Evening star., 1901-02-16
synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Copyright 1900. by C. W. Dillingham; co..
Written for The Evening Star by Gen. Chas. King.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Norman Holt favorite son Of an old hentuekE r ud1nr
and is Withdrawn by his high-spirited ihther.
His homecoming in the winter OF ls6S IS r,s ceie
brated by old fashioned Kentucky ChriStmas ma
daughter of Dr. Hollis lawyer: and j. BnrnetI
Malloy. both of Cincinnati. The latter hrlngs ta
letters Of introduction from Lanes partner MI. .
os MessF the 1na ef E"man " by his st
1entions 10 Daisy Lane. Malloy separates MISS
na at rGe the dhrsmas the n a T the evening
fects an air of proprietorship distasteful oIt 10
Rat ali an in aens is forgotten when mid
night all surround DR. Holt to drink the Christmas
night messeneer. r.e who ANNOUNCES the dangerous
Illness of Judge Mcintyre. Investigation reveals
Hot fo orne aaEs dsspate Hsny and Norman
ter Lanes law office in Cincinnati Norman a,sd en-
through political influence is lieutenant in the
same company, and Henry Holt Joins the con.
a skirmishlng party under Captain Wing to
Belleview in search of prominent rebels Bee
Is accused of treachery. Brain fever saves him
from trial and takes him to the Hospital. n., Tn.
yart. Norman rejoins his regiment ana aus aus
Ha fFdn Trsed in csPME az Mnoy while picket duty
IS found asleep at his post Court martial con- con-
vcts Norman. who demands that Malloy- whose
testimony convicted him shall lead firing party
on the day Of his death Norman is pardoned
K.utucky infantry. Norman accused hy the
Lanes Of betraying Theodore who has deserted
wins high praise from sheridan for gallant rally
81 troops and ,vhen MIll"y. major of a new
man Tarman cap,nrc - Sy ronfederatcs while
trying ." save dispatches for Th"mas
CHAPTER NxIN.
August and 1t seemed as though the
southern cause were lost ar last Lee,
idol If The confederary. had fought his
greatest batIle in The heart of PennsylVa-
nia and been driven back into Virginia.
Gettysburg in the east and Nicksburg in
the west had restored hope and courag"
in the north. had dealt amaze and distress
hroughoul-,hoUgh nothing seemed to
t!Iuut the courage ot-;he south. Then,
east and west, both armies. both sections,
seemed 10 hold their breath and wait and
watch the midway grapIlc imminent along
the Tennessee. Most brilliantly, most skill
fully. had '-Oid Rosey' outmaneuvered
Bragg. who abandoned his strong works
IA Shelbyvillc aId the mountain line OF
the Cumberland and reluctantly fell back
across the swollen river 10 make hence
forth. as he wrote, their line Of defense
tn. line of Tennessee But even then he
was NOT permitted 10 rest for the strategst
Of the Union army, the head Of the Army
Of the Cumberland, devised the daring plan
of throwing his three corps across TWO
great mountain ranges. split by wide, I'M
furdable. swollen river, and so maneuVer
his ant tagoniSt out of Chattanooga as a
month before he had from Tulla homa
Aud so while Minty's horse and Crtttenden'
swift-footed infantry threatened the enemy
AT every landing. pass and ferry above that
w-I-named gateway. and kept Bragg
guessing whence the blow would come. the
other corps. McCook and Thomas in COM
uland stole from their hiding places back
of the Cumberland range, burst through
the mountain roads and bore down on the
Tennessee below the fated city-our snap
png-eycd little division leader, Sherldan IN
The van. The next thing Bragg knew McCook
and Thomas were climbing the mountain
passes of northern Georgia, miles behind
him and there was no help FOR 1.-THE had
10 abandon Chattanooga and sally 1orln
to meet them. Before the end OF August
The old nag was floating again over the
roofs Of their stronghold In the mountains,
and all the northland rang WIN pFdlse VI
such magnificent strategy.
Iut strategy is not convincing Battles
only are decisive. What good was gained
by placing an army where II was matter
al such infinite difficulty 70 supply 1t, go
long as Its antagonist remained unshattereo
in It's front? Rosecrans had now to fight a
battle far from possibility OF heip OF any
KIND Bragg simply retired across anotner
range. drawing our army after MIN, ana
-. detached his strong right arm, MS
Fighting corps, TO the aid of the brethren
waiting impatiently in northern Georgia,
and then united the southern leaders 1ei
f.rinllsIv on the Union ranks along the
crooked stream. and it was Stone river over
again. only infinitely worse The corps or
McC"pk and Crittenden crumbied away,
T., airing even "Old RCsey' with them in
fLN flight TO Chattanooga, leaving as before
the Huu-hearted Thomas IN stem the tide
of triumphant pursuit. and there win the
inm rrtdl name OF the ROCK OF thlcka-
Bui there had been strange doings in
Chattanooga during the week preceding
Tra.S'S enforced evacuation. IhIther, late
IN JuIv had they borne our wounded Nor
tuau There had been few days for him
"I Imminent peril. Tor there were not lack
ing southern generals high IN rank VINO be
we'd that he. not he secret service Hai
brought those bogus dispatches to the
mont. with the deliberate design of falling
into ,atiiIIe,ierate hands. and throwing Bragg
a .d his corps commanders upon a false
scent 1t was no better than being a
SPY" swurc one furious leader. VINO had
nlad,- - long. tedious, toiisome mountain
march III one direction to head of the
FEDERAL force that had gone in quite an
other IL Van Dorns cavalry, far out
"a columbia, that aSc.rtained just which
WY Thomas and crittenden were coming
There rarely was I time from beginning to
end of th. war when the southern leaders
were not quickly and reliably informed of
every movement made by our men. 1t took
less than twenty-four hours to restore the
situation. and gradually the cries against
the wounded Yankee died away. There
! was his brother. Maj. Holt, serving for the
time Hardee's stan, ready 10 give his
knishtly word that Norman had well-nigh
lost his life In the effort to prevent those
v,ry dispatches from falling into confeder-
ate hands. that disposed of one peril
but left him another-faced by fever
Ii WAS IA sorely stricken fellow they
nurSed for "A fortnight there in the old
homestead IN the fastpesses OF the Cum
berland. Henry had 10 go because his gen.
eral had mighty need of every man, but
there speedily came from Chattanooga a
gray-haired, sad-faced old gentleman who
knelt beside the bed Of the delirlous boy
and wept as he listened to his childish
babhliag over and over in feverish dream
poor Norman lived again the misery of his
faiher's wrath and disowning, pleading
with him not to believe his son guilty OF
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