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II , "When Halleclc wns bcMolgtig Beau-
| | regard at Corinth , or , rather , daily
W approaching the confederate lines by
If > system of defences , I waB in the
! trenches afternoon when the
| g one cap-
W % tain of my company sent for mo and
'Jk ordered me to report to the colonel.
$ ' : The colonel ordered me to report at
r u - p General JXallcck's headquarters , and
* * when I made my appearance the Gen-
: * " eral said :
I. "You have done some scouting ? '
r "Yes , sir. "
, , "Will you go as a spy ? "
"Where to ? "
"Into Corinth. J want information
i ' which only a spy yin secure. If you
irr return you shall be well rewarded. If
. * you are detected you will be hung. "
( "I will try it. "
' ' * "Very good. Return in an hour
} and I will give you instructions.
When can you set out ? "
"By midnight. "
"That will do. "
I went away wondering how on
I enrth General Halleclc had overheard
of mo and it was a month later be
fore I ascertained the facts. One aft-
l ternoon I was "showing off" to a
| ! group of soldiers , and the general
I and his chief engineer halted on their
[ round of inspection and became spec-
J tators unbeknown to me. In my
( palmy days I could imitate any voice
I hear. I could put my face into al-
i most any shape , I could work my
ears like a horse ; and could throw a
hat off my head by working my scalp ;
when I was only twenty-four years
I i old I could make my iace look like
that of a man of seventy , and , as my
face was beardless as a woman's I
could dress In female attire and defy
any one to detect me by voice or
gait.
The main thing was to get into
Corinth. The general had no sug
gestions to make on that point , and
the work to be done , when once inside ,
I seemed easy enough. The way into
Corinth by the south and west was
j still open , and milk , vegetables , hay
and other stuff was being received by
* every highway. When I sat out just
before sun down I had § 300 in gold
in my pocket and a bundle of cloth-
• ing in my hand At midnight , when
? ) I had reached the point aimedat , a
f | low-backed old man of 70 , lame ,
' } gray-haired and toothless , might
[ J have been seen sitting in a fence
i corner of a highway to await the
> l | passage ol time. I was within seven
'II ' miles of Corinth , and my plan was to
| | go in with some vehicle. Within two
l | miles of me were two great armies
getting ready for a death grapple ,
jl but just then the frogs croaked , the
u insects buzzed , and peace spread her
| mantle as in a graveyard. Indeed I
ijl ] ] " was in a drowse when I heard the rat-
jf tie of wheels , and was only on my
feet when a young man driving a
j horse to an open buggv , camecftlong.
j He had six jugs in the vehicle , and
\ was bound for town ,
if ] t "Hey you ! " I called to him.
w ] "Can't you give an old man a lift to
PJ town ? My boy has run off and
mfaf jined the soldiers , and I must see him
j { ] and try and get him back. "
mt\ \ ' 'Who are you ? " he asked.
n | "Judge Levington of Guntown.
Bm Started to come by rail , but the en-
Ei > gine broke down and in trying to get
j § | | ahead I've got lostl reckon , "
fijij "I should say you had ! You ain 't
Hi anywhere near the railroad. "
aFJ "Reckon not. Pretty hard on the
Kj old man , but I feel as if I must get
K | ' the boy back. "
Bl > "Well , jump in. I suppose you've
J got a pass ? "
Ml "Oh , yes. "
S3 He wjis a kind-hearted , simple-
Mi minded young man , and had a pass
j which enabled him to come and goat
Kl pleasure. We had not gone above
fl half a mile when I "suddenly discov-
II ered" that I had lost the important
V document which would admit me in-
Sj i to Corinth. He stopped his horse
j while I searched anew , but the paper
ml could not be found.
H ' "And what will they do if I don't
Iflj ' have the pass ? " I asked.
\m \ "Take you before some of the gen-
jfl * crals and they may lock you up ,
Is They are mighty careful of late. "
IX "And I may not get out to see my
US boy ? "
In "Perhaps not. "
IB I "took on" for about hve minutes
IB in a pathetic strain , and when I saw
IB I had enlisted his sympathies I said.
IB" ' * " , "My young friend , I don't want to
EBl be delayed. You must help me. When
Is f we cvme to the picket post I am to
IB I pass as your fatner who has come
IV down to look around. Even an
IBt hour's delay may take my boy
IS' ' away. "
Hi "Oh , but I wouldn't dare. "
Ml "You'd dare a jrreat deal for these , "
| j ( I said , as I put a couple of § 10 gold
* J ft. pieces into his hand.
| j | " "Why yes I feel sorry for you ,
| | L and I want you to get in. I might
Bf Bay you was my father , but "
K 1/ "I'll chance the rest. " . , I
K v I don't think he expected any
K trouble for the matter did not seem
K to trouble him any. When we drove
IJ J up to the first picket-post he halted
his horse and was fumbling for his
pass , when one of the pickets said :
! "Thatls all right drive on. Oh ,
but who is that with you ? "
_ "The old man. He fit in the Mexl-
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can war and wants to see how things
look at Corinth. "
"And if I were ten years younger
I'd shoulder a musket , " I added.
