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Tile captain uemiutbd. MurK begun
to fear that he was thinking of rising
force rather than let so promising a re
oruit go.
"Are you sure yon'll come back?"
JSarten, cap."
Mark moved away, and it was not un
til he had got out of sight that he real
ized he had run a great risk, for he saw
that the captain would have detained
him had he not believed in his sincerity
about enlisting.
Mark went straight to the hotel and
paid his bill. He feared the recruiting
officer might send for him or have him
followed, so without waiting to eat his
supper he made a package of his pur
chases. Jalcey took his gun and slung
his powder and shot flask over his
shoulder. Then the two left the hotel
to begin an attempt to leave Chatta
nooga. Their stay had been only from
sunrise to sunset, but Mark had gained
all the information he was likely to ac
quire and was anxious to get away with
it. True, he did not know where the
enemy would strike, but this he would
not be likely to learn.
CHAPTER VU1.
PA.88INO A PICKET.
Be turned to look at the sentinel.
Going down to the ferryboat they
found a boat which had all it could do
to carry the soldiers and citizens who
were crossing. Mark thought he would
try what assurance would do in getting
across without a pass. Ho found the
guard more watchful than he expected.
"Can't y' pass me 'n my leetle brother,
lieutenant?" he asked. "We be'n doen
some traden in Chattanoogy and want
ter git home. We be'n buyen some cal
iker for the women folks."
"Old Bragg himself couldn't go over
without a pass," responded the officer.
" Whar mought 1 git one?" asked
Mark.
"At headquarters, 1 reckon."
Mark turned away. He considered
the expediency of going to headquarters
and asking for a pass, but regarded this
course fraught with too much risk. He
determined to make an attempt to get
out of town and across the river by the
route over which be had entered. He
knew the ground by this route, and that
was a great advantage. If he coqld
steal his way beyond the picket he could
doubtless find a method of crossing.
Perhaps he might make his way down
the river and across at Shell mound, or,
still lower, to the mouth of Battle creek.
held by the Union forces.
Mark skirted the town on the west, and
then took a course directly south till he
came to the railroad. This be followed
to a point near where be had bivouacked
the night before. Crawling to a rise in
the ground and motioning Jakey to
keep back, he laid down on his stomach
to make a survey.
It was nearly dark. Silhouettes of
figures were passing between him and a
campfire beside the railroad track. Be
yond, the palisades of Lookout moun
tain stood out boldly against a streak of
twilight in the west. Between the track
and the river was an open space, over
-S Sk J fj m -m
a a I -s"- . m
iSTO5worp
oocra
PRrS5 AJS'n.
'. 4ist jass to get by th6 jacket
The river bank would afford some pro
tection. N ear where he was it was steep,
and the current set directly against it,
but lower down by the picket there ap
peared to be places where a man could
walk under the low bluff.
The moon was about three-quarters
full, and the night was clear except for
clouds that would float lazily over
Lookout mountain and across the moon's
face, so that at times her light was part
ly obscured. Mark thought of waiting
till she had set, but this would not be
till after daylight. He made up his
mind to make the attempt at once.
Calling Jakey he gave him an account
of what he intended to try for, and told
him that if it should be necessary to run
nnder tire the boy was to lie down, and,
if necessary, give himself up, but on no
account to risk being shot. Jakey only
half promised, and Mark was obliged tc
be satisfied with this. Then, waiting
for a little while longer for the twilight
to entirely disappear and a cloud to ob
scure the moon, he lay on the ground
gathering his forces and getting his
mind into that cool state requisite for
one who is about to make a very haz
ardous attempt
Presently the conditions were favora
ble, and he got up and led the way to the
river bank, which he proposed to skirt
He left his bundle, but took Jakey's gun,
loaded and capped, in his hand. They
soon eained the point where they had
landed the night before nearly opposite
where Mark had seen the silhouettes on
the railroad. Treading as noiselessly at
possible, they passed along the river mar
gin under the overhanging bank till
they caine to a place where the bank
was low. Stooping, they proceeded for
a short distance till they reached the
root of a tree that had been felled long
before. Here they paused and listened.
Suddenly they heard what sounded
like a musket brought from a shoulder
down to the hollow of a hand, and a
voice:
"Who comes thar?"
"Corporal of the guard, with relief."
"Advance, corporal, and give the coun
tersign."
Then there was some muttering an6
footRteps tramping away.
Mark peeped between the roots of the
itump toward the point from which the
sourxls had come. He saw, not a hundred
feet away, a man sitting on a log with
his musket resting against his shoulder,
the butt on the ground. He was looking
listlessly up at the sky. Presently he
took a clay pipe out of his pocket, which
he filled, and touching a match lighted it
"He's the rivor pickot," said Mark to
himself.
The sentinel sat smoking while Mn '
meditated. His first thought was, V
did I bring this boy? The situation
perilous enough without an encu..i
brance. The guard was facing the space
over which they would have to pass to
escape; there might be a slight chance
for life to make a dash were he alone,
but with the boy it was not to be thought
of, and Mark was unwilling to leave
him. He looked back with a view to re
tracing the route aver which he had
come. He was horrified to see a sentinel
pacing a hundred yards above. He had
been placed there by the relief.
