Show How Hov He Won w on Her rier HerB B By MRS E. E D. D E. E N. N SOUTHWORTH I Continued from yesterday morning CHAPTER XIU To The Till lr fr HV Then seized her hand and drew draw h star her r Into Inlo the yard where Te the men Already mount mounted d awaited their chief placed lace 1 hi his bill wife on her horse hone and aDd then mounted hi his hi 0 own Alberta turning around round saw caw Bide Elfie bound hand and d foot behind Goleta- Goleta borough who WAS waa firmly seated on onet one i t t of or the most morn powerful roadsters she ahe had fIVer ever v r seen Men n. n Lisle Ellie fl could no longer fight or struggle t gle gl but she he scolded and remonstrated rf MS ks vigorously an II ever R t Men Mn It if you are men and not 1 how monsters how dare you look on and t see arch uch ich an outrage as this she hP cried the r 1 band nd at et largo large But the men were er busy with their curbs ear restraining restive horse horm ho that 4 r as a. ea eager Ker er to fly as a. their matters masters and they had no DO attention to bestow On n Elfio Colonel Clonel ar are you Ou a i gentle gentle- a man mm and wil wll you permit violence t W ta to t be done me mo 1 she demanded of ot the Free Sword Hut But th thA guerrilla chief WM wu marshal marshal- V t In lug Ing his hie hi band and did not oven en hear her hM t fi word words Alberta Alberta wh why do you OU not Interfere You promised that no wrong should b be he done mo that you could prevent she screamed turning her head the head the only part port of ot her person site he could move toward to Madam J Would to heaven I could prevent pre this Ihl Elite Elne exclaimed the gU d wife iCe Then turning to her cousin she said Mild Id sharply Albert Goldsborough Goldborough If It you OU Have a at t J park spark of ot manhood left len release relea e the girl r And leave lee her here The Federals wll her when they thy come and antI protect her until the they can send h her hor r to he her friends friend Ha ha hR ha har Quite rl right ht Alberta laughed Colonel Goldsborough As lady and chief you could not say MY J. J Though of or course your our interference Interference Inter Inter- ference torence was wu a mere form torm for you OU know now as a. well a as I do that Elfio would tt I not thank you for tor hindering me because beI because be be- cau cause e at heart she la Is l t just as willing to tobe tobe be carried off orr as I am to tako take her Kerr t f Oh you yoU you-you you you unutterably I contemptible miscreant cried Elfie at a n lose logs for tor names baso bash enough nough to bestow beetow on her captor But nUL at that instant the th order was wa given Riven to move forward and Goldsborough Goldsborough Golds- Golds tr borough put ut spurs purs to his hon home and bounded hounded awa away The The- troop started started very very much as ns a company compan of ot fox tox hunters start when n a the fox has haJJ broken cover cover all all In wildest wildcat haste and disorder the th first firs object t being to get awa away as quickly a as aa the possible the great difference thaIn that tha In this case cape the party part were hunted hunt d In Instead Instead In- In stead tead of the hunters hunter The They galloped without drawing rein until they had put miles f and miles between them themselves thennel and their late Jat encampment Then on th the ed ergo edge of oC another great tort forest slackened to 0 breathett breathe they poco tt 11 h ti fI tX tr n t rAu Peeking h I cat s sweat rode rode up up their hell f lifted his ht hand and spoke to thorn them Attention Scatter yourselves through the th forest and r rendezvous tonight tonight to tow e night at al the k Rears Dears Pass Pans where fry we Join Colon Colonel 1 Goldsborough Goldsborough's force Then the they entered the fon forest st by different dif ferent paths paUl and scattered t the mcelve v h. h A according to order jt Some little Tittle little distance Into lh the forest W Colonel Corson and Alberta rode rod std 0 by hv side aide r So wo we go KO to u l I s encampment en en- nIi n she said salL Yea This morning when the scouts scout I ut brought In the n news nv v that that th the ln my r cavalry O a Informed by tho the little lip py Gill GUI was after atter us U we called a hunt busty hURty n Cound un i t o of war wt Goldsborough myself mf Mutt Mute h I- I and d Aber when ha when ii it t was is d d' d t that we Wf should i th Ur remnant of our bands band at t n lI rK ml Bi u Rears Rear's Pas Paes there to wait walt for tor 1 k who is expected down from th Sh n n- n valle valley to plan i rn rai I. I Into Pennsylvania or Maryland Al All Au what a hard life this for yuu YU u m III tenderly reared love said sall in 10 In gm god U i rilla chief suddenly breaking on un fn horn n i his hi- talk of rapine and d blood blood- n I d t t. t 4 Bane ir with ineffable tenderness u ui ul m h hi hl- hl companion My Free Sword exclaim d 1 hI t. t r wife wire fondly and proudly It Ill I I. I tide the litof lit L of ot my hearts heart's choosing I am harpy happy oh believe bellevo me me-I me I am always hui hall haI j. j y by your side W on only y miserable when wh n at ah- a sent from Crom you And you never m swish wl MV h tries me absent do you Vittorio exclaim d t God knows know never i 11 1 Free Fr e Sword fervently I I am