San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-06

nauK SOu, sdlu NOuSJduCG lerNenL-
ly, 1--WE are safe at last.
But unhappily she was rejoicing too
soon. Just then storm of wind and
rain burst upon them, making the night
so dark that uv, Ter Arthur nor Zeke,
though two Of the best scouts in the
Union army, could tell winch way to
prn. especially as they were now in
volved in a maze of thic&cts that would
have been puzzling even in broad day
light.
HAPPILY IL thick tree was at hand to
Offer them shelter. and Constance,
wrapped in her companions coats and
the canvas cover of Zeke's basket, fell
asleep from sheer exhaustion, while the
young viscount, seated by her side, lis
tened to her soft breathing and built
many castle in the air for that future
from which. only few hours before, he
had thought himself cut of forever.
Hour after hour went by in silence,
bat toward morning Arthurs quick ear
caught Il strange. duh sound far in the
distance, growing gradually louder, and
he guessed at once that some important
movement was in progress. And so it
proved. for day had hardly dawned
when roll of drums WAS heard to the
northward. and ZcEe, raising his head
to listen, said:
"Marse ice, you and missy better put
on you own clothes gain and chuck
dem Suger tings away Dem rebs no
trouble us ROW. for dey soon hab some
ting else to think oh, sl,uah. dan cotchln'
we Ins Dat drum mean Marse Grant
and Marsc Sherman comm ont to
whip EN-
1t soon appeared that he was right.
While they We're snatchiug hasty meal
from what was left of the contents of
Ielies basket. the rolling Of the drums
kept growing louder and nearer; and
they had not gone faI on their way to-
ward the town. after changing their
clothes again. rs their guide had sug-
gested, when the warlike concert was
swelled by another sound-viz., a deep
cning roar Of cannon that made the air
tremble
The great battle Of Lookout mountain
had begun
1t was not long before a sudden turn
brought them full in view of the scene
of action. Sherman's troops had already
begun their attack upon Missionary
Ridge, and Il vast blue wave of assault
was surging up against the steep face Of
the hill, while the morning sun broke in
countless sparkles upon thousands Of
bayonets. AL along the niger slopes the
dark masses of the COnfederates clustered
like bees, and from the somber gray
cloud broke ever and anon the flash and
thunder of the death dealing cannon.
But grand rs lie sight was, the fugi-
lives had no time to dwell upon it, for
they were now well within the range of
the Confederate guns Shot and shell
kept falling all around them, crashing
through the bushes or tearing up the
ground and all three felt inwardly re-
lieved when a few minutes later they
found themselves in deep, narrow lane
between two high banks, which effectu-
ally shielded them from the flying balls.
Unhappily it was no protection against
the shells, one OF which suddenly fell
within Il few yards Of them, and Arthur
Fortescue had barely time to throw him
self before his betrothcl when the shell
exploded, and they were both struck to
the ground
The girl was on her feet again in a
moment, unhurt save a few slight
bruises, but her lover lay motionlcss on
the earth, with thin stream of blood
oozing through a wide rent in the breast
Of his coat