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It mm 238 ssmssssssss You Do Not Know iCopyright, 1898, by J. P. Upptooott Cfe] •TNOPSia CHAPTER I.—Gen. Heath «rd«r«6 to to headquarters at Chattc-aoora. •. Tk»t An aid* la present at the Interview, shown an c~M'~ •martial, and corps. general Is shown an order for his arrest and court-martial, and spoelal duty to watch movement of I«ncstreet' eepts. Is then assigned tf a contemplated et'a corps. He m* CHAPTER IL-Oen. Heath leaves Chat moot* with men, his brigade, aM lovta out to Morgtnton'a cross-roads. On way he ./ho lives at headquarters. with nis troop afaeewassea org*: •«ts .with a girl he knows ha plaee ha la to maka hit He insists on her returning troops. At her home It is thought a face was seen at the window, hut a searoh through the house revealed no suspicious persona. Lieut Hall, the aide, Is placed In charge of the young lady with orders!* watoh her and question her oaretully. She faints. questioned aha confederacy and herself for the union. At night she is caught to the kitchen attempting to hum a paper which contains the plans of HTxra sloe's defenses at Knoxvlue. She Is con* flaed under gu%rd as a spy. CHAPTER HZ.—When said her mother is for the herself for the union. Ai CHAPTSR tV.-Oen. death's ys attaoked by confederates, hut they beaten off. furlng the ites. but they wa flgbt Uebt. H&I face at the wm» again sees a mysterious JHAPTER V.-Gen. Heath accepta pa role from Miss Beach at the suggestion of Lieut Hall, who proposes to answer for her. During the night sho allpa out of the house and esoapea. sHrSsS?a CHATBR VIL~Uaut HaU Is taken be )re a confederate, MaJ. Berante, whohad ten classmate of GTen. Heath at wok olnt and served with him la the west _le claimed to have an Incriminating letter written by Heath offering to surrender his command In ths army to ths mayor of a Kall uthern town to which he was stationed, sees the letter. Margaret Beaca turns up and at night assists HaU to e*» capo. CHAPTER VIII.—Miss Beaoh joins Hall outside the confederate camp and together they reach the union lines. confederates CHAPTER PL—The surprised atLtnelr oamp agl^routed. asusst AB I spoke we heard a whistle to the south, a rumbling, a puftlDg, and along came the train. It was loaded with troops. They filled the cars, the plat forms they swarmed on the roofs. With a screech from the locomotive they passed, and were lost in the dis tance. Another whistle another train* This is made up ol platform can. What are those great wooden objects? As they same nearer we discerned ths shape of huge boats. And those pile* of timber? They are connecting pieces and flooring. It is a pontoon train. They will need it to cross the river above. "Margaret, the rumor has become a fact. That is doubtless Wheeler's cav alry marching through the valley, while Longstreet's corps is moving by rail. They have left Bragg's army bo fore Chattanooga, and are going to join the forces threatening Burnside. To you belongs the credit of the discovery. Twas fast asleep. Plunk was asleep, and had you not watched they would have passed without our knowing it. The in formation the general sent for, you have acquired. You are saved." "But why is it so important to know of this move?" asked Margaret, eag erly. "Important! That Burnside may be warned. Grant, knowing that this force is detached from the army threat ening Chattanooga, may attack the weakened lines, break up the beleagur mcnt of the Army of the Cumberland, and open an aggressive campaign." Margaret stood for a few moments looking alternately at me and at tie troops below, then threw baok her head and gave an exhilarating laugh. It rang through the ravins, then rose, like a bird that sings as It flies, to the very heavens. Then she turned and ran into the cave. There was something so mocking in that laugh, so keen a relish, such a ring of one who has suddenly acquired the whip hand of an enemy, that every doubt I had ever had of Margaret sud denly rushed back upon me. What d(d it mean? What would now be her purpose Would she return with us, or steal away from us to tell our enemy what we had been watching for, and thus give him the advantage? I must wait for an answer XIV. THE LIGHT ON THE CLOUDS. Ftfr an hour we watched the slowly moving bodies of cavalry then the ranks began to grow thinner detach ments were smaller scattered wagons appeared, lumbered up the valley, and passed out of sight far in the distance. Ambulances, men supported in their Baddies by their comrades, evidently invalids, followed, the distance between them and the main body constantly