Bellefonte, Pa., April 18, 1913.
SHENANDOAH
By |
HENRY TYRRELL
Founded on
BRONSON HOWARD'S
Great Play
A Stirring Story of
Military Adventure ||
and of a Strange
Wartime Wooing
Copyright, 1912, by G. P. Putnam's
Sons.
SYNOPSIS
Beauregard is ready to fire on Fort Sum.
ter. Frank Haverill, General Haverill's
scapegrace son, is hiding in Charleston |
Edward Thornton annoys Mrs. Haverill |
Lieutenant Kerchival West protects her [
and wounds Thornton In a duel. Fort
Sumter is fired upon. }
Haverill unjustly suspects West. Heo '
sends Frank a miniature of Mrs. Haverill
to help reform him. Frank enlists in the
Union army.
Captain Robert Ellilngham, Confederate,
loves Madeline West. Lieutenant West,
Union soldier, loves Gertrude Ellingham.
The Union army is routed at Bull Run.
Ellingham is with “Stonewall” Jackson
in the valley of Virginia. Gertrude decides
to return to the Ellingham home at Belle
Bosquet, in the valley
8he gets through the Union lines ac-
companied by Belle Boyd, a Confederate
spy. They meet Thornton, who is a pris-
oner.
Thornton escapes, captures Lieutenant
Bedloe and takes from him Mrs. Haver-
fll's miniature.
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“All 1 can say is, Lord bless this 'ere
ple”—then, as an expression of horror
and disgust overspread his homely
face—"and the Lord help us after
we've eaten it! Why, durn my skin,
if they ain't gone and put an upper
cust on a pumpkin ple! And the
pumpkin cut into hunks as big as your
fist, without no milk nor sugar, and not
half baked, either.”
“The devil! Those Virginia darkies
are good cooks, but they don't know
what pumpkin ple is."
Deacon Hart carved the pie and dis-
tributed slabs all around. remarking
philosophically:
“The blacks must be freed and edu-
cated. Think of a whole race in such
benighted ignorance as this!"
The attack had scarcely begun when
Captain Warner once more appeared
at the door, making a sign which all
the imprisoned officers instantly under-
stood.
“Stir up the animals, boys!" whisper-
ed Hart. “Visitors coming.”
“Petticoats, too,” added Cox,
ing out.
A pretty, vivacious young woman, es-
corted by a sinister looking Confeder-
ate officer, who singled out Lieutenant
Bedloe with a malicious sneer and re-
celved a tiashing look of silent scorn
and defiance in return, were shown in
by the commissary.
“This is the Potomac room, Miss Ma-
son. Gentlemen, a southern lady pays
you the houor of a visit.”
Captain Cox bowed courteously,
while all his comrades stood in the
background.
“Madam, be assured of our gratefu!
appreciation. It Is a long time since
we have seen a woman's face. We are
not exactly fixed up for company,
but"— At this point be looked into her
shining eyes and in sudden overwhelm:
ing recognition exclaimed: “Great
heavens! Marie—Miss Mason—I aw
not mistaken?"
“No, Tom," she answered sweetly,
“you are not mistaken. Oh, what a
horrid place!”
“Yes, you find us at a disadvantage.
I say ‘us’ for, as you see, Ralph ia
here too"
“Oh, dear: how terrible! You poor,
foolish boys! And bow is it with you,
Ralph?” i
“Thank youn—not much worse than!
‘when | parted from yon at Lexing-
ton."
“What a pair of rash, headstrong
boys! Why did you desert the south?”
“Wasn't it the south that did the de-
serting? Ob, but don’t let us talk poli-
ties.” |
“It just breaks my heart to s_e you
here, both of yon—yes. all of you." said
the young woman. looking around sym- |
pathetically. Then she took from un- |
der her cloak a cigar box and a couple
of bottles wrapped in a newspaper and |
set them on the table beside the sorry |
looking wreck of tho pumpkin ple. |
“I've brought yon a few cigars and
things to cheer yon up Wasn't |
thoughtful
“Bless your pretty face and gentle
heart, miss,” Deacon Hart said fer
vently. “What a pity you're secesh!”
“Well, she seems to lean toward the
Union side anyway.” whispered Colo
mel Coggswell, as Captain Cox and the |
fair visitor conversed in low, earnest
tones, with their heads very close to
gether.
The Union men had gradually drop
ped behind the screen of a wooden par
tition at the far end of the room.
while Captain Warner and the other
Confederate officer stood just outside
the door.
“Why, they bave all gone,” sald the
young woman, blushing slightly.
look-
| shal of Richmond?
ing here to Libby prison?"
“Yes, we do that when any one bas 8
visitor. Marie, we are alone for a mo
ment.”
She buried her face ip her handker
chief and began to weep.
“To think we should meet again like
this!"
