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FITIT ANNIVEI BY F A M (Co?,yright, 1892, by the A , SYNOPSIS. Private Mark Malone, U. S. A., sent as a spy to Chattanooga by General Thoma.s,, is aved from guerrillas by Sorul Slack. Disguised as a countryman, Mark starts for Chattanooga with Jakey, Souri's brother. Mark is to send Souri her red handkerchief if in peril. Mark and Jakey are given shelter by Laura Fain and her mother. Laura suspects Mark is a Union soldier in disguise,. - . j H6 confesses that he is. Laura is a Confederate. She prevents her lover, Captain Cameron Fitz Augh, C. S. A., from detaining Mark. Mark learns that a big Confederate army is massing at Chattanooga and p ing a northward dash. He at te ts to escape from Chattanooga. (Continued.) CHAPTER VI. . DESPERATE SITUATION. N VER was there a more sur prised look on any man's face than on Mark's at the moment he discovered the men into wbose midst he had fallen. He knew the range of the Confederate picket ine, and was unable to understand how this party could be a part of it. The men looked equally surprised at his appearance. Indeed they seemed more disconcerted at his sudden com ing than he was at their being there. When he made his leap among them they were about to get Into the boat, and one of them, held the painter in his hand. Mark in a twinkling made up his mind that they were not pleased at his appearance. He determined to play a bold game. He had no defined plan when he began to speak to them It came to him as he proceeded. "What are you men doing here?" he asked In a tone that none but a sol dier knows how to assume. No one answered "What regiment do you belong to?" No answer. "Is there a noncommissioned officer ng you?" There was so much of authority in, ark's tone that it compelled an an er, and a respectful one. "No, sir." "You men are away from your com mands without permission. I can see that plainly." The men looked guilty, but said noth "You evidently don't know me. I am officer of General Bragg's staff on Important mission of secret serva He waited a moment to discover the ect of his words and then proceed "It is a matter of the greatest mo ent that I get across the river at nee. - 1 want you men to pull me ver and then report immediately to our colonel. Give me your names. t regiment do you belong to?" "The --th Tennessee." "The old story," said Mark severely. ou men ~are doubtless from east ennessee. You are deserters, trying get back to where you came from." Mark had hit the nail on the head. e men looked terror stricken. He ew, when he ordered them to pull cross the'river, that they would obey gladly. "Get into the boat, every one of you." Every man got into the boat, and one of them took the oars. "Now If you will get me over quick y .I'll see what I can do for you with our commanding officer when I re turn.", Jakey was standing on the bank with his eyes wide open at this scene. Mark ad been a hero with him; now he was a little less than a god. "Do you want to get across the river, y little man?" asked Mark, as if he d never seen the boy before. "Does I want ter? Course I does." 'ump in then, quick. I've no time' v came down and got in with way," cried Mark, and the ot out from the shore. 'ot a dozen strokes had been taken ore Mark, who was'delighted at the ess of his assurance, saw a sight at made his heart sink within him. boat shot around Moccasin point m the eastward. It was full of ed men. As soon as they saw the skiff with Mark and the deserters in it-for such they werethey pulled straight for them. In five minutes they were along side. "I reckon you're the men we're look ing for," said an officer seated in the ~stern. "Who are you looking, for?" asked Mark. with as much coolness as he could assume. "Deserters from the --th Tennes gee." ~Iark knew it was all up with him. His assumption of being on General ~Bragg's staff, which had been so suc cesful a rue, n ddenly a ppeared to xA. $ ESARY WAR STORY :1TcEL. merican Press Association). him a lilt~eri-about hi neck. "Hand over your guns," said the of ficer. The guns were handed into the boat all except Jakey's shotgun. "That other one too." "That's only a shotgun, captain,''said Mark. "Well, never mind the popgun." Every moment the deserters looked for Mark to declare .his exalted posi tion on General Bragg's staff, but no such declaration came. It seemed pos sible to them that perhaps he would not wish to disclose his identity to sc many. At any rate they said nothing. Had it not been for his assumptior Mark would have applied to the cap tain to let a poor countryman and his little brother pass. Had he done sc It is quite possible that the men hE had deceived, surmising that he was a refugee like themselves, would noi have betrayed him; but Mark knew that besides this danger the officers having found him in such company would not let him go. Mark's heart was heavy as the boal in which he sat was pulled slowl3 against the current to Chattanooga. H( realized that there was now no oppor tunity for his wits, on which he usual ly relied, to work. He