The National tribune., 1898-11-24
"THE JEW ROLLED OFF INTO THE DUST"

which he lifted from the fence. Again
placing himself at Walters side they
made a headlong rush for the door.
Stocks rail struck it like cannon ball ,
the wooden hinges gave away, and it
went clear across the room. Raising
his cooked rifle to his face, Walter sprang
in and shouted at the top of his voice,
Surrender
And Stock was at his side almost at
the same instant, with muSket at a
| "charge bayonet."
There was no response; the room was
entirely empty.
When they realized this, and that that
miserable old cabin, in which there had
been no one since morning, had cost
them a world OF excited apprehension
compressed into those last two hours,
they sat down on long bench and looked
at each other so foolishly that, for all his
disappointment and rage, Walter could
oughly angry, however, that nothing
would have satisfied him but burning the
house, had he not found a very nice ham,
which had probably been provided for
the delectation Of the gentleman whom
he and Walter had expected TO capture
They trudged back to the train, and on
arriving Walter reported quietly TO Lieut..
O'Neil:
at was mistake, Lieutenant; we
went into the house and found nobody
| The scene before entering the house
was a secret that he and Stock never
spoke OF, even to each other.
| A week later Karl and Bronson saun-
tering along the hot streets of Memphis,
| halted to observe d duSt-coyered regiment
/ that came marching in. There was
| something familiar in the Stalwart figure
and the erect, soldierly carriage Of the
officer commanding the first company;
but before they recognized the features
| through the mask Of sunburn and sturdy
red beard that the long campaign had
covered them with, they were ioyfully
surprised by hearing a familiar voice sing
out cheerfully:
Here, ye stragglersi fall into ranks,
where We belong"
1t was O'Neil, in command of Co. A oil
the First Regiment. They obeyed the
command with alacrity and the File was
/ itself once more, after separation OF four
eventful months.
The regiment marched on through the
city and out upon one of the roads, where
it went into camp TO guard that approach.
An Iowa regiment on duty there was re-
lieyed, and the First occupied its guard
lines and picket-posts. The principal
part of the duty was the breaking up OF
the Illicit trade by which the rebels in
Memphis were supplying their brethren
} beyond our lines with medicine and other
contraband Of war.
As the post on the road required I'M
usual discretion in the treatment of the
many people passing or attempting to
pass it, the File was detailed for it,
They had scarcely stationed themselves
there, and received their instructions
! when there approached from the city a
man with marked Hebrew features, and
who bestrode his mule in a way thai
indicated him TO be more at home on an
, office stool than in the saddle. Kar
recognized him almost Immediately as
the cotton-buyer whose amorous advances
To Miss Artemisia Simpkins on that we'll
remembered evening had been the be-
ginning Of that young lady's misadven-
; lures. His raven ringlets were not oilier
than the smile he made wreathe his
features at catching sight of the guards
I He had seen the regiment enter the city,
and knowing that il was 10 relieve another
! regiment on guard duty, saw with th c
keen prescience Of his race that here was
. an opportunity for stroke Of busine IS
outside the lines. before the new men got
D acquainted with him. No MAY mosning
was ever so bland a. he when he reached
! the guard and stuck osit dirty hand ftil
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