Year: 1863

AS they thus drank they became won
derfully communicative and, listening
eagerly, Lucy heard that they had been
sent from Springfield, with some fifty
others, to see if anything could be seen
Of the advance guard of Fremont's army,
who were supposed to be in that vicinity
She found that this party had been stop
ping at one house and another, drinking,
and very naturally had divided, and that
Armstrong meant TO wait till the rest
came up, and start for the town from her
house. She likewise learned that they
had not seen anything of the Lincoln
soldiers. She gave them their fill of
liquor, she let them eat the best the
house afforded, and as she was taking a
pitcher to get more liquor her ears
caught the sound ola distant fife. Arm
strong heard it too, and, with an oath,
said them lazy lubbers of his were at
last coming, and the old woman must
take some more dodgers along,


Lucy had taken the pitcher, and, clos
ing the door behind her, almost few out
into the yard, and taking the oldest boy
by the shoulder, said in aterrible, hoarse
voice. Tom, run for your life over the
moving, through the lane, and tell those
men you NEE! to take down their flag,
and stop playing Yankee Doodle, and
come up through the lane with you, and
they can get every one of these men,
Don't let the grass grow under your feet,
boy


The winds brought TO her ears what il
never whispered to those drunken men,
that instead of their comrades, their
sernest foes would be around them.
And all her energies were directed to
keep them still in the ignorance SO fatal
TO them.


Meanwhile Tommy's tow head shot
over the moving, over the wall through
the narrow lane, reaching the main road
just as a mounted band Of men came in
sight. He mounted stump, waved his
jacket, and the foremost among them
stopped.


What is it, boy .


Marin wants your fling man 10 stop
playing that thing, aud 10 have down
that ere flag, and to come up to our
house through the lane Come on.


He was starting, but Zagonyi stopped
him. don't understand, boy; what
does she want?'


Tom was Indignant. Wants you to
nab some seeeshers up TO our house, but
you needn't COM If you don't wanter.'


Something in his face struck one Of
the men, and he said, who is your
nanny, boy 2


Lucy Dudley


Go ahead, Major, shouted the fellow,
She's true blood they shot her hus-
band month ago


Zagonyi, followed by portion of his
men, wheeled into the lane, trying to
keep Tommy in sight and soon they
came in view Of the low house, and the
noisy mirth of the Confederates was
distinctly heard, Armstrong never sus-
pected, even ordering Mrs. Dudley TO
show 'em in She went 10 the door,
and they did not need that she should
speak her piercing, eager look told
everything. They surrounded the room,
Zagoni's clear voice ordered those in
side TO surrender, while at the same
moment the fier gave an exultant--


Yankee Doodle came to town,


Yankee doodle dandy


Armstrong saw the trap, and fred his
revolver, hitting the gray-haired old
grandmother, leveling her with the
ground Nobody noticed the shot ex.
cept Tommy, and as he held her bleed
ing head on bis knee he never she'd a
tear but he is on one Of Commodore
| Foote'S gunboats as powder monkey
to day, and he never hands charge bu
he thinks of that terrible hour. One OF
two on both sides were wounded. and the
rebels marched out bound together will
old chains. which The boys very gladly
found. Zagonyi must take the prison
ers with him. for men couldn't be spar
ed to guard them. As they were all il
! front OF the door before starting, Mrs
Dudley. who knew every inch OF III,
ground in the vicinity, undertook 10 tel
them a nearer road to town. They die
not understand her hurried directions
and she starts as if to 60 with them
then she remembered her dying mother
and came back calling Tommy from
the sufferer 5 side TO take the place il
her stead


But the dying woman's Eint yoic,