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By JOSEPH A. ALTSHELEB, Author of "A Soldier of Manhattan." "The Sun of Saratoga," Etc CHAPTER UL TEE MERIT OF A GOOD HORSE. I paused, not to swear this time, brit for a momentary reflection on the vani? ty of man and the deceitfulness of wom? an in taking advantage of it, and then I sprang upon the back of that old brown hack-confonr.d him for an army male without the ears!-and gave chase. I .had no switch or whip, but I roweled -him and kicked him in the sides until 1 frightened him into a greater speed than he or any one else believed to dwell within his long'frame. He gave a wild snort, and we plunged after the fleet girl, rocking and swaying like a boat in a stormy sea, but even with such exer? tion he could not compare with Old Put. Despite the anxiety of the moment, I neted his inferiority with some pride, but then I remembered how much de? pended upon the success of the pursuit, and i continuad to urge on my own mount. Strive and strain as we could and ride and thump as I would with all my arms and legs, we lost ground rapidly. The girl turned her head once to look lit me, and I thought I saw a leek of triumph on her face, but I suppose it was my imagiration which was indus? triously tormenting me just then. I groaned at the certainty of her escape, and then hope seized me, for I remem? bered suddenly that I, too, had a trick to play. Old Put and I possessed a com? mon language in which we often talked, with perfect understanding. I put two fingers to my lips and blew between them a long, shrill whistle, which cut the air and traveled like the scream of a fife. It was a request, a command ?ven, to him to stop and wait for ma He twisted his long neck in the manner of one listening, looking back at me to what I meant, but he went on, though with slightly diminished speed, his manner indicating that he was un? certain what I had said. The girl was belaboring him with' the switch, for she must have noticed his decreasing gait. I whistled again, and as Old Put's pace sank to a trot she beat him fiercely with the switch. A third whistle, and Old Put, now in perfect accord with me, stopped stock still; not only that, but he faced about and neighed joyously. The girl threw the remains of hex' switch upon tibe ground and began tc ;ry, not pitifully, but angrily, fiercely. I rode up slowly and held out my hand to Old Put, who rubbed his nose against it. He knew his master and best friend. Never had I beaten him, and now there were stripes and welts on his side where she had pounded him with a switch, ca? ra th er stick. "Why did you not tell me what sort of a horse he was," she cried, "and then I would not have made myself look so ridiculous, sitting here as if I had been tied and waiting for you to -come up?" * ??Miss Howard," said I in some as? tonishment, "do you expect me to show you the way to escape?" "I do not expect anything from you, a rebel, " she said, "Do not speak to me again. " All right ; that suited me. I did not " wish to talk to her. She used words ?only to inveigle me into some incau? tious mood. But it was necessary for me to tell her to dismount in order that I might change saddles again, as I did not intend to give her another such op? portunity. I did not offer to assist her, having had enough of that, but stood "beside the brown hack, watching her with a look that was now strictly mili? tary. "Why don't you help me down?" she said angrily. "Have you no courtesy for a lady?" "You have declined such assistance from a rebel before, " I said in reply to her unexpected question "And I decline again You needn't offer it," she said abruptly, springing to the ground, when I had no thought of offering it As soon as she was off his back Old Put showed the greatest distrust of her and aversion. He shied as far away from her as my hold on his bridle would let him, and his bis, dark eyes shone with wrath. I was glad that he had come back to his senses, and he, like I, should have known her thoroughly from the first and always. "We don't intend to be deceived by her again, do we, old comrade?" said I to him. He nodded his head in emphatic fash? ion, and his big eye winked intelligent? ly. Her eyes flashed a little, but she took no other notice. "Look well at this lady. Put," I ?aid "Do you note her?" He nodded. "She's English, we're Americans, and therefore she's an enemy and not to be trusted. Watch her well." I con? tinued. He nodded violently. "Now, Miss Howard, " I said severe? ly, "I've changed those saddles, and they are ready for onr use when we need them, but meanwhile