The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-05-02
CHICkAMAUGA.
Stirring Story of Adventure Such
as All Lovers of Fiction
Like.
A War Story Written by an Author
thoroughly Fimilar With
War Scenes.

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Wnen the servant disappeared, MISS
Baggs turned the key in the lock and
then carefully examined the walls, with
view to discovering if there were
openings through which any eye could
peer into the room. Her narrow escape,
the last of number of such episodes,
had partly unnerved her, and she sat
down in cair to rest, languidly closing
her eyes. But not for long. Rising, she
drew from the pocket Of her dress
every one knows that there is no better
place of concealment than woman's
pocket-a small bundle of papers.
Spreading them out on the table, she
drew her chair near it, and after once
more casting her eye about the room be-
gan to study them.
Miss Baggs had been endeavoring to Sc
cure the information required as to the
methods of the general commanding the
Army of the Cumberland in following
the retreating Confederates ever since
the request had been made of her in
June previous Here it was September,
and she had effected nothing. True,
she had taken number of dispatches
in cipher from the wires, but they were
very long, and the longer the message
the more difficult she had found them
to decipher. Within few days she had
intercepted two very short ones. Taking
them from those before her, she began
to study one consisting Of only few
lines.
It read as follows:
WASHINGTON, Aug. s, 1863
Banks here army the Benjamin cat to for
orders Of peremptory applause.
Here is the other, little longer:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 1862
Congress long with as advise applause mar.
BILE your possible your ago to party was con-
meet soon to movements spot his ordered as to
Burton pin Of and left ordered Benjamin.
Taking up the dispatch she had in
tercepted when the Army Of the Cum
berland began to advance and some pa
pers showing that she had been trying
to decipher it, she began to look them
over. This is the dispatch:
MuRFREEsBoRo, June %, 1853.
Volunteers Garfield with circling between
you possession turn an he cob Bundle at to get
that possible by move Benjamin pony chief
rapidity around that put Of the hours ready
shingle to notice enemy's Tullahoma your
point the by Of polliwog of plateau Niggard If
desire and hope forward to haha move lie
yiuht command and mountain order staff.
Miss Baggs had had this dispatch by
her since the latter part of June and
had puzzled over it for many an hour.
She had never succeeded in finding a
key, but had at last drawn something
of it's meaning from the tumble Of
words. After much study she assumed
that the words, when laid down in their
proper order, would give the proper
meaning. But there were certain words
which either did not mean anything or
stood perhaps for some place or general.
She began by taking out a number of
such words as ''polliwog," ''haha,
''shingle'' and pony" The dispatch
was doubtless from Rosecrans, as the
word Garfield (his chief of staff) ap-
peared, and the words "chief of staff"
were scattered through it. Therefore
either Benjamin or Bundle or Niggard
meant Rosecrans. Subsequent dispatch
es which fell into her hands had con-
vinced her that Rosecrans was desig-
mated as Benjamin. Then she began to
try to fit words together in this wise:
Your command
between Tullahoma and Niggard
get possession
enemy's right
Circling around the mountain plateau
desire. that you get possession if possible
point between Tullahoma and Niggard
Move with rapidity
By order Of BENJAMIN (Rosecrans) Garfield
chief of staff.
Other groupings gave her better re-
suits till she obtained the following:
To Bundle (probably q cavalry general on
the left fank)-B ready to move at an hours
notice. desire that you turn the enemy's
right Move your command If possible by cir
cling around the mountain plateau. Get pos
session of q point between Tullahoma and Mig
gard (probably some point in rear Of the
southern army with rapidity. By order Of
Rosecrans, Garfield, chief Of staff.
The deciphering. so far as it went,
was Of no avail, since it did not come
in time, but it helped her with the
shorter and easier dispatches, which
she now attacked. She began with this
one:
Banks here army the Benjamin cat to for
your report shinney daily are advance the cart
orders Of peremptory applause.