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CHAPTER VI.
WE FIND THE rOUEIEB,
"C
lArTAIN ;EER, were any of
your scouts across the river
lust night?" questioned Rose
crans. "Daniels, sir."
Trlng hinj in."
Dp arrived shortly, still rubbing his
eyes as though Just awakened from
sleep, as odd appearing a specimen of
the typical mouutaln white as ever 1
saw long, loosely Jointed limbs, nar
row, stooped shoulders, bushily whis
kered face intensely solemn in expres
sion and strangely wrinkled, yet orna
mented with keen blue eyes containing
some shrewd humor In their depths.
"Daniels." and the general's stem
voice instantly commanded his atten
tion, "Captain (Jeer tells me jou were
across the river during the uigbt.
What did you discover?"
"Waal, gin'ral." he piped out In a mere
squeak of a voice, wh'rb sounded fun
ny enough, although no one laughed,
"long maybe 'bout 10 o'clock, ther
night beln" tol'ble dark. I got on ther
off side o' n log an sorter drifted with
ther current, steerln' a bit. o' course,
till I come In agin ther south shore.
I reckon I dumb out maybe fifty feel
east o ther mouth o' Salter crick, whur
bushes grow clur down to ther edge o'
ther water. I got ashore all right an'
wormed my way up to ther top o' ther
bank, but thrt was 'bor.t nil 1 did do
1 never see slch a picket line nfore as
them Rebs bed. Thur wasn't a hole
that u black cat could 'a' crawled
through. It made nie think thet some
thin' was hnppenln' fcr sure, but every
time I tried ter git out o' thet bunch o'
trees I run up agin a picket. I trod
ter crawl up along ther crick even,
wadln' In ther water under ther bank,
but thet was no good So long 'bout
3 o'clock 1 decided thet maybe I
might better be glttln' back ng'ln over
to this Hide afore it got light "
"And you neither saw nor heard any
thing?"
"Not n blame lot. anyway. I heerd
a battery goln' 'long, the fellers cusslu'
on llcken' their bosses somethln' scan
d'lons; an' thar was a conslde'ble mass
o' cavalry inanblu' behind 'em. fer
their things was Jingling, an' they stop
ped to water the bosses in the crick.
I couldn't git near 'nough to hear thelt
talk. Ye see. glu'ral, it was a line o'
(ires what kept me back niore'ii the
pickets, fer thar wasn't n place but
what was lit up. Thar was sure some
sorter movement goln" on thar. but I
couldn't nmke head ner tail to It. Yepl
that all them troops that
saw was
marchln' west."
Then Kosecrans spoke.
"This looks decidedly serious to me,
gentlemen, and 1 feel sulllclent faith
In Sergeant King's report to act Imme
diately upon It. If it be true (hrt
Johnston Is uiass'iig against our right
and has left the ford at Coulter's tin
guarded, this offers us an opportunity
for a countermarch if we only move
swiftly enough Hand nie the maps,
major.
"I inn fully aware of the danger In
volved in dividing our force In the
presence of the oronn,' ll s"i I at List.
Ilftlni: li! eves to the faces atis'o'.isly
WHtcluyg hire, "but to mv tub d the
peril will be even greater If we p"r-
nilt the enemy to carry out their pres
ent pliins iimhi'cke.l. If nt this Junc
ture we can only s't;i;e iincx; ectedly
in their r'.vir we shall win. The n'd
of surprise will be with us, and it Is
worth much to an army Just to feel
that they are on the aggressive. Smiley,
ride to McClrth iud Williams; tell
them to mass their brUndes oppose
Mlnersvllle and to hold the ford at all
cost; explain the situation to them
fully. Wytitt. have Colt's brlrade sta
tioned In reserve In the hills back of
the town. Now, Parker, Seaman. Just
and Shea, start the remainder of oir
troops on forced man h to Coulter's
ford. Let there be no delay, not even
LA1Y 0F
- til
C McCLURG & CO.
tTTcooli ru i. oil's. Tn.sfuwi?ruvve b'rst
with the cavalry, to be immediately
followed by Slier'dan's brigade. These
will proceed by the river road, while
the others will follow the ridge as rap
idly as they can be made ready. Fur
ther orders will reach them at Coul
ter's. That Is all. gentlemen."
