The National tribune., 1902-08-28
CHAPTER MI.
Gods in his heaven:
AIS right with the world"
ANNCLMENT.


Goods in his heaven:
AIS right with the world"
browning.
When l saw Dr. Khaymes ambulance.
and learned from the gallant Col. PAUL
that Gen. Lee, at Lydia's appeal. had
suspended the preparations made for car
rying out the sentence of the court-mar-
tial. the love of life returned to me in
almost overpowering emotion, and for a
few seconds | was incapable of giving ut
terance to thought. In n short time. how
ever. Lydias condition became a subject
of great anxiety. l knew that l was to
be held under guard-perhaps sent back
to Richmond-and feared that the
doubtful standing of an occupant of a
foreign ambulance here in the Confederate
army would cause her great embarrass-
ment, If not actual suffering. While these
thoughts were going through my mind,
Col. Brown rode up and spoke to Col.
PAUL.
Il suppose, Colonel, you have author
ity!' said Brown.
Yes. SIR was the reply; Il have di-
rect though verbal orders from Gen. Lee.
He WAS to give the written order to a
friend of mine who was to follow, and l
see that she has arrived
You were just in the nick of time, y
said Col Brown.
| Us. SH. ItSFollutu L Suoult
have been herc before you formed, but
my horse fell and broke his leg and in
jured me a little, so that / was delayed.
/ think | was worse scared that hurt,
though
What is the nature of Gen. Lees or
der?''
a respite for week" said PAUL: then
added. Miss khaymc. in the ambulance
up there. has the written order"
An officer WAS now sent TO the ambJl-
lance: he returned and handed message
to Col. Brown.
An said Brown. after reading, 81
see that it is a little broader than you
supposed. Colo⪙ it says the sentence
is suspended until further orders
Il begged Col. PAUL to go to Lydia, and
he consented at once. but delayed. He
said to Col. Brown. 1 shall wish to see
you, privately, Colonel"
with great pleasure" said Brown;
III be ut leisure just as soon as | can
dismiss the regiments" and he rode to the
head of the brigade.
Mr.. Berwick said PAUL, 81 shall try
to arrange for Miss Khayme to visit you.
OF course, you wish that?"
Colonel, you will add greatly to my
gratitude" l said.
Then he went toward the ambulance.
The platoon was marched to camp, leav-
ing me under q Sergeant and two men,
who escorted me back to the guard-house.
In the course OF an hour or two-while
night was gathering-COl. PAUL brought
Lydia to me. | must fOrbear.
What to do with Lydia-nOw that she
was herc-troublcd me extremely. Col.
PAUL suggested trouble in regard to York
also: some of the men, and some of the
officers even. had been heard to use Ian
guage that could have no other meaning
than anger in consequence of Il supposed
a.l, Dl
| told him that York had never been Il
combatant, and that, moreover, he was
not Il slave: this gave the Colonel great
pleasure to hear: he could now, he said.
allay all feeling on that most delicate
subject He entered into our troubles in
regard to Lydia, and we discussed the
situation in all its lights. Something
must be done at once, for | had already
been notified that by the next train /
must start under guard for Richmond.
1t could not be expected that the Con
fcderates would allow Lydia to pass back
into Gen. Mcade's lines-indeed, she did
not desire to do so; she wanted to remain
as near me as possible. The end of the
matter was that Col. PAUL rode off to
see Gen. a. Z. Hill, and secured from
him written authority for Lydia to go to
Richmond with a note to Gen. Ewell,
in command there. asking that her serv-
ices as Il nurse be required in some one
Oh the confederate uOSpildlS
Col. PAUL told me that Owen had
been no eager party to my first trial
in fact had learned of the trial almost
by accident-but had been the one who
had preferred charges against me as n
spy. My admission that my name was
Jones Berwick had put Scranton on the
right scent, and he had taken vengeance.
not only for former fancied wrongs, but
also for my having mortified him so
greatly in the first trial.
/ remember the parting words of Lydia
and the Colonel.
Said he, Have you a sister"
And she replied: NO; but l have a
brother, though | am an only child. God
forever bless you, sirn'
She set out at once in the darkness,
having York for driver, and giving room
to two persons-a wounded Virginia of
| 1cer whose home was in the beleaguered
capital, and friend to attend him, Ly
dia's ambulance. at least in the eyes of
the Confederates. being a very commo-
| diOuS and easy carriage.
| had asked to see Serg't Wilson, but
was Informed that the LIST had been sent
to the skirmish-line, and that constant
firing was being kept up there. l never
saw Wilson again.
Or the mosaing of the 2Sth was sent
to Richmond. and confined in the Libby,
the prison for Federals, for | was known
to be United States soldier. My re-
spite now, according to Gen. Lees verbal
order, was for six days to come.
l could not see Lydia-I would not
have had her come to this filthy place:
but by some means-thrOugh the instru-
mentality of lady whose name has gone
into history as the gracious benefactor
of many wretched prisoners of war-I
received a letter from my dear girl; she
| had been given work to do in Chimbo-
razo Hospital, and felt that she was Civ
| ing more than value received for the pro
lection accorded her. She wrote me that
she was greatly encOuraged-that she
knew Gen. Lee would never give orders
countermanding the one he had already
given-yet she was greatly distressed
when she remembered that l must re-
main prisoner until the end of the war.
Tie days went slowly by. l knew that
Lydia was suffering great anguish on my
account; in her woman's heart there
must have been many times when despair
got the better of hope, yet, as she has
told me since, she had almost supreme
| trust in three persons under God-three
persons as widely different as political
institutions could make men to be-her
father, Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee! She
knew that her father could not have re-
manned ignorant of her condition and of
mine, for Col. Sharpe, and Gen. Meade
as well, would at once have sent him in
formation; she knew that Gen. Grants
powerful army was now attacking the
Confederates continually, and she was
praying for tho end of all to come; and