Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-29

htf NolCsl iit sat uIuh tn' 'ug'ui 'ho
bcd. listened and gaspod: "Grcat hoay'
ems. wha, nm utterly hcartlos- creature
Or else grief has turned her brain"
Mis- farwell appeared nj the break
fast table and demonstrated the Ic~-es.
sion of morc spirits than all the rest II
the family a,ldci together. The licu,en.
ant looked upon her with Icy disap-
prevail. hut she did not seem tob b. aware
Of H. Finally he sAid In his mo-t solemn
manner. II learned last evening with
sincere rcgrct Of your rooont bcrcaye.
ment. Miss farwell "
about papa you meanf' she replied
laushingly. "Oh. ! guess 10 wN not true.
There ar. ~ many stories flying about
now one never knows what to believe
And with that she seemed 10 dismiss
the subject
He had no appetite Her callous In
difference -ickcnci him Never before
could hc have believed her capable of IL,
and the hidcous question forced itself
upon him. "Arc other girls like her. az
l. she MI exceptional monstcrf" Soon he
got up from the table and chanc"d Ia
glance out of a window into tho hack
yard There upon the wurl pile, with
q piece ~ corn brad In one hand and
his medicine TIA" pit In the other, sat
the old vagran, darky He was eating
his frugal breakfast and lcoking at the
groom bringing the licutenant's horse
from tho stable
The young officer pondcrcd glcomily
~ he rode and had gone full five miles
Of the way hack frum Winchester 10
General fitzhugh Lees camp before n
CERTAIN suspicion occurred to him AZ
that point two widely dissimilar things
suddenly presented themselves In justa'
position bcfop his mental vision On.
was the hear,brokon girl mcrrily sing
ing: the other the old darky IN the wood
pile And 10 came "a him as an inspira.
ton that the pr~cncc ~ Oh. latter In
some way-if he could only - how
explained the astonishing change in the
former. II was by no means impossible
that the ncgro should have brought news
o. Clara MOnrue was doubtless right In
locking upon all 81 that rac n, poten'
TALLY at least. Yankee spies Should he
confide his .uspicions Ia the captain. he
would gct himself laughed at II he was
wrong and II right terrify and grieye the
family by what might very well hapisn
were the negro luckloss enough 10 be
caught After much cogitation he CON
cludcd 10 keep his mouth shut, which
under most circumstances IL about the
wi~cst thin. man can do
General T. W. Ro~.cr's cavalry came
from Richmond a fortnight later and
Joined General Early with the avowcd
intention Of 'swooping tho invaders
out of the valley" Lieutenant Townly.
deeming that "a contamination devout-
" 90 10 wished" since Winchester and
Edith were In tho debatable ground, OBJ
tanned permission to serve with them ~
volunteer aid ON General Ro~ser's
stan. When General Sheridan gave mp
the projcct 81 n winter campaign In the
mountains and fell hack ON Winchester.
the Coufcderate cavalry harassed his
rcar ~ daringly that he determined 10
turn and give them lesson on the dan.
ger of getting too clo-e 60 him The en'
suing trouble at Toms Brook Crossing
evcntuated In an entire reversal Of Cen
sral Rosser's programme The sweeping
was done. but his cavalry wep the
swept They were scattered In q mad
rout, some by way Of Columbia Furnace
10 the mountains, others mp the valley
pike into the Massanuttcn range and
many never stopped until they got into
General Early's camp south Of Mount
jackson. Lieutenant Townly was among
tho<e who took the pika He had been
sent TO the front with orders. was there
when the tide Of battle turned and found
himself ins1tricably involved and help
lessly carried along by the panic strick'
en- throng. Comrades were falling about
him. wounded horses dropped In the
way, increasing the confusion. and the
air was full of deafening tumult made
up Of clashing steel. Gathering equip
ments pounding hoofS cracking car
bines and pistols yelling voices and In
articulate cries Of those struck by death
A bullet tore its way through his right
forearm; his saber dropped from his
nerveless hand The next moment his
horse stumbled and went down. Al he
fell he had q dim perception Of q huge
ra.lcral cavalvv.