The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-05-30
THE
Of The Fourth
s. f STORY Of the Late Wars
BY BERNARD BIGSBY,
Author Of loyal at Last" my
Lady Fantastic" &c.
CHAPTER XIII.
AL For A WOMAN.

ALL HOh a WOMAN
Human interest Is always stirred to
fever heat by race, whether the com
peting objects be men IN the arena,
horses ON the course or yachts or ocean
steamers flying over the foaming waves,
but here was a sight that made the dull
est pulse beat fast-two armies rushing
across State, ns big as European
country, In anxious haste TO reach a
spot that may be key 10 pronounced
victory. Bragg and Buell. with their
Thousands were the partioipators In this
stupendous truggle, with all the odds
Of an carly start in favor OF tho former,
but the Union General reached the goal
first, and so foiled ono Of the finest ef-
forts OF his sstute antagonist, whose
record during his brilliant career was
second only to Lees among the South
ern commanders as an expert tacticisn.
But though forostalled in his intsn-
tlons, the Confederate leader seized tho
opportunities left 10 him, with consun-
mate skill. flooding tho State with Ap-
peals TO loyalty to his ceuse, inspiring
them by ths presence and boAAAed EuS-
cesseS OF his troops 70 join his atandzSd.
and making almost superhumAn Of
forts 10 win tho KentuSlrians 70 q
declaration OF sOcessiou- Hs went
furAhar than T-Aa had vantllEsAA ~ 10 TN
Maryland, daring oven TO GreaoS Spro-
visionAl Governor and carry into effect
stringent CONSUMPTION law. ~Coxne
into tho folds of your brCtharhOOd,
was his passionate appeal by proclama-
tlon. ''Cheer us with the smlles OF your
women, and lond your willing hands 10
secure tho heritage Of hbertyi"
And even when oil this failed no won
success from defeat by turntng bis do
mand for men into oDs fsT supplies
ravaging the rich lands OF the northern
part of the State with It's fertile val
leys and green pastures, until he Lad q
wagon-train of supplies forty miles
long-clothing, boots, arms, two hun
dred loads of bacon, six thousand bar
rels of pork, two thousand horses and
eight Thousand beeves, and all this vast
array of booty he dispatched in safety
southwark. Then, when this valuable
feat was accomplished, he sullenly be-
gan retrograde movement with Buell.
whose delay had fretted the gallant
troops he led almost beyond endur-
ance, In tardy pursuit. Day by day the
Union forces followed the retreating
host, when on the 9th of October, as
they reached the village of Perryville,
Bragg turned upon them with sudden
fury, and fighting from noon till eve,
so crippled his pursuers that when
darkness came on he was allowed un-
rno1ac4ad 70 aooor,a NTH oil bia rDl,,pda,.
10 Chattanooga.
in Judging General Buells actions
during this campaign, It Is but fair TO
remember that many OF his failures
were due to unavoidable misfortune and
false information, and that he was
pitted against leader Of exceptionable
high qualities; but popular opinion did
not stop to weigh these considerations,
80 on the last day of the same month he
met the fate SO often accorded to the
unsuccessful General, deprivation of
command. Thomas had refused to re-
place him, so Rosecrans, whose brilliant
career in West Virginia had already be-
come matter of history, was appointed
to this important command and under
these new auspices the Fighting Fourth
with the rest of the army found them
selves once more at Nashville.
The duslzy shades of night were fast
lengthening and the sun had set In
crimson glory-the last departing
blush Of Indian summer-when on an
early November evening the figure of a
horseman might have beer seen riding
at steady trot along road which led
In southeasterly direction from Nash
vile. Ever and anon the traveller
looked back over his shoulder with an
expression of anxiety at the fair city he
was leaving, and then grasping his
bride with more determination and
squirting his horse TO greater effort, as
though he were there instigating him.
self to the accomplishment of some
thing he was undertaking In only a
half-hearted manner, fixed his eyes on
lights which glimmered In the far dis
tance and steadily pursued his journey
without permitting any regret he might
have entertained to distract him from
his purpose. In the trim figure and
handsome features of this solitary
lhorseman it is not difficult to recognize
our young friend, Charlie Fulton-bui
not the gallant, gay, hght-hearted Lad
who marched from Columbus with high
hopes and spotless soul, for in the rider
tonight we see one whose face is drawn
with care, one who would even now
turn back from the fatal Srrand he Il
bent ON Il something stronger than hil
sense Of honor did not drag HIM for
ward; and this something was the siren
figure Of a woman, for whose favors he
felt at that moment as If no woulC
barter his very soul AS the mariner OF
ancient days looked on Scylla and
dreaded Charybdis, he knew that hC
was risloing two imminent dangers
being caught as a spy and hung o.