The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-09

+. j
the cause OF freedom
Reckon air, sab. !"
Suppose you had chance to favor
that cause, the cause which if it tri
ulnphs will make all darkies free, would
you do it?s
Reckon l would, sah."
.sWell, suppose Union man were te
ask you to-
'.Yo' counterance air berry faliliar K
ma, sah.''
do look like Mr.. Slack
God bress the Lo'd! wonder il 70
air Mr.. Slacky'
.'Or the colored girl who came here
tho other night" Mark asked in a low
confidential tone.
$50 de Lo'dr'.
''Never mind who am, Daniel. Tn
a Union man. Now l want you to &C
into Chattanooga and learn all you car
of the latest army news. Don't trust
your own eyes, but ask people whats
going on. want to know if troops are
leaving Chattanooga, and if SO, where
they are going. Here are ten dollars
Buy some things for the old woman ani
the children, and ask questions-of othe,
people l mean, not me"
''Trus' me fur dat" said the old man
and going to the stable he began to har
ness d horse to the family wagon.
When Mark finished smoking he went
into the house. He passed into the Ii
brary, where he found Laura She
seemed to feel easier than when Mark
had been up stairs, but she was in con
tinual dread Mark asked her to sit or
a sofa facing one window while he Sal
facing another. ''Then We'll have tue
position enfladed," he said.
Laura did not understand what thai
meant, but she did as he desired.
They sat thus without suffering the
watch to relax during three delightful
hours--delightful notwithstanding the
danger Mark was in. Laura wanted al
account Of his adventures in Chatta
nooga and he gave it. When she came
to Souri's part in his escape Laura was
visibly affected; indeed so intensely
were her feelings wrought upon by this
portion of the story that she started al
every sound, realizing the more per.
fectly that Marks neck was still in jeop
ardy.
Then came TN account of the trial; the
march to the courtroom; the waiting
for the counsel: the arrival of Captain
Cameron Fitz Hugh.
Captain Cameron Fitz Hugh
Then it was all out that Laura's love,
had defended the spy, and Laura con.
fessed that she was Fitz Hugh's be.
trothed.
In the midst of the excitement attend
ing all this Mrs. Fain entered carrying q
silver tray, on which was a basket Of
cake and a decanter and glasses.
"a little luncheon may not be amiss,
Mr.. Rhett," she said. Il don't know
your South Carolina customs in such
matters, but my daughter and occa-
sionally take a biscuit at this hour"
Mark rose and faced about. His hand
went to his heart and he bowed low.
Laura, too, rose and stood looking at he1
mother.
MADAM" said Mark, ''can ever for.
get this Kindness
eff you will discover the ore you seek
on our property I shall feel amply re.
paid" said the lady sententiously.
"Trust me, madam, will have dill.
gent search made"
care you geologist?'
"None but geologist would be hunt
ing for ore in the government service"
Mark stood With the stem of wine
glass between his thumb and finger, ap
propriating to himself such impresse
ment as would naturally fill the breast
of South Carolina geologist hunting
for iron with which to- make cannons fol
the government.
ssThat is fascinating study" re
marked Mrs. Fain, who was great
reader and very intelligent woman.
Now Mark, though an educated mar
and born to taste for the sciences, un
fortunately knew less about the profes
sion he had temporarily adopted thar
any other.
sThere are some curious geological
facts" Mrs. Fain went on, (which al
ways interest me. was reading yester
day that famous geologist has said tina
centuries-I have forgotten how man,
were consumed while Niagara fall
were wearing their way from Lewiston
to the present site. How long was it
professor? I'm sure you have that title.
"It could not have been less than fiv
hundred years, madam, said Mark, lay
ing great stress on the figures as some
thing enormous.
s'Five hundred? l thought it wa
something like twenty thousand!'
Mark perceived that he had made
gross blunder, but it would never do 70
him to acknowledge it.
| 81 am aware" he said, ''that such
| the opinion of certain school of geolc
gists with more assurance than brains
j refer to those scoffers who are conti1
uously trying to find evidence agains
the Mosaic account of creation, but n
gard their position untenable.'
There was pleased look on Mrs. Fain
countenance. She belonged to the Bal
fist denomination, and believed tho
oughly that the world was made in 81
days Of twenty-four hours each.