Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-21
CHAPTER XIII.
Disguise.

Four o'clock came, and the relle1 was
again changed on the hospital veranda,
without either Dallas return to his duties
or Chalmers to full consciousness, and In
graham, wearied and worn, had thrown
himself upon his narrow cot, after OBTAIN
Ing the attendants promise to call him
should Chalmers seem to rouse.
The corporal and some Of the guard were
talking over the exciting events of the
earlier hours of the night and of strange
sequel. Rex popped up his head to listen
The hull brigade. 1 tell you" the cor
poral was saying. every mothers son of
| 'em-left their tents standin' and marched
away in the moonlight. Nothin but a
guard left along the hull plateau. And you
never heard a sound Of 1t.
The brigade, the big brigade, gone!
Marched away in the moonlight, and this
too, in spite of the story that alert friends
of the southern army had learned that a
move was to be made and that counter
move had been ordered accordingly If
the brigade had gone Garden, the abide
camp, must have gone too, and at this mo-
ment Ingraham needed Garden almost as
much as he needed to confer with Chal-
mers. How strangely fate had again
thrown together these men who. but few
weeks earlier, were within touch and hail
of each other and within half mile radius
of the New York hotel,
Armstrong, the stern, uncompromising
provost marshal-Rex well remembered the
keen interest that officer inspired among
the student body in May and June. a regu-
lar, the first of the kind they had seen; he
remembered, too. Armstrong; obvious adj
miration for Editha Raynor-remembered
that it was Armstrong who called to say
goodbye at the very moment they were
searching the safe for the Premier package
,harn ha M ga w
he felt. for he liked not Armstrong. to
whom. with other young Columbiads, he
had been presented the day Of the flag
raising after Sumter and by whom he was
not remembered the next time they hap
pened to meet. Then there were Kent and
Garden. fellow students. now enthusiastic
young officers, one Of the two almost an
active enemy the other sympathetic
friend. Then there was Winn, stanch ally
and counsellor, and finally here lay Chal-
mers. the 1.-THE. keen-eyed southerner whom
he had seen in conference with John Ray
nor, whose virile strength he had first felt
the evening Of that assault when. with one
arm. Chalmers had lifted him to a sofa
as easily as he would have carried child.
The pallid gray light Of early dawn set
the birds to chirruping and with 1t came
Dallas. He was going at once to Chalmers
room and for the third time that night In
graham left his bed and stood beside that
of the battered prisoner. Dallas was al
ready there.
you should be in bed" said he. briefly.
you will never recover at this rate
whats the use when l can't sleep?"
was the impatient answer. Can you tell
me any news of-Brooksde?"
Calming down little. but" and Dali
has ominously shook his head. IT'S Won
der they are not down, all of them. after
all this excitement. Alice Is a bunch of
nerves. Agatha Is absolutely nonchalant.
I never saw such a woman.
Does she know-about Chalmers?"
She does not, because | gave her no
chance to ask questions. She would have
IL all out of me If she could have me alone
three minutes. Ingraham, he whispered.
hoarsely, Il have got to do a thing hate
to do, end want you to be my witness. l.
must-search this man further. 1t seems a
low down thing when he lies here-help-
less"
Then why do it?'' demanded Ingraham,
his eyes clouding. Your provost marshal
friend couldn't find q scrap about him to
warrant his being held as a spy"
Walt" interposed Dallas. with uplifted
hand. He carefully closed the door leading
to the main ward. then turned once more
t. Ingra ham, sinking his voice to a whisper.
"He had abundant time to conceal such
things somewhere about the house before
he was curnered. Armstrong has been there
searching nigh and low. He has found
something don't know what. and taken IT
to McClsllan's headquarters But among
this mans belongings there was something
eise--somethfng my sister tells me of-that
would not be in his pockets. and that Arm
strong may have overlooked. Ia 1t enough
that I aay to Won II deeply concerns the