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JOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
VEET
REVENGE
Captain F. A. MITCHEL,
Aathor of ChnttiinnnKm" "Clilcka
nmncm" Kta.
"Ry .love." rviimrkt'd Hviitiinniit, Htm
Ins; nt tlie npproncblng troopers, "I'm
n prisoner!"
There wns n puflf of smoke ninniiB tho
rotrentliifr Kiierrllln. tlie criiek of ft
ciirlilne. nn1 Jnek fell Into Helen's
nrnis.
Never wns the pleasure of linnl enrn
el success more cruelly flushed nt the
moment of triumph. We hnd fotiRlit
these Honda olT for days, we hnd es
enped from them to n coveted protec
tion, nnd now, nt the Inst moment, they
hnd struck us severely. Jnquellne Iny
on the (trass, her hend nnd shoulders
rostliiB on Helen's nrm, who stnnehed
the blood which (lowed from n wound
In her side. 1 bent over her with n !
cronn. Cnptnln Ilenumont for a nui- .
ment seemed fired to chnse the mnn
who hnd shot her. then Joined those j
about tlie wounded girl, mutterlnx lm- .
precntlons on the Ruerrlllna nnd In-
coherently beRRliiK us to snve his little
Jnquellne.
"A surgeon !' I cried to t'.ie troopers,
who were Hitting on their horses look
ing on. "Some one ro for n Burgeon."
"Klde quick!" snld the cnptnln In
coiuinnud, turning to the mnn nenrest
him. "nnd bring n doctor nnd n con
veyance from the town." Then to nn
ollieer: "I.leutennnt. follow those men.
nnd don't come bnck till you hnve cap
tured every one of them. Tnko 20 men
with the best horses. With fresh
mounts you can run them all down."
A man dashed off toward the town
nnd 20 more niter the retreating guer
rlllns. .lack lay with her head on
Helen's shoulder, her eyes closed, her
face white ns n cloth, we nil nhout her,
dreading every moment that the life
blood would run out. Presently she
opened her eyes, looked about her. then
fuinted nwny.
"Oh, my Uod!" cried Beaumont, "she's
gone!"
"Keep off." cried Helen, "and give
lier air."
"Jnck." cried Buck, terrified nt ber
ghastly nppenrnnce, "wake up!"
I. with n soldier's knowledge of the
thirst of a wounded person, dashed
uwny In a hunt for water. I found n
well lu n ynrd on the outskirts of the
town oud, drawing the staple to the
chain that held a tin cup. brought a
plentiful supply. Helen wus still sup
porting her cousin. Buck was striding
about nervously, with his hands thrust
down Into his pockets, while Cnptnln
. Beaumont was kneeling, his eyes peer
ing Into .Tack's ns though by his gnzo
ue would hold tlie lire that lie drendeu
was ebbing nwuy. 1 sprinkled water
In her face, nnd she opened her eyes,
looking about her ns If unable to under
tnud her surroundings.
"Wlint's tho nintterV"
Curiously enough, the words were tho
same as those I had first heard ber ut
ter when, wounded, I reclined on a
sofa at her home.
"You're hurt. Jack," said Helen.
"Am I going to die?"
"Oh, no, dear. I hope not."
"Don't die," said Benumout In a bro
ken voice. "Dou't leave me. I couldn't
bear It."
She looked up Into his face sadly. "1
have been a lind girl to yo captain.
Forgive me."
"Forgive you? I love even your harsh
words."
"Oh, Helen," she snld. "I hope I won't '
ale!"
"You won't, surely, Jack."
"Because If I do I enn't dunce nny
mo fo' the colored people. Who'll look ;
out fo' 'em, Heleu? Pupa's awny, and
no one else cares fo' 'em as he and 1
do."