we'll walk again, as we've tired our horses out for the second time, and all your fault too. " She said nothing, but walked on in the way which I had indicated, keeping eight or ten feet from me. She had ceased to cry and had given her features s fixed and angry set. 1 was troubled greatly. We had wasted so much time over her futile efforts to escape that the problem of a night's shelter had grown more diffi? cult and pressing, and 1 intended that my attention should not be diverted from it again. Therefore I would take precautions. I drew from my pocket a long silk handkerchief, a trophy of the ilonmouth campaign, which I had pre? served with great caro. "Hold out your hands, " I said. "What would you do?" she asked, turning upon me a look of fire. But I was firm. My experience had been too sreat. "Holdout your hands, " I repeat "I intend to bind them together. \ play too many tricks. " "You are not a gentleman. " "You have told me that three or f< times already It won't bear furt] repetition. " "I will not submit to such a thin? "Then I will have to use force, wh: will make it much more unpleasant : you. " I hated to do what I had planned, was rude and severe, but then there i few who have had women prison? like mine, and consequently there i few who are in a position to judge n I prefer greatly to deal with the regn forces, but in this case I had no choi< and so I strengthened my will and p] ceeded. "Hold out your wrists, " I repeat? "I shall not hurt you. I merely wish keep you out of further mischief. " "I shall never forgive you, " she sai I could afford to laugh at such threat "I trust that nobody will forgive i until I ask for forgiveness, " I said She looked at mc, her eyes full of i hellion. I thought she was going raise her hand to strike me, but wornt are so changeable and uncertain. I stead she held out her bauds meekly. I bound her wrists together and n ticed that they were white and we molded. The handkerchief was soft ai could not pain her at all, and, beside j her hands were bound in front of h and noe behind her. She need feel i inconvenience, but she must realize th; her opportunities for mischief were d minished vastly. Old Put looked at hi with an air of triumph, as much as 1 say, "Now, miss, yon aro being pru ished, and punished deservedly, for bea ing me so much. " That seemed to I her own understanding of herself. We resumed our march, the horsi walking behind us. The rim of the su was now meeting the rim of the eartl and the western skies were tinged wit ruddy fire. In the east the misty gra of twilight was descending on field an forest, and the chill of night was creej ing over everything. Even in our Sont Carolina latitudes the nights are cold i midwinter, and I shivered as a twiligfc wind, with a raw edge to it, swept ove the plain. There was a heavy cloak hanging a her saddle horn, for she had not ven tured upon her journey unprepared, took it off and threw it over her shou] ders. It fell below her waist like a gr ea obst, snd l buttoned it securely aronui her neck. "You'are a barbarian, " she said. "I know it," I replied, "but I do no intend to let you suffer more than i necessary for your own good. That i the kind of barbarians we are in thi country. " The country was lone and desolate for we were on the sterile slopes of tb hills. It was thinly peopled at the bes of times, but now, raided incessantly b} Tarleton's legion, which knew no mere} to anything, whether animate or inani mate, and plundered, too, by wild bandi which claimed to belong to either army, as the occasion served, and perhaps be longed to neither, the people had fled tc securer regions, where one side or the other was master. Only those who have seen it know the sufferings of a country harried by opposing armies and preda? tory bands. I bad hoped to find som? friendly farmer bolder than the rest with whom my prisoner and I could fine shelter, or if not that, at least some abandoned house which would give us a roof, but I saw no sign of a human face except our own, and no roof appear? ed either in the fields or among the trees. It was a solitude bleak and cold, and the declining sun, now half way behind the earth, warned me that it would soon be time to stop, for the darkness would be upon us, and in a land of hills, gullies and no roads we could not travel well without light Despairing of such shelter as I had expected, I turned our course toward a thick grove of trees rising like a great castle on the left. When we entered it, the shadows already made darkness there, and the night wind moaned among the dry branches of the trees. I