New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-17

TO the house. and SAID 10 The woman:
wei Doc revenged for this. We know the route
he'll take. and will have his life before Tomorrow
and you-wcd bnrn your house over your hea'a' IL
you we're moi the wife OF Jack Brown.' -.
brown was loval man, who was serving his
country in the ranks OF MaTsaal. Thereby hangs
tale but this is not the time to tell il. Soon the
men rode away. taking the poor wOmans only
wagon AZ q hearse for their dead comrade.
Night came, and the owls cried IN the woods IN
way they had not cried for n fortnight. lMhootl
twhooth they went as If they thought there was
r1nsic In foofing. The woman listened. put on
dark mantle. and followed the sound OF ther
voices. Entering the woods, she cr1pt III ". u
the bushes and talked with the owls as IL they
They Enow the road yen take she said ye
ms change yer route here az me t gn n,S we ~
a true CONAN and he booted louder than before,
to deceive pursuers. and keep mp the mnAlc'
A yer nag safe she asked.
yes and good for forty mile atorc sun-un'
wei here ar suthin' eat yell need It, Good
by, and God 90 vi ye.
Their hands elasped and they parted he to ms
long ride she 70 the quiet sleep of those who OUT OF
"A true heart. serve their country
The ui0ht was dark and drizzly but before morn
ing the clouds cleared away, leaving thick mist
hanging low on The meadows. The scouts mare
" 9s (, ct bnt the road was rough, AMI a sIosh OF
e,ov, inneded the travel. He had come by
stranpe way, and did not know how tar he had
travelled by sunrise but lights We're ahead SniN-
erinC in the haze OF the cold, gray morning. Nere
they the early candles Of some sleepy village, OF the
camp- fires OF a band OF gnerrilasT lie qua nog
know and il would not ht saie 70 go On vi ne "lu
know The road was lined with trees, but they
would give no shelter for they were Tar apart ana
the snow lay white between them. lie was
in the blue grass rsgl9n, tenh n Rv the n,e
IoalsIde: but the mist was toe thick IT, admit Oh
his discerning ANYTHING distinctly. III seemed,
however. 10 be breaking away, ann ne Woolh wal, wait
until his way Sas clear; so ne SAT the!T an .o4i
two hours and ate hrs breakfast from thc satchel
Johns wife had slung over bis shoulder AZ aet
the fog lifted j little, and ne saw close 40 manu- d
CT. All homlet-a few rude huts gathered round n
cross-road. No danger could TURK IN sucil place.
and he was a5out TO descend. and pursue MS Jour
ney when suddenly he heard, up the ROAD by WHICH
he ea,ue the raj id tramp Of body Of horsemen
The mist was thicker below, so halfway down the
tree lie Went and awaited their coming. Ihey
moved at an irregular pace. carrying lanterns anu
pausing ever. now and then 10 inspect the roau aS
If they had missed their way or lost something.
SOOr tiev cam near, and were dIInly outlined IN
the gray MIST the scout could make OUT their
number There were thirty OF theln.-tne oI12ihai
band ana q reinforcement. Again tney matted
when abreast of the tree, and searcheo the roau
narrowly. ,.I ~ L. of
the chiyalrv The other road is six miles Longer.
and he would take the shortest route ]! an
We sin come up with HIM PIT, et we turn pump
ror.nd and foileT on tOther road-Whar we los,
The trg1l-bacl thar three miles ter the de adenln'
Now another spoke. and his voice the scout re-
mcmbered he belonged 10 his own company IN tht
Fourteenth kentucky. Is So, he sad; ne mas
tuck t'Othcr road. | tell yc, I'll KNOW met mare
shoe ucng million. Nary one lo.ke It wus uyer
Seed in ali kaintuck,-only a ID Yankee could
Ia Invented IT, 81, IN 81 4to
And yere II IT, sh0ute" man Win 'i-c "a 'ilo
TIE Fourteruth krntuckian clutcbed the light,
and while dozen d.slounted ana gathered Touuu,
closely examined thc >hoc-trac&. J. Ne EIouti ,"hS
hare on the spot and the PRINT OF the Dorses moo
was clearly cut IN the hall-irolen mud NaToNN
the man looked. and III and death ming on MS
.vesrht The scout took out tho bullet, ana placed
IT. in a crutch oil the cree. II they took hlm the
Devil should not take the dispatch Ihcn DC oTeN
a revolver The mist was breaking away, ana ne
would surely be discovered 4 the men fingered mucn
longer: but lac womb have tie yalle OF MS NE 10
the uttern0st farthiLa. , -,
foot-print aud one OF them inadvertently trod
mon A. The KentucSian looked long ana ear
neatly INIT mn Lass he sad
~ w T5; avs "a, track Tbet ar mar has sand
crock on her right iorc-o0t. She dldn take hlhliy
10 q round shoe so the 1ank. ne guv her one WIN
the cork right in -he middle tho quarter. Wls
a burned smart conIrvance lnr &e see 10 easel
tlc strain and let the nag 90 nimole M sdurrel'
The cork ha'n't yerc- ta'n't her track and were
vastil' time in ,Hckiu.'
