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in citizens dress, who learned was the
private secretary of the Confederate
President.
General Winder motioned me to seat
in front Of the trio, then said:
''We send a flag of truce down the
river tom orroW, and with it goes a de-
mand for the release of Captain Frank
Brent. Now, an old acquaintance of
yours. who Is on a visit to the Presi-
dent, assures me that you will tell the
truth about Brent's case, and wish to
hear it..
''Wilo is the man who knows me SO
well?' asked.
General John c. Breckenridge" re-
piled General Winder.
Without any hesitation ! told my con-
nection with Frank Brent's case, from
the time l received his sisters letter
till the hour of my capture. Nor did I
conceal from those present the great
secret Of my interest.
Il believe your story" said General
Winder, when I had concluded; but,
under the circumstances, you are the
very best man to be held as hostage
for Brent, and Commissioner Guild, with
whom / talked about it this morning
agrees with me. For the present you
can remain with the other prisoners, but
the news Of Captain Brent's execution
will be followed by your immediate re-
moval. That is all"
General Winder bowed, and Little
Ross led me back up the prison stairs.
CHAPTER XIII.
I told Howard Scott of my interview
with General Winder, and by way of in
ducing me to believe that had nothing
to fear he introduced me to Captain
Flynn, of Indiana, and Captain Sawyer,
of New Jersey, two officers who had
been condemned to death because of
two Confederates executed as spies by
General Burnside in Kentucky. l said
nothing to these gentlemen about my
own case, but the fact that they bore
themselves with quiet confidence that
their own Government was able to pro-
tect them gave me much comfort.
For some weeks I had NOTICED that
soon after the lights were out. every al
ternate night Howard Scott would
creep from under our blanket and would
not return till after midnight, and often
not till near daylight I also saw earth
wondering. l questioned him at first,
but he avoided the subject pointedly,
and did not refer to it again.
This went on for weeks, Howard get
ting thinner, dirtier and more ragged
every day. 1t was not curiosity so much
as an intense desire to do something to
break up the horrible monotony of my
life that decided me to find out my
friends secret for myself. One night,
just as the guards were calling out:
''Ten o'clock and all's WE'LL" and the
men in the Upper Potomac room were
shouting and singing as usual, Howard
got up quietly, fixed the blanket about
my shoulders, then with his boots in
his hands crept down the narrow lane
between the ranks of PROSTATE men.
Before he had gone fifty feet / was up
and after him. leaving my old boots be-
hind. Down the steps to the Lower
Chicamauga down the steps to the cook
room, he went. The lights from the
lamps on Carey street made it compare
lively bright here. saw the crouch.
ing figure of a man at the fireplace, be-
hind one of the stoves, and as Howard
approached heard faint whispering.
l went noiselessly across the room,
and like revelation the situation
burst on me and | saw through my
friends secret. There was figure be.
side the hearth. but Howard's had van.
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