“You didn't come here just to say
that, Marie. You are fickle, but not
deliberately cruel.”
“It is you who are cruel, when you
talk like that. Oh, Tom! You know
I love you.”
“Do 1? How?
“l bave come here to save you.”
“To save me?"
“Yes—or to tell you how you can
be saved. I think. General Winder is
coming.”
“General Winder, the provost mar
You say he is com.
“Yes, right now-—this evening. |
"coaxed him to get me permission for
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“General Winder, the provost marshal
of Richmond.”
this little visit first. You know he is
an old friend of father's, and he
wouldn't refuse me anything.”
“Then, there's something
wind 7
“It's an exchange of prisoners, |
think. Anyway, | heard some talk
about selecting six officers from your
room here. It must be for exchange.
You shall be one of the six, Tom."
“And Hunt?"
“Yes, poor Ralph too. That's what
I told General Winder. He shook his
head and looked very serious, but I
know he won't refuse me this, espe:
cially as it makes no difference to him
whom he selects.”
“Good for you, Marie!
say to you, now?"
“Hush. they are coming!" she said,
pointing to the door.
“Then. goodby, Marie! God bless
you.”
“I'm sorry.” Interrupted Captain
Warner, “but the time is up.”
The girl smiled jauntily through her
tears.
“Oh, dear: Goodby, Tom. Goodby,
Ralph. Centlemen, goodby, all of you.
I'm so sorry! But you'll try and make
the best of it, won't yon?"
“Of course we will, bless your kind
little heart.” responded Colonel Coggs-
well, coming forward again. “And let
in the
What can |
me tell you, mademoiselle, you've com- |
pleted the Johnnies’ work—by captur |
ing our hearts.”
“Three cheers for the American girl,
anyhow!" proposed Hart.
They were given with a will, and
Marie Mason, going out with honors.
was rejoined by Captain Edward
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“Major Paul Revers, Thirtisth Massa:
chusetts.”
Thornton of the Confederate secret
service, who had watched the scene
with a peculiarly cynical smile,
General Winder, provost marshal of
Richmond, in full uniform and accom
panied by a staff officer, entered and
stood at the head of the rough table.
General Winder then briefly announe
ed the intelligence that a Confederate
cruiser having fallen into the hands of
the Federal anthorities, the latter pro-
posed putting the officers and crew on
trial for piracy. threatening them with
summary execntion,
“Under these circumstances.” con
tinued the general, “the Confederate
States government has feit constrained
to give notice that we will hold an
equal number of Union men of corre
rank, chosen from among the
prisoners at present in our hands here
| In Richmond os hostages, to be dealt
with in the same manner as Mr. Lin-
| coln shall decide to deal with those of
our compatriots now in his power.
“My requisition calls for six officers
out of perhaps four times that num-
ber from this division. Are there six
among you who, knowing the gravity
of the situation—and | do not deceive
you as to its lmport—are there six
among you, | say, who are willing to
| offer themselves as hostages?"
| Every Union man in the room step
ped forward. Including Ralph Hunt,
who arose feebly from his couch.
General Winder was visibly affected
at the manifestation, but he pretended
to be only perplexed and annoyed.
“What: All of you? But I only ask-
ed for six. | see that some definite
plan of selection will have to be fol-
lowed. You shall draw lots.”
1 He took out his notebook. tore some
slips of paper from it and directed
Captain Warner to pass them around
| and have each man write his name on
| one. The slips were then all placed in a
| hat, from which Captain Cox was
unanimously chosen to draw out six
names. He did so, one at a time, hand-
ing each slip to Captain Warner with:
out looking at it. Warner read the
names aloud, and the general repeated
them after him, at the same time writ:
ing them down in his notebook. They
were as follows:
“Major Paul Revere, Thirtieth Mas
sachusetts.”
“Colonel
New York."
Alfred Wood, Fourteenth
“Lieutenant Frank Bedloe, —
Pennsylvania.”
“Colonel Michael Corcoran, Sixty-
ninth New York."
“Captain Alfred Ely. Thirty-seventh
New York.”
“Captain Ralph Hunt, Tenth Ken-
tucky."”
Instantly upon the completion of this
list Captain Cox spoke up and said:
“General, the last name | have
drawn by an unhappy fatality is that
of my old friend and comrade. Cap-
tain Ralph Hunt. He is a sick man
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New York.”
and not In condition to go as hostage
With your permission, general, | wil
go in his place.”
While General Winder was deliberat-
ing his reply a woman's scream wus
heard outside the door, and Marie Ma
son rushed wildly in.
CHAPTER IX.
A Bold Escape.
o OU shall not do it, Tom!" she
{ cried. "It is not to freedom,
but to death, they would
i take you. Don’t go, Tom!