The cork was not there. because the troopers
tread mad ohiiteraed it, Reader. let NJ THANK MN
for that one gOOd step. II he never take aH0tler5
for il saved the cont, and maYDe saNed heh1u'N
when the scout returned that way ne IIlue'i
abreast " that tree, ana examiner bns Eiounu
about it. Right there N me ro, W. llte '.ro Ion
track with tre print Of the man ioob SUI "loIii
tle inner quarter. he uncoycfed MS heah' ana
from his heart went mp "a simple thanksgiving
TIE horsemen gone me scout am 40" ,oriU
fThere might be danger ahead. but there srr.y was
olurcr behind him. His pWsucl5 were ohi} nan
convinced that they had struck is t,ail ana some
sensible ieud might put II into their be4us 20
divide and follow, part by enc route part DI the
other.
a. ,rshed on over the sloshy road his mare
,-,, srep l,liua slower aud slower. The poor bcast
US aided cut: for she had travelled sINty mics
Zen othiue and been stabbed IN he tilnher she
would have given out long before nad her Dlogu
nos been the best in Kentucky. As 1t was, she
s+oogered along a. if she had taken IarreI OF
yvGi.kev Five miles further on VAS TIE mouse Oh
a uion man. She must reach IT, or one Dy il' MY
side: for mcrciful man rtEarc5h not the lie Oh
mis- beast when he carries dispatches. -.
The loyalist did not know tre scout. D1 qI, ms
honest flcr secured HIM cordial welcome lie tA-
blamed that lac was from the Union camp on Ihc
H. sandy. and offered any price Tor morse 70 20
Oh with n
.yernao f.. with arv two o. my critters said the
mon We Kim take the best beast I've got; ana
,vnen ve'f agn this way We'll swap back even
The scout thanked him, mounted The morse, ana
rode OF into the mist again, without the VAIN
iIoL II which the good woman had, hali-cooked
in the kitchen. II Vas II clock am 40 r 1IaO
night Zee entered Colonel tranof quarters ~ -
having ridden hundred miles WIN Il I"po luuI,l
lis nrrk los j I3 a month, hard-tack, ana shoddy
uniform. 49,,
The Colonel opened the dispatch II was q. dated
7 c-igo keutuckv December p. midnight: ana
directed MIN 90 move at once with MS reglent ',e
Fortirth Ohio $50 strong, by the way Of $40
Stirl;ng md McCormick's Gap, TO PrestOnbufg. lie
world incumher mis- men WIN as lew ratioh7 anu
a. mi luguaee as possible. bearing m mind that
tbe safety Of his command depended Oh ms tAPeui-
80. ". vvould also convey the dispatch TO
Iirntcnant-C olonel Woodford. ut stamford and
direct him TO join the march with his 300 cavalry
Houfe now were worth months OF common tiHe'
I'D ON fine following morning CranOrs column
began to move. the scout lay 5y TIL mgnt, then
SET out on his return. ana at day break swapPen ms
now iaded horse for the fresh kentuchy mare
even lie ate the housewifes breakfast, TOO, and
tooE his ease with the coed man TIL dark When
bc again set ont and rode throuHh IN" uisHI IN
sofety fter that his route waA beset with prTiis
The Providence winch 30 wonderfully
Guarded his way ont seemed Z" leave nm 10
fud his own waV IN or, As ne eAprcsseu II =
Ye see the Lord lie keerCd more fur the dIs-
match nor lie keercd fur me; and twas nateIal ne
sbouId ease my life only countrd one "hle tho
disrafch ID stood luI all kainruck.
81, that n il nav ne found his road hard one to
+raVel The same gang which folio we'd HIM out
H. Ia..L Il puf