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Show I TheMaster The Master Masterof of ofChaos ofChaos Chaosby Chaos by Irving BachelJer Bacheller BachellerCoplrlght Coprlsht Coplrlght ) 1\)32 1 )32 32 1935 \ ) by Irving Dl\cheller Dl cheller Daebciter Daebciterth \ th \ VU u cplea Setslco Set < ; cp slco slcoCHAPTER lea CHAPTER XIV-ContInued XIV ContInued XIVContInued18 XI V-Continued V Continued VContinued18 - - -18- 18 - - 18MajestIc 18Majestic - MajestIc pines uud and bllru bpruccs < .u u . , turncd turned turncdfnto turnedinto fnto into tocrs toners " , or of tlame tlnrne AhO\ AhO AhOe Ahoie \ e them nil all alla nila a great dead pIne that seemtd SeeIlll d to totouch totouch touch the stars glo\ glo glocd gloved \ , cd Jlhe lice an ohcllsk nbeiask ohcllskor nbeiaskof or of gold l"be lbe l'he lhe " ' conOnr'1tlon conOnr1tlon conflagration , ; ' relleet'd relleetd retlected relleet'don retlectedon ( ' on the nc smooth sniooin surfatc surface sin-nn-i sin nn i - - ; TTIcm or of the ; 1"1\ 1"1 11 1"1er riser " \ er below , made a pieluie pltLUlC picture < ; so 0 menwrulJle memorable menwrulJlethat memorablethat memorablethat that a distinguished dlstIn l1l < ; hed officer ofliecr has I'us Ius ' de de- described described de- de described - - scribed It In his memoirs 'I I 'Hie Hie 'llte llte ' he glow glowtag slowIng Io\v Io v IovJng \ Jng tag water was cut with bliek lJl'1d lJl1d brick ' , Sh'HlHthe shadvssthe stndoyvs Sh'HlH\\ Sh'HlH ShHlH Sh'HlHS shadvss stndoyvsthe ' ' \ S -the the - the spirs sp'us spus spars ' and rigoing rigging rlglll . ; of a ship at atancbor atanchor atanchor ancbor anchor , the foh'le fohle fohae folii ' . ; e of ot near ueeb trees tice & It Itwas Itwas Itwas was a vast mst spread of ripplin rippling ? l'lce- l'lce llce Pace l'lcework Pacework lice-work lice work ' - - work lathed lachcd lashed , with flames on n a golden goldenbackground coldenbackground ollleD ollleDbackground background Long he be sat "at at cat " In ( n the tree-top tree top tree- tree treetop treetop - - - top surveying the picture He C'lme Clme rime C'lmedown rimedown cimedown ' down at nt last and went to his rest restwith restwith restwith with a R fervpnt fervent primer prayer pr'1 pr1 ' er of thanksgiving thankcgfvtng thanksgivingSuffering th'lnh thlnh thankcgfvtngSutlering ' < ; gfvmg gfvmgSuffering Suffering Sutlering for food fnod Burgovnet Burgovne Burgovnes barmy barmyhad . army armyhad armyhad had to break through or stiricnder surl suriender.It surienderIt .nMr nMr . . It renewed the HJit fi"ht fiht fllrt " , When WIlen the firingbegan firIng firIngbegan firingbegan began , the forbidden Impetuous Impctuous Ar Arnold Arnold Arnold nold spurred his horse Into the ( he mIdst mIdstof midstof midstof of the bittle b'lttle blttle battle ' . . . The < ; sokllcis soldleis oldlel < ; elcomed selcorned selcornedhim \ welcomedhim % elcomedhim him With 11'ith 11ith ' L Learned rned s brijide brl brio 'lde lde ide ' hecharged he hecharged hecharged charged the tIle Hessians In the eii eiicmv ell'nn ellnn ( ' ins s scenter scenter scenter center and broke them The TIle enem\ enem enemy enemretreated enemyretreated cnemvretreated \ ' retreated and hid h'ld hld had ' scarcely scarcelv enteredtheir entered enteredtheIr enteredtheir theIr camp \ when sshen hen Arnold stormed It ItIn itin ItIn In the face of or gnpe gMpe gripe stint shot ' ind 'lnd lnd and smell smellarms smillarms m'llJ mllJ m'llJnrms ' nrms arms Turned it 'lt lt at ' the point Joint [ of the thebayonet thebayonet thebayonet bayonet ho he attacked aanded , the nghr rIght l1ank flank flankThey l1ankThev ( lankThev Thev They retreated , but not until the3 the ; h'1d h1d hid h'1dI.lUed hidkilled hidkilled ' I.lUed IlUed killed . his horse ' ind 'lnd lnd and wounded him hun 'lnd lnd Zed 'lndColonel ' indColonel ZedColonel Colonel Cabot \ Arnold o\rnold o rnold 4rnold Arnoldis \\is is has \ \ \ 'IS IS ' borne of off offthe ofthe ! ? the Held field , but the victoryVas victory \ was \Vas Vas