The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-14

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vessels of the blockading squadron,
/ looming up with the most perfect dis
ttinctness in the bright moonshine that
/ illuminated everything with strong
1 INT mellow light. l saw Charleston
Harhor and its forts with theis. pacing
| sentinels and their sullen looking bar
bette guns. My eyes followed the ocean
line all the way round into the gulf.
! to- New Orleans. and thence up tho
| mississippi. Fort Pickcns and. In fact.
every fortification along this water
boundary bchcld with as much dis
tinetncss as you. sir. see that corpOral'a
guard passing there. The sight filled
me with delightful surprise: but vt
would he utterly impossible for me
to describe the ecstati, Amusement that
followed. as within the limits l mem
|" tion., my eyes took in. in minute but
lightning like detail every mountain
range. every. hill. every valley. every
forest. every meadow. every river
every city. every camp. every tent.
every mdy OF men, every sentinel.
every earthwork. every cannon. and
may say, Dispensing with further de-
tail. every living and every dead thing,
no matter what Its bulk or height.
Treaehery Revealed.
My blood seemed to stop in it's
channels with JOY as ! thought that
the knowledge and thereby advantages
thus given to me would insure a speedy
and happy termination to the war
And this one idea was engrossing my
mind when that same slow, solemn
voice said: General Mcclellan. take
your map and note what you behold.
larry not: your time Is short I start
ed, and glancing at the unearthly
speaker. saw him extend his arm and
point southwark. Still. l saw no fea
lures. Smoothing out the largest and
most accurate of my maps, seized a
pencil, and once more bent my gaze
this time cold. chilling thrill ran
through me and the huge. rough ictcle
again began it's saving motion through
my heart For as pencil in hand
compared the map before me with the
living map I saw the masses of the
enemy's forces being hurried to certain
points. so as to thwart movements that
within day or two intended to make
at those identical points; while on two
particular approaches to washington I
beheld heavy columns posted for a con-
centrated attack that | instantly saw
must succeed in it's object unless
speedily prevented Treachery!
rreachery! cried I in despair. And.
as before. my blood seemed to stop
in it's channels for JOY 1T now did so
for fear. Ruin and defeat seemed to
stare me in the face. At this dreadful
moment that same slow, solemn VOICE
struck once more on my ear saying:
General Mcclellan. you have been be-
trayed. And had not God willed other
wise. ere the sun of tomorrow had set
the Confederate flag would have waved
above the capitol and your own grave.
But note what 70" see Sonr1t'me is
short larry not!' 49,
Ere the words had left the lips ol
my vapory mentor. my pencil was fly
ing with the speed of thought. trans
ferring to the map before me. all that
saw upon the living map. Some mys-
terious and unearthly Influence was
unon me, and noted and recorded the
minutest point beheld without the
slightest effort, delay or mistake. A.
last the task was done. and my pencil
1 dropped from my fingers. For whil'
| previous to this, however, l had be
come conscious that there was shin
ing of flight on my left that stcadil.
Increased. until the moment ceased
my task It became in, an instant more
Intense than the noonda:, sun. Quickl!
i I raised my eyes and never. were Il
live forever will ! forget what j saw
The dim, shadowy figure was no lonGe
i dim shadow figure. but the gIorifie'
land refulsent spirit of Washington. tn
Father Of His Country, and now sec
ond time it's savior. Ny friend.
/ WOulO ne .ulteiIS uSCISSo ip' INV w ~
| tempt to describe the mighty. retuCne
spirit. can only say that washing
1 ton, as heheld him in my dream.
you may choose to term it. was tn
most Godlike being ] could have con
ceivetl of. Like IA weak, dazzled birt
sat gazing at the heavenly vision
From the sweet and silent repose {
4 Mount Vernon our Washington ha
risen to once more cncircle and rails
M with his saving arm our falle
bleeding country. AS 1 continued look
ing, an expression of sublime he
mighty came gently upon his visae
and for the last time heard that slo
and &soimen voice saying TO me SONS
thing like this: General Mcclellan
while yet in the flesh beheld the brit
OF the American republic. 1t was. In
deed. q hard and bloody one. but Sod
blessing was upon the nation an
.. therefore, through this her first gre;
struggle for existence. He sustaint
/ her and with His mighty band hrougl
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