Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-25

the resources Of a fascinating and !
beautiful woman to dissuade me, but
seeing that all her arts were in vain /
finally gave reluctant consent.
But how to get away and reloin my
regiment was now the problem pre-
sented to my mind. l could not escape
by way of Nicksburg, and, for any
thing knew to the contrary. the banks
of the Yazoo might be in possession of
the Confederates and their vessels in
stead of Union gunboats might be pa
trolling the river.
Just at this juncture scouting
party of Union troops from one of our
gunboats appeared upon the scene.
Among the number l was delighted
to see my boon comrade and tent mate,
John Douglas who greeted me with
warmth and enthusiasm which did not
require the evidence of fearful eyes 10
convince me of their earnestness.
My dear fellow he exclaimed. his
face aglow With surprise and pleas
ure, L thought you had gone To the
land OF the shades, and here | find you
by the side of beautiful girl in an
Arcadan paradise which seems To have
arisen by>magic amid the swamps and
haNous of the TaZoo river. let your
family know of Your disappearance and
my fears as to Your safety. Now you
can let them know that my fears We're
groundless and that you ave s,ill liv
ing and ready to fight for the union.
unless he continued laughing. the
beautiful confederate who jas' nov LET,
Your company has converted Yea to the
cause of her People
While we Mere absorbed IN our
greetings. Aunt Dinah. n domestic OF
the household, came hurrie.!IN toward
us from the opposite side on the farm
Seeing me. she rushed forward and eN-
claimed eNcitcdl5.
"'Mass,t mass;a. De confeGs are
comm shua Il whole regiment. Nonse
hal,e time Yet 'scape. if yaah epe
NOW.
Though dorb,ins The accuracy of the
faith.u creatures .tc, cunt. 50 tan as the
| strength OF the enemy WAS cons elned,
we deemed il prude!.t To avoid ehcoun-
ter with them, is possible, as our party
Numbered but twenty one.
II sought Olympia and hace her
| fearful, hesitpreakng farewell. coasol-
| ing her With The promise that | would
return to her after the war. This prom
ise l Faithfully performed. We We're
! married and have lived for over thirty
years in the cottage where she nursed
| me.
LAS we We're entering a narrow path,
| on the verge uf the rising ground lead
| ing to the nearest of the rauseWays,
we SAW the confederates rapidly APP
preaching and in such numbers that
there was no possibility of our coping
4 u.i,l, them So we pushed alour al olr
utmost s,,e,.d our nrnsress neiliY much
iu,,.,ea nv ;nierl,ri,,,t vines which i'm
.,,,,,, ,,l.,1..s h.,a f.,li.,, .,rross ,he track
| and In others hung from the trees 1ust
4 low ,no,,gh 10 eniunpie orr heads in
their meshes
"Ac VIC ,e.,r,.a ,h,. causeway there
w.,c no ;ndjr.tio, az the enemy and
we bepan To hope that they had not
| discovered ,b.. ro,te we took. We did
mot sl:.,,ken olr speed however. and
,.,b..,, .,,.. b.,a cnvered most of ,he dis
t,n,a to In. river we saw them fol-
4 ln,.i,e, -, INN s,,e,.d IJencefor,h n was
, roc, In which the stakes were death
nr c.,n,ivitv and safety AS our leading
f,l.e Nd reached The hank of The river
. c,nfed.r.,ta hullet fred al long range.
hi, me In inc Iep and i fen helnless
in,o ths hnshas Nv The wayside Our
,an ,hen fired a yGlley at the foe which
Ala s,n,,e exe,ution and checked their
.,dyanc,
.eoon after 1 fen John Douglas wa.
i'm, ~. si,le .nd raised me To my feet
T., ,,..,s ,,nnnssille for mo ia wnlk or
a,.a,, 10 .t.,,,d alone and hepp,d him
ia laave mo Ia my fate and save him
se,f ron, ca,,,,1r s or nerhaps death.
nm tho ,vbnla hearted fellow NOT list
All, IN my re,um,strances for a mo-
menl Kicked me mn i'm his po,yerf,l]
:n,ns and bore me to the bank Of the