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A F1 TIETh ANNIVE
BY F A I
Copyright, 1S92, by the A
SYNOPSIS.
Pr.ivate Mark Malone, U. S. A., seal
as a spy to Chattanooga by General
Iomas, is saved from guerillas by
oui-Slack.
Disguised as a countryman, Marb
starts for Chattanooga with Jakey,
Souri's brother. Mark is to send
Soari 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 ir
disguise.
He confesses that he Is. Laura is a
Confederate. She prevents her le"er,
Captain Cameron Fitz Hugh, C. S. A.
from detaining Mark.
Mark learns that a big ConfederatE
armqy is massing at Chattanooga an
planning a northw'ard dash. He at
,t to escape from Chattanooga.
He carries Jakey In safety past the
icket line and unexpectedly meets a
band of Confederate deserters. H(
and Jakey are then taken prisoners.
Mark is imprisoned as a spy. J.ke3
sends Souri's (handkerchief to her b
a negro. Mark, defefded by Fitz Hugh
is sentenced to death.
Souri receivec her handkerchief anc
iguised as a colored girl, goes t
.arl's rescue. She becomes a ser
-in 4jhejaiL
Souri and Mark exchange clothing
and with a blackened face Mark pass
es the guard. Bloodhounds follow him
Ke takes to the river.
Reaching the Fain house, Laura con
ceals him and gives him food and nev
clothing. She upbraids him for seek
ing her protection.
Souri and Jakey are sent home b:
the Confederate provost marshal
Mark poses as Professor Rhett o:
South Carolina in the Fain home.
He sends Uncle Daniel, a negro, t<
~Chattanooga for further military in
formation. Captain Fitz Hugh, call.
ing uneipectedly, captures Mark.
Laura insists that Fitz Hugh permi
k to escape. He does so, and thel
gagement is' broken. Mark, Laura
d her mother start for Nashville.
rk, endeavoring to pass a Con
derate picket, says he and Laura
re Mr. and Mrs. Green. They are de
ined. Mark and Laura agree to bi
an and wife in realit-.
Fitz Hugh appears, hears that Mar]
d Laura are married and aids Mar]
escape. Mark reaches the Unioi
in .safety.
--(Concluded).
CHAPTER XVI.
TH~E RBA L Is OPENED.
ARK reached Tracy City al
sunrise. He did not dare t(
go through the place. so lIe
skirted it. and once above i1
e along the mountain plateau ovel
road leading directly north. He was
w familiar with the country. Ar
ving at a place called Johnston's. t?e
et- off to the right -to Purdons
ere two roads join, ieading fron
e to Aitamont..
iMark struck the main stem a feiw
ndred yards from the junction. AE
roa'e up a slight rise on to the road,
cast his eye to the right. There,
tanding at the fork. was a Confeder
te cavalry vedette.
He saw Mark as soon as Mark sam~
. Shouting to the rest of the picke
st,he dashed forward.
"Now tor it, Madge!"
he ar.imal knew by his tone tha1
ere d*s worlk to be done, and al
ough she had been out since mid
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THE WAS A WHISTLING OF BlULLETS BY
HIS EAIRS.
night she began the race with vigor.
On sped the Union soldier, followed
at a few bundred yards' distance by
the Confederate, and half a mile be
hind by several others of the picket
post. Mark was within range, but his
pursuers did not care to draw rein in
order to fire, doubtless fearing that if
they should fail to bring him down by
the bullet he wtld escape.
Madge did n ly, and had she not
been riding up a mountain side for
three or four hours wohld have easily
distanced her pursuers. As it was, the
man who followed first was gaining
rapidly. Mark knew that he must
either dispose of this fellow or be
taken. Coming to a slight bend in the
road, he rode a hundred yards beyond
to a place where his pursuer must sud
denly appear around the trees. Rein
Ing in his horse, he faced about and
stood still with his carbine at an aim.
As soon as the man appeared Mark
fired.
The Confederate fell from his sad
dle, and his horse made off into the
woods.
Mark turned and was soon again fly- 1
ing forward. He judged that he could
not be very far from the -Union pick
ets between him and Altafhont. Look
Ing ahead he saw a horseman stand
ing In the roa. Whether he was Un
ion or Confederate he did not know,
but there was no way to escape the
remainder of his pursuers except by
keeping right on and trusting to meet
ing a friend. As he rode on be noticed
that the borseman wore a forage cap. i
This looked well. for the Coufederates
nearly always wore bats Then be
could see that the mau s >ody naa a
dark hue. It must tw blue At last
he came near enough to discern yel
low facings.
