San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-07

You TO mount, and then you must ride
like the wind"
1t was quite dusk in the wood
Black Bess wninned with pleasure
and snuffed daintily Us Glen passed her
hand careSsIngly over the creatures
satin neck Her brother held her for
moment IN close embrace; there was
whispered "tiOd bless you" quick
vault to the saddle, and then the spirited
mare. with her gallant rider dashed for
ward ont of sight Glen watched them
| until the last glimmrr of Confederate
gray had vanished and then turning,
with tear filled eyes and a beating heart,
saw Captain Campbell not ten rods dis
tant, leaning qdietly against tree,
| with his arms folded on his breast.
In an instant the indignant blood
| rushed hutly To her face and throat. He
| evidently expected her to speak. In
deed, he lifted his cap and advanced
step, but her pause WAS only momentary.
With her mead mp. she went swiftly past
| man. noticing him no more than if he
| mad been the tree against which he had
leaned With one stride he was beside
| Hcr
VIII you accept my escort, Miss
Helen" he asked courteously. This
wood Is lonely place, and particularly
unsafe in these unsettled times and at
tnlS Mour"
1T seems infested with spies at any
rate, sue said .haughtily, IL could
scarcely expect you to relinquish your
role So quickly for that OF protector
| But to spy upon a woman! In her I'M
| controllable excitement she had turned
| in the narrow pathway to confront him,
! and her face shone white in the dark
ness. When you and your soldiers
| forced yourselves upon us, Captain
| Campbell, we accepted the fortunes of
war as gracefully as we might, and
treated you, if not il the spirit at least
in the letter of courtesy. as our guests
| DO yUu know that southerner-yes,
| the hunIblpst OF uS-would sever his
right arm from his body sooner than be
guilty Of what you have seen fit to con-
slider your duty? And gentleman
| would scorn to accept information from
a base slave who betrays his master!'
| Perhaps the latter character is an ex-
otto which exists only south of Mason
and Dixon's line, Miss Helen,
His tones were perfectly calm. If she
had not been so swept out Of her ordi-
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dignity D0t 10 hurry ho'lSW"ru ana rlG
herself aN 4u'cN'S "S l'">H'",e Vi ii r', n"''"
| presence AS SIie P'S1Seu S"H'iy ior
! "''''' EN'"@ l" '"'SeS 'H'I sue was l,o'
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N"l'9 o""IS'' III 'lel oI"'i' why was ue
I'"'l'' "''h On '"o''
She lad expected TO see squad OF
cavalry lash from behind the trees and
,rurry forward IN the direction which
Btack i'1sa and her rider had taken,
Was he armed: No; she mad not thought
of II before: hut now, as If his presence
aal been Photographed upon her mem
CRY. she sa" him as he had leaned care
.'Ssly against the trea-ln dark blue
! Irork coat, with bis cap pushed back
from his brow ard not even his sword
!aug!r% from his 5lde-aS peaceful
| figure aS one might meet on an afternoon