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"General Winder, the provost marshal
Of Riehmond."
this little visit first. You know he is
an old friend of fathers. and he
wouldn't refuse me anything"
"Then. there's something in the
windT'
Its an exchange of prisoners,
think. Anyway. heard some talk
about selecting six officers from your
room here. 1t must be for exchange.
You shall be one of the six. Tom"
"And Hunt?"
Eyes, poor Ralph too. That's what
l told General Winder. He shook his
head and looked very serious, but 1
know he won't refuse me this, espe-
cially as it makes no difference to him
whom he selects"
"Good for you, Marie! What can
say to you, now?"
FLUSH, they are coming!'' she said.
pointing to the door.
'Then, goodby. Marie! God bless
you"
"1'm sorry" interrupted Captain
Warner, "but the time is up"
The girl smiled jauntily through her
tears.
"Oh, dear! Goodby.> Tom. Goodby.
Ralph. Gentlemen, goodby, all of you.
I'm SO sorry! But you'll try and make
the best of it. won't your"
"Of course we will, bless your kind
little heart" responded Colonel Coggs-
well, coming forward again. "And let
me tell you, mademoiselle, you've COM
pleted the Johnnies' work-by captur-
ing our hearts,
'"Three cheers for the American girl.
anyhow" proposed Hart.
They were given with a will. and
Marie Mason, going out with honors,
was rejotned by Captain Edward
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He Drew Near What Looked Like a
Deserted Cabin.
dazed way, "you might ask the gentle
man If he has anything besides water
in his canteen.''
The young man drew small wicker
flask from his pocket and handed it
over. The surgeon reached out shak-
ing hand, then said:
"You had better give him little; you
are steadier than I am"
Here the wounded man made q
sound as if choking.
"Mebbe it's phlegm in his throat"
said the faithful old slave. He poked
a black finger into the poor fellows
mouth and pulled out quid Of to-
bacco that must have been there ever
since Sam was shot. Then a small
quantity Of liquor was poured be-
tween the pallid lips, but the case
seemed hopeless.
At that instant loud voices were
heard outside, and then a Confederate
captain and two, soldiers rushed into
the cabin.
"Ah, here they are!' shouted the cap
tain. ''Major Ellingham, I've been
been searching for you everywhere
You shouldn't have left the ambulance
in your condition. Pete, you black
scoundrel, is that the way you take
care Of your master?'
II am glad you have come, Captain
Thornton" said DR.. Ellingham, feebly
'Here Is Sam Pinckney, in very bad
shape"
"And whom have we hereY asked the
captain, staring at the young strange,
who had proffered the flask and paying
no attention to the wounded man.
"Great God! Ed Thornton-I thought
I knew you!" exclaimed the young mar
addressed, peering into the insolent
Scared face of his questioner. "Ani
presume you know me as well.'
II know you're in pretty ticklist
position with that Union belt on under
a Confederate uniform and inside ou
lines. Men, search your prisoner. He's
Yankee spy"
'"That's lie, Thornton, and yor
know it. was in the fight, open ant
fair, and wouldn't be here now only
that stopped to try to help you
comrades. Let me alone, say"
He struggled so fiercely, despite hi:
weak condition, that the efforts Of thu
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Playing Cards For Scraps Of Tobacco.
circumstances and outcropping of ordi-
nary human kindness did on certain
memorable occasions permit a suit Of
clothes or box Of sweets and other
creature comforts to escape Confeder-
ate confiscation and get past the draw
bridge of the military bastile.
One of these occasions that brought
seasonable rejoicings to a certain loft
Of Libby occurred just before the date
Of national thanksgiving, in the latter
part of November.
The blood red rays Of sunset were
streaming through the one small, high,
grated window that lighted a bare
room where some men were dejectedly
| playing cards for scraps of tobacco,
while others sat around on rough
| benches and watched or smoked or
dozed. One who was either sick or
wounded lay on couch, with a coarse
blanket over him. Two or three of the
card players joined their unmelodious
voices in grooming an old fashioned
Methodist hymn.
''That's right, boys" said the hymn
leader, an unctuous looking Ho0sier
whom they addressed sometimes as
''chaplain" and again as deacon -
"cheer up a bit. If you can't be cheer
full, be as cheerful as you can. Think
think of your heavenly home"
'Too far off," muttered Captain Cox,
a Kentuckian.
swell, then, think Of your earthly
home-of the apple trees in blossom
when you left it, of the afternoon sun
light fallin' on it this minute out there
in Kentuck or Ohio or wherever it is.
Mines in Injiana, thank God! re.
member when l was'- RI
"Deacon," protested the sick man,
"rm not feeling very clipper today
"Oh, you'll come round all right. To.
morrow's Thanksgiving. AS I was
saying
'That's what poor Ralpl's afraid Of,
deacon" interposed Captain Cox.
"Monotony is what's killing him, and
I'll leave 1t to you If the novelty isn't
long since worn off those endless remi.
niscences of the time when you used
to be- a..
"Rear admiral on the Wabash canal -
chfmed the chorus.
"All right, boys, poke all the fun at
me you like, smite me on the other
cheek. You know I'm meek and lowly.
Darn this hand O. cards anyway. But
with all your cuteness I'll bet SIS none
O you can tell how we used to take In
sail out there on the Wabash, eh?
swell, sir, they go out aloft on the
towpath and knock down mule"
"Ho, ho! How's that, Ralph?'' laugh
ed Cox, rising and going over to the
sick mans couch. "Come.. brighter
up. Are you sick in mind too?"
Hunt sighed impatiently. Deacon
Hart rallied again.
"Look on the bright side, what may
happen any mint. Suppose, first thing
you know, you git called out and ex.
changed, jest as soon as our army
captures some Of the Johnnies, IL II
ever does. Then you can go home on
clutches, and the neighbors'n bring III
q dozen different things at once to Kill
OF cure you
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yead the lines inscribed on the back
the Dicture: .@ .555s7@

