Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-08-05

aeomata. and almost to man | followed
these ladies, and contrived to stop them
without frightening them. | conclude
they felt | was a gentleman by my adj
dress, and were not influenced by the
clothes philosophy l asked them to tell
me the way to Reade street They gave
me clear but brief directions. | raised
my hat and walked on, striking the shad-
ow whenever | could, and fearing the
glance of policeman. | made my way
to Reade street, and pulled the bell of 1874.
1t was a house standing in garden, a
little back from the street. and an alley
ran along one side of the lot. An Irish
servant girl answered my summons.
That was good omen. Irish servant
girls were all sympsthizers in their way.
Can ! see Miss Fanny Lewis for mo-
ment?
mo; Miss Fanny's sent of - gone
away. The master is come home. May
be our other Miss Fanny would do for
ye.'
Let me see her." said.
She opened the door of a sort of
library or side sitting.room, turned up
the gas and lettme there. looked at my
torn clothes, my Drowned hands, my
haggard face, and unshorn beard and
hair; for there was "a large mirror over
the replace. AS | stood waiting, |
wondered what impression | should pro-
duce on that other Miss Fanny when she
came
Presently the door opened. A small
blonde woman entered She was about
twenty five, with "a very pleasant face.
She look as frightened as | felt myself to
+ 10, Ia do, all II,
close up to me, without a word.
who are you?" she said trembling.
Madam,"I answered, 81 am Major
Dangertield, of the Confederate service
! know Miss Fanny Lewis to be a lady
very good to our poor fellows at Point
/ Lookout. know nobody in Baltimore.
come to ask your advice and protec-
ton" And told her my story.
/ "Ohn' she cried, | am the wrong
/ lady; you expected to see my sister.in-
law. You have run yourself into the
greatest danger. My husband, Col Lewis,
has just received staff appointment here,
under the Major-General commanding in
Baltimore He does not allow me to
have anything to do with treason or dis
affection. He is a Federal officer"
II beg your pardon, aIam,' | said,
taking my hat; II will 60 away at once"
M, no. she cried wildly, running to
/ the " ,ndow as the bell rang. It's too
/ late hear my husband. That's him on
horseback with his olderly. He has only
been in Baltimore few hours, and Fanny
was sent away South before he came. Go
In there quick she added, as Il mans
, footsteps sounded in the hall
She opened an inner door, and | en-
tered sort of large closet or store-room
1t had no window, but was lighted by IA
kind of fancy lattice-work at the top of the
partition that divided it from the sitting
room. Besides the door through which
entered, II had two others. | softly tried
them both, and found them fastened. The
place was a sort OF anteroom, now used
as "A store closet. 1t had shelves in it,
and trunks and packing cases, broken ar
ticles of furniture, linen laid up in laven-
der, and ladies dresses hung on pegs.
1t was lighted by u glimmer Of gas from
the sitting room.
My darling Fanny" said voice;
and | heard kisses-kisses as natural
as if the man had beea Southerner and
not bood.thirsty Yank, whom | was
bound to hate, to injure and despise.
why, what's the matter, love?" |
heard him say to her Have you had q
chill? You are trembling all over, You
look-I don't know how you look What
is it, my sweet Fan? ,"
Nothing. What could it be-" she
answered; but knew, from the tremble
in her voice, that she was unused to de-
ceiving her colonel. | think, too, that
he probably perceived that something
lay concealed under her nothing" for
he did not press her to say more He
sat down, and think he drew her toward
him.
This Is comfortable" he said. This
is home This is better than campaigning.
have had worrying day. Claypoe"
| ii Judged that was his predecessor) has
LETT everything in disorder in his depart
ment, and that business of Fanny's has
annoyed me beyond measure. 1t lays me
open to suspicion, and | have had local
politicians at me about it all day. How
Fanny could have been so indiscreet, so
unmindtul of what WAS due to my posi-
ton! She seems 10 have been forever do
/ ing something that lowered to say the
/ least of 1t, upon the verge of treason. |
/ hope, my Fanny, you have had nothing
/ to do with her proceedings
/ No, no, indeedn cried his wife, We
/ hemcntly, with an accent of sincerity
/ 81 have always been so very careful
/ because -" Here she came to sudden
( pause. | suppose the recollection that
She had Major Dangerteld, of the Con-
/ fcderate service, hidden in her store
( closet, broke unpleasantly upon her
! She added, in lower tone, and with
/ a different Gccent, " would not compro.
/ mise You for the world"
wish Fanny had the same consider
alton. General s. told me he was