Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-05-18
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"Stop," ! said to Julia. :" 1t may be
friends T"
Two men ON horseback came from a
position among the dense trees They
were dressed in rough homespun gray
and looked like Americans, the two
facts together inducing the belief that
they We're militia scouts of Morgan's.
IAN American and his lady, = said
the foremost to me- You are soldier,
are yon not?''
Eyes, " replied
And on the way TO Morgan, too,
take it Keep straight to the northwest,
and you will overtake him We are
good patriots too. "
"Thank you, / said. Morgan seems
10 keep good watch. hope that we
will overtake him before nightfall
He had ridden very close TO me.
Il don't think it, my fine fellow,
he said I'VE will take good care of
both you and the lady, for we are Tarle-
toms scouts, not Morgan's. -
/ saw then that the appearance and
manner of the men had deceived me,
but no thought Of surrender TO them en-
tered my mind. / snatched at my pistol.
The man, who was as wary as PAN
ther, saw the movement, and, drawing
his own weapon, we fired almost at the
same time. / saw him reel in his sad
die, but not fall, and | was conscious
of thrill of pain in my head, followed
by heavy, crushing sensation, as If !
had been struck by hammer. stag
gered, falling to the ground upon my
hands and knees. Consciousness left me
entirely for few minutes and then
came back dimly, just enough for me
TO dream and to create events for my
self
In this dream / saw girl with tawny
gold hair and blue eyes raise a pistol
and fire at the second man, who had
drawn cavalry saber. The man, shout
ing with pain. dropped his saber, clap
ped his other hand to his shoulder and
galloped after his oomrade, whose horse,
frightened by the shots, was running
away with him. Both disappeared in
the wood, and the girl, who stood for
a minute or two watching, the empty
pistol in her hand, seemed to feel sure
Iiidt llfl MODlAi uOb GOlllt Uuth, III Sic
rushed to the wounded man on the
ground and raised his head III her arms
i watched her with a curious inter
est, this blond girl who had been so
bitter of speech and yet SO much the
master of herself. The man had risen
to his knees once but had fallen back
from weakness. His eyes closed almost
his face became very white, and there
was blood on his hair. She raised his
head and kissed his face, once, twice
and more, and begged him not to die
"Livel Live for yourself and for me-
Philip, for | love you, my heroi" she
said and great bay horse stood look
ing and listening. Then she flew to a
little brook she saw flowing through the
wood, and bringing water in her cap
poured it upon the mans face, while
the horse nodded approval. Then she
washed the blood out of his hair and
bound up the wound with something
white. mo, Put, l will never leave
him., she said, II will never leave
him, for he has saved me from death
and worse, and love him--I tell you l
love him I" whereupon the great horse
nodded his approval with extreme vigor.
came to myself, and was sorry that
the dream was over 1t had been pleas
ant, very pleasant, and was willing to
dream on had headache, but when
/ put my hand to the spot which ached
i knew that the wound was not serious;
that it was nothing but trihe. A bull
let, clipping under the skin, had glanced
along my skull and passed ON, inflicting
a slight conclusion, like heavy blow
from a mans fist, but that was all /
had seen 20 men who had suffered SINH
lar wounds in battle and were rs good
as ever the next day.
lyon are not going Ia die are you,
Mr.. MarcelY' tearfully asked the most
modest and demure of blond English
maidcns, standing before me.
My intentions are the precise oppo-
site, - l replied. Il have so much to
live fol. +"
1t is curious how rapidly the feelings
develop under the stress of great hard
ships and danger. The day and a half
that | had been with her were equal to
year and a half of ordinary time
Would you bring me little OF that
cool water to drink in your cap?"
asked. Il see that the cap is wet al
ready, and it won't hurt it. "
She brought the water, and l drank
1t was as cold as ice and as refreshing
as nectar as it ran down my throat. 1
have seen men lying on the battlefield
begging for water as if it were the one
great gift of heaven to man.
| felt twice the man that / was
minute before. The girl was strangely
quiet, even shy, and more than ever
felt as if it were my chief duty to pro-
tect her.
mo, Julia, " said; this rebel
against the king means to live. So far