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SWE REV Capta Author of "C Copyrigh by 1ar & ... ..--H-1-- -1' CHAPTHm IX. FIIEN 1)S. T was plalin to me that I was In the hands of that terrible war time scourge of the south, i the guerrilla. This band had been made Up ii east Teinessee and had moved out of their original Stapin jnig ground to get away from their old homes and filnd a better UIeld for pil lage. iFrom the Cumberlind plateau they could swoop down toward Nash vi'le, Murfrecsboro, MeMilnnvIlle, Shel byville. Fayette or lintsville and, if chased, could easily take to the mountains, where It was dittlicult to fol low them. On one of their forays Tom Jaycox and Pete lalliday hai got wind of my whereabouts aind, with several of tihe gang, including the man I had shot, had(1 gone diown to look aftier me. The country in and about tlunts ville was too elvilized for open assas sination, and Jaycox, after the failure of the attempt on my life, had pro cured iny arrest as a spy. Then fol lowed the plan to kidnap tme and force me into a payment of money before the tinal revenge. We bivouncked where we had met the band on the plateau, under the troes that waved above us, their sproutlng lea ves lighted up by our campfire. I lay awake the greater part of the night. watching for an opper tunity to escape, but one sentry after another was placed over tie, and morn ing came without my having nmnade the attempt. At sunrise we moved northward, as on the day before, my captors still keeping a strict watch over ie. Dur lug the day Jaycox pushed on iII ad vance. Why I did not know, but sur mi sed that his going had somanet hi ng to do with the pinin to plun(ler me. The mnountains seenmed deserted. Nt a humnan being did we see save two women and a nIegro, all on horse 1t3ok. traveling in the sanme directiotl as ourselves. I caught several gliipses, ke n. though always at a distaiince, a nd wondered how It was that "poor wl:te trasb." to wNich class they np. -earel to IIo:. could afford tine at. teindance of a sla:v e. When) we halted for the night, which we did atN)ut ' o'clock in the afternoom, tL.e captain came Up to me and told me they were going to take mne to a "Ilnt near iny old home, Knoxville, whwre I would bo required to sigIn a cloek for a large amount, all they could sqUCeZe out of me, but if thnere neenot suttlient funds to my credit in the bank I must execute papers that wvould enable him to (conlvert property inmo money. If I would do as he wish ed. tie would set me free. Thia I knew to be a lie. The gang would tinid a pre texit to murder moe whether I signed the dr-ument or not. lie left mne sitting on the ground, lenning against a log, contemplating the horrors of mny bituatlon. If I did not pay my ralnsomtf, 1 shouid be mur dered; if I paid it, I should be murder edl. It was tiobson's choice. I made up tny mInd that I would attempt to escape, get shot and thus end a sltua tion that was inoietinig on tne a mental torture far greater than any physleal L'an mortal ever endured. Casting my Syes irnadvertently to ward the road, 1 saw two womoen pass ing northward arnd in another taun recognize.d Chewn as those I had notieed on the march. To miy surprise, one of them turned and rude toward us. The other hesitated, started on, turned and followed her comnpanun. I noticed something familar about their figures. The coarnse texture of their jackets and gowns and their unbecoming sunbon nets were out of keeping with their graceful carriage. "If these woe knew," I thnought, "that they were en. tering a guerrilla camp, they would be stricken with t-error," When theoy reached a point a dosen yard. distant, they paused, the one in advance call ing in a harsh voice: "Can you una tell us how fa' 'tis t' Tracy?' Then beneath the homely check bon. net, through tine olive darkening of her complexion under the cheap calico, I recognIzed Helen Stanforth. Hecr beau tiful companIon was none othner than my fascinating little friend whno had' saved me from the impetuous wrath of Captain B~ea umont--Jaqu elne Itutland. Had a pair of angels come dowin from heaven anid lit on my shoulders I could not have been more astonished I rubbed my eyes, thinking that mny yi lion deceived me, but when I looked again there was Helen sitting on her horse, chatting with the guetrillas as if they were ordinary persons, mnaking commonplace remarks in excellent dia hot, with which a long residience near the mountains had made her familiar. Jaqueline remainned a short dIstanice be hind her. For awhile I feared that Jaqueline would betray them both, for I could see that she was trembling, But pesently all terror seemed to leave her, to brode up besIde Helen and began tte hfothe men at ne atrcting the '7#re a likely gal," said one of thn a ht ,own offen that ritter and stay "Oouldn't tinuk of it." "Oh, yes, ye' gin." And he walked ~pand took bold of her bridle leIn. "To' Jim Canfield." oied Skhe cap tin, "let that gyr1 alone?" -- The capt~ain advanced and invited the tWrO visitors to alight, promising that they should be respected, Jaqueline buni a grateful look as he helped off her -horso with tar more gal ltry than might I)!ve been expected frm te iad '0 this gang of ruf hisl ldeed there was something inI in I&T ENGE By ki, P. A. t.ITCHEL. 