saw the girl shiver, and again I felt pity for her in spite of all that she tried to do, though I lost none of my distrust and caution. Almost in the center of the grove was a small open space, sheltered, from the rush of cold air by the great trees which grew so thickly around it It seemed to me to be the likeliest spot we could find for a camp. I hitched the horses to boughs of the trees and took from my pocket ? small flask of that cheer which a good soldier seldom neglects. I drew the stopper and handed it to the girl. "Take a little of this, " I said. " You must if you do not expect to catch yow death of cold." "I would if I could," she said, "but I cannot while my hands are tied. " "I had forgotten the handkerchief,' 1 replied, "but I don't think we'll need it any longer You have been warned sufficiently. " I unbound her wrists and replaced the handkerchief in my pocket. "But don't forget," I said, "that this handkerchief is an evidence that I have put my mark upon you and that you be? long to me-that is, you are my prisoner until such time as I choose to give you up. " Her face flushed. "I will not endure such talk," she said, "from a rebel who within six months may bo hanged by his outraged king for treason. ' ' "You can't escape it," 1 said, "and the king can't hang me before he catches me. It's a long way from Lon? don to ?South Carolina, and 1 hear the king is fat and lazy and suffers from seasickness. " But she drank the whisky, just a lit? tle of it, though enough to jmt more sparkle in her eye, and handed tho flask to me without a word of thanks. Then she sat down on a fallen troc and looked idly in front of her as if she had no in? terest whatever in anything I gathered up armfuls of" the dry brushwood and tossed them into a heap, to which I set fire with tho flint and steel I always carried The fire blazed up rapidly and snapped as it bit through the wood.. Its merry crackling drowned j the desolate moan of the wind, and t long red ribbons of flame and the fa forming bed of live coals threw ont kindly heat that fended off the chill the night. Even the girl, angry and h miliated as she seemed to be, felt tl influence of the light and warmth ai edged along the log until she was mu< closer and the fire could shine direct upon her face Old Put was frank : his appreciation, coming to the fa length of his tether and wagging h head in a manner which said to me J plain as day, "You have done welL Even the stupid brown hack anderste? and imitated Old Put's example. Higher rose the fire and drove ba< the shadows, but the darkness was no rolling up to the circle of light, au beyond the sparkle of the flames bega to rise like a wall The sun was gon< and a faint, fading pink tint in tl west marked the way his flight ha taken him. Over all the world the tw light drooped, and the winter win mourned the dead day. "Are there ghosts in the forest?" su( denly asked the girl. "None that I ever heard of," 16aid "It is so unlike England. " "How?" "So much wilder. " I had heard of their forests there, c rather what they call forests-some acre of trees, with the undergrowth cu away and the lawns shaven, every ro patrolled by keepers or workmen, a mer plaything of a forest-: but here i America are the real forests, just a nature made them, the desolate wilde: ness through which the wild animal howl, while the lone wind plays it song on the branches or leaves of th trees. This is the real forest, a place L which man becomes about as big as ; cork on the sea. Never the lone hunter though 50 year3 his home, tails to fee its immensity and desolation. The gil i drew the edges of her cloak a litti j more tightly and moved as close to tb fire as the end of the log would aUo\ her "If you will permit me," i said, '* will give yon a better seat by the fin i than that She rose without a word, and I rolle< the log well within the warmth of thi blaze She resumed her seat, and thi firelight flickered and played over he: face, tinting her cheeks with deep rei I and spangling her bronze gold hail ; with patches of scarlet and crimson The little red cap had been pulled se? curely down on Uer head, and, sitting there in the alternate light and dark? ness, her figure lithe and strong, she looked like some Saxon wood nymph. But I did not cease my good deeds. 