The only hope was to wait for the man
nearest him to relax his watchfulness,
and attempt to pass him. The sentinel
np the river was not to be feared except
; by going back, for from the nature of
fthe grouud the fugitives would be hid
den from him if they should go forward.
Mark resolved to wait and watch.
The minutes seemed hours, the hours
dayB. The soldier still sat on the log,
though now and then he would get up,
and leaving his musket leaning on it
saunter back and forth on his beat He
well knew there was no enemy to fear;
Mb duty was little more than a form.
He began to bum a few strains of "The
Buwanee River.
"Poor devil," said Mark to himself,
"he, too, is thinking of home. What a
cursed thing war isl If ever I get out of
this I'll do no more such duty. Uive me
an enemy face to face, bullets before me
and no gibbet behind me.
But he had said this many a time be
fore.
"My good man," talking to the sol
dier, but without making any sonnd,
"if you will go far enough from that
musket you'll never get back to your
Snwanee river.
"Nonsense, Mark," the sentinel seemed
to say to him; "a shot would arouse the
whole picket pout. Besides, if that's
your game, why don't you riddle me
with Jakey's shotgun?"
Then the stillness was broken by the
sound of oars out on the river. How Mark
longed for the boat to come and take
bim from his terrible position! But who
ever was working those oars pulled on.
unmindful of the man who so keenly
envied the oarsman's freedom. The
sounds became fainter and fainter till
Mark could hear thorn no more. He
sighed as if he had lost a dear friend.
"Jakey's comfortable anyway," he
said, looking down at the boy. He had
dropped asleep, and Mark for the first
time in his life envied a human being
the protection of weakness. There was
innocent childhood, unconscious of dan
ger, sleeping sweetly, the boyish face
lighted by the moon.
At last Mark heard the relief coming.
The Bentinel took his gun and began to
pace his beat The usual form was pro
ceeded with, and the relief marched to
the sentinel up the river. Mark observed
the man that had been left on post.
"1 hope this fellow will be more in
clined to rest," he mused.
But he was disappointed to see the
man begin to pace his beat energetical
ly. He seemed to fear that if he did not
keep moving he would get drowsy. A
half hour passcil with scarceh" a rest,
then another half hour. It was tramp,
tramp in one direction, turn and tramp.
tramp back again.
The clouds which continued to pass
over the iiiuoii litcaine heavier. If the
sentinel would only relax his vigilance.
these periods ot comparative darkness
would lie favorable to flight But if the
soldier was to keep a proper watch, the
clouds might die away. Then there was
the morning to come. Mark began to
lose that coolness which thus far had
characti rized him. It was the waiting
that was wearing him out
In perhaps an hour after the sentinel
cauio on picket he yawned. This was
the first sign of hope for Mark. After
awhile he sat down on the log and
yawned several times at intervals. He
got up and paced for awhile, but at last
eat down a.ain. This time he sat longer
and his chin sank on his breast He
roused liimsi lf and sank away again.
He would not go to sleep comfortably
in accordance with Mark's muttered
prayer, but took short naps. Mark con
sidered tin) feasibility of an attempt to
escape between these naps. Without
Jakey he would do it; with Jakey it
was too hazardous.
At last the soldier slid down on to the
ground, stretched out his legs and rest
ed his back against the log.
Mark's heart went up into his throat
with a sudden joy.
As near as he could guess there re
mained a quarter of an hour till tht next
relief would come. He looked at the
moon, which was now shining with pro
voking brightness; he looked at i. e tran
and tried to make sure that he was
asleep. It was impossible to tell with
any certainty.
"I'll risk it," he suid.
He took Jakey up in his arms very
carefully, hoping not to waken him, fix
ing the boy's mp.boiy in.tue hollow; of
his left! arm. ' In the right lland he took
the squirrel gun, cocked tnd capped,
using the arm at the same time to hold
the child. When all was ready he rose
slowly and fixed his eyes on the soldier.
The man did not stir.
Mark moved slowly forward, his eyes
riveted on the sentinel. A few steps
convinced him that the man really slept
Mark turned his back on mm and walked
a dozen steps noiselessly, picking a place
to plant his foot at each step.
Haiti
Was it the soldier's voice? Should he
turn and shoot him?
No, only an explosion of a burning
brand in the campfire at the picket
guard on the railroad track.
His heart, which had stood still, began
thumping like a drumstick.
He turned to look at the sentinel. The
man sat there gazing straight at him; at
least so he appeared to Mark. The figuro
was as plain as day in the moonlight,
though too far for Mark to see the eyes.
He cast a quick glance down into Jakey'
face. He, too, was sleeping peacefully.
While these two were in slumberland
Mark felt himself suspended between
heaven and hell. And how still it was.
Even the hum of insects would have
been a relief.
