The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-06-20
A riaaieah Anniversary WAR Story
BY RANDALL PARRISH
COPYRIGHT. 1909 BY A c. MeCLURG & co.

1T needed your voice TO convince
me-" | returned. bowling and feeling
the sudden release of blood in my
veins. 81 had been thinking of you
failed to hear your entrance, and then
suddenly saw you standing there. II
certainly startled me-"
you were thinking of me?' The
tone was slightly curious.
! YES; wondering If you believed me
guilty; hoping YOU at least gave me
the benefit of the doubt. Your appear.
ance was like an answer to my query
81 am only a girl. Lieutenant King,
with no very wide experience in life
yet cannot be mistaken altogether in
your character. / not only believe you
guiltless of this crime. but | trust you
otherwise or | should not be here
VIII you give me your word that am
rightT'
Before God. yes" earnestly. 81
know nothing Of the crime except what
| told In the library"
And | may trust you?"
'To the end of the world, Miss Dens-
low"
Lieutenant KinG''-her words spo-
ken slowly, yet with sufficient clear
ness-"I do not wish to be misunder-
stood. | am q daughter of the south,
loyal to the interests of the Confed-
eracy, While l believe you guiltless
OF this cruel murder, yet you have en-
tered this house as Yankee officer,
searching for one who is very dear to
me- beyond all his claims upon my
protection as soldier of my country.
10 protect him | made you captive.
and | consider you now as rightfully
a prisoner of war, l have been left
here as your jailer, with no one but
negroes to help me guard you. Miss
Dunn has given way TO her nerves and
locked herself In her room: Judge
Dunn is comparatively helpless. | am
therefore practically alone
"Aloner mystifled as to her pur-
pose in such confession. You mean,
but for you. could walk out of that |
door. What has become of Calvert |
Dunn and Colonel Donald?"
She stepped aside, again uplifting
her eyes to my face as she did so.
Yes" she said simply. there is no
strength here to prevent your escape.
merely appeal to your honor"
Breathing hard, | looked at her.
knowing what to say. The
of her face. pleading, ques-
ioning, decided me.
"That will have greater weight with
NE than u barred door. l pledge you
my word"
And | accept It without reserve.
i've YOU my hand in token of the
You think me an odd girl
10 doubt When other children learn
o walk. | was learning to ride and
o use firearms; aye, and to distrust
trangers Perhaps that very expert
nee has brought me self reliance aud
n unusual confidence in my own judg-
nent. Am l overbold?"
Far from it; yet | may be when
ay you are my ideal OF womanhood."
The quick flush mounted to her hair,
er hands clasping.
oli, but ulu uOt rAlittl lliil. NA1udl
poor ideal you must have? No north
IN school ever held me up as
lodel. l hardly know what spirit
assesses me to make me forget the
aal purpose of my visit. | came in all
srlousness. | told you l was alone
ere. but for the negroes. Believing
on perfectly helpless. confined here
| the cellar, Colonel Donald rode
way to collect some of his men. who
re widely scattered just now. intend
g TO convey you under guard tonight
Johnston's headquarters. Calvert
unn, with two of the negroes, de- !,
srted even earlier with Lieutenant
ayarre's body"
"They intend holding me, then, as
-isoner of WARP
She hesitated, as If doubtful of her
ply, her eyes lifting suddenly to my
Tn, then falling as quickly to the
one floor Of the cellar.
You fear to tell me the truth?'
mo, not that, but / do not feel quite
rtain of the final outcome. Both