The Temple Tribune. (Temple, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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Th story opens tn a Confederate tent
at s critical staco of tho Civil War Gen-
ts Imparts to Capt Wayne an Important
meeaas to Loncitreet Accompanied try
Craig an old army scout Wayne
on hle mission They (t within
starts
ness Ways I taken for a Federal of-
rloer and a yeans lady on horn book Is
jhvoa in tils chars she is a northern
sir! and attempts to stoop On of the
norsee sttocumbe and Crals so through
with the dlepatohee trhlls Wayne and My
Lady of the North are left alone They
seek shelter In a hut and entertnslt In
the dark a huso mastiff attacks Wayne
The slrl shoots the brute lust In time
The owner of tn hut Jed Sungny and
hls wife appear and soon a party of
horsemen approach They are led by a
man claimlns to be Red Lowrle but who
proves to be Maj Brennan a Federal
Jfrloer whom the Unlong1rf
nlon slrl recosnlies
of Wayne as a spy
fore Sheridan who
orders the arrest
-and he Is brousht before
threaten him with death unless he re-
veal the secret messas Wayne believes
Edith Brennan to be the wife of MnJ
Brennan He Is rescued by Jed Bunny
who starts to reach Gen Lee while
Wayne In disputes penetrates to the ball-
room beneath which he had been Im-
prisoned He Is introduced to a Miss
Minor and barely escapes being unmask-
ed Edith Brennan recognising Wayne
i Securing a pass
are confronted by
ed senseless Then
Wayne makes a
says she will save him Securing a pi
through th lines they are confronted
Brennan who Is knocked senseless Then
bidding
dash fo
or liberty
CHAPTER XIX— Continued
This gave mo Inspiration and be-
fore the speaker's sullen growl bad
wholly ceased I was again upon hands
and knees silently groping my way
along tho hank toward the rear of the
hut It proved to be a tiny structure
containing but a single room — prob-
ably a more’ fisherman’s shack with-
out windows but possessing a door
'at either end Meeting no opposition
I crept within where I felt some-
what safer from observation and then
peered’ warily forth Into the darkness
extending between it and the river
'The picket-rope stretched from one
corner of the hut where It seemed to
bo secured around the end of a pro-
jecting log out Into the night evi-
dently finding Its other terminus at a
big tree whose spreading top I could
dimly perceive shadowed against the
sky Along It were tethered the
horses a few Impatiently champing
their bits and pounding with their
hoofs on the trampled ground hut the
majority resting quietly their heads
hanging sleepily down The one near-
est me appeared a finely proportioned
animal of a dark color and waa
equipped with both eaddle and brldla
Of tho soldier In charge I could dis-
tinguish nothing— doubtless he was
lounging on hls back half asleep upon
some soft patch of grass
I turned when It suddenly occurred
to me that the deserted hut might
contain something I could use to ad-
vantage— a firearm pernaps or oven
a stray box of matches 1 felt about
mo cautiously creeping along tho
hard earthen floor until I had nearly
reached the opposite entrance The
light from the fire without leaped 'up
and Its glow revealed a saddle with
leather holster attached hanging to
a nail Just within the doorway Mov-
ing noiselessly 1 managed to extract a
revolver but could discover no cart-
rldgea I waa yet fumbling In tbe bolster
pocket when the lieutenant rose from
hls seat without knocked the ashes
from hla pipe yawned sleepily stand-
ing directly between me and tbe fire
and then turning sharply walked
slowly Into tho open door of the hub
1 sprang to my feet or he would cer-
tainly have stepped upon me and be-
fore be could realise tbe situation 1
had him by the collar with tbe cold
muzzle of my stolen revolver pressed
hard against hla cheek
“A single word or sound and I
fire I” 1 said sternly
I have no recollection of ever see-
ing any one more completely as-
tounded He gasped like a fish newly
landed and I doubt If be could have
made utterance even bad be dared
“Come in a little farther" I com-
manded “Now look here Lieutenant
you do exactly as 1 tell you and you
will get out of this affair with a whole
akin otherwise— well ' I’m playing
this game to tbe limit Now answer
me: How many men have you mount-
ed this side the ford?”
