THE PCI? ANTON TRTBTNE-THTTBSDAT MORNINGr. MAT 3, "ISM. IT CHAPTER XXIX. It If) within an hour of sunset on n Wutur's day. An inch of suow covers Ike earth liken royal carpet, and dark and ragged clouds drive tast aoroeaa cold blno sky. In front of Rest Haven, looking to the ontb, the hills recede and leave an al most level plnin on which there is no greater obstruction than an occasional treo or bush. A creek which has its birthplace in the mountains meanders acrom this plain, but divides it about equally. The plain is largo enough for 6,000 cavalry to manenver on, and along its edges are it dozen spots on which field artillery can be posted advanta geously. Attention, now, for you are going to witness one of the grandest sights in war a cavalry fight! Only a few of the Confederates have appeared in tight, bntCoater has guessed tbeaitnation and is preparing for it. While he is leaning orders and the mjundmii.t are moving and the artillery galloping int position, one of his aide is hurrying up thejuiove to abandon the house. Wrapped in hi r bedding instead of a shioud. the dead womun is borne to an ambulance by troopers with uncovered heads and rev erent mien troopers who will boshnut ing like devils and wearing the looks of madmen half an hour hence. Marian goes with her dead. Royal Kenton into an ambulance by himself. The vehicles takn tho road for the federal lines. "You aro a nnncoiubatnnt and had better go with him," the ofioer said to Steve Drayton as Kenton was n ady to go. "Sense me fur diflerinwith yo'," re plied Bteve, "but if it won't do no per tick'ler harm I'll stay and see this lam ovi r with. It's goin to be a 1 ight smart acriuimage, I take il, and as it'll prob ably lie the last font I'll see I'lleorter hang around. Thar'a that ule nigger, though - don't have him." Uncle Ben stood in the midst oi the bustle with bnndlet and packages in bia arms and at bia feet. He was told to get Into tho vehicle with Kenton, and next moment su hurn were galloping a gnn over the Spot where he had stood. Look to th sooth. Tin' Cm, full rati w are debouching from the highway and deploying on tb plain. Their hearts are filled with rejoicing as they bt hold i - The itrtiltfry ijalUrplng into petition. the force of Federals oppoet-d. Tie y. too, baM longed for a battle in win. li the infantry should have DO part, and the oft expressed wish is about tub' gratified. There is no advantage of position. Two thousand Federals. J.non t oured urates, and each Inn a battery tuiiiiUr ing six pieeog. Custer's guns c .1,1 reach the gray horsemen as tie y depl. y, but every piece is silent. A charge bjf half his command serous that snow COY ered plain wmiM DSVeSWept the lu ld at first and crushed (he Confederate back into the oarrow highway to beootne s panic stricken mob. No charge was or dered. The Bsaaf wboBt name was to lx coino a household word U'for" the end of the war and Whose life was to I epared on 20 fields of battle that it might go out with the shouts of Indian deoionn ringing in his ears sat his bofSS and watched ami waited. lb had come to the brigade i,f stalwart Mic&igenOjOfl a few inontlm previously fresh from Wist Point. !(. hud been call. 1 a toy. and men and officers bad taken DO pains to conceal their sarcasm and distrust, Two or three times he had led them in a dash there, but little lighting resulted, He would test then now, and they thould weigh him in the balance. Boom! Boom! Boom! The Confwler ate battery is the fust to open tire, and it is promptly risponded to. The very first missile is apeicussion shell, ami it drives Its way into thu home so lately pecopied by the living and thu (b ad, and tn its explosion brings wreck nud rii'n. Twelve guns are belching their death iiisilas sworn the open space when a ludden cry rises to tho lip of a tho-i-Band men. From the western edge of tile plain, where tho pines grow thil k, S Woman suddenly appears to view. She is bareheaded, and her hair la fly IngalKiutherHhoulders. Bhehaa neither bawl nor cloak, ami her dress is rag ged and torn. 8ho has a stick In her band, and she waves it as If it were a iword in the hand of n man and nt;irln t a wild run for the eastern edge of )he plain, right across the front of tho lines drawn up In battlo array. The pry of astonishment which greeted bar Ippearanco becomes ashontof warning, but she does not heed it. Enveloped by ho smoke of their guns, tho artillerists lo not boo her. Their bearing deadi Bed y the loud reports, they do not catch Pie shouts uttored by Federal and Con federate alike. Round shot and shell go fchirzing nnd shrieking over tho snow, )nd men waiting for battlo shudder at Ihe woman's danger. "Who's that? Haiti Haiti Ho can )over do itl Ho's sure to bo killed!" So criod 500 Federals as Stevo Bray Jon, mounted on the horso of n trooper lo had been asked to hold for a moment , lashed straight out into tho plain to lead the woman off. He knew her the noment she stepped out of the woods, ynclo Ben had told him of the meeting Villi Mrs. Baxter on tho highway. He tad flung her down tho bank with tre pendoas force, nnd as he came back jver tho road with Coster's men lie ex acted to find her lying there doad. lotninK was to be seen of her, however. . 