Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-04


man moving about as if looking for
me. l went directly up to him and
said:
"My friend, were you looking for
me?"
mo, sir" was his prompt reply.
"But you were with the men who
arrested me this evening""
"What? Are you the Teller we
picked up near the depot ?"
81 am"
He looked me from tip to toe with
puzzled expression on his face, and
l remarked
81 overheard you say something
about my eyes. Is there anything
wrong with them ?"
"N-no, sir"
"But why did you point me out to
the guard? Indeed, why are you, a
civilian, tramping about with the
soldiers presume you hold your
self accountable for any trouble you
may cause gentleman"
He turned pale in an instant, and
asking me to step aside, he explained:
"There was an old man rode in
with me the other morning. He
called himself Judge Lexington and
said he lived at Guntown. No such
a man has ever lived there. This
man also wore gray wig to conceal
his natural hair, which was a little
reddish"
"Well, he told an affecting story,
and l passed him as my father. l be-
lieve hewas spy"
Eyes"
"And the soldiers believe it, and
want to find him."
"And l hope they will. But you,
my friend, must use more discretion.
If you insult a gentleman you must
be prepared to give him satisfaction.
/ feel that"
"Say, Pm sorry about this thing,
and / hope you'll let it drop. Come
and have drink"
| held off for a while and then
bridged the yawning chasm, and
when he was ripe for it / said:
II have a brother here-a citizen
who is just able to move about after a
long illness. | want to get him
away before the battle occurs. How
far do you live?
"About nine miles,"
eff paid for it, couldn't you take
him home for week or twO?"
"I'll take him withoutpay, and be
only too glad to do you favor"
But l wouldn't have it that way. I
bargained with him that he should
receive $40 for his trouble, and that
he should call at the hotel the next
evening. Nothing was said about a
pass, but intended to see to that.
The next day Marmaduke's captain
helped me to secure it. What | saw
in Corinth satisfied me there would
be no fight. While the Confederates
were shortening their lines and in
trenching, and while the great mass
of soldiers believed that Beauregard
was aching for an attack, the railroad
tracks told the story. l saw that he
was sending away guns and stores as
fast as possible, and was likewise
bringing in and side-tracking all the
cars available. Several extra loco
motives had come up, and believed
l had good grounds for suspecting a
retreat from Corinth. This belief
was strengthened on the last day of
: my stay, by the confidence of a tele-
t; graph operator, who informed me
/ that supplies intended for Corinth
had stopped down the road.
When evening came | had seen to
; all that was necessary, and half an
l hour after supper | disappeared. The
man who took my place was an in
valid. He was very pale, weak in
l the legs, and spoke ina hollow voice
1 1 chalked my face bit, rubbed the
black off my eyebrows, cut off the
: corners of my monstache, put on
l different style of collar, and followed
I in my cheeks by suction. In that
] way heightened my face and made
S my cheek bones show very promi'
nently. 1t was dusk when the milk
man drove up. When he came in
stated that the professor, my brother
e had been called to Beauregard's head
quarters, and that was already to b'
moving.
y, "Been powerful sick, take it," hi
: said as he looked me over.
"Yps. very sick -