Rosecrans, the major, the scout Dan
iels and myself were left alone In the
room. The general's glance fell upon
me.
"Do you need rest, sergeant 7
"No. sir."
"Glad of that, na I require your serv-
Ices. There Is no battery I c n asslin
you to at present, but I Judge from
your story that you ride well aud you
should know the country thoroughly
between the Landing and Salter's
creek. Iam going to appoint you
temporarily on my staff with the rani;
of lieutenant ard place you In com
mand of the ndvi'.n- ccuts. Va'or.
see that Lieutenant K ng Is furnished
with a suitable uniform and n good
horse and that he and his commnnd
get away nt once."
Twenty minutes later I wns gallop
ing down the river road with nn odd
following nt my heels.
There were twenty all told, excep
tionally well mounted. I observed at a
glance. There was. to be sure, a sem
blance or uniform, but exhibiting
murks of rough service, and represent
ative of every department, so that id
two men appeared similarly attired.
They bad a sturdy and resolute lighting
appearance that pleased me. Perhaps
a, (loreu were unmistakably of the
mountain white type gaunt, unshav
en, slow of speech, their keen, restless j
eyes searching every covert for a pos- I
sible enemy in ambush. The others !
were mostly young, reckless to iking i
fellows, picked trom the ranks or va
rious organizations because too rest
less for the discipline of regular com
mand. I feir a hope that I might be
retained In conimund and thus given
opportunity to test their mettle.
"Daniels," I said, drawing back my
horse till I rode beside him. "this looks
an odd command given me. What are
they enlisted men?"
"Some of em are," he answered
slowly, shifting his eyes over the rab
ble behind, "but ther mountain men
mostly nre Jus' volunteer scouts, pick
ed up yere In ther deestrlct 'cause they
know their way round. I reckon may
be It's u tough lookln' outfit fnrni nso
Jerln' pint o' view, but thar's some
dern good scouts a-rldin' thar behln'
yer. That yaller bended feller thar has
ueen Uiosiiy my puriuer luii-ij. nt"
j Irish, name Con O'Urien; deserted
twice from ther Ninth Illinois cavalry.
but sinc e they put hi m scoutln that
ain't no Job too blume hard fer him ter
tackle. I tell ye, leftauant. scouts is
born, not made"
"How long have you been nt It?"
"Oh. mostly since the war begun. I
started In with Ituell In Kentucky."
"You cnnie from up there?"
ne looked u( me almost suspiciously.
Then Ills eyes shifted to the scene In
front.
"I reckon I was born "bout leu mile
from yere, over yonder on ther east
riik'e " His eyes narrowed, a new
light visible within their depths. "It
was Jlst ter rlt back yere with slcli
tin outfit as this yere aliind me Ihel
made ine a soer." he acknowledged
slowly. "I 'ot some private work ter
do In ibis yere klutry."
"A feud?" .
"1 reckon thet's wbttt ye call It.
Maybe It's bin a hundred years run
nhi' an' has caused a heap n' klllin'
one way an' 'not her. but It's sorter
simmered down ther las' two year to
Jem Donald an' me. Whin this yere
war broke out be sorter took to ther
Con fed side, an thet naturally made
me a Yank. They bed ther lest o' it
round yere In them days, nn' nrter
awhile I skipped. Rut I'm bm k yere
now, an' I ain't skulkln' round alone
neither. I reckon I've got an ol' wom
an, iyn', r - !! '-t ('"i. l'--r o".
crick, if ther house nln't been burnt
over 'em 'fore iuv. An' If It luis. (J''
pity Jem Dnniiiii"'
There was :i primness in these
words spoken deliberately, the tone
utterly expressionless, which 1 inn not
properly convey in written laniruae.
the ;lint of the eve. the compression
of the thin lips, making the deadly
llioaiiini: perfectly apparent. It was.
, the unyielding hate of savagery, long
j brooding over past wrongs. Inrolun-
tarily I glanced about into the fringe
j of woods.
I "Is Donald about here then?"
I "Who, big Jem Donald? Sure.
hain't ye never heard o" him V
! I shook my head, hoping thus to
j lend lii;n on to his story.
