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CHAPTER VL
IN THB ENEMY'S LITJES.
4
Mark handed the wild whiskered ferry
man the crisp ten dollar note.
"Jakey," said Mark as they passed be
hind trees that hid them from tbe house.
"1 don't like that officer coming to tbe
Fain plantation just at this time. There'll
surely be some mention of us, and it if.
possible be may want to have a look at
us. You know, Jakey, we're only poor,
modest people, an?) don't want to be
stared at." V '
'We ain't got our store clothes on.
and don't want ter make no acquaint
ances," Jakey observed solemnly.
Mark bad noticed Laura Fain s agita
tion when she caught sight of the officer
at the gate, and knew there was good
reason tor it. He did not fear that she
would betray him intentionally, but that
she might be led to do so from her very
anxiety to keep his secret.
'The" first chance we get, Jakey, we'll
take to the woods. We told them we
were going to Chattanooga, and if this
officer takes it into bis aristocratic head
to escort us with true southern polite
ness a part of the way he'll expect to find
ns on the Chattanooga pike."
'N twouldn t be perhte fo ter git in
his way."
Tbey had gone but a trifling distance
when they came to a creek flowing as
a wayfarer they met told them through
Moccasin gap. The road crossed it by
something between a hedge and a cul
vert Mark led the way from the road
up tbe creek and began to climb the
hills, on which there was sufficient
growth of timber to afford concealment
For an hour he trudged along with
Jakey beside him. He tried to get the
boy to give him his hand to help him
along, but Jakey demurred indignantly
and kept his sturdy little legs so well at
work that he never once fell behind his
companion.
At last they came to a but occupied
by an old negro.
"Good morning, uuclel" said Mark.
"Mornen, sah."
"Hev y' seen anything of a colored
boy "bout eighteen years old go by hyar
this mornen?"
"No, sah."
"He's my boy Sam, and I'm a-hunten
him. He run away last night He'll git
s hundred ef 1 ketch him."
"1 ain't saw him, sah, 'n I tell yo' what,
marst'r, ef 1 bad saw him I wouldn't in
form yo' ob de fac."
"Thet's the way with you niggers,
since tbe Yankees turned your heads.
But it won't last long. Our boys'll
drive 'em so fur no'th pretty soon that
yon darkies'U hev tostoprunnen away."
"Now don' yo' believe dat so sarten."
"Do you really believe the Yanks can
whip us?"
"De Lo'd hes sent 'em to tote his col
ored people out 0' bondage."
Mark was satisfied with this prelim
inary examination that he could trust
the old man.
"Uncle, I'm no secesh. I'm a Union
man. 1 want to stay with you today
and travel tonight. Keep me all day,
and I'll go away as soon as it is dark."
"Fo' de Lo'd. 1 knowed yo' wa'n't no
south'n man all de time."
"HowT
" Yo' ain't got de south'n man s way 0'
talken. Yo' did bit well enough, but yo'
cain't fool me."
"Well, will yon kep us?"
"Reckon 1 will."
"What's your name?"
"Randolph's my name, sab. Jeff son
Randolph. My marst'r said he git?me a
mighty big name, but hit didn't do no
good. Dey always call me notten but
Jeff."
"You're as well off as the president of
the Confederacy in that respect," said
Mark. "1 guess we'll go inside."
"Yes. go in ditr. Keep dark."
Mark and Jakey waited for tbe day to
pass, and as tbey bad no means of amus
ing themselves it passed very slowly.
Jakev olayed about the creek for a while,
waer
S 5 Ais'u.
but both were glad when the darkness
came and they could get away.
Before setting out on his expedition
Mark bad carefully studied a map of
the regiou, preferring to fix it in his
mind than to carry it about his person.
Upon leaving Jefferson Randolph's hut
be made direct for the Tennessee river.
Once there, he knew from his remem
brance of the map that he was not fur
from Chattanooga, and that between
him and that place was Moccasin paint,
formed by a bend, or rather loop, in the
river, the point putting out southward
for more than two miles, with a dis
tance of nearly a mile across its neck.
