Em Emmets Emmets mets DIets at al the tail n of the column much of 0 the tile way ay tramped wearily eastward through a landscape that under other would have charmed the with its beauty bt auty Beauregard abandoned Con Corinth nth and scat seat i d his bis forces forres many going to Bragg About Chattanooga the Union leaders to tn look ut tut for the approaches to Nashville N an ni ti tO take measures to check those enter enterprising n I troopers Forrest and Morgan who skipped through the south Ilk lik like the flea and were I I here there and everywhere among our ourI com nui nu at ions It was away aay toward I the la tag lag t nd n of June Jane that the hardy seasoned regiment regimen including that hard hardwearing wearing swearing company compa the Emmets Emmet found themselves camped sour Rear the railway raHay with Tullahoma nut not too many ninny miles off oft to permit of ot occasional O unauthorized unauthorised sorties s 1 b by squad armed arned only w with ith can canteen canteens teens teen and a here were a ore they bey bidden to watch the road guard the railway bridge and e to it that Johnny Reb Rob didn t rip up the rails nails or burn bUnt the Howe truss trus right under their regiment regimental al at noses Then two companies were sent up the track to look after arter the bridge at Fren Frenchmans creek and two more across the tbt right of t way to protect the I stone arc arth h that carried the pike lIke Ike over overa a brawling 1 raw ling little litHe mountain stream that tame ame tumbling from the Cumberland Then a di division ision general ral had to part I xv with ith the cavalry ax airy squadron detailed as an his ilL escort and we bad not a few al at generals who woo conceived that cavalry cavalry alry airy had no higher use or function so o 1 the Buckeyes Buckeye had to furnish two no nomore more companies as headquarters guard the penalty for being second only oDly to ro the regulars in point of set up and style and that left our friend the colonel with Just four companies to protect four miles of track and the pleasing PIel occupation of or damning general officers I I i I j I 1 J I J one in particular for tor everything indecent inde ent he be could thInk f f W When hen a mans whole ambition is Ia set et seton on w winning inning the star and Del the yellow sash it is l trying to command instead of If four regiments regiment and arid a n battery only four companies and Dd a band Colonel Pride had done ae his best to stand in with his state officers at Columbus C and moat OItt assuredly and had bad he labored to make his regiment regimens every thing it should be in point of drill din dis discipline and aad efficiency He had counted OB on Buckeye backing to make him a 1 a month back but the star had not ot come e On the contrary it would seem seea that In spite of Ohio it was w going to Sheridan for the story was all ail allover over ever the array army arm already that Ha hud hd recommended the abort egged ed little quartermaster for a Ip before he lie had h been en eel col colonel onel 0 of 01 a cavalry ry more that than a month It was rough on Pride Prid who held that Sheridan e wed ed ills his first success su to tu the thead ad a coun i he h got fn tn front n the t Buckeyes and the only cognition they were ere going tu to get pt was w a letter loUsy of thanks mad ad a commission for tor Private Holt Hell Hellit It was w wai b by the th way Wa or that corn ail mission on to fee ie along thought O Pride sod alsi lf so o said old So too said the Em i mets who were as they put It rejoice joice ful tuy over Oyer the news ws and unbeknownst to Norman had bad clubbed together subscribed bed a SOBS ee paper peper to o be collected collect at payday ray and had gotten ten Cap Cp to sand d an order to fc for tor as aa handsome e a belt gad as mosey money c buy bu tp far baa fo well He lie hs had r T re too s a ad toad hati sd half hal halfa ero a cc f II f J n and 1 pew new the IJ mer was giving no en sad of and the doctors ordered him law into camp cam hospital hos ital which once more threw in com corn command mand of the Emmets ts and that tJ t wast the beet best tiling which could have haye happened to With every day hj now however r Normann Norman been gaining n in health anti and strength t rth for otile tile rl hope is in a is noble I tonic o He had w won on a friend worth having in lyt that ht little le colonel of Wolverine cavalry He fek fda sure of En Enyart Enyart interest lt He had bad received a arm wann armi i hearted letter from front that gifted i young oung oun staff taft offIcer written at Nashville on his again pin to the front But there th re was one in an it that gave gaYe him mingled Joy jar and concern e My orders took t too me meto meto to Frankfurt Frankfort Harrodsburg Ha and LoSing ton but I did not Dot get set nearer to I At Lexington however I met some warm friends friend e ot 01 yours the Rays n