The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-13

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must take sides and that her valleys and
hills were to be battle-felds, Frank
Brent and I parted in anger, he to go
South with John Morgan and his ''Lex.
ington Rifles and to don the blue and
yellow and fight under the old flag. He
had been recklessly bold in his coming
and his going, and, as a consequence,
he had brought on himself the capture,
which regarded as inevitable from the
first, and he was now threatened with q
death which many believed he deserved.
CHAPTER H.
The following afternoon found me
with my troop at camp Dick Robinson,
when T at once reported to the COM
mandant,, my old friend. General Boyle.
The General had known frank Brent
since that unfortunate young mans
childhood, and I found him in sore d..s-
tress over the execution, which was to
take place before ten o'clock the follow
ing morning.
II am powerless to help Frank said
the General, after we had been talking
few minutes, ''for the evidence is all
against him. 1t was any other man-if
I had not known him since he was a
child and his mother since she was a
schoolgirl should say without hesita-
ton that he richly deserved his fate"
Recalling the fact that men on our
side as we'll as on that of the South
often had to disguise themselves in Or
der to get through to see their friends
when on leave or furlough, said:
''Under the circumstances, it seems
pretty hard to charge Kentuckian with
being spy" ~.
'sDo you know the circumstances?'
asked the General.
''Only in general way" replied.
''He was captured in citizens dress
near Lebanon" explained General
Boyle; ''but we might overlook that
were it not for the fact that on the trial
it was proved conclusively that Frank
Brent, few weeks before his arrest,
wantonly murdered an old and re-
spected Union citizen over on Chaplin
creek, near Perryville. He had fair
trial, and there is no getting away from
the evidence
''And has he offered no defense?'' /
asked.
s'He made statement, but there was
nothing to confirm it,
''Then there is no hope for him?"
II fear not" said the General, COM
pressing his lips and shaking his head.
'sBut," he added, after pause, II am
~ off tn rrof fhn 1ofn of th n
sentence postponed" -s...g-.a
:'What have you done?'
'Ihave telegraphed the President and
am expecting reply at any moment"
s'And if favorable answer does not
come by tomorrow morning?''
<'Then," said the General solemnly,
IT must do my duty as a soldier; in
deed, am power1ess to stay the execu-
ton"
s'And Miss Brent is here?"
''Yes, poor girl I have given her my
private quarters. You will find her
there or at the prison. replied the Cen
eral. .-e
Feeling my helplessness more than
ever, and dreading the meeting, which
I had recently been SO anxious to bring
about, went to the Generals quarters,
whittier the boy, Ike, had preceded me.
I will confess to having trembled and
felt nervous when in tho past heard
the irregular rattle of rifles along the
skirmish line, that always impressed
me like prelude to the opera OF death;
but such experiences were calmness
itself com pared with my sensations on
once more standing in the presence OF
the girl, who, from the hour of our
cruel parting under the locust and tulip
trees before her mothers house, had
never been out of my heart.
It is not love that leads me to extol
Carrie Brent; for in land famed for the
beauty of it's women she was an ac-