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BARGAIN
In Delaware
County Land
615 Acres in Richland Town
ship for $ 15 Per Acre.
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We are sole agents for the
Loomis tract of land (near the
Backbone) in Richland town
ship, and will sell same at any
time during the present month
for $ 15 per acre.
BRONSON & CARR,
Manchester, Iowa.
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CHAPTER I.—Gen. Heath is ordered to
report to headnunrtcrp nt Chnttnnoopn.
An aide is present at the interview. Tho
General Is shown an order for his arrest
and court-martial, and is then assigned to
special duty to watch a contemplated
movement of Longstreet's corps. He ac
cepts.
CHAPTER H.—Gon. Heath leaves Chat
tanooga with 600 men, his brigade, and
moves out to Morganton's cross-roads. On
the way he meets with a girl he knows
who lives at the place he is to make his
headquarters. lie Insists on her returning
with his troops. At her home it is thought
a face was seen at the window, but a search
through the house revealed no auspicious
persons. Lieut. Hall, the-aide, is placed in
charge of the young lady with orders to
watch her and question her carefully. She
faints.
CHAPTER IIL—When questioned she
said her mother is for the confederacy and
herself for the union. At night she is
caught in the kitchen attempting to burn
a paper which contains the plans of Kttrn
Biae's defenses at Knoxvllle. She is .con
fined under guard as a spy. 7,*
"Very/'
"Then confide in me. Tell mc what
all this means."
"What do you wish to know?"
"You have declared yourself to be a
union girl, yet you arc captured with
information in your possession evident
ly destined for the confederates. I
would expect another to tell any false
hood essential under suoh circum
stances, but somehow you are so
young, so apparently guileless. Give
me a chanco to—"
She extended her hand and grasped
mine with a look of gratitude. "I thank
you, but you can't help me."
There was something so decided in
her withholding of confidence that I
gave up the effort to gain it.
"I must send you upstairs now, but
before you go I want you to forgive
""For what?" /,
"Being your jailer."
"You are only doing your duty, and
doing it as considerately as possible."
"And you don't detest mc for it?"
"On the contrary, I like you."
I called the corporal of the guard, and
she was conducted to her room.
I was no sooner away from her than
I was vexed at the sympathy I had
shown. What'reason had I to interest
myself in this young confederate, who
had doubtless been selected for her
work on account of her capacity for
lying? I wanted to get out into the air
and pull myself together, so 1 called
for my horse, mounted, and sent him
flying down the road. I passed Maj.
Snaffle's two companies, watching the
pike half a mile below, the major
stretched on a flat rail, dozing, some of
the men playing cards, others Bitting
on the ground in groups, all doing
their best to pass the time. They gave
me aii inquiring glance, but I rode on,
without a word, till I reached an emi
nence, from which I could see a long
way ahead. Then I pulled up to enjoy
the view.
The pike stretched southward, a
straight white line, flanked by alternate
openings and woods upon which the
sun cast its early morning rays the air
was pure and the sky a deep azure.
Happening to cast my eyes on a point
where the road was lost behind the
woods, suddenly a horseman shot into
view. Distance prevented my distin
guishing who or what he was, though
the clear dry atmosphere through
which I looked enabled me to see him
distinctly. He was followed by half a
dozen others then the head of a mount
ed column came into view. As they
drew nearer the clouds of dust pre
vented my discovering whether they
wore the blue or the gray, but the sun
shining brightly on a flag they carried
showed me plainly the stars and bars
of the confederates.
I dashed back at a gallop, drawing
rein at Snaflle's tent to give him warn-
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I thank you, but you can't help me."
ing. Snaffle, a short, fat, red-faced
man with corkscrew curls, could never
get through a sentence without stutter
ing, except at giving tin word of com
mand, when, strange to say, his orders
came clear and regular as shots from a
repeating rille.
"Wh-wh-at's up?"
"Johnnies, lots of them, down the
road, coming right along."
''I've only a h-h-h-andful of men."
"And Fve only a guard."
"I tell you what, lieutenant"— no bet
ter man than Snaffle ever drew a saber
—"you go back and get ready to run,
and I'll take my little command and
make a show on the road up there.