"Bully for you ! " shouted the three
or lour men on the posts , and they
were laughing as we drove on. The
inner picket did not stop us at all ,
and we drove into the town in the
gray of the morning. Although the
hour was early , everybody was astir
and the streets almost blocked with
army vehicles. During the last half
mile of the drive the young man in
spected me very closely , and when I
finally left him he did not seem alto
gether satisfied as to my identity. He
asked mo several questions about
Guntown which I had to answer at
random , and my account of how
"my son" had left homo was not as
clear as it might have been. My first
move after losing sight of the milk
man was to go to a hotel. There I
boldly registered as "John William
Piicharhson , Mobile , " and dropped a
hint to the clerk that I was furnish
ing Beauregard with supplies. As
soon as I went to my room I peeled
off my outer suit , removed my wig
and spectacles , took out three of my
falso teeth , which were on
a plate by themselves , blackened
my eyebrows , and in ton min
utes I was in a new disguise. I went
down to breakfast , and then slipped
over to the other hotel and register
ed and took a room as "Professor E.
G. S. LaDue , New Orleans. " I had
the French twist to my speech , and I
also had the discovery relating to it
new explosive. I had come to the
front to put it into practice.
It was about ten o'clock when I
started out , and who should I run
against the very first thing but my
friend of the milk business. He had
sergeant and three privates with him ,
and as they passed me he said :
"Oh , I can tell him half a mile off.
His gray Avig got rumpled up and I
saw light hair under it , but he was
off before I knew what to do. "
I followed them to the hotel where
I first registered , and entered it just
as they went up statrs to my room.
They thought they had their man ,
but were doomed to disappointment.
Two of the men were left in the office ,
however , while the other two , accom
panied by the milkman , went out to
look for me on the streets. This was
on the 20th of May. Beauregard had
concentrated everything on the short
line , and the confederates be
lieve they had a dead sure
thing in case they were at
tacked in their ihtrenckments. I
picked up the acquaintance of a
dozen army officers before night , and
the subjects of anew explosive prov
ed interesting to alL They pumped
me for particulars , of course but my
reply was :
"In a day or two I hope to make a
test and surprise the Yankees. "
Through the influence of a Captain
Johnson , belonging to Marmaduke's
command , and who had been wound
ed and carried his right arm in a
sling , I secured a pass to carry me
about Corinth , and on the second
day of my arrival I posted myself in
many details. Everything was ex
citement and hub-bub , as everybody
thought a great battle imminent ,
and nobody paid any attention to
me. At my solicitation Captain
Johnson reported my arrival to
Beauregard's adjutant , and asked
permission for me to experiment.
He came back and said ;
"I found him upside down and he
felt like ordering me under arrest for
disturbing him. "
On the afternoon of the third day
while I was returning from the con
federate left , a provost patrol picked
me up. My pass was all right and
secured my liberation , but it gave
me an imeasy feeling to observe that
the milkman was among the guard.
He had evidently pointed me out for
arrest for I heard him mutter to the
officer :
"I may be wrong , but I can't get
shut of the feeling that he's the man.
No two men could have such eyes. "
I knew I should be under surveil
lance now , and the first thing I did
after reaching the hotel was to re
place mj * teeth , rub the black from
my eye-brows , part my hair in the
center , and give a new twist to my
moustache , and when I descended
to supper my left eye had a slight
squint. After supper as I sat in the
office smoking , I observed the milk
man moving about as if looking for
me. I went directly up to him and
said :
"My friend , were you looking for
me ? "
" No , sir , " was his prompt reply.
"But you were the men who ar
rested me this evening : . "
"What ! are you the feller we picked
up near the depot ? "
"I am. "
He looked me irora tip to toe with
a puzzled expression on his face , and
I remarked :
"I overheard you say something
about my eyes. Is there anything
wrong with them ? "
"No-no , sir. "
"But why did you point me out to
the guard ? Indeed why are you , a
civilian , tramping about with the
soldiers ? I presume you hold your
self accountable for any trouble you
may cause a gentleman ? "
He turned pale in an instant , and
asking me to step aside , he explained.
"There was an old man rode in
with me the other morning. He
called himself Judge Levington and
said he lived at Guntown. No such a
man has ever lived there. This man
also wore a gray wig to conceal his
natural hair , which was a little red
dish. "
"Well , he told an affecting story ,
and I passed him as my father. I be
lieve he was a spy. "
"Yes. "
"And the soldiers believe it and
ivant to find him. "
"JSjod I hope they will. But you ,
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I my friend , must use more discretion.