"They'll have you with them for ,
many a year, Jnck." ,
An open wagon appeared In the road
and drove up beside us. A doctor with
a satchel In, his hand got down and ap- ,
proached Jnquellne. Making a hasty
examination of the wound, be ban
daged It, then told us to lift her Into
the vehicle. The seats, except the front
one, had been removed and their cush
ions placed on the bottom. Some of
the cavalrymen tossed In their blan
kets, and I smoothed thorn over the
cushions, making a comparatively com
fortable bed. We pluced little Jnck up
on It. Helen got In with ber, nnd, the
rest of us walking beside, the cavalry
acting ns escort, we bore ber to the
towu nnd lodged her In a room In the
main hotel of the place.
We found the town ngog with news
of the first day's bnttle at Pittsburg
Landing, and I knew that my general
would bold himself ready to co-operate.
I determined to join my command at
once. Having beeu assured that Jack's
wound would not prove fatal, I ar
ranged for the transportation of tliu
party ns soon as she could be moved,
then gathered my little force lu lu r
room and announced my Intended de
parture. "I must now bid farewell," I said, "to
my little army, every one of whom has
become dearer to me than life."
"Like General George Washington,"
said Buck, "sayin farewell to bis ossi
ten. There Is a picture of it In my
American school history'
"Goodby, Buck. Itemember to got a
book and pencil and break yourself of
the bnblt of saying bad words."
"I will, by thundorl"
"Goodby, little girl," I said to Jack,
bending down and kissing lier on the
forehead.
A
BY
l !miyrlnlit. lfW. by llnrwr Brother.
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"IT on, i ni going away. v
Helen's eyes were gleaming. "Where
are you going?" she asked, repenting
I Jack's question, though In a di:l'erenf
tone.
I hnd managed to keep my connection
I with the Union army thus far a secret.
Now I knew there was no need to keep
j It longer.
"To the Federal army, where 1 be-
long."
I The mute ngony on Helen's fnee told
j whnt my disclosure hnd cost her. V.n
1 tending my arms, 1 cried ono word,
1 "Sweothenrt!"
"Uenegiide!" she hissed.
"Helen, denr love, henr mo."
I Kite turned her bnck upon mo nnd
swept out of the room.
"I like yo' ef yo' are n Yankee," Jack
; cried nfter me.
i I left the hotel, my bin In In it tumult.
Coming up the rond wns n little knot
of troopers surrounding the guerrillas,
whom they hnd run down nnd captur
ed. A few hours ngo I would hnve
cried out with delight. Now they were
no more to me thnn If 1 saw them in a
dream.
CHAPTER XXII.
HUNTING BIO OAME.
I
T was the morning of the 11th of
April. 1802. 1 was Hearing the
spot I occupied at the opening of
my story, where the bushwhacker
had sought to kill me. though then 1
wns nlone, while now 1 wns with an
ndvnnclng army. Five hundred caval
ry, n division of Infantry nnd several
bntterles of artillery were hurrying
down l he road toward the beautiful
city of Huntsvlllc, lying, truuqull nnd
wiHiiKpcctiug, n few miles below. The
uppcv edge of the sun wns peering
above the horizon, gilding tlie crest of
the foothills of the plateau on the enst,
the tree tops nnd the roofs of the neigh
boring houses. The flowers, which a
fortnight before were opening, were
now in full bloom. They looked Inno
cently from the gardens beside the
ro.'iit. they leaned lovingly ngnllist the
pillars of the vernmbts, and from vines
trailing over casements they smiled nt
tin' rising sun. while the breath of
mor.'iiiig was laden with their perfume.
It was i he general's purpose to sur
prise the viy, capture the railroad ma
chine wimps and the rolling stock con
centrated there, then make up trains
laili'ti with troops, seize a hundred
mill's ni tlie Memphis ami Charleston
rallroinl on either hnnd. thus opening
eniiiiiiiinlcntloli with the army lit Pitts
burg I. muling on the west nnd pnvlng
the way for future operations In cast
Tennessee on the east. The enemy
must not be given time to move troops
to protect the city, for even should wu
defeat them they would destroy the
shops ami run off the rolling stock. All
depended on celerity and secrecy.