When you're ready, send me word and
1*11 fall back. Then maybe we can get
up into a ravine In the ridge and flglit."
He had scarcely spoken the last
word before I was out of hearing. Ap
proaching the plantation, I was sur
prised to see the yard full of armed
men. Not knowing but that they were
confederates, I pulled up, but in an
other moment caught sight of their
flag. It was no stars and bars, but the
real "Old Glory," and I confess I had
never seen it look so beautiful. Dash
ing on and into the gateway, I shouted:
"The johnnies arc on us!" but before I
could give any explanation there was a
clattering of hoofs, and Snaffle with his
men came tearing along, followed by
the enemy.
Our men, having just come in, were
all in the saddle, and soon formed in
linfc of battle. On the right was Col.
Wilton, a tajl soldierly man with a beak
nose and a black, gleaming eye, com
manding a regiment of 200 men—not a
fourth of its original strength, for it
had been thinned by war. Next was the
remains of a regiment—its emolument
had been killed or captured at Chicka
mauga^—under a jolly, roistering Irish-
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SYXOPSIS
&MITCHEL.
of T\Oiivke"s Irish \GVS WAS a soin
bushy-wliiskercd German. Maj. Ping,
who had studied the art of warin Prus
sia, and whose men bad studied the art
of plunder in Missouri. Snaflle's HHMI.
panting like hungry stags, were hastily
formed on the extreme left. All eye
were turned to the general, to learn
whether he would surrender or fit»h:.
lie waited till a force ecjunl to our owi
was ih the yard, leaving as many out
side, then, drawing his sword, gaw
the order,—
"Charge!"
The initial force was with our men.
The enemy, being on the defensive,
half formed, surprised at an atta« "c
when they supposed we were waiting
to surrender, soon became entangled
with one another. Those nearest the
gate tried to get back through it.
Those 011 the outside, sceiug their cor»«
rades charged, endeavored to join
them, those within trying to get out,
*hosc without trying to get in, those
in the passage packed like pigs
in a pen.
I maintained my place by the general
so far as 1 could, but it was impossible
to keep close to anyone. 1 was jostled
and knocked about, and narrowly es
caped being sabered or shot by our own
men. Then 1 was turned round with
my face to the house. Borne backward
by the confederates and our own men
mingled, I saw Margaret Bcach at the
window of her mother's room, unmind
ful of the stray bullets that occasionally
struck near her, watching the fight.
Her eyes, 1 noticed, were following the
general wherever he went. Raising
mine to the room where she had been
confined, there at the "window, a ghost
from another world, a melancholy it
tendant on death at the carnival, a
presiding ghoul over the massacre of
11109, was a pale face with eager sunken
eyes—the same 1 had seen before.
Then some one dashed against my Jiorse
and set him spinning like a teetotum.
Confusion worse oonfounded reigned.
Our men could do nothing but shoot,
hack, pummel, e&ch man fighting on
his own hook. At last a troop of con
federates were separated from the rest,
driven to the rear, and captured. The
enemy without began to tear down the
fence on one side, but the general sent
llourke to beat them off. The foTce
that had effected an entralfaie was de
pleted. The general by a aiduul move
brought Ping's and Snaffle's commands
together behind Wilton's ancV\rder
ing Wilton to divide in the center, sent
the united forces charging between
the wings.
This finished the fight. A few con
federates got out, the rest were tram
pled, shot or taken prisoner. Then the
panic was communicated to those with
out. The general rode out, followed
by .the whole command, and com
menced a pursuit that carried some of
our men miles away.
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PAROLE.
Turning my horse over to an order
ly, I hurried to the house to discover
what had become of Margaret Beach.
I hoped she had gone. What was my
disappointment at finding her on the
veranda!
"You here?"
"Yes why not?"
"Why, 1 thought perhaps, inasmuch
as your neck was in a halter, you might
take advantage of the scrimmage to get
away."
"How could I? The gate was
blocked."
"Not while we were following the
enemy,
"The sergeant put a sentinel there
as soon as you left."
