The Washington times., 1911-06-05
Copyright. 1911. The Frank A. Munsey Company.

! list. I picked it I'D from the desk. step
ped outside. and handed it to him. He
went back to the fire and read some
| thing from it to Jeb Stuart. They talk
ed over 1t for few minutes. and then
then General Lee dropped that paper
| into the fire at his feet and-burned It
Burned it,"
II myself saw the flame leap up that
| consumed 1t. puff of wind caught up
few black fakes and scattered them
far and wide over the grass. Oh, God!
when / think Of 1t ! fear I'm going
mad! I tell you that list was in exist
ence not half an hour 1t vas In my
sole custody all the time till General
Lee took it and burned 1t before my
eyesw
yet u copy was found on Yankee"
1.-TWO nights before the enemy crossed
the river, a Yankee engineer officer was
same list fonnd on mis- body. Oh. God
Oh. Cod And Captain Coombs pressed
his duivering face against his fists,
while a deep and uncomfortable groan
welled up from his chest.
There was silence in the room after
that. Della sat very erect, staring down
at the scrubbed notes in her hand, tap
ping the lead pencil against her lips.
The long corporal hawked uneasily.
cleared his throat, and spat out the
window.
Affair off. across the clty's quiet hum,
sounded a Earring rumble Of heavy
wheels. a crow ded clatter of hoofs that
moved along one Of the reighboring
streets. Such sounds were familiar by
that time to all in Richmond; 1t was 4
battery of artillery moving Gown to
Drewry's Bluff. There had been an
alarm during the day. and several hast
ilv mustered battaliOns of local troops
were out east Of town. Faint and shrill,
the rapid notes of bugle cleft the air.
Py and by the girl reached out soft
ly and touched her brothers bowed
head.
why was 1t a copy, Floyd? Couldn't
others have made Up such a list?
1T was an exact copy" he muttered,
not uncovering his face, because on
the margin was running commentary
that General Lee had df;tated-remarks
on the efficiency Of each division. and
how they were to mobilize to fill the gap
I.Ongstreet had left"
She asked again:
Might not spy have been concealed
in the tent?'
Impossible. Nothing that even a
cat could have been hidden under"
mo overcoats hanging about. behind
which a man might stand?'
Nothing, nothing"
But surely somebody might have been
behind the tent
That, too. was impossible" Captain
Coombs explained, looking up rather
fnIpatientlY General Lee had no spe-
Cial guard in front Of headquarters that
behind the tent beforehand. Besides, we
were at the side Of an open pine grove
in which some artillery wagons were
parked; and a couple Of artillerymen
wagons. They were about hundred
yards off. but they'd have seen and halt
ed anybody trying TO sneak up behind"
Still. If some one had Crept up there,
! he'd have heard?"
Hardly, even then. While debating
the list, General Lee leaned on the edge
of the desk and spoke in a very low
voice" After a moments pause the
prisoner added. "Of course, too. II any
! one had been sneaking around, Charley
! Marshalls servant coming with the Ian
tern would haze been likely to sec him :"
"Ah, that servant! cried Della.
There must have been the spy! Do you
ever think. Floyd, how uncannily sly
| Except my Binah and Lymus, there S
not Il one I'd trust! We never know
! their real thoughts. Do you remember
! the night old Salome ran away-how she
came bobbing and smirking into moth
! ers room and asked for a little whisky
I for her cold and she must have had
her bundle tied up already with grand
mas silver candlesticks in It'll Oh. these
sly black people,!
| But you're mistaken about MARSHALL
darky, Biddv. He couldn't have listen
ed He came from the front and passed
| the campfire while Marse Robert ard
Jeb Stuart were talking. 1 saw him for
Then said Della decistvely. there
remains only the two soldiers who were
guarding those artillery wagons. What
! do you know of them?"
| Nothing"
You don't know what regiment they
belonged TOP
IT'S barely possible thev saw some
body we didn't Often my mind has re-
yerted to them. It would be pretty hard
| 10 trace the guard detail for that day,
| hut have a hazy recollection those ar
tillerv wagons had Georgia Or Ala
bama' painted on them.
Georgia or Alabama"
IT think so"
"Ah. depend upon It. dear cried the
girl, her eyes sparkling, Il understand
Her exultant manner excited Captain
'Biddyl For Gods sake what do you
THAT was a Georgia batteryi That
was the Troup Artillery! Why, OF
course! It's as plain as day"
How do YOU know"
"Floyd, did you ever hear Of man
nv the narne Of Potts-James Potts?"
IT do not think So murmured her
brother. who trembled from bewilder-
ment and hope.
well. remember that name, deari For
there's the man who will save you! |
| see now what he meant that night!
| why. he was n sentinel back there and
saw something Floyd! Floyd! The
Lord has not forsaken us!'
Continuation of This Story VIII Be
| Found in TOmOrrOwes Issue