ii 3
read the lines inscribed on the back OF
the picture: #zz
The flashing light may liven thy form
& In living lines Of breathing grace.
May give each tint tone as warm ssES 81
AS that which melts Ger thy dear face q
But In my soul and on my heart
With deeper colors, truer aim,
A loftier power than meager art
Hath craven thy image and thy name
"He is dead" said DR.. dillingham;, let
ting the hand Of poor Sam Pinckney,
which he had been holding. fall limp
and lifeless to the ground.
'Well, major, that relieves you from
duty here. I'll have an ambulance sent
around at once. AS for the Yankee
gentleman. will take good care of his
valuables while he is escorted to Rich
mond and put up ut the Hotel de
Libby" :...- Z.ss... =@
With these haunting words Captain
Thornton laughed diabolically. then lit
cigar and stood in the doorway Of
the cabin gazing reminiscently upon
the miniature which held the fair fea-
lures of Mrs. Constance Haverill.
The old warehouse of the Libbys,
down on Carey street, near the James
river. was the largest structure of its
kind in Richmond. 1t was vast, din
gy, four stored red brick building, with
nothing but naked walls, bare timbers
and low raftered drying rooms, whose
small windows were not intended pri-
marily to admit light. A few iron bars
on these windows and f1imsy parti-
ton here and there to divide the floor
space into ''rooms." had suficed to
transform the pungent smelling old
shell into capacious military prison
for Federal captives whose official rank
saved them from the unsheltered pens
and stockades of Belle Isle or of Sails
bury and Andersonville farther south.
Only officers were immured in Libby
prison, and most of the time there
were from 1900 to 1000 motley, rag
ged, pale faced men pining there,
cramped and squalid and liable to be
shot down relentlessly if they crossed
dead line" within two or three feet
of the barred windows. Some of these
poor fellows listlessly carved crucifxes
and wooden toys with their jackknives;
others played cards squatted on the
floor or checkers on boards marked of
in rude squares on these same rough,
unswept planks. ALI hoped against
hope and conversed endlessly on two
opics-"exchange' and escape"
Letters from home were rare, gifts
and provisions still rarer. Neverthe-
less some fortuitous combination OF
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ped forward. inc Guiding Ralph Hum

