The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01
pickets before the alarm could be given,
they could carry everything before

pickets before the alarm could be given,
they could carry everything before
them" h'
he laughed heartily at this. and yet
/ thought 1t was q serious laugh. We
smoked and drank, and I feigned to
fall asleep as Lieutenant Brown took
out his supposed diary. BE scribbled
some words in il upon loose leaf, then
laid the book down q moment to light
his pipe, and the draft between the
boards OF the rude hut waited II upon
the litter at my feet. The Lieutenant
staggered, snatched up the book with.
out noticing that the leaf was gone, and
departed. I hastily picked up the note,
and after much labor / read
"Attack, followed up, must succeed
II made on Inkerman side; at least,
that is the opinion OF English-snggest
the first foggy morning-Sunday."
"'Tis as l expected, Igasped, "the
foreigner is spy"
kept my own counsel. / knew, on
November fourth and fifth, / should be
on outpost duty, and what should hinder
me from capturing him? i did wrong
in repeating the circumstance TO my
superior officer. ,s
The fourth Of November came, and,
in the meantime, I had ordered my
servant 10 keep o strict watch on Lieuf
Brown. He reported that evening that
the foreigner was missing, and on in
quiry, this turned out 70 be true. /
still kept my own counsel, but as l
halted near rayine overlooking Sebas-
topel, / promised promotion TO any
man who shouldl capture any person
coming from the enemy's line, for 4
felt convinced the foreigner hnd gone
over and would probably return under
cover Of night. AT midnight Sebasto-
pol was enyeloped in q dense fog. But
throughout that liye.long night I WIS
on the alert, encouraging the guards
on my right to keep a sharp eye and
'cuter ear on Sabastopol. II was near
the dawn when the bells in Sabastopol
commenced to ring. The men thought
they were the bells for church. This
continued for some time. i applied
my ear to the ground. Could be mis-
takenP The sound Of wheels, as II
mufiled, caught my ear. Then the In
distinct tramp OF numerous bodies Of
men. '
Before I had time to rise, the report
Of musket from the outlying posts
startled me.
Another and another followed in
rapid succession, the outposts ellback
upon the rallying point ! had indicated,
and / determined TO show o fiont.
Judge my surprise, when o Russian
officer, in dim outline, stood before me,
and in his rear were some half dozen
staff officers feeling their way. Some
thing wasisaid in Russian, whichI did
not understand but the voice, there
was no Disgusting that. II was the
foreigner. My first intention was TO
shoot him down. In an, instant i
thought better Of 1t. FELL upon him
and disarmed him. Two men bound
him, and in o whisper, I gave him in
charge OF q corporal and four men.
I" Headquarters" / whispered to
them, and they marched on with their
prisoner. Why speak Of what followed?
Is not the story OF the battle Of Inker-
man and its results known 10 all?
On the same Sunday afternoon Lieu
tenant Brown, alias the foreigner, alias
Kirkoff-for it turned out he was o
Russian by birth-was tried by drum
head court.martial.
AZ first hoi denied everything, but
aiterward made a full confession. I
what 10 already known,
and reproduced the slip from his note
book. His handwriting alone con-
demned him. Twas the chief witness.
And almost instantly he was ordered
then and there 10 be hanged by the
neck.
lie pleaded to be shot. But the
court scornfully rejected his appeal.
He was flung of from o neighboring
tree on the heights Of Inkerman. And
on his breast, In English and Russian,
were written those brief but terrible
words" The fate Of q spy" z