"Nonsensel Why do you try to de
ceive me? You did not wish to leave
or you would have found a way.'
An expression of pain passed over
her face which I could not understand.
She sat down I placed myself beside
her. Below us in the yard men were
caring for the wounded, and when all
were removed, burial parties began
spading by the light of torches, inter
ring the dead where each had fallen.
We could hear the men talking und sec
their dimly lighted figures, while every
now and again a torch was held before
an ashen face, a body was lifted into
its grave, we could hear a sound of fall
ing earth, then a funeral volley. I
was continually thinking that the girl
beside ine might within a day or two be
put into her own grave—not an honor
able one, bu£ that of a felon. Margaret,
sat alternately looking at the grave
diggers and averting her face, fasci
nated yet repelled by the grim sight.
"Strange condition, war," I said.
"Horrible!"
She looked so wretched that I could
not refrain from resting my hand for a
moment on hers. She did not withdraw
it, though something told me that it
was no dawning love that led her to
leave it in mine, but a craving for sym
pathy, for some friend on whom to lean.
I tried to speak to her encouragingly,
but there was something so grewsome
in the ashen faces of the dead, the
torches, the clods falling on the uncof
fined bodies, that I too was filled with
gloom and remained silent.
An orderly rode up to the galllcry with
an order for me to report to th* general.
Leaving my companion, I went to him
at once, and found him pacing before
his tent, while Walter was engaged in
talcing down the names of t.he prison
ers, who were being paroled to go to
their homes, for we had no force to
guard them, and they nearly all lived in
Tennessee. As I caiuc up the general
looked at me eagerly.
"You sent for me, general."
"Yes. Miss lieach—where is she?"
"In the house/'
lie could not conceal a look of disap
pointment.
"Tell her to get rcudy for ajjourney,"
he said.
"Shall
go?"
"To Gen. Bumside."
"It would be hardly safe," I ventured,
"to send her under a guard of less than
a hundred men, and 1' supposed you
wished to keep the command together.
Besides, her guard might be either dis
persed or captured. In that ease the
game would not be worth the candle."
I inform her wherelslie is to
He looked at mii, surprised that I
should dare to instruct him as to what
course he should pursue. Then he
amazed me by asking: "What would
you do with her?"
"I would put her on her parole Jof
lean, Lieut Col. Eourke. On the left feasor Bet tojackfe, ami jtat Jier do
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she likes within the limits of the planta
tion."
"A spy! parole!"
"If you will parole her, general, I will
be responsible for her with my head."
"You would lose your head."
I am a natural gambler it is many
year since I have staked penny, but at
that time 1 was considered the best
poker-player in the brigade.
"1 will wager—'" 1 was beginning
"No, no, lieutenant I'm not in the
habit of gambling with my stall, and on
such a subject. Take her parole not to
escape or aid the confederate cause, and
I hold you responsible for its keeping.
If she break's it, I will dismiss you from
my staff, try you by court-martial for
neglect of duty, and euforec the sever
est penalty the court mil inflict."
"Done," I cried. "I accept the terms."
I went straight to the house, and in a
few minutes was with Miss Beach.
"1 have an important announcement
to make to you. The general lias decid
ed magnanimously to take your parole
—to put you on your word of honor to
do nothing that will aid the confederate
cause, or to escape."
I pronounced the words with some
thing of a flourish—for I was delighted
as well as proud to have accomplished
the feat of gaining the general's assent
to my plan—a/nd waited for her reply.
She stood for awhile looking down at
the floor in deep meditation.
"It is not the general's magnanimity
that grants this parole it is yours."
"That doesn't matter. Even though
I may have suggested it, the general is
still the one to act. In order that you
may understand his generosity, I must
remind you that the ordinary course to
pursue in the case of a spy caught as
you have been is to try him by drum
head court-martial and hang him at
sunrise the day after trial."
"Is that the way it's done?" she
asked, blanching.
"It is."
"What am I to do?"
I sat down at the table and wrote:
"I, Margaret Beach, in consideration
of being relieved from confinement un
der guard, promise not to aid the con
federate cause or attempt to escape."
