Show I I I ow He Won vv on Her HerB Her HerI I i B By MRS E. E D. D E. E N. N SOUTHWORTH 1 Continued from rom yesterday m morning l Im in blasted It Ir I dont don't think the hID Yankees Yankee have l surprised the the- camp exclaimed Lionel starting to his feet feel to lo run out At t the door ho paused and turned su suddenly to Justin and aid Jd saying ayin bel your parole a and tita stay I where you OU are ale And Aid then ho he rushed through the tho door banging it IL after him 1 Left to lo Justin listened anxiously to the sounds without Ha Had I the Union cavalry gained g clew to retreat and anti surprised his I camp lie earnestly hoped that It ml might ht be bo so o and he lie closed his Ills eyes and strained his cars to hear And It the tho noise continued in all its an and SQ sound but It Jl told him nothing An And no flo one camo caine Into the ther room r om of or whom he ho might m. m ht make Inquiries In In- I mines for in the Iho excitement ment of or the hour every I man ninn was on tuG tho scene Of action outside An And Azid h be himself elf was Of bound lJ by his parole to remain where ho lie was A As he listened in Keen anxiety an anti and I heR heavy suspense he ho thou thought hl that the noise without was tras certainly I not that I n If f an au engagement There was no jio living pC t shots hots no ringing of or steer sheet no sound ou Hll of or battle wl whatever Only the prancing I of or horses au and the ilio yelling of oi men I iC if the tho confusion lon was cau caused e by bythe bythe the onslaught of th the Union cavalry the fhe he guerrillas must have o yielded lC without a blow blo- And nd that was scarcely a sup- sup I blo case caso cn c either with men of or their Herc nature and reckless courage I Still us he listened th the tho c began to subside the horses hors's ceased i to i prance tue men to yell yen And th then n It I t to that all this e ex- ex nt might have havo been kindled le b by bylie bythe the lie return lt of or Moncks own foragers forager from froni lom their late 1119 mi raid Laid Nothing more likely ho lie decided At t length when perhaps half an un hour had passed an and quIet E seemed to e u been n restored without Major I r cl re entered th the tho l' l rOOm om and re resumed re- re umed his seat scat at the table May o. o one Inquire what nil all the noise was about questioned Justin Oh nothing at all but what W wo we arc aro aroused used to to replied who was in tho lIlo act acl of drawing tho the cork corle from ono one of oC the brandy bottles When hen he lie had luid I dono so ho pou c out a lar largo large o glass 01 oC brandy and pushed lle it towar toward his hlf i guest an and said maid l Vou sou 1 have ha neither wine wino nor liquor tolla today Oblige ne me by It trying this tilts line old Otard Thanks no I 1 would rather not answered ju tin Ju Un You need Il 11 now or 01 will need it il t before man many minutes ore aro over r your lead head I beg bog that at you will drink Iii ln- Isted without a smIle on his his' face ace a Q J Oh troll it if you ou make so a point uC tIC Ie It it IL I am ant w wider under er no 1 pledge l re- re re-I re Justin laughing as h he I raised alsed the glass to his hb lip lips That is Ji right ht It Il will brace braco you ou I tip jp said Aud with that lH OIled filled filled a largo large tumbler with brandy braidy for fori himself ilm elf and tossed it ofT ocr and amid then thou I another J and another r until the bottle was vas I Tl The T c quantity o ot of brandy y that o would v l haVe havo intoxicated almost any other ether man man- only steadied d him T lo 0 o US uto a n. common phrase h was wan again the again the ame anie colt cold cruel sensual ual mom monster ter who win would order a a al poor pOOl wretch hung up by the neck to a tree b before his tent and have haw the dour our left Idt up open n s so o that while hUe eating his lJ e breakfast ka t he might enjoy the tho ol of I th tho victim In n a u. word he was the same samu man that thai he ic was r reported but that thai Justin had never really believed h lo to beTake beTake be Take a u. cigar colonel 1 see that I It t has ha brought us a a. really good lot ot P. P mess less that Scotch r r rr Try this one no Time The sedative te all effects of good to- to upon a 3 mans man's nerves is really in- in comparable sal said Monch hand handing lug what hat ho he considered le a chol uc cigar chal t to Colonel an and then selecting amid ind one cue for himself i fhe They puffed away In Ir silence fur for a while an and amid then r removing his hUi weed weel r to knock th time the ashua off off looked baked Intently upon tho the face of or his cum coin panl anion n an and inquired How do you feel icel Quite well thank you u an ec Ju Justin raising IM hi 1 In Ui sur sur- ur-I ur prise v right lIht 1 strongly braced up eh I Quito sot sol Glad Gad lo tu know v It Able to hear a a. pretty severe shock 1 I 1 do o not nol know What hUl do O you mean 7 exclaimed Justin un a II Because I shall havo have to lo she give you OU a of or a shock presently In the tho name of or heaven what has happened e Have Havo you OU any ill Iii ys no of ot m my friends friends' 1 