The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-05

| ITO SeuU Will tue ielteF she uau re-
ceived from her husband for his De.
rusaI, asking for a pass for herself.
her daugher and two servants. Mark
took the missives and went out to find
Daniel. who had just returned from
Chattanooga.
"Weu. DanielT"
II ben dar."
what did you learn"
II hearn every one taken bout So
1ers goen to de MORT, and dey sayd
dey was goen to Knoxville. Dey was
marchen n marcheD all de same way
I follered n dey brung up at de depot,
n l sor one train after anudder go out
full o. sojers inside and hangen on to
de platfo'm and on de roofs"
How many trains did you see go
outY"
"'Bout forty hundred"
Daniel" said Mark. smiling at the
figures. you're smart as a whip. But
you'll have to go right back to Chat
tanooga. and take this note to the com
handing officer with this letter from
your sick master to show him. The
ote Is 4 request for a pass for the
party to the Union ines Keep your
wits about you. and II be Is an easy
going sort Of a a you might try to
get him to put In three servants in
stead of two. At any rate try TO ring
me in II you can. DO you under
sandT"
"Reckon do. sab"
"Can you readY"
"A leetle. Missile Laura learned me-"
! swell. read the pass be may give
you and ask him to fix 1t so that 1t
will include me as a servant But you
must use your judgment"
Daniel drove again to Chattanooga.
Mark waited a%nxiously for his return.
Indeed SO impatient was he that he
thought the negro had been gone twice
as long as he had when he saw him
drive into the yard. He at once went
out to the barn to meet him.
ANY lucky' he asked a%nxiously.
II got de pass for misses and de res.
but l didn't get what yo' wanted. /
got a paper nyar. Mebbe it'll do"
Mark took the paper. 1t was a pass
for Thomas Green and wife from
Chattanooga to the Union lines.
How did you get thisY" asked Mark.
surprised.
II hab to wait while folks was get
ten passes. De officer 20 out to de
udder room fur a moment. Dis was
layen on de desk. n | TUX hit up and
brung hit away"
"Well." said Mark. ITS not exactly
what l want. but ingenuity will have
to help me through. You're a trump,
Daniel"
In the morning when all was ready
for the departure two vehicles were
brought around to the door. the one. a
two horse carriage. the other Laura's
phaeton. drawn by her pony Mrs.
Fain entered the former with Alice.
Daniel being In the drivers seat. Lau-
"a and Mark got into the phaeton.
All went well during the first ten or
twelve miles. when Mark received a
piece Of information which seriously
interfered with his plan. Meeting a
courier riding toward Chattanooga.
| III lOOhCu us IL uc u1lSut Ut liz Dtdl-
er Of ome important news, Mark
hailed him and asked II he had any
thing from the front.
THE Yankees air gettin' moth right
smart" the man replied. Reckon tn
air left Battle creek"
Mark argued that II this were true
there would be confusion on that route.
and II would be better to take an
other. They were not far from the
road leading from the Chattanooga
pike north to Anderson. on which the
Stacks lived. Mark concluded to take
this Dad as far as Anderson. n then
strike west with Il view to reaching
McMinnville on the other side of the
mountains. Mrs. Fain left all to Pro
fessor Rhett. il whom she had perfect
confidence, and on coming to the road
In question Mark led the party north
ward.
The change OF route was unfortu
nate. inasmuch as II would add al
other day to the journey. The depar
ture from the fain residence had been
delayed by the preparations till nearly
noon. McMinnvtlle vas u considerable
distance over the mountains. and
Mark knew they could not reach il
that night. He remembered that they
would soon pass the Stacks, and it
occurred to him that 1t would be q
capital place to pass the night. giving
them q good day Of twelve hours light
on the morrow to pursue their jour
ney. His disappointment at the delay
was compensated for by the thought
that be would likely learn something
Of SOuri and Jakey. of whom he had
heard nothing since he left them in
the Chattanooga Jail.
At last they drove up at the Stacks
gate. Mark handed the reins to Laura
and jumped from the phaeton impa-
tiently. Not seeing any II Ia the
J front Of the house he proceeded to the
rear. The first person he met vas
Jakey. He took the boy up and hug
ged him.
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