3attanooga," "Chickanmuga," Et. othiers. ...!.. - --I- --+-+-+-'- --H'-.+ ed him, though I suspect tile namI11e w:1 assumed-was au iinworthy iemibe of some good southern ramily who hai disgraced himself with his peers an become a leader of those who were like himself, devolid of principle, bu in other ways his inferiors. Jaquelin miust have divined ais mutich, for ni sooner was she on terra firma than shi slipped her arm through his and clunj to him confidingly. Pete Ilnlliday, whi seemed to be the next member of thi band iII importance after the captain awkwnardly attempted to gain som iiiark of her favor, but Jaquelkie, witi wotunnil's quick intuition, knew that I filly ole was to he relied on it was 1111 gold and declined attention from an: other. "Who ar' yo'? Whal' did yo' com from? What yo' doln hyar?" she aisket< In her usual guiek way. "ilnin't ye goli ' join our boys nn fight, fo' tl bon1ny blue thig?" The captaln looked a bit uttcomforta ble. and as she lid :iskeld several (ues tions to whihl a reply wotild be iI or der hie replied to nionev. "Clnn't yo' sing the 'l1iiny lilue 'lag to' 'em, .inck ?" asked Ilelen. "itekol yo'cl like to her her,." she edil to thi grup. "She's right simalt t singin." "lIteckoi." stidt .nck. "I)'yu' wn t t4 lear f''" Thie mn111 were too sItlpid or. ratIIei h1al not tle politeless to siy they dil They stood and1ul g:lied. Jnek, who could en sily see IInider her en foreel gayety was badly frlgihtened, inaie desperate effort and began to sinlg. l her voice was so thin and trelibliij that I thought every mnomlent she wouli break downa. I lowever, when she eII nm to tile last stliza she had regaine, something of couthlence and ended th song pretty well. Sho had scareely finished when w heard a pleking of banjo strings. looked up and saw a boy and a negr advancing toward us. I was not loll in recognizing Bluck and Ginger, th latter thrumming the instrument as i came on. "Whar's a house fo' t' git supper' called the boy. "Dunno. Hunt yer Own Supper," r plied one of the men. "Hali't you uns got nothiln that' spar' ?" "Reckon, but we haln't goin tt spar' 't." Buck started toward the camp, nll Ginger followed him. "I'm a-takin this nigger t' Spart He's sold." "Hain't ye' got that nigger offen y hands yit?" enlled l'ete Ila!!!day. Buck looked at the s[peaker ini a Bumned surprise. "Waal, now, you ult mus' bo the men01 we met yistId'2 Halin't yo' got yo' man offen yo' hand yit?" A grin passed over the f'aces of th men. "Don't yo' mind 'bout that man," rt pled Pete Halliday, "er y'o'Il git inte trouble." "Whar does the nigger b'long?" asta ed the captain. "I'm takin him ter Sparty." "Ye' don't keep him under clos watch," said Pete. "Oh, he haln't no runaway aligger He's got me in char'ge's much's 1 go him. H~e's b'longed to the fambl, since befo' I was borned." By this time the travelers had reach ed the camp, 13uck's intelligent fac, contrasting with the stupid look whic) the negro was assuming. TIhe man who cooked for the bani was busying himself preparing supper With one accord the two girls took holi to help hin. Hie at once dropped bhi impllements and gave way, while al stood gaping at the unusual sight o two women who, unasked, were cook ing a meal for them. Helen occupie< herself over the tire and managed at iron skillet, the only cooking utenai n3 camp, as dexterously as a chef. Jaci Joo k the till dishles that composed thu kit anid "t the tablo," an act hithert< Unknown at guerrilla meals, Then when supper was ready, they insistet upon waiting on the Inen. No one0 ob jected to this save the captain, whi by his protest a second time inidicated that he had seen better days and knew something of deference to wo. m~en. The meal ended, the girls insisted or Washingthe adishes.-J ,When there w ma hOmere Worketo do..,Jnek sanig out: Oli'ar the way, yoDtiuns, Uan'I'll give4 yo' a dance!" A D)ANCi- I (in A11.IFE. PE 0 prpoIon .was recr'i ed " Yo' doni't .inean1 yo' kin dance?" "Reckon." "'Good gal! Cl'ar 'the way fo' i dance I" "Y'o' Dlgger, l time that1 hanjo! 