such s a nil an egotist gott t as to want ant you always alway w II Mh lilt II nv ml cost coat you ou what It ma may Such an egotist are you ou III In m m mk ik ikIns k kLc Lc ilea Ins inK me no so happy happ Listen in my Ohi oh my dearest listen I J am orth d. d r rand t and I 1 believe belle In heaven and In hei hell h. But nut I will have no heaven that vuu u d do not share chare my own And d death ath an and hell hen are aro less leas terrible lo to mi me nt tim in ell 1 thought of ot parting from you ou sh h. h murmured d. d sUIl still fondly and proudly ashe a- a a aho she aho ho had haa spoken before Then b by tho the splendor of ot hens hea hean hran n w e will never nc part pan again again no no nut not rn t i lr f. f r u a dayl daJ The They continued their way t g h the Uie forest which grew ow k r nn and andt t i darker ft as a. they penetrated deep i Into Inlo int Its re recesses At Al length however howe they t the reached higher ground where th ti tre o. o grew crew thinner And Aud Just a all as the moon arl arose L th th tl began bogan to ascend that almost almot mu Ina rl Ible I- I w We ble bl part of the mountains km un va n cs the Black Bears Bear's Pass Pais f. f J Steep winding difficult und and d JI nr r. r n t a. a ous ou OUI wai the wa waTho wa- wa war Tho rho side of ot the mountain up hie k the path wound was nearly r p ri rp i n- n broken Into rocks rock cut UP if fh torrents and obstructed with a i I agg u ZI Z I I scrubby of e cv l n Th Ih I i towered tottered a thousand f a above ove them on their right hand nn an ton toll a thousand set ret below tun 1111 o otheir Of nt their left A single false falle stet t op p mint mut mu- mu have bave precipitated horses on and rid rid- r r r- i t I 1 death The pass paM became more and m rd n r re steep winding difficult and dal rol ro roThe The rhe rocks were more brok broken n UH all t trents tr I c C S rents more Inore swollen th the COP cop cop- h od mo more tangled and treacherous I An hour bour more of or toilsome fI and nd I tern tern- ble his climbing brought them to tu th lIll II to te top p of or the mountain S The full moon was WaR now at It If z I and shone brightly down upon a t-n t which wasa great a II a Va way as the Natural BrIdge Its itself lr It J seemed a fort ot of natures own o forming I shaped Saucer was the top or of th the m mountain and na surrounded b by a 0 natural i th the breastwork bl o ot earth and nd roc rocks tn in ever ever- I sturdy turdy eleCts clefts or of witch which grew rew this naturally Inch 1 se ll teens g greens which waa WaB about a mile In cir cir- spec spec- was a or of men droves ot horses grouPS and many But licit scene or of shelter for man or be beast est no sign arrived arrive d Colonel Goldsborough had dd had d Alberta lie He and be tore state d unbound hilS captive Who way was th tho and b bo boJ o in r ee on J now tJ turned to r receive h t the he Fr Free t Sward Welcome to the Devils Devil's Retreat for such Uch Is la the dI detectable 6 name ne e b by Y which this natural fortification Ir g goes See your men are here bere before you and they are already preparing for tor the comfort of ot madam he said Id laughed and thanked h. h his ho host t. t and then alighted and lifted his wife oil off her ho horse hone You Tou must be nearly dead with fatigue beloved he whispered tenderly as II he took blanket a from one on of his hili men threw it to the ground anu gently seated Alberta on it Meanwhile some of or Coront's nt bans ban busied hued themselves with cutting down driving stakes stake Into th th- ground wea ID weaving walls waUa and roofing In a temporary shelter for Consents Consent's beloved b- b bloed loved lo wife wife beloved beloved by all the band ft r fi her devotion to their chief and then their cau cause I Come sit eit on this blanket with me Elfie Elfte You win will take cold on the bar bar- ground child said aId Alberta kindly i And the captive e A jho ho ho felt a sort of oft I t I limited Mn sense 4 of or safety fet In the presence t of ot the came and uld sat eat t down beside her I f When A Albertas Alberta's pretty picturesque I I h hal t of or fragrant evergreens was wu finished I i I came to totter her and said Mid Your shelter Is I. ready lad lady Cora i t tInto Into it will bring you OU I tea I Alberta thanked her faithful follower ol- ol fol 1 lower and anti gave RAve her hand to her he f Ic- Ic l I 1 male mRle companion saying In P 1 I Come Elfie you ou shall shat share my I hut and re rest t under In my protection tonight to 1 1 night 11 as last lut night xIV Co Colonel HO I. I Now it happened that upon the Ue Uee e very morning of ot fatal picnic excursion sion slon the colonel of pf Justin Justins regiment bet belli convalescent cent returned to his hIB post of ot duty uty Major Rosenthal was re- re IJo ed and for tOT faithful and efficient services was wa promoted to th the rank of or colonel and ord ordered to assume the th command of the cavalry ca then thon stationed at W W. In the valley alle Tho The next morning Colonel ROE Ros n- n thal thai mounted on a noble war horse horae set act forth orth to cross crOM tho Blue Ridge en route for tor his hla distant destination Ho was attended d b by a a. single order orderly the friendless youth whom had kissed and blessed bleared on the