The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-11

ruQeIy, and approached their new vic
tim. He was unbound and allowed t.
see the sunlight. As far as he coult
look in every direction was a heavy
growth Of Southern pine, their top
waving in mournful music, sounding
like dirge to all his hopes.
Now, we'uns II jest talk business t
yuh'uns fer a while. Eff yer doc jes
ez we'uns advise yer'll be ready, in {
mighty sort time, ter furnish cannon
feed fer Their rebs. Eff yuh'uns got a.
much as $500 in gold-in gold, mind
Wen blind yer eyes an let yuh be let
outern this air tract-quite a sib bl'
piece, tew-or eff yuh'uns kezn't go
tter cash We'll see that Their kunnel O
yuh'uns regiment knows yuh uns sit
ooation. Or, TIERS other ways. Least
ways it centrally happens so. We kahl
get word to yuh'u rel'tives up North
We kahn fix 1t SOS ter get 'em wore
'ithout bein' too nigh 'quainted Mil
irity breeds contempt, yuh'uns knows
an thet's sut'nly true in our biznes'
But eff this amt done we'uns IL callat,
to mex yuh'uns mighty anxious te
dispense 18th we'uns hospitality
We'uns don't set up ter keep no pop'la,
tavern
Il can only answer Lieutenant Pear.
main replied, that have no desire t.
avail myself of any of these proposals
Any further conversation on that topic
would be wasted
well, yuh'uns hez taken rather ar
unusual VOC O. the matter fer a star
off. We hev a few methods We'll try OF
yuh. Then ah callate you'uns sing 6
leetle lower note"
Had this proposal been made before
the breakfast it is probable it would
have been accepted. But new interest
had come into consideration-the help
less situation of a woman upon whom
he had not yet fixed his Eyes. 1t might
have been the innate chivalry of the
man; it might have been love. The
young trooper did not know himself fol
that matter.
The girl was Angelina Gordon, only
daughter Of Colonel Gordon, Virginia
planter. who had left his estate in the
hands of an overseer and entered the
ranks Of the Confederacy. He had not
ben absent month before the place
was raided, as he supposed by Federal
troops, and his daughter was taken a
CopllNS I1S udu Ouly TeCGlN6U the OG-
mand of $1,000 for her ransom and had
no means of judging whether sHe was
in the hands Of Southern or Northern
'bunlmers." But it would have been
impossible for him to have obtained
a much smaller sum. All he had in the
world, except his acres, had been de-
stroyed. There was not a bale of cot
ton on the place.
His Indebtedness was supreme
b. When Lieutenant Pearmain was cap
tured the father was vainly endeavor-
ing to secure the needed funds. But it
was we'll night impossible, for the little
money there was to spare was devoted
to the cause of the Confederacy, which
was pre- eminent.
The door of the hut in which the Dies
peradoes made their home had been
open when the above conversation be-
tween Lieutenant Pearmain and his
captors took place. Much as she
despised the people of the North, indi-
vidually and collectively, she listened
to his clearly spoken words. and in
spite of herself felt an emotion of ad-
miration rising within her. Something
in the mans voice gave her the first
CLEAN of hope since she had been
brought to the place. Could it be, she
thought, that he remains here for my
sake? But she dismissed the idea from
her mind. That would be a sacrifice OF
self of which she believed the North
erners to be incapable.
''We'uns IL not bind yer fer ther
present, my Yankee rooster" the chief
said, addressing Pearmain. EFF yer
should start ter run likely enough
som'un on us would put a ball inter
yer; an eff we'uns didn't feel like ex-
ertin' oursePs so much as tibet, yuh uns
could never find yer way outern this
forest. All jest thought Aid tell yer
ter save yer from any extra trouble
We'uns allus keeps gyard here when
we co.
The first few days Lieutenant Pear
main kept himself some distance from
the house, making plan after plan for
escape, none of which appeared FEAST
BILE. He had made no overtures toward
an acquaintance with his fellow-cap
tive, nor had any advances been made
by her. But in none of his many plans
was she omitted. His fine white charger
was looked upon as a great addition to
the troop, and she was often taken on
their trips of night marauding. Occa-
sionally, however, when she had been
overdriven she was kept at home. When
she saw him she neighed piteously for
his caresses, but he carefully avoided
any interest in anything, for fear he
would excite suspicion.
AS the days passed and he made nc
movement toward securing his escape
his captors became more disagreeable
and he felt he must soon be subjected
to greater torture, although he could
conceive of mo greater trial than to be
the daily witness of the degrading
treatment to which Angeline Gordon
was subjected.
Gradually her rare, uncommonly
beautiful face grew upon him until he
felt that he would rather die than leave
her to her merciless fate. He did not
know then that he was learning to
love her.
She bore up under the strain. of daily
insult and abuse wonderfully 1t only
seemed to deepen the strong, regular
lines of her face and to increase the
pure, spiritual radiance which gave il
light and fascination Her FURNISHED
waving hair, with its careless ringlets,
and her deep violet eyes set in her pale
oval face were a picture that waS never
absent from his mind. them and for
many weary months afterward
When he had been searched the little
red book had been read and contempt
uously returned to him, as it contained
nothing of value. On many occasions
when unobserved, he found time to
make notes in the book.
A few weeks passed. Lieutenant
Pearmain's captors became impatient
and he had as yet found no onportunjtv