Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-02-07
Sent %. 2P. NJ.

Commanding Left Wing
sir You win advance your entire
force by the Connection and Sheffield
pixies. 30 as to reach Castle Rock with
your full infantry command by day.
break. September 2Gth Let this SD
persede all other orders. ! propose 10
attack 10 force IN the neighborhood Of
Sailors ford. and shall expect you TO
advance promptly at the first sound
Of our artillery. II Is absolutely essen
tial that wo form prompt connection
OF forces. and to accomplish this re-
suit will require a quick, persistent at.
tack upon your part You are hereby
ordered to throw your troops forward
without reserve, permitting them to
be halted by no obstacle. until they
come into actual touch with my col
umns. The success or failure Of my
plans will depend utterly upon your
strict observance OF these orders,
RI. +. LEE.
General Commanding"
handed back the paper. and lifted
my mana IN salute.
you have memorized it?"
Word for word. sir"
Repeat II to me-"
He held the paper before him as l
did so. and at the close lifted his eyes
again to my face.
Very good" he said. quietly. Now
let there be no mistake; repeat 1t over
10 your companion as you proceed I'M
IN he has memorized II, and one or
you must live long enough to reach
Longstreet advise you to take the
Langley road-it Is the most pro
/ tected, and not try to pass beyond
the old Coulter plantation until after
dark, or you will run the risk OF be-
ing observed by the enemy's pickets.
Beyond this ! must leave all TO your
own discretion"
lie paused, and ! still fingered.
thinking he might have something
more TO add.
"Are you one OF the Waynes OF
| Charlottesville? he asked grsvely.
Colonel Richard Wayne was my
father. sir"
"Ah, indeed! remember him
WE'LL" and his face lit up with a most
tender smile I'VE were together IN
Mexico A Virginia gentleman OF the
old school. He is dead, ! believer"
"He was killed, sir. the first year
of the war"
Il remember; It was at Antietam
And your mother? If my memory is
not at fault she was a Pierpont?"
she is now in Richmond. sir. and
the old plantation is but ruin"
WAR is indeed sad" he said SLOW
ly; "and often feel that our southern
women are compelled to bear the
brunt of It. What heroines they have
proven! History records no equal
to the daily sacrifices have witnessed
in the past three years. God grant Il
may be soon ended"
Then, as II suddenly moved by this
impulse of the moment, he again ex
tended his hand
We'll lad" he said kindly, the same
grave smile lighting his face, "oul
country needs us, We must moi
waste time here in conversation | an
very glad to have been permitted tC
meet the son of my old friend, anC
trust you will remember me to your
mother. But now goodby, captain. and
may he In whose hand we all are
guide and guard you. know that q
Wayne Of Virginia will always do his
duty"
Bareheaded and with proudly swell
ing heart | backed out of the tent as
| might have left the throne room o.
/ an emperor, but as ! grasped the reini
and swung up into the saddle, be
came conscious that he had followed
me. Craig flung up his hand in quick
soldierly salute, and then, with sin
gle rapid stride, the general stood a
his horses head.
Sergeant" he said-and wa
struck by the incisive military ton,
of his voice, so different from the gen
tleness shown within-"I am informUt
that you are intimately acqualnte'
with the roads to the westward"
: Every bridle-path, sir. either b,
! night or day"
| Then possibly you can inform IN
+ whether the Big Hickory is fordabl
t at Deer Gap"
mot for infantry at high water
; sir; but there is another ford tw
: miles north where It is never owe
: waist deep"
: THAT would be at Brixton's mill?
Z mo. sir; the other way
t Lee smiled, and rested his hand a
most caressingly on the trooper
2 knee.
You are valuable man for us t
!, risk on such a ride" he said kindly
s But | desire you to understand, sci
0 geant, how deeply value the servic
j you are about to render. and that
shall never permit 1t to be forgotte
Y or 80 unrewarded. And now. gooC
I night. sergeant: goodnight, Capital
Wayne"
4 AS We turned into the main roaC
,. riding slowly. glanced backward
The general was yet standing ther
+" in front of his tent, gazing after u
}. the rays of the westering sun CLEAN
d Ing on his gray hair.
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