Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-07-16
n. Stirring Story of Military Adventure and "
W. OF Strange Wartime Wooinf, Founded
~ on the Great Play of the Same Name !
BY BRONSON HOWARD AND HENRY TYRRE1I
Illustrations From Actual Wartime Photograph, b. Bt.dv
COPYRIGHT. 1917. BY G. T. purNAn.s SONS

Ice. he IS cOmrade or mine, ana
am going to help him. This meeting
has changed my plans, so you won't
mind going on alone from Berryville,
will you, dear? I mean Miss Page"
"No, except that shall miss your
companionship and the confidence you
inspire in me-Mrs. Smith,
Here General Kelly's orderly came
to announce that an ambulance would
be ready to take the ladies at day
break. and would they mind sharing
their room for the night with lady
and her three children on their way
to Charleston?
The remainder of Gertrude's journey
was comparatively uneventful, though
it did seem odd at one point to have
the Federal cavalrymen who escorted
the ambulance called into requisition
to protect her against southern stray
glers as they neared the lines. She
was still nominally Federal prisoner.
Nearing Winchester, sentry demand
ed the young lady's papers.
II have no papers and need nOne,"
she answered. II am at home now. l
am Miss Dillingham;, and l am going to
Belle Bosquet. My brother is in Cen
eral Jackson's First brigade"
The Federal captain who had escort
ed her opened his eyes at this and said:
Il am sorry to release you, Miss
What's-your-name. You might have
more chance for enjoyment If you were
to remain north. mean," he added,
catching a dangerous CLEAN in Ger
trude's eye, that you must find it dull
in the south. with no beaux nor moth
ing"
"Our beaux are in the field, where
they belong, sir,' retorted the girl
haughtily.
The captain bowed CALAMITY and
made his adieu. Then Gertrude asked
the gray CARRIED sentry where General
Jackson's army was located at the mo-
ment.
'Lawd bless you, miss, nobody
knows. He mought be in Richmond by
now or he mought be in Washington.
They do say as how letter come along
once address to 'Gineral Jackson, Some
where and he got it at Woodstock.
But that was way back two weeks
ago."
Mrs. Haverill, the coloners wife, had
an anxious and busy time of it in
Washington. Seeing little Of her hus-
band and that little at moments when
he was overworked and morose, she
found congenial distraction in the CON-
partnership of Edith Haverill, Franks
wife, for what the fugitive had told
Kerchiyal West at Charleston was con-
frmed when the elder Mrs. Haverill
went to New York and found the un-
fortunate young woman suffering in
silence, full Of loyalty. courage and
gratitude. but in reality knowing no
more about Franks whereabouts than
any one else did.
At the warm insistence Of the Haver-
Ills. Edith came on to Washington and
took up her home with them. Here hel
baby boy was born and they chris
tened him after his father, so that the
name Of Frank Haverill should still be
Familiarity spoken in the household.
Then the two women, like so many
others both of gentle birth and OF
lowly station. but above all sisters in
afliction, engaged in the work of min
| 1stering to the sick and wounded sol
| diecs who filed the wards of the i'm
/ provised hospitals in the patent office
building and elsewhere.
| At irregular intervals during the year
Edith had received sums of money
from an anonymous source, carefully
concealed, but somewhere in the army.
She knew it was from her husband
but the only time any word &C.
companied the envoy was shortly after
the birth of her baby. when a brief
loving message filled the young
mothers heart with Joy and gratitude
This communication afforded no tan
gible clue as to the writer's where
abouts, but 1t was the means of set
ting on foot a systematic search on
the part Of Colonel Haverill, who be-
meath the mask of Spartan indiffer
ence had in reality rejoiced at hearing
of his sons resolution to make atone
ment by enlisting as a soldier, as re-
ported by Kerchival West after the
farewell secret interview at Charles
ton year ago.
Knowing that Columbia college, New
York city, had furnished large mum
Der of recurits to the local volunteer
regiments at the first call of President
Lincoln, Colonel Haverill directed hi
inquiries among such of Franks
former classmates as he could locate
in the army. He was successful to the
extent of ascertaining that his son ha6
taken special pains, in enlisting, tt
avoid any possible comradeship witt
those who knew of his disgrace
Under an assumed name he had in al
probability gone south and joined thu
Union army Of the Missouri.
With sinking heart Colonel Haveril
thought of the unknown dead Of thu
great battle Of Shiloh, on the far Ten
nessee. And then, remembering tina
all evidences of his sons existence IL
so far as the anxious young wife an.
mother In Washington we're concerned
had ceased some months back, he onl,
shook his head when Edith and Mrs