There was 'a whistling ot bullets by
his ears; he turned his l:ead and saw
that his pursuers had halted. They
had evidently seen the Union picket
and fired a farewell volley at the fugi
tive.
)Private Mark Malone was within the
Union lines:hi ni ission was ended.
Mark was taken to the officer in
command at Altamont. On tbe way
from the picket line tie was informed
that the place was occupied by Mc-~
Cook's division. When he reacbedj
Lheadquarters he made himself and his
mission known, and in a few minutes
Ia cipher telegram was on its way to
General Thomas at McMinnville:
-Bragg at Dunlap yesterday with no force
except a few cavalry. Cheatham and
Withers marching north. The main army
gone by rail from Chattanooga on theI
twenty-eighth to Knoxville.
IPRIVATE MARK MALONE.
Ten minutes later the spy was sound
asleep on a camp cot in a tent belong
ing; to one of the staft.
Mark had had no sleep for twenty
eight hours, and for much of that time
he believed that he would be retaken
and hanged. Now be slept a deep
sleep. Hour after hour went by, and
though bugles, called and drums rat-I
tied he slumbered on. He dreamed
that be was at Chattanooga. He was
standing on the scaffold. Soldiers sur
rounded him. The noose was adjusted
about his neck. He neard the sound of
the ax as it cut the rope. He awoke
iwitbacry.
Laura \Fa in-no. Laura Maynard-his
wife-was standing beside him.
She sank down by the cot and in a
moment they were in each other's arms.
Nihrspoke. Neither wished to do
aught but leave tears-tears or an ex
quisite happiness-to flow on silently.t
IFor a 'time Laura saw in Mark's face
only a reflection of her own bappiness.
He was feasting his eyes upon her,
epassing his fingers through her dark
hair or smoothing it back with his
hand, while he covered her face with
~kisses.
Suddenly a thought seemed to cope
1between tier and him.
"W~hat is it, darling?" she asked anx
iously.
I"I was thinking"-said Mark. "But
no: I will not think of that."
"Tell me."
"I was - wondering-Laura. did you'
love him?"
Laura cast down her eyes.,
"Love? Was it love?" She asked
the question of berself. "it was a
summer breeze, while this"
"This?"
"is a tempest."
Drawing her to him, before Imprint
ing a kiss. Mark added to her simile:
"'A 'wid west wind.'"
"You are thinking of -your Shelley,"
she said. "1 shall love him too, now,
since it was he who betrayed you to
me."
"And I shall love him the more be
cause he betrayed me-and made me"
IHe did not tinishi. He was thinking
of the morning in the garret when
in her imaperious way she had claimed
that saving his life had made her its
owner. She remembered it, too, and
smiling tinished for him:
"And made you my slave. But who
made me 'your lyre even as the forest
is' to the wvest wind?"
Her c'aresses prevented a reply for a
time. Whlen there was a pause Mark
"Oh, woman, why niust you so often
leny to the worthy that which you
nay give in such abundance to one
vhose only recommendation is an abil
ty to catch your fancy?"
Again there came into his face the
%pression of a thought which .*emed
or the moment to carry him away
rq m her.
"What is it now?' she queried anx
ously
Mark smiled. "You will laugh at
ne when I tell you."
"Then you must be laughed at."
"I was wondering if. when I get back
o headqaarters, the general will want
ne to go right away on another mis
ion."'
Her arms were about him. She drew
little away and fixed her black eyes
ipon him. They shone like those of
;ome savage but beautiful animal
Lbout to be bereft of her young.
"It you go again." she said fiercely,
'into the presence of such a death I
vill go with you."
Mark made no reply, except to throw
iis arms about her neck and draw her
o him again. Her fierceness was with
im her chief charm. Then he made
in effort to rise.
-Stay where you are." she said in
:he same imperious tone in which she
iad given the order once before when
ie threatened to leave the garret; "you
hall lie there till you promise that you
svill be a spy io more."
"Let me up," cried Mark, smiling at i
ier earnestness.
'Lie still!"
"Come. sweetheart," be said plead
ngly, "let me get up, and I'll say with
aotspur to his Kate, 'When I'm on
iorseback I'll swear I love thee infi
iitely.'
Mark was on his back. his arms pin
oned. He was powerless. He was
;urprised at Laura's strength.
"Promise."
"Never!"