3Y QtAKJES 8-iW(5 (fM,C(UAR Copyrighted wn nv Kmchican press association. and his mind was greatly relieved, in her fall, as was afterward known, the woman's head struck a stone, and the skull was fractured. When sho strug gled Dp, she was no longer sane. Sho had been wandering through tho forest for hours before she appeared on the battlefield, but she encountered no one and found DO shelter. Never was there a more gallant deed than that performed by Steve BraytOO, and never was hero more heartily applauded by friend and foe. Ho galloped his horse straight at the woman, and as ho came np to her ho leani d over in the saddle, caught her with both bands, and next instant sho was on the saddle U&rv him, and the horse was Hying back to the Federal lines. The woman fought and screamed, and fragments of burstingshell whizzed nnd whined around nnd above hnrws and riders, but they dashed Into tho lilies unhurt, and the gallant resCMf was directed to continue down the road until tho woinau could be placed beyond danger. Turn quirk to the south I You will never see a grander spectacle than this. The Confi derate command, divided Into three divisions, with double li in -s drc.wd as if (in parade, has reo Ived the order to advance. They had waited for ( inter to charge, but the chevalier was also a Strategist. His artillery, being better Served, was creating the most havoc, ami he could afford to delay, Look I Look! As the gray horsemen begin til move Custer's guns, which have Wen grouped In front f his center, limber up and im. re ut a gallop four of them two lo tiw right nnd two to the left. In three minutei they are on his flanks nnd loaded With grape- hot and Canisti r. The Confederate battery doei not follow the example, and as the in new u move forward the guns are u ik at, "Trot! (iallop! Charge!" Veil ln ar the bugles fiuiiinl the onb r. ami you eee 8,000 aabera flash in the i nnict as 9,000 horsemen thunder over the plnin. Give Dam credit for bravery evi n to recklessness. I!, lure the noraes are off a-trot the murderous gras shot are knocking tbem down by dosens , and ns the artillerists change to canister 1,000 Federal carbines also open tire. "Rally! P.. -form! Forward!" Above the roar of CannOD and inns- ketry yon can catch th- notes of the bugles, and as the amoks lifts h r and there in spots the eye can detect the gray horsemen seeking to obey (he calls. Tin y do rally. They do re-form. They do push forward DOffc r that terrible lire, but only to DC btoki n np and swept aside. The Pi deral srtilk rista get the mb r to ' sse tiring, the crackle of mue- kitry diis away, and five minute:, lat. r the amoke has drifted if, and the tye can scan Dm plain. Dee ten, broken, slaughtered, imd yet the gray horv nn n are trying to rally again I Now is the uioriient, nnd Custer has waited for it. Only the il-ml and wounded are left behind ns Im movta out, as bis entire conusant sweepi straight in ro-s the plain and falls iijh d tho broken and disorganised enemy. They rally here and them by the score ami meet the shock. They fight singly and by twos snd threes, Men wait and lie rather than run away, llrave men, all of them- men whose d hi will ! imkcnof around ourcamptlres for y ars to come. Thu only criticism will ls that they did not nave a leader eojaal lo Custer in the mnnb reus art of war. Night has fallen, and the fight laover, Theru aro pttsOQOfa to bS guarded, woonded to I xi ejrisl f . i r, ib ad to Is counted for the official report and spoil to be gathered op. The clouds bate driven away to the cast, and the cnni py of heaven M) itndded with bright stars There is no mom, and the blood spots nn the sn w gradually fade away and ire lost to sight. Hark! That sound Is the cry of wounded nn ri blended into utie great wail for snccor. It is freezing eoM, and they urn in torture. Hark again I That greWSOme SOOnd rising at intervals above tho wailing comet from t tn Wounded horses. They are also lagging and pb tdlng, Some are limping about among the dead and wounded m n as if in king their mast, is, panting now and then to rnl their cold noses ngain-t a body, while others are lying down ami lift their le ads only to utter a whinny which tells of flight and pain. Thank I lod that night and defkDOBIComS to the battlefield to hide its honors! In the lark Deal are shall tearch out