1 call myself a forethoughtful trooper, and from the saddlebags I carried across my saddle bow I took a cold chicken, a piece of cold boiled ham and some hard biscuits, a dinner fit for a prince, oi rather an honest American citizen, which was better, in these hard times of war. To this royal collection I added a canteen well filled with water, re? membered the stout little flask in my breast pocket, and the repast was com? plete, all but the serving Her eyes sparkled at the sight of the good things. Wood nymphs. Saxon or other, must eat. "Let me carve the chicken, " she said. "You have neither a table, plates nor a knife, " I said. "This log will serve as a table, some of those clean dry leaves as plates, and you could lend me a knife. " "How could 1 lend yon a knife, a j weapon, after all the tricks you have tried to play upon me? Von don't forget this, do you"-*" 1 took the little toy pistol with which she bad tried to shoot me out of my pocket and beld it up before tier, but she laughed Women don't seem to have any conscience, or at least they forget their crimes, which is convenient for their peace of mind "Give me the knife, " she said, "and don't waste time I'm hungry. " 1 distrusted her as much as ever, even more, but ? opened the blade of my clasp knife and handed it to her. "A very good knife," she said, "but I have no doubt it was stolen from an i Englishman. Ah, here it is;-the name : of an English maker on the blade!" "It was not stolen 1" 1 exclaimed in I dignantly. "I took it from him fairly I at the battle of Monmouth, where he ; fell into my hands. " "That, I suppose, is a good enough title for a rebel, ' ' she said and began to carve the chicken. It was a fine, fat chicken, beautifully roasted, and she showed that she knew ! how to carve, for she deftly clipped off a leg, which she held up before me. "That looks fat and good to eat," she said, "and it's a fine chicken, but I've no doubt it was stolen from a loyal sub ject of King George "It's not true!"' 1 exclaimed in some wrath "He was a Tory farmer. 1 admit, but 1 did not steal the chicken 1 took it before his eyes, and be never said a word. ' "Afraid. 1 suppose, but it doesn't make any difference to you It will taste just as good to a rebel Here, take your piece on this tug. clean leaf and eat. " 1 took the piece and ate >"he carved off a portion for herself, too. and ate with a good appetite Then 1 handed her the canteen of water and told her tn take a drink "Don t be afraid. ' 1 said * I too!; that water out of a ch.ir brook m the ! wilderness. and the Lind through which it flowed belonged to God. not to any Englishman or Tory "But how about the canteen?" she asked 'Did you steal that from any English soldier or take it by violence. ' which is worse?' 1 showed her the name ot the maker a Boston man. upon it "A vile rebel town, the worst of them all, " she said But she took a good drink out of it. 1 and when she handed it back to me 1 j imitated her example Then, while the j fire crackled and blazed higher and the ' circle of light widened and the darkness beyond it thickened, we ato and drank, and 1 grew cheerful I had defeated ail [ her attempts, and tomorrow 1 would j find Morgan and give ?her into other j hands and t>c nd of all my troubles, yet ! I was compelled to a&nit.. once .atrain that she was very beautiful with the firelight flickering and playing over her face and hair, ont all the world knows, as i have said, that the handsome wom? en are the most dangerous, the most cunning, and 1 was on my guard against any new attempt of hers to escape. Still, when I looked around at the blackness of the night and heard the sigh of the cold wind above the crac? kling of the fire, 1 did not think that she would dare to attempt it. I knew no woman who would venture alone on a winter night into that uncanny wilder? ness, and, knowing it, I felt easy. CHAPTER IV. SUPPER A>'D SONG. The horses looked jealously at our supper. I was sorry for them, especially for Old Put, whose great, intelligent eyes said in the purest English, "I, too, am hungry, master. " But I could do nothing. I had no provender for horses, and so I told him to wait as best he could until morning and 1 would find something for him if I had to rob a pa? triot farmer to do it He bowed his head^ in resignation like the wise horse he was, while the brown hack, not so well bred, tugged at his bridle rein and thrashed about until 1 threatened him with a big stick. After the chicken the girl served the cold ham and drank from the canteen again. 