New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-02-27

Fitz Hugh thought earnestly with his
head bowed, his eyes fixed on a spot on
the ground.
There is nothing that can do, z he
said at last. Threatened retaliation is
the only recourse, and that could not be
effected under the circumstances with
out duplicating Colonel Maynard. =
Then ye see no way open?" asked
the corporal despondently.
It is impossible for me to act intel
Hgently alone. If / could see Colonel
Maynard, perhaps together we might
hit upon plan. =
Would ye meet him between the
lines?''
There is not sufficient time. .
There's five or six hours.
Fitz Hugh stood bordering for few
moments without reply. Then, suddenly
starting up, he said:,
90 tell Colonel Maynard that will
meet him as you suggest Let the point
Of rendezvous be-let me see-where do
you consider feasible point? You have
just come through. = s.
Oh would name the bank Of the creek.
at a point due west Of this y
How long time will be required
before the meeting can take place? It is
now little after IL.
1T may be an hour; it may be Ion
ger. If re will be there, colonel, at 10
O'Clock, we'll meet ye as soon after as
possible.
me when You found me under roof
which covered -
Then I respected the laws of hospi-
tality, sacred in the south. Let us not
dwell on these matters, colonel. Let us
proceed with that upon which we have
met for consultation.
,"You are right. Time presses. Your
sister stands convicted of the same Of
Tense as mine at the time Of which we
have been speaking and sentenced to
die at sunrise. We meet to concert
method to save her.
eat my request. But any proposition
must come from you, Colonel Maynard.
am unfamiliar with the feeling on the
part of those in power in the Federal
army as to executing sentence Of death
upon a woman. -@as +.
circumstances which I cannot ex-
plain, for they pertain to the situation
in which these two armies are placed,
render the feeling against your sister
very severe" ~
"You have suggested my exerting in
t1uence from our side?'
'tIt was your sister who suggested it.
I have little faith in it. -
"What did you propose?' -.#
''That which your sister would not
accept
"And that wasp .-.-... ....~
Maynard whispered in a strange, saw
age tone:
''To use my authority as command
ing the brigade charged with her keep.
ing to place her within your lines"
"And now?''
II listen for some suggestion from
you"
II can think of none except, with
your permission, to enter protest over
the signature of our commanding Off
GERS of highest rank. -
ut would avail nothing.''
"Then there is nothing to save her
from this sacrifice, which, though she
has always been prepared for it, and
doubtless will now meet it, like the re-
markable woman she is, with becoming
fortitude, is still hard for those of us
who love and respect her to bear. We
will revere her memory as martyr
During this dialogue each man sat on
his horse without any movement and
spoke in measured, formal, automatic
tones. Maynard's words were quicker
than Fitz Hugh's, who held to the SLOW
er fashion Of speaking, common in the
south. After the last sentence spoken by
Fitz Hugh there was long silence.
They had met for purpose. Their meet
ing was failure.
1t seemed to both that they could hear
their watches ticking away the seconds
that lay between Caroline Fitz Hugh
and death. Neither knew the agony
suffered by the other unless he judged
that other by himself. Neither had the
heart to terminate the interview, though
both knew that it was fruitless. A night
bird set up a dismal cry. It seemed a
deathkne]l. ~.
Then Maynard broke the silence.
Colonel" he said in set voice. Gre
main here or meet me here at any time
after all hour. It may be the small hours
of the morning. 1t will be, if at all, be-
fore sunrise''
what do you propose to do?'' 49,
"What I propose to do neither you
nor your sister shall know till it has
been accomplished.
II will remain here or near by, and
at o'clock you will find me where I
now am .,~... IN
''Adieu," cried Maynard as he turn
ed his horses head and galloped away.
"Adieu, replied Fitz Hugh in the
stately tone to which he was accustom-
ed, and raised his hat as politely as if
he were saluting in ballroom.
Fitz Hugh rejoined his companion
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