New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-01-23
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Calling an aid-de-camp, the general
bade him carry the message to the army
telegraph station, a short distance to
the rear, and repeat it to General Bragg.
sGeneral, = said Miss Baggs in an
undertone, if you will let me have the
original or a copy, will try to decipher
it. I may find a clew that will aid me
hereafter, though I fear it will be too
late to take advantage Of information
contained in this one .
Certainly. Lieutenant, return the
dispatch I have given you to this lady
after it has been repeated. !"
The officer departed. The general
turned again to Miss Baggs with Sc
rious look.
"Do you know that you are engaged
in very hazardous servioe?''
Perfectly"
'And do you understand the penalty
il caught?'
"Death, I suppose. -
'There's no telling whether it would
be death or long imprisonment in the
case of woman. A man would hang. -
Miss Bags countenance changed
from an expression of Indifference to
one of those flashes of the superhuman
attributes that lurk within the human
soul.
Am I to make anything of my life
when thousands of the south's defend
ers are giving theirs every day? Have
I not seen our homes laid desolate?
Have I not seen my brothers, my friends,
those have loved, those I have played
with as children, cut down by either
bullet or disease? For months I have
devoted myself to the care of the sick
in the hospitals There learned to
dread long continuance of this strug-
gle. There conceived the idea of do:
ing something to win success for our
armies by giving them an advantage
not possessed by the enemy. consulted
one high in rank. How can I give
my life to the best advantage?' I asked.
In the secret service Point the way
DO you know anything of telegraphy?'
NO, but I can learn Go and study, a
month and then come to me- For a
month studied night and day. learn
ed to read words from the clicking of
the keys as readily as can read letters.
I returned to my adviser. You know
the rest.''
The general paced the floor with a
olouded brow.
II dread catastrophe, he said,
sin the case Of one inspired by such no.
re- m
exposed to ignominy, perhaps death. -
IF that time comes, general, God
will give me strength to bear it. -
The general was silent moment and
then asked abruptly:
us your brother aware of what you
are doing?''
HE is
And he consents?'
HE does not. We are individuals.
He is one of the noblest of the south s
legitimate defenders, but he is not re-
sponsible for my acts, one Of it's illegit-
innate machines.
1.-The pitcher that goes often to the
we'll is at last broken.''
"Then some one else will spring up
to carry on the work.
"God grant that the day may be far
distant-that it may never come. I can
hardly approve Of it, though you are
working in my cause"
General" said the woman, her face
again lighting as if inspired by some
absorbing thought, leach side has an
organized secret service. What general
would dare report to his government
that he had acquired information which
would enable him to destroy his enc
my, but it had been obtained by illegit-
innate means, and he would not take
advantage of it? Yet what general
would care to be called spy himself!
We are engaged in terrible struggle.
Before it's close any and all means will
be used to conquer. Cities will be burn
ed, vast districts will be laid waste.
Must l cease to employ the most effect
i've method Of all because I am doing
illegitimate work? Is my work more
illegitimate than trying to conquer a
people fighting for their independence?'
The general made no reply for time.
"Yours is singular Family" he
said presently. "You are all alike, and
yet you differ
"We are united in the cause; we
differ as to the means''
The interview was interrupted by the
ringing Of dinner bell in the hall.
The general called negro and bade
him show Miss Baggs to a room uI
stairs, to which she retired for a few
minutes. The servant brought in he1
belongings from the buggy, together
with the little box. When she came
down stairs, the party were waiting TO,
her before going in to dinner. Souri,,
who had seen her covered by the sun
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