"Whiit is the special trouble between
! you ami this IMg Donald. Daniels?"
i "Hunt if I Unow whar It started." be
i acknowledged as though the thought
came to him almost us a surprise, -it
was 'fore uiv dad's time. I reckon, nn'
seems ter me It was over n lot o' ha wgs
thet pot roiitin' tip some corn down nn
Rods cr'ek Thet's whar ther Dan
le'ses an' Donald lived In them davs.
but blame If I know which one ownd
ther corn I'll' whl h owned ther hawgs
Ther Donalds In ihem davs lied a line
plantation. with a bis: house on it. an'
maybe a hundred slaves Ther Dan
lelses was tillers pore, but thar was a
monstrous lot o' us scattered 'long Rock
crick, nu' wlieu they went guntiln' ter
ther Donalds they gln'rally got 'oiu.
All I know is thet when I come 'long,
'bout a bundled years later, tlicr Don
alds was llvln' in a log shack back o'
Raid mouutaln an' ther IIl'IiI was still
goin' on My dad was shot down nt
Aliiliken Rend by one o' ther crowd
when I was eight year old: then my
brother got ol' man Donald soinewbar
On ther trail an' till d him full o
buckshot. Ther next thing they set
fire to our house when nobody but
mam was to hum. She shot Into ther
bunch and got away with a broken
arm. hldln' out In ther bush fer a
week. Then ther Danlelses rode over
ter Raid mountain, an' we come pretty
near putt in ther Donald tribe outer
business, until a gang o' 'em ambus
caded us one night In ther bottoms. 1
got two bullets In thet fracas, an' my
brother was killed.
"'Rout thet time ther war broke out.
Darned If I keered which side licked
in ther war. but Jem Donald come out
fer ther Coufeds. an so 1 went In fer
ther Union. Waul, we fought It out yere
fer maybe six months, but tker odds
was nil with his outfit; thnr wasnt
many Danlelses left nble ter tote a
gun. an' finully I skipped out and JIued
Ruell."
"The secession sentiment was strong
through this section, I suppose?"
"Waal, I don't know 'bout thet. Ther
mountain mn mostly didn't care
much; mighty few o" 'em owned any
niggers. Rut ther gentry was with
ther secessionists, an' P.lg Donald ullers
kinder nat'rally belonged to thet bunch.
I've beern tell as how Jem Donald's
wife was n Denslow."
This mention of the unme of Dens-
I low brought up before me Instantly
! the face of the young girl whom I had
' left a few hours before. So she also
j was. In a way. connected with this
I fierce mountain feud that had cost so
! many lives I had reason to know she
was of lighting blood.
Coulters t.;:iitliiii; v.:.s apparently
deserted ut all Inhabitants. Ruck
j along the opposite shore we eo.ild se?
; the dust cloud rising above the col-
ucn of advancing cavalry. A few
brief orders scattered my nondescript
command to right and left. Daniels
and I riding alone along the mad lead
ing up toward the ridge, watchful that
the others covered thoroughly the
country on either side of us. We were
a mile In advance when Wilson a men
first began taking water nt the ford.
The knowledge of whut our rapid
movement mennt gave zest to this ad
vance scouting. 1 observed how old
Daniels' eyes narrowed like those of n
cat as be scanned the hills. For the
frst time he became revealed to me
as a savage, living merely for revenge,
merciless and unforgiving. To blra
the war was only a greater feud, bring
ing with It a long sought opportunity
for vengeance against his enemies.
Ills keen eyes first observed the sig
nal of some discovery waved back
from n scout far away to the left, who
suddenly tlp-cd a distant ridge, a
t mere black dot among the rocks.
"What Is It. Daniels?"
"Ther feller out thnr is wavln' ui
over. He's run up agin something
that's made him need help. 1 reckon."
We rode straight across the upland,
side by side, I spurring cmelly to keep
my horse even with his rawboned
mount, both Intently watchlug the
movements of the man who bad tdg
naled. As we struck the ridge he came
town rd us oil a lope.
"It a O'ltrlen." I said.
"Whnt Is It. O'ltrlen?"
He waved his band backward.
"There's a house dowu there In the
hollow, without nobody llvlti in It, just
a shai l of a place, tun ni thought
maybe l bother look inside nfore Oi
went by. au tlinr's a dead nuti lyla'
there. Oi Iud to push the body nslde
to get the (i:mr open."
