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PART II.
CHAPTEB I.
Right at last and the stir and tumult
of a great nigrht over. Even the excite
ment that had swept this portion of
the battlefield only a small section of
a vaster area of struggle into which
a brigade had marched held its own,
been beaten back, recovered its (rround,
and pursuine. had passed out ol H for-"
ever, leaving- only its dead behind and
knowing nothing more of that strag
gle than its own impact and momen
tum even this wild excitement hud
Jong since evaporated with the stinging
smoke of gunpowder, the acrid smell
of burning rags from the clothing of
a dead soldier fired by a bursting shell,
or the heated reek of sweat and leather.
A cool breath, that seemed to bring back
once more the odor of the upturned
earthworks along the now dumb line
of battle, began to move from the sug
gestive darkness beyond.
But into that awful penetralia of
death and silence there was now no in
vasion there had been no retreat A
few of the wounded had been brought
but, under fire, but the others had been
left with the dead for the morning light
and succor. For it was known that in
that horrible obscurity riderless horses,
frantic with the smell of blood, gal
loped wildly here and there, or, mad
dened by wsunds, plunged furiously
at the intruder, that the wounded snU
dier, still armed, could not always dis
tinguish friend from foe or from the
ghouls of camp followers who stripped
the-dead in the darkness, and struggled
with the dying.' A shot or two heard
somewhere in that obscurity counted
as nothing with the long fusillade that
had awept It in the daytime; the pass
ing of a single life, more or less,
amounted to little in the long roll call
of the day's slaughter. ,
But with the first beams of the morn
ing sun and the slowly moving "relief
detail" from the camp came a weird
half resurrection of that ghastly field.
Then it was that the long rays of sun
light, streaming many a mile beyond
the battle line, first pointed out the
harvest of the dead where the reserves
had been posted. There tbey lay in
heaps and piles, killed by solid shot or
bursting shells that had leaped the
battle line to plunge into the waiting
ranks beyond. As the sun lifted higher
it beams fell within the range of mus
ketry fire where the dead lay thicker
even aa they had fallen when killed
outright with arms extended, snd feet
at all angles to the field, km jt touched
these dead upturned faces, strangely
enough it brought out no expression of
pain nor anguish, but rather as if
death had arrested them only with sur
prise and awe. It revealed on the lips
of those who hsd been mortally
wounded and had turned upon their
side the relief which death had brought
their suffering, sometimes even with a
smile. Mounting higher, it glanced
upon the actual battle line, curiously
curving for the shelter of walls, fences
and breastworks and here the dead
lay, even as when tbey had lain and
fired, their faces prone in the grass,
but their muskets still resting across
the breastworks. Exposed to grape
and canister from the battery on the
ridge, death had come to them merci
fully also through the head and
throat. And now the whole field lay
bare in the sunlight broken with gro
tesque shadows east from sitting,
crouching, halfexecumbent, but always
rigid.' figures, that might have been
effigies of their own monuments. One
half-kneeling soldier, with head bowed
between his stiffened hands, might
have stood for a earven figure of grief
at the feet of his dead comrade. A
captain shot through the brain m the
act of mounting a wail lay sideways
half across ft, his lips parted with the
word of command, and the sword still
pointing over the barrier the way that
they should go. .
But it was not until the sun had
mounted higher that it struck the cen
tral horror of the field and seemed to
linger there in dazzling persistence .now
and then returning to H in startling
hashes, that it might be seen of men
and those who brought succor. A tiny
brook bad run obliquely near the battle
line. It was here that the night before
the battle friend and foe had filled their
canteens side by side with soldierly
recklessness, or perhaps a higher in
stinct, purposely ignoring each other's
presence; it was here that the wounded
had afterwards crept, crawled and
dragged themselves, here they had
' pushed, wrangled, striven and fought
for a draft of that precious fluid which
assuaged the thirst of their wounds or
happily put them out of their misery
forever ; here, overborne, crushed, suffo
cated by numbers, pouring their own
Mood into the flood and tumbling after
it with their helpless bodies, they
tfcinmod the stream, uutil, recoiling.red
: nd angry, it bad burst it bunks and
overflowed the cotton field in a brave
pool now Sjjarkling in the 6unlight
Hut below this human d:ua a mile
iv.jey where the brook still crept slug
gishly, the s uiuuiuuce horses sni Red and
siuj'Led from it.