Ifyou insult a gditleman .you must
be prepared to give him satisfaction.
I feel that- "
"Say , I'm sorry about this thing ,
and I hope you'll let it drop. Come
and have a drink. "
I held off for a while and then
bridged the yawning chasm , and
when he was ripe for it I said :
"I have a brother here a citizen
who is just able to move about aftex
a long illness. I want to get him
away before the battle occurs. How
far out do you live ? "
"About nine miles. "
"If paid for it , couldn't you tvike
him home for a week or two ? "
"I'll take it without pay and bo
only to glad to do you a favor. "
But I wouldn't have it that way.
I bargained with him that he should
receive § 10 for this trouble , and that
he should call at the hotel the next
evening. Nothing was said about a
pass , but I intended to see to that.
The next day Marmaduke's captain
helped me to secure it. What I
saw in Corinth satisfied me thero
would be no fight. While the con
federates were shortening their lines
intrenching , and whilethegreatmass
of soldiers believed that Beauregard
was aching for an attack , the rail
road tracks told the story. I saw
that ho was sending away guns and
stores as fast as possible , and was
likewise bringingin and side-tracking
all the cars available. Several
extra locomotives had come up , and
I believed I had good grounds for
suspecting a retreat from Corinth.
This belief was strengthened on the
last day of my stay , by the confi
dence of a telegraph operator , who
informed me that supplies intended
for Corinth had been stopped down
the road.
"When evening came I had seen to
all that was necessary , and half an
hour after supper I disappeared. The
man who took ray place was an in
valid.
He was very pale , weak in the legs
and spoke in a hollow voice. I
chalked my face a bit ; rubbed the
black off my eyebrows , cut off the
corners of my moustache , put on a
different style of collar and hollowed
in my cheeks by suction. Jn that
way I lengthened my nice and made
my cheek bones show very promin
ently. It was dusk when the milk
man drove up. When he came in I
stated that the professor , my broth
er , had been called to Beauregard's
head-quarters , and that I was already
to be moving.
"Been powerful sick , I take it , " he
said , as he looked me over.
"Yes very siek. "
"Consumption ? "
"I'm afraid so , " I gasped between
coughing spells.
He offered to treat , but I declined ,
and after indulging in a horn by him
self , ho took up the bundle I had
made up and helped me to the buggy.
My pass was all right with the
pickets , and the young man had
enough whisky in him to be
jolly. I intended to leave him about
where I had found him at first , and
in pursuauce of a plan I had formed ,
I pretended to be very nervous and
excited. Every sound made me start ,
and the further we drove the more
nervous I got. Fortune came to my
aid when we reached the right spot.
We heard a great clatter of hoof's
ahead , and I yelled out that the
Yankees were upon us and jumped
out and over the fence into the woods.
He was badly scared for the moment ,
and ran back about fifty feet before
seeking shelter. In a minute or two
three cavalry horses , saddled anfS
bridled , came tearing down the road ,
and as a consequence the old horse
in the shafts wheeled about and went
to Corinth with them. The last I
heard of the young man he was try
ing to call me and yell "Whoa ! " in
one breath. In two hours I was in
side the Union lines , and before mid
night General Halleck had my report.
I was neither rewarded nor believed.
Indeed , I was very curtly dismissed
after concluding my report. I had
my revenge , however , when the gen
eral woke up one morning to find
Corinth evacuated and the enemy be
yond his reach. Then he must have
been satisfied of the correctness ot
my theories , buthe was too sore and
had too much dignity to send for me
and to admit it.
Indeed , my existence had probably
escaped his memory.
Why the Students Smiled.
A famous college president , a cler
gyman , was addressing the students
in the chapel at the beginning of the
college year. "It is. " he said in con
clusion , "a matter of congratulation
to all the friends of the college that
this yearopens with the largestfresh-
man class in its history. " And then ,
without any pause , he turned to the
Scripturelesson for the day , the third
Psalm , and began reading in a voice
of thunder ;
"Lord , howare they increased that
trouble me. "
This , however , was hardly more
unfortunate than the choice of the
hymn : "Return , ye ransomed sinners ,
home , " as the closing selection of a
certain American board meeting. .
Syracuse Christian Herald.
Safety of Dugouts.
Mr. De Science ( of New York ) I
notice that a writer in the Forum
says a poor man is better off in a
crowded city tenement house than
in a western dugout , exposed to the
fury of cyclones.
Mr. Quartersection ( of Kansas )
He dees , does he ? Well , j oil just tell
that smart indervidual , fer me , that
thar is three things a cyclone can't
blow away wells , cistern's an' dug
outs. Guess he don't know a dug
out is a hole in the ground. New
York Weekly.
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