The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-15

was but another such. Yet, the man was
| mystery. apart from his mental condi.
| ton. His 6rst words had been q recog.
ni'ion Of Morgan's change Of horses: The
Morgan know that his old regiment was
on the upper Potomae-more than 60 miles
away. Or course, though, when q man
goes crazy there il no telling whittier he
will wander, or what he will do. Morgan's
nervousness did not decrease in conss-
quence OF such thoughts: In despera ton hs
suggested:
II should like to have your company
hungryT
and lead the way"
Where do thoughts come fromf Ar thar
moment Sency asked himself the question
| which has never had an answer. With
out effort. without hope, the problem had
been solved by Morgan himself Sency
put up his pistol. They mounted; the
horses were standing side by side.
lively.
Morgan seemed to hesitate.
| Yes; IN go with you. tell Jour ex.
claimed the other. as II in anger.
Junior turned his horses head. "Coms
on" said he. He moved off, Sency keep
allowed.
In 10 seconds Morgan halted. A huge
| limb had blocked his way: a forward move
ment would have endorsed him. Now
Sency felt that he could relax his tense
vigilance. He. as well as Morgan. was
lost IN the dark forest; neither would know
the way out until the light Unless troops
should march on the road in the night, and
reveal by their noise the way out Of the
wood. Morgan might be left almost to him
ser. Yet. there ives one thing to fear
Morgan might be willing to try to get
i Eos-
Morgan had more horse sense and wood
sense than the rebel gave him credit for.
He withdrew from the tangie and gave
his horse free rein. His thought wss that
the animal was thirsty and would 20 to-
ward the brook: when the brook was
reached the road could be reached simply
by following the brook.
| The rain was falling heavily all over thu
region Of the Potomac River. At Cham
| bersburg, now in his full possession. Stu.
art was In an agony of fear lest all the
waters should be so increased that every
fording-place would be made impossible.
All through the night the Confederate COM
mander paced restlessly. needing little else
than the menace of the storm. And ON
this night. too. Sergt Daniel Morgan. In
fear Of captivity and. on that account, Of
| failure In his work, watched and waited
in suspense no less than that Of Sency. or
that Of Stuart
1 II.
The wet woods. the rain on his back. the
lack Of heat, these things hsd not been
thought OF when his master gave him his
head. 10. after few strides. the Door,
tired beast came to q standstiIl.
| why don't you 20 on, sirT demanded
Sency.
There was no reply. Sency could hear
the horse In front tearing twigs with his
teeth: otherwise there was silence. He
moved forward; in the gloom he could see
the horse indistinctly. but no man. He
went on until he was at the horses side.
Morgan had gone.
| Sency did not call out. He felt relief.
Morgan had solved puzzle Doubtful that
he could find way out Of the woods. even
afoot. But for the report his pistol would
make. Sency thought he would kill the
Federals horse: at any rate. he would get
Morgan's pistols: he felt the holsters-ths
pistols were not there. Sency rode away,
most heed lest he deviate from q straight
course; he knew that a straight course
| would take him to some opening; it mat.
tered little where he should be forced to
lie on this night-at day hs must ride
| northward.
Morgan had gone-but not far. he had
not abandoned his horse. At first thought
he had not intended to return, but as soon
as he felt himself in safety he determined
that he would not incur the sarcasm Of
Pleasonton's people BY returning to camp
afoot- What could he say7 Could he
boldly confess that he had been held
prisoner By lunatic? Better say nothing
about this adventure-unless, indeed, he
should feel In duty bound to tell the Gen
| eral himself. So he waited; and when he
heard the man ride away he CROPPED back
to his horse, and replaced the pistols and
took his bride and led through the woods.
At first he went wrong: the low. wet
/ hr0 Uphoa sfrY,nk HE 70 ho hI>l
stones. but he kept on. and on. going round
and round. perhaps: at last he sat down
in despair. Yet. this despair was small in
misery compared with the experience Of
the early night, when he had been the
prey Of a mailman. Suddenl, he rose
earth carefully with his hands. He
took few steps forward. and again felt
the ground-and again he repeated this
peculiar investigation. And then he al
most shouted for joy. for he felt convinced
that be had discovered the lie Of the ground
certainly the slope was consistent
If not uniform-this way. down the slope,
must be the way to the brook! And after
many entangiements and falls. at last he
knew that running water was before him.
He turned sharply to the right yet leading
his horse. and CROPPED his way to the road.
He mounted, and at o'clock in the morn
ing. the rain still falling heavily he
reached the cavalry headquarters. To bis
surprise there was light in Gen. Pleas
onions tent He tapped on the canvas
Come in" said the Generals voice.
Morgan. In the light Of two candles was
deplorable- He was very wet and very
muddy.
He reported his delivery Of the dis
ma tches; then he said that Stuart was
north Of the Potomac-he had been COM
| manded to report that fact.
"Oh. well. ] know thatr' said the Gen
erai. you've had a hard ride Morgan,
| and we must try you further I'm afraid.
We march on Hagerstown at 4 O'clock.
Try to get a little rest man-and-let me
| See-Captain Cohen says you may take
Weish's horse tomorrow and let yours rest.
Welsh Ii sick"
ro be continued.)
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