She seized the paper eagerly, read it,
and signed it with impatient haste.
Her action impressed mc with the sus
picion that she only wished to get a
chance to save herself by flight. But I
had gone too far in the matter to re
treat indeed, were it not that 1 shrank
from her disgrace, I would have hoped
she would go. I took the paper to the
general, who declined to read it.
As I turned to leave him I remem
bered that I had had no opportunity to
speak of having again seen the face at
the window.
"General, a little circumstance oc
curred to-day which I suppose I should
report."
"What is it?''
"I saw that face again."
"When?"
"During the fight I got turned
round—"
"Was it your horse that was turned,
or is it .your head that is turned
"I got turned round," I went on, color
ing, but repressing my anger, "and,
looking up at the house, saw the face."
"Indeed!"
In the single word he contrived to
throw a world of irony. "You have not
told me." he added, "whether this face
belonged to an old man, a young man,
or a boy."
"To tell the* truth, general, I couldn't
tell you whether it was man or woman."
There was a curl of the lip that would
have made me insubordinate had I
dared to be so. "Lieutenant," he said,
"have you ever had any severe illness?"
"Xo, general."
"Any accident? Did you ever fall
from your horse and light on the top of
your head?"
"No, general."
"Well, if I hear any more of that face
I'll send you north on an indefinite
leave to recover your health in a gov
ernment hospital. You may go."
I turned and left him. For the first
time it occurred to me that perhaps,
after all, the face at the window might
be the creation of my own fancy.
selected a good man and directed
him to occupy the room I had slept in on
the night of our arrival at the planta
tion. He was to go there after all were
asleep and remain awake all night. If
anything unusual occurred he was to
call me. I chose a room on the second
floor, and, after the house was still,
went upstairs and to bed.
My room was nt the front of the
house. I could hear the burial parties
still at work, and sec through a window
the flare of the torches on the leaves of
the trees. The mystery of Margaret
Beach, the uncertainty of her fate, had
by this time so excited my brain that I
could not sleep. No sooner would 1
drop off than a volley outside would
awaken me, and the knowledge that it
was fired over some poor fellow's grave
was by no means conducive to the re
turn of slumber. However, oblivion
came at hist.
At midnight I was brought back to
consciousness by the man I had placed
below, standing over me with alighted
candle.
"Lieutenant!"
"Well?"
"The young girl has gODe."
"Where?"
"Out of the door out of the gate
away from the plantation."
I rubbed my eyes and glared at the
man standing beside my bed.
"She slipped away with the tread of a
cat, sir."
"Did you stop her?"
"No I had no orders,
"You were right."
"is that all, sir?"
"Yes you may go to bed."
My first feeling was one of joy that
Margaret had fled, my second one of
regret that she should have broken her
parole.
There was no more sleep for me that
night. I tossed and tumbled till morn
ing, and during the long hours but one
subject occupied my excited brain. It
was Margaret Beach.
VI.
SUDDEN CHANGES.
I rose from my bed the next morning
completely disgruntled. Margaret's
flight had placed me in a position so
galling that I would almost rather have
fled myself and been shot for desertion
than report her breach of faith to the
general. I looked out of the window
while putting on my clothes, wishing
that I might see an enemy* coming
down on us to occupy his attention, that
he might have no time to ask after my
escaped prisoner, but saw only a num
ber of newly made graves. When I had
finished dressing I went to the mess
tent and found the general and the
personal staff seated at breukfa»st.
To i»y satisfaction, the general ate
in silence, making no reference to Mar
garet Beach. When breakfast was
over he ordered Walter to ride to the
commanding officers and direct them
to get ready to march in two hours. 1
secured the general's permission to go
with the command, a change of duty
which especially delighted me.
Promptly at the appointed hour the
men were drawn up on the road,
mounted and ready to move. We made
straight for the railroad, throwing out
every avenue our scouts .reported
"watchful bodies of confederate ofcv&lry.
In vain the general tried one road after
another. All were guarded. All day
wc were advancing by different roads,
invariably to be stopped by the sound of
firing ahead. Foiled everywhere, the
general determined to return to th*
plantation. The distance was consid
erable we were greatly fatigued, and
he gave an order for a brief rest before
setting out.