'Ti" lucky fo' 70' yo' got 't, ,trings a11nial, et We'd 'a' made strings quteun yer bli,."' The camp Was on a cir'enar iJ-'e 4) har'd ground so cut~ off from the Sunl bi surrounding tree and bulshes thaint ln grass grow. The few scalttered sPrut Were soon~ cleared awray. Ginger sal kwnV~ On the log which lay near' by hwanged his banjo, tightening 0i kboseniing si string, andisthen gavo a pre Limntary flou1rish. Jaqueline took off hor sunbonnel threw it a few feet away and steppe< on to the clearing.. There wero mingle fear and deflarmee ill her face that at my heart to IiSutteuring. Wi'ough 1 di not know she was c'arrytrag out a pri concerted plan, sonwhehow It got into ni head that she was about to dance f< my liberty'-in other words, flor my lit The thought maddened me. An imipul seized me to throw off the sk art defy the whole band. Helen, saetag ti tewterso'ej mraaedin mrn The# World's Greati For aforms of fovor take JOHNSOI times better than quinine and does in do i 10 days. It's splendid oures are I made by quinine. , COSTS s0 CI3N1 gave me'a look, partly Implot-ing, part ly commanding, that recalled me to a senDse of my helplessness. Ja(uel'ne began sailing about, keep Ing time to Ginger's music, moving hither and thither with uncertain steps, as a bird will flit back and forth before * darting away in its (light, or as a musi clan will sweep his fingers over a harp before beginning his melody. Gradual ly the imusic grew quicker, and Jack, gathering confidence, forgot everything but the flance. t Since the entry of the two girls into the camp I had suffered one terror aft er another in quick succession, and now it struck me that in case Jack suc ceeded in fascinating this lawless group some of them, fired with a desire of possession, would break through all re straint. I had been wonderstruck that two defenseless girls should dare to come among them, and now I was stu pefled that Jack should dance before thdm and that Helen should permit her to do so. But who shall measure the strength of woman's weakness? Moth er Nature had taught Jack and Helen their power, and they went about their work with not a tithe of the fright that possessed me. Meanwhile Jaquellue had drifted in to the dance and was whirling, bend Ing, floating, every muscle alive with its especial motion. At times she would lull, poise herself for a moment, then, like a fitful wind, start again with renewed fervor. At no time could there be discovered aught but delicate refinement in her movements, and now it was her purpose to attract without exciting her spectators. Stimulated by frequent bursts of applause and by the rapt attention of the men surround ing her, she found her main incentive I in a far deeper, nobler motive, feeling, I as she did, the critical situation, the I dread responsibility, for a human life resting upon her. What a singular scenel The ring of ugly faces momentarily softened by the sight of grace and beauty; the cap tain, his sharp face turning with the dancer and following her wherever she goes; Pete Halliday, standing with I folded arms, lowering from under the broad brim of his sombrero, grinding his cluld; Ginger's black face gleaming o with pride at furnishing the music for o his young mistress. Inspiring her with his own inspired melody; little Buck, standing between two lank guerrillas in "butternut," staring at his cousin and forgetful of her danger in his inter. est in her work; Helen Stanforth, L, standing apart, her strong face wear ing the expression of a general who r watches a cavalry charge intended to turn a position on which hangs the fate d of the day. The guerrillas, not one of whom . would hesitate to slit a throat at the slightest prospect of gain, were watch y ig the little soubrette not only with admiration, but with respect. Once ~. during her performance one of the men 5 applauidedi with a ribald remark. He ,* was standing by the captain, who a stretched his arm, brought it down wIth a backward stroke and sent the a man sprawling. Jaqueline saw the act and the approving looks of the out .laws, who were In no mood to have r their sport interrupted. The color left her cheeks, but she kept right on, and .the episode passed without further con sequences. At a moment when the attention of a the men had become riveted upon01 the dancer Ihelen, who had been gradually working tier way froam the group to t wardl me, camne and sat down on the log behind Ginger, where she was par tially screened by him. Watching her . opportunity, she deftly took a revolver from her pocket and concealed it in the foids of her dress. With her eyes fixed upon the group about Jack, she waited for a burst of applause, and when it camne, reaching back, she drop pod tile weapon behind the log at my feet; then, rising, rejoined the circle. I pushed the revolver under the