But be knew the ground was high on
the east shore of the peninsula, and he
did not know the proper place to strike
inland and cut oft the distance around
the river's margin. There was no one
near to inform him, so he kept on by the
river.
It was late at night when they reached
a point where the river took a slight
turn to the east, and about a mile from
the quick bend around Moccasin point
Marx was anxious to enter Chattanooga
either late at night or soon after day
light, hoping to meet few people, that
bis entrance might not be noticed. He
cast his eye about for some means of
crossing the river. Noticing a skiff
moored just below a hut, he surmised
that tbe skiff belonged to some one liv
ing in the hut U ing to the door he
knocked.
"Who'sjthar?"
"Do you uns own the skiff on the river
below hyar?"
"Waal, supposen 1 does?"
"1 want to cross,"
"What d' y' want ter do thet fur at
this time o' night?"
"Father dyen. Just got word a spell
ago "
" What'll y' give ter get over?"
"Five dollars."
"What kind 0' shinplasters?"
"Greenbacks."
"Whar d' y' git 'em!"
"From some people ez got 'em trader
with the Yankee sojers at Battle Creek.
"All right, stranger, but it's a sight 0'
bad times ter be called ter a man's door
at night. You uns go down ter tbe river
'n 1 11 cover y with my gun tel 1 know
yer all right.
"1 won't mind a small thing like tiial
ef yon U put me n my leetle brothei
across."
Mark and his companion went down
to the river. Pretty soon a wild looking
man, with a beard growing straight out
from his face like the spokes of a cart
wheel, came cautiously down, covering
them with a shotgun as he proceeded.
"Got a pass, stranger?"
'.'No."
! "Reckon they won't let y' land when
y get over thar."
"These army fellers are like a rat
trap," said Mark; "they ain't so partic
ular as to goen in; it's the goen out they
don't like. But y' better try to strike a
point on the river whar ther ain't no
guard.
"Fur how much?"
"An extra fiver."
"Greenback?"
"You ain't very patriotic. Won't y
take Confederate bills?"
"Not when i can get green mis."
"Y' ain't a Union man, are yT
"No. But I know a valyble thing
When I sees it."
The night would have been very dark
had it not been for the moon behind the
clouds. As it was, the boat could only
be seen from the shore when they drew
too near. They pulled up the river west
of Moccasin point, keeping near the
east bank. They could see campfires
of guards on the other shore. Once,
getting too near a river picket, they
were seen and challenged.
"Who goes thar?"
"Oh, aoneo' your business!" said Mark
Jokingly.
"Pull in hyar or I'll make it some 0'
my business.
"Oh, now, see hyarl We can't stop
every five minutes to please a guard.
How do you know but we're on army
business?"
"Well, pull In hyar and show your pa
pers.
Meanwhile the ferryman was keeping
the oars moving gently, and the boat
turned at an angle with the current,
which was taking the boat toward the
east shore. "Now pull away hearty,"
whispered Murk, and the boat shot out
of sight of the picket in a twinkling. A
bullet whistled over their heads, but
wide of tbe mark.
"Uollyl" exclaimed Jakey. "What a
purty tui.e it sings!"
They were now off Moccasin point.
and Mark began to look fuf a lauding
place. Just above be noticed a camp
fire, and above this was a place where
the bank was low, with overhanging
trees. Mark directed tbe ferryman to
pull for the trees. He slipped a bund
kerchief in one of the rowlocks the
only one used in turning tne ouai, muj
shore so as to muffle the oar. The
coast seemed to be clear for a landing,
but as they drew near they proceeded
cautiously and listened for the slightest
sound. The boat's nose touched without
noise, and Mark and Jakey got out.
Mark handed the wild whiskered fer
ryman the crisp ten dollar note, which
he clinched eagerly.
"Yer purtv well ter do, stranger, con-
sideren ver close."
