The Red Cloud chief., 1895-03-22

friend a. his friends wal on the prob
lem ana no determined to 20 on foster.
ing tie awakened interest Unmindful
Of tho demonstration made thus far, he
suddenly broke out:
"Supposin ! wor tn general com.
mandin this hyar army II you uns ~or
tn general commandin fOther army.
Now, how would it do fo' me tor march
ont in the middle o. the night N just
knock the stuiiin right out'n you uns?"
Maynard smiled. 1t suddenly occur
red to him how little .Jakey knew Of
the game Of war; how useless had been
his explanations.
"Wbat would DO your plan Of attack,
general?" he asked, wishing to humor
tho boy.
"Waal," said Jakey. who had no
moro idea Of what no was talking about
than the ~14-year.old boy no was, II
reckon I'd put the big guns in a long
line on top o. tn Pea Vine ridge hyar,
N jest scatter shot n shell like chicken
feed"
Maynard burst into a laugh. Jakey
surveyed the altered expression Of his
friends face with his bright little eyes
and chuckled, but his own face was as
imperturbable as usual.
General, +" said the boy commanders
supposititious enemy, what would you
do if l were to draw my troops out Of
ranger"
Jakey was puzzled. He made n des.
perate effort to c~onjure up a reply.
"Waal," he said presently, II reckon
I'd jest wait TO- you uns ter do some
Pm"
Your ground would be strong enough
in itself, but weak on the TANKS, espe.
cially your left. and in case Of retreat
you would have the creek to cross in
face Of IN enemy, q hazardous under
taking. i would turn your left and get
possession Of tho roads to Chattanooga.
Perhaps l could defeat you and force
you to recross the creek. While you
were doing so l would knock you to
pieces. II you succeeded in crossing,
you would find my troops in your real
between you and Chattanooga"
Jakey neither understood nor even
heard u word his opponent said, but he
looked as seriously studious over the
problem as IL he were the general com.
handing.
"Are you whipped, general?" asked
Maynard.
WAL, mebbe Of I air whipped I
don't know nothin bout it, n III jest
60 On fghtin till l make you uns think
tibet you uns air whipped"
Like Grant at Pittsburg Landing. "
The reference was lost on Jakey, but
1t led him to think that he had made a
point. He looked very wise and said
nothing. He was thinking on a line
which he feared might be of some prac.
teal Importance to his individual self.
He was not certain but that it would be
necessary for him to make the connect.
ing link in person between his friend
and his friends wife. So no turned the
conversation IN lines OF retreat.
"Now, supposin, he said, lust sup.
posin ! war busted right hyar, how'd
l git away"
THAT would depend on the condition
OF things. II ! We're the general oppos-
ing You, you'd never get away safely.
I'd never stop till / had driven you into
the Tennessee river"
How could / get thar from hyar?"
This part Of your army where we
are now could only fall back on Ross.
vile. There the flanks would be better
protected for u stand. You could 60
from Rossville to Chattanooga by this
road" (peinting to it on the map). If
you should DO successful in keeping
your enemy far enough from yon and
long enough, you might cross the river
there and save your army. You might
perhaps stay there if not too reduced in
numbers and if You could keep your
line Of supply OPEN"
, This mir tn bridge I'd cross tn
creek on, l reckon" pointing to Reeds
bridge'on the map.
''That's' the nearest from where we
are" .'in.
WAL, general" said Jakey in n
tong to indicate that the discussion Of
the campaign was ended, ''ef you uns
bust me, III retreat tibet away"
Nothing more was said about the i'm
aginary campaign by either. Maynard's
eye was fixed on his water map, and he
was lost in study. Jakey let him alone
till he saw that he was drifting back to
his trouble. Then no e%ndeavored to lead
him into war again. At last, seizing q
favorable opportunity, tho boy suggest
ed the propriety Of sending some mes
sage to his wife.
= Thine enough for that after the
fight" was all Maynard would say.
Jakey was discouraged, He knew that
II his friend lived after the fight it
would not be his own fault ~
y =
, Jakey considered himself bound in
honor to report to Mrs. Maynard her
husbands condition, not only on ac-
count of his promise made her on the
evening Of his departure for the front,
but because he had q vague unformu.
lated notion that there are certain ext
Rencies where ONLY women can ''do