We were halted on a hillside. Be
neath us three roads met, a fourth lead
ing over the hill in our rear. The men
were all back in the woods, the general
a few rods in advance with afield glass.
I was lying on my stomach on the
ground opposite Walter, who was in
the same position, with a pack of cards
between us—I always carried cards in
my saddle pouch. Walter had won a
pot of fractional currency, and was rak
ing it in. when I glanced aside at the
general, intent on the lower country
to the south.
"Great guns' look there."
On every road a column of confed
erates was coming tceat us up. There
was little of the confederates to be seen
for the dust, but here and there the sun
shoue 011 their accoutrements and arms,
as they moved along the roads, looking
for all the world like gigantic snakes.
At that moment Wilton and Snaffle
rode up and reined in behind a clump
of jinderbrush.
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For Information and tickets apply to
J. L. O'HARROW Agent Thorpo
M. St. P. Ry.
HKI.AWAKE TIME CAU1
North Bound
?w"stl'assonKor a.ni
Way freight ii'fiia
South Bound
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Uavraport,& Kansas City, 1'ass o:07p. m.
WaylTdfl.t 10:'2» II. in,
B. C. R. & N. R'y,
CEDAR KAl'IDS TIME CARD.
MAIN LINK »01N0 jfOltTll.
Arrive Leave
W}nn°apons Kxpress.. 8:ofi am
No-3Waverly
1
DAILY TO ST. LOUIS
in emi n,
Passenger... 8:«0pm
\T1, ''Minneapolis Kxpress..12:30 ngt
B:45 a No. 18 rhjeago Passeugor.
ii:4d Iso. in Chicago Passenger.
C,'.'„al!' c»f ""i
coaches to Mlnno
G—Pullman sleepers
and coaches to Minneapolis and St. Paul,
MAIN LINK OOINC EA8T AND 80UT1I.
8:20 ni No. 2 Chicago Passenger... 8*401)
10 15 a in No. 48t. Louis Passenger., a'jonp
8:10 a ^o. Chicago & St.Louis Ex s-snlnri
I2:2u ngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express. 12:80 ngt
No. 10 Passenger 0:06 nj
No42 Burlington Passenger 7:15 a bi
i»n^«i»iiriulrS?n
sleeP.er»
free chair, car aud
coaches to Chicago. So. fr—Pullman sleepers
vi pl'i,1 coaches to Chicago and St. Louis.
No. 8—Pullman sleeper to Chicago: arrives
Chicago :59 a. in. Ngt.—night.
DECOltAH DIVISION.
8^0 DecorahPasseliger. ... 8:15am
4:05P
ni Decorah Freight 6:20pin
IOWA FALLS DIVISION.
Passenger.... 8:80am
12:20 ngt ..Sioux ialls Fast Express .. 12:30ngt
IOWA CITV, CljINTON ANI DAVKXI'OltT.
2:80 in..... Passenger... 8:05
Is
110
Passenger 7:15 am
Passenger
8:40
COTSWOLDS.
Flock heatied by choice IM
PORTED KAJiS. Will fur
nish Cotswolds and pradeB,
singly or by carload. A
choice lot of young rams
for fall trade.
Buy our bucks now and (It
them up for work to suit
yourself. Best and cheapest at
w.
Tickets and full Information concerning the
above can be had of agents of tho "Centrar'aud
connecting lines.
C. C. Mc(!AKTV, D. 1'. A.. St. Louis, Mo.
A. 11. HANSON, G, V. A. J. V. MKHltY. A. 0,1'A.
Chicago, .WW Dubuque. Iowa.
J. STRAIN & SONS,
Masonvilie, la.
ALEX SEFSTEOM,
LACKSMIT
Makes a Specialty of
Horse
Interiering Corns Cured or
no Pay.
Do All Kinds of
Work in Iron—
Machinery and all kinds of Farm Implements
and Machinery repaired. The best of
work guaranteed.
PRICES REASONABLE.
A share of the Public Patronage Is solicited.