The detail moved on slowly, doing
their work e.xiicdilioualyniiri apiiareiit
iv callous! i', but really only with thai
iviteiiunic-.it movement that saves emu
l.Dii. 0:j(.v i;u:c Hf-rethey moved toar,
outhrenxof ludiffcatMKi tuvtlikoovtry
ol t&t boiij et ui offiaar vhus fwakstt
11
v. r! mi .-in u uisitl.' cut. tita v.lioae humi
was still tightly grasped on his but
toned waistcoat, as if resisting the out
rage that had been done while still iir
life. As the men disengaged the stiff
ened band.sumthii:S flipped from
roisstiimt to the gruuiiii. 'i'he corjitK: I
ticked it up ami handed it tobisofik.
it was a settled racket. The officer 1 .
reived it with the carelessness vh:v:
-bl!r experience of those pathetic r.:'.s
sives from the dying to their living J e
Ir.tions had induced, and dropped it i
.lie )oc:-.et of bis tunic, with the h;:!:
ikv.cn osiers that he had picked up tiia'.
t;:orn:ff. find moved on with the V
fail. A little further on they halted
!tie attitude of attention as a mount: J
-ifiicer appeared riding slowly down the
line.
There was something more than the
habitual respeot of their superior in
tb'iit as he came forward. For it
v.-n? the general who had commanded
the brigade the day before the man
who lcnjied with one bound into the
forward rank of military leaders. It
was his invincible spirit that had led
ilie adenee. held book defeat against
avorr. helming nura'iers, unstained the
vn 1 i -. in; pressed h is suborri i natc officers'
with his own msdeviating purpose, and
even impressed among them an almost
aunerstitious belief In bis destiny of
success. It was this man who had done
what was deemed impossible to do
what even at this time it was thought
unwise and unstrategic to do who hud
held a weak posiiicu. of ap:arcr.t;y rr
importance, under the mandate of tit
incomprehensible order from his sv:n
rior which at beet only asked far' a
sacrifice and was rewarded with a v'1
tory. He had decimated his bripw'n-.
but the wounded and dying had cheer,' 'J
him as he passed, and the survive.;
had pursued the enemy until the litis; 'a
called them back. For such a record he
looked still too young and even effemi
nate, albeit his handsome face was
dark and serious and his manner taci
turn. His quick eye had almdy caught
sight of the rifled body of the officer and
contracted. As the captain of the de
tail s? luted him he said curtly:
"I thought the orders were to fire
upon anyone desecrating the dead?"
They are, general, but the hyenas
don't give us a chance. That's all you
der poor fellow saved from their claws '
replied the officer as be held up tie
sealed packet. "It has no address."
The genera took it, examined tut m
velope, thrust it into his bett and saii,';.
"1 will take charge of it."
The sound of horses' hoofs cau.c
from the rocky roadside beyond tie
bush. Both men turned. A nuntlie,
of field officers were npproacuieg '
"The division staff," said the captain
in a lower voice, falling back.
They came slowly forward, a ceiun.,
figure on a gray horse leading here, r..
in history. A short. thic:-sci rea
with a grizzled beard cloaciy cropm V
around an inscrutable mouth, and ii:
serious formality of a respectable com:
try deacon in his aspect, which even tie
single star on the shoulder-strap of hi!
loose tunic and his soldierly seat in th
saddle could not entirely obliterate
Be had evidently perceived the general
of the brigade and quickened his horse
as the latter drew np. The staff foi
lowed more leisurely, butstill with some
curiosity to witness the meeting of the
first general of the army with the latest.
The division general saluted, but al
most instantly withdrew his leather
gauntlet, and offered his bared hand to
the brigadier. The words of the heroes
are scant The drawn-op detail, the
waiting staff listened. This was all
tbey heard.
"Hullock tells me you're from tali
fornia!"
"Yes, general."
Ah! 1 lived there too in the earl;
days. Wonderful country. Develop
greatly since my time, I suppose."
"Great resources. Finest wheal
growing country in the world, air. Yot
don't happen to know what the actual
crop was this year?"
"Hardly, general, but somethins
enormous."
"Yes. I always said it would be. fiavi
a cigar?"
He handed3his cigar case to the brig
adier. Then he took one himself, lip!;'
ed it at the smouldering end of the or
he had taken from his mouth, wit
about to throw the stump careless!
down, but suddenly recollecting hine
self leaned over his horse and dropped
H carefully a few inches from the face
of a dead soldier. Then straightening;
himself in the saddle he shoved his
hone against the brigadier, moving
him a little farther on, while a slight
movement of his hud kept the staff
from following.
"A heavy loss here!"
"I'm afraid so, general."
"It couldn't be helped. We had to
rush in your brigade to gain time, and
occupy . tlie enemy until we could
change front"
The young general looked at the
shrewd, cold eyes of his chief. "Chang
front i" be echoed.
"Yes. Before a gun was fired it ap
pea red that the enemy was in coir
plete possession of all our plans, am:
knew every detail of our funned move
ments. . All had to be changed."
