The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-03-29
CHAPTER VIII.
JULIA s REVENGE.

We walked for nearly an hour and
during the last three-quarters of it kept
straight to the northwest, in which di-
rection | thought Morgan. with his lit
tie army lay, or rather marched At
last the bush began to grow thinner
and the trees to stand farther apart
inferred that we were approaching the
end of the forest, and | was not sorry,
as the travelling was hard, and believed
that we had lost our pursuers. Present
ly we came into the open, and | let the
girl s hand drop
(Which way are we going now?" she
asked
"Wait moment" said.
put two fingers to any lips and
blew between them a whistle, soft and
long and penetrating
why do you do that?'' asked the
girl i'll IA fright, coming toward mo-
"You will bring them upon us again. I"
"Wait. repeated, and blew the
whistle q second time We stood mo-
tionless for two minutes, and then
heard faint crush, crush, as of ap-
preaching footsteps.
"They are comingl" cried the girl,
seizing my arm Let us run into the
wood again.
Wait said for the third time
The footsteps approached rapidly, and
figure. gigantic and formidable in the
gray light, appeared through the trees
The girl cried aloud i'll panic of terror
and gripped my arm,
Don't be alarmed Julia. dear. :"
said "See who it ISL
Old Put walked up to me, gave his
glad, familiar whinny and rubbed his
nose on my disengaged arm Then he
started back. and his eyes famed with
wrath
Don be angry. old comrade. -
said 1T Is true wear a red coat. but
it is only a disguise. Il ruse, and will
| get rid of it as soon as ! can "
He wagged his head as sign that
my apology was sufficient and made no
further protest | Slipped the bride
over his head, and the girl broke into a
nervous laugh of relief
"Did you think Old Put would desert
| comrader'' | asked
wait here just moment, con-
tinued led Old Put little distance,
and gathering up some dry leaves wiped
the stains off his hoofs Then returned
with him to her and told her to jump
upon his back, but the horse SHE'D away
| from her. showing aversion and anger.
Never mind. Old Put, - said 1T
is all right She won t beat you again.
She likes US both. -
sit seems to me that you are rather
inclusive in your statements " she said.
"Get up" said, and, giving her a
hand, assisted her to jump upon the
back of Old Put, who had received my
explanation with perfect confidence and
assumed protecting air toward her.
"And now once more for Morgan, "
| said.
(Which, of course, means Tarleton
in the end,'' she said. "And want to
say, Mr.. Marcel, that when the rebel
army is taken l shall not forget the
service that you have done me at great
risk to yourself. My father has influ-
ence with Colonel Tarleton, and shall
ask him to secure your good treatment
while in captivity.
She spoke with quite an English
that is to say, quite patronizing-air.
"You are very kind" said, "but
Morgan has not been caught yet, has he,
Old Put?''
Women think it their right to abuse
IL man and receive nothing but chivalry
in return
The old horse shook his head defiant
ly, and l felt encouraged. We had en-
tered good country for travelling and
at last came into something that was
meant evidently for road, but it very
much more resembled gully washed
out by the rains. 1t led in the right di
rection, and l followed it, despite my
persuasion that we were now in terri
tory practically occupied by the British
and were much more likely to NEE
them in the road than in the fields o.
forest. But was tired of such difficult
travelling, and, being extremely anxious
to rejoin Morgan, chose the cours'
which promised the best speed.
Old Put carried the girl, and walked
on before, holding his bride in m,
hand. l sank into kind of walking
doze-that is, slept on my feet an(
with my feet moving. was but diml.
conscious, but / knew that could pu
my trust in Old Put and that he woult
warn me if she made any attempt t,
escape Whether the girl was asleep O
wide awake | knew not, for my brail
was too tired and dull then to tell me
but, looking back once. she seemed to b
: awake. She had slept well in the hut
while only short nap had fallen to me
We were in the darkest hours, thos
that stretch out their length between
midnight and dawn, and walked ol
over dim and shadowy world Some
times was not conscious that my fee
touched anything but air. This quee
feeling that | was walking on nothing
lasted for more than half an hour, AM
then my half sleep took another phase
came back to earth, and the red cla
of the road took on for awhile the colo
of blood. The trees by the roadsid
raced past, rows of phantoms, holdin
out withered arms and making gesture
that did not understand. Once tn
dead face OF Crowder rose up out of tn
road and confronted me, but when
said, "You Were murderer and wors