The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-30

| knlnhtStOWn, Henry TO-, lAo.
cared for as we'll as possible, and before mid
night Col. Rbea took his detected way back
| to camp
Brave-souled as she was, and sanguine as
to the speedy overthrow of the hated Seces-
/ sianists Niriam Inrulcs heart sank at the
prospect Of Henry Clay PolloeS's departure
! She would have handed him his rifle with a
steady hand to 90 out and ight any number
oi the rebels in their immediate neighbor-
hood. but the thought of his going far away
! from her to places of which she had but
vaguely heard was !ntolerab e. The Elder 5
assurances that all the men would come back
very soon as part of mighty army which
would grind the JEFF Davis faction to powder
! did not console her She could not make
herself believe them For the first time IN
her life she tnrncd inpatiently away from
the Elders kinds presence. Ills words OF
cheer aui consolation seemed empty tlnkllnSs
! that moc,ei her DIES 'laton. She avoided the
. other girls wiia would have crowded around
her 10 bewuil together the separatiGn from
/ their lovers. Sac ie that none OF them had
n wretc.iedncSi approaching hers. for none OF
I them could possibly care for any niall rs she
! cared for Policies. Il was the very sclilshnes5
OF youthful grief, which holds that there can
! be no otlier sorrow comparable to It's own
| She stole. off 10 a hidden place behind clamp
of ilats where she could be alone with l!er
sorrow. and did no, reappear until her mare
WIS led out and the place resoundcd with
+ loud rails for her. Then she came ont,
moanted without a word. and followed Tar
! behind the rest, Pollock and her two
4 brothers rode j alongside. The boys were
eagerly piea,!ins to be allowed to go with
| him 10 Join the Union army, but he was
ste:saiasily refusing to allow them.
: Yo' jest stay here till '@e come down" he
said firmly. "'Twon't be long, an then yo'
| kin line us" Yo' father needs yo'. an ther IL
lie plenty for yo / do alter we gil down here.
! Yo'll have all yo' want o. soldering then"
TIE boys saw that he and Miriam wanted
to be alone together, and rode of to join their
father
Miriam rode along in silence for some time,
listening TO Pollocks plans rs to what he pro-
posed to do, and tor once found herself unable
tn enter INTO them At last her heart could
endure IT no longer, and she broke out al
most IN q wall:
20. Clay. how kin / let yo go? Yo'Ve
hin part o my lIfe ever since ] knowed had
Ike, sn to part with vu' seems wuss than
death / could die by yo side, but | Jest
can let yo 90 off God knows whar, an t
meet God knows what"
Why. honey how yo' take on expostu-
| lated Pollock Pm only gwine acrost the
mountings into Kaintueky-jest little
/ WAYS, far the Union army can't he very fur
of The mouDtings OF kajntucky ar no
different from the mountinss in Tennessee,
an the people thar air the same ez here,
only tharil he more decent, loyal men
among they 'rns."
Il don't keer," she said, passionately,
| :" how fur OF how near hit is. nur whether the
mountings AN the people ar the same or not
] only know hits cut o my world. This
here's my world tAnd her eyes swept over
the noble landscape banded by the towering
peaks Of the Chilhowee OF the east and the
crests of the Cumberland on the west | don't
| know, an ] don't keer what's outside of lit.
Here me an you wuz both born, here we've
lived all our lives an here i want t. die.
| Tiar's never been an hour when eli couldn't
actually see yo', / could at least see whar yo
wnz. But once yo' cross them mountings, y
and she pointed to where the sun was setting
in glory OF gold and crimson, on The distant
! Cumberiands, - an yo' air gone into the
eternity OF nowhar | kin no more think Of
wlIar YOU air. or look to whar You air than if
yo' wuz among the stars"
my dariin' +" said Pollock earnestly
1.-THE road that leads from here into Kahn
lucky, leads from Kaintucky back here. The
steps that III carry me away will bring me
back again. They'll bear heart that is aiuz
true t yo', and longing Z git back t yo'. The
sorrow Of partin' I'll be more'n made good by
the Joy o returnn' We cannot live together
ez we want to until these rebel torrents air
wiped out, an that kin sooner be done by
gwine over thar an heipin' they uns who've
begun the work. Yo'd have me do my share,
| know that. I'd ruthcr do hit here, but hit
can't be. Be my brave Mirry, now, honey,
an let me 90 with glad, hopeful heart"
. can't do that now, Clay. Mebbe to-
morrow ] II feel stronger an more resigned
But tonight ] feel as il I'd ruther we'd both
die an be buried together. Ye'd etter 90
no further with me- Clay. Here is the road
| that yo kin take home. ] don't want & see
anybody, not even yo', sweetheart, until /
kin feel differently"
Pollock rode closer TO her, leaned over and
snatched a hasty kiss, and then sped away up
the road 10 his home.
So many wanted to 30 with Henry Clay
| Pollock that it WIS many days before he was
able TO start 1t was arranged that he was to
leave Chinckapin Cove with small party Of
those Immediately around him, and be joined
at different points on the way by the others
The Elder was the means of communication
among the different squads, he arranged the
route, and set the meetings.
a circumspection CALLING to all of them be-
came more necessary daily. The rebel Coy.
eminent was alive to the need OF crushing out
the loyal feeling in East Tennessee, and was
moving regiments in from Georgia, Alabama
Mississippi, aud Middle and Western Ten
nessee.
1--WE have the cohorts of Sennacherib sent
upon Us, " said the Elder and now a Satrap
has been app inted TO rule over us with a
rod of iron. His name is Felix X. Zolli-
Golfer, of Nashville, who writes Bripadier
General, c. S. A. after his name. lie is a
false-tongued creature of the slave-lords. with
his mouth filed with delusiye speech, and his
hands swift to shed blood We cannot now
go to and frc in our own country as of wont,
but must ask permission of this minion OF
Herod. He has his bludgeoners on all our
highways, and in our chief towns. to let
Done pass whose lips cannot frame Alright the
shibboleth of treason.''
Hits soreiy agin my viii t sneak round