The younger man now instantly un
derstood the incomprehensible order of
the toy before, The general el dlviliou
feat via uMl, lli ait futt teuo i so
cial formality: "You understand, there
fore, Ceu. Brant, that iu the fare of tin
extraordinary treachery the utmos'
vigilance is required, and a complri
surveillance of your cunip followers an-'
civilians to detect the actual spy vith;t,
our lines or the traitor we are 'hiiauni
ing who has become possessed of tins in
furmation. You will overhaul your
brigade, and weed out all suievts. ami
in the position which you are to take i
to-morrow and the nlantatinn mn n i!i i
o'"ly jou will see that your private
quarters, as well as your lines, arr
cleared of all but those you care mui t
for." lie reined in his horse, agaii.
extended his hand, saluted and rejoined
his staff.
Hrig. Gen. Clarence Brant remained
for a moment with his head bent iu ad
miring contemplation of the coolness
his veteran chief, under this exciiirp
disclosure, and the strategy with w-hiek
he had frustrated the traitors' uiccvss.
Then his eye nought the sealed packs:
in his belt lie mcehanienliy drew it
out and broke the seal. The envelope
was filled with paper and memoran
dums. As he glanced at them his fun
darkened and bis brow knit. lie glanced
quickly around him. The staff had trot
ted away; the captain and his detail
were continuing their work at a littel
distance. He took a long hreath, he
was holding in his hand a tracing ol
their position, even of the poskion he
was to occupy to-morrow, and a detailed
account of the movements, plans and
force of the whole division, as had been
arranged in council of war the day be
fore the battle, but there was no indi
cation of the writer or his iuteni ions.
He thrust the paper hurriedly back
into the envelope, and placed it this
time.in his breast H galloped towards
the captain:
"Let me see the officer from whom
you took that packet?"
The captain led him to where the
body lay, with others, extended more
decently on the rrass awnitinr removal.
Ueu. Brant with difficulty repressed an
papulation.
"Uny, it s one oi our own menr tie
said quickly.
"Yes, general. They say it's Vxevt.
WainwTijrht, a regular of the division
supply department"
Thea what was he doing here?"
asked Gen. Brant, sternly.
"I can't make out, sir, unless he went
into the last advance as a volunteer.
Wanted to aee the fight, I reckon. lit
was a dashing fellow, a West Pointer
and a southerner, too 4 Virpijiinii."
A Virginian!"echoed Brunt,quickiy.
"Yes, bit."
"Search him again," said Brant quiet
ly. He had recovered fcit usual cooines ;,
and as the captain again examined th
body, he tooU out his tahlei:; and w ruu
a few linea. It v.kk en or.Ur to .w-ixu
the quarters of iieut. WaiitwrUJ.a:..'
bring all papers, letters njd duviiiyut"
to him. He then beckoned cueoftii
detail toward him. "Take thiutotiir
provost ninrshal at once. Vt'v'it eni
tain," he added calmly, a the ofik-et
again approached him, "what do you
find?"
"Only this, sir," returned the captain,
with a half smile, producing a small
SUftftBAtatttoBruL
photograph, "i suppose it was over
looked, too." He handed it to llrant
There was a sudden fixing of his com
manding ollieer's eyes, but his face d'
not otherwise change.
"The uauat lind, general. But this
time rather a handsome womau."-
"Very," said Clarence Brant, quietly.
It was the portrait of his own ife!
CHAiTEll II. 1
So complete was his control of voice
aad manner tliat as he galloped back
to his quarters no one would have
dreamed that t.en. llrant bad jul
looked upon the likeness of the wile
from whom he had parted in anger
Jour yeurs ago. Still less would they
have suspected the uingultir fear thitt
came upon him that in notne vague vt ay
she was connected with the treachery
he had just discovered. He had heard
from her only once, and then throuf;:j
her late husband's lawyer in regard u
her California property, and U'i.evti!
that she had gone to her relations in
Alabama, where she had idcntifi .d her
self with the southern cauae even to
tire iracrifiec of her private fortune. ' He
had heard her name mentioned in the
southern press as o fuseinaling society
leader, and even coadjutrixo.' soutiiciu
politicians but he had no rca&ju to
believe that she had taken ho active or
o desperate a port in the struggle, lie
tried to think tliat his uu.-iu,inosa
sprang from bis recollection of the
previous treacliery of Capl. riuckcey.
and the part she had played in trie
California conspiracy aijioupii - h.
had long since acquitted her of the be
trayal of another trust. Hut there &m
a fatclid similarity in the two eases.
