Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-15

1hF"ugh the Confederate linoa.
az e''at liine very difficult undertaL.
iiS' lis departure was hastened ~,
~ ruecil,l Of an order requiring him
70 report for active service IN tho e .,
leuei'ite army at Charleston with
seven days, He had 81. 600 in gr RON
packs one half of which he son, -
aura begging her to accept Il az a
.odll from one who still thought hor
70 pe Tie only woman he would ever
ioVe; lhen he boarded the cars ~"
W WDiy bound for North Carolina and
virginia on railroad business There
were several Confederate Officers ~,
ihe tram, hut their suspicious wona
Iuiied by the fact that he was recoo.
ndzed by the conductor as railroaed
ofilclal. But a certain Confedarato
uctectiVe, Pete Bassett, was not SO easily
SATISFIED He kept his eyes on Bryant
ana followed him wherever he moved
N manner that left no room for
uouot that 1t was case of trailing and
shadowing. anu
AZ the town of Graham Bryant sic.
ceeded IN eluding the detective and
was thus enabled to reach RALEIGH and
secure from the provost marshal a pass
70 Richmond, on the pretext of secur-
ing some new rails to repair the road
with which he had been connected
Inc next day he reached GSDldsborough
ana there he again encountered Bas.
ssett' who said, frankly: Il have pot
instructions to look out for you. and
have mind TO arrest you at once
Bryant produced his permit to 90 70
Richmond, ION military business of
Importance to the Confederate govern
ment Bassett was cowed and aston.
lshed, But all the same" said he
i Will go to Richmond to see that Won
execute this important business. But
again the detective was outwitted. A
special train bound south suddenly ran
INTO the station and Bryant contrived
to board 1t without attracting any at
tentlon. His pass was now useless. of
course, as he was going away from
Richmond; but he got through to
Wilmington without one by telling
the conductor that he was on his way
to Nassau after iron for the road The
passengers on the train included sew.
eral captains of blockade runners.
whose vessels were taking in cotton at
Wilmington, and Bryant determined
to take passage with one of them.
he induced two negro stevedores to
put him inside of bale of cotton and
carry him on board of the Dart, which
was soon to leave The bale was
slowed in the hold, and when Bryant
was released he found barely space
enough for his body between the cargo
and the ship. Soon after squad of
soldiers came to search the vessel for
runaways. They forced long poles
between the bales of cotton, but did
not reach Bryant; then they filled the
hole with a dense smoke from burn
ing rosin, and he was almost asphyx-
lated, and he clambered out upon the
lower deck. There was heavy white
fog, and the blockade runner was
boldly attempting to run unseen
through the federal squadron that
barred her passage. The experiment
failed, and the vessel was forced to re-
turn. AS it ran close to the federal
flagship, Bryant cried out, Ship
ahoyl Stop this blockade runnerl" 4
pattering hail of musket balls began to
fall; the federal marines had opened
fire. Then one of the officers struck
Bryant with a Delaying pin, and he
reeled and fell upon the deck There
was a roaring of waves in his brain,
and after that-nothing.
When he recovered his senses he I
was in an ambulance jolting through .
the streets of Wilmington, and Peter .
Bassett was saying to him, you are .
the slipperiest customer | ever tack
led" From Wilmington he was taken
to Charleston and placed in Jail. A
chance to take the oath Of allegiance .
and enter the Confederate service was (
offered him, and he rejected it. Then
he was placed with the criminal pris-
oners on the Notifications. He made .
several efforts to escape, but they all .
proved futile. In the course of time .
he was sent with others to work on
in the rear of the city, /
and there one day he was discovered .
by Laura Peyton. She was permitted .
to have an interview with him. He .
told her of his adventures, and she .
lid pity them, as Othello says. You .
must end this martyrdom at once"
she said. YES, by perjuring myself /
and becoming Confederate soldier" /
ne replied. No, not that way, said
she. Though | am southern girl,
not that way. | should not respect
you ii you took that way now. In
some other way must save youth
some way | will save you" He asked
her if she still loved him. She held
up her finger, and he saw on it his en-.
ring. Yes, she said, Il
love you and will save you"
Two days afterward the former body
servant Of Bryant, a trusty negro
named Caucus, was added to the gang
OF workmen He and Bryant man
aged to get away that night by crawl
ING on their hands and knees through
the underbrush, across a swamp, to
the river, where the negro had hidden
a boat The Federal gunboats were
not far away. ''Where is Miss LauraT
Bryant whispered. "A mile or two up
de ribber, at Judge Elliott's, said the
negro; rs to go back and port to her
when Is got you safe up de ribber to
de Yanls," Bryant replied, Very
we'll, l must see her before | go; turn
the boat upstream" Caucus protested
and entreated, but Bryant forced him
to obey. They reached the place IN
safety. For Gods sake, Lawrence,
said laura, why didn't you got
cannot save your life if you do not
leave South Carolina. " he replleq,
81 will never leave South Carolina till
you are my wife DO the only thing
That will make me wish to save my M,
life-marry me nowr She pleaded