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CHAPTER 1U COXT.JiCkJ). ; "You are- a spy.** : "He is riot,** Miss Clay's voice rang erat clear and defiant. "He is a cos federate soldier, and in uniform. He is a prisoner of war.** . "And are you also?** The young- gen eral rose gracefuly as he addressed the lady, instinctively straightening his saber and brushi ng back bis damp curls, with half-boyish air of foppery, as he tossed his hat on the table. Hiss Clay*s eyes met her questioner's steadily s but with unmistakable de fiance, as she answered: '- "I am not, s?r. I am a non-com batant, a Virginia lady on her way to ?ker aunt's home, arrested and dragged {here without cause or excuse for the outrage! You doubtless could hang us both to-morrow?or now, if it suits your . government's theories of war; but its articles protect this youth and release me," The general's eyes again inventoried the speaker with curiosity that had some admiration mixed with it, but he answered, calmly: "Uml you seem familiar with the articles of war. Did you s*udy them at your aunt's, or?in camp. ?Vhat is your uaroe?" "Carrie Fauntleroy?my first cousin, sir," Evan broke in, quickly, his eye catching- the papers on the table, before - the girl could reply. "Islhattme?" The federal general questioned the man, but his gaze never left the face of the woman turned defiantly upon him, now suffused with a glow of anger that fiever deepened under his scrutiny, r "My cousin is a Virginian, sir," she answered for him, as he had done for bee. "We are never ashamed of cur names.** A quick glance sent her Evan's thanks that she had caught his meaning?that her own name was too well fcoown along the border to be risked in this Slew peril Whether the general caught that glance or not, he seemed im pressed by its reflection in her eyes, from which his own had never swerved; for, after a brief pause, he asked, sud denly: "At what point, miss, did you hope to reach the river?* If he expected a start or flush for an answer, it was in vain. Carolyn Clay bad been in close places before, if not so perilous as this; and she answered, as calmly and naturally as though d?clin? Jug an ice: "My aunt lives inland, sir; not on the river." A half smfie he could not repress flickered an instant about the cavalry leader's lips, quickly replaced by their habitual sternness, as he retorted: "It is a strange hour and strange company for you to be found in, miss. 2?b, I am not doubting your statement" ?stopping- her intent to speak by a gesture?"but shall ask proof for it. jAajor, question the guard who brought them in for point of capture and all de tails. Send the guide to me, sir." As the major bustled out of the tent, ?Ts?ss Clay said, rather anxiously: . '*I can give you all the details now, sh\ The troopers will prove my state ment." "Urn! doubtless," the general an swered, slowly. "Will they also dis close to me what was in"?he turned on - Evan like a flash?"that paper you swal lowed?" "Fine cut, sir," the boy answered, quickly but meekly; and even the grav ity of his peril could not restrain the twinkle in his eye as he grimaced with Affected nausea. A challenge without, a low reply, and the orderly stood in the entrance, saluting: "The guide, sir.1'' "Send him in at once." A tall figure, wrapped in along cloak, tnat showed beneath it only muddy riding boots, entered the tent. The plain felt hat he removed showed fine "black hair on his broad white forehead: MY COUSZ3T IS A. VIB6IXIAX, SIB." but the slim hand that smoothed 11 carefully betrayed its roots seamed by the red track of a recent bullet. The features below were clear cut and high bred, though deeply tanned from expo sure. The newcomer saluted, as the gen era! asked, quickly: "Do you know any Fauntleroys here abouts, sir?" The guide raised his eyes, meeting full the mingled surprise, contempt anc hatred shot into them by the blazini glance of Carolyn Clay. And even he: bestrtrained tact lost itself in the cry: "Peyton Fitzhugh!" The man's tanned face jfrew almosi purple in its flush, and his eyes fell be fore hers; but, ?*qually surprised as her self, he exclaimed: "Carolyn Clay?