in creasing. The rear waa brought up by stragglers, with here and there groups of army traders, the former devoting themselves to plunder, the latter bar gaining, cheating citizens and soldiers alike with pinchbeck trinkets. When Plunk was aroused and learned that our objeot had been ac complished by a woman, his mortifica tion knew no bounds. Ho went about getting breakfast sullenly, muttering that if we ever got back to the com mand he would give up scouting and turn company cook. While we wero eating our breakfast we disousaed the matter of our return. Should wo wait till evening and skulk through under cover of the night, or set out boldly in broad day? Plunk was strongly in fa vor of waiting till evening, and Mar garet was decidedly of his opinion. I would have declined to listen to Plunk, but was persuaded by Margaret. We spent most of the day in arrang ing the stories we would tell on the way. At the outset we discovered one fact likely to cause trouble. Plunk was in favor of always making aa explanation that would Involve the greatest on* truth I waa in favor of uUd utmi*, white H»i»»iwt WNM htoa 7 MITCHEl. nothing but truth. "Lieutenant," said Flunk, "I suppose I must obey orders, but ii thiB party is to travel with no other ammunition than the truth, I must ask permission to go alone." Th6 general's statement that he had given me Plunk to supply my own de ficiencies occurred to me, and I was loath to enforce my own plans in the face of the corporal's opposition. "How would it do," I suggested, at tempting a compromise, "for you to lie like a trooper, and for me to travel on a system of white lies, while MisB Beach sticks rigidly to the truth?" "That," responded the corporal, "would be like the cavalry charging, the men seated with their faces to the crupper, the infantry pouring volleys Into the cavalry, and the artillery fir ing at heaven.'' Margaret smiled. "I'll tell you what we will do," she said to me. "Since you command the party, the corporal can conform to your stories, and I'll keep silent." "Done," said I. And now that we had gained all we had hoped for, and had before us the peril of carrying back the news, we made a discovery that filled us with dismay. Private Mellodew was miss ing. During th* day he had seen the rear-guard of the army that had passed, and asked what it meant. When we told him, I noticed a look dn his face that might mean incredulity or might mean a determination to be incredulous, but we cared nothing whether he be 1. What K! turning to th* plantation Hall ante SMI ... 1 that federate uniform. A court-martial Is or- the face, at tbe^ window,jand this time reo* ognlses it of a young girl In a coo dared for Miss Beach. CHAPTER X.—iThe court finds Miss Beach guilty. It la necessary for a scout ,rty to lng pari reach the rail Beach is asked to aot as the guide on a promise of parole if she sueoeeds. the accepts, but on condition that no one enter the house while' she Is awav. CHAPTER XI.—After a acrlmmago with the enemy, In which two men were lost. Hall, Miss Beach, Corporal Plunk and 4 cowardly private named Mellodew reached a oaye overlooking the railroad. 'CHAPTER xn7—While Hall is on watoh he goes to sleep and Is awakened by a visit from Gen. Heath, who threatens him with the penalty for sleeping on post. Mias Beach is not in the cave, and it Is supposed she has Rone to give information to the enemy. She returns before the general leaves and Is accused. Mellodew wnlspers something to the general as he starts to ride away to join his escort CHAPTER XIII.—Tho watchers continue at the cave and are rewarded govemen^of tho oonfederata lieved or doubted. he had gone for none of us could possibly imagine. We didnot Buspect that under the ap parently simple, cowardly nature there lurked a malevolence that might be ex pected only under a stronger exterior. In our position we were vulnerable even from a crawling snake. However, we wasted no time to see if Enoch would return when we were ready Plunk brought the horses, and mounting as the sun was setting we descended the hillside we had come up a few days before. We were for tunate in finding a ford at the river, and in getting across the railroad with out interruption it was later on, when we were not looking for trouble, that we received our first scare. Coming Co a ridge, we were panic-stricken to see each of the roads leading into Georgetown filled with confederate cav alry. "By Jove, Flunk! that's going raise the devil with us. They are sweeping along the refusa In (he rear, driving in stragglers." "Bight you are, lieutenant," said Plunk, "and if we