com corn complete cornplete cornplete cornpleteMeanwhile pleteMeanwhile plete pleteMean Meanwhile Meanhlle Mean\\ Mean \ hlle Amos rarnsworlh rarnsworth arnsworth r in atree a atree atree tree top was ft " ' is 18 dropping British ritIsb officers officers'nth officerswith officerswith 'nth nth with ' his hlS deadly deadlv rifle rlfle aim As he saw sawthem sawthem sawthem them fall he made grim rlm remarks"Thar's remarksThars rem'1rhs rem1rhs remarks remarks"Thar's ' 'Thar's Thars "Thar's ' " ' ' a pass Into hell ' ' ' "Take Take 'Take " ' that-ye that ye that - ye hired Dutchman DutchmanBy Dutclunan Dutchman " " -By By "By - " G- G G-- - GI G - - ' ' I : . knocked I.noched Inoched his hat off offBe offHes offHes Be Hes s down do\vn do vn \ " In a El monent mor1ent moment he S\\ S shun swung Sung \ ung ; his cap In Inthe inthe Inthe the air and soiled yelled eIled , , 'They They ' re hcl licked lickedBy lickedBy ed edBy By the God o 0 ' Moses I t ' tVe We \Ve Ve \ got 'em em ' on onthe onthe onthe the run " ( In n his e excitement cltement Ainos Amos Amos had slipped slippedfrom slippedfrom slippedfrom from grace as he was wont to put itWas It ItWas [ t tWas Was it his bIs pun punishment [ < ; hment that thnt cime C'1me C1me c'ime ' ' so soswiftly soswiftly soswiftly swiftly ? The bullet of a British sharpshooter sharpshooterswIshed sharpshooterEwlshed swIshed through the le'n len leives lenses ' es ' ind 1nd 'mnd mnd hit hitAmos hitAmos hitAmos Amos in the shoulder His gun gundropped gundropped un undropped dropped to the giound gtound ground A second he hewavered hewavered hewavered wavered on his perch tt tiding trying ing to support sup , port himself , . lie fie fell Into a crotch crotchbeneath crotchbeneath crotchbeneath beneath him where he hung caught caughtIn caughtin In the middle with head arms andlegs and andlegs andlegs legs drooping Some men of the near nearbattery nearbattery nearbattery battery took him down s \ with lth ith hdders ladders hddersand laddersand liddersand and bore him away a"ay aay " on a stretcher stretcherDarkness stretcherDarkness stretcherDarkness Darkness had fallen Silence had hadsucceeded hadsucceeded hadsucceeded succeeded the nge r'lge rlge rage ' and tumult of con contending contending contending tending armies nrmles ' The 'l'be lbe ' battle was won wonThe wonThe wonThe The British Rratlsb had bad retired Colonel ColonelCabot ( ' ColonelCabot 0lone1 0lone1Cabot Cabot lay wounded on thp the > field A Asaber Asaber Asaber saber blow had cut the side of bis his bisrace hisface hisface race face below the car ear and stunned himHe him himHe himHe He had ' fillen f'lllen flllen fallen from his horae hor.e hore horse . and andwas andwas andwas was weak from the loss of blood A Atremhllng Atrembling Atrembling tremhllng trembling frightened frl htened voice voicevas \vas vas was \ \ as callIng call callIng callIng Ing him It was a woman's womans ' voiceWind voice 1nd Wind 1ndthere Windthere ' indthere there was distress In it He lie ans\\ered ans ered answsered anseredHe answseredHe answeredHe \ He strug struggled led to his feet and felt feU hiswav his hiswav hisway wav way to the side of a wounded man man"Did man"Did man"Did manDid "Did Did " you cill c"lll clll call " me ? ' ' he ached asked achedThe askedThe askedThe ; The an ansv ansi \ or er cime C'lme Clme came ' feebly feeblycs , ' \cs cs 1es \ ' es I Iknew Iknew Iknew knew you were near I 1 saw you fall fallThey fallThey fallThey They ran me through I-I I I - - I am Nancv Nancy NancvN NancyNow NancvNow N Now ow you know- know knowHer knowHer know - - " " Her voice wlce stopped She tried totouch to totouch totouch touch his bls face On its wav was wa , her h'lnd hlnd hind h'lndfell hindfell hindfell ' fell lipsIt back He raised It to his lips It was cold He lie bent and kissed hls < ; ed hercheek hpr her hprcheek hercheek cheek Again he spole spol e : ) She 1)1Ie 11Ie did not notmove notmove notmove move chingehad ch'lngehnd changehad or an answer < ; wer 'l l ' ' T.he The 'the . he great ch'lng-e ch'lng chlng e change ' - hnd had come , and he Imew-more Imew more knew-more knew knew - more Indeed Indeedthan than thingwe he be had ever known hnown , of thai tba1 that thing we call caB the 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e of womenTIle women womenThe womenThe The TIle litter Utter men gathered the thpm them > m In inThe InTbe Tbe The surgeons were busy in the hogpital hos hospitala hospltala pital-a pital a pltal-a pltal - a long lmprosisedstructure IrnprO\ IrnprO Improvised IrnprOIsed lmprosised \ Ised Isedstructure structure structurewhIch structurewhich structurewhich whIch horrorsIn was WolS a n howling den of horrors In the midst of It , after his "ounrls ounrls sounds soundswere woundswere "ounrlswere " were treated the ' e exhausted e'hausfed ehausfed hausted Voung young colonel voungcolonel youngcolonel sleepA fell feU Into a deep , merciful slce sleep . [ ) A vision came in fu his hb dreams of the thlobs thlns thethinfes thethlobs thethlns , that Simeon Slmeon Botts and nnd his hisf hisfceKi&h hisfceKih hisselfish f > elfuh selfish , & , harebrained harcbnifned har .bmlnr bmlnr ' . < . > d cO'lOrtsLTe co cohorts cO'lOrts cOlOrts iorts \ ivere \\LTe LTe wore to toaccompUsh toaccomplish toaccomplish Lirvinghalf accompUsh accomplish He lIe saw the t.lnlOg tlnlOg starling s . , half clad shivering hlvering . , faithful f.llthful fllthful men soon < ; oon soonto oonto to ForgeSome rorgeSome be In the camp at Valley Vallf'Y VallfY ' Forge rorge finishIng hIng finishlag Some time ' \ was sas as consumed In finl finish < ; h Ing lag the conquest of the famished famlslH.d famlslHd . help helpless less army nrmy of Burgoyne In 1n organizing It Its organizingIts organizingIt October . J < march and In breaking bn.allng bnallng brcaking . , camp Oc tober seventeenth The sick aIel . andwounded and andwounded andwounded wounded remained Among them were General wereGeneral Arnold and Colonel Cabot . . Captain CabotCaptain withhis vlthbls Ii'nrns\\ Ii'nrns Iinrns Farnsworthwould Farnsvvorth Ii'nrnsorth Farnsworth ' \ \ orth orthwould would govlth go \vlth vlth with \ bls his regiment reglment Still Stilt weak wealt and In milch much milchpaiD muchpain paiD pain muchpain , with brll\ brll brave brlle brace \ e pretenses pretences ; he made light madelight of It ft I ( and mounted hI his ' : ! horse horseAnother Another captiln capt'1ln capt1ln capt ' min wlio who rode at his bls side has sidehas written that ' rarosworth f'arnsworth farnsworth rarnsworth was wa3 the tl tlonly theonly only man he ever knew who could go ( gsound gosound sound hoursas houras Rsleep asleep In the saddle for hour hours s ; as If It It wore wpre were i "l l a " catlicr feather Leather ( bedSlighted hedSlighted bed hed bedSlighted Slighted In ' ' demon dcman Gates Goltes orders ordeN the dc de man mon fighter left the hospltil bosplt'll bospltll hospltal sooiaa soonas sooas ' as soo soon n as he tie could ride In a chilse ch"llse chllse chaise " It Is u a upIty Ispity pIty the dc death th Arnold courted court2 1 < hainot hadnot hanot had ha d I not taken him Wroiigt Wron Wronged ld d and cmblt ernbit tered cmbittcred cmblttered ernbittered he muf'therc"lfter muftherclfter was ' thcrciftcr thereafter " In a daik dall dark . nnd an d amdownward nnddawnward andownward dawnward downward way Some have ha\e ha e hate \ the pa Uence tienee paticnce paUence patienee to endure and dnd to 0\ 0 os \ overcome 0prtome prtome ercome In lu lrgratitude lugratitude I'atitude Iatitude gratitude ! : : ' and some nave have not , . CHAPTER XV XVIn XVIn In Which the Broken Brot-en Brot en - Tlircad Thread of LoveIs LoveIs Love LoveIs Is Curiously ReunitedBefore ReunIted ReunitedBefore Before etol'e etole : ' the second battle . , Colln eoJln Colin bad had badreeched hadreceived badreceived reeched received an nn order ( from rom General W'lsh Wlsh Wash W'lshInJton Washlnbton WishIn ' InJton lnbton ton written writtln at tho Elmo fifteenth Ofteenth