* If ever human face spoke piain words that of Evan Fauntleroy cried to th< silence now filling that tent: "Oh, Lord! it's all outr But his cousin's face was dark witl wrath that swept before tt thought prudence?all save the deep contempt quivering in each word of her retort: **To her own people, yesl Miss Claj to the branded traitor Peyton Fitz hughT Rapidly the general's glance movec from man to woman, resting sternly 01 the guide's face as he said: "What does all this mean? Explain j For a space in which one might hav told ten, no answer came. The thin sensitive lips twitched sp maodically /the nervous brown hand slid beneatl ("the cloak, as though to grasp a weapon Ibnt all the while the guide's flushes ,*face was raised full to his chiefs, hi eyes never wavering, though his breas labored heavily once, twice. ! "Answer, sir, what is this woman' i?ame?" ; The guide was himself again. Calmly respectfully, he answered, with leas possible emphasis upon the title: I "This lady is Mfss Carolyn Clay, of I the Beeches, James Hiver." ! "Do you know Miss Carrie Fannt ; leroy?" Fitzhugh's quick glance showed him j the. girl erect, with folded arms and I coldly defiant mien, Evan with clown cast face, helpless to invent aught to stem this rushing tide of emergency. So, ignorant of what had gone before, quivering inwardly, but in' calm voice, j be answered: ! ' "Yes, sir; I know her." j ! ?*She is this lady's first cousin? Their j aunt lives in this neighborhood?" tb/ peyton fttzhugh." general queried rap idly?"lives close to Harper's Ferry?" "Yes, sir; close to Harper's Ferry.'* "No, no; not near the?" Evan broke in, hastily; but the cold, hard ring of Miss Clay's voice cut his disclaimer short: "Silence, Evan! Let the traitor lie for himself.'' "Enough of this! I am satisfied, Miss Clay," the general said, decisiv ely. "I have heard of you before. You are in our lines under assumed name; your escort swallowed some papers. I would not use rough terms, but you are suspected as a spy. I will send you to Washington at dawn. This soldier is in uniform. He will go, too; and he may save himself by telling the truth. Provost, separate these prisoners and guard them securely?Fitzhugh, re main here." A moment later and the cousins had passed into the now turionsly-driving snowstorm without, Evan hustled with scant ceremony to the guard-fire, Miss Clav guided by the provost-marshal himself to a solitary hut across the road, half hidden in trees, but fast whitening' under soft flakes caught by it into a drift. The major bustled about the mouldy little room with the politico military punctilio of a fresh soldier, swinging his lantern up to the one win dow to inspect its security, trying the creaking wooden latch of the,door, and swearing, not inaudibly, at the nimble soldier trying to blow the wet and smoking brush, piled upon the crazy . hearth, into a blaze. "Rather an awkward fix you're in, I fear, miss," he said, at length, turning to Miss Clay. "Circumstances certainly seem dead against you. Of course I can't answer certainly for the general, j but I should have this matter fully in ! vestigated. I should send you to the ; old capitol for court martial. We are in I the enemy's country, you see; and the j safety of the whole command, no less ! than the honor of the flag, demands full i investigation of your reasons for assum ! ing a name. As for your young man, he certainly swallowed something; and I can testify, in person, that he almost j assaulted me in his effort to prevent ; capture of dangerous despatches. You j will be under close guard until daylight, j miss; but I will await further instruc I tions before disposing of you finally. We will advance at?hem!?I mean, you should try and make yourself perfectly comfortable. Confound you, Lynch! you've filled the room with smoke!" A fit of coughing cut off the military stump-speaker, and he stepped outside for lengthy instructions to the sentry, already pacing his post before the hut. The girl had dropped listlessly on the one rickety stool in the room, seemingly as oblivious to cold and to danger as to the major's stream of talk. She was very pale, but two red disks burned in the rounded cheeks, Ler lissome figure drooping and her gauntleted hands resting carelessly in her lap. Only the face moved, ito gray eyes intent on va cancy, but deepening