South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-05-26


tioI. He is Federal officer.
i beg your pardon, madam said,
taking my hat; Il will 60 at once
No, no. she cried, wildly, running
to the window as the bell rang. ITS
too late; l hear my husband. That's
him on horseback, with his orderly.
lie has only been in Baltimore few
hours, and Fanny was sent away
South before he came. Go in there
Quick!she added, as mans footsteps
sounded in the hall.
She opened an inner door, and /
entered a sort of large closet, or store
room. 1t had no window, but was
lighted by kind OF fancy lattice. work
at the top ofthe partition that divided
1t from the sitting room, besides the
door through which / entered, it had
two others. l softly tried them both,
and found them fastened. The place
was a sort of ante-room, now used as
q store closet. 1t had shelves in it.
and trunks and packing cases, broken
articles of furniture, linen laid up in
lavender, and ladies' dresses hung on
pegs. TWAS lighted by glimmer of
gas from the sitting-room.
My darling Fanny said q voice :;
and heard 'kisses-kisses as natural
as il the man had been a Southerner,
and not blood thirsty Yauk, whom
| was bound to hate, to injure, and
despise.
why, what's the matter lover I
heard him say to her. 'IIave you n
chill? You are trembling all over
You look-I don't know how you
look. What Is 1t, my sweet Fan2'
Nothing. What could it bc?' she
answered.; but | knew, from the
trembling in her voice, that she was
unused to deceiving her Colonel. I
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 ID comfortable he said. This
Is home. This is better than camping.
l have had worrying day. CLAY.
pole Il Judge this was his predecessor)
has LETT everything in disorder in his
department. and that business of Fan.
ny,s has annoyed me beyond measure.
1t lays me open to suspicion, and
have tho local politician ut me about
it all day. How Fanny could have
been so indiscreet, 50 unmindful of
what was Cue to my position She
seems to have been forever doing
something, that lowered, to say the
least OF 1t, upon the verge of reason.
l nope, my Fanny, you have had moth
ing TO do with her proceedings
No, no, indeed = cried the wife.
vehcmently, with an accent of sinceri.
ty. Il have always been so very care.
ful, because Here she came TO
sudden pause. Isuppose the recollec.
ton that she had Major Dangerfield,
OF The Confederate service, hidden in
her store closet, broke unpleasantly
upon her. She added i'll lower tone.
and a with different accent, Il would
not compromise you for the world
Il wish Fanny had had the same
consideration. General $ told
me he was very sorry to have
to send her through the lines, but that
1t bad been absolutely necessary. A
little more and she would have got
herself into the Old Capitol Prison.
The Union politicians Of this place
have keen scent for disahection. IT
seems policeman has been detailed
Tor sometime past TO watch THE house.
and they had string of charges "a
long as my arm against her. Dear
dear If women would only stick fast
TO women's work, and leave rebellion
and politics alonel'
Il don't think Fanny meant any
HARM said the wife, timidly. 'Sbe
used TO send things to the prisoners.
but then that WAS allowed. She used
to get lots of letters; but don'tknow
that she did anything worse.
THAT is, she did not tell you all she
did, said the Colonel. 'Well, 80 far.
| am obliged to her, for if half | hear
IS true, she was stepped in petty trea.
son. Most Of it was foolish nonsense
mo good to the cause che wanted TO
serve. Her imprudence has made.
my own position here q very delicate
one. | have written to fhe comman-
dera Of all the prisons not to forward
to her any letters that may pass
through their hands, and if they do
arrive, YOU had better burn them with.
out reading them, unless you know
the hand writing
Here came a loud ring at the front
door. The Colonel and his wife NOV
cd instantly apart, and a man camo |
INTO the room.
Good evening, Colonel. Good
evening madam. / called TO tell YOU.
Colonel, that there's a dangerous char. /
acter at large in Baltimore rebel |
agent on secret service-and the |
Provost-Marshal has given strict or. I
lcrs to secure him. Ifthey catch him. /
hey will hang him-sure. lie has