He glared at me sullenly and I
drew back the hammer with an omin-
ous click eyeing him fiercely
"Well” I said shortly “do you
choose to answer or die?”
“Two”
“On tbe other bank?"
’None”
"Lieutenant” I said speaking low
but-ln a tone which left no doubt as to
my exact meaning “I am an escaped
prisoner and shall not hesitate to kill
rather than be recaptured It la your
life or mine tonight and I naturally
prefer my own: but I’ll give you one
chance and only one— obey my orders
and I will leave you here unhurt dis-
obey and your Ufe Is not worth the
nap of a finger Move back now un-
till you face tbe door and don’t forget
my pistol le within an Inch of your
ear and this Is a balr trlgjw Wbat
Is your sergeant’s name?"
"Handley" ’
"Order him to take ten men on foot
one hundred yards west on tho pike
and wait further orders” -
“Handley" he railed out hls voice
so choked with i sge as to make mo
fearful It might arouse suspicion
"take tea cnn on foot to the cross-
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I could plainly note tho dark shad-
ows of the fellows as they filed out
past the firs but I never ventured to
take aye or gun off tho man I watched
"How many remain there now?"
"Seven" -
"Any non-com among them?"
"A corporal"
“Have him take them all south on
th cross-roads"
“Jones” he called out huskily
"Too ohr"
“Take what men you have loft a
hundred yards south on tho cross-
road” V
Wo could hoar thorn crunching
tboir way through tho hush until
tho sound finally died out in tho dls-
lanoe "Now Lieutenant you come with
ms — softly and keep your distance"
Wo moved back slowly step by step
until wo came to tho roar door of the
shod I reached out Into th darkness
but without turning my face away
from him and silently severed the
picket-rope retaining the loosened
end In my grasp It was so intensely
dark whore we stood that I slipped the
pistol unobserved Into my bolt
"Fnoo to the rear” 1 said sternly
An he turned to obey this order
with quick movement I tripped him
sprang backward and ahut the door
In a single bound 1 was upon the
back of the black and had flung the
severed rope’s end at tho flank of tbe
next horse In line Thera was "a rush
of feet a sharp snapping of cords a
wild scurrying through the hushes as
twenty frightened horses stampeded
up the bank and then lying face
down over the eaddle pommel I sent
the startled black crashing down into
tho shallows of the ford Tho fellow
oj guard tried hie best to stop us
but we were past him like the wind
He did not flro and doubtless in the
darkness saw merely a stray horse
broken from the ploket-rope The oth-
er fellow took one swift ahot but It
went wild and I heard the voice of
tho enraged lieutenant damning In tho
distance Then with a rush wo went
up the steep bank on the eastern
shore and I eat upright in the saddle! 1
and gave the black hie rein
CHAPTBRyXX
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A Demon on Horseback
I felt positively happy then The
thrill of successful achievement was
mine and with ths exultation of a
soldier In - having surmounted ob-
stacles and peril 1 nearly forgot for
the moment the heart tragedy left be-
hind The swift Impetus of th ride
the koen night air sweeping past mo
tho fresn sense of freedom and power
engendered by that reckless daeh
through the darknesa all conspired to
render m neglectful of everything
save tbe Joy of present victory Th
spirit of wild adventure was In my
blood
A dosen spits of fire cleaved the in-
tense blackness behind and 1 knew
the widely scattered patrol wer tend-
ing chance shots across the stream
A clang of hoofe rang out upon the
rocks but I could distinguish noth-
ing indicating a large pursuing party
— probably the two who were mounted
at the ford with possibly others fol-
lowing when they caught their strayed
horses I had little to fear from such
half-hearted pursuit as ibis was sure
to be 'The swift powerful stride of
the animal I rode assured me that I
was not ill mounted and there was
email chance of contact with Federal
outriders before I should reach the
protecting picket lines of our own
army I laughed grimly a I leaned
slightly back In saddle and listened
It was like a play so swift and ex-
citing had been the passing events
so unexpected their ending I won-
"A Single Word or Bound and I Fire”
dered what plausible story th 41a-
comflted lieutenant would concoct to
account for bis predicament and
whether the others bad yst miased me
back at the Mansion House
The eturs appeared to be paling
somewhat down In the east for tbe
coming day-dawn was already whiten-
ing th horlson 1 glanced at my
watch venturing to atrlke a match
for the purpose and found the hour
after three o’clock Early 1 knew
waa at Bowder Church and hla ad-
