The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-01-05

| lay almost stunned staring r1 a"' p
lessly at the dark hole thus lett bare.
As | gazed. face framed itself in
this narrow opening, and two wary
eyes peered cautiously down at Gle.
There was no mistaking that cUGlle-
nance even in the fast waning Hight.
and instantly sat up with an OK.
clamation Of surprise.
Jed Bungay, as live.'
The puzzled face broke into a grin
OF delight.
Holy smoke. Cap" be calculated,
with n deep sigh Of relief, lis thet you,
suah? l wus so burned skeered I'd
made mess o it whin tibet thar iron
drapped tibet near died. Whit be
they goin ter dew with ye?"
Il have every reason TO believe II Is
their purpose to shoot me at day,
break tomorrow"
Shoot ?--lIell," He stared at me as
II he had just heard his own death
sentence pronounced, and his lilue
peaked face looked CHASTITY in the dim
light shoot We? Good Lord. Cap,
whut fer? We amt done notbin' as
/ kr0Ta On, Copt ter scrap bit with
tibet blasted Yank. an sure the's no
shootin matter er else I'd a bin a
goner long ago"
THAT 'Yank has seen TT to charge
me with being spy; and as was
foolish enough to insult General Shcr
idan last night, my fate is probably
sealed"
This somewhat complex statement
seemed to be too much for Jed to
grasp promptly.
Gosh, ye don't say" lie muttered
Then, durn it. I'm in luck, fer all
they've got agin me is pot shootn' at
a niger soger up in ther mountings;
en- tibet amt much, cause I didn't hit
ther burned cuss.'
Jed was carefully covering every
inch Of exposed wall with his little
shrewd, glinting eyes.
Amt much show ter work out o.
yere, Is thar. Cap?" he asked at last
reflectively; "leastwise don't see
none, less them thar dark corners hes
got holes In EN-"
The wall IL entirely solid"
so ! sorter reckoned. But II yen
crawl through we're inter my boodour,
thar's a place whar ! reckon Their
tew Of us tergether mought make a
try fer 1t, It's too durn high up fer
me ter git al alone ] reckon, Cap
II We cud manage ter git out O. we're
ternight, an take some news ter Lee
tibet I've picked up, he'd bout make
both of us ginerals"
News for Lee7" / exclaimed. star
ing eagerly at him through the now
darkened room. DO you mean it,
What news7'
Thought maybe tibet wud wake We
up" he chuckled. This yere's gospel
truth: Sheridan hes started his in
fantry on half.circle march fer Min
ersvlle. Their first division left ct
three o'clock, an thar won't be nary
Yank loafin' on thor valley by noon
termorrow. An more" he added rapid.
~, his eyes dancing wildly with sup.
pressed Observation-Disclosures is n
syingin' Of his corps west ter meet
'cm thar, an ! reckon, as how tharll
be he'll fer sartn up ther Shenandoah
In less ner a week
But how do you know all this?'
questioned incredulously, as the whole
scene and its dread possibilities I'M
rolled before my mental vision.
"Thcr niger | held mp he'd a de-.
sratch fer Fleintzelman over on Their
left an then Marian she sortcr
pumped n Young fule staff officer fer
ITO" "ost O. it, he replied promptly.
"Oh, It's n suro go. Cap, an reckon
u how maybe Lees whole army hangs
on ono OF us gittin' out O. we're ter.
night
That he meant every word he spoke
| felt convinced, and his enthusiasm
was contagious. My blood leaped
within me at this call TO action; all
lethargy fled, and with it every dead.
enng thought of her who had so sud.
denly woven about me the meshes Of
her power. False or true, maid, wife
or widow, my duty as soldier to my
commander and the army to which
belonged, blotted out all else. Even
as this new rush of determination
swept over me, above us there
sounded clearly the dashing music Of
a military band in the strains OF a
Strauss waltz, and we could dis
tinguish the muffled shuffling of many
feet on the oaken floo: overhead.
Cations chance remark about the great
ball to be given that evening by Off