in color as swift thoughts chased each other through her brain. Sometimes the lips moved Boundlessly, the color deepening in her cheeks and her head half erecting, only to droop again upon her bosom. ?sot one word of reply came to the bustling major's rigmarole, and if the girl even heard his words they con veyed no sense to her. Only did she start from deep revery when the Irish trooper, rising from his knees, said, cheerily: * "Bedad! but there's a darlin' av a blazel Bad luck to the broosh, but it's blowed me out enthierly! Kape up y er sperrits, miss! Ther's th' b'r.i.kct to ?ver ye from th' cowld; an' ye'd better ?atch a wink of shlape, fur ye'll be sailed cam*. Oi'm bclavin'. Niver fear, iarlin'," he added, lower, "Oi'm a fey ther mysel', an' Oi know th' failin's av i dochter. Bad cess to the major's tongue!" ? his voice foil to a whisper? ;,he's makin' av it woorse fur ye, whin -it's hard enough, shnre! Good night, miss; an* den't lit the ure go low. Plisant dur?mes!'* "Thank you!" the girl answered, w?t? a deep breath, that %vas less a sigh thau a half-awakening. "You are very good Who is the general's guide?" " 'Tentien, Lynch!" sounded the ma Jot's voice from without. "Cease talk ing with the prisoner! I caunot im press you men with the fact that nc soldier should talk, under any circum stances. And you should learn from mc that?" Then the voice died away on the nighl wind, leaving the snow-muffled tramj of the sentry for sole companion to th< rirl's thoughts. chapter iv. ACCUSATION. The snowfiakes sifted down noise iessly but larger and faster; the trea< of the sentry was softened almost int< silence; and the fire, now crackling merrily on the old hearth, whirled th< sparks up the cracked chimney in dizz^ dance. Carolyn Clay sat like a statue, he: chin reding on her hand, and her face now pale, swept by light or shadow, a busy memory sent each from her brain For the rencontre in the general' tent had added other and far differen thoughts to anxious memory and eage speculation on the outcome of this ad venture-^the most dangerous, so far, that all her risky essays as a blockade breaker had forced upon her. In all her previous tramps along- the Potomac trail?as in her "hair-breadth *scapes" from patrol gain boats in cross ing the well-watched river?Miss Clay had escaped capture. Indeed, had the operetta been written then, she had certainly gained the sobriquet of "The Mascotte," from her good fortune. ! But now, added to the danger of sus picion for a spy was the trial of a dar ling brother, loved beyond expression of words, whose chances in his struggle for life or death would be lessened by her delay. ; In the rapidly-forming coals rose pic tures of a narrow cot in a hospital ward, a fever-buT?ed boy tossing rest lessly upon it, and a stately form, worn by watching and anxiety to semblance of itself, leaning tenderly over him. smoothing the hot pihow. While the age-veined hand put the cooling draught to his lips. And the girl's sense could actually hear the words of fervent prayer go up, above the boy's fair hair, anon changed to cheering talk of sister soon to come and bring relief, j Quickly, unconsciously, memory's camera had changed its slide, and in the i coals before her the picture was of a j gay ball-room of the previous year. It was New Year night, the roads frozen, I and Richmond's best and fairest were i there?her bravest and her tenderest. To a dim nook, a stairway half hidden from the throng, came subdued hum of distant voices, softened music of a waltz. She heard the very notes?low, sweet : and tremulous?and her breathing kept time to the strain, Lanner's "Romanti ker.** And to that rhythm there had kept j time eager, earnest, pleading of a Strong, brave voice, tempered by deep est feeling and resistless truth, as it told anew "the old, old story.