Suooesaor to Peter Meyer*
Compound Vapor and Sham
ooo Baths.
Most all dis­
BATHS
eases are caused
by poisonous see
rations, which
clog the wheels
3
of NATURE.
.Vapor if
The Bamo
seiife!! the symptoms
and
ShaiTlpOO. but tho cause of
disease can us
ually be traced
to tho lmponect action oi the millions
of pores of the human body. A'fcath in
accordance with scientific require
ments is the best preventative and
remedy known. Tho methods employ
ed by me are the most scientific, ever
invented or discovered for dispelling
disease. Results tell the story. Give
me a trial. This is the Conaut system
of baths. A competent lady attendant
in charge of the ladiesdepartment.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel
16tf
G. D. QAT=3.
The Old Reliable Blacksmith,
P. J. Roche
Can be found at hla ahop on Franklin street
during business hours, with a competent
foroe of workmen to do all klndd of
Corn* and Interfering Cured or no pay. Satin
faetlon Guaranteed.
RcspectftfUy,
P.J.Roche.
FARMS
FOR SALE
fx-w'
.-5
M*
Choicc Farm Lands, easy
terms, very desirable property at
low prices. Large list to select
from. When you want to buy or
sell call on
H. C. HAEBERLE,
Manchster, Iowa.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Abstract Co.,
Manchester, Iowa.
ABSTRACTS.
REAL ESTATE.
LOANS AND
CONVEYANCING.
Office In First Natio na
Bank Building.
Orders by mail will receive careful'
attention.
We have complete copies of all records
of Delaware county.
ENNIS BOGGS.
UANAGKR.
You'r not
so warm
in one of
our negligee
Shirts.
A fine line of soft shirts Icr sum
mer wear.
Call and examine our
line.
F. M. FOLEY
RYAN, IOWA.
J. E. DAVIS, Manchester,
la., Main St., North of
Court House.
pin
...Passenger «:ns nt
4:50 Clinton Pussenger 7:15 a
7:50 m....Davenport Passenger.... 7:15 a IU
'/Trains numbers 5 6,8,18. 19, and Sioux Falls
Fast Kxpress run daily, all other trains dally
ex
cept Sunday."
J. MORION. J. A LOMAX
Gen'UPass & Tkt Agt, Ticket Agent,
Cedar Rapids Iowa.
PURE-BRED
MONEY,t?od°Y',..5VO
I am making first-class farm loans
at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi
leges.
ABSTRACTS
furnished at a rate meeting
all competition.
J. E, DAVIS. Abstracter,
EATON HOGKADAY.,
Successors to A. W. /.••'• -r
Stevens & Co.
(CITY HALL BLOCK.),
We have on hand all
kinds of
1
FRESH HEATS
Oysters in season.
Fish, sausage and the
best cured meats.
SHOP CL06ED ON 8UNCAY.
EATON HOGKADAY
TELEPHONE 261.
may be larger than ours in size,
but Saturn isn't in it when it
comes to StyleB, Kinds and Qual
ity. We have rings to pleaBe the
most fastidious. Diamonds, Opals,
XiubleB, Emeralds, Pearls,Engage
ment and Wedding, Society Em
blem Kings, Masonic, Odd Fel
lows, Knights of Pythias, etc., etc.
Ladies' watches, Gent's watches
Boy's watches, Chains, Charms
Bracelets, etc. Large variety of
patterns In Solid Sterling Silver
SpoonB, Forks, etc. Souvenir SU
ver Spoons with Court House
or Fish Hatchery engraved in.
bow Call and see them I
'Soratoo
& MIETGD.
Jewelers.
Our Spring Suitings
and
have arrived, and those desiring
GOOD
may be different
SUITS
STYLI8H
Should not fail to
call and examine
our stock.
Our
Suits
Overcoats
are admirable in fabric
and in fit, in winsom
Ihu
Nearly a quarter of a
century in business in
Manchester ought to be
a guarantee of our com
petency and qualillca
tions to give [satisfac
tion.
SMITHING
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
Mii
You are Invited to in
spect our stock and get
our prices.
L. & A.
WOLFF.
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