"A soldier?"
"Naw: one ' Daniels' sort, Ol reck
on "
Killed?"
"Shot throntrh the hnd."
I Hpurred my horse around the end
of the ravine, hunlels keeping close
at toy heels. Apparently he needed
no guide, for as we drew up to where
I O'ltrlen waited the old neotif passed
Hiraieni rorward up a cien In the
rlde. and with n nod to the boy I
followed silently.
Piinlel swung down from the sad
dle nnd dlsnppcnrcd wlthlu. Follow
ing, 1 found him bent above the pro-
tiate figure of a man lying upon bis
back, a haggard face covered by a
straggly Iroi; pay beard, staring with
sl-Jiiie-s eyes up Into the black shad
ows of the rafters.
"It's o''o o' ther Farley boys." an
noiinceu I'aTiicis quiet, . "He was
shot in t-r back o" ther head. He
was a cousin o' mine uud was hidiu
out over I'.a.d mountain way."
lie stooped down suddenly auit
pressed o;ieu one of the uv.id man'.
tightly ili'ii bed bands. 1 caugtii (he
W''1 a white slip of paper as It
I', to the Hour.
"TharV some writin' thai, sir, but
It don't do nie no good, 'cause 1 can't
read."
The paper was an irregular strip,
ei ideally lorn from off a larger sheet.
What was this, a warning to John
ston of my message to Rose. raus? I
could hardly decide. And Jean Dens
low. unable to ride herself, had dis
covered and sent forward a courier.
1 desired to learn more.
"Daniels, you say this dead man was
jrour cousin. Wh-it side was he on?"
"Waal, he was agin V.g Donald, au'
thet's "bout all ther side thar Is up
yere In titer mountings."
"What was be doing with Mils pa
per then? That was a message to
Johnston warning liini that 1 had tak
en a report of his plans to the Fed
eral cai'ip."
'Who sent it?"
"A young' girl -Jean Denslow."
The seamed, whiskered face appear
ed to darken.
"You know her?" I questioned.
"I recUon do tol'ble, but I don't
know how she ever got no ban. e fer
to butt In yere. She must have run
up agin Jake soinewbar an' mistook
him fer one o' Donald's out lit."
"Does Jean Denslow kuow Rig Don
ald?" lie stared nt nie. his yellow teeth
showing grimly.
"I rathr reckon she does. Whar Is
she now
"At Falrvlew; Judge Dunn's place."
He drew his breath, whistling.
There wns little more I could get out
Of liltn, but he went through the dead
man's clolhes, after which the three of
us silently buried the mountaineer.
Within a few moments we were rid
lug away. To me It all seemed to
renter more and more about the girl
wl.h thi blue gray eyes.
(To Ho Continued.)
LUKE WILES GOES AS
A DELEGATE TO OMAHA
Farmers' Congress Meets in the
Metropolis Today fop a Four
Days' Session.
From Tiiexriuy' Daily.
Luke Wiles, lite red poll
(ill lie breeder, was a nasenger to
Omaha mi I lie morning (rain lo
day. accompanied by his wife.
where be goes as a delegate lo I lie
Farmers' Congress, which con
ctn s al Omaha today for a four
days' session. A large al tendance
of frmeis from over (he state is
looked for, as over 500 letters
have been received by the inaii
iig'emenl from delegates who ex
ju'cled to allend. The Farmers'
(longToss and the C.o-Operalivo
drain association of Nebraska
and the Rural Life fommisison
combine in nn elVorl lo benefit the
farmers of the slate.
Mayor Dahlman and President
David Cole of the Omaha Com
mercial club welcomed the dele
gales ami responses were made
by T. V. Langdon, vice president
of the Farmers' Co-Operative
drain and Live Slock Shipping
association; deorge E. Condra of
Lincoln, president of the Ne
braska Conservation congress de
livered an address on "Rural Sur
vey." Other prominent speakers
will be present and nddress Hie
delegalos.
Lands for Sale.
