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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, OCTOBER 1,1 4.
Written especially for the Southern World.]
TEE STORY OF ROSE DARREL
BY JOHN EBTEN OOOKB.
[This story began In No. 11 of Volume 8.
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All rights reserved.]
XXV.
I changed my mind and switched off to
New York on business.”
“To New York?”
“ If I had known you were here wait
ing for me, I would nave put off my bus-
to-day after your feat yesterday? I have
not yet recovered from my fright. I
dreamed all night about it,” said the
lady turning to Miss Feaster.
“Quite well, thank you. I have felt
iness there,” said Mr.' Wilson,' with I no discomfort from it, only a little fright
pleasant sarcasm. last night after I had blown out the
“ Mr. Wilson, this is a serious matter 1” lights and could not sleep for thinking
said Mr. Smith, with an outraged ex-1 of ‘ “
left in the cue of the regimental surgeon, with
ample supplies for their immediate wants. The
loss of the enemy was heavy, but the exact
number cannot be ascertained. exact
lghts a
}f it.”
Back numbers can be had at 6 cents per copy. I pression. “ I am in pursuit of s'crimi-1 “It was enough to haunt one. I could
All rlohta rosnrvpfl. I I * « • -••***“
MR. SMITH ASKS A FEW QUESTIONS.
I nal of your name—a man who robbed not sleep until nature could not hold out
the Wells & Pargo express of a very any longer and I slept from sheer ex-
large sum of money and came East to haustion,” said Miss Coleman.
At the voice of Mr. Smith, Miss Charl
ton sank back in her seat, and the
large sum of money ,
this place, where he once lived.” “I gave Thompson the papers and
“ Well ,why didn’t you say so at once?” told him you ladies were here, and he
, said Mr. Wilson. “You people are so is delighted; will you walk in,” said
stranger, with rather an ill humored ex- deucedly mysterious that you outreach Mrs. Lawson, a few moments after.
* - 1 - * ‘ • * * 1 “ Thompson, this is Mrs. Walker.
" introducing the lady. “And
pardon,” said Mr. smith, smu-1 •• explain, Birr' said Mr. tsmitn, bus- i tow iauy I believe you have had the
ing. “I am afraid I intrude—an old piciously. pleasure to meet before,” presenting
friend I believe, MiBS Charlton?” “But hadn’t you better arrest me Miss Coleman.
“ Yes, sir,” said the young lady, for- first?” said Mr. Wilson. “ If we go on “Ah, yes; I have a
mal'iy. | talking to a late hour you would not be of that pleasure. I am glad to see you,
able to get a constable to help you. Miss Coleman. It is so kind in you to
These honest neonle will all sro to bed, come.
Feaster—General Feaster; who is he
—a relative of yours Mrs. Feaster ?” ask
ed the young man as Miss Colman paus
ed before reading the comments on the
brilliant affair.
, , I—I—do not know,” stammered the
lady pale with excitement. “ My hus
band is there, or he wrote in his last
that he was ordered to Missouri, he has
a regiment of cavalry, hut he is no Gen
eral, he is only a Colonel.”
pression, turned round and confronted yourselves, and take no end of unneces- Thomps
the intruder. sary trouble. I can explain everything.” My son,” in
“Beg pardon,” said Mr. Smith, smil- “Explain, sir?” said Mr. Smith, bus- tbis lady I
Ir. James Wilson, if I am not mis
taken.”
moving
between „ .
“ Any business with me ? If so, I would Smith. lady blushing a little under the ardent
he glad if you wonld get through with “I mean that I could twist you over glance of the young man.
it.” my fingpr, my dear sir,” said Mr. Wil- MissColeman, I muBt protest against
Mr. Smith seemed to be a little taken son, laughing. “ You had better look such flattery. The boy is already spoilt
aback. up your constable and the warrant for almost beyond my control,” smilingly
“ No business, sir—that is to say—” my arrest.” said the mother.
Mr. Smith gazed at the speaker with “ Yes, Miss Coleman, mother and
an expression which made the stranger Mrs. Feaster has been laying it on so
laugh. His seriousness returned in a thick that I cannot endure any more,
moment, however, and he said: They have quite spoilt me for the re-
“We are losing time—I am rather ception of flattery. They have put it on
tired of all this talk. I have said I aa nameum.”
“If agreeable to you I would like to would explain this tangle, and if you | “Have they? Then I must reserve
ask you a few questions, sir,” said Mr. keep quiet I will do so—especially as I
Smith rather uneasily, and with the ex- would like my friend, Miss Charlton, to
pression of a man who feels that he oc- hear about it as well as yourself.” Lawson. I warn you of that, 'mere is
cupies a false or doubtful position. “ You will explain ?” at Rio Vista an admiring host ready to
“ A few questions? What are they? “In five minutes. That is if you be turned loose upon you.”
I am always ready to answer questions don’t interrupt me.” “ Is there? Then let it come. In the
if the person asking them has the right | “ Well, sir—I would like to hear your language of Roderic Dhue: * Come one
“ vnlnnnfiATi O a tmil /loll U II nn«/l M I OAITin oil I * At* WArrla f rv f 1-1 of offopf *
1 Perhaps your business then is with
Miss Charlton.”