The lots decided it fairly. and your
name was not drawn. You shall not" -
Here the silent Confederate officer,
Captain Thornton, who had followed
closely after her, caught her in his
arms as she sank back fainting and.
at a sign from the general, carried her.
with the assistance of Warner, out of
the room. Then, turning to Captain
Cox, General Winder said:
“Your proposition is out of order, sir.
and | cannot consider it. The six men
whose names have been drawn will re
port at once in the commissary's room.”
The general and his staff officers re
tired, while Captain Warner and the
guard took up their positions at either
side of the doorway.
Hunt, the sick man, who had been
helped by Lieutenant Bedloe to a chair.
now got up again and grasped Captain
Cox's hand, saying:
“Tom. you are the better man of us
two—you have proved it in every way
Pm giad Winder wouldn't take you, as
it is far better that | should go. All
the same, you meant it, old fellow, and
it was sublime.”
“Why. Ralph,” said Cox chokingly.
“we are comrades—old comrades. Say
no more, but | wish to heaven I could
go in your place.”
“Attention! Fall in!" commanded
Warner.
: The six doomed men fell into line.
| after silently shaking bands with those
left behind. Bunt leaning on the arm
! of young Bedloe, and followed Warner
| into the outer darkness. for night had
| fallen and the fitful glare of a couple
| of lanterns intensified rather than dis
sipated the surrounding gloom.
Cox paced np and down the forlorn
room, with bowed head and bands
clasped behind his back, for full fir-
teen minutes in the awed silence. Then
he muttered:
“This Is the last blow Deacon, do
you ever despair of what they ecail
Providence?”
“Never did yit.” protested the sturdy
Hoosler. “1 can't and won't believe
they are going to sacrifice those boys
in cold blood. Such things ain't in the
bounds of civilization.”
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*“] don't know. How about war it
self? Here you have it, the deadliest
kind—brother against brother. 1 tell
you, Hart, we haven't seen the worst
yet, though God knows there's enough
to make the angels in heaven weep al
“Well, one thing is certain—these
hostages won't be sacrificed unless the
Confederate prisoners are executed
first—so our side will have the first
move anyhow.”
“What sort of consolation is that to
the fellows who get shot or hung?’
Here another violent commotion in |
terrupted, Marie Mason entered—a lone.
disheveled. bright eyed apparition.
“Oh, Tom!" she gasped breathlessly.
“What—you poor child. are you still
here?" Cox exclaimed, this time gath
ering her unreservedly into his arms
“You must leave this accursed place
or you will go mad—if you don't drive
us so.”
“I've come back to tell you there's
more news.”
“Of what? Of whom?"
“From Washington—of the Confed-
erate prisoners. General Winder has
just received a dispatch.”
“Great Jehosophat!™ ejaculated Hart
“Didn't 1 tell you so?"
“What does the dispatch say?" ask
ed Cox.
“1 don't know, but it is favorable, |
am sure that is, there aren't going to
be any executions. | heard the gen-
eral say that much.”
“Here comes the commissary.” an
nounced Hart.
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“For God's sake, Captain Warner,”
said Cox. as that official reappeared.
“don’t keep ux in this horrible suspense
another minute! What's the late.
news"
“There's a woman about—what more
do you want?" replied Warner. “She
overheard a secret about a minute ago
and ax a natural result it's all over the
place by this time.”
“1 beg of you. cap, on my bended
knees,” pleaded Hart. suiting the ac.
tion to the word.
“Well,” said the commissary captain,
very deliberately taking a paper from
his pocket, 1 suppose you-uns may as
| well be pur out of your misery, Here's
a copy of the dispatch General Winder
has got from Alw Lincoln. | thought
the Washington government would
+ back down”
He handed the paper to Cox. who
read eagerly aloud:
President learns from New York trial of
+ Confederate cruiser prisoners resulted in
disngreement of jury l.eniency to be
shown Proposed holding of Union hos-
| tages In jeopardy at Richmond unneces-
sary. Question of exchange referred to
separate negotiations pending on that sub-
SIMON CAMERON,
Recretary of War.
“You see, | was right this time.”
said Marie trinmphantly,
“Hooray: Here come the boys back!” |
“What did | say
ered Dencon Hart.
about faith in Providence? This is
| going to be an blessed Thanksgiving.
i even If we ain't exchanged yit.”
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“Oh, Tom, this Is your last chance!”
| whispered Marie as the tramp of ap:
| proaching footsteps was heard ontside
“Last chance for what?" asked Cap
tain Cox, with exasperating stupidity.
“Colonel Michael Corcoran, Sixty-ninth |
“Why. to kiss me.”
Such was life. as it wore along In the
Libby warehouse prisons. Sometimes.
as in the instance just related, the
emotions of years were crowded Into
a single hour.
days dragged so that each one seemed
a weary lifetime. The hope of ex-
change was ever hope deferred. Plots
and plans of escape served to heguile
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