Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-07-04
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.

CHAPTER K.
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
Cheer upon cheer filled the air, and the
long lines of blue-coats could already be
seen climbing the ramparts, over which the
stars and stripes were waving.
SIS he killed, or shall l find him among
the prisonersl" Luke asked himself, as he
entered the works at the head of his regi-
ment.
Long he searched among the living, then
the dead, and finally went among the
wounded Confederates.
"For whom are you searching!" Gen
eral Grant asked, coming upon the young
officer who had saved his life at Belmont, as
he was making some inquiries of wound
ed prisoner.
"a very dear friend, General"
''How do you know he was in Donelsonr'
the silent man of iron asked.
Il recognized him in yesterdays charge"
SIS he relative?"
mo, but an old schoolmate, the play
fellow Of my childhood, the friend of my
manhood and one whom l loved"
General Grant was not man to give
much outward expression to emotion, but
he had warm, sympathetic heart. That
very morning he had met an old class-mate
and made him prisoner, and he knew what
it was to be Inundated
$50 find him if you can," said the Gen
eral, and turned away as if he doubted his
ability to retain his composure longer.
Luke continued his search, and at last
met wounded Confederate who belonged
to Albert Netf's company, and he said that
he had escaped from the fort on the night
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"He didn't want to co. said the soldier.
Captain Mems brave as lion, and would
have staid il he hadn't a been in Floyd's
command and forced to obey orders"
Are you sure he was not killed in yes
terday's fight''
81 know it."
THANK Heaven for thatr'
"He's friend o. your'n, is he!" asked
the Confederate.
Yes"
Hes brave man, Captain, an worthy
o. bein' any mans friend. His men would
have died for him"
"Who was your Colonel!"
"Colonel Henry Morgan. His son Joseph
Morgan Is our Major, and only twenty. He
was wounded in scrimmage we had in Mis-
souri, last September. If it hadn't a been
for a friend o. Captain Neff's we'd been
killed or taken there"
"Was you one of the six with Captain
Neff who was in the woods on the hill, after
that fight in the peach orchards"
YES, Sir"
Il was the man who found you and led
the cavalry from you"
"Why, give US yer hand, Captain, we
'uns hev never forgot We, and ye'd fare we'll
if We ever fall in our hands"
"Do you know this Morgan familyF'
Eyes, know 'Om like book. Twas Colonel
Morgan's oyerseer, and had been fur twenty
hve years When he lived in Tennessee
was his oversser, and four year ago, when
he sold out n come to Missouri, came
with him, cause he alters said l was the
best man to manage niggers he ever saw.
Never had any trouble with but one o. his
niggers, who was a great big teller named
Pete He owned him in Tennessee twenty
three or four vars ago. Pete was stubborn
and whipped him. He tried to kill me, an
his master to punish him sold his wife n
child, N Pete run of An the strangest
thing is yet % come, Captain; I'm hanged 4
1 didn't see that niger last fall, after list
ed in the sarvice"
at was only striking likeness"
"Wall, that's what Colonel Morgan said,
but I'd bet hundred dollars it war that ar
same Pete"
''The Morgans are very strong Southern
ers, are they nOt?"
"Reg'lar fire-eaters. From the old man
down all war Confederate. T. tell ye the
truth. Captain, l war kinder on tn fence my
self long time. Didn't like shootin' at the
old flag, but they turned we n hundreds O.
others"
"Colonel Morgan has daughterl"
ayes, Elsie Morgan, an the pizenest lit
tie rebel We ever seed"
Imet her once and saved her from ar
rest and her house from being burned"
Her mother died ten vars ago, an she
wouldn't stay up in Missouri when her
father N brother come South"
"Was she in Fort Donelsonr'
ayes, till we larnt you'ns war comm an
then she went to Nashville"
"She will soon have to move from there,
for General Grant will not stop at Fort Don
elson."
sit do seem IS 4 you'ns hev way O.
goln' just wherever ye want to. But 4
Buckner ID had command at fust instea1 |
o. Floyd an Pillow ye wouldn't a got in here |
so easy"
"Were there any other ladies here from |
Missouri in the Sanitary Corpsl"
"Yes, hull passed."
"Did you know others than the Nor
gansl"
mo. except the Jennings women, the !
Ryans and Oldhams."
Luke thanked the wounded man for the !
ne had given him, hoped that l
he might soon recover, learned that his 1
name was Dick Sneed, and promised TO see
that he was well cared for.
On leaving the hospital an orderly in
formed him that he was wanted a. brigade /
On reaching General Nc
Clernand's tent he found tim surrounded
oy his staff and 50 busily engaged that it
was some time before he was recognized.
At last the General saw him and said:
Captain Mason, your regiment is In