all the Woundid, but we shall nt be forced to look upon the mangled dead mangled by Hhot sad shell and grape nl(j the Iron hoofs ot tha charging horses until re semblance to humanity is lost nnd one cries OQt in horror. CHAPTER XXX. While the light was raging the hOtkM ami "quarter" were both in flames, Bred by the shells from a Confederate gun. But for the strennons efforts of thu detachment guarding the prisoners in the barn that structure would have also been reduced to ashes, it therefore camo about that when tho battlo was over and men began to bring In the wounded the barn was the only shelter to bo had. Tho prisoners were turned out nnd tho place given up to moaning, groaning men and those who sought to succor them. The sounds of battlo had been heard in tho Federal lines, and a brigndo of infantry arrived about H o'clock in tho evening. While their services were not needed, the half dozen surgeons writ out with tho column had work to last them the long night through and far into the next day. It is a grim sight, n field hospital like this, and they aro grim men into whose hands tho wounded fall us they aro lift od off tho stretchers, groaning, cursing or crying. Tho flight of a SDOWflake in a gale of wind is not more erratic than the flight of death missiles in a battle. Hero are men wounded in the fnco; the next three or four may bo wounded in tho feet or ankles. Saber) have descend ed upon heads and shoulders; bullets have plowed their way into arms, aides, hips or legs; fragments of. shell havo carried away lingers and reduced hands to pulp. Of a hundred men no two have received tho same hurt. Rude tables have been prepared, and strong men lift each victim up to bo overhauled by tho men who have strip ped off coat and vest nnd rolled their sleeves far back. They look like butch ers in a slaughter pen, but their hearts nro tender toward those victims of bat tle, whether friend or foe. The bitter ness of battlo is at its height when the crash of artillery and tho crackle of musketry are fiercest. When the battle is over, whether victorious or defeated, pity returns to the heart and blinds the eyes to tho color of the uniform. Over each man lifted up there is a brief con sultation. Those baro armed men need waste no time. They can tell almost ut a glance what tho result will be. If it is a mor tal hurt, thu poor fellow is lifted aside to breathe his last as peacefully as pos sible under such surroundings. If there is hope for him, his wound is dressed with ngilo fingers, and he gives way to the next. "That's Captain Wylu, my company captain!" So exclaimed Stevo Drayton as lie en tered the barn about ll o'clock at night toseo if ho could recognize any Confed erates being brought in. Tho captain Imd jest been lifted to the table, He was conscious, but had not yet spoken. Those who brought him in said that he Was pinned to the earth by the hind quarters of his dead horse, and that the animal was fearfully mangled by grape shot "Shoulder dislocated, ribs broken, leg broken, struck in the groin by a carbine ball, " announced the surgeon who made a rapid InvesrJgstion, "Any hope for me':" asked the cap tain, whose bps had boon moistened With whisky, as it was observed that bo daain I to speak. Thusnrg i siiook his head and mo- tinned to tho attendants to lilt the offi cer aside. Wh. n they bad left him, Steve Dray ton sat down beside bun aixl bathed his face with whisky and gave bim to drink The captain bad recog nised him nt once, but It was several minutes before be queried! "You and Kenton were in the fight at Harrisonburg and were captured. How came you hi ret" ' We n ns made a Ixilt fur it mi the load and got away." 'And what has happened h ret" "Waal. Beaton was wounded, then me and him stood otl Ike Baxter and bis crowd, then the gal's mother died, then tic gal and Kotttofl le v bin driv away to the Yankee im.-. Sorry for yo . cap, and sorry fur tho net of 'em. fur our hull crowd has Ma Wiped ill the face ol the airth!" "Have v been defeated!' "Regularly cleaned out, cap. I don't believe a hundred of our men getaway. 'Cord in to what them dstors say. yo1 can't pull through this. Do ' want to b BVe any U I id with rue " No. " whispered Ihe captain after a He ne at's thought. "Not even fur the gal? She won't ! ar n i grudge W. n : hears yo' " dead." The captain shook his bend and i hw-l Ins i v. s. (steve BOVOd away after a few minutei to i.i.k for other Orjofsderats woonded, mid two hours later the "fli is r s dead body was oarried --it with others to make room for the wenadi d. When nn, ruing camo and the (bad w. r.' gathered for burial. St. ve Bray tori f nud many tint be could identify. In d d a full half uf 1 n company had lsn wiped out. and among them was Ike Baiter. But pent as WSJ the Oh federate loan, that of th sdataki was sew. Hi-fory has said, f that firt real cavalry fight of tbf war that it was b-r- nt.ly brief Induration and ap ailing In ItS list of d. ad and WOBndsd. It a! moat night of the day following the fight More the I ant of thu Federals moved off ami i. ft tke field. Aa I h m ehangttl was R -t I la v. iijiuid w list a asjonsar the true vrhlca hid been given to It In the y. :ir of pOOOel Cin d( rs and aah.