** A shiver ran through her lithe form, the shining coils of ruddy hair bent ; lower on her breast, as Carolyn Clay { saw the woman in the coals hesitate? j half yield; as she heard her own voice, j scarce protesting, give its solemn pledge . to remember, to cherish those words j always?to wait until the war was over, but to trust?until the death. Then a groan burst from her quiver ing lips. The cheeks that glowed?spite of captivity and peril, spite of watching mother and fevered bairn?sttddenly sallowed, and the lips, thin-curved by i scorn, pressed tightly on each other, j and a cruel light of disdainful hate ! gleamed from the hot gray eyes. For now memory whispered of that gray, bitter gloaming at headquarters j when the hints of men became certain i ty. Rumor?coming as the wind comes, ; whence no man listeth?crept through 1 the camps that he?Peyton Fitzhugh, their pride and boast, though but three months returned from Europe to serve his state?had ridden out of the lines i without leave and was heard of no more! j Then?worse than news of capture?of I death itself!?that he, flower of Virgin ; ian chivalry, had deserted. Oh! the shame, the hidden horror of it! None dreamed of his plighted love, of her half-plighted troth; but Carolyn ; Clay came of a line to whom their own I disapproval was keenest of all reproach. I And her heart hardened itself, even as Pharaoh's of old, against the man who had betrayed her?worse, himself? worst of all, his country! Nor was room left for doubt. Rumors, ! strange doubts, crept in at first, then , came stories of disloyal work, with raiding federals; and, last, Capt. Chari ; ton reported that, riding with a gay j party from a farmhouse frolic, he him j self had seen the traitor by the federal j ofiicer who had ambushed them. Charl j ton had fired, in his flight, and saw the j tall deserter reel in his saddle, blood streaming from his brow, as his Ken tucky hunter cleared the fence and dis tanced pursuit. And when this formal report was made at headquarters, with j name and date given, the fair, frank i face of Gen. Stuart had grown black as I night. Twice he advanced on Clvarlton, i ready to speak. Twice, by supreme ef ! fort, he controlled himself, striking his j fist upon the table at last, and thun ' dering out: j "From this hour, let no man dare to j breathe the name of Peyton Fitzhugh j in my commandl Gentlemen, so in struct your troops. Remember, this is not a request, but an order. See that it is obeyed!" So the grave of oblivion had closed over the memory of him who had been Stuart's chosen soldier, his knight ex emplar. For Jeb Stuart's word was law, sealed by the love of his ffien; and for months Peyton Fitzhugh had been as dead to his old comrades as though his body actually festered in the grave, with the stake of superstition driven through it. Thus the fair girl sat and thought the night away, its minutes gliding swiftly on, as though her fancies had been sr.-^et; the snow falling without, faster, deeper, more silently; the thud of the sentry's footfall less and less distinct. An4 the flre-flame flickered* fifrew dull, tri? brash-bmnches falling into cos Is, fast graying into ash. But she never moved, or.?y the changeful flit of feel ing over her features telling that she still waked and thought and suffered, even while the fertile brain formed plan after plan for escape, each quick dismissed as hopeless. Out in the dim, misty edge of the snowdrifts, cut by a clump of trees some dozen yards away from tha hut, a shadow lurked. Once?again it moved, dim, noiseless, flitting as a ghost. Then, as the sentry turned away, beating his arms and shifting his carbine to keep down the snow-cramp, the shadow glided forth into the hazy light. Swift, noiseless, direct it sped upon the troop er's track. Nearer it drew ? nearer still; a sudden spring, and an iron arm had encircled his throat, a sudden wrench had torn the carbine from his grasp. Deadly still, but !n deadly strain, the two strong men tugged some seconds. Then the shadow's arm relaxed; the trooper?limp, inert, helpless?slid from that death-like grip and sank motion less upon the snow. Th; hinges of the crazy old door creaked ominously, as Carolyn Clay ?irned her head. An instant later she stood erect, d?fiant, as the smoldering SOME DOZEN YARDS AWAY FR05I TUE IIU1 A SHADOW LURKED. brush flashed into flame beforo th< draught. "How dare you?cownrd?" Low, clear, but almost in a hiss, enrrv the words from the pale woman. "Hush!" the man answered, in a voir< bo hollow she scarce recalled it. "Be tray yourself by any noise, and we both arc lost. I come?" "Peyton Fitzhugh! leave mc this in stant, or I call the guard!