ped forward. including Ralph Hunt.
who arose sfeebly from his couch.
General Wfnder was .visibly affected
at the manifestation. but he pretended.
to be only perpIexed and annoyed.
\. what: All Of YOU? But I only ask.
ed for six. see that some definite
plan OF selection will have to be fol-
lowed. You shall draw lots. .
He took out his note book, tore some.
slips Of paper from it and directed
Captain Warner to pass them around
and have each man write his name on.
one. The slips were then all placed in 4
hat, from which Captain Cox was
unanimously chosen to draw out six
names. He did so, one at time, hand
ing each slip to Captain Warner with
out looking at it. Warner read the
names aloud5 and the general repeated
them after him, at the same time writ
ing them down in his notebook. They
were as follows:
Major Paul Revere, Thirheth Mas
sachusetts.'
Colonel Alfred Wood, Fourteenth
New York."
Lieutenant Frank Bedloe,
Pennsylvania"
"Colonel Michael Corcoran, Sixty
ninth New York"
captain Alfred Ely, Thirty seventh
New York"
captain Ralph Hunt, Tenth Ken
lucky"
Instantly upon the completion Of this
list Captain Cox spoke up and said:
General, the last name I have
drawn by an unhappy fatality is that
Of my old friend and comrade, Cap
tain Ralph Hunt He is a sick man
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~. Stirring Story of Military Adventure and
W. OF Strange Wartime Wooinf Founded Y
~ ON the Great Play of the Same Name
BY BRONSON HOWARD AND HENRY rYRRELL
u~1'hon' From Actual Wartime Photograph. By Brady
COPYRIGHT. 1917, BY G. P. PUTNAM.s SONS
CONTINUED FROM SEVENTH PAGE
CHAPTER VII,
"Ae's a Yankee Spy!"


TATHILEGertrude Ellingham read
NV and reread and pondered and
" cried over this letter and
kissed it furtively. as it in
concealment from her very self. the
five army corps Of Mcclellan, having
encountered the defensive Confederate
forces now under direct command of
General Robert e. Lee. had fought the
fndecisive battle of Fair Oaks, other
wise called Seven Pines, and were
lined up along the Chickahominy
stream, almost within gunshot of Rich
mond.
They thought Lee had detached a
corps and sent it westward to re-en-
force Jackson in the valley. Instead,
Jackson was sweeping eastward to join
Lee, who more than year after the
commencement of the war was at last
to take active command of a large
army in the field.
General Mcclellan on the threshold
Of his grand opportunity at the gates of
Richmond opened his assault upon
Lees lines of defense at Beaver dam.
near Mechanicsville, on the Chicka-
hominy. 1t was the first of the Seven
Days battles, soon to go into history.
There was fierce fighting every day
that week-at Gaines Mill, Savage Sta.
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two soldiers were required to hold him
while Thornton infinitely searched his
person.
Observation-Disclosures and New York
postmarks-and-ah! What have we
here? Pretty little sentimental keep
sake, Ell? Where have seen the lady's
face? Pardon me if read this inscrip-
ton on the back of the case.'
What he had found was a miniature,
the portrait Of lady, carefully pro
tected In morocco case. The owner
resisted so desperately the taking of
this treasure that he finally sank to the
door. Hvid, painting, foaming and ours
ing. as Captain Thornton mockingly
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ST. JOHN S.

