The sun., 1881-01-16


her brother and father Mt the fremont House
in Boston. After breakfast. curiosity or idle;
ness carried me round 70 Crmlioins rooms
| his trunk, his usually healthy looking eounte-
nance very pale and drawn. asked him what
"Im M going going homo" he said. Il got n telo-
gram this morninEsMsamGf9ng hi very b bSd hns
pathy. Presently hc resumed, You we're in
troduced toto NJ as Capel. think2 VIII YOU
5 ScS cs%s sG i GS bsen "4 e
! hope may see her again somo day r
| Ipromlsed., wondering. thatI would do what
| We did not meet again for some yenrs. When
| called on the Copels to deliver his messaEc.
opportunity IS w oil dscharging @ my my commission
Fan tho course OF q few days tho newspapers
contained tho information that something Sl y;
%hicR % camiion & : t"ther was @ manager. the latter
| had committed suicide
by Jove." exclaimed Fred Bolton. when he
hoard the report ! ALMOST wish IL hnd peon
when Camlion and found ourselves together
| aEuin Mt the outbreak OF the war. he was much
Dln,urpd in appearance, though bis boyish sim;
9nd Sn TetI hS n sySed
| self not without success, to paying or the lia-
| bhites which his unhappy father had Incurred.
hsarty preoccupation of his struggle,o atone
| for(he sins OF tho dead. instead of embttcring
cheerful frame; and his quiet geniality made
his Oompanionship, more than eyer deightful
ho whs1 hs asked s Of rne
| married, he looked nt mo very Rraysly, and
answered, in his deep. straightfo%SErrd voice; s,
yeSg;5tar gon remembor IitS Miss Cape ," ,,-
This led to my telling him how his message
had failed to reach her; and the intelligence
seemed to produce great effect upon him He
m"y hsTe boen the and bS
do not Know whether Fred Belton ever heard i
SrrsS events That were ere daS
aroundss soon put II out OF my head.
tho Rnsdan H Rysr nsi before that terrible se
ries OF battles in the Wilderness. which nshsred
in the eioso of the rebellion. Meanwhile. there
was an aTniaous quiet in our neighborhood tho
only exception being a rather annoying one in
the shape OF sharpshootcr on the Confederate
side Of the river (Which was there about three
hundred yards wide) who unerringly picked
on any oaepf our men who % yen,tured venture, to shoeS
he had establiAhed himself opposite the only
spot in n couple OF miles where II was prnetea-
BILE to water our cattle his presence was particu-
larly inconvenisnt; and We expended an appa-
rently dispropsrE rEongte deal OF trouble in our
efforts TO dislodGe him. but nothing had any
guns available atahis point: and 1t was IN vain
that we pepperei the place whence tho deadly
several sever valuable mSn yerS lost, until at last the
question. what Eas to he done. became n serious
and pressind one. The unknown marksman
never was known to miss; and all that any OF us
ever saw OF him WAS the puff of smoke from the
muzzle Of his weapon.
Ono afternoon Fred Bolton came to my tent Il
was surgeon to our company In state OF such
manifest discomposure that at first thought
either the Colonel bad been Killed or the %y
30 be quite nnoiher r,n Tattsr hoysyer Snaa,
giving me time TO hazard guess he went on:
cGPSs ss
herself. as I'm living simmer! She rode up on
horssbaok just as was p p,siAyerinS at the front
didn't she give me rating thought, Whewl'
Whst did she scold you asoutP" demanded
For being yirginian. and nghting on the
Sore sasat and basksnsrd % ts more
and believe should have rntted again. and
Joined the. Johnny Rebs. 4 wore a man.
such creatures as you, and hang youf It's my
opinion. IL aieT hundred hun women s s itSe hsr & were
cd out OF our poots in n month. But luckily
there's, not an5ther woman like her on the
planet, ,o..,.,,o. ~, -. ,,o,, ,,,.
quest OF you in more why's than one said l.
lauehing. by thnway: this j, news would inter
No: and don't s1ean to tell him :" returned
Bolton. rather sharply; and after sitting a few
minutes longer. he go! up and left me In. ap-
parently, no very good pumor.
That same evening. Sowever. he appeared
again. this time in a prsoccmnpied mood. and
presently turned upon the ever active sharp
shooter and after a few remarks had passed.
Beton suddenly exclailned: IN, ~
guess I'm as good shot as be is and i can
Gs9 Ges ssai d Ho hen p9 p
his scheme. which appeared feasible. though
there were certain obstacles in tho way, After
you know why want TO shoot him."
From patriotic motives. trust" was my re-
That's very well so far as 1t goes but there's
something Glse. believe know who he is-or
what syeG's believe io msgTv sss tho Frnm
sd%sGns aasans sns c%esl 5aSs; I'm s1e
knows him, and that theres something more ? ore
than ordinSry between them. And asn ,,,.a y"
' did not TIM nach s ike Ills s attitude o Bskons
and told him SO; but ha took my structures In
such i'll part that for the present judged it best
Miss y csDeI. an devoutIy Wished vi ned that she was was
out OF the way. but before breakfast time next
was destined to hsar wSsn S hes
who had been out on picket duty during the
night. entered my tent, his face flushed, md
his blue eyes kindled with repressed excite
ri have seen Miss Capel." he said. going to
the point at once. as his custom was. There
one OF my mon fired. We heard something
lall. went out and found . rider entangled with
moment tbrugh she was in mans clothes
blouse prd high boots. She had lost her wav.
and hp'i stumbled on us in the darkness. Their
house is near here. she SAYS. lt was q narrow
cScape; il she had bsen killed. could not have
borne i'll | wish this war were over"
WAS she nrmcd?" l inquired. feeling moro
uneasy than cared to confess.
mo. WIZ should she. poor grip She had
been to see some friends Of theirs somewhere
M the country. / gnve her man to SEQ her
safe home" He had spoken tho latter sentences
in q low voice; now he looked suddenly up End
said. with deepest emphasis. would give my
life to know that shs loves me still as love her!
She did love me once! There's no other woman
in tho world for me-"
" You must bear in mind that she's red-hot
rebel" ventured to remark.
ON tho contrary. she's more than hall In
Clincd to our side" returned Cnmlon eagerly.
She told me- almost rs much. In her heart she
loves the Union best"
This unlikely assertion increased my ms9iv-
| inRs tsnfold; but before cOnld mako up my
| mind what to say was summoned to attend an
| other victim OF onr mysterious enemy on the
| opposite bank. The man was mortally wound
| ed but before he died he was able to state that
! no had seen his executioncr-a young fellow,
| with straw hat and dark blue jacket or shirt.
| who parted aside tho bushes and looked across
| at him. the smoking riffs in his hand
any one with good aim had beon with
me-" added tho poor chap. we'd had him
They were his last words But it was not tho
| first time the terrible shurpshoOtor had been
| said to have shown himself under similar cir
| cumstances; and 1t set me thinking again OF