The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-01

headquarters, the girl looked tired,
and two or three hours would neces-
sarily be consumed II forced her to
70 there to make another application
for a pass.
"Can you see your house from here2"
l asked
"You can just see the chimney over
the hill. There 1t is, on the right side
Of the turnpike"
"Ill go with you"
| expected an outburst OF gratitude.
Instead she threw up her hands In
protest.
mot for the world would / get you
into trouble. A Confederate vedette Is
stationed on the road right in front Of
our house. You would be captured"
Her unwillingness to implicate me
enhanced my desire to serve her, but
II also tended to adG to my uncertainty
as to what ~ do My orders were to
let no one go beyond our line who did
not have a pass To disobey such an
order would render me liable to a very
severe punishment. But | was young
and full of chIvalry. Would 1t not be
better for me TO take the risk upon
myself than keep this poor girl from
carrying medicine 20 her dying moth
err? My offer 70 accompany her was
that might be able to state that / had
not let her out Of my keeping while
beyond our lines. Since II was evil
dent from what she told me as to the
proximity of the vedette that this plan
would not serve | was at loss to
decide what other course to pursue.
The girl kept wringing her hands
and moaning till she almost set me
wild with indecision between the die
tates of my heart and my duty
"If let you 60" / said to her, "and
It is known by my superiors ] shall
be court martialed and doubtless suf-
fer some severe penalty"
She stood for q moment thinking,
then said: Suppose start to run.
You follow me and at last give up the
chase"
NO" said. Il will either let you
20 through openly, disobeying orders.
or not at all.
ooh. do let me goF' she pleaded.
while you are OBTAINING me you are
withholding from my mother what
may save her
WELL 1 said at last, IN risk It,
Go ahead"
She gave me grateful look, and /
SOW in It at the same time something
OF pain or regret. was looking her
straight In the face, on each side Of
which were two puffs such as were
IN vogue In women's hairdressing at
the time. These puffs were, / believe,
usually rolled over something to give
them their shape. There was break
in the pun on one side Of the girls
head, and a thin line OF something
white, over which it had been rolled,
was visible.
A suspicion struck me.
zone moment" i said.
| reached FOR the pun and held on to
II till / had taken out some crumpled
white paper. Smoothing 1t out, saw
on 1t writing and figures. A brief ex-
animation showed me that II embraced
estimates Of each division OF our Army
Of the Cumberland, giving its exact
position
This is the medicine" said to the
girl. that you are carrying to your
sick mother"
There was no reply. only look OF
disappointment and vexation that her
scheme had failed
Corporal cried, take this girl in
to general headquarters and this pa
per also. Say that the girl was trying
to get through the lines with it,
Then to the girl. You must have a
scared conscience to practice such de-
ception."
"Not at ALL" she replied. Il was
trying to help our cause and thou
sands of our people and our brave
boys. am sorry / failed"
"And l rejoice that you did. Next
time / shah not be so chicken heart
ed"