The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-05-08

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Nashville and the North early
next morning. Meeting Captain
Hight in the evening at his brl-
gade headquarters, l communi-
Gated to him my good luck.
"You leave in the morning, chl'
he asked.
eyes, and will put through ia
Chicago as fast as the cars will
carry me-"
"Just my luck" exclnimed the
Captain, joyfully;"I too am going
north in the morning train--re-
ceived n three weeks leave OF
absence from the General to day
and am only too happy to
know that shall have such good
company. l will 90 with you as
far as Chicago, and then on wings
of steam I'll fly to a little woman
who wants to see me, not thou
sand miles from there"
"That is good" l said, heartily;
"if could have had my choice,
yon are the very man l would
have picked out for a travelling
companion for the trip"
Next morning, bright and ear.
ly, We met at the depot, and took
seats together in one of the cars
of the waiting train, and half an
hour afterwards were gliding
down the heavy grades, through
The valleys and hills over the
brldges OF that rough region, bound
for Nashville; !; thence to Louis
vile +; thence to Chicago, where
We arrived, dust-covered and
completely tagged out. At the
railway depot we Lade each other
good-by.
81 shall expect to zee you back
in the army on my return to Old
Rosey," said the Captain, shak-
ing my hand. "Till then take
good care of yourself, old boy"
"Of course" said; "Give my
love to that little woman-au
reroir, Monsieur Captain"
J reported at tho editorial
rooms, as instructed. and after lin
gering aimlessly around Chicago
for couple Of days, l took my
satchel and boarded a North
western railway train, bound for
u visiting expedition into Wiscon-
sin in fact to visit my sweetheart.
Reaching Milton Junction, where
We changed cars for Madison, the
tirst man l saw on looking from
the window, was Captain Hight.
"IIall.,, Cap.!" accostcd him,
on emerging from the car to terra
,frma;; "wherc did you come from,
and where goingi'
"Got here from Milwaukee an
hour ago-am going west on the
train now waiting here"
"Good again!" exclaimed /;
I'VE shall be travelling companions
again."
We entered the train, and were
speedily transported to Madi-
son, Wisconsin's beautiful capital
city. Getting ont Of the irain,w
again bade each other good.by,
he going to n hotel, and / going to
call on a friend. Six hours sub.
sequently l took a aeat in a train
for the village Of Baraboo. A
few hours ride brought us to that
town. Stepping off the train, to
my astonishment there was Cap
ain Hight, standing on the plat
form. carpet.bag in hand.
"IIow on earth did yow get
hcrcp asked, with surprise.
: sBy tllis tFaii,;,,' no answered.
"That's mighty queer, M re-
joined; III came on this train, also,
but didn', zee YOU"
"Nor l you" he said; ride
in the rear and you in the front
one that explains it."
"Gol"g any further I" l asked,
quizzingly."
"No," he replied 81 shall ppt
up at hotel here for a day Sr
two, and call on some friends re'
siding in town. And you -wheke
are you going 2" he questioned
"Ah, hal" he exclaimed; "bat
isn't it queer that you and | shopdd
have come all this long S,istafce
without finding out our objective
points, which, It seems, are very
much Of a samencss. Who lie
she, Tarnish 2"
"Tbat will be telling, Cap. lll
lot you know all about It when we
meet again down in Dixie"
We shook hands, he going to