Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-04

only too gEa'as 20 40 you 6vUT.-
But / woutdn't have It that wHy.
bargained witfSs him that he shoUlki re-
ceive $40 for his trouble and that he
should call at tho hotel the next evernng.
Nothing was said! about pass, but hin-
tended to see to that The next day
Marmaduke's captain helped me to secure
it, What / sawin COrinth satisfied me
there would be no sight. While tie
Confederate wersr shortening their lines
and ihtrenching, and while the great
mass Of soldiers believed that BeauregardS
was aching for an attack, the railroads
tracks told the story ! 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 locomotives had come up.
and believed had good grounds for
suspecting a retreat froHs Corinth. This
belief was strengthened on the last day
Of my stay by the confidence Of a tele-
graph operator, who Informed me that
supplies intended for,GSsinth had been
stopped down the roads
When evening came ] had seen all
that was necessary, and half an hour af.
ter supper disappeared The man who
took my place was an invalid. He was
very pale, weak in the legs, and spoke in
hollow voice. chalksd my face a bit.
rubbed the black off nay eyebrows, cut
| off the corners Of my mlastache. put on
a different style of collar, and followed
| in my cheeks by suction. In that way
| heightened my face and'made the cheek
bones show very prominently. 1t was
dusk when the milkmandYove up. When
| he came in stated that tho professor,
my brother, had been calhnd to Beaure-
| CARDS headquarters. andt that was all
ready to be movings
Been powerful sick, take it7" he
said, as he looked me over.
Yes, very SICK
Consumption"
I'm afraid So" I gnsned between
coughing spells.
/ He offered to treat but declined, and
after INDUCING in horn by himself he
took up the bundle had made up and
helped me to the buggy My pass was
all right with the pickets, and the young
man had enough whisky in him t. he
jolly. intended to leave him about
where found him at first, and in pur
suance of a plan ] had formed pre-
tended to be very nervous and excited
Every sound made me start, and the fur
/ Their we drove the more nervous | got.
| Fortune came to my aid when we had
reached the right spot We heard
great clatter of hoofs ahead, and yelled
out that the Yankees were upon us. and
jumped out and over fence and into the
| woods. He was badly scared for the
moment, and ran back about fifty feet
| before seeking shelter. In minute
or two three cavalry horses, saddled
and bridled, came tearing down the road,
and as a consequence the old horse in the
| shafts wheeled about and went toward
| Corinth with them. The last heard OF
the young man he was trying to call to
me and yell ''WhoaF' in one breath In
two hours was inshlc the Union lines,
and before midnight Gen llalleck had
my report. was neither rewarded mon
believed. Indeed. | was very CURLY dis
missed after concluding my report. |
had my revenge, however, when the
general woke up one morning to find
Corinth evacuated and the enemy beyond
his reach. Then he must have been sat
isfied of the correctness of my theories
but he was too sore and had too much
dignity to send for me and admit it. In
deed, my existence had probably escaped
his memory. - New York Sun.