The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-31

Huntington Harbour with all his forces"
why, man, why7" I asked.
why, because the oommander-in-chief,
by some means I do not knew, got wind
of the thing before Il started and made
a feint-I WAS with my command, and (
was stiff fight, too-on Staten Island
and at Paulus Hook, and baek came sour
rylng the Jehnnies with their tails be-
tween their legs thinking the town was
taken or going soon to be-"
THANK God" / muttered to myself, ly-
ing back again as the man went rambling
on Curtis and Acton must be safe, then.
And Hazeltlne, too, dead or alivei After
all, we had not done so III, and ] had
kept my word to the general 30 far as
man could. But knew 1 must be weak
indeed, for the excitement of tho new
mans story had taken the life out OF me,
and slid down to the cold floor ell in a
sweat that drenohed my clothes and then
froze upon them
With that I sank back into quiet stu
por that lasted I know not. nor never
knew. how long; but happier than 1 had
thought to be since coming to the Sugar
House. From time to time, as / walked
a bit and looked about would catch
two or three comrades looking down at
me as I lay not uncomfortably on n little
clump of straw, and. seeing me looking
at them, they would ask me how did.
And I smiled and told them, truthfully,
as we'll as they. Once young and big
fellow took his coat and threw It over
me, try as / would. I coul.- not make
Kim take 1t back for Just then I could
not seem to rise up on my elbow and
by and by, I laughed and thanked him
and turned aside and slept long know
not how long.
SO Awoke once and found II light in
II fg.,s rnf nj nd On
the ceiling; and seeing tho group, larger
than before, standing about me l asked
for n bit of water, and 1t came to my
lips at once, Some one 1 heard talking
quietly and looking at me, and ! caught
the word going And I remember
thinking then with some interest that
perhaps there was a rumor of our going
out of this frozen hell And on asking II
Z was so, they said In their same unemo-
tional way Yes man, some of us-some
of-.is will go shortly
Then on a sudden tho group slipped
away, why could not see, till I caught
the CLINT of red uniforms and saw an
officer and some men walking about the
room stopping now and then. lay so on
my side idly watching them approach.
when the blood froze in my veins.
IT was Captain Atherton moving quietly
aolng, pointing now and then to n pris-
oner. He must not see mel That
knew; and so I shrank back into my
straw and waited In kind of terror to
see If he would get by. So he came on
slowly, SO slowly, looking at each and
every man and saying not a word. But
as he pointed to a prisoner that one was
lifted and carried out. I could not keep
my eyes from him. And then he came by
me.
On a sudden he stepped back. Then
quickly muttering that he had slipped.
I saw him point at me and walk on. still
studying each man. Two soldiers leaned
down and took me up gently enough, for
I felt no pain; and then we passed down
the corridor, down the stairs and into a
light room. There stood Anterior and
pointed to a couch. where they laid me
and passed out, and turned my face to
the wall, in hopes he had not recognized
me. But In truth the couch being soft