anxiously Jy Inquired 1 Colon Ro no No o Mal said M coolly replacing tho tIme cigar in his and drawing th the end of or It Into a bright coal u nu Ou III news of your friends Ill news lot for your our friends h however What hal do Q you O mean Major l' l Colonel cuthal YOU ou are arc a u bravo man nian sai said semi bemi rr ga- ga I ti My u friends think s so u und o. o And nd om foes o os o's so 50 Ju Justin Un boW bowed ills head In lii ell ment of oC this Colonel I. I as a braveman brave bravo man luan you OU U lar ai a I. I u oi or Oa Lh said coolly throwing away way his of OC cigar anI and anil lighting another Nci No Tell me what you mean b lJ by this frau discourse Welt If te you in insist ht upon It It I I 1 will it is J really all time to tell you light your cigar Hr 1 W Xi C can cn n while wo we talk tall Well lucu I In I Ime n me Inc L all in that thal I 1 hall have han to hang you cu u lu lii about un l hour mour Com om this I PJ IL H II Tin nil hL I bei C Colonel th 1 I shall o have lo to iian hang you ou in iii ab about t an hour fl from I this Ice this d dreadful t q ul In the tJui coolest l tossed ore off his tumbler of tit Hr and then looked up to lo I sey IU U what effect the Uio words had bad ha had bad VOU his in intended intended In- In I tended CoU Colonel nel countenance was not lint In tho the slightest degree He lie till Ull sitting back In his hits chair contemplating con cun- with nithI that thai expression lon i lit f mingled curlo curiosity ItS an and perplexity which ho Ito ha had hitherto listened to th time the guerrilla cJ s 's strange discourse dis- dis course course- It was now Moncks t turn u IT to stare with astonishment at his onor el Tri Im 1111 dashed d ehe Jf- Jf ui o over I aw JW a f re receive e cl a of or death cath so coolly In Alt all lh my Thunder cr man did ld you hear what I s said aid to you youl oU 1 i I j have just tol told you ou that I shan shall haye to I hang you OU in abo about t an rin hour ur cx- cx I claim claim- d the thc chieftain I i heard you borik k coldly l and haughtily replied the tte captive I lou Xou ou did ch oh Well Webb upon upon m my word you yuu take things cool coolly to for a 11 young I oi un What hat hat do you yuU think of ur il it What hat hut have you got to say a c Certainly I l 1 cannot you U speak Pak p-a p crl Jonck an and say sar I I your yew Jest Is u a a very try 1 co rs and un on not oven even cn to be lie excused I upon the lie plea of ala al Colonel in lu strong strong- disgust Heaven Hea and amid earth ma mAu k cant can't you s sc see that this I Is xi tl no- no Jest Here you a are o within Monch referred re n vt- vt l crl to hl his 1111 watch antI ami then coo coo- d within fifty minutes Of or your execution e an and you ou persist in calling it ita ita a jest Justin was wn assuredly a bravo O man lIe Ho ha had frequently faced face I fearlessly even f U in hIm its most f. f a r- r I tub ful u forms Lint jut now now as a a. conviction con I of or Moncks Monek's real m moaning meaning forced forced tl ll I upon hl his soul moui he lie shuddered in s spit spilt of or himself and grew brew a shade n paler lct I Major Munch l 1 0 o sal l gri 1 H y I I you t will not dare to car carry JU out t our 11 I design You will not to commit col cold blooded bloo murder I should hould like to know what it Is that I would woul not dare to do o Bui Bul this U s I is no cold blooded mUl Colonel l For Por reasons that thai appear good to me inc I condemn a prisoner to anti anil or order er his c execution A dashed du duty esp especially Ily when it has t to be e upon unon a man manone manone one Jibe has haJi b been dining I 1 had zi no thought of winding Un up our social evening even even- h ing S' S in Lii this hIs way IcY w But you ou heard hear the tIle therow theron row ron outside I hr hoard heau-d it n curti curtly replied Justin Well ell it Il was about abouL you rou I Me Ie y Yes s You se see a 3 a. a party part of my poor hour fellows 5 w went vent nt out yesterday to lo intercept inter C It some SOnIC Yankee o commissary nry my stores that their thell the tIme val- val were on en way U tva acro loj It But In my may poor pOOl s were themselves them lu-in- selves ieh s intercepted h by a SQua squadron lon of or Yankee cavalry that canto camo from Trout W. W to look hook after them V was a as an all en engagement rUaH rU- rU aH ment and m m my men inca were routed wit with h considerable loss Some were taken prisoners and anil were 10 hung up to the ro roadside trees tree to dry ry in the lie Still sim Those who escaped by llight d Into the tile camp in great ha hasu- hasu t. t i all and tl this e cJ evening lm II Thank h heavenS heaven exclaimed Justin Exactly hut but you ou seo see this thing I works both wa ways s For instance when the they learned wo we ha hail had a a. Yankee colonel here hem as a prisoner You ou you heard the time row they raised they thc they called cabled for life In retaliation of ot their mur murdered comI com com- r I could not In common justice them so o reasonable a request And so so Colonel s said once more inUre coolly coob consulting his watch as lI It Is ls now past half st S 8 o'clock you have lust