** She drew up to her full height, pointing to the door with arm-sweep of a queen. "Your vcrj- presence would be insult to any Virginian woman; to me it is dis gr?ce!" : "Listen!" the man answered, In a hoarse whisper. "Think what you will, but, for God's sake, hear me. I have just left the general. He is angered, vengeful. ?le knows all?yo?f real name, your attachment to Stuart, your mission to the river?" "And you told him!" The scorn in her toiee was infinite. " You/** "I come to save you," he answered; rapidly, the great effort to be calm only betrayed by heaving chest, and nails that dug into his clinched hands. "Vil ify, despise me as you must in thought, but waste no time in words. You re member that night? Women like you forget no more than men like me. Then I swore to serve you to the death. Stop! I know what you would say; the gulf between us?the shame?the hor ror! Oh, God! Carolyn, do not stop for that! You life?your honor?my worth less life not counted?all rest on one single instant now! Come; you are free!*' Something in the strong, low-spoken words, a will hers could not combat, forced the girl to listen, even while she shuddered and shook her head. Then, as the man eagerly, pleadingly, held out his hand, she drew back, her old self once more. "Keep back!" she cried, with flashing eyes. "You are lying to me!?lying for your revenge! He who could betray his country would not scruple to betray a helpless woman." A shadow of agony unspeakable swept the man's face, and his lips opened as if to speak. But a mighty effort closed them again; and he an swered only with pleading gesture to the door. "Leave me!" the woman said, low but imperiously. "Go! or I call the guard!" "Bitter, hard as you are," the man answered, calmly, but with laboring ! b*rrst, "your pride will ruin all. Miss Clay, by every memory of the pastAby the grave of my dead mother?I swear I speak the truth. In the copse yonder fctands my horse. The sentry is?power less. An hour's ride brings you to roads you know; sunrise sees you safe with confederate cavalry. By my soul, I swear I speak only truth." "And did I trust you?" "Yes, I know," he interrupted, eager- | ly, almost happily. "If you do, it is not that you hate?despise me less, but that you must use such vile means for? the cause I Will you come?" Again he extended his hand, eDtrcat- ] ing. Again the woman drew back with a shudder. "Oh, God! Dare I trust this man?" burst from her lips in half sob. "You can!" he whispered, eagerly. "You can trust me as you could Evan, for your own sake?for your cause?for ; little Fairfax!" " You know?" She stared at him. "Yes, I know." He hesitated an in- J stant, adding, almost fiercely: "It is the spy's business?the traitor's?to know alL Poor little Fairfax!"?again his voice softened to infinite tenderness? "he will die?you will murder him?un less you use these means to save. An I hour's ride, and you are free, safe among friends." With something like asob he finished, raising his hand to push the damp haii back from his forehead. The embers flickered into blaze again, throwing full light upon his face, and the woman, ?hesitant till then?again drew back, shuddering. "An omen!" she cried. "That scar? Cain's brand upon your forehead?warns me not to trust the traitor!' ?le stared at her wondering. *'II\-pocritc!*' she answered to th.\ lfX)k, "I too know the swift con federate brand upon you?Capt. C/lnfl ton's bullet marked?M "Charlton!" A great amaze made his face blank one instant. Then the name passed his lips, low, vengeful as a curse. His breast rose and fell, as he dashed his hat to his head, striding one step to wards her. "Obstinate, relentless!" he said, rap idly< in hollow voice. "Will you prove* selfish as well? Carolyn Clay, I have said what man dare say. Did I say one word more,?did I convince yor,?then I should despise myself as you despise me! I have solemnly sworn to save you, at risk of?of all that is left to me,?at risk of losing what a girl like you could never dream! A moment more, the relief comcs.anda'l is lost; for I swear I trill not leave this hut alone! No; do not answer: there is no time. If your own honor is risked? ? if your mother's heart is broken,?if little Fairfax dies for want of remedies