The evening world., 1911-10-03

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- crashei INTO anu .hrousn 'ne
aooser BODY OF unprepared rederais'
The troop of Southerners not only OUT
numbered their opponents but were bet
ter disciplined.
Tho h,raco,, ca,a,-, ~av. vsv bofore
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az s"oe~ Vi e'"'"s' S"''e'"s !" "
dozen directions and at last reforming
In the fields a half mile or 30 beyond
The road
Inc Vietors ala not press thelr ad'ah-
cage. but hastened SOUTHWARK toward
thsir own lines. They formed but q
single troop and they were almost In
touch with the Federal camp. There
might be, for all they knew, q dozen
Federal skirmish parties within q mile
Of them. And the Southern horsemen
had no desire to he surrounded. So,
clearing the road, they dashed On, with
no thought OF following up their little
victory.
The ana!r was of no military import
apce I'm the great Iron Game OF War.
II had been a mere 'brush" bstwesn
two parties Of skirmishers. Such
a skirmlsh was OF almost daily &C.
crrrence. and such as WIS ,,ar,e.y
mentioned in the rep,rt,
Like a dream the rival troops had ap-
ne irel I'm the moonlight, had fought,
had vanished; leaving RAY Cans and
Max staring AZ er them in dull wonder.
Then. from the long roadside grass al
most directly in front OF the boys, some
one groaned.
The grass stirred. In the deceptive
moonlight the lads saw some one rise
slnwly "a n sitting posture AMI look
daily about him. The man who was
thus moving in the long grass wore the
u?'rorm OF a Confederate cavJirymsn
All his coDt bore the insignia OF a
$, .geant. lie had evidently fallen dur
an the brief sk,rmlsh and had Just
come 10 his senses: his horse having
rs Iloned away with the rest.
''he sergeant staggered rather shak-
A. 10 his feet. In his hand he still
q ,pped a cavalry sabre. He stared
a, Jund as IL SIN half dazed. Then his
eve fell on the two boys across the mar
~ road from him.
.nstinctlvely he raised his sabre, as II
FOR attack or defense. But before his
nurbed muscles could bring the weapon
IL to position, Max'Clark had cleared the
read at a bound and was upon him.
Our men were licked!" he snarled
as he sprang, but here's one prisoner
for us, anyhow
fDucking the uncertain slash aimed at
him by the sword, Max ran in, caught
ire sergeant ABOUT tne DOuy. w ItU u
single quick twist he had gained the
hip lock-" and was about to hurl the
gray-clad soldier to he earth. when
suddenly Ray saw Max relinQuish his
grip and take a step back ward. regard
less Of the peril Into which he thus
put himself from his foes sabre.
But neither Max Clark nor the Con-
federate thought OF such danger. They
were staring at each other dumbly.
snazedly. In the moonlight; astonished
recognition in each OF their faces. The
sabre fell, UNDECIDED, to the ground. 1t
was Max who broke the momentary
silence.
Bob he cried. Bob Dale. by all
that is wonderful"
"Bob?" echoes Ray Cans in~credulously
as he hurried forward. 1T can't be!'
But 1t was. Bronzed. a tribe thinner
than OF old and decked out in a faded
gray cavalry uniform with sersean:cy
chevrons, thor captive was none the
less the third of the old trio of "lnsep-
arables'-Bob Dale. He and Max were
wringing each others hands and ex-
changing a volley OF excited questions.
TAen Ray Joined In the reunion and the
fGs,llade OF talk became three cornered.
II appeared hat Bob had Joined the
Virginia regiment OF which his father
was colonel and had risen already TO