log with the too of my boot, then kicked dust andl leaves over it. This accomplished, I bireathed the most comfortable sigh of relict I have ever drawn In my lif. The whole aituatIon seemed changed by that little dust covered combination of bits of metaL. Stooping, I slipped it into tihe leg of my boot and felt that half the battle was won. At that moment the setting sun came out from behind a cloud and shot lances of light throughl the trees, cover lug tihe group-tile beautiful and the ugly, the good and tho bad, the refined and( the vulgar--with glded splendor. I saw but Jaqueline. The usual fitful -(ontemuphating the horrors of mysta tin. ness of her disposition, her natural ex. pression of careless iudifference, ha given place to a se'rious intensity deL. t noting a great purpose. Poising he(rself between two mnovernints, thu gliding rays shIone Onl her forehead. Then dlart lng onl lIer toes to ano~thler part of the r ring, a quick succession of lights and1( shades passed over her brow, a glitter. lng dIiadem of su~n fiashjes. Trruliy God d Is a wvonderfuli artist, siIa.de ho can Stouch even a dance with celestial pu rity. )8t' Fever lIedicine 'S CHILL AND PBVER TONIC. It is 100 1k sin day what slow quiuino cannot n stfril Ig contrast to the feeble cures PS IP IT CURES. 9 b -- ing hdr sunbonnet forward so as to c conceal her faco from tho others, a though they were too Intent on Jaque- f line to notice her, she moved her lips, li and though no sound came I knew she I intended the word: Near me was a tree, not far from d that another, underbrush, bushes-just 1 the cover through which to make a re- Z treat. I could easily get down behild 1 the log. crawl Into the thicket and il away. Now for the first time the pur- g pose of dear Jaquellue was fully III)- ii parent. V But how could I leave these friends 8 who had risked so much, acconplished p so much, for me? I stood still and I shook my bead. 0 Again Helen looked an order for me g to go. C "Not without the others," I whis- r pered. V Sitting down on the log so as to be e nearer to me, she replied in a ilow V voice: 1 "We will leave here when you are I safely away. She will dance oin to keep I them from knowing you have gone. We i have planned It so." C "They vill know you conilved at my c escape and iurtder you." I "Why should they? (,o at once, or I t shall contsider you an i ingrate." 1 She loopked so anxious, they had all I made such a noble effort lit my behal', that I Could not find it In my heart to (11apn1)Olt thema. I slippe-d belhind the tree, dropped to the grouiid ind wriggled like a snake through the uinderbrush; then, rising, I dar(ed away. A dozei yards-fifty-a hundred. The I tinusle of Cinger's hanjo dies as sudden ly as the clang of a bell on a passiig oniglue. Will one uinute or live pass before I am missed? A distant burst of applailuse-God iess the dear little C diticer! Before m1e is all opent space, thent a dense Ce1inmp of trees. If I can ') reachlI that tic'ket I can muake a quick I d igrssioni. and this Imlay throw my pursners off may track. A conifusion of yells, a bullet whis tling by my ear. I reach the wood and ptusht on through it, not daring to lose distimce by digression with an enemy close behild me. My 'eet becoming entangled In a vine, I stutumble and fall. A weight comes (lown) onl me, crushing the breath out of me. It is all over. Panting, bleeding, white as a ghost, I an led back to the guerrilla camp. "Shoot im1!" "G1imme a rope ofTen that pack mule!" "Tie him on a critter an send him down the mounting!" A babel of brutal suggestions camne from the difTerent members of the aind. sotiuniing to mae. stutnned as I was, like fini randoni shots at the slaughter of a "forlorn hope." Amid tle cluior I Saw but oe sight-Helen and Jack locked] in each other's arms, paralyzed with terror. "Stand back, men!" cried the cap tain, pushing his way toward mec. "Have yo' forgot the money?" "Stand back!" roared Halliday. "Ho belongs to me an Tom Jaycox! We tuk h im!" The captain's authorIty, thus support ed, sav'ed me from immediate death. A* P~anting{ and bleedinuj, I <tm led budi to flhc yucrrilla campDbJ. Trhe men wiho were crowding around me gave way, a cordl was brought, and my wrists and ankles were secur'ely nound. No oneo seemed to suspect that Jack's dan11ce hail anything to do with miy flight, except tha t I had takent ad vantage of the relaxed viglance to mnake the attempult. Hav'ing tied me, they threw me to the grounid. Halliday giving mue a parting kick; a man was deputed to watch me, and the band, ac customned to such episodes, left me to turn agalin to what was far more inter esting to them. (TO DE CONTINUED.j PRISONS NORTH AND SOUTH. An Unfair Parallel Between the British and the Confederate Prisons. The New York Worldl intimates that the alleged cruel treatmtetnt of the old men andt b)oys in the Boer prisont camtps in Ilermuuda will revive recol- ~ lec jions of Andersonville. That isa most unfair parallel. T1hte British governtment has abundant mteans at its comunmnd to provide good food in j ample (Juantities for thte Boors who have bieeni captured and sent to mill L~ary prisons. There can be0 no j ustifi eationi for the failure of the British g~overnmeint to supply thte captivesB with wholesome rations three times a dlay. If supplies cannot be obtained itn litmuda they can be bought in the Uniited States or sent from England. 