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N SOUTHWORTH Continued from yesterday morning meriting I I am am sorry too loo sir t but il it couldn't be helped And If the he thin tiling was wait lo to be he hone lonc over ox-er again 1 should nave mavo lo to doIt do doIt It It over again said Wing tYing with o cv sigh Where Is your comrade Whore is Hay Inquired Colonel I do not V. sir I have havo not Keen hun him we ate tite our supper together this evening cx but I presume ho la Is stilt still in the But what I is time the matter with your horse sir I Ho to has fallen mute lame Win t A pebble In his ithoc perhaps No I ave o carefully I there Ui Is nothing of time tho Will l you let Jet jib mo look sir eli Certainly If you like hike said the I colonel taking the bridles of both horses in his hands fo o us to leave heave Wins at liberty to make the examination examina tion Lou lie ito See Sec here hv Ir It wa tYas not n a i but Ii it was something worse said the thebe i boy be drawing u thorn from the tho horses horse's I root foot apil holding II it up to I Now Noc then WIt why couldn't J I have seen that exclaimed Justin In some II I Ise he and impatience I j It to bo be seen sir t I tilt did not se see It 1 i fell reit tt It with tho i-ho ends I of or my lily fingers j iti a- a avery very delicate touch Wing t as as as a t tr I T r think you can pitt mount your horse horse- now no sir 1 I ho lie will go without trouble taid the Hoy And ColOur got Into his saddle tad and fode on toward l. ful- ful foi 1 lowed b by his orderly Day WIts viHa liC breaking When triton they rode Into tiit town I Th y Immediately to the tho headquarters heat head quarters of General W w. w to Colonel Rosenthal reported Active pi were ivero sot set on foot fool In V. IV for an li-it expedition against HIP thie guerrilla bands who as- as i to hare forces at the Iho ilear's Past from which point tile were preparing to make a descent upon Maryland I I And it Is time lo Jo return to fife fie anti and sec how ow site she fares with her wild lover hover NiX Mim lf l Jonc i There There- was vas little sleep clue for Lu Eifle and Alberta that night in rude hon home in tile the Devils Devil's They rose earl early earlyon on the ti morrow and while they breakfasted break fasted together upon the dried grass lore itO i-itO lint hut approached arid and ili rn LI-i-rn m at Ito thu meal 1 am sorry to tell you Miss Mibs lug Ins he lie said with vilh u a bow to Billie ElOe that Colonel has lia left lett the lie camp for an ri-n absence of ut several days looked d- d dup up in iii surprise lie He lib left Iet you id iii out our charge andI and f I scarcely say that thai we will 10 all in our power to make you comfort comfort- able he lie continued I thank you yuu very ni-nd- ni much Colonel for newt I am aiD very glad lo o hoar thai hat kidnapper bus lias Kon His ti-Is Gep Mid And I r f fervently TA-r TA Uy ray ho m nitty y never rever ret return said Blue sat his eli cal d ders e r. r He Ile never return indeed MI s k for lor th Ill he li-C has volun- volun a t H is une of great danger a lie be again too surely it- it itis is s caro gatan takes of hl WI wild EPic i itin ain Ac-ain tin shrugged Ills his shout shout- j j tiers and the ti conversation ended And Sud soon after the breakfast came to a close close- and Com soni arose and left tho ho spot All that day men cit in iii laigo laige numbers continued to al at the ous i some i om vho returning stragglers some collie had been on Ott leave heave and solito u in-u were new recruits All that day were company drills in iii paris of ot the thu camp Several days vitt by in ii- this manner man mali lieu ner and still new inert inon continued to conic come and swell tho numbers of the band band- BUt Albert Goldsborough did not re return ye- ye turn nor mini did Mood whore arrival was daily expected mali make his appear appear- aneo EPIc could perceive that time the Free Sword vas x growl growing ng c I Ion on the subject of the Hi prolonged ab 1 ne-e ne of th UK VO guerrilla leaders leaders' J Blue EHlo kept a sharp lookout And on st day of Goldsborough's ab- ab sence she chic that Colonel tent sent oUt scouts on omm the perilous i t duty of looking hO misting men On the morning of the eighth day dax Ellis was as ris usual aroused by the hi-c rollIng roll roil lag Ing of thu reveille Site arose and began to arrange her while v for oi Alberta she did not sec but who she I naturally had li-ad as usual left heft j the P hut ii t to e vatter for their morning i At length when she quite JUite ready for and auth a little a-little tired of waitIng wait wait- lag Ing for who site lifted the curtain j of her doorway and paused out of the hut to her lier thc m she found a arranged fOr one and Mu as walter in attendance What Is tho meaning of this you you villain Whore is Madame i Cori And tate dero you yell shoe your fac face before mo li-iC demanded de tie- Elfie Elile One ju at a lime hue young i t lady if you iU pleano lhea The Tho nie of i wIth to lo Is he your breakfast t m trio It Madame has gone with Item her husband at cit time the head hie of all his command loft heft Camp at mid mid- j T. T my fitce lo to tell you this an g I Yet Yes she alita with her hiet hue i I band 1 I wish lo to tho thu Lord I lied had such sucha a Ife Heaven and earth what will become be be- conic come of mo 1110 exclaimed lit hi n ft I greater panic titan than site she had ever yet Matrimony Mati will become or of you my dear young lady Colonel Goldsborough hore last night some three hours bouts before iro the thit departure of the Free Sword He lie brought the tho marriage license from rota th the county court house with him bun And Amid he lie is now making tic uc- I Uvo tl preparations for the lie wedding which must take place o we weI I march we shall do at sharp j I noon Come young lady I car imagine a hums liaa but little appetite ap up- petite on the morning of item her wedding day Bat Bui allow mo to al at least lo to pout pour out for you a cup of You monster yon yott miscreant I would se you und timid your master mastel bothin both In the lie deepest pit uC if perdition before I would t take anything from you you furiously exclaimed Rifle dashing the coffee from the tho hand of son und amid turning mid and rushing Into tho ho hohut hut Ind I And nd that ut curtain was presently lifted by Albert who en- en the hut mid i stood before his bc- bc loved whirled around upon him bun and stood like a stag slag at bay Wretch coward miscreant Shame on you for forcing yourself ui-In ui m my where I have ave ru no means I f keeping you jou out out she fiercely t clai Elfie nonsense my darling Y ii know li 1 hove lovo you more mor than Iii Hi anti and you know that 1 I know yuti h I. f I you more than aim and ti-nd ou U l v n tutU I you hove lovi me mc and o But Albert bm had got gol oil off huh hair of or this line lino speech Blue Who was v resolved not t to hone alone him bLat fur for a union moment hud luti hOunded past him and amid through the thc I to lInt herself on on the thc bo orn of wh hue i had bath spread out his lo to her eu flight Ellk EllIc Jm- Jm mediately drove her nails into his fl ei- ei Here take her hor inc colonel I wouldn't so much mind ff If she he was my own sweetheart but Im I'm I dashed it itT T like to be clawed clapper I Uy yours yours n it dont don't pay nay Its It's all thorns thorn and amid no roses laughed the lie giant as ashue ho hue toro tore away from rota his face and held iteld nor her al at arms arm's length toward to who W-mo snatched Item her to his heart und and began to speak to hei tiet- But EPic Elfie stuck her hem lingers in Item her I ears anti and canted until she oke all ri-li I the lie mountain echoes I II l t i morning |