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balance finest native prairie grass
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stabling, etc. Some bearing or
chard. Lots of line living water,
which is furnished by a large
creek which runs through north
side of ranch. Creek is skirted
with limber; cattle come off grass
into deep water. This is consider
ed lo be one of the best little stock
ranches in the counly. School
close by; fine smooth road lo
town. Just, 5 1-2 miles from
ranch to town; a nice well im
proved country nil the way. For
pi irk sale - 1 K per acre buys I his
iiO acres; no Irade laken on Ibis,
lias a mortgage of .:t500 lhal lias
yet Ih roe years lo run. 8 il 20 buys
the eiiuily. Nothing boiler for Ihe
money, dive me lo your friend if
you don't want mo, I must sell.
V. A. Nelson. Real F.slale
Hroker, Fnll River, Greenwood
County, Kansas.
Good Land for Sale.
Forty acres ol good bollom
land, near small town, $S0 per
acre, cash, if laken soon. Also
150 acres second hot loin land at
935 per acre. Call or address,
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LOCAL NEWS
From Mnnday'H Dally.
C. V. llall'ka transacted busi
ness in Omaha belween trains to
day, going on No. 15 this morn
ing. John llobscheidl returned from
Htiilinglon this afternoon, where
he ba'd viisled friends for ten
days.
Mepuly Treasurer Mike Trilsch
spent Sunday with his family at
Louisville, returning to Ihe ofllce
this morning.
Fern and Violet drassman, who
have been paying a visit of a few
days to their grandparents nt
Louisville, relurned Ibis morning.
Fx-.Iitilge of the Supremo Court
Jesse L. Root, arrived from Lin
coln this morning and looked af
ter business mailers in IMalts
mouth for Ihe day.
Roy Howard and dleii Vallery,
two of Ihe young and prosperous
tanners of near Murray, drove in
to Ihe counly seat this morning
and looked after business matters
for a lime.
John II. Meisinger of the vicin
ily of Mynnrd was looking after
business matters in Ihe city to
day and called at this office and
renewed his subscription to this
paper for another year.
Mrs. N. II. Ishell and Mrs. John
Beeson boarded the early train
for Omaha this morning, where
they looked after business mat
ters. Mrs. Fshell will procure a
set of runners for the mail route
sleiirh, as Mr. Ishell finds wheels
ralher hard sledding where the
snow is drifted.
Joint Tains, who has been pay
ing a visit lo his parents, J. II
Tains and wife, al the county
farm for a few days, relurned lo
his home at. Fdgmonl, S. I., to
day. Mr. Tarns has a good post
lion wilh the Uurliiigton Railway
company as car inspector nnd re
lurned lo resume bis duties. Mrs.
Rezner, his sister, departed for
FiIlhiioiiI yeslerdav, having nls'i
visited J. II. Tains and wife for
several days.
From Tuexrtiiy'R Daily.
W. M, Banning of I'nioti wns
in
the cily last evening.
E. R. Worl of near Murray was
a business visitor in the county
seat Tuesday afternoon.
Joe Shrader of near Murray
drove in from Ihe farm today and
looked after mailers of business.
Counly Commissioner C. II. Jor
dan arrived from his home al Alvo
last evening and met with the
board today.
Marriage license was issued
yesterday afternoon by Judge
is back of every one of
Ileeson to Frank V. Svoboda and
Miss Mary Vilimek.
C. K. Heebner, commissioner
from the Second district, arrived
last, evening to lake part in tho
annual meeting of Ihe county
board. j
Attorney William Delias Der
nier of F.lmwood came over to the
county seat last evening to look
after some matters in Ihe probata
court.
V. M. Busier of Ashland visited
I'lattsmoulh friends today. He
has been paying a visit lo his
friends at Nebraska City, Elm
wood and Murray.
Win. Ileil and daughter, Helen,
of the vicinity of Cedar Creek,
drove lo this city in their sleigh
yesterday to attend to some busi
ness mailers. Mr. Ileil called at
this olllce and renewed his sub
scription to this paper for another
year.
C. F. llarkness of the M. Ford
Paving company of Omaha and
Cedar Rapids, la., arrived last
evening and attended the session
of Ihe cily council, lo present the
paving company's claim for the
10 per cent of the paving contract
retained by the cily for a year, to
make good any deficiency in tho
paving, lie completed his busi
ness here and left on Ihe fast
mail for Omaha this afternoon.
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