The evening before we had bivouack
ed ten miles north of the city. Our
scouts permitted no one to go south of
us. enfolding all they met In order that
no news of our approach could reoeh
the place we hoped to surprise. Two
"Mam', 't'n aiHid In' de evci t' iceyo'," in
terrupted Ulmjcr cnthuKlastlcdllu.
hours before dawn the command was
aroused not by the fife or the bugle,
but by whispering officers and the
march wns resumed with no sound I
save the trend of men nnd horses and
the rumble of artillery. Within a few
miles of the city detachments of mount
ed men. nrmed with telegraph cutting
and truck tearing implements, dashed
to the left and to the right to prevent
the enemy from sending for troops or
running off the rolling stock. To an
other detachment which rode among
the advance columns was assigned the
duty of seizing the telegraph office.
Boom!
Hark, a gun! It comes from the east
ward, not half a mile distant, where
the railroad runs pnrullel with the
pike. Artillery Is driving bnck a loco
motive. The Iron monster shrieks like
some wild beast that has met Its death
wound.
Boom I
More whistles all along the track far
down to the south, varying In distinct
ness from a near, loud cry to a distant,
faint moan.. This Is fine' hunting
stalking locomotives with cannon. Did
any South African sportsman ever
strike such game or hunt with such
guns?
Boom, boom, boom! Far and near
the shotted guns speak; far and uenr
the metal monsters cry out In terror.
Boom!
All are bagged, except oue more dar
ing than the rest, which runs the gant
let of artillery and wltb a round shot
flying through Its cub speeds out of
range.
Meanwhile sashes in the bouses along
the road are being raised, shutters
flung open and beads put out to learn
the cause of the commotion. As guus
boom, whistles shriek and cavalry clut
ter along the loud, followed by uieu
rapidly marching and artillery horses
briskly drugging the guua, many u
citizen who the night before bad gone
to sleep- not nrenming of a foe looks
upon tho passing nrmed tliron;?. lis
tens to tho sound of tho eninon ami
the shrieks of the engines and wonders
If pandemonium has come.
1 am drawing near the Htniifui tlix'.
Tl.ere Is the house, with Its broad ve
rim las nnd Its penk roof. A knot of peo
ple Kre nt the front gnto, but I am yet
too rnr to see who they nro. Now t
can distinguish the tnrbunod I. lb.
There Is n boy perched on one of tlie
gate posts. It Is Buck. That girl, tall
nnd slender. Is surely Helen, As I
drnw nearer 1 enn see Ginger, his brond
mouth stretched In n grin of pleasure
nt sight of Yankee troops. A figure Is
sitting In n wicker chair on tho veran
da, dark eyes Hashing In a pale face.
It Is .lii'inelliie.
Killing up to tho gate, 1 am out of
my saddle almost before my horso bus
stopped. Buck gives a cry nnd Jumps
Into my arms. Ginger grasps my hnnd.
"By Jingo, Mr. Brnndystone," cried
Buck, "I'm mighty glnd to see you!
Plnce I got back nfter flghtln g'rlllns
llke"-
"Mars', 't's good fo' de eyes t' see
yo'," Interrupted Ginger euthuslastlciil-
ly.
"Arter flghtln g'rlllas like a man"
"What! Mr. Brninleistatio, and In the
uniform of a Federal olllcer!"
It wns Mr. Stnuforth. He looked nt
me. surprised, then put out his baud.
But I nlwnys suspected the old man to
be nt heart n Unionist
Buck kepi on. "After flghtln g'rlllns
liken man I come back"
"Upon my word!"
Another of the family wns express
lug surprise to see a former guest with
the Union troops. Mrs. Stnuforth look
ed pained, but she had mii'istil me wheu
1 was sud'crlng. and her motherly feel
ings got the better of her prejudices. I
took lier bund, nnd she did not with
draw It.
