The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-06-07

our voices aw0kP me- ! was mem
Der of Reynolds battery. having IN
listed from Illinois Then tnld he
+ OF my wound and consequent plight.
She did not change her posture. ye'
as paused J could plainly hear bel
rapid breathing
"But-but il was not the orderly yoJ
attacked" she exclaimed 1T wa.
Calvert Dunn
"Yes. ii was Lieutenant Dunn. but
! assure yor he was left unhurt. What
followed ! think you already know
how ! was discovered by Joe and your
brother. how in the gloom they very
naturally mistook me for Dunn. how
they insisted upon my coming up to
the house was compelled 10 yield
to their insistence. or else fight them.
never thought az that moment OF
Dunn's special mission: IL merely seem
ed rs If the mistake in identity gave
me an opportunity for escape. You
realize how all the rest was forced
upon ne. There appeared no possible
way TO avoid what happened"
paused in vain: there was no sound,
no movement
81 knew how you dreaded that mar
rage with Calvert Dunn"
And" she burst forth. did you i'm
agine would prefer one with you?"
Certainly not. but it saved you from
him and from what might have proved
a lifetime of misery. You need never
see me again. and any court would i'm
mediately grant you n divorce on the
ground of fraud. even doubt if such
a marriage would be held legal
"But-but you do not understand"
her words almost sobs ~ have ridden
away with you. 1 am here alone with
you now"
MY purpose is to leave you at Fair
view. It will require no more than
two hours from the time we left your
people before we arrive there. No
one need ever know the truth. except
ing those anxious to protect your good
name. You may trust me implicitly"
Trust you-you! What. after all
this? After your lies. your eavesdrop.
ping. your spying. your trucking of me
INTO this awful situation? God forgive
me! Married to a Yankee. Releasesmy
rein"
| hesitated. the fierce flaming up of
her anger so suddenly paralyzing NY
senses. There was q swift uplifting
OF her arm TO level with my head.
II mean it. You thought me help
less and-and in your power. but ara
not. You drop that rein or I'll fire.
Oh. l can do it, you-you miserable
Yankee spy! I hate and despise you'll"
She drew back her horse. wheeling
the animal about. yet turning in the
saddle herself so as to keep me in
view
Il do not know why l do not kill
your she exclaimed. her voice grow
ing bitter with anger. 1T is what
should do. You deserve it by your
own confession, and the one shot
would release me. Married to a Yam
kee! every syllable kissing from her
lips. 1.-The very thought crazes me
and puts murder In my heart. | am
going to Fairview alone-alone! Do |
you hear that? If you dare attempt
to follow me 1 will shoot you in your
tracks as would a dog. you low
down Yankee cur"
With a single swift leap forward |
both horse and rider disappeared in |
The gloom.
Surprised / certainly was by this
unexpected outburst. Scarcely realiz-
ng previously the indomitable spirit
II the girl. before the sound of her
mares flying boots had ceased to echo
along the hard road | had given my
'oan the rein and was squirting speed
ly after. We were between the lines
If two hostile armies. in a debatable
country. where bands Of irresponsible
yuerrillas. deserters and fleeing con-
scripts roamed unchecked by authori.
y. where no woman alone in the
light could be considered safe for an
Instant.
1t seemed TO me we must have fully
overed that quarter Of a mile back
o where she had indicated the branch
Dad as leading down toward Fair
Jew. yet there was no turning or
'ause In the swift pace. There was
n opening between the walls OF rocks
O my left, visible even in that dark
less. and l drew up the roam sharply.
winginS myself instantly TO the
round and feeling about hastily with
~ feet for the rutS OF travelled
oadway. There could be no other
oad branching of ut this point. Yet
he girl was riding directly westward.
iding at full speed. her horses hoofs
ounding fainter each moment.
stood there an instant. puzzled. un-
ertain. Then the truth came to me
] a fash. She suspected | had over
card more than had confessed: that
knew OF the projected movement of
ne gray army and that it was now my
urpose 10 warn the blue. That was
by she had called me spy" that was /.
-hy she was now riding straight on at
'p speed. desperately. through the