-s shownl wheri Ihe houM b id stood. Across the plain, farrowed by shot and shell and aoof, Its snow white, arp!t now spattered and hlofeh-l liymhotMiind blood -tains, tin y had dug b rig trench.-, and cowred in the dd. Trees bail Is, a cut d un. bni up noted, and oer acres nf ground was strewed the wreck of battle. t I have but few in,. re ages to write. Mystery bus not been ull romance, and it is with a fi .ding of w lli-hiu- that I part from those m) bar e ti r who are with rja in tbefleabtoday and whose h ii N I have held In mine withjn the last twelvemonth, At tho opening of my storv Winchester was dSscrllnd ass quaintcM town, That waa tme of It -a quaint old town of quaint houses and Htn , is and people. War wrecked it agajn and agxla, Every street and tooareand alley vHtneaasd a death grap ple Every building which escaped the flames was mirs.ii by ball or ballet a few months ago l looked In vain for trace of war. Hero and then a uunint obi bOUae Still stands, but the town is full of the bustle of these rushing days. Ah. but th"i" was a trace of war after all. Up in the cemetery ikirted by the Berry ville pike 1 found grave after grave in which soldiers slept their last long sleep, each name engraVOdon the stone, and behind them the pitiful spot over which all may sorrow, but no one weep tho resting place of the "unknown. It was many day ( re Kenton OT Mar ian or Mrs. Baxter walked in the sun shine, in tho ease ( f the latter psrbapi it was batter that bar mind groped in the darkness, and that it was months be fore she could relllizo her Widowhood. (General Custer kindly sent her on to Washington for treatment, and for weeks and Wei ks she kept calling ont: "Ike said ho'd go fur help to captur' tho Yankee, hut ho hain't dun come back yit. Ike's gein to be a gn at ossl fer nud hevn sword and a prancin crit ter, nnd I'll hold up my head with any of 'em." When is Uncle Ben? Gone to bis rest years ago, but ho lived to see the end of tho war nnd to enjoy for n season the liaven of rest which kind hearts created for him. Then was a marriage in Winchester about two months after tho battlo oi Host Haven. They called it a military PENNYROYAL ' Send for circular. m. iM-crri" laniftri. r. ? . 1, . v. .1, . , .. 1 XrT lor Hnle bjrtt M. II AKIt is, lrtiK8Ut, marriage, because more than GO Federal officers attended, bnoaUM a Federal chaplain officiated, because a Federal band serenaded the happy couple. Who do yon think gave nwny tho bride? Gen eral Cnstor, who became a groom him self only a few days later. Royal Ken ton had recovered from his wound, and tho keen edge of Marian 'agrief had been somewhat dulled by lapse of time and the excitement of her surroundings. It waH bettor so. Kenton was not held for exchange under the circumstances, nor did any one wish him to become a rene gade by joining the Federal service. After tho marriage the bridal couple, Bocompanii d by Uncle Ben, went north and there remained till tho close of the war. Steve Brayton was asked to go nay, almost commanded but he replied. "See yore, Yank, I've bin thinkin and tblnkin, nnd I make it out this wan 1 sorter owed tho confederacy a grudge fur tho way it treated yo', and hevin paid it off and squared tho debt 1 orter go buck. Thar won't bo nutbin said about yo' arter the w'ar, bekaso yo' was nctnally driv out, but the boys would rub it in on DM purty heavy to the day of my death. I'll jest surrender over again to this Yankee army, wait to lie exchanged and indue time become a good Confed again." And that was the course ho followed, nnd when I shook hands with him iu Winchester last spring I was pn ml to give him his title us lieutenant. Did the match please Uncle Hen? Hear what im says as bo congratulates: the bride: "Now, Miss Sunshine, yo' nllh.c dun gone nn marre d Mars Kenton, nn It does Jest seem tome dat I ar' walkia round on nigs! Bui But when I wui mm Uncle iu a'i eowgrotolflttowa, tied up to dat post an yo' was standin dar wid dat big ilis-i Iv, r. an OS r-ob r an gorillas was gttesbia their barf, I 'peered de Lawd was so fur etr he Couldn't git dsr In time to nnv i i " Tie. Percy uansii n was burned, s. yon lemomber. A much finer bourn oc cupies the situ today, and it is tin re tn, K' lltousdwi II. hi. nor d .Old respected by all. What more conld I add? 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