"Promise."
"Why so? I know I shall be dying
to go again In a week."
"Then you shall lie there till the war
s over."
"But I thought you told me once that
tf you were a man you would be all I.
have been."
"So I would. And you, being a man,
31ight continue to be so were you the
lusband of any other woman; but
ine, never!"
-Mark Jooked Into her eyes an4 knew
that his career in the secret service
had ended.
The arrival of Laura the night be
rore at the farmhouse where ter mother
had stopped, and iwaited her coming
nxiously, their resumption of their
nourney the next day, during which
Laura confessed' all to ber mother.
their safe arrival within the Union
ines, the finding Mark at beadquar
ters, may be passed over in a few
short phrases.
Mark's meeting with his mother-In
law was, to say the least. embairrass
ing. Mrs. Fain received him with the
same dignity that had characterized
her throughout, but without her for
mer cordiality. As yet she knew noth
ing about his connections, and she dis
dained to ask. But Mark had satistied
Laura, and the information she trans
mitted to her mother was in a measure
mollifying.
That afternoon the party that had
ridden into Anderson the day before
rode out of Altamont In the direction
of McMinnville. To all outward ap
pearanc:e the situation was the same.
but really how different! Yesterday
Mark was In Imminent danger, while
Laura was in a state of terror. Then
they rode with scarcely a word. Now
Language was Inadequate to convey all
they wished to express.
In the evening the party drew up
before General Thomas' tent1 at Me
Minville.
Mark went insiae. 4
"General," be said, "you received my
telegram?"'
"1 did."
"Had you not received the informa
ion before?"
"If we bad, why should we be here?"
There was a brief pause.
"I have brought something besides in
formation. general. May I introduce a
party waiting outside?"
"Certain ly."
Mark went out and brought in Laura
and her mother.
"General, permit me to introduce my
wife."
The general looked at the blushing
Laura. then at her mother, then at
Mark, in undisguised astonishment.
"I thought you had been on a scout,"
he said.
"1 nave."
"And courted and wed at the same
time?".
"Yes, general."
"Be seated, ladies. Now explalg all
this."
Mark gave an outline of his adven -
tures. his listener's eyes opening wider
as he proceeded. When the recital was;
fnised the general called out:
"Orderly!"
In a twinkling a man was standing
in the tent waiting an order.
"Send for Chaplain Gadsden."
"Yes, sir."
"I am a trifle uncertain about that
wedding." remarked the general. "1
think we'd better have it done accord
ing to the regulations."
All smiled save Mrs. Fain, who main
tained a rigid and dignified silence.
While they were waiting for the
chaplain the general wrote a telegram
to Mr. Fain, at Nashville. announcing
the arrival of his wife and daughter.
He did not mention the son-in-law.
The chaplain came. and the bride
and groom were wed again-tis time
with ample witnesses, for the whole
staff had been ordered to "report in
person at headquarters to witness mar
riage ceremony." The general gave:
the bride away, and after the benedic
tion, offering his arm to Mrs. Fain.
led the way to another tent where a
collation of foraged viands-foraged
;isting principally of cold ct
ierved.
While the party were refreshing
themselves, word was received from
Nashville that Mr. Fain was out of
langer and impatiently awa.ting his
wife and daughter.
After communicating this pleasant
bit of information, the general, turning
to Mark, said:
"I shall need you hereafter on my
staff. I have learned from your colo
ael that there is a vacant lieutenancy
for you in your regiment, and 1 will
issue an order detailing you for duty
with me. But this rank need be only
temporary. The army is about to be:
:ivided into army corps, and my troops
will constitute one of them. Under
the recent law fixing the statf of corps
,ommanders I sLall nominate you for
inspector general, i%ith rank of lieu
tenant colonel, to be"appointed by the4
president."
For the first time since she had been
apprised of the fact that her daugh
ter was a wife Mrs. Fain looked hap
py
"General," said Mark, "while I ap
preciate the honor you so kindly be
stow upon me, I would prefer, were it
not for my wife, to remain in the se
ret service. She certainly deserves
the distinction you offer, and I accept
it for her. I rejoice at the prospect of
being near you, and shall not be averse,
now, since I have so much to live for,
to a service not connected with a con
stant reminder of hemp rope-"
At this juncture an aid-de-camp en
tered and handed the general a tele
gram. He cast his eye over it and
said:
"The ball Is opened. Nelson Is fight
Lng the advance of Bragg's army at
Richmond, Kentucky."
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