Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-20
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The Battle of Shiloh.-Tom Win
ston, despite the pleadings Of his sis
ter, Ellen, an ardent Confederate,
Joins the Federal army. Frank Carey
has entered the Confederate service,
though his sister Ethel asserts her in
tention of serving the Union. Both
girls become identified with the secret
service departments of the South and
North, respectively. Tom is with
Grant and Frank with Johnson, and
the movements of the armies bring
them into the neighborhood of their
homes. Tom has with him Don, a
dog which has been used to carry
messages between his master and
Ethel. Union headquarters are es-
tablished in the Winston home, afford
ing Ellen opportunity to acquire many
valuable secrets which she commune
Gates to Frank, and it Is thought that
some officer is proving a traitor Tom
watches his sister and observes that
as she sits chatting with the Union
officers, she is using her fan in such
manner as to make the dots and
dashes Of the Morse code, and Frank,
concealed in the shrubbery, is making
notes of the Information. Tom dis
covers Frank, overpowers him, taking
from him the memoranda, but allows
Frank to escape. Tom places the
memoranda in his pocket. The battle
Of Shiloh has begun, and Tom is given
an important dispatch. He is pur-
sued and badly wounded. Unable to
60 on, Tom gives the dispatch to Don
to carry to Ethel. Don does his port,
and Ethel undertakes to deliver the
order. She is holly pursued by Con-
federate cavalry and escapes by
jumping her horse from cliff into
the river, deed which none OF her
pursuers will attempt They cheer as
her horse swims the stream and
climbs the other bank The dispatch
Is delivered, and the reinforcements
begin forced march to the assistance
of the Federals. Meanwhile Tom has
been picked up b va Federal party
unconscious. The memoranda taken
from Frank are found in his pocket,
and it is concluded that he is the sup
posed traitor. A drum-head court
martial condemns him to be shot. The
battle is now raging fiercely, the vic
torious Confederates pressing steadily
forward. The Federal position is
carried. Tom is captured, and sent to
the Confederate rear, where he sue
ceeds in eluding his guards. He de-
termines to rejoin his troops. Johnson
| is killed, the triumphant advance of
the Confederates falters. Tom reach
es the Union lines, he rallies a break
ing regiment and leads fierce charge.
The tide of battle is turned. Frank
is captured, the Confederates sullenly
withdraw. Tom is arrested and plac-
ed under guard. Frank learns of the
| fate in store for Tom, confesses him.
self to be the spy. Tom is released
Frank is held as spy, but escapes
and goes to his home to induce his
sister to 60 South with him. Tom has
gone to see his sister to induce her
to give up her dangerous work as a
Confederate spy, and has been cap
tured by a squad of Confederates
while at his home. He sends a note
to Ethel. Ethel secures several Fed
eral troops and makes her brother {
prisoner. Under white flag, Ethe
and her squad approach the Winston
home, and Ethel proposes an ex
change of prisoners. This is agreed
to, as we'll as temporary truce
Then Tom and Ethel turn to thu
4 North, while Frank and Ellen rid
away into the Confederacy.