New Ulm review., 1901-08-07
NJ Y Cal PTIVE E.
By JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER,
author Of ID Soldier of Md1altattGn,' y
The Sun of Saratoga" Etc.
copyright, 1900, by joseph A. AltshelerJ
[CoNTINURD.I,
SEEN IN A DREAM.

us. The air had the crisp, fresh coolness
of a South Carolina winter, like north
ern day in autumn. The sun, climbing
steadily toward the heavens, shone in
full splendor and in an atmosphere as
pure as that over the sea. We could see
far to the right and to the left and be-,
fore us, but we saw neither men nor
horses, just the rolling hills and valleys
and the struggling forests.
$50 much the better, :" said to Julia,
for the lonelier the country is the less
obstacle there will be to our flight:
Morgan is retreating toward the Broad
river, and as we surely have passed
around Tarleton by this time we ought
to overtake him by night. hope he
will have plenty to eat, for think that
you and I will miss our dinner. y
DO you know, said she, g begin
to hope that Tarleton will not overtake
Morgan at all? It would be an awful
scene, and perhaps some of the rebels
are good men after all.
Perhaps
Couldn't the war be ended in some
way without more years of fighting
some sort Of compromise? Suppose each
side should give up a little. =
I'VE might make the proposition,
you and I, to congress and the king. ;,
Don't jest, I'm in earnest. .
Then I'm afraid there's no chance
for compromise and there hasn t been
for four Or five years. Either we go free
or we donot. You English like to boast
of your courage and tenacity, and we
make the same boast of ourselves. It
has to be fought out to the end, win or
lose. -
I am sorry. .
She spoke truthfully, for she looked
her sadness, but the wind soon blew it
away, bringing back the sparkle to her
eyes and the rose flush to her cheeks.
We stopped about noontime to rest and
Old Put made use of the opportunity to
hunt for green grass, stopping at times
TO look benevolently at us and to indi-
cate that his state of mind was content.
We were both hungry, but we had
nothing better to do than to watch Old
Put nibble for his dinner, which he did
very industriously until called to him
and told him it was time to start.
Julia again refused to mount the
horse, and we strolled on together. I felt
safe now, and, coming to cabin whose
owner had been bold enough to remain
and guard his own, offered to trade
him the fine British coat wore for any
coat of his own, however old, provided
itwould hold together on my shoulders.
He produced the coat and made the
trade, by which he was great gamer,
and asked me no questions, differing
therein from the country people of the
northern regions through which had
campaigned so long. Moreover, he look
ed very curiously at the tall girl with
me.
"You are American, y he said to me
just before we started.
"Yes.''
THE lady looks English. %
"She is English. y
1t is very strange. !"
"You are right. Tt is strange -
Such were my thoughts as we walked
away. The man who seemed to live
there alone, half hunter, half farmer,
stood in his cabin door and watched us
until we passed out OF sight.
/ prevailed upon the girl to ride for
awhile, but after an hour on horseback
she dismounted again, saying that she
preferred to walk. About the middle of
the afternoon we met farmer who con-
firmed my belief that Morgan had pass
ed on toward the Broad river, though
ho lynoxxr Moth no i,f ...,.
later as we were passing through thick
woods some one cried out to us to halt.
almost sprang up in my astonishment,
and the girl uttered a little cry of fright,
for neither of us supposed any one to be
near, having seen nothing and heard
nothing, and Old Put, I suppose, was
tired or dreaming.
"Stop," | said to Julia. SIT may be
friends.
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 were militia scouts of Morgan's
San American and his lady, said
the foremost to me- You are soldier,
are you not?''
Yes, 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, Isaid. Morgan seems
to keep a good watch. I hope that We
will overtake him before nightfall y
He had ridden very close to me.
II don't think it, my fine fellow, %
he said. We will take good care of
both you and the lady, for we are Tarle-
ton s scouts, not Morgan's y
saw then that the appearance and
manner of the men had deceived me,
but no thought of surrender to them en-
tered my mind I snatched at my pistol.
The man, who vas as wary as a pan
ther, saw the movement, and, drawing
his own weapon, we fred almost at the
same time. I saw him reel in his sad
die, but not fall, and I was conscious
of q thrill of main in NV head fo11awed