Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
The Iron
Brigade 4
A STORY OF THE ARMY g
OF THE POTOMAC
By GEN. CHARLES KING
Author of"Eorman Holt. 1.-THE Colonsl's
Daughter, ""Tort Frayne," Etc.
Copyright, 1902. by G. W. Dillingham; Co.
CHAPTER IX.-CoNTINUED.

CHAPTER IX.-CONTINUED.
For several days after his capture it
had been Benton's belief that Paul
vas concealed in the room Rosalie de-
slared hers at the Henry house-the
room sacred to her stricken brother
and not until after their coming to
Charlottesville was he undeceived.
There, one afternoon, the week be-
tore he went away, the young con-
tederate was moved to refer to the
matter mainly by seeing that it was a
subject of which Benton fought shy.
II had been with Miss Chiffon and
poor Jack some hours that morning"
said he, ''for the guard never came in
the front part of the house, but she
had ordered me to go and get some
sleep in the afternoon, it having been
FULLY determined that | should make
the attempt to escape that night. Ly-
ing there in a sort of cat nap toward
dive o'clock, heard the soldiers speak
your name and could not resist the
longing TO see you. Then when you
turned back | knew you had come to
search and had plenty of time to fiat
my section of the floor over me. You
stamped on my nose with your spurred
boot-heel, Fred, and l never WINGED"
So that ghost was laid, at least as
tar as Rosalie was concerned. But
how about the other-the far more
significant and now mysterious freak
Of clothing herself in Pauls uniform
and slipping through the darkness of
aight to the stone house? For VIII ose
sake had she so carefully disguised
get recklessly exposed herself? Not
even her father had been told as yet.
He had so confided to Benton only a
Gay or two after Pauls departure, and
aow, with her growing shyness, aver
sion, or whatever it might be toward
aim. little likelihood was there,
thought Benton, Of his learning the
secret from her lips, and that, too,
when he was beginning to feel that he
must know.
Every day for hours he could pace
ap and down the pretty home-lille gar
den, listening to the low chatter in the
trbor, or the soft, bubbling laughter
when Jacks girls" were there. OF
course the story of all his kindness
20 the doctor had been told. otherwise
MS presence would have been insup-
portable. But some one had said he
vas very handsome, very silent, very
interesting, and that he couldn't keer
ais big blue eyes off Resale, and sc
there was much curiosity minglins
With the stately little curtseys each il
TURN accorded him.
This April evening as he sat at the
window awaiting the doctors coming
70 look at his arm before tea-time, hi
eyes were attracted by the sight of ;
certain broad-brimmed drab felt ha
that he had noted more than one
before that day, passing along tn
tence at the side of the house wher
the hedge was thick and high. Nov
Fred Benton saw distinctly much O
the form and some of the face beneat
It, and face and form were those of =
young and slender girl. She lifted u
her eyes and looked full at the captiv
Yankee; then stopped short, glance
hastily about her; took from the bosor
Of her gown little white note; hel
It high that he should see it; turne
and walked back to the gateway. On
moment she held her note aloft agaiI
then lowered her hand as thong
working vigorously at the bricks, an
when a second time she uplifted tn
hand the note was gone. Another me-
ment and-so was she. Obviousl,
however, that girl wished him to mar
the spot, then come down and get ths
aote.
Not until the following mornin
came there opportunity. Then, Will
Jack in his laticed. vine-coyered a