Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-20

mONt dL all, the cTlSls ~ tne capital
over. Mcclellan was gone. The
seat of war had shifted to the north.
Jack, exchanged and released, was
again in saddle. and, how it was ar
ranged Fred never heard until long
after, father and daughter had been
sent to Newport News with the wound
ed and exchanged, and thence had gone
to the roof of the doctors devoted sis-
ter in Washington. Once again had
the great-hearted president sent for
the generals aide-de-camp, and this
time babe him go, meet the Chiltons
and see them safely to their destina-
ton.
But that meeting had not made III
Badger boy too happy. The doctor
was aging fast and apparently break
ing. Rosalie was stern and strange.
Squire Benton, with Elinor, as he had
long planned, fastened on to Washing
ton when notified by wire that Fred
had a weeks leave from the front,
and Fred's earnest, yet almost humble
plea that he should be allowed to bring
his father to see DR.. Chilton-his sis
ter to see her-Rosalie had almost
CURLY refused. Then she had fairly
stunned him by saying, eff you really
wish to do me a favor, Mr.. Benton,
there is one mar I'd like to meet. and
that is-Maj. Lounsberry." Benton,
should have known by the flash in her
eye, the fury in her tone that for no
sweet assurance did she so desire to
see that distinguished Virginian, now
every moment expectant of exchange.
But in Benton's helpless, hopeless love,
he was consumed with ~unreasoning
jealousy. Yet it was through his plan
ming, after all, that they met-the blue
eyed sister who so surely had read
her brothers secret-the dark-eyed,
chatting, fitful, Tuning Virginia beauty
who so surely held it. Washington
was torrid and unwholesome; and
just before Fred hurried back to the
division he had brief conference with
his father. The Chiltons would surely
need money, said he, and as surely
refuse it if rendered by them. Neither
the doctor nor Rosalie began to know
until long months thereafter that the
ample means so readily supplied by the
Doctors widowed sister came from that
hard-headed, hard-fisted western law
yer, whose next move was to Cape
May with Elinor: and there were they
still recuperating at the Atlantic sea-
board, the fathers already friends, the
daughters still con guard at the very
moment when Jack Chiffon, scouting
with the advance Of Fitzhugh Lees
brigade, and Paul Ladue, riding the
dim picket lines of Ewell's grim vet.
Grams, and Fred Benton, here at Buck.
lands, closing in with that strong
disciplined division, were dreaming
not ten miles apart of what the NOR.
row might bring forth.
Not until the shadows grew long
across the stubble fields that lovely Au.
gust evening came the first fierce crap.
pie of that devoted brigade. March.
ing at dawn through Buckland's, they
found the pike toward Gainesville
crowded with Sigel's trains and team
| sters through which they slowly forced
a way, for, far in the eastward dis
lance little SNOWFALL puffs, bursting
sudden into view above the treetops
then drifting into vaporous nothing
told the shells were flying fast ahead
while similar, f1eecy cloudlets agains
the dark background of the Bull Rul
range told equally of other fight1n.
to their left and rear The corps com
mander, with his one division, divet
into the winding wood roads TOWARD
Manassas until brought up standin.
after two p. m. by disconcerting new
from Pope-that the hare had no
waited for the bag, that swift-foote'
Jackson had given them the slip, ant
wasn't where they looked for him a
all. In point of fact, having no caval
ry to do his looking for him, Pop
didn't know where Jackson was.
It is three hours later when, bidding
his biggest division obey it's new or
ders, Just received, Mcdowell, ride
away to find his chieftain Pope AM
show him the field. Thereby he lose
Pope, loses touch with his divisions
loses all chance of usefulness in tn
battle that is to close the diagnoses
in fact, himself, for he cannot find nj
way to his own command over tn
field he knew so well the year before
even when signalled by the guidin
thunder of the heaviest cannonade
the sullen crashing of the firecest vol
leying, those tangled woods have eve
heard. At five or Whereabouts come
staff officer from Pope with these as
founding tidings: Jackson is located
Jackson has dared to cross Bull Rul
and march in the teeth of the comm
corps of the Army of the Potomac
Reno and Kearny have followed hi
rear guard-Hil1's light division
straight to Centreville. Where is Ger
Mcdowell? Here! Well, Gen. Pope
orders are for this, McDowell's corp!
to retrace its steps to the Warrento
pike, then turn eastward and marc
forthwith on Centreville, whittier Jack
son, with all hands, has shifted hi
colors, and where Pope now propose
to apply the sack. Further orders wi
meet the corps on the way.
Now there is but one division t
obey the order, but loud ring the bu
giles through the leafy woods. U
spring the men Of the old brigade, re
freshed by three hours rest, witt col
fee and hard tack to comfort them eT
starting, and, as the heads of column
reach the pike again and turn sturdil
away eastward, some levelheaded ban
leader signals to his men, and tn
Black Hats set up a shout as the wood
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