"Didn't y' hyar what 1 said to the
guard 'bout business for the army?"
"Yas."
"Waal, don't say nothen 'bout it. Th'
Confederate service pays ez it goes."
The ferryman cared little whom he
pulled if he could make ten dollars in
one night, and dipping his oars in the
water rowed away from the shore.
Mark turned to look about him. His
first move was to get under the trees.
From there he proceeded inland for a
short distance, looking for something.
"Ah, here it is!" he said presently.
"Now know where I am."
He bail struck the Nashville and Chat
tanooga ru'lroHd, which runs close to the
river bank for about a mile near where
he landed. He knew he was about two
miles from the town.
"Now. Jakey." he said, "we'll bivouac
right here. As soon as it is light we
must at-1 mit Are you sleepy?"
"Am If Reckon 1 am!"
CHAPTER VII.
THK CAMPS AT CHATTANOOGA.
"Cap," he said, "I be'n thinlten I'd HJt
ter Jine me army.'
At the first sign of dawn Mark awak
ened his companion, who was sleeping
so soundly that it required a good slii'ke
to rouse him. Jakey sat up and rubbed
his eyes with his lists while Mark looked
about him. He could see dowu the river
for half a mile, where he noticed bluffs
to the water's edge, and thought it was
lucky he had not been forced to land
there. Beyond were the Raccoon moun
tains, while close to the southwest Look
out mountain towered above him.
After Jukey had completed his fist
toilet the only toilet either made Mark
led off on the railroad ties to Chatta
nooga. The railroad soon left the river
bank, and they proceeded in a north
easterly direction, striking the town
from the south.
A great many tents were in sight as
they passed along, and Mark judged at
once that there was a large force con
centrated there. He was tempted to
turn and retrace his steps, for he knew
already what he was sent to discover,
but to get out was more difficult than tn
get in, and he was not willing to ns! an
attempt in the daytime, so he entered
the town in which citizen and soldier
were alike asleep, and without meeting
a soul walked about till he came to a
hotel called the Crutchfield bouse. As
he approached the door opened, and a
negro boy with a broom in his hand
stood in tbe opening.
"Can 1 git a roomr asked Mark.
"No, sah, not till de proprietor wakes
up."
"My little brother is tired; he must go
to sleep at once."
The boy's eyes opened wide at a dollar
bill slipped in his band. Without a
word he took a key from the rack above
a desk in the office, and in a few min
utes both travelers were safely lodged,
with no one but the negro having seen
them enter the town or the houHe.
'So far, so good," said Mark. "Now
comes the real racket By this time to
morrow morning 1 shall be either sufe
across the river again, or 1 wouldn't
five a Confederate bond for my life.
After a few hours sleep he rose, and
calling Jakey they made a toilet and
went down to breakfast. Mark had pur
posely neglected to write his name on
the register, and hoped that the land
lord would not notice the omission. But
he did, and the guest entered his name
as Mark Slack, Jasper, Tenth
After breakfast he took Jakey and
strolled around the town, making pur
chases. He thought it prudent to get
some of his greenbacks changed forCon
federate bills. He followed tho sugges
tion Jukey had made at setting out and
bought some calico and tobacco and
the squirrel gun Jakey had modestly
snggested for himself. Mark was not
unwilling to have the gun witli them, as
he thought it might possibly be of serV'
ice in case he should get hunted and
cornered; but in that event he counted
very little on any meuns of defense ex
cept flight or deception.
Mark was astonished at the number
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of officers and soldiers he saw in tlie
streets. He found a new general in
command, of whom he had not heard as
a prominent leader, Braxton Bragg. He
made a circuit of the town and an esti
mate of the troops, but this was of little
value, for upon the arrival of trains
regiment after regiment marched into
camp. Mark stood on the sidewalk hold
ing Jakey by the hand, looking at the
Confederates tramping along under the
stars and bars, their bands, when they
had any. which was rare, playing dis
cordantly "Dixie" or "The Bonny Blue
Flag."