vance cavalry pickets ought to be as
far weet as th Warrentown road
Thr'dlatanca between by hard riding
might ho covered in thro hour My
hors seemed fresh hla breath came
naturally and without effort and I
pressed him along rapidly for my
whole ambition now centred upon
bringing the Informstlon I possessed
within our own lines Bungay be-
yond doubt had been recaptured long
since for my own experience told me
how extremely vigilant were the Fed-
eral guards To one unacquainted as
h waa with military customs It would
prove Impossible to penetrate thelf
lines banco everything must depend
upon my getting through In safety a
Then my thoughts drifted to the
one 1 had left in such serious predica-
ment - If 1 had loved her before I
loved her doubly now for she had
proven herself a woman among wom-
en In time of danger and trial How
clearly her face with thoee dark
aweet eyea and ths wealth of crown-
ing hair roes before me while word
by word I reviewed all that had passed
between us dwalllng upon each look
or aocent that could evince her pos-
sible Interest In me Then reason re-
turned to my aid and resolutely de-
terminedly Inspired by every Instinct
of soldierly honor I resolved that I
would put her from my thoughts for-
ever She was not mlde either to leva
or possess unless the uncertain fat
of war should chance to set her free
Even to dream of her to cherish her
"That’s ’Bout All I Know
li memory while the remained the
wife of another waa but an affront to
her purity and womanhood 1 would
prove myself a man entitled to her
respect a soldier worthy my service
and corps If ever again my name
chanced to find mention in her pres-
ence It should be spoken with honor
1 was musing thus lulled by the
steady lope of my horse and tota'ly
Insensible to any possibility of peril
when clear upon my ears Instantly
awakening me from such reverie
there rang through the night silence
the sharp clang of Iron on the road
behind tie All soun&-of pursuit bad
long since died away and I supposed
the effort to recapture me had been
abandoned But there was no mis-
taking now — at least one horseman
riding recklessly through the black
night waa pressing hot upon my trail
“The lieutenant” 1 thought "the
lieutenant burning with anger at the
trick played upon him has pushed far
ahead of hla troop doubtless mounted
upon a better horse determined to
lsk everything If he may only bring
me back dead or alive” -
This thought awoke me In an In-
stant from my dreaming and 1
spurred my horse furiously glancing
anxiously backward as I rode but un-
able through that dense gloom to dis-
tinguish the form oi my pursuer Yet
the fellow was coming coming faster
than any speed I could possibly con-
jure out of the weary black I bestrode
cither by whip or spur Closer and
closer upon me came rushing down
that pounding of Iron hoofa on the
bard patu Heavens I bow like a very
aemon the men rode! As a trooper I
could not withhold admiration from
the reckless audacity with which th
vengeful fellow bore down upon me
In spite of my utmost effort It al-
most aaemed as U w war standing
still Surely nothing less than bate
and a thirst for vengeance bitter as
death Implacable as fate could ride
Uk that through the black night on
the track of a hunted man I
I was able to trace dimly hls out-
lines now as he roes on an eminence
In my rear hls hors looming dark
against the sky like those giant
steed that snorted fire in my child’s
lctur-iiooks at home and then with
Increasingly louder thunder of hoof-
beats he came charging straight down
toward me In sheer desperation 1
glanced on either tide seeking some
avenue of escape but the high banks
were unscalable my sole remaining
hope lay In a shot which should drop
that erased brute before he struck
and crushed me Riding my best
with all the practised skill of the
service I swung my body sideways
bi-acing myself firmly In the deep sad-
dle and took steady aim The ham-
mer came down with a dull dead
click th revolver was ohargless and
with an exclamation of baffled rage
I hurled the useless weapon full at
the advancing brute Almost at the
inetant we struck my horse went
down with th Impetus while over
us both as If shot from a cannon
plunged our pursuer hie horse turn-
ing a complete somersault the rider
falling so clots that I was upon him
almost as soon as he struck the
ground
A dip of th flying hoof had cut a
shallow gaah scrota my forehead and
my hair waa wet with blood yet
Cap Till I Lit Yere"
bruised and half stunned as I was
from the bard fall my sole longing
waa to reach and throttle that mad-
man who bad ridden me down In such
demon style
"You unclinlned devil!" 1 cried
savagely whirling him over upon hla
back "1 spared your life once tonight
but by all the god I'll not do It
again!"
