The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-05-10
COPYRIGHT. 1917. BY c p purNaM-s SONS

Lees railroad COMMUNICATIONS ny
south for the Confederate army at Re
tershnrg
And what has General Fairly done
with the prisoners ne brought hprey
;iertrude inquired. with shaking heart
Sent them on to Ianviile, maybe I,
North Carolina. aud the officers prob
ably to Richmond was the vague re
ply she got Won see. MISS. IT'S hard
enough Scraping now to feed our own
men
KercniyaI West was unnMg these
prisoners aud 81 was Captain Hearts
use. and both were seemingly IN con
'l!fion to bear transportation rhis
much information was ELECTED on
trustworthy authority. and II colnpplI
stated for the har,,shii,S and aixieties
through which the danntirSs Nirgilia
.si,l had pissed From St;tunton sill.
,rnt these reasSuliii2 fittings to- .Ieiin,
.iankthuri,. who Remained with her III
thar III Winchester and to Madeline
Ws.st whom t;rnprai tiaverii k,d sent
,;;h IN escort To Washington.
Love alone must guide her IN hri
search. t'~rtrndr declared. hut she ilau
he courage 70 resolve that love s.uiiln
win iisi htiint WIS bruktn. np. thi
valley desolated. ana the cause up,
hitch al had heei staked WIS mar
u t., iS
mere Seit interest, fortune. even lifr
a, self. had to l,e thrown un.irsitn tingh
into the l,aiahrp.
White she waited ri Stanu'ou fl,
some clew. honse enlightenment 10 Ne
ierinlne what dire, tim her pilgrimage
should take nov llstt The wiHter WAS
about @ettln. IN. detachment of the
wild mounted ,royls came up the val
ley from Il snccessfrl raid on the l'al
iiuiure and Ohio railroad in West vir
gina bearded savage rushed with
a glad cry AT Gertrude and she was
angling aud crying in her brothers
arms
oh Rob" she fntered Il was he
ginning to think I should never see
you again nor any one else ! ioved.'
Don't give up. sis" he enjoned. but
his tone was worried aud serious "We
are not beaten yet. " we have TO
leave the valley the enemy can't stay
here either He IL trytn. 60 prevent
is from joining General lee at Peters
bGrs, uUt In the meantime we are
keeping him and IN army bigger thSn
all our forces put together from going
to help General Grant. who. after all.
! Is no nearer to Richmond than Me-
CIellan was two years and half ago. !"
"Oh. never mind the armies now!
Where can find those two poor prison
ers?"
Bob shook his head and paced the
floor In troubled silence
Where Is Thornton now?" asked
Gertrude anxiously.
| ITO my certain knowledge he is
keeping In touch with Mosby AT Lees
burg or Uppervillc, II is not at al
likely be even knows that Kerchival
| was captured at Cedar Creek I.n! IL,
Ii such gmdktivts devil that ! sup
pose he will always he ioosine out fol
/ the satisfaction OF his private revenge
before the interests Of the seryie
/ In the Federal camps at Kernst0wr
and Winchester the hustle Of confident
activity and general air Of hopeful
expectation were as marked as the
spirit Of grim. doggpG determination
was behind the scenes at Confederate
headquarters. At the beginning of the
new year one of the two divisions Of
the Nineteenth corps. under Genera
Buckth0rn. was sent to Petersburg, re
ducIng the effective force Of the Arm,
of the Shenandoah to one division o
infantry and three Of cavalry, Genera
Haverill's among the latter
General Haverlll's mood Of sombe
reserve was matter OF inqnletude t.
his friends and a puzzle to those o
the army who knew him only In BIZ
soldieriy capacity. He went about hi
military duties in the silent. edisplritc'
manner of fatalist. Not man il
the army dared to formulate the ques
ton that was In the minds Of many
Did the general suspect that the he
role Lieutenant Bedloe. who sacrificed
his life at Three Top mountain. wa
his own disgraced son? Those VIII
knew best declared that he did not
: and the famous dispatch to Washing
ton In praise Of RedlOe's deed was ad
} duced az confirming evidence.
: When Gertrude Elllngham wrote 70
| particulars as to Kerchival Vests vic
: lation Of the order Of arrest to particl
pate IL. the battle Of Cedar Creek, To