The National tribune., 1902-02-13
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

stood around" while Capt Hines boldly
walked UP to the ticket Office and pro-
cured tickets for Cincinnati. When the
train came they went into a coach just
the same as ordinary civilian passengers.
In those days travellers. in the North and
in the Confederacy, were often annoyed
by demands for passes, and upon this oc-
casiOn Gen. Morgan was apprehensIve
that he and Capt. Hines would be asked
to show some paper testifying why they
should be ''ahroad in the Hand" Seeing
an officer. a Major or Colonel, of attractive
personality, in the car, Gen. Morgan, in his
| smiling Chesterfeldian manner, sat down
| beside him, thinking that if he were seen
in familiar conversation with Federal
officer the officials would not ask him for
a pass Giving the Tip" to Hines, the
General suavely entered into conversation
with the Federal officer. the latter being
agreeable Having established friendly
relations" the General produced his flask,
containing brandy, and after pull at
it conversation flowed freely. Just as the
Federal officer and the Confederate chief
tain were taking the first exhilarating
drink, the train was moving past the peni-
Tertiary and the following colloquy en-
sued:
Federal-''That is Morgan's hotel"
Morgan-''Yes, that hostelry is good
enough for him. | hope he will stay
there That fellow has given us lots of
trouble Let's take another drink. Here's
hoping that he may ever be as closely i'm
priSOned as he is now"
Thus the intervening hours until day
light were passed. the three cOngenial
spirits, Morgan. Hines and the Federal
officer, pleasantly Willing the wee sma
hours ayant the twa" away. There was
no long time between drinks, and no
pass" was demanded.
Discreetly determining not to visit the
La, Off
marched around when armed and clothed
in the pOmp and circumstance of war,
Morgan and Hines politely excused them
selves to the Federal officer, after taking
parting drink, saying they must leave
the train. They were then in the suburbs
of the city and near the Ohio River.
Morgan pulled the bell-rope, and went
to the brakeman's place at one end of the
coach Hines going to the other. Both
put down the brakes with all their deS-
terity and strength. The train SLOWED
= up' and they jumped off. 1t was then
daylight, and some soldiers sitting on
nile of lumber near where Gen. Morgan
{ left the train. being somewhat surprised
at the unusual circumstance, one of them
exclaimed: what in the - are you
jumping off the train for?" The General
promptly made answer: "What in the
- is the use of man going on into
town when he lives ont here?" The sol
liers laughed and paid no further atten-
tion to the General, who was almost i'm
had unohserved. aIighted from the other
end of the coach. Looking toward old
Kentucky, they directed their steps in
that direction and soon once more came
to the crossing of the river.
"a chieftan to the Southland bound
Cries boatman, do not tarry:
And I'll give thee sassiiFer pound
To row us DER the. ferry"
BY the riverside they found boy with
n small skiff, and gave him without any
delay 50 to row them over to Newport,
on the old Kentucky shore:
"And when Lord Marmion reached his
band,
He halts. and with clenched hand,
And shout of loud defiance pours,
And shook his gauntlet at the towers"
They did not tarry long in Newport. nor
in Covington. Avoiding their enemies and
seeking well-knOwn friends they secreted
themselves and remained sub rosa until
might let her curtain down and pinned
it with Il star" Then Morgan and Hines,
the latter still scouting north of the Cum
berland.' again turned their faces south
ward, "trayeiing back TO Dixie" The
sentiment of Old Sambo's song was in
their hearts:
I'm travelling back to Dixie,
No more I'm going to wander,
I'm travelling back to Dixie,
| cannot stay here longer;
| miss the old plantations,
Ny home and my relations
I'm travelling back to Dixie"
Good horses, guides and all necessary
equipments were easily obtained. Ac-
cording to program, previously arranged.
Inr- nlY Iv
in that direction-through Boone, a big
County, and sure refuge for COnfederates:
thence, as circumstances might determine.
through the Counties OF Scott. Harrison,
Owen. Henry, Anderson, Nelson, on to
Tennessee.
, AS occasion demanded they assumed
various disguises and played many parts.
p being conSummate actors upon life's stage
1 -esrecially upon the stage Of war. At
, hosnitable and friendly Kentucky homes
| the inmates-even the negroes-vied with
: each other as to who should show them
the most distinguished attention. Dainty
Q and cultured young ladies begged the
t honor Of cooking their meals.
/ Soon after leaving Newport they passed
! through that village made famous bv John
. ITri lloyd in his novel "StriBgtown on
the Pike" and Remembered that upon an
other and more ausDicious occasion, when
: 'blufIing" Cincinnati from the south side
e of the river, their troopers had mcrrily
h sung,
And now, young man, n word to you,
:. If you would win the fair.
> Go to the field where honor calls
;. And win your lady there;
u Remember that our brightest smiles
Are for the true and brave,
And that our tears are all for those
: Who fiji soldiers grave"
d the first time Young Lloyd. the embryo
@ novelist, had ever heard the song concern
r ing the hnmespur dress the Southern
v ladies wore"
Although Gen. Morgan and Capt. Hines
v were not yet "out Of the woods so tc
a speak, being still within Federal lines and
G far from the hills of Tennessee" they
: were on familiar ground, and softly il
# their hearts they could sing,
, ! '''m tramping the grass-covered footpatf
again
Z BY the tall willow trees on the stream
u And my heart faster beats as my eye
fOndly meets
With the old cottage house on the
, green"
- CTo he continuedD
is ie @ERT EDEET0 NNEh!