The Washington times., 1913-09-09

4, ton jovislly. "Fitz Lees division is
on the Brock road holding back the
advance that way
| Hes sure to get in 1t"
| Ing"
Where is the other division?"
| One brigade Of II Is facing Spottsyl-
vania. The Yanks are there. The other
| brigade Stuart has In the center of
| events ready to re-enforce everything. !"
| And my wife? She was all right?'
Me1l. she got battered I'D a little in
gettinS through the Union lines
! General. for Gods sake tell me ex-
| She has a flesh wound In the arm,
the LETT, another in the right shoulder,
ana cash across the forehead-pretty
naa Tor woman. but we wouldn't. mind
Where is she?''
We left hef>with General Stuart"
can you give me a horse?
well, I'd rather give You anything
eise, answered Hampton frankly, for
they're scarcer than hens teeth,
..r 7 mnaf mus. It get a horse" said Grafton.
Where do you wish to go?"
up to General stuart's headquarters
Il see. Well. 1 guess I'll have to get
three spare ones belonging to me. Take
any one You WISH
viii you sell one?"
NO, said the general, decisiveIy. IT
coaidnt put price on one. II we both
get out Of this war alive you can give
me another. II get killed, he's YOURS. !"
Thank you," said Grafton.
any man that's got a wife like yours.
can give
Grafton wrune the generals hand and
turned away: In few moments he
was mounted again and riding north
along the Blockhouse road. II didn't
whs,s .axs MIN S,,n an hour to find the place
not there He had distributed the resi-
ments Of his reserve brigade where thev
would do most good at the beginninS
OF the battle. and then had rejoined the
iront: No one at Alsops knew anything
about Ariadne. There was nothing for
Grafton to do but to ride on and find
Stuart. -.''~
he found him surrounded by his staff
on little hill which commander a view
so Tar as view could be had through
Ine treesEtor several miles In every d.
rection. In front of him In the woods
Fig Lees line was engaged. Grafton
dashed up to him and after the briefest
OF salutes. such was his anxiety. asked
him where his wife was.
on n thaf ahat ro,d house " off to the left there
fighting lines returned the general.
pointing at house on a clearing over
mile away.
us .. she all right. sir9"
physically utterly exhausted by all she
nad gone through; In the second, she
has three nasty little wounds. NOT one
OF them serious, but very annoying. She
tainted after she delivered your mes
sage last night, and l had her carried
to that house which I noticed at dusk
Ihere was an old negro woman there
VINO hadn't been frightened away bv
oar TINS hshting, s and she promised to take
You have had General Lees mass.g.
l see"
Every word of it. / tell you no man
on earth could have made il more cisar
man that magnificent girl. By love
Grafton. ! want to tell you that YOU
nave wife in thousand and il she
1 am here to count on
THANK YOU" said Grafton. may 7
ride over to see her?"
Certainly. replied Stewart. II think
you'd better get her out of that house,
II you can. There's a road that Ie,d.
up past 1t and I've been expecting
every moment to see some of those
fanks make their appearance on II. n
nave no troops. not even a man. TO
Pu9 Pu5 IN II to guard it. but what could 1
90 I'm practically surrounded here
now: You know the Yanks are in fore,
at the court house"
There are not many of them there :,
said GRAFTON. confidently. 1T Is prob
ably division of Sheridan's cavalry
One Is too many for us at this iinc-
ture. But II these fellows in front of
us would let us alone we'd soon clear
the court house.
Longstreet and Early are advancing.
They should be here some time TO-DAY.
They ii make short work of them il Won
can only hold this main attack on the
Brock road"
MY men don't like beetle crushing"
saiG Stuart. but, by Heaven. Wen hold
the Ianks as long as there's a man left
to crawl behind log and pull a trig-
ger. Eth. Jim?''
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