The enquirer southerner., 1874-06-19

said the General, who was on horse
back, leaning down or his saddle
the same, SIR, said |.
! The snow by this time had abat-
ed, and the heavens grew brighter.
Before me was the English CONS
mander.
We attack at daylight, Captain
Wood, he whispered. If we but
steal a march upon them this time,
[ believe We shall carry the great
redoubt, which Prince Menschikofl
dealsres would defy all the armies
of s,ae world to capturc-he deems
it impregnable; be gu vips.
He was about to ride off when
stopped him.
General, said l., it S my duty
to report a man wrapped IN white,
who in defiance Of the outlying
picket, crossed our position and
safely entered the enemy's hines
The General drew up rein sud
denly at this.
What, again: Unquestiona-
bly, spy. In the name of God
who and what was he like z
| felt an irresistible impulse tc
unbosom my suspicious. But, sup,
posing they should prove unbound.
ed? The character of an English
officer would be compromised, and
l probabl y cashiered for so un
warranted charge, unworthy Of
an officer and gentleman.
I merely limited it might be a
Turk, Frenchman, or an English.
man.
Humph,' calculated the Eng
lish commander, { if one of these he
shall not escape US.
Order the outlying pickets to be
doubled. Throw forward section
of rihemen, under cover Of the
great redoubt. Suffer no one to
pass, OH pain of instant death.
Order the riAemen to lie down, and,
should the spy appear, not to dis
charge their rifles, but either to
seize or knock him down with the
butt ends of their muskets.'
This order | promptly carried
out. Still the same ominous silence
at Sebastopol. I heard uaught
save an occasional chant and clock
striking the hour, in the doomed
tow, Silently. l could see, with
: Eny ~tnightsglass, the Russians
relieving sentry.
If it be the foreigner, he cannot
escape and should he not return
my worst fears will he realized.
! While [ was thinking l was dos
ing off. Should I fall asleep under
this thorny brier, there would be a
vacancy in ours. And, above all,
it would fall to the foreigner.
strove hard to rise, and to my
dismay, my limbs felt stiff and
rigid. The revolver dropped from
my grasp. | essayed to cry out,
but my tongue refused to move.
Crack, crack, crack, l heard,
like one in nightmare. Someth>
ing had happened. Sharp firing
followed. | gave faint cry, as if
in pain. The tramping probably
saved me from an awful death. 1t
removed the seagnated blood. l sat
up and instinctively placed my
head and face to protect.
Was it panic, or was | still
dreaming.
Course him he's old nick him
SELF heard voices exclaim; but
for the snow storm we would have
made mince meat of him.
And, to my amazement, the
rifles in swarms came running back
to take up position. One fellow
tumbled over me, and the next
instant l was surrounded by mer
who poured stiff 'tota of grog' dowr
my throat, Some chafed my limbs
while others took me by the arms
in turns and walked me rapidly tt
and fro. In a short time | was
fully restored. To my unutterabl,
astonishment | learned stoutlsl
man, wrapped in a white cloak
appeared suddenly in the midst o
the swarm of human ants. Th'
snow at that moment was terrific
and driven by a keen wind, 1t was
next to impossible to bare y SCI
your hand before you. Some sa.
they seized the stranger by the leg
Others say he got some ounces o
lead. And yet-he escaped them
All through this storm, captain,
said an old sergeant. we ar
afeared OF shooting each other.
I'm be hanged if he amt, o
appeared to 60, smack Unto GU
lines.
| was seated in my rude hut
week after this terrible event, an
who should walk in but Licutenan
Brown. lie calmly seated himself
as was his wont, and serenel
! smoked his short pipe.
Positively stranger, Brown,
, said.
: "A little out Of sorts, he ar
' swered, staring me full in the fac
was ever of the opinion ths
t men Of sinister natures conld neve
t rightly fix their eyes upon anothe
: mans. l laughed at this fallac.
and was ever skeptical upon tn
point afterward.
' Sorry to hear it, l replie'
i Then | added, with o searchir