Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-20

III tuC WOOuo, NuC OHc WuO lclI UcAOTc me. turned my head; the young man was looking up at me. A fine set of teeth showed between them. 1 Do you know him?" he asked cool ly.
 q have not the honor" was my re- ply.
 What is your name?" the general demanded in the deep tone I had heard before.
 Pardon me-" said the young man, quietly. as if he were now weary of i the matter, q do not think it neces- vary
 There was a bit of silence. The general looked thoughtfully at the young man.
 "If your lordship will let me" he vent on.
 My dear Sir" the other interrupted, in the same weary and lethargic man. ner, 'I can get more reliable knowledge from other sources. Let the fellow go back"
 That will do." said the general to the gaurd. who then covered my eyes and led me back to prison.
 Lying there in the dark, told Dri all I knew of my mysterious journey. My account of the young man reused him to the soul.
 "wha' kind uv a nose he'd he?" he Inquired.
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 Bent in at the pint a leetle?" Yes" And black hair shingled short"
 "Yes."
 "An' tall an a kind uv a nasty, snookin,' s'able-lookin' cuss?"
 Just about the look of him,'I said.
 Judas Priest! He 8 one O them sneks ct tux me when you was fightin t other feller over there n the woods" :"
 Looks rather bad for us," I re- marked.
 Does hev ruther squeaky lux tew it." said he. "All we got t dew is t keep breathin' jest as nat'ral n easy es We cau be till we fergit how. May fool 'em fust they know"
 I had a high notion. those days, of the duty of soldier My father had always told me there was no greater glory for anybody than that of a brave death. Somehow the feeling got to be part of me. While had little fear of death. l dreaded to Le shot like . foJov put cbo,,ld ha Hy,pU Yor my country. and that feeling seemed to light the shadows. When fell asleep, after much worry, it was to dream of my three countrymen who had fallen to their faces there by the corn. awOke to find the guard in our cell, and D'ri and he whispering together. He had come with our breakfast.
 "All I want,' D'ri was saying, "is piece of iron, with sharp end. half es long es yer arm"
 He made no answer, that big, sullen, bulldog man who brought our food to US. When he had gone. D'ri lay over and began laughing under his breath.
 His thinker s goin' lux sawmill," he whispered. Would nit wonder ef 1t kep' i'm awake nights. He was ask in bout thet air tew thousand dol- lars. Elf they Il let us alone fer three days, we II be out Q here. Now, you -GSsEassys .:s-::.:
 How" inquired. "Jest leetle job O slidin' downhill." he said. There's big drain pipe goes under this cell--t' the river. prob'ly. He says it s bigger n a barrel"
 We saved our candle that day. and walked up and down. from wall to wall. for exercise. Our hopes were high when we heard footsteps. but they fell suddenly. for. as we listened, we could hear the tramp of squad of men. They came to our cell. and took us upstairs, blind-folded as before. to a bathroom, where the uniforms. discarded the day of our capture. were waiting for us, newly pressed. Our bath over, they di- rected ds to put them on. They gave ,is new hats, for our own had been lost the night of the wreck, covered our eyes. and led us through many doors and alleys into the open air. It was dark, knew. for as we entered a car- riage 1 could dimly. see the glow of a lantern hanging over the wheel. The carriage went away swiftly on a level road. We sat knee to knee, with two men facing us. and not a word was spoken. We could hear hoofs falling. the rattle of bit and rein, the creak of saddle-leather on each side of us. We must have gone a long journey when the carriage halted. They pulled us out roughly and let us up three steps and across a deep veranda. A ! bell rang. door swung open, a flood of light fell on us. Altering to our eyes. Entering. We could feel a carpet un- der us. and took dozen paces or more before they bade us halt. We heard only the low-spoken order and tn. soft tread of our feet There was q dead silence when they removed our letters and unbound our eyes. We were standing in big and sumptuous draw ing-room. A company of gentlemen i sat near us in arm-chairs: there were al least a score of them. ' Round tables of old mahogany stood near. on which were glasses and packs of cards and wine-bottles. The young man who sat with the general and answered to your Lord- ship" was approaching me. hand ex- tended.
 Glad to see you: sit down. he said in the same quiet. languid. forceful |