Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-11-14

learn the news aud | spent most Of I
the time on watch, seated mt the edge
Of the bluff, my eyes searching the
surface Of the river. While Klrby's /
presence upstream unQuestionably in
creased our peril Of capture, this did
not cause me as much anxious thought
as did the strange disappearance Of
Free Pete and the two women. What
had become OF them during the night?
Surely they could never have out
stripped US with only pair Of oars
BY which to combat the current, and
yet we had obtained no glimpse Of
them anywhere along that stretch Of
river.
The knowledge that the steamer
which had passed Us was heavily
laden with troops was most encour-
aging. In Itself alone this was abun-
dant proof Of the safe delivery Of my
dispatches, and was thus relieved to
realize that the duty had been per-
formed. There might be wonder and
later the necessity Of explanation, yet
no one would suffer from my absence
and was within the limits Of my fur
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