A Little Union Scout

dignity of deportment. She was not youthful, neither was she old, but she was very grave-looking, as if she had seen trouble or was expecting to see it. Under an

e shape of sympathy, for there was some

we were in something of a pickle should the officer take advantage of the position in which he found us. He saw at once that our capture was a certainty unless we took prompt measures to provide against it, and he was quick to suggest that we adopt the tacti

aid, as cool as a cucumber. "You can't deceive us with your blue overcoats; you are bot

with one of his engaging smiles. "We are from the South, and yo

en prisoners taken before," remar

again," said Harry very boldly. "But I sha

he told me afterward-I had my eyes on the lady. She looked at me once, and turned her face away; twice, and frowned; thrice, and blushed. "I was afra

tached?" inquired the Feder

der General Forres

uriosity. His tone was so puzzling that Harry hesitated an instant-but in tha

ery far from our co

d to the lady, somewhat ungraciously, I thought, wit

le like laughing. "What amuses you?" the lady asked in some sur

ies placed under such accus

t no such thing," said t

s Lucy Ryder

w of Lucy Ryder?

n. "And I have heard that Miss Jane doesn't like a friend of ours-a young f

se in search of him," the lady replied. "We had a

ation. He fumbled in his pocket and finally produced Jack Bledsoe's note. He lifted his hat as he handed it to the lady. S

ast night, my friend a

ells us to love our enemies

ticular instance, for, with the exception of this gentleman her

Herndon, and your friend there is Carroll Shannon, and the negro is Whi

d Captain Bledsoe?" asked the officer. I cou

ll you have to do is to hold on to the pommel of your saddl

e," responded the gu

s wife is taking care of Jack Bledsoe and he will

ll probably know me again when you see me, Mr. Carroll Shannon!" This was a rebuke, I knew, and it upset me not a little, but there was something in the tone of her voice tha

rrest's company of Independents to watch the road for us so that we might come to no harm. While engaged in carrying out this order they saw the lady and her escort far ahead of them, and a detachment was sent to investigate, the rest of the compa

tine of duties that fell to our share. Harry served General Forrest temporarily as a courier, while I was billeted with

y on business and partly for pleasure, I was informed that General Forrest had sent for me. When I responded to his summons he was reading a late copy of the Chattanooga Rebel, a

entered General Bragg's lines under very peculiar circumstances and had then managed to e

to General Forrest. He directed my eye to this, and said he wanted me to take the

e to know how many men I've got, and I don't want 'em to know that my superior officer has refused to honor my requisition for arms and horses. I'd cut a purty figure with the Yankees if they know'd that some of my men had muskets that were used in the Revolutionary

ch this fellow and

eather. But the General said that this was one of his reasons for detailing me to perform this duty. He s

he look of a big baby that has got out of its mammy's yard and don't know how to git back." I suppose I must have turned red under this back-handed compliment,

from his chair and followed me to the door. "If you have to shoot that fellow," he said, "do it and don't wait too long before you do it; and if you have to shoot two or three

for that night, when I went to see whether the horses had been properly groomed and fed, I found the door of the stable unlocked. I was not only surprised but irritated. Both Harry Herndon and myself had tried hard to impress the negro with the necessity of taking

esolution then and there to look after the safety of the horses myself. I swallowed more than half of my irritation when I found that the horses were in their stalls, warmly blanketed, and an abundance of food before them. I

f the men. "They are the finest horses in the rebel army, and it would be a good job to run them

th 'em," said the other man, "and

for ten dollars, and I'll git him to leave the door open some night when he's got a jo

's horse-

ou couldn't count 'em if you was to try. I'll give you three hundred dollars for them three horses delivered at my br

ttin' the horses, wh

n. "I'll be putting up the money, the cold cash. What more do you w

m the stable, taking care to lock