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CHAPTER Xl|,--Continued. Not that he faltered.
"I am glad to meet you; you have
come here to ask some favor of me;
in what way ca:: I serve our poor,
distracted country ?"
"[ an: not soliciting alms. My busi-
ness is o[ a personal order. I have a
duty to perform. Yoi: may be shocked
at first, but later on will thank me
for it."
Mysterious words like these naturally
caught and" held the attention of
tl:e heiress of Lyndhurst.
"Is it anything about--my father?
Has he been injured?" she asked°
quickly, re:uembering that. tl:e squire
went away before Colonel John's
hevery
dorstand write to }firs; Pinkha:n,
quarret. You ::re shocked at n:y dis- soldier knew wtmt was the nature o[
d~uffhter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and
closure, iMiss Grange:'?"
the desperate mission that now enalw
ays helpful
"Not shocl:ed~--only surprised, be gaged their attention,
cause-he---he came here as ;: bache- Not a man flinched.
lor," returned ~dolIie bravely.
They had followed tl:eir belovQd
leader into the jaws of death during"
many a previous battle, and the prospect
of immediate glory was enough
to set tI:eir blood to rioting madly.
CHAPTER XIi|. Their advance was hidden for a
time by a projecting spur, along
"These men are all gay deceivers,
my dear," cooed the artfuI schemer,
having sent the poisoned arrow home.
Battle Smoke.
Mollie asked no questions desired
no proofs but changed the subject.
and for a short time carried on her
~ide of a lively conversation on the
prospect of Sherman being caught in
~uch a trap as Napoleon entered at
Moscow.
At length the visitor took i:er leave,
~atisfied that she had accomplished
her work.
V~rhen alone Mollie gave way to her
feelings.
It was not that she cared for John
Ridgeway, she deetared to herself
again and again, but her pride was
humbled.
She would keep the secret for the
present, because it shielded Lyndburst,
but toward the :nan who had
married her to save his life she meant
to present a freezing manner, to cut
~iln with her scorn.
After all it was diamond cut dlamond.
She had wedded for a mercenary
motive, at the command, of her father.
me what the doctors coulda% do. I took and why should not he be granted the
only six hexes and thon I was perfectly 0rivilege of a little deception when his
well. If I had no~ found this wonderful fife was at stake'?
~remedy I surely thinl~ tha~ I :[lUSt have Unaware of the havoc being made
Wasted to deM, h. Believing iirmly tlla~
with his good name at LYndhurst, Co~
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"which they gave me at a cri~idal mo-
~ohn galloped to the city and reported
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~0 others."
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Some urgent work was placed in
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st;imu]ant) btlt give st, r0ng~h that lasts. around the city were already opening
They may be obtained a~ nny drug their campaign of annoyance and enst:ore.
counters with their llyirfg squadrons
could be counted on as of hourly occurrence.
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Sherman. the soldier who had once
painted sucl: a fearful pic,ure of the
A well-known ,, ] Rochester lady I
war--since eorne true, every word of
says : istaved in the Adirondacks, it~that his envious rivals for honors
away from friends an4 home, two called him crazy, had conceived an
winters before I found that by ardent admiration for the man we
, taking .
have known as Colonel John, and recognizing
his worth as a valiant soldier
and a dare-devil leader, did not
: Rem 's galsam
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@ hesitate to plaee in his charge such a
@ I could ~ubdue the cough.that
drove me away from,hoflm .and
secmed likely to never allow mc
commission as Im would have trusted
few men with.
Ridgeway recognized the gravity of
to, live there in winter.".
hls charge.
i,,~ Kemp's Balsam will cure any He knew that whether he succeedcough
that can bc cure4 by any
ed or failed, when the bugles sounded
@ medicine,all dealers at and i the return he would come ba~k with
Sold by ~Se. 5oc.
a dlminished host.
which the blue line crept Ako a great
snake, winding toward the rough riovatior:
from whence came the thunder
of heavy artillery that sent their
destructive missiIes whirling through
space, to explode with deadly effect
in the Federal camp.
When the spur ceased to conceal
their movements further, n halt was
made nntil every straggler had gained
his Fosition.
Colonel John again addressed ill era
in his own peculiar way, and not one
among them but who burned witlt
patriotic zeal at hearing his words.
Then a shout burst forth, a mighty
sound as of the hurricane tearing
through the mountain passes~a flood
of bhte coats sprang into view, like
tl:e ocean bursting its barriers.
They spread ont right and left~
scattering so that ihe enemy miglit
do less terrible execution with their
great guns, should these be depressed
in time to bear upon the ad~;ancing
host.
Across the level ground they sped,
The Confederates above, amazed at
first when this unexpected picture
was p,resented to their view, hastily
pro]lured to give them a warm reception,
and before the Federals had
gone more tl~an half way to the foot
of the hill the entire battery was roaring
out its angry defiance, while the
crackling of smaller arms sounded
like a fierce accompaniment.
Melt fell here and there.
Not a shot was fired in return.--it
would have been useless; and besides
these men had reason to save their
ammunition until the fight reached
close quarters, when every discharge
would tell.
The blue line reached the foot of
the hill.
It began to vanish as though swallowed
up in some great bank of fog.
Soon not a racing blue-coat was to
be seen upon the level oelow~only
a few dead or wounded remained in
view,
Ah! what w~s that, clambering like
a goat up the face of the height--a
reckless soldier eager to win the
praise of his colonel,
tie was not alone--a second, a
third, a dozen, ten dozen were clam,
bering upward almost in a line, ira.
:)ued with Ibe same grand resoIveo
And Colonel John led tl:em all.
Useless were tt:e great guns now,
since they couhl not be turned upon
~he tigers in blue who conic swarming
ap the rocks as though each man
were irubued with the fires of fanati-
2ism.
The rattle of small arms began ~o
be heard.
It was not all on one side now,
Those who seaIed the heights halted
long enou