The Detroit times., 1913-06-14
The Fortunes of the Landrays
n. e Vaughan Ker A9: ~, ~ , vs,s 'ss
An11or & The ProdiSal Judge"
'vust and the Unjust" sta.

himself to Virginia. that induced the
lawyer to conclude the purchase.
When he reached Wheeling. and
sutherland saw the deed. he was not
a little surprised. But no was an sx-
cellent man Of business himself, In
all that the term could imply by the
most liberal construction that could
be put upon It: anu he decided that
the smooth-faced lawyer was a sharp
hand himself; and made no comment
CHAPTER THlRTV-FivE.
II was an April morning. mild and
warm. In the rutted roads, In the pill.
Jagged, trampied fields the sassafras
and honey-locust had claimed for their
abiding place. two armies were drawn
up. Between them. skirmishes moved
with the brisk rattle OF musketry;
while at intervals dull echoes woke to
flow reverberatingly across the vast
ed land.
Suddenly the firing ceased. The
long line OF advancing men In blue
halted. The enemy was Withdrawing
and was rapidly disappearing from
view In the direction Of Appomattox
court house.
In front OF many OF the regiments
tho officers had formed In groups. and
from group TO group spread the news
that the expected battle was not to be
fought.
"A white flag one would say, and
then they would fall to shaking hands,
silently. tremendously. II there was
any doubt expressed. there was the
answer ready: ITS SOL tell you It's
go! They got 1t from a staff officer
who said II was So"
Further afield small parties OF men,
medical attendants, and stretcher'
bearers, were moving to and fro. gath
ering in the wounded who had fallen
III the skirmish line.
At one point, on the edge Of strip
Of woodland, lounged the members OF
a company that had been recalled
from the front. Their captain had
gone down into the woods. fifty yards
distant perhaps, to a spring that gush-
cd out OF u bank at the foot OF an old
oak. This captain was Stephen Land
ray. Having satisfied his thirst he
now sat on the trunk OF fallen tree
With a battered lineup held idly In his
hand. There was nothing CT the boy
left and in other ways as we'll, the
physical strain, the hardship. and the
suffering he had endured had told on
hin. His skin was dry and sallow and
his worn uniform hung loosely to his
erect, nervous figure. Now and again
his glance sought the men on the edge
- the wood He had seen soldiers
resting before in their intervals Of in
action, but he realized that there was
difference now: some subtle change
had taken place in their mental rela-
ton to their surroundings that said as
plainly as words-it Is over Yet curl
ously enough the realization Of this
seemed not entirely satisfactory. With
I. had come sense of loss at the
sudden withdrawal Of a purpose, that
lad been all absorbing and 10 which
they had clung tenaciously: but now
that the Accomplishment of this pur-
pose was imminent they seemed to
feel only the loss OF what for four
years had been the main motive In
tneir lives.
I.andray had gone through that very
process himself, only he had carried
his speculatiOns beyond the immediate
present. and into the future. He
would 90 back to Benson to his wife.
He had said many times that he would
be glad enough when the war was
over: and yet now that II seemed the
general conviction that 1t was over.
he was cons cious OF no special salts
faction. and he felt neither enthusiasm
nor elation on the contrary he was
strangely quiet, strangely repressed.
He wondered how these thousands or
men would be absorbed In the Ordi- |
nary channels Of life. There was a !
movement among his men. and he
glanced again In their direction, and
saw that an officer followed by an or
derry, had ridden up and was speaking !
TO one of the loungers. The distance |
vas too great for Stephen to hear
what was said: suddenly, however. |
the newcomer swung himself from his /,
saddle, and leaving his horse In charge !
Of his orderly. came striding across
the open woodland toward him. He |
was q pompous red-faced man, middle !
Gged, but vigorous and sturdy. and |
dressed In handsome weIl-fitting !