All this occupied but a moment. Mark
turned his back again and moved cau
tiously forward.
In imagination had never served hiin
sucii tricks. Surely he heard the sol
dier move. He was getting up on his
feet. His musket was leveled at an
"aim." A sharp sting nnder the shoul
der blade, and a warm stream flowing
down his side. Certainly he had been
shot
Nonsense! Away with such freaks of
fancy I Suddenly he trod on a rotten
branch. It cracked with a sound which
seemed to him like the report of a pistol.
Again he paused and turned. He saw
the sentinel motionless. He had slipped
farther down, and his hat had fallen
farther over his forehead.
Thank God!
He moved backward, his eyes fixed on
bis sleeping enemy, occasionally turning
to see where he stepped. He was get
ting near to cover. In this way he
passed to within a few steps of conceal
ment. How ho coveted the overhang
ing bank near to him, yet fur enough to
be useless should the sentinel awake too
soon!
Cachew!
This sound was real: it was a sneeze
from the picket.
' Mark knew that it was a signal of
awakening. He darted behind the bank
and was out of sight.
He heard the sentinel get up, shake
himself, give a yawn, a grunt, us if
chilled, and begin to pace his beat.
Mark moved away cautiously, a great
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flood of joy and thankfulness welling
np through his whole nature. After
going a sufficient distance to be out of
hearing, he awakened Jakey.
"Jakey! Wake tipl"
The boy opened his eyes.
"We're beyond the picket."
"Whar's my gun?"
"Oh, blessed childhood," thought
Mark, "that in moments of peril can be
interested in such trifling things!'
"1 have your gun here in my hand.
It's safe. Stand on your legs, my boy
We're going on."
Jakey stood on the ground and rub
bed his eyes with his fists. Once awake
he was awake all over.
' They moved on down the river toward
the base of Lookout mountain, soon
leaving the river margin and striking
inland behind some rising ground. Find
ing a convenient nook in a clump of
bushes wherein to leave Jakey, Mark
told him to lie down anil stay there
while he reconnoitered to find a way to
get down the river and to cross it.
Mark hunted nearly all night. He
could find no practicable route. He did
not know how to proceed around Look
out mountain, and could find no means
of crossing the Tennessee near where he
was. At last, looking down from a
knoll, be could see the margin of the
river at a place where the bank concealed
the shore between the base of the bank
and the verge of the water. But what
he saw especially, and which. gladdened
his heart, was a boat moored to the
shore and in it a pair of oars.
Going back to the place where he had
left Jakey he wakened him, and together
they returned to the knoll. The boat
was still where he had seen it. Leading
the way Mark descended to the bank.
So intent was he upon seizing the boat
that he did not think to approach cau
tiously. He forgot that where there
was a boat with oars in it the oarsman
would likely not be far away.
He jumped down to the slanting
ground below and landed in the midst of
a party of Confederate soldiers.
TO BE CONTINfED.)
ATTEMPTKI) SUICIDK.
Kx-Sherlff Bowles of Walls Walla Tries to
Kill His Wife And Hlmxelf.
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Ex-Sheriff A. S. Bowles attempted
suicide on his farm near Walla Walla,
Saturday afternoon, by cutting a deep
gash in his neck with a pocket knife,
and stabbing himself twice in the breast,
eaob stab an inch deep and two inches
in length. Bowles was released from
tlio asylum 'at Bteilaooom about two
months ago, as being oured of an attaok
ot insnniiy, Since 'bis return, be hua
acted qnietly until a few days nio, wbeu
bis ranch was sold to pny the mortgage,
leaving him in a poor fiuuncial condition.
Being reduced to snob oiroiimstonoes
caused bis mind to OKuiu become uu
buluuoed, but bis insanity took a differ
ent turn from bis former attaok, and
instead of being violent be became
melancholy. Friday morning he went
to his wife's room and took her by the
throat and began choking her, Baying
it would be better for them to die, as
there was nothing left to live for. His
wire finally suoeediled in pacifying him,
and he released his grasp on ber throat.
At 2 o'olock in the afternoon he went to
the barn, and olimhednp over tbe beams,
nnd diopped himself down into the hay
and attempted to take his life. He whs
missed from the honse, and found in tbu
barn, covered withbluod. A physician
was summoned from the city, who says
the wounds are not necessarily fatal.
As soon its he can be removed, he will
be taken to tbe aeyluni.
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Mrs. Brown, of (Social liiil'O, is visiting
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Eph Eskelson, who bns been working
in the mountains, bns returned to get
resdy for spring work.
There was prouohing at the Clark's
ctinyuu school house Sunday by E. A.
Miller, which was well attended.
Miss Mary and Nora t'loreon. who
have been atteuding school iu Clark's
culiyou, buvo relumed home.
There was spelling school at tbe
school hoiiBe Friday the 17th. Nat
Shaw and James Willis were tbe victors.
There wus a dance at the head nf
Clark's oatiynii last Friday night, there
being l!i ladies and l!j gentlemen present.
All bad a very enjoyable time.
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