The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-07-28
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II should; he il my cousin"
We'll. captain. on the sixteenth Of
September captured Lieutenant Bowen
on the AOlston and he IL now a prisoner
In the COnfederacy. II hecould becom-
mnnicated with he would confirm all I
have said, even though he may not think
VeFv kindly Of me for the trick | PLAYED
hun ut that time. said the prisoner.
Captain Forbes was startled. This
was the inst news be had had Of his gal
liant comrades capture. and there was
that in the prisoners manner a. he told
his story that led him TO believe that
Bowen had been deceived by Q trick
that strictly honorable soldiers would
not have descended to; yet in conRidera-
non Of this mans situation. and particu-
larry for the sisters sake. be made no
further inquiry on this point In no.
sponse to Campbell's question Is to
what he expected to do to save him
from the gallOws Captain Forbes rose
and said:
i will act on Q suggestion given me
BY Miss Jennie. and will Ut once tele-
graph my friends Judge Speed and Cen
erAl Holt. asking them to intercede to-
night with the president for q reprieVe."
The captain was about to hurry back
to the telegraph Office, which was in
I1eneral Boyle's quarters, when the
prisoner, with quick glance about him.
bent over and whispered, 'Have you q
pOcketknifey'
II have" and on the instant the cap
tain inserted his hand into his pocket
and was abOnt to draw ont the knife,
when something in the mans pinched
face and eager eyes attracted his atten-
ton. and he said:
lit Is against the rules to permit yVu
10 have knife
For Gods sake. Howard for the
memory Of old times. let me have i'll It
Is the disgrace Of the gallows that cuts
me and Ia killing POOR Jennie"
Captain Forbes refused TO give him
the knife. and then. to be rid Of his i'm
portunities, he hurried out and went at
once to the telegraph Office. where he
fnund the distracted sister and the sorely
troubled commandment Of the camp.
General Boyle" said the captain. a.
be sat down to write. Il want you TO
join me in sending dispatches to Speed
and Holt"
To this the general assented. but the
messages were yet wet when the mill
Grv telegraph operator began working
htH switches, and the clicking that had
been going on without interruption came
a. sudden stop.
What is upr' asked the general in
alarm.
1t is the storm, SIR" replied the
opPatOr.
We'll. what Of itT'
The direct lines from Cincinnati to
Washington are down. and the storm
that has been raging over the Ohio
valley today is moving east across the
AIleghanieS."
MY GodT' exclaimed the excited
general. What is to be doneT'
is 1t necessary to send the messages
tonight, iTT" asked the operator.
Before the general or Captain Forbes
Conld reply. Miss Campbell. who had
been listening with un awful earnestness
IN her beautiful pale face, sprang to her
feet. and laying her hand on the key
board Us " she would send the message
hsn'eIf she cried out:
1t Is for q human life, mani Storm
or no storm. the messages must COR
The operator. who thoroughly appre-
ciated the situation. stroked his forehead
nsrvOusly: then. as II struck with Q
sudden inspiration, he said:
I II will try to communicate by way Of
the northr'
by way Of tho northT- echoed the
general
YES. II can get command Of the line
frUm Cincinnati to Cleveland. and thence
to Buffalo. can send the message round
by New York and so to Washington.
But Of course 1t will take q much longer
time. II can doit at all. and the young
man IN his eagerness threw of his coat
and began working with an energy that
deserved. II 1t did not command, sue
cess.
Seeing the awful anxiety Of the poor
girl. and eager to relieve the strain I'M
be was himself. the captain gave her his
arm and suggested that they go down to
the guar'lhouse together and see her
brother again.
Old soldiers declared that there had
not been such storm for q year. The
darkness and the driving downpour Of
the rain would have had 4 depressing
effect on a wedding feast, but II was
impossible to add to the darkness and
storm in that poor girls heart. and as
fer the escort. be would have infinite
" preferred. u he had had any choice In
the matter. to have been under FIRE, with
the enemy all around him. he covered
Miss Campbell with his rubber POncho,
and as they neared the guarlhOuse they
heard two men singing Rock Of Ages. 7"
One was the post chaplain, gentleman
named Allen, who wHs attached to an
Ohio regiment, and the other was the
prisoner.
Captain Forbes had often heard the
fine tenor voice Of his old playmate IN
the past. and while he had always I'd.
mired It, he was never before 80 much
struck with its clearness and perfect
control. He always remembered this
fact, for At the time his own voice trem.
bled a. he spoke to his companion as II
be had an ague.
The guards had instructions to admit
these visitors without question OF any
hour before that set for the execution,
which was eight O'Clock the next morn.
ing. Edward Campbell kissed Jennie and
shook hands with the captain, and then,
with q self possession that was remark