mllf mill mile milestone mllfstone ' stone on the bklppac SLippacb klppa ( ' ' roid rO'ld rOld road ' In l'enn lenn Penn l'ennc Pennslsnnfa ' I'enusvlvnnta Ienusvlvnnta ' c ; slsnnfa ) } h ania , , directing titm him , , at 3t the end of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Sintoga S'1r'ltoga S1rltoga Saratoga ' ' campaign cnmr.algn cnmralgn campalgn . to get gl't glt ' a u rIl ch5 ch5charge discharge < ; charge from ( rom General Genpra ) Cites G'1tes G1tes Gates ' and proceod pro proceed proGeed ceed Geed \ with Ith his rcolment re"lment relment " , by a routeLnown route routeb.nown routeknown b.nown bnown Lnown . to Sergeant ergeant Sjpp Sapp .1PI 1PI . > . , the he'lrer helrer bearer he'lrerto bearerto beirerto ' to gcneni genenl general headquirters beadqu'1rlers beadqu1rlers headquarters ' . . , Lolln L.olln to11n . , stIli still stIlitn stillIn stillIn tn In bed , ordered his men to prcpure prepare prcpureI prcpurefor preparefor preparefor for the Journey and to set out theDCt thenect the thenc I DC\t DC t nect nc ' \ : t d.1YlIe day d.1Y d1Y dayHe daylie . He lIe Immediately scot sent n a letter by hy pnct post pnctto postto postto ; , to Kachel llnc1lel Rachel Bon Bowlby Bonlby Iby tolling tl'lIIng tllIIng telling ' her of thc the thcorder theorder theorder order and nnd . } cupping .l1'1PPIOg .l11PPIOg l11PPIOg mapping ' ' the route rlute ) nnd and nndde anddestination anddestination de destination < ; tlnatfon Tills Thb This * to make mnle , sure s > ure that1'ai that1ai that thatPat thatPat Pat ' "oul oul " would nould know hnow where whue to find him himHe himIle himHe He Ile e'qe eqe expected evpected ' } .tcd tcd < . to be able nble to follow IUHI and andosei andoveitaLe 0\ 0 0el osei \ el tal.e tale take . the regiment re , llJ1ent linent in 10 a . rt d div 1\ 1 n \ 1or or ort ortwo ortwo t two " 0 but the 3oun-i 3oun i ouo oiin- oiin oiinruin - - ; ruin unn man was Ilet.1lOed Ilet1lOed detained detainedIn Ilet.1lOedIn . In the hospital hopltn , ; ) more tlian than t\\ t two t0 \ 0 necks necksafter \ weeksafter ed.s eds ed.snftl1 . nftl1 after " his men had hflIJ held gone goO ( . A 1Inllln Ilniiln llriotilnweikncsg , . ; , ; . , , , we'll.nc3 well.nc3 wellnc3 weakness ' . , ; ' from the tbe loss of blood kepthim t.ept tept kept t.ept111m kepthum . 111m hum ID In bedThe bedThe bod bed bodTlie Tlie The day da dll of ot his ( disclnrge l1sch'lrge l1schlrge disch'irge dischirge ' ' he he Hlcd ided Hlcdfor idedfor for Albany Albans Alhan , In the siddle s"ldflle sldflle saddle " Arrilugthere Arriving Arrilug Arrn % Ing Ingthere there he be found Mrs Loiwlhv B H\ H HIhv < \ Ihv lIe I learned thit th'lt thlt that ' Pat P.lt Plt . I t auy auysci 'l l ' y yCb \Cb Cb \ sci . , lund land with their horses and an escort escortof es < ( 01 oitof t tof of four men had set out on a southbound south southbound southbound bound ship sblp a feda"J few fe\\ fe fen \ davb da\"J da "J J days \ , " ) before They They"ere Theysere Theywere "ere ere sere " to lenve 1e1\e 1e1 e lease . ' \ the bhip bhlp ship about sl"tv sltv slvty sl"tvmIles slvtymiles sittvmiles " mIles below bclow Albany and start westward ss \ \ Lst Lsthard hard \ \ ard In the < ; saddle addle to Intel lnteicept luteacept cept ( olto Olin olinsregiment s sregIment sregiment regIment on Its wav way to slastaingtou's slastaingtous slastaingtou'sheadquarters \ Washington'shcidyuarters Washingtonshcidyuarters \ ashln ton's tons ton'she"ldquartl1"s ' ' he"ldquartl1"s heldquartl1s headquarters " " Her tier ladvship ladyship lall Ship had apermit a apermIt apermit permIt from Gates to go south with withthe \ withthe Ith Iththe the troops and Join friends In Phlla Phila Phlladelphla Philadelphla Philadelphia PhiladelphiaColins delphla delphlaColin delphlaColeus Colin Colins Coleus S marc mare hid h1d beenounded been ' \ wounded \\ounded ounded sounded in a aforeleg aforeleg aforeleg foreleg In the last battle and was unfit unlit unlitfor unfitfor unfitfor for a long Journey journev ' |