The Washington times., 1913-09-14

I she gwine to die ef sumbody tioan tel
sum notice un her.
Take my horse. orderly aid thu
general, instantly dismounting and fol.
lowing the, old woman into the hut
The next moment he recognized AUf
adna, while she in turn wa. sre.tiy sof;
| prised and not little relieved to -
that he was General Manning. a.
amusement How did you set hersf''
II do otsknow. SIRE
"Dey fotch her has night an shot mp. =
I win send. q doctor st once. I'D
General Manning; "ald Ven re ~!
he said. proffering q gold piece to the
II ,dosn'svant none q dat. ssh." " si5d
the Old woman proudly Use Confetti
I is. Fss gwine ter tex keer er dis
General ManninS summoned his sbri-
Rade surgeon to- fRok Sstsr AriaAne.
posted guard at the hut. and gave In.
structions that her condition was to sbe
reported to him wherever be- might Be
camped for the night Rest. cars. and
good nursns fss were q. that A.i:drs 2 re re-
material portion -cf this Ma1Rlng sup
piled from the boundless resources of
tine Union army. and the old neG5o6U
did the rest. The day after that Nan
ming himself. whose brigade was not en-
gagged at the time. came back to SEQ
wretched woman, but one recovered IN
part. from her terrible shock.
Miss Lewis," he began. - he ept4ted
General Manning" said Ariadnei Il
deceived you"
my name isn't Lewis" she went on: :
1T used to be. before I was married"
Married! Youi Whist 70 It ncwr
Grafton
You're not Philip Grafton,s wife."
!. II am"
Then you're not Northern sympa-
NO"
"And that dash into our lines was
IA ruse"
3s.I d'd that young Confederate captain
.ppon what he had said about the 9TH
Frs pursuit Of the woman.
"You did," said Ariadne. and longed
to tell; you the truth to clear his menu
ory, but could not.
There mast have been serious cause
for You to risk life and your escort to
get into my lines"
There was had to get through"
II see.
II had a message for General Stuart"
Ariadne knew that no harm would be
done by disclosing her story, and she
really was anxious to tell the whole
truth to this officer. who had been 90
kind to her. It was relief. to tell the
truth. after the past necessity for 20
many falsehoods. and she felt It sort
of belated atonement a. we'll
MY husband II on General Lees
stan. He had orders to General Stuart
to hold you back. He was captured, but
I escaped and delivered the message"
Upon what little things battles -
pend" unused Manning. IF It had not
been for this woman. Stuart would have
retreated or gone away 0a some Wild
raid or other. We would have ssised
would have been fianked, he veuid have
been cut on from Richmond and forced
to retreat or attack our overwhelming
force with his depleted -battaliona"
This had all been frustrated by Arr
adne's dash and daring. her shreWdness
and devotion. But Manning bore no
malice. He could respect such qualities
even in foe. And no one could cherish
animosity toward this poor, wounded. !
fever-rAcked. stricken woman: yet SIN.
Tor all that she had sustained, looking
at him out Of her beautiful eyes With
some Of the old pride Of Ariadne. the
You outwitted me fairly" said the |
course. chagrined. 1t ID Impossible for ]
ne to be angry with Philip Grafton's |
wife. BY the way. have . message |
'or him In my pocket"
He hesitated.
"a message? From whom
MY wife,, said Manning. gravely,
He could understand what value the |
message would be both to Grafton and |
his wife under certain circumstances. |
But he must know all before he de- |
ivered II.
Tell me-" he said. .'your husband |