1t is not a matter of ability to) pride~~ too'l, for Great Britain is one of the riceist nations in the world and~ has gold entough to feed a great manny more loers than have surrendered or have bteen captured. As regards the Confederate States rely different. In the labt years ic civil war it was almost impossib )r the Confederate government I apply Its own troops with the laine Ind of food. Women and childre rere compelk d to live on half ration little cornmeal and a small piece 4 Adly cured bacon made a meal whit i the last days of the Confederacy w< onsidered a luxury. The ports of tt outh were blockaded, and no suppli4 ould be obtained from without. F< year Lofoie the collapse of the Col ,deracy the Southern States wei terally on the verge of starvatlo1 Inder such ponditions, when it w1 npossible for the Confederate gover: icnt to provide food for its own SC iers in sufficient quantities, it con ot, of course, supply the thousands [orthern soldiers who had been ca nied with the abundant and appeti ig rations which the Washingt< overnment had no difficulty in provi ig. Because of its inability to fei ie captives when its own people we Larving, the Confederate governmei roposed an exchange of prisonei Ipon the advice of General Grant at ther commanders the United btat overnment refused to make an e hange. " Every Confederate prison eleased from a Northern prison rrotc General Grant in effect, will r niist In the Confederate armies, at re will have to light them again tather than take this risk Preside Aincoln concluded that it would I etter to leave the Northern prisonc a the South despite the insutlicien ,f supplie8. It would have been ca nough to bring them to the Nor vhere there was no lack of food. he United States government h >ecu as solicitous about the welfare hese captives then as it was lat4 vhen the war was over, it might ha aved the lives of some of these u ortunates. Notwithstanding the )overty of t outh and the scarcity of food in t Rst years of the war, it is a signi ont fact that the number of C ederate soldiers who died in Northc irisons was greater than that of Nori rn soldiers who died in Southe orisons. There was no" lack >rovisions in the North-no dearth omfortable clothing, no reason w >risoners should not have been hoalti: he conditions at Andorsonville ir tave been far different from what tl hould have been. But the same c >e said, with less excuse, for North( )risons. The mortality statistics pr( his beyond question.---New Y< Iarper's Weekly tells a good st, it the expense of William Gillette, tctor, who hired a yacht one sumr 1nd set eail from New York for a crr >n the Sound. The vest el was not Ictly a cup contestant.. A week o ifter leaving port Gillette and his pa :lrifted leisurely toward a point of la at. the end of which Sait a solC Yankee, fishing. In a few hours boat passed the point, and the tisl man aroused himself from his conti plation to ask: "Where are ye fron " New York," replied Gillette, wit yachtsman's pride. " How long " Since August 1 ." T1he Yankee turned to his contemplation, and yacht kept on drifting; but along the afternoon there came a voice o the water, andl it asked: "W year?" The pastor of a church in Atchrie K(an., has resignedl because the woi of his flock wanted to make a lad1 man out of him. " I am willing,' saidl to an interviewer, " to make e on the sick or afilicted, but I am 01l1 to get mixedl up in society. women want one to dance attenda and take sides in their qjuarrela, bi ain't a-going to (do it. All I war for them to pay me the $100 they o andl I will go to another church th waiting for me." Isidlor Rayner, who is a promnin member of Admiral Schley's cour before the naval court of inquiry an old1 acquaintance of the admi D~uring his long service in Congri where he representedl the Fourth Mi landl district, consisting of several ] Limore wards, Mr. Ray ner was in el touch with the leading line officers the navy, many of whomi he isi mately acquainted with. 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