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he parted with her, hoping he woult
return from Richmond victorious, ant
fully claim her heart. But alas thu
gallant Colonel c. fell upon the
field in a charge which he led near the
Stone Bridge, and mirabile dictu a!
he fell from his horse, aid-de-camI
Captain R. received him in his
arms
Trembling with anxiety our heroine
spent that night and Sunday in plan.
ming how to pass the condor of guards
which surrounded the city. Indeed
no one could do so without pass from
provost-marshals headquarters.
Monday morning came, and with it
Daddy Ned on his usual mission. In
a moment she caught the idea. The
maid, May, dashed upstairs to see
Missy" 1t took our heroine only a
a few minutes to explain to her faith
full maid that she must remain at her
aunts, as she herself wanted to visit
her mother. And so she donned
Mays gown and basque, and closely
fitting sun-bonnet, with red shawl and
thick brown veil; and lightly tripping
out to the wagon, took her seat beside
the impatient Daddy Ned.
And so accustomed were the senti-
nels and patrols to the old negro and
his team, that he passed them all
without undergoing examination or
challenge. And before dusk our her.
oine was in her mothers chamber re-
vealing to her the important mission
she had undertaken.
But many difficulties remained to be
surmounted before she could reach the
Confederate lines. Daddy Ned was
called in for his counsel and assist
ance. She must reach Bonham' s
headquarters early next morning.
Daddy Ned had observed that the
mounted patrol came at sunrise from
the road she must travel, and the re-
lief did not go out for an hour after
ward. ''Den, missy, take de horses
to water at de spring, an you come
wild de pail on your haid fur water jis'
like dat gal do ebry mornin', den I
put you on yo' pony, and you jis' go
long y
Next morning, with pail on her head,
and attired as before in her maid S
costume, she passed the sentinels and
reached the spring, mounted her fa-
vorite pony and rode towards the Con-
federate lines. In less than two hours,
whilst displaying white 'kerchief to
her riding-whip, she was halted by a
mounted picket: "What, ho Can it
be possible !! What, you here, ma
chere, Susie My queen of hearts I"
were exclamations which fell so fast
from Lieutenant Tyler, Susan could
only cry out: 20, Ernest, you mad
cap!'
"Stop this and conduct me to head
quarters without delay. I am the EN-
lily Geiger of this horrid war, and have
important news p Then, dear gossip,
come I am glad I have caught you p
And so with hearts full of love for
each other and devotion to their
country, they rode into Colonel Ker-
shaw's camp. Colonel Kershaw i'm
mediately conducted her to Bonham' s
headquarters. The latter placed the
young heroine and her cavalry escort
in charge of his gallant aide-de-camp,
James N. Lipscomb, who conducted
her safely to Beauregard, at Mitchell S
Ford. Then Beauregard was enabled
to signal by flags to Johnston's look
out, on the mountain top; and with
Jackson's, Bees and Bartow's bri-
gades, Johnston marched across the
country, wading the Shenandoah, and
reached the field of action July 2lst,
in time to bear the ''burden and heat
of the day."
That events of that day carried sor-
row to many hearts, is too well known
to all but to none keener pang than
our heroine. Friday, the 10Th, her
brother, Edward, was desperately
wounded whilst leading the Fairfax
Rifles in the engagement at Black
burns Ford, and she and her mother
hastened to the rear to soothe his suf-
| ferings. He died that day week.
Again, in the last charge, which the
Virginia cavalry made on the 2lst,
near the Lewis house, a charge which,
in spirit and dash, was not surpassed
at Balaklava by the "Light Brigade, y
young Tyler fell, mortally wounded.
And there upon the field of battle the
dauntless girl found him. "Oh,
Ernest, Ernest you will not die
Do not leave me p Family he whis-