The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-08
S h e n a nd oah Is
BY Henry Tyrrell
,as Romance Of Shs,fSss's Ride


Boyd. nov Mrs. smith, stassd tAeis
asa 1892
we are soutSsrnera. General a>A ~
wtss 10 20 South By vay Of faAfvsrs
Ferry" che said. handing hin . apsr
which the captain had Gfvsn her.
Hs rsaA the netA looksd at - ~
With . qulssicai sxpss~sieu and tAsp
nodded he head.
VERY we'll. isAiss. win maks out
rour passes. which win take you 10
Gen. Kelly ct Harpsrs Ferry. Ny iuris-
tliction ends than. bat 200 WIN and Gen
Kelly q courteous and coasidsrate esntie-
man. Bevond that con make no PROM
lses for him. roo UNDERTAKE. n every
thing 10 all right. why-you viii b all
right You viii have an escort o. far
M Harpers pervy. and IN ofseer win lie
sent this aftsrnoon 10 your boAy,tins
place 10 examine your baggage."
The baggage searches found thNm
duly prepared. and no ebstAcla cana
up to prevent the giris from takins
the westward. bound train on the Bal.
timorc and Ohio road at noon the uoxt
day. Their escort Was . Hirsstieas
young lieutenant. when Mrs. Smith"
-newiy widowed fee the occaaioa--
engaged In an Instructive Conversation
about Federal military mAttarA, witch
lasted until toward sunset. The slow
train drew up under the shadows Of
the frownins virginia Heights sns
Heights Of Maryland at the histerie
PORT whore the Shenandoah River
breaks thPougA the noua tain VAll and
reached their destination. ".
Evidently there Was Q riot going. on
In the httle shut-in town at the end
OF the long railroad bridge across sthe
Potomac. whore the old arsenal and
the engine house which had been JdAn
Bvsvn's fort lay closs upon the gpN'
road tracks. with dwelling nouseA. bar-
racks and taverna straggling up the
hiiiy streets behind.
They held a consultation In tho p&
Tor OF q hotel" fun OF drunken So
diers. and decided to 70 out and make
inquiries Of anyone Who might seem
so0sr enough TO answer - to WHARF
they coahd hire . vehicle 10 torvAsd
than on thar journey: Al unaes.
tainy was promptly dispelled-they
could not, not set out of H'rp'r' Far.
Meanwhile they had Uncovered ut
Gen. kslly's Once adtoinsd the place
where they had been marooasd. a. u
were Thsy seught out the command
Ing ofYicer. who received them eourss.
ously, heard them with wonderful pa
tisnce--undef the eireumstances-aAd
on the whole Was quite sympathsttc.
But what could he dof
II can give you your pasess~ sAld
ne, but ! don't 80 what you are g.
Ing TO hire to travel II. unless an or
cart or Q broken down wason-and ne
roads are almost impassebls. even for
stanch vehicisA Besides. II 10 net
safe for you TO travel without mill
tary escort. anA that have no gu.
thority 10 furnish. 10 you laAieo vose
prisoners now. might oenA yea
through our lines under escort all
right"
.Tha, may happen - ". Sssors vs
get home" whispered Gertrude. dip
PANTY. Though she fslt the crying.
"And this 10 hardly . o. place for
ladies 70 spsaa the night In" eontin-
ued the osnsrai. In his role % Jse's
comforter.
back to Baltimorsr' asked Belle Boyd.
snereetically.
"wer. you see. iaAiss. you are In the
dihscuit position OF 6outhernsrs sent
South. The present policy Of the Gov
eminent 10 to send all SoutheSners be-
low the line to stay. but they must BE-
well vouched for. I Am only sxpisiaing
the situation 10 you. I can't very we'll
send you back without authority Per
haps the best thing for you to DO 10 10
no'o ou' w, a.. $500 N,
graph to Gen. F'sner. ~ erosIy W.
no.ILy YOU - :. -,
We VIII 20 oscH ane W. sA"
oertrudes companion. oe'srmr
they noticed among ts toup
throns'nx tne tsvern : "
coated conieoerstes wso nsu zen -
tured the day before. one OF ,ns.s.