"Gosh Cap la thot you?” asked tbe
voice of the otbor feebly
I started back and lost my bold
upon him
"Bungay?' tn an astonishment that
nearly robbed me of utterance "Good
God man! la this really you?"
“It’s whut'a left 'o me" be answered
solemnly sitting up and feeling hls
bead aa If expecting to find It gone
“Thet was 'bout ther worst ride 1 ever
took”
“I should think It likely” 1 ex-
claimed my anger rlslnt again as I
thought of It “What In Heaven's
name do you mean by riding down
on me like that?”
“Holy Gee Cap” be explained pen-
itently “ye don't go ter think I ever
did It a purpose do ye Why ther
gosh-durned old thing run away"
"Ran away?”
“Sure I 've bln a bangin’ on ter
ther mane o thet critter fer nigh
pon three mile an' a prayin’ fer a
feather bed ter light on It’a my last
Ttstment en ther cavalry ye bet I
never seed none o’ yer steam keerp
but I reckon they don't go oo faster
ne thet blame hose Gosh Cap ye
ain’t got no call fer ter git mad I
couldn’ a stepped her with a yoke
o’ eteers durned If I cud I sorter
reckon I know now 'bout whut Scott
meant when be said 'The turf the fly-
ing courser spurned'— you bet this
one did” -
Jed rubbed hls cheek aa If It itung
him and I looked at him In the faint
dawning light of day and laughed
Hla peaked head and weasen face
looked piteous enough decorated aa
they wer with the black loam
through which he had ploughed hls
coat was ripped from tall to collar
while one of hla eyea waa nearly
closed where the bruised flesh bad
puffed up over It
“ ‘It Is a fearful strife for man en-
dowed with mortal life’” he quoted
mournfully
“You’re right” I assented “No
uoubt you had the worst of It But
how came you here?”
“Why I wus a huntin’ fer a hose
thar et thet picket post whin y
cared np ther bunch an’ by some
sort a fule luck 1 got hole o’ thet one
an’ tuke trier ye tho’ In court I
d'dn't know who It was raised etch a
rumpus It wus so durned dark Ther
whole blame Yankee caboodle tuke a
blase et me 1 reckon leastwise they
wus most dura keerles with ther
huotln' Irons an’ I rod one feller
over knocked him plum off hie hose
down ther bank kerslush Inter ther
water by thunder an' then ther deni-
ed critter 1 wus a straddlin' bolted
TLet'e 'bout all I know Cap till I lit
yere'
rhere waa nj doubting the truth of
hi atory and I haul out my hand
“You're a good man Jed” I said
heartily “and so long as we are both
alive a few bard Jolts won’t hurt us
Let’s see If the horses are In any con-
dition for service”
A single glance told tbe story Tbe
black mare waa browsing by the road-
side apparently little tbe worse for
the shock although a thin Una of
blood trickled slowly down her Hank
But the big roan bad not been so for-
tunate and lay head under stone
dead In the middle of tbe narrow road
Bungay gazed at the motionless fig-
ure mournfully
'Wo worth the chase woe worth
the day that coat thy life my gallant
gray' ” be recited solemnly "only It’s
a roan an I ain’t so dura sorry
either”
Regrets of any nature however
were vain and aa the Uttle man posi-
tively rafueed to rido I mounted
again He trudging along manfully
beside me the two of us set forth one
more our faces turned toward tbe red
dawn “
1 n
CHAPTER XXI
Reinforcement for Early
"Come Wayne wake up man I"
Captain I any you must turn out of
thla”
I opened my eyes with n struggle
and' looked up The golden glow of
sunlight along the white waU told me
the day muat be already weU ad-
vanced and I saw the lieutenant of
my troop Colgate bending over me
attired In service uniform
"What la It Jack?"
