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"xoUxT THIS ONE" SAID LOW, DEEP VOICE.
fast horses, so I don't think there's much
danger Of the Yanks catching us. Did you
meet any OF my rnena"
tiNOt
.'Ihnt is strange. They were to meet noe
on the Clarksville road. Wen hurry on, for
we can't afford to miss them"
The friendly cloak Of night concealed
Captain Mason's uniform from view, and
the guerrillas could nat see whether it was
| blue Or gray.
A mile further Ga they cauae upon q part Of
Major NeH's men, aremnant from the attack
Of the night before, end they all Travelled
! along with the man who had led she attack
against them, until it was nearly daylight,
and Albert, sending all the men, save the
boy, back cut Of earshot. turned to the pri3-
| oner and said:
"This boy will 20 with you t. the house,
and just beyond it is camped the advance OF
the Union army. Goodbye, LukeW
"Good-bye, Albert, and may Goo bless
you" Their hands met, and for moment
| neither moved nor spoke. Then they sep
arated, and, accompanied by the bog, who
| bad been dumb ever since he came into
Luke's presence, he rode on.
Just az the early dawn began to crimson
the eastern sky the house was reached.
"Here / must leave your' said his
guide.
Fad bomb exploded Luke would not
have been more astounded. That voice he
would know among ton thousand. A mo
ment more and his horse was along side the
other, his arms encircled slender waist.
his kisses fell upon cheek as soft and
fair as Helen's Of Troy, while he n1ur-
mured:
"Lillie, Lille, my darling, have yen done
this tor met"
Closer he pressed her to his breast. Bis
kisses of love- Such heroic conduct he had
read of in fiction, but it never occurred to
him thaS it would become 8 literal truth.
She hur1;edly explained that herself and
brother learning from Dick Sneed, who
had just escaped from Fort Donelson, that
Captain Mason was prisoner Of the guer'
rillas. the three had determined to rescue
him az all hazard.
Remember, Luke, that you shall always
have my prayers. Unjust so now" she said
in conehsion.
The parting was an affectionate one. The
lover would have kept her at his side if Id
could have done so, but she assured him
| that she had friends and relatives able t.
care for her, and that her father, lying sich
nos far away, demanded her personal atten.
ton. The parting farewell was spoken and
she was gone.
Slowly and sadly the young Captain rods
to the Union camp. His own regiment was
in the advance, and they hailed hum as one
returned from the dead. They remained
here but short time and went to Nash
vile, where Luke was commissioned Colonel
From here they were q few weeks later
ordered to Pittsburg Landing, which place
they reached among the very first troops.
CHAPTER XIV.
SKILL Nh, NAssA, AND Oh sECR19 Oh YouE
B1RY DIES"
After the battle Of Fort Donelson Gen
eral Grant, the hero of that sight, was
temporarily removed from command. The
only cause for removing him that has ever
been given is that orders sent General
Grant were never received, and Of course
he could not obey them, but took matters in
his own hand and acted independently.
The impartial student Of history will very
readily como to the conclusion that it was
well for the cause OF the Union that Gen.
eral Grant never received those orders, fox
il he had, instead Of pushing on and Selling
Nashville and even Donelson, he would have
had to lay at Fort Henry. West Point has
made some good military men among the
thousands turned out from that institution;
but General Grants common sense was Of
more value to his country than all his early
military training.
On the 18th OF March, 1862, Grant was re.
stored to command, aud found the Union
army in his district divided, one part being
On the east side Of the Tennessee ut Savan.
nah, while one part was at Crump's Land.
ing on the west bank four miles further ur
the river, while third division was al
Pttsburg Landing, which was still five miles
further up the river.
Tho loss Of Forts Henry, Donelson and
Nashville had greatly demoralized the Con.
federates, and to once more bring tho army
into something like marching orders, Gen
eral Sidney Johnston, one Of the most Ell
Gent commanders in the Southern army
began concentrating all the available forces
at Corinth. The wisdom Of this action mus,
be acknowledged by all military men. John,
ston had learned the kind Of man Grant
was. Corinth was the junction Of two Of
the most important railroads in the Missis
sippt valley-cne connecting Memphis, and
the other the Mississippi river with the
East, and the other leading to all the cotton
States of the South. Still another railroad
connected Corinth with Jackson, in West
Tennessee.
Grant at once saw that If he obtained pos
aessioa of Corinth the enemy would have