The Glenwood post., 1912-11-23

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eanAlss. He glanced -. Gsestiag -
with . slight iHclinatioa of ths haAA-
"A moment, geatlenen."
He wrote slowly, ~ though franfns
his sentences With care. occasionally
Questioning the aide. ORce he paused
and glanced across at Hamilton
Colonel. do you know Q araeoon
named Mortimer
= have no recollectioa OF ever Aav
ing met the man. sir. l have written
him orders, however: he u . soost n
taehed to General Lees heaAenar
ters."
Yes; I recall the name. He n the
one Who brought rs our first definite
information this morning q Chntsas
position. l remember nOv. yos were
not with Ne whes - roAs ~
yosng. sleader lad, With ths fans q
. girl. I could but nstics HI e1ss:
tAsy vers - cot anA b1us - vloasts!
Well. n houP 80 - eans hsFo ees
. fAvss; \ sssals tAs ~ = . - q
coaessa Mortimer. q tAs esseaS
raAgess."
Indeed: Wayne reported ~ osis-
nel killed in front of his hsss."
mot killed, but seri0usly Wooo406.
The son asked psrnissioa to take hin
home 70 . place called ElDhsrst nsar
Laurel HILL"
Il know the plantation. sir" said.
my interest causing me to interrupt.
''It Is on the Medford road"
"Ah, you have met the lad, possibly.
major" and he turned his face to-
ward ne. The boy interested ne
greatly"
"No. sir; I endeavored to find him
At Lees headquarters. but failed. !
have met his father and sister,"
"A lovely girl no doubt"
ITO my mind yes, sir"
His grave face lighted with . sud
den smile.
II sometimes imagine. Colonel Ham,
ilton," he said quietly. that this un-
happy war might be very pleasantly
concluded y We could only turn our
young CfIicers over to the ladies Of the
enemy. Would such a plan meet with
your approval, major?"
Il should prefer 1t to tho present
method"
mo doubt. and Mistress Mortimer
But let that pass. until We hold
council Of war upon the subject. Just
now we shall have to be content With
the more ordinary plans Of campaign.
I gave the boy permissioa to roDovo
his father. aad they are upon the road
ere this. I would that all the British
wounded had homes close At Aanl.
You have informed the major Of his
mission. I presume. Hamilton. and
there is nothing need add"
HE understands clearly, sir"
"Then will complete the letter. BE
seated. gentlemen"
He wrote for several minutes stead.
fly, once pausing to consult a map.
signed the paper, and enclosed 1t In
another sheet. across which he
scratched line Of address.
"You will deliver this to General
Arnold in person. major: do not spare
horse-nesh. You were In tho action
today?"
with Maxwsli's brigade"
'That was q hard night along the
stone wall: you came out unhurt!"
"A slight bayonet wound. ar: moth
ing to incapacitate me from duty"
"very we'll; take ten dragons a.
escort. Hamilton will write you an
order. have told Arnold our victory
II practically complete. Clinton may
slip away in the night. for be 10 .
willy old fox. but he has lost his pow
er to injure us In the Jerseys. hope
to bottle him up before morning. 20
that any retreat will be impossible.
but even II he succeeds in getting his
army to the transports at Sandy
Hook. he has lost prestige. and the
victory u ours. Goodbye. major. and
the Lord guard you ON your journey.
Ten minutes later, mounted on .
rangy sorrel, my dragon escort trot.
ting behind, l rode south on the
Plainsboro road. ~ swiftly as its ter.
rible condition would warrant.
The evidences Of war. the wreck
age of battle. were everywhere. Sew
eral times We were compelled to leap
the stone walls to permit the passage
Of marching troops being hurried to
some new position; several batteries
passed us, rumbling grimly through
the night. and squadron Of horse
galloped by, the troopers greeting us
with shouts Of inquiry.
We took to the fields, but. as there
seemed no end to the procession.
turned my horses head eastward, con-
fident We were already beyond the
British rear-guard. and struck out
across country for another north and
south road. We advanced now at
swift trot, the sound Of our horses
hoofs on the soft turf almost the only
noise, and, within an hour, came again
to parallel fences. and well travelled