Mrs. R. J. Somerville and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sam Clark, returned the
latter part of last week from a visit
with Wisconsin relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Lindstrom
were entertained at the Smith home
Sunday afternoon.
Alfred Leedall is assisting the
firm Of Jarrett & Sons in looking af-
ter their extensive hay interests in
the vicinity Of Pennock.
The Axel Johnson family visited
at Ed. Johnson's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wakefield of Will
mar visited in this neighborhood
Saturday.
Tom Clever will be employed by
I. Ronning during the haying anc
harvest seasons.
The next meeting Of the Y. P. C. A
will be held Sunday evening at the
schoolhouse in Dist. IT. We under
stand that Mr.. Hoag is to lead the
meeting and that he has chosen as
his subject "Self-sacrificc," a sub
ject that has indeed great POSSIBLE
tiles for development, which fac
combined with Mr.. Hoag's acknow
lodged ability as a speaker, promis
es to make the discussion an inter
esting one in all respects. In add
ton to the regular program the Miss
es Violet Stenberg and Elizabetl
Johnson will render musical mum
bers. We should like very much t.
have a large attendance at thi
meeting, so come one and all at U
M, Sunday evening.
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" W oSAAOS OOlASu1u6 SOAAPouys
"Major Paul Revere, Thirtieth Massa-
chusetts."
Thornton of the Confederate secret
service, who had watched the scene
with a peculiarly cynical smile.
General Winder. provost marshal Of
Richmond. in full uniform and accom-
panied by a staff officer. entered and
stood at the head of the rough table.
General Winder then briefly announc-
ed the intelligence that Confederate
cruiser having fallen into the hands Of
the Federal authorities. the latter pro-
posed putting the officers and crew on
trial for piracy. threatening them with
summary execution.
''Under these circumstances" CON
tinued the general, "the Confederate
States government has felt constrained
to give notice that we will hold an
equal number Of Union men Of CORE
spending rank. chosen from among the
prisoners at present in our hands here
In Richmond as hostages, to be dealt
with In the same manner as Mr.. Lin.
colin shall decide to deal with those Of
our compatriots now in his power.
NJ y requisition calls for six officers
out Of perhaps four times that num-
Der from this division. Are there SIX
among You who, knowing the gravity
OF the situation do not deceive
.you as to its import-are there six
among you, say. who are willing to
offer themselves as hostages q
Every Union man in the room step
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MechanicsviIIe.
ton, Glendale, all through the dark
and desolate White Oak swamp and
along the sluggish. noisome Chicka-
hominy. Jackson, in his old time fight
ing form again, in the field with Lee,
Stuart and Longstreet, strove to make
up for lost time and did his full share
in forcing the enemy steadily back
from Richmond. But that enemy was
Mcclellan, foe of different caliber
from any the Virginians hitherto had
faced.
Mcclellan was indeed doggedly fall
Ing back toward the James river, but
as soon as he got into communication
with the Federal gunboats on that
stream he concentrated his artillery on
Malvern hill and make stand which
demonstrated that his so called
''change Of base' from the York to the
James river, whatever necessity may
have dictated it, was a military move
ment executed in mastery fashion.
Amid the horrors of that retreat
in which were included thousands of
sick and wounded who could not have
stirred but for the dread of the to-
bacco warehouses in which the south
erners penned their prisoners Of war
| young lieutenant clad in the rem
nants of blue uniform which at first
| opportunity he exchanged with dead
soldier for suit Of dingy gray, crept
| inf hn of %1o 1;e
Church road along the slope of the
hill.
| Parched with fever and crippled
with a wounded foot, he lay there all
night In the feverish damps, then
pressed on at daybreak in what he
thought to be the direction in which
the Federal troops had moved off the
night before.
AS he drew near what looked like a
deserted cabin in lonely gulch. an
old, dilapidated looking negro ran out,
and. glancing at the fugitive's uni
form, implored him to "jest send q
'spatch to Charleston that old marster
was sick and los in de wilderness, an
den mebbe somebody would send or
come to git him."
The young wayfarer would have
been glad to get off a dispatch some
where else in his own behalf, but that
signifed nothing. He followed the
gaunt old negro into the cabin.
There, on a bed Of juniper boughs
lay gasping and choking Confederate
soldier with CHASTITY bullet hole in
his forehead, and the stamp of death
on his livid face. An elderly, gray
haired man, evidently surgeon, knelt
on the ground and made feeble efforts
to minister to the comfort of the dying
one, while bis own teeth chartered and
his hands shook with ague. r
"DatA DR.. dillingham;" the >negrt
whispered, land he's one Of de richest
men in Charleston, when he's home
But we amt got no money now, ant
here's poor Sam Pinckney shot-1 reck
on de Yanks have done for him, shO'
De Doctors little bit out of his haid
too, on count Of de fever, but b,
reckoned he'd stick to Sam, an o.
cou'se sticks to de DOCTOR
"Pete," said Or. dillingham; in BIZ
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Bees Faster Than Pigeons.

