The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-20

gray mount THE commisSary gave me n
| ohdah for sugah and coffee from hyuh.
| was just passing the time o. day with the
colonel when i caught sight o you, suh.'
| and Cancellation beamed in the natives art
| less face.
"Then you'll be asking for somebody to
| help you tote it over to the stone house,
J suppose You told me that was your
| place." growied the colonel, in manifest
dissatisfaction.
"Oh, no. COLONEL We amt stoppin' there
| now. TIL old place is too leaky for one
thing. an we're Twin way over near Hope
well so longs this fghtin's goin' on. l
reckon III stop hyuh at the Junction to-
night an go on to-mawrrow."
| II reckon that's just what you'll have to
do. SIR" said the colonel. shortly. "as this
brigade camps here, and you'd get into
trouble with our pickets If you rode out. ="
| ''Lawd love you, colonel! I'd just lief
| spend week with you If t'want that I'd
| promised to get lot of truck over to old
| Judge Armistead at HopeweH." Then.
keenly studying the veterans face, he sud-
denly added: "Ain't Colonel Bayard's cav
| airy out there?'
| ASK me no questions, my friend. and
I'll tell you no lies was the wary answer.
| General McDowell's pass compels me to
! let you ride along with the column. but
| doesn't require me to post you as TO our
/ movements. You know too much now to
be travelling toward Jackson's people. and
| have you shown that pass TO the division
commander
| why. it was he who got it for me- an
| swered the Virginian, placidly. 1T was l
Il niSfO
| and told him of his capture. What's more.
| I'm 'specting to get further news of the
| lieutenant. Why. hyuh comes the general
now, and + you don't mind. colonel, 1 reck-
| on I'll ride with him piece
Graybeard glanced half angrily over his
shoulder. A few yards north of the road
| there was a barren little eminence, on the
| crest of which there had suddenly appeared
| the division commander with two of his
staff. Unslinging their field glasses, they
seemed for a moment studying the west
ward lowlands, then came trotting swiftly
toward the column. With soldierly salute
the colonel faced the party. as though he
knew that orders were in the wind. and
| his intuition proved correct.
/ Colonel. there are scattered parties of
cavalry out there. coming swift this way,
| too-out north of Bristoe-between that and
| Gainesville. They don't seem to be watch
| ing the column, either. Send one regiment
out along the Gainesville road as far as
| Bethlehem Church and let them throw out
skirmishers. Halt the rest of the brigade
here. Good-afterneon. Mr. Jennings" he
| continued, in civil acknowledgment of the
virginians salutation. II thought you were
| home by this time
| 81 sent the wagon that way. general"
| was the prompt answer. but L looked to
see some kinsfolk hereabouts, and-the
| wagon won't go beyond Groveton if there's
/ trouble ahead. Those niggers more
| scared O. shootin' than they are of ghosts.
| Yet I'd hoped to reach Judge Armistead s
| tonight"
| Better think twice! If those troopers
/ are some of tuart-s-scouting-they might
| hold you for examination" But the gen.
| erals eyes were following the column as
he spoke. Evidently he was more interest
| ed In the choice of the regiment to be sent
| to the right front than in the fortunes of
the Virginian. A smile crossed his face as,
| a moment later, the Sixth turned out of
| column, and silently he refined his horse to
the right, and. followed by a party of six.
all told including orderlies rode away on
| the flank Jennings, finding himself I'M
hindered, ambled in their tracks until half
| a mile out, they reached the fork of the
road. Northward lay the dun-colored route
to the stone house and Sudley Springs;
| westward, or a little north of west, the
| winding roadway to Gainesville and the
| gaps For a moment the tall civilian sat
irresolute, then cIapped his heels into his
| his rfr @
| after the chief.
| General" said he, coming alongside, 81
want to say one thing, sub, and it's this
that young gentleman of your staff was SC
kind to DR.. Chiffon that it completely stag
| gered the doctor to have him knocked down
and captured. He's bound to take the best
of cayuh of him till he's well enough to
take cayuh OF himself-an then
.'well, and then. Mr.. Jennings?" asked
the general, impatiently, for he was eager
to get on ahead.
You look out for his turning up any day
II he amt exchanged I'm bettin' somethin
else will happen"
MY understanding is that DR.. Chiffon
has made himself personally responsible
for Mr. Benton's safe-keeping so long as
he's allowed to remain with him
1 ''Tnat true, dhSWeTeQ Jen-
nings. But" and here his lantern jaws
relaxed in whimsical grin, the doctor ain't
the only brainy one in that family, gen
eral The girl that planned young Ladue's
escape from your fellows at Henry house
may play it on Ewell's folks at Gawd MS
! vile just as easy
$50 YOU know Ewelrs at Gordonville!'
said the general. whirling suddenly on the
sneaker. And you know the lady who got
MIR. Ferguson into his scrape, do your
sGettin' another fella out o. one-yes
sub" answered Jennings, unflinchingly
"And she made a big play that night to
get still another out of a bad fx-'less I'm
mistaken. Why. general. you JUS ought tc
heuh Judge Armistead talk about that girl
He saws half the men in Albemarle, univer-
sity and all, were in love with her wher
the war broke out. and the judge has q
mighty pretty daughter OF his own, too.
rather hoped some OF our cavalry might be-
pushin out toward Hopewell tonight. AIM
Colonel Bayard somewhere out that way,
Hullol There's a shot!'
| Not one shot alone, but two. three, In
quick succession. Somewhere ahead, among
the matches and thickets of scrub oak anc
| nine the scattering advance guard haC
suddenly met swift-galloping lads in gray
Then came the distant sound of half