1 did likewise Moreover, I urged her to wet her lips at the flask a second time as a further precaution against cold, which she did literally and no more. I was liberal rather than literal for I was a soldier and knew its value I took my blanket from my saddle bow and urged her to wrap it around herself, but she said "No;" that her heavy cloak was. sufficient and she would not deprive me even if I was a misguided rebel. I saw that she spoke truly, as her cloak was of the most ample character, and so, having no further compunction, I wrap? ped the blanket around me, Indian style, and, sitting down on the dry leaves in front of the fire, leaned my head against the log She sat on the log at the other end, leaning her head against a dead bough which was thrust straight up in the air. I had put the remains of the provisions back in my saddlebags. Triumphant warm, well fed, my cheerfulness, my satisfaction with my? self, increased. I stared into the bed of red coals and saw figures, pictures, there. Near the center of the bed the coals had fallen into such shape that I could trace distinctly the epaulets of a general, and I knew that those epaulets . were for me. The coals crumbled into new shapes and built the house which was to be mine when the war was vic? toriously over and I was ready to retire to it with my honors. She, too, seemed to be engaged in the same business, for she was staring with half closed eyes into the dreamy coals. "Why are you a rebel?" she asked. "Is it from pure perverseness, for-they say all you Americans are so?" "They say many things about us in England that are not true," I said, "and this is one of them. The English themselves have often been rebels, and their present royal family, one of the worst they have ever had, and they have had the Stuarts, was placed on the throne by a just rebellion. " "You must know, " she replied, "that in England the character of the sov? ereign is nothing. It is the sovereign principle. The wors** the sovereign the better the court likes him. " We relapsed into silence and our study of the red coals. Old Put whin? nied gently, raised his head and looked beyond the fire, as if he saw something in the darkness impenetrable to all but horse eyes. "I'd better see to that, " I said. "Old Put is not going to giv,e a warning for nothing. He has a character to lose. " "A wildcat may be, " she suggested. "Perhaps, but TU see. " I rose, still keeping my blanket wrap? ped around me, and ordered her to stay where she was under pain of being bound again. She promised, and I be? lieved that she would not stir from her position on the log. The darkness and the desolation were not inviting. I walked out into the black bank of the night but could neither see nor find anything. I made a complete circuit around the oasis of light from the fire, and all was peaceful and quiet I- re? turned to the log, ready to scold Old Put for giving a false alarm, but re? frained, reflecting that he might be nervous and irritable owing to his lack of food. " What'did you find?" asked the girl, looking at me with bright eyes. "Nothing. ' "I thought you wouldn't It was a wildcat or maybe a harmless little squirrel* " "Aren't you afraid of the wild ani? mals?" "Not with such a brave rebel as you near me." 1 opened my eyes a little wider and looked at her It was the first time that she bad complimented me even in that half handed way, and I was surprised. "I thought you did not allow me the possession of any desirable quality what? soever. ' ' I said. "You are improving," she replied. "Perhaps it is due to my society. 1 may yet make you a loyal follower of King George and save you from the hang? man ' 1 had ray doubts about the "loyalty, '" which is a term devised for the protec? tion of sovereigns in their crimes, but I said nothing just then She, too, said nothing more. The heap of coals grew and glowed in the depths with deep crimsons and scarlets, throwing out a generous heat and wooing nie to sleep. Despite ray sense of caution and the ef? forts of ray will, my eyelids drooped. The castles in the coals became more indistinct and wavered as if they were made of red mist. Old Put whinnied again and raised his head high in the air like one who listens 1 was wide awake in an instant and on ray feet again "Put. " 1 said, "if 1 find that yon have given a fal.se alarm a second time you shall have nothing to eat in the morning. " "I wouldn't bother about it," said the girl. "It's only a squirrel or a rab bit 'Any horse would notice the passing of such an animal. Their senses are keener than oura " She was growing very considerate of mel But 1 searched the wood again, and finding nothing returned to my old and comfortable placa Old Put was restless and shufiied about ; but angry at his idle alarms, I commanded him roughly to keep quiet, and.he obeyed The girl was humming softly to her .self as if, she were thinking of her far? away English home, i supposed she was lonely and homesick, and again some pity for her crept into my heart. "Are you singing of your sweet? heart?" I asked, meaning to cheer her up. "I have none, " she replied, "Not now perhaps, but you will have some day. " "That is a different matter. " "What kind of a sweetheart would you choose?" "A soldier, a gallant English soldier, one loyal to his king through all " She continued to hum her little song, whatever it was. Something stirred in the wood, and Old Put, despite my pre? vious command, whinnied and stamped his feet. 