juit thirty minutes to lo live U Oh Ohm heaven groaned Ju Justin Un his head hea upon his han hands s an and thinking of his young oung sister in her desolate orphanage orphana c. c an and of another still dearer than that r. r and realizing how tho the of his hils dreadful dreadful dread dread- ful ul d pom would wout break thoo loving lo hearts Come ome como conio man alive e heartily dont ont be lie ca east cast t because you arc going o to to be strung shung up Fortune of or war you oU and ii it may maybo bo be my fate at if I fall raIL Into the han hands R of oi tho tIme clock pe peddlers Con Com drink your bran brandy brandy it lt it will set Yell yoji up U. nil And nero here t take su substantial It Il ho lIe add a added ed d rising rl from flOI l. l his ills an and going to the si Q ta table to bring a plato plate Q if bi bl lit At Af that moment Justin felt a a. light hand han lal laid upon upon his head hea H He Ie- Ie looked up UI and antI saw Wing nr standing stanlIn beside o him The boy huy was deadly pale but perfectly calm Listen my mr colonel he lie whispered there here is I ono cue chance nce left to you rOu for tor life You know what hat w we have heard hear I of how how he heThe lie lie- The rime remainder of or time the sentence was was was' breathed lute Into the Iho c eay ear of or Justin Rosen Rosen- thai thal whose countenance Immediately cleared up You h have ht t s 1 me a again Ja Wine ng But you you you-you you my flY m boy he h exclaimed In iii a a. low tout tone Oh leave lea me mc to m myself and nad to toGo Go God i I shall be bo safe safe safe-I I am ant always sac Oh believe j it believe c 1 it when I 1 swear star w ar It to you 1 0 Hush that l monster I is hi coming back said tl I 1 Wing t retreat retreat- I lug IuS' to th the tItO door In fact f ct at that moment Monek did return lct bringing In one Imn band handa a plate o of ci hl an and aUd in the other a u plate of cheese which ho lie o set ct before beford his bs prisoner saying Come Conic Met lot u us eat cat drink and be merry merr for tomorrow lOW we die le or rather tonight at lo least st st. you d lo lob All II right exclaimed Justin laugh laugh- ing ilS' A mus must be ready to meet death eath at an any moment and III in all any man man- ner zier Your health Major l he lie n. n added pouring a a. brandy J. J into his Slam glass Thata Thal your sort That's Thal's the wa way I will pledge Ie ge you In this glass s. s and add then I w we must go out and begin eln the thic c ceremonies Thunder how time Hies It is 16 actually a quarter to nine Wo 0 must J haste said tilling milling his glass an anti and approaching approaching- to touch the glass that Justin held heW to toward to- to ward him hm As j th time tho glasses clinked the time eyes s of ot the two men met meL and Justin with a peculiar gesture too slight to be noticed no ho- ho by an 01 ordinary observer c raised to lo o hi lips lip an and then their sot set it down mn l riLe ie glass gasI of toI k I nearly carh roll foil from his hand He lIe star stared d steadily a at his bIg prisoner prison l' l a full tull minute a and then 1 demanded oman d cd What was that for or Was tt that an accident or 01 not What hat an accident t Inquired Jus Jus- tin till iii Innocently That That That-that that Aro AIo you DILL ou But non Hon I suppose It qS an l ci Come O ut c.-ut Rosenthal nei t ton l minutes hi to nine and WI have got to lo go go Cornel it will lJ be bt all over 1 In LI a r few w What 1 do Is It not lIlt In Iii n und I p you OU will wit b bir at no to toll lo ll me mc said aid Ion rising 1 the tuble I None o e whatever r In Iii pledge e of or ilch before wt w leave lla the time board let Itt letus I us hake 8 said saM who gave save It n mm h gil brI and shake Suddenly Mon lon ik k sank sanle down into hiss his s seat at q if he lie h hajJ l been beci sh siut n it Jl as wasn't t an ac he lie d. d staring at hl hll hii I Intended t. t cUm o So o And Sot t yiu arc are arc l Yes cs Then hen Im I'm dashed It If t I can hau hang you youl Aud a L' L o a n dilemma mm it 3 ipe Uch tho chieftain great great h hand n A upon hl his knees an and amid dropping r II his h a upon his lug breast in hiT d deep ui Then flen ll he lie got gol ot up lo to tho door and am spoke to tho sentinel on Wi duty ul s saying ilu pa pats a s 5 time the wor word for Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Bannister to COI come com here l he q began an t t. t lo tIk U uneasily Il up UI and dU HOOT In a fw fess Captain Ca Bannister Dan Dan- nister came In wearing a si grave an and expression of ot CiuI l 9 met mi-met him u near the tiie door drew v Ut his bi h. h f arm 1 within hl his own a. a n an timId and walked him off of toward towar one ona o of the windows owl not until nl JUStl hind hail heard hear Bannister Ban Dan nister fay say sav In a low voice voice- I Iu u Nothing ha hUts has occurred since m my connection with this band that thaL Im has s so o seriously distressed me inc as the time doom oom of or this gentleman Major MaJot If f It I b l o pos lJ S savy bin 1 His His' execution llon I would c Covet cover I us S with ih Continued tomorrow mornIng mornIng 0 I- I l J 1 |