“ No, not with Miss Charlton—”
“Then who is it with?” said the I
stranger, curtly. “ I don’t see anybody |
else here.”
to put them.”
“I have the right.”
“ What right.”
Now Mr Smith did not like to be |
treated in that unceremonious manner.
explanation, as you call it,
Smith, with much dignity.
(to be continued.)
IThb DeSau8suues commenced In No. 14, of
Volume 2, and will run for several months yet.
” said Mr. | come all!’ or words to that effect,
laughed the young man.
“Yes; we are Dut avantcouriers, to
warn you of the wiath to come,” said
Mrs. Walker.
“ Oh, no; I shall take you as the twit-
This stranger was much too straightfor- Back numbers containing this thrilling and ,. un > “° ’> 1 K 1 ® 11 . *55° y°H t00 , ltr
ward to suit the views of an agent of the deeply Interesting historical romance can he had I ting swallows that tell me of the coming
secret police. In that capacity Mr. | at Ore cent, per copy.) | epnng,” he answered gaily. _
THE DeSAUSSURES.
A Historical Romance.
BY B. F. 8AWYBB.
secret police. In that capacity
Smith was used to mystery—to conceal
ing hiB identity in order to deal with
slipperv people. In the public eye of
Scarborough and the vicinity he was a
‘ cattle dealer and he hesitated a moment
vaguely asking himself perhaps the
question whether that “ dodge ” would
be of service to him now.
It was obviously absurd. Mr. Wilson
was not the proprietor of any cattle
What should he say ?
Mr. James Wilson terminated his
decision.
“ What do you want?” he said. I “No; I can imagine no impropriety in
The words nearly put Mr. Smith out your going. He asked me about you
of countenance. yesterday. He somehow seems to feei
“I know you people as far as I can that he has offended you,” answered the
“Ah, then, I am sure, my dear madam,
that I can congratulate you upon the
splendid achivement of your husband.
“But do you think it can be him,”
she asked rising in her excitement and
reaching for the paper.
“ No, I must run and read it to Mary,”
cried Miss Coleman, springing up and
running out to the kitchen when she
surprised her young friend in the midst
of a dainty pastry she was preparing for
the young hero.
“ Oh, Mary, darling, I have news here
Ne-
spring
“ Yes; that is better. We are too glad
to find you in such fine spirits.”
“ Thanks, and I must also thank you
for your paper. May I still further tax
your kindness to ask you to read the
news to me? Will Miss Coleman favor
“Certainly,” taking the packet and
CHAPTER XXXIV. I opening the latest Courier, as she seated
Mamma,” asked Miss Coleman, the K\ seH by the window - W 080 U
“ -- DD - | is the war news you want first?’’
i ask
horn ” UP an<1 Pay ° Ur respects to I Coleman is going* to read us the news;
1110 ’ 1 have you time to join our circle ? ”
: herself,
tary,” asked Miss
see you,
Mr. Wilson knitting his lady.
hing. “ I say what do “On, does ne i men I snoum go and
you want? What questions did you assure nim to the contrary,” blusningly
brows, hut laug
He is
ive yo
“ Oh, yes,” seatin
“Where is Miss
Coleman.
She is busy just now; please excuse
her, Miss Coleman.
Certainly. I suppose the dispatches
is the latest,” referring; to the
“Here we have ‘A Brilliant Affair in
Missouri.’ ”
come here to ask ?” I answered the girl.
Mr. Smith felt a little outraged; he “And get the papers, Drucie.
was not used to being treated in that anxious to hear all the news.”
manner. As a representative of the “Yes; and Mrs. Walker gets the
law he was accustomed to have people Charleston Courier. We will take all the
quail before him; and even when they latest, and will read them to him.” i bt loom, mo , July 5
were innocent he had found them betray ‘ ‘ That will be pleasant.” , a dispatch from Hannibal statesthat a courier
more or less uneasiness. . | « We will wait for^the mail and get S“ d ^£te}totb? camp auhat p^ce® “1
The
found
Richmond. July 28,1861.
following report of a brilliant affair la
in the Baltimore American of yesterday:
yesterday
July 27,1861.
“ What do yon_want, and who are you, | the latest. Will ought to he back now.” | mentof cavalry was in camp of instruction and
“ He will come di
I say ?” said Mr. Wilson with great sang-
>id.
irectly.
and tell Mrs. Walkc
Go and get oul y waiting marching orders for service, when
er. Will will I °_ t ?! e cam P was sur-
rised by a furious attack from an overwhelm-
force of Confederate cavalry, and after a
ant resistance was competed to surrender,
i Confederate forces were commanded by
General Feaster. and were so well managed that
name, tnougn a numoer oi people Dear i Bell," sue answered nurrying off to tell I the disaster, though sad and deplorable, was
it. Perhaps it is your traveling name— Mrs. Walker, and to dress for the drive. re «ily unavoidable. Our troupe though raw,
but that’s your affair. Now as to those Will kept them waiting a few minutes, ^p’oV.kin and%££of^he^em? pre-
questions.” and they had almost despaired of his vailed and a surrender was compelled. The
Mr. Smith cleared his throat. coming and were seated, lines in hand to £ am P with all its equipments, together with
“ I was at Waterton when you arrived | drive away without the mail when he I ^“^“^‘hM^ThffSfnund^lofflceH
for you. News—glorious news from
your father.”