moving mo of ot the brigade and who was thenceforth the object of oC Justins Justin's especial care The valley was free Cree or supposed tobe to tobe tobe be free from guerrillas and therefore therefore there there- fore tore a bodyguard wa wan deemed sary sarT it was a glorious autumn morning after atter the storm and th the pa passage of ot the U mountains on th this route was u neither d menu difficult I nor dangerous And it 11 was aM yet early arly In th the forenoon when Colonel Rosenthal having crossed the rid ridge rid InI in n nI I safety arety t ty de descended into the old t un- un pike stage atae road leading through a I dense dene forest tort toward W. W which was still aUlI tar far distant I But the glory lory of ot the morning had no power to lighten the gloom that overshadowed the Uie young youn officers officer's spirit In truth he had both public and private matters matter for tor depression The former was waa of course grief forthe for tor forthe the widespread ruin wrought by the war and sickness of ot soul with hope deferred by Its ItJI long lone continuance and Indefinitely postponed end nd and was shared hard by every patriot In the land and every philanthropist in the world The TIt latter was wa in distress about his hili sister and his hi beloved beloyed Brito I marte and Ms his I. I intense anxiety concerning concern- concern Stis ing t Ive I've tat fate of a young orderly sir ser K Kant nt whom while In to temporary command command command com com- mand of ot the regiment he had detailed on special dut duty and who had left him himI I about seven days previous to th this and tad iad not yet h been en heard from j I his boy w. w was an especial favorite I with y his hiM superior officer Soon after atter the rf regiment lm nt had I left Ct Washington and while It was wa lying at nl City Point he had enlisted Since that for tor cleanliness sobriety fidelity lIty and In n short all soldierly good qualities he had been j I I steadily promoted until he had reached I the rank of ot sergeant As A. by instinct Justin Rosenthal soon singled the boy out from fromn his comrades and selected him as 8 one of his own I orderlies Ua Hay being the other outer Now It occurred that while Major Ro Rosenthal wa was in command of or the regiment regi- regi went ment at H. H there came rumors rumor of ot the tho reappearance of or the tilt terrible Fieo Free Sword on the east side of ot the Blue Ridge He Ile wa WAS reported to be In the neighborhood of ot L reorganizing reorganising hl his hi band of or desperadoes who were hockIng nock hock Ing to hi his standard by 11 scores scorer core by 11 titles and by hundreds ft was whispered cred that there them was aplan a aplan plan on foot to mass the three e great bands respectively commanded by Corson and Goldsborough then to cross the river above the Point of ot Rocks slip lISp down behind the line of ot forts torta and make a sudden dash Into Va Washington Such were the rumors among the country people but whether they were true truo or or false or b by whom or upon what ground the they h had d been started no noone noone noone one could tell Reconnoitering parties had been sent to up the country in the neighborhood of or L L. but they had re returned returned returned re- re turned without t having seen or heard anything about the dreaded Free Fre Sword or any of his followers Either he was not there or his encampment encampment encampment en en- was well concealed and tho the people of the country were keeping his secret And as for Moncks Monch's 8 and Goldsborough's Goldsborough's Goldsborough's Golds- Golds boroughs borough's bands s there was not even a rumor suggestive of their whereabouts whereabouts where where- i r rIt It became now none advisable to send Spine some om person of equal tact and courage who should go among the country peo peo- pie in the vicinity of oC L L. put puB for a a secessionist discover the an retreat of oC the Free Sword penetrate to lo hla ht camp and And out what foundation there might be tHi for tor all aU the rumors that e were afloat The duty must be undertaken voluntarily of course coune no on one In the regiment was waa found willing to go upon this dangerous expedition until Will pm Wing Wine the majors major second orderly proffered red his hla services service for the forlorn hope hopt Ills His major wa war was surprised ed and softened soften soften- ed fd by this devotion In one so 80 young youn and tender lender as a this toy boy and he kindly and candidly set before him the extreme extreme ex ex- peril perils of ot the enterprise But Win Wing was wu firm Arm and respectfully I represented that his hie very youth would I be his protection ae as It Ir would render him an object of I. I less suspicion to the enemy and he begged that thai h he might b be permitted to render the th required service to his country So co the major had consented and the young oung orderly disguised d In a suit Bult of Confederate gray had left II H. some pome somes s seven ven en days before beCore and since that he had not been hen JI se seen n or heard from And now Rosenthal's soul was wu pierced by remorse remone for having suffered tho boy 00 to go upon such a fatal fall errand and by grief for his probable probable probable pro pro- bable fate Cate for Cor |