“We have been ordered north on
forced march to Join Early and the
command has already started 1 have
delayed calling you until th final
moment but knew you would never
forgive being left behind"
Before he had finished I waa upon
the floor dressing with that rapidity
acquired by years of practice my
mind thoroughly aroused to tbe
thought of active service once more
“Waa It the new- I brought in yee-u-day
Colgate which 'as Btlrred this
up?” I questioned hastily dipping Into
a basin of water
“I Imagine It must have been sir”
replied the Lieutenant leaning back
comfortably upon a cracker-box which
Mtm'ed our solitary chair “Things
have been on the move ever since slid
it certainly resembles an advance of
some importance Staff officers at it
all night long McDanle s division off
at daylight while we go out ahead of
Slayton's troops Reede was in beast-
ly good humor when he brought the
orders that usually means a fight"
“Any artillery?”
“Sloan's and Rocke’s batteries are
with us did not learn who went out
with McDaniel's LongBtreel has
crossed the White Briar”
“Yes I know” I said drawing on
the last of my equipments and quick-
ly glancing about to assure myself I
bad overlooked nothing likely to be
of value “All ready Jack and now
(or another ‘dance of death' ”
Our regiment wbb drawn up In the
square of the little town and aa we
came forth Into tbe glorious sunlight
the stentorian voice of the Colonel
called them Into column of fours Staff
officers gray with dust from their all-
night service were riding madly along
the curb while at the rear of our men
Just debouching from one of the side
streets appeared tbs solid front of a
division of Infantry We had barely
time to swing Into the saddles of the
two horses awaiting us and ride swift-
ly to the head of our command when
the abort stern orders rolled along
the motionless line of trooper and
the long silent column swung out to
the northward the feet of the hones
raising a thick cloud of red dust
which fairly enveloped ua In Its chok-
ing folds
’ (TO BE CONTINUED)
THE HOME LIFE OF THE
SETTLER
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS ALL
THE COMFORT8 AND MANY OF
THE LUXURIES
A young lady of Wisconsin secured
a certificate at the Milwaukee office
of the Canadian Government and on 'x
presenting this to the ticket agent of
the railway at the Canadian boundary
line she secured a ticket at a reduced
rate which carried her to Edmonton
Alberta from which point about for-
ty miles she had friends This waa a
couple of years ago and tha young
lady is now married to one of the
promising young farmers of the dis-
trict In writing of her trip to the MU-
wauke representatives of the Canv
dlan Government she says: "I enjoyed
my trip up here very much and ex-
pect to go out to our homestead la
the Pembina district next spring” To
the housewife the information that
he has "put up twelve quarts of rasp-
berries’’ la Important as they "picked
them themselves” and they might
have picked ten times the quantity if
they had required them for ther Is
po country where wild fruit grows la
guch abundance The letter goes oa
to say and thla Is Interesting from a
woman's standpoint “ths country Is
very beautiful” Speaking - of th
rlends with whom shs went up to
ve she says: "They certainly have
a beautiful farm and house" — they
had been there about four years also
going from Wisconsin— "they hav
about twenty acres of oats and bap-
ley five acres alfalfa three acres po-
tatoes and I don’t know how many of
vegetables I think they have about
forty acres under cultivation altogeth-
er They are now draining a slough
which they will afterwards plow and
put Into fall wheat They also hav
a large herd of cattle and Mrs C
has about 100 chickens They maks
on an average of 30 pounds of butter
every week I never saw such grand
cream”
Now these people are enjoying Ilfs
In Alberta they have a splendid cli-
mate excellent prospects and are
happy that they are part and parcel
In the working out of the upbuilding
of a new country that will take Its
place amongst the progressive coun-
tries of the century Numbers of let-
ters that express satisfaction as ex-
treme as the one quoted appear in
literature sent out by the Canadian
Government and which may he had
on application to any of Its agents
Valor and Discretion
"Wbat la the difference between
valor and discretion?” remarked Mrs
Brown looking up from the paper In
which she had been reading the lead-
ing article on the operations tn
Tripoli
"Valor” replied Brown "le bawling
Into the ear of a champion pugilist the
assertion that he la a ruffian yon
could knock Into fits” ‘
"And discretion?"
"Is doing It over the telephone”
One of the Peril of Divorce
"How do you like your new papa
little girl?” asked the neighbor
“Not very well" waa the reply "f
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