bees r dSISF nan TI9eOuSs
It is not generally known that bees
are swifter in flight than pigeons-that
is, for short distances. Some years ago
pigeon fancier Of Hamme, Westpha-
liza, laid a wa ger that dozen bees lib
Grated three miles from their hives
would reach home in less time than a
dozen pigeons. The competitors were
given wing at Rybern, village nearly
a league from Hamme, and the first
bee reached the hive a quarter of a
minute in advance of the first pigeon.
Three other bees reached the goal be-
for the second pigon. The bees were
also slightly handicapped, having been
rolled in flour before starting for pur.
pose Of Identification.
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but to death, they would
take you. Don't go, Tom!
The lots decided it fairly, and your
name was not drawn. You shall not
Here the silent Confederate officer,
Captain Thornton, who had followed
closely after her, caught her in his
arms as she sank back fainting and,
at sign from the general, carried her,
with the assistance of Warner, out of
the room. Then, turning to Captain
Cox, General Winder said:
"Your proposition is out of order, sir,
and cannot consider it. The six men
whose names have been drawn will re-
port at once in the commissary's ROOM"
The general and his staff officers re-
tired, while Captain Warner and the
guard took up their positions at either
side Of the doorway.
Hunt, the sick man, who had been
helped by Lieutenant Bedloe to chair,
now got up again and grasped Captain
C0x's hand, saying:
atom, you are the better man of us
two-you have proved it in every way.
I'm glad Winder wouldn't take you, as
1t Is far better that should go. All
the same, you meant it, old fellow, and
it was sublime" ~.
"Why, Ralph" said Cox chokingly,
I'VE are comrades-old comrades. Say
no more. but wish to heaven l could
60 in your place." ~
''Attention! Fall inv' commanded
Warner H..
The six doomed men fell into line,
after silently shaking hands with those
left behind, Hunt leaning on the arm
of young Bedloe. and followed Warner
into the outer darkness. for night had
fallen and the ftful glare of a couple
Of lanterns intensified rather than dis
sipated the surrounding gloom.
Cox paced up and down the forlorn
room. with bowed head and hands
clasped behind his back, for full If
teen minutes in the awed silence. Then
he muttered:
'This Is the last blow. Deacon, do
you ever despair of what they call
Providence?'
"Never did yit." protested the sturdy
Hoosier. II can't and won't believe
they are going to sacrifice those boys
In cold blood. Such things ain't In the
bounds Of civilization"
RI don't know. How about war It.
self? Here you have it, the deadliest
kind-brother against brother. tell
you, Hart, we haven't seen the worst
yet, though God knows there's enough
to make the angels In heaven weep al
ready
"Well. one thing is certain-theso
hostages won't be sacrificed unless the
Confederate prisoners are executed
first-so our side. will have the first
move anyhow . s.
what sort of consolation is that to
the fellows who get shot or hung r
Here another violent connection iu-
terrupted. Marie Mason entered-a lone,
disheveled, blight eyed apparition.
~Oh, Tomr' she gasped breathlessly.
Whatyou poor child, are you still.
here" Cox exclaimed, this time gath
ering her unreservedly into his arms.
g You must leave this accused place:
or you win go mad-if You don't drive
as 90. 2
I've come back to tell you there's.
more news. :"
sOf what1 OF whom z
''From Washing Of the Confed-=
srate prisoners. General Winder has=
inst received 4 dispat ch. 9,
Ito =. continued
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wlLLmAR TRIBUNE WEDNEs JuLYz ia, 1918.

S q don't seem to care about any
thing, said Ralph Hunt, gloomily III
4 can't die on the field it may as well
be here as anywhere else
& IT'S a good thing I'm here to give
you spiritual counsel INTERCEPTED Dea-
con Hart, turning away from his cards
Tor q second. 'Oh, is it my deal?"
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WANTS-T00 Late to Classify.

FOR SALE-Grain binder, nearly
new. L. A. Bjorling, Route 2, Will
mar. $50
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Simons Studio. The portraits behind
the name has put meaning Into the
name behind the portraits. Simons
&tud1o-Adv.
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Modesty.

- Nothing Is more amiable than true
modesty, and nothing is more con.
temptible than the false.-Addison.
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ReIiqioIa

| " Religious.
els she Of a religious turn Of mind p
s'Very. She never misses a church
supper,"-Detr0it Free Press.
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Easier.

EaSl0r.
Wilkins-You've pever worked day
In your life. have you? Blinkins-No,
but I've worked lots of people.
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Colonel Michael corcoran, Sixty ninth
New York."
and not in condition to go as hostage.
With your permission, general, l will
go in his place."
+ While General Winder was deliberat-
ing his reply woman's scream was
heard outside the door, and Marie Ma
son rushed wildly in.
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Read tie :, Int Cslsn,.
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CHAPTER TX.
A Bold Escape.

~ 7OU shall not do it, Tomr' she
" cried. ut is not to freedom,
but to death, they would
take you. Don't 20. Tom!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-29
WAGNER'S REVIEW
Morning Stock letter,

New York. July 29.-Leading Amer
lean stocks are fraction higher but
a few are lower in London. The mar
ket had a rather tired appearance at
the close yesterday. Big people did
not appear to want to take much. We
think the present rise is about over,
until we have had a substantial set
back. On any good bulge, we would
reduce long holdings. We do not be-
lieve the U. s. Steel quarterly state
ment, TO be given out after the close
today. will be so inspiring as some
expect. II has been fully discounted
in the rise of more than points, since
July 9, when it sold at 513s.
OF more Consequence is new that the
American Wooden Co. has reduced
prices 10 per cent on next springs
goods, in anticipation of heavy tariff
reductions. Steel prices will most like
ly come down also if we get keen for
eign competition as now seems likely.
Is this bull point in stocks? 1t does
not seem so to us.
1t is worth bearing in mind that the
L. s. Steel corporation made general
advances in wages last spring. They
I covered two months of the quarterly
statement; we think some of the esti,
mates of the report TO be issued today
are exaggerated. President Wilson's
Mexican attitude is not altogether
peaceful. II will hardly appeal to
Huerta. Wait for drives