don't dodge them they'll be likely to give us am enfilading fire of questions worse than a volley from their carbines." ground, we were enabled by the camp fires to determine the forces about us. To the west, along (he route we must take, the lights were few and scattered, but the country was uneven, and there was a certain flaring nebulous light on the clouds which I did not like. I feared a force beyond the hills. But we could neither stop where wa were nor go around the light. We must go straight ahead. We passed down to lower ground, then over the crest of the hill. There again, directly before us, was the flaring light. "Plunk," I said, "there are troops over there that light looks ominous." "A single camp-fire would do that," replied the corporal, reassuringly. We did not dare pass through Georgetown it was too early in the evening the citizens would doubtless be excited by the passage of troops during the day, and would not be in clined to sleep therefore, turning to the left just before coming to the town, we passed south of it around the base of a hill, striking the road again a mile beyond. We had reached the bottom of a de pression between two hillB, and were beginning the ascent of tie farther one, when we were suddenly brought to a stand-still by a "Halt, thart" xv- A FASCINATING GAME. "Gone up," I muttered, and my heart sank within me. I was about to reply to the challenge, when Plunk took the words out of my mouth, and sang out, In excellent southern lingo: "Hain't got no time to stop, stran ger got to git through right off. Ben ter the medical officer of the army fo' quinine sick man waltin'." "Corporal of the gyardl" sang out the voice that had stopped us. We heard somt one brushing through the weeds that lined the road, and presently saw a figure coming on foot. By this time we noticed that the challenger was mounted, and we knew that the force waa composed of cav alry. "Who's thar?" from the corporal. Flunk replied that we were two men and a gal, and repeated what he had said to the picket. "All right come on." I was about to propose that we de cline the honor and go by another road, when the madness of such method struck me besides, I had promised to let Plunk do the talking so I kept silent. We were led into the camp, the men being in bivouac, sleeping about their camp-fires. Meet ing the officer of the day, he took us in charge, and, not being satisfied to let us go forward on his own responsi bility, conducted us to the headquar ters of the commanding officer. We found him engaged with his stall at a game of draw-poker, the party be ing seated in a tent on camp-stools about a pine table lit by a couple of tallow dips. He was a splendid specimen of southern manhood, tall, well built, with a manly open counte nance that seemed incapabls of harbor ing a mean thought. "Col. Archard," said the officer of the day, "here are some citizens who want to go through the lines." to We halted behind a clump of trees for parley. Plunk and I were for hiding in the woods till they had gone by Margaret was for breaking up the party and proceeding separately. We did not have time to arrive at a conclusion, for suddenly a body of perhaps 80 horsemen entered the road we were on, at a gal lop, from a by-road a short distance in advance. Each recognized that it waa too late to do anything but go for ward, and we started by a common im pulse. Happening to glance at Mar garst, I saw her turn pale. Her eyes were fixed on a young officer who rode in front of the coming men. He on, evidently in a hurry to get over the ground, and when he met us did not slacken speed. I waa congratulating myself that he was intending to pass us without a word, when he suddenly pulled in his horse. "Why, Margaret Beach He turned to the side of the road near us, while his men passed on, halt ing a few rods beyond. He was a trifle older than I, with long black hair, over which drooped a sombrero, black eyes, and as frank and manly a face as ever I looked into. After exchanging a few commonplace remarks with Margaret, who behaved with surprising coolness, he looked inquiringly at me. "On your way home?" he asked Mar garet, in a tone evidently intended to lead1 the way to some information about the company she was in. "Yes, I am anxious to get back to mamma." "I am glad you are protected on the way. It's rather a bad road for a wom an to be traveling just now." I have always believed the youngman suspected there was something wrong, but was more gallant to Margaret than true to his duty. He bade her good-by, and as he raised his hat with the words: "My kind regards