A Little Union Scout

r approach that a woman opened the door to see what the trouble could be. We found Jack Bledsoe on a pallet, and saw at a glance that the woman had administered such remedies as common-sense

ad while the surgeon w

I knew you would-I knew it. And there is Carroll Shannon," he went on, holding o

"Don't worry, old fellow," Jack continued, observing the expression of grief and anxiety in Harry Herndon's countenance. "It's all owing to the way the cards

h the young fellows, and then turned to the surgeon and

ded. "It would be hard to fin

would thus find excuse for her sudden use of an exp

t damage has been done. He will be lame for some weeks-perhaps for a longer

ay, had been declared a contraband of war by the Federals, and the surgeon could spare but a driblet of quinine from h

ut neither betrayed the fact that he knew the other. On the contrary, the man was both angry and rude. "What'd I tell you, Rhody?" he exclaimed, turning to his wife. "I know'd they'd crowd us out'n house an' h

"Hit ain't sech a beauty that you kin brag on it. An' who made your

for he said no more. On the contrary, sympathy shone in his eyes when he looked at the wounded man. "Don't you worry, Bill; ef t

l's eye, and then he thought that nothing would be easier. "Well," said the General, "go across and tell the Yankees that there's a woun

ledsoe. "General, I hardly know how to tha

ner'l Forrest," he said, "you'll be more than pleased to know that the Yankees ain't never took time for to cook supper. After they

to be in a hospital where he could be looked after, b

s," said the woman. "He'll be company

," said he. "Bill here will put you across and show you which way to go when he has found

cabin and then disappeared. I judged that he was afraid Jack Bledsoe would upbraid him or that Harry would give him a sc

ed away in spite of the warning. He talked of his sister Katherine, much to Harry's delight, and told of his own sweetheart in Missouri. His colonel, he s

ble with Jack was that his sweetheart's sister, Jane Ryder, didn't like him-and so forth and so on, till I nodded where I sat, an

e made a further delay while Jack pencilled a note to his colonel, which Harry was to take charge of as long as there was danger

turned to Jack. "The war doesn't touch us, dear boy. Good-by,

n me, Harry; but the two Miss Ryders are all the other way, and I'll be between two fires. Tell Whistlin

anging heavily over the river, shut out the sunlight. We had to take the guide's word for that, for we could see no sign of the sun. Indeed, it was so dark that we had considerable difficulty

as he said, to old King Sun, and he seemed to feel all the better for it; and we all felt better when our horses were between ou

rten up our gait, and we put the horses to a canter. I thought surely that the man would give out, but he merely caught hold of my stirrup to help him alo

is hand to his ear. "I'll be whopped," he exclaimed, "ef I don't hear buggy-wheels, an' they're comin' right this way." Wi

give him credit, pretended to be fixing his saddle-girth. As we waited a top-buggy rounded the bend in the road and came bowling toward us. It was su