"What regiment air thet 'ar?" asked
Mark of a soldier standing beside him
puffing at a rank cigar.
"Eighth Tennessee."
"Whar they all come from?"
"Tupelo. Come from thar m'self a
spell ago."
"Whar y' goen?"
"Only old Bragg knows, and he won't
tell. Reckon we're goen no'th to Knox
ville ter foller th' two brigades ez went
up a spell ago."
"What troops air all these hyar and
them ez is comen?"
"Waal, thar's Cheatham's and With
ers' divisions, and 1 reckon Anderson's.
1 saw Giueral Polk terday, 'n they say
Hardee's hyar. I'm in th' Twenty
fourth Tennessee m'self, and thet's
Cheatham's. Lay's cavalry brigade is
hyar. Thet's all the cavalrj' I knows on."
Mark was amazed. A large southern
force was concentrating at Chattanooga,
and perhaps they would pour into Ten
nessee or Kentucky by one of the routes
pointed out to him by his general. It
was a splendid plan, provided the gen
eral who was to execute it could keep
bis enemy from knowing his intentions
long enough to throw an army on his
flank or rear, '
Then in making a circuit of the town
Mark was impressed with the natural
strength of the position. He g'ized over
the plain eastward, his eye resting on
Missionary ridge, but did not dream of
the soldiers' buttle destined to take
place there a year later, when the men
in the Army of the Cumberland, disre
garding the plans of their superiors,
would start from the bottom of that
mountain and defeat an enemy pouring
shot and shell down upon them from
the top.
"Why didn't our generals occupy this
place when they could?"' sighed Mark.
"Now it is too late."
While it was evident to Mailt that the
enemy were concentrating for a move
against the Union lines, there was noth
ing to indicate where tbey would strike
except the mention of the two brigades
as having gone to Knoxville. He knew
that they might strike any one of sev
eral points from Battle Creek to Knox
ville, and eagerly sought for some indi
cation where It would be. He strolled
about with Jakey all the afternoon, the
two sufficiently resembling country
bumkins to avoid suspicion. Passing a
recruiting station, Mark went inside the
tent, where an officer was writing at a
pine table.
"Cap, he said, "I be'n thinken I'd
like ter jine the army."
You re just the man we want
You've got plenty of bone and muscle.
1 should reckon you'd been in the ranks
afore this."
Waal, 1 don't want ter fight outen
my state 'f I kin help it."
What state?"
Tennessee."
1 reckon you'll have a chance to fight
In it if you join the army."
Reckon bo?
Yas; I'm recruiten fur Cheatham's
division. Thar all Tennessee rigements
in onr division except the artillery 'n a
rigement o' Georgia and one o' Texas in
fantry.
"Whar is yer division?
"Across the river. At Dallas or Poe's;
omewhar up thar. Y' better let me put
yer down fur my rigement, the -th
Tennessee."
"1 mought hev ter go way down south."
"No fear o' that jest now."
"What makes y' cal'clate on 't?"
"There's two divisions across now
ourn and Withers'. Y' don't reckon their
goen ter cross the river fur the purpose
o' marcheu south, do y'?"
"Oh, 1 don't know nothen "bout mili
tary."
'Waal, will you join us?"
'Ef y' reckon all the sojers here is goer,
to fight in old Tennessee, I reckon 1 will.
The abolition army hez overrun our state,
'n 1 want ter see 'em driv out."
"The way to do it, my good man, is to
take a musket and help."
Do ye reckon tb't's what we're goen
ter do?"
'1 toll you that two divisions are al
ready across, and 1 happen to know that
all the transportation in tbe shape of
cars and locomotives that can bo found
are bein corraled hyur fur a further
movement. Come, now, my man, stop
talken and take yer place whar yu
oughter be. What's yer name?"
The officer took up a pen.
"All right, cap, count me in. I'll jest
go 'n git my bundle and be buck hyar in
half an hour.
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