and o oI Miss Mian Kate I was especially cordial in all alt she said of or orI I you Her HeT letter len however told you all I could and more Her letter Norman had received no If letter and his bis heart bean had ad been en n sore core re in indeed indeed deed over her silence for if Kate Ray would not answer anwer him be he was truly friendless In his bli native ve sta st e There had been a dozen packages hager of letters and pa papers pers for r the since they left the theline line at Corinth l but Better a word for him He ask askel aker r Tr Trott tt the first sergeant nt If It h he had bad seen anything and ana an answer answer r wan aaa Nothing since abate burg Landing where when several r il stacks of let toni and pai ers suet met them t as a they y yered board boarded ed od dr the h River QUeen sad aad Tott remembered bored ered distinctly there t was waa as a letter lett for forHolt I Holt Holta a thick letter addressed add in a lady la ls s shand hand band There TherO were some for Br Brennan I I too The Th boys boyl were ware all lid crowding round i when the b bag baK ig was a opened on I dk le k and some me oa of them he forgot who said and Hott Rott were w work workIng ork ing at commissary papers papera in the tito cabin above and a dm he would d take theta them h up Later Corporal Recalled the same thing He was am guard and aad go Lots Lets see 50 w whO w s it took k them Wh Why h yea vex it was waa t l him that was wag Mat Mal loy loys loya s striker and had long Inee Ineese Ineer inc 1 been sent se hack back to sick of o a fever r Brennan re was wars Yea es f Bronnan Brennan got rot two that evening on the Queen fellow handed hardell them to J him bUD It nt wa Lynch It was the com coin commissary captains ca clerk lerk or sergeant he be Wasn w t Which Then TIen flirt hM h been a letter l a thick letter leter for tot him and from rOlD Kate Kile Ray Hay and anti he be never rot 44 nor dot could he And the theman theman man to tot tell l had become be me of ot It 11 H He Be went WInt and of this dds new n W i 1 reuble tr aMe and an 4 could only pr i th t tir f and r but wb n r re turned to camp earn cam he be was approached by b Sergeant Trott TroU a bd d awkwardly informed ed that t lt ay ordered that at t kere after a he apply ap far permission elon before he ventured venure to go no fe far from flute his flis is C Aa sit S the Emmeta were mere for and exploring without cod Suiting flU their th this seemed an individual hot M t l ft all ail It probably would wf lart tart only f a thae at most Roth Both Sot Cot ot nel c and t Enyart were wr con h r Jent the Jm tome ep with in a ew u yi Tor or the former bad Ind s so cured the of General G Buell Buelt himself ld 1 anti and as sit Buell wa was more mort apt to criticise than commend comm nd the Ie t the volunteer th t was i i considered a feather in Norman Noran n eap sap and anda a a s sap ssp ap at the state officials at Columbus j I There had not been lacking mischievous 1 flings at st Mating when the matter wa was first noised about the thu t regiment Some of his brother officers kers o made the mistake of I twitting him or trying to but the th man manI who had shown suck such agitation and aDd use ner nervousness a the night ht on the River Queen I was as placidly d unconcerned to all ap a ra as ha he bt bad been the e day Gaff Gaffney G Ga Ganey ll ney read him description d of t the thep p 76 S S I I Awi 4 S P I I 4 dpi f f I I 1 1 s 4 1 j t J f I I S a 1 S DAMNATION HISSED MALLOy scene at the th hospital Only one on thing thin did he say sa that could be construed into a re reflection reSection Section n on the proposed appointment ment and those who advocated it So General Buell has hu urged it has hall he lie pensively spoke Malloy y with something that could hardlY pass 1888 tor br a smile yet not be t called a sneer Well Veil it the be fin time timetha that tha t gentleman has been a aI I southern t I But while white preserving pre an unruffled ed front frontI I toward his associates it was wan observed that Lieutenant Malloy lanoys s letters to hta h J father redoubled in length and frequency for the fortnight after they left the I Queen Hell Hehl ye if It he can cali me boy said Gaffney Faith I wish you were an Irish Irl h democrat df stead av gy a bins bine grass gram rass loyalist Then theres therea nothing could I Bate ye out av v it I Then all of a sudden guard duty be became came doubly hard The visits to ear Gaft earley ney ley were stopped and the Emmet Emmets were swearing n over er ero having n sentry l picket picked and a patrol every other o night and nd being av a alast last kept within bounds set not so much from restraint from within as 8 pressure UR from without the whole country became suddenly alive with vary avary One still night the last week in June Junea a little picket post pout four men of the Em Emmets Emmets Emmets I mets wl l thrown out some K yarns |