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EAST '?a ci lei cl 1st cl 2d ?i .3* *33 Easrerr time. *32 ?34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 3c. 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 5C 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 60 4 3C 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 lc 11 20 2 10 Bratb gorings ll 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 Laocsster 10 65 2 36 1 CO 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 0C 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4c 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jonction 10 20 12 2C 2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IC 1100 3 10 '3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 CC 5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 CO 6 5Q 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 0C 7 00 5 20 ?lacksburg 8 15 5 3C pmpm ama m Between BlacksboTjj, 8. C., aid Marios. N C WfcxT. EAST 2a cl 1st cl 1st cl 2d c .11 ?33 Easter* time. *32 *12 am nm STATIONS. am p : 8 10 5 30 Blacksburg 7 48 6 4C 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 2C 8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 bli 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 <.C 10 00 S 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 ? C 10 10 6 28 Mocresboro 6 48 4 4? 10 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 2C 10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 EC 1115 7 10 Rutherford ton 6 05 3 2f 11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 lb 3 0 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 5t 12 05 7 40 Thermal Citv 5 37 2 4?. 12 25 7 58 Glenwood' 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 MarioL 5 00 2 0C nmpm ampnc West. Gaffney Division. Easr lei Claet. | 'EASTERN TIME. I 1st Class lr J 13 I STATIONS. | 141 16 pm um am pm 1 00 6 00 "Blacksburg 7 50 3 00 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 IC 2 2C pmam amor B*Dauy except Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, *N. C., at a m, making close connection at Blacksbarg, C, wirb the Southern's train No 35 for Char? lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting with tbe Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta. Ga, and all points West, and will receivenaa sengers going East from train No 10, on the C ? N W R R, at Yorkville, SC, at 8 45 a m. and connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern ? train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 6 17 p rn Train No 34 with passenger coach attache leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a rn, and connectin at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florina trai for all points South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, SC.?? 12 ? p m, after the arrival of the Southend Char? leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with the LA C R R, at Catawba Junction ?itt the SAL, going Eai-r, at Bock Bill. S C, witi the Southern's trai?, No 34, for Charlotte, N C, acd all points East. Cinnects at York? ville, S C, with train No 9 on tie C a N W R R, for Chester, S C. At Blacksbutg with the Southern's vestibule going East, ana tbe South ern's train No 35 going West, ard connecting at Marion N C with the Southern both East and West. SAMUEL HUNT, President S. TRIPP, Superintendent. A.B. LTTpKTN Gen'' Pansene-r Ar-nt Atlantic Coast Line Rai?rea? of ia. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In effect January 13th, 1901. SOUTH. NORTH No No No No .35 T57 pe ?32 7 55 Lv Darlington Ar 8 15 9 33 Lv Elliott Ar 7 50 9 13 Ar Sumter Lv 6 50 4 0* Lv Sumter Ar 6 24 i 52 Ar Creston Lv 5 34 6 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Prevails Lv 10 00 '5 16 Oraogeburg 5 10 5 55 Denmark 4 35 7 55 Augusta 2 40 a m am pmpm .Daily. fDailv except Sunday. Traine 32 mid carry through Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeving Cars between New York ?nd Macon via Augusta . T M EMERSON H M EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt J R KEN LY, Geo'! Manager