"I sny, Mr. Brnndystone," Buck now
fairly shouted, "after flghtln g'rlllns
like n man I come back hynr to be fol
lei cil icon' by that doggone old Lib!"
It was out at last, nnd the boy looked
relieved. I broke awny nnd, advancing
toward Helen, put out my bnud.
She turned away from me wltb con
tempt. Fortunately at that moment 1 espied
little F.thcl looking nt me wistfully
ami. taking her up, hid my fuee nnd
my anguish In her tresses. Then, look
ing up. 1 saw Unit Jnck wns waiting
for me. and. going upon the veranda, 1
took both her hands In mine.
"Yo're the only Yankee lu the world
1 want to see," she said enthusiastical
ly. "Golly!" cried Buck behind me. Turn
ing, 1 saw what had surprised him
the guerrillas riding by ns prisoners.
They hnd been conducted to Shelby'
vl'.le by the compnny of cavalry which
lind cuptured them nnd were now a
part of the procession of men and
horses hurrying by. Captain Rtngold
looked up ut us with a melancholy
stare. He caught sight of Jack, and 1
shall remember to my dying day tho
sna look In bis eyes ns they rested for
a moment upon hers.
The advancing army moved rapidly
on nnd wns soon n mingled muss of
guns nnd horses In the distance. The
mm touched bayonets nnd flags flashed
for an Instant, then were lost in a turn
In the road. The region which had so
suddenly been enlivened relapsed into
the quiet of thu country.
Jaqueline begged mo to go Into the
house. I declined. Mr. Stanfortb add'
rd his Invitation.
"Thnnk you, Mr. Stanfortb, but 1
must rejoin my regiment at once. This
Is no time for me to be absent."
"You shall cotno In long enough to
drink one glass of wine to show that
you are our fiieyd." I saw that he
would be not only hurt, but, with bis
strong southern Impulse, angered If I
refused, and I reluctantly consented to
spare a few minutes to pledge my for
mer host.
1 entered tho house supporting Jack
and wns turning Into the library,
where I bad passed my time while
wounded, when Jnck guided me Into
the parlor opposite. Helen left us and
went Into the library. Lib came In
bearing a decanter and glasses.
drank to the host and the assembled
compnny, promising tbnt during the
occupntlon by the Union forces I would
use my influence to gain them every
favor and protection. I bad drained
my glass and, setting It down, was
about to go out to mount my borse
wheu Helen came out of the library
nnd crossed the hnll, hnnd In band
with an officer In Confederate mil
form. His forehend wns bound wltb a.
handkerchief, he walked wltb difficul
ty nnd. I Judged, hnd been severely
wounded. Jack sprnng forward and
seized the other band.
"Major Branderstaue," said Helen,
"my brother."
Great God! Before me stood my en'
emy!
As nt night by a flush of lightning
one may see for nn Instant a landscape
distinct In nil Its detulls, so I saw again
the events of tho night of the mussa
ere. There were the Hushing shotguns,
the soldiers coining down the bill,
figure with garments streaming In the
wind running to me for protection,
And now before me stood the mun with
the smoking pistol. Involuntarily 1 put
my hand to my revolver.
"1 am your prisoner, sir," be snld
quickly, "You do not need your weup
on."
Helen's eyes flashed. "Would you
shoot an unarmed man?"
Juck, mute with terror, staggered to
the gray clad figure and clung to It,
ber expressive eyes bent on me, a mlu
gled fin me of reproach and wruth.
My hand rested on my bolster.
moved not. spoke not. but stood star
ing ut the group that stared at me,
This mini, whom I had been hunting to
kill, whom Helen bad stimulated ue to
pursue, against whom she bad even
voluuturily pledged herself to aid me
lu my ceveuge. bad oovr, suddenly p
pen red as her brother!
"I wns wounded." snld tho officer.
at Fort Donelsou and wns brought
here to my father's house. I nm tumble
to endure the fatigue of flight: there
fore I am compelled to surrender."
(to b continued.
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