was in thE hands of the enemy; he would not be released without a thorough question ing, and he could say nothing thai would not .tell against him. On landing all were taken to the pro vost marshal's office. The soldiers ac knowledged that they were members oj the -th Tennesee regiment, bu1 stoutly denied that they were desert ers. They were Union men. some 0l the northerners who had been impress ed .into the Confederate service, oi had enlisted for the purpose of flying to the stars and stripes as soon as the3 eould get near enough to warrant at aftempt. They were sent to their regi ment under guard. As they were leav ig one of them said to Mark: "I hope you'll keep your promise." Mark did not reply; he had cherished a hope that they would be taken away before anything would come out as t< his assumption of authority. "What promise?" asked the provosi marshal quickly. "He's an officer on General Bragg'i staff. You ought to know him, colo nel." "The devil!" exclaimed the coloneL "Oh, I saw the men were doing something they were ashamed of, and I bluffed 'em to row me across," sai Mark with assumed carelessness. "Who are you?" "I belong in east Tennessee." "You don't belong to any such place You're not southern born at all. Yet are a Yankee. I thought you were on13 trying to get north with these men now I believe you are a spy." - "I'm a southern man. sarten," sai( Mark, with such coolness that the of? cer was for a. moment in doubt. as t< his surmise. "Let me hear you say New York." "New York." "New York," repeated the colonle ironically. "If you were a southerr man you'd say Niew Yawk. I shal have to hold you for further informa tion." "I would like to go to my home ii Tennessee. I came here to buy a gum for my brother. But if you won't le me I'll have to stay with you, I sup pose. Only I hope you won't separati us. Jakey's very young, and I don' want to turn him adrift alone In strange town." "I shall have to hold you till I car report the case to headquarters," salt the officer, and Mark and Jakey wer< led away to a room in the house oc cupied by the provost marshal for pris oners'temporarily passing through his hands. The reply that came to the announce ment of the capture of the citizen ant the boy was to hold them under vigi lant guard. It was reported that Marl had been personating an officer of thi sta,. and this looked very suspicious indeed quite enough so to warrant thei: trying him for a spy by drumbeat court martial and executing him the next morning. Mark was searched and everythint of value taken from him. They wen through Jakey's pockets and felt of th< lining of his coat, but as he was child the search was not very thorough or they would have found the bills ii his boot. They took his gun, but b: this time Jakey realized that there wat something more momentous than squirrel gun at stake, and parted wit] it without showing any great reluc tance. lie realized that Mark, fo: whom he had by this time conceivei a regard little short of idolatry, wa in danger, and the boy for the firs time began to feel that his frient could not accomplish everything. Jakey stood loolling on stolidly a: Mark was searched till he saw a so] dier take Souri's red silk handkerchief He had produced the impression on th searchers he had at first produced upo: Mark-that he was stupid beyond hi years. As the man grasped the hand kerchief and was about to put it il i.ocke Jakev set un a howl.~ "(hts the matter, sonny" asked one of the soldiers. "Aly hanchIkuff," he whined. "Is it yours?' "Give the boy his wipe," said the man to the would be appropriator. "Don't rob a Child." So Jakey preserved his handkerchief. Then they were marched away to gether to a small building used for a negro jail. It was two stories high, though the lower story had no win I dows. The upper part was reached by a long flight of steps outside the build ing. The lower part was a dungeon, and though used to confine negroes there had been a number of east Ten nesseeans imprisoned there. The place was kept by an old man and his wife named Triggs. Mark was put into a room in the upper story. A guard was . stationed at the door, and the only window was barred. Had Mark been arrested with definite proof that he was a spy, he would doubtless have been put in the dungeon. As it was, he was only guarded with ordinary caution. This, however, seem ed quite sufficient to prevent his es cape. Jakey was put into a room by himself. but he was not required to stay there He was suffered to go and come at will, except that the guard at the gate, was ordered not to let him leave the yard. "Well, Jakey," said Mark, when they were together in their new quarters, "this looks pretty blue." "Reckon it does." "You'd better not stay here. Go out in the yard and I'll try to think up some plan. But I must confess I don't see any way out," and Mark rested his elbows on his knees, and putting his face in his hands thought upon his peiilous situation. "Jest you don't worrit," said Jakey, "sumep'n'll turn up sho." 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