his pridcful sister migTit have won him,?then I call God to witness that the sin is on your head!" The womafi'? bosohi rose and fell; words rushing io her lips died upon them; she heard her own heart beating thunderous in her throat. "Come! For the sake of all dear to. you,?cause, mother, brothc^-^omer the man pleaded. "Vile, despicable as I am in your eyes, let me atone in part, by saving you?and Fairfax." The sob so close to Carolyr? Clay's lips burst through them. A great joy gleamed in the deep eyes of the traitor* Virginian; and again?with obsecration piteous in its meekness?he held out hia* hand. 5?ith bowed head, but qukk gesture of dissent, the woman withdrew rr?r own, haix Extended to take it; but she pointed to' the door, without a word. to bk C NT1NCED For kidiiey and itv^r trouble Glen-: Springs water is h cure. On draught at Hughsoo & Co';j drug store. 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Ev McDonald it store hnrHerljr occupied by the M>saes McElhose on IVfain St., has just* opened a handsome assortment of fine and' medium gradts Millinery Goods, Hats:a&d: Bonn?fe, jf French and ?'omestic manufacture'of the V'?ry latest shapes, styles and* patterns: A fine assort ment of Feather-Tips, RibbODS, and' any goods to l>e found in a first class millinery establishments Ladies will do well to examine otir Goods before pnrc?asing their filter supplies' By honest dnalinjr ?n?moderate prices We hop?'to merit a' liberal patron-* ige. Positively no old stocfc SHOES' SHOESr (Successors to- Heiser & Wals?r.V ?aVe just finished opeuihg their ?alf Stock. Mr. Walsir ktibws: the wants of every class of customers in flife section; and their* Shoes have been' made to meet every demand*. We deal With F?CTO?I?S ?i?e?f "So Second Hands', rfo" middle manV profit to* be paid by our customers: In putting the price* on' our Shoes' We hay? remembered the Km price of Cotton. We have a practical shoem^kei* of over ^ y?ar?e^?r?eh?er When your SOLES begin to wear Come and See Him: If yorf want a pair shoes m?d? to" order vve can a^jc^nraodafe'y?u'otf Short Notice. See our $3 and Shoes, tfeey are wonders> Walsh & Cov MON'AGHAtf BLOCK-, Sign, Heiser & WaisK. SFMTER, S. CV sept ai and Betai! cr?eers* GENERAL MERCHANDISE^. Will keep ?n hfarid ? full stock* W? will not fcr? ui?derso?rf, G?v? us a eall. Save Money. Corner Main aid Republican Str??ts. April I*. Howard Fleming, -? 276 ?AST BA? STREET, - IMPORTER OF GUSH PORTLAND -AND DEALER W ?_ Lime, Cements, Plaster, Hair, Terr? Gotta Pipe, &c, and aW Building 31aterial. OMei's Griven1 Prompt Attention. Correspondence Solicited: Lowest Prices. Best ?^atisfacti?i?. Oct 21 o HIED W A EI ; m W. DURAIT & S?Sf SELL HARDWARE ?F ALL KINDS. Machinery Supplies, Buggy and Wagon Material, Cooking-an? Heaimg ?tcv?$, Potware, W?odenware, Crockery and Glaseware, Tinware, Hardware an? SadWy, Cutlery?PucRel and Table, Scissors, r GUNS, PISTOLS and CARTRIDGES, Powder and Shot, ?ii?f???|/:>?ded ?ncf Empty; Belting. Lacing, Packing, Bri>tlest Whips, Robes, &3.t ?&c. Prices to suit the tintes. SU31T?M Iron, JVorks* W. E, & J. I. ^PROPRIETORS. EnginGS. SOilCrS an^ machinery of all kinds and descriptions* repaired. CirC?ll&F S3/WS hammered arid gemmed: IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS made to order: s'*d ?njfort usually done' in a first class machine shop, or foundry^ executed in a wVjtma?H&e manner." PRICED REASONABLE and satisfaction guaranteed by gooU'woriJ. Intimates will be furnished on application Suinter Iron Works, Aug o animer iron rfurn*, W. E. & J. I. Branson, Proprietors, Sttmter; S. C: We beg to say to the trahie that, as heretofore, ?ur Sumter House Will remain open in charge of Mr. H/B* Bloom. . The Keating of money is more of an object than ever fii liard years, and to these contemplating the purchase of machinery wo offer the opportunity ?.f saving monoy by dealing direct with manufacturers. WilJi men of ex pedience and ability in all departments, and ? thoroughly equipped e*w?p at your doors we are able to offer High grades at Low Priors We fintifch: competent machinists free of charge to erect all machinery W? sctT. Call oil* " a"" CHER AW MACHINE WORKS', Engineers, Founders and Machiiiisis,, o * Sumter, S. C, and Chcraw;.S..Gv