to your good mother,' his eyes met mine and seemed to say "I decline to investigate you, my dear sir, for her sake though this may have been supplied by my own guilty conscience. In a moment he was at the head of his men, riding rapidly down the road. "Lieutenant," said Plunk, aa soon aa we were out of hearing, "we wasn't pre pared for that meetin*. It's my opinion that lyin' is our only weapon, and that I'm the only one of the party blessed with an inventive genius and a hard ened conscience calc'lated to take us through what's ahead I "You are right, corporal. You may do the talking, and may you be in spired to lie with suoh ingenuity and fervor as to confound all inquiring rebels and pilot us to a haven of rest.'' The road for some miles was flanked by woods. 8oarcely a person was on it indeed, we went so far without meet ing anyone that when a belated coun tryman suddenly loomed up before us, with a bag of meal thrown across his saddle-bow, onr heart* leaped into our throats. We passed him with "howdy," and had the way clear for some time. Coming to a rise in the J* Without stopping the game or even glancing up at us, he asked us where we were from and where we were going. Plunk answered with his story about the quinine. "I'm glad you've got some quinine," said the colonel, looking at his hand from under the rim of his hat. "I have a lot of men down with camp-fever, and Old Pills hasn't any. Can you spare a little?" My heart went up in my throat, and Margaret turned a shade whiter. "Certainly, colonel," said Plunk, without a moment's hesitation. Then, turning to me: "Bring out the bottle, Joe." "I—haven't—any bottle," I stam mered. "Haven't it? I gave it to you." By this time I caught my cue. "You did no such thing." "You good for nothing, forgetful crit ter, d' y' mean ter tell me you've done left th' stuff behind, alter our ridin' ten miles t' git it?" I fumbled in my pockets and scratched my head. Meanwhile the players were too interested in winning and losing to follow the matter up. New hands were played, and I, who oould never look at any game of chance without wishing to be in it, soon forgot that I was making my way through the lines with an impor tant war secret and with my life in my hands. I drew a bill from my pocket and was about to call for chips, when I felt Margaret's hand grasping my arm. Looking at her, I noticed the fright on her face and was saved from my folly, for had I gotten into the game I would have surely betrayed the whole party. As it was, I cams very near doing so within another ten minutes. It was the colonel's turn to draw to fill his hand. He drew one card. Whether the game was of more inter est to him than the medicine I know not, but he forgot all about the qui nine—at least for the moment, hoped he would win it would put him in a good humor, and he would be all the more lenient with us. I was standing where I oould over look the hand of a lieutenant—a youngster about my own age, with an impassive face. I noticed that he held three aces, and I looked for him to win. I was surprised to see him pass out. The rest kept on betting till all were satisfied. "Call." "Show down." "Thrse knaves." "Three kings." (,:•% "What y' got, colonel?" "Full o' tens." "Scoop." And the "pot" waa brushed over to the colonel. I admired the lieu tenant's foresight in passing out with three aces. Another set of large hands was dealt, and the confederate bills began to pile up on the table like the contents of a waste-paper basket. A little betting soon drove all out except the lieuten ant and the colonel. The colonel bet $50 the lieutenant who had passed out on three aces called him and won the "pot" on three deuces. "By thunder, corporal," I exclaimed, "that was well played." Every man at the table looked up at me. I turned red, then white, while Margaret instinctively nhrmiv back into the darkness. "Where's the corporal?" asked the colonel. "I'm no corporal," said the lieuten ant, "if he means me." I was too paralyzed to reply. Plunk came to the rescue. Looking signifi cantly at the confederates, he put his finger on his lips, and tapped his fore head, as if to say: "Don't mind him he's off his head." "There's something queer about you all," said the colonel "reckon I'll look into this. Captain," he said to the of ficer of the day, "take my cards." Ha got up from the table and left the tent, motioning Plunk, Margaret and myself to follow him. Having Isd the way to a camp-fire near by, he stopped beslds Phnk. "John Band." "Where do you live?" "At Morganton Cro.s-Roads." 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