There was no doubt that this Lieut
Wainwrigbt wasa traitor in luecauip
that lit hart succumbed to the miserable
sophistry of bis class ia regard to hi
sujicrior allegiance to his native state
But v.as there the induct meut of an
ot'.a?r emotion or was the photograph
only the souvenir of a fascinating
priestess of rebellion whom the dead
ium lind met? There wsa uerUups less
of feeling than acorn ia the first aug
gastlen, but he was, nevertheless, r.
usvsd whs it protest Starihsi touftd
i-.fi luerimlnnting papers in Waln-I
.'T'sht's effects. Nor did he reveal to
me division general the finding of the
; holograph. It was sufficient to dls
i !:e the work of the traitor without
:.ii.ng what might be a clew to his
wife's participation In it, near or re-i'-.ote.
There was risk enough In the
inntiev course which his duly made
itipenstive. He hardly dared to think
of the past day's slaughter which i
t'here was no doubt now had been
lue to the previous work uf the spy,
:-iil how his brigmle bad been scleetrd
--! tin- irony of fate tn milter for anil :
, et irtrit vc it. If she had a hand in '
thi't ivieked plot, ought hetospnrr her? i
Or were bis destiny and herR to be thut ;
luoiistiuusly linked togetheri
LueKiiy, however, t he explanation of ;
the chief offender and the timely dis-;
eovery of his papers enabled the divi-,
sion commander to keep the affair dla-!
erectly silent, and to enjoy equal se- i
ereey on the part of llrant. The hitter, j
however, did not relax his vigilance, I
-i'd nEter the advance the next day he I
: .m.' a minute huiprctinn of the.ground
w:is to occupy, its approaches and
.r.M-Tiinus with tlieouililns evniitry
:!;! :r rtbfl lines, increased lh:- striu-.-t
of picket aud sentry regulations.
i.n-1 exercised a rigid surveillance of
!aiiconibntants and civilians within
he lines even to the lowest canteeuer j
or camp follower. Then he turned his
attention to the house be was to occu
py us bin headquarters, i
It was a line simciuiea of the old col
onial planter's limine, with itB broad
icramhia, its great detached offices and
negro quarters, rtnd hud, thus far, es-eajK-d
the ravages and bilietting of the
car. It had been occupied by its owner
up to a lew days before the engage
ment, and so great bad been the ron
Mence of the eneroy in their tuci-sf
:hat it hud been used as the eonfrdrrate
ii-'Hilquarters on the morning of the de
cisive battle. Jasmine and rose, un
stained by the sulphur of gunj'imder,
twined around its ruined coiuiuna uiu)
'jM hid the recessed windows: the enrr-
sa flower garden was still in itn v-i
oqt and unplm-ked luxuriance, ti;
ui'tyavd before the Btahh-B iiUu
,iyv.rd u.r.i'ks of the late rr.'iiiUiiy e,
::j.:i:ity r.:sd wap pulveriz'ii lev tv
:i -. liom-hoofs of the wui!;r. ntc
'.u: the. mingled imprchs of hurliai-i-:r:w'ptrv,
v.Hh patriarciin! Khnplk-rii
.-Jill there in the domestic arrr.pe
;e::is of a race who lived ou equi.
;:!: s w ith strangers and their ow i.
.icrvunts.
The fiegro servar:ts st:'! remained
with a certain eut-likc iUieJity to tlit
place, and adapted tlicmsclvv.s to ih
northern invadern with a ehtM-likt ei
joyment of the novelty of the c!i-;:jre.
llrant, nevertheleii,, looked limn tr.vr
with un experienced eye, and iint'Stir'
himslf of their trustworthiness: tliei-t
were the uBiial nnmlier of "boyb," gray
haired and grizJfcd in body syrviee.
aud the "nianimies" and "auniies" of
the kitelien. There were two or three
rooms in the wing which Ktiil contained
private articles, pictures and souvenir
of the fuBiily, and a "young lady's"
boudoir which Brant with character
istic delicacy kept cttrefuHy is-'ilnict'
and intact from the military Uon:.:khiji-::,
and accessible only to the fnmiiy serv
ants. The room he hail selected lo:
himself was nearest it asmc!l,plaiai
furnished apartment with nn u!un;'
conventual simplicity in it coir!, white
walls and draperiet and the l'errr.i- .
nun-like bed. ft strutrk him that it
might have lielonged to some elder
datighter'or maiden aunt, who hud acted
as housekeeper, as it commanded the
wing and the sennnts' offices with
easy access to the central hall.
There followed a week of inactivity,
in which Brant felt a singular resem
blance in this southern mansion to the
old casa at liobles. The afternoon
shadows of the deep verandas recalled
the old monastic gloom of the rtpauish
house, which even the presence of a
lounging officer or waiting orderly
could not entirely du-sipntr. and the
scent of the rose and jasmine from his
windows overcame bim v. ifli sad mem
ories. He began to chafe under this in
action, and lung again for the excite
ment of the march and bivouac in
which for the past four years he had
buried !;::- 'ii-t.
(To be continued.)
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