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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
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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."
"Well, go out into the sunlight Don't
stay here. If they sentence me 'to
hang I'll try to get them to send you
home."
(To be continued).
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