“ Glorious news, you say, that means
that he is safe,” cried the other putting
down the tin dish and rising to her feet.
“ Yes, safe; but he has captured the
whole Yankee army.”
“ Oh, no, Miss Drucie, you are mock
ing me.”
“ No; here it is, I will read it; and in
a tone of triumph she read.
“ Yes, it is papa,” she said gently as
Drucie finished the extract. “ I know it
is he by his kindness to the wounded.
My good papa.”
“ But you will go in now and let them
all congratulate you.”
“You may think me silly, Miss Cole
man, but I had rather put my head upon
Aunt Seely’s breast and have a good
cry,” she said turning to the good old
darkey and suiting the action to the
word.
“ Bless you, honey, bless my Chile
an’ bless mass Leon. I knode it ud
cum, do. I knode it am boun tercum,”
said the negro, patting the weeping head
tenderly.
“And what does Miss Mary say?”
asked Mrs. Walker.
“ She says she knows it is her father
by his kindness to the prisoners,” she
answered.
“That is a happy distinction,” said
the young man. “ It argues a brave as
well as a tender heart.”
“Yes; butlwiM finish the article,”
said Miss Coleman, reading again.
In addition to the above from the Baltimore
American, the War Department has a confirma
tory dispatch in the Philadelphia Press, giving
additional details of the brilliant affair. The com
mand engaged was Feaater’s Confederate caval-
ry. commanded by Col. Feaster and acting under
orders from Gen. Polk. It was known to the
department that Colonel Feaster had been sent
to attack the camp, but no such brilliant results
were expected. The report from General Polk
iaauxioualy looked for, as an enemy that wou d
claim a victory of Bull Run, would not concede
such a crushing defeat as the above without it
is even more decisive than reported.
“You see now, Mrs. Feaster, that it
is really so. I know you must be very
^roud, said Mrs. Walker, as Drucie
niahed reading.
“Yes; 1 would be silly to deny it.
But, oh, he does seem so far away when
I have to hear from him through the ene
my’s lines,” she cried with the desolation
of a far away absence filling her heart.
“ This news is all the better for com
ing through them, more glorious than
reported. We will soon hear, however,
a courier has reached Memphis by this.
To-morrow will give us the news, saw
the young man. “ What does the paper
say about it—the editor I mean ? to
Mibb Coleman.
to-day, and came back with you in the came,
same train,” he said. A letter for Mrs. Walker together with
“That’s an interesting fact,” said Mr. a package of papers fell to their share.
Wilson, “ but come to your questions.” Mrs. Walker was too much absorbed in
Mr. 8mith was evidently displeased, the letter and the young lady in driving
It was really unpleasant to be checked to heed the papers and the package was
up in this sudden fashion. His manner not opened until the drive was ended,
became a little stern. “ Ah, Mrs. Lawson, we could not re-
1 As you are ready to answer I will strain our sympathetic friendliness any
come to the point.” longer and had to come. I hope you
“Do—nothing I like better—have been will not drive us back,” said Mrs.
trying to bring you to it ever since you Walker.
came here.” “ Oh, no, indeed, I am truly glad that
“ Your names is James Wilson ?” you have come, and yon too, Miss Cole-
•“ Yes—I’ve answered that question man. Your visit is a timely one. Thomp
before.” is so well to-day, that I have nothing to
“ You are from Denver?” do and was just wishing for company,”
“ Well, I took the cars there.” answered the lady.
“ I knew the fact from the register of | “ Thanks. We have brought a packet
the hotel you stopped at.’
“ Very well, if you knew it why
you ask?” said Mr. Wilson.
did I
“ You passed through Kansas City?” compliments, and
“ Yes, I passed through Kansas City.”
“ May I ask, as von aid so some weeks
since, why yon did not arrive here
er?”
“ As the subject seems to interest yon,
of late papers for Major Lawson. Mrs.
Coleman said he was anxious for all the
news. Will you give them with our
* 5 he
i will recieve us,
glad to pay our respects?
"1,” answered Mrs. Law-
Yes; I wil., w *»*«,. Han
son, taking the packet and message into
her son.
Well, Miss Feaster, how do you feel
and men surrendered; twenty killed, and fifty
__iparole
dispersed to their homes. The officers were
kept to be sent to prison or exchanged
The.command had but a few days before re
ys
ceived its arms and equipments, which were of
the very best, and the capture of so much ordi
nance will be a timely acquisition to the enemy.
The quartermaster stores sre also an important
item to them, and on this account it is to be de
plored—more than for the loss to ns.
The attack was a complete surprise, as no In
timation of Fesster’s presor.ee was had. In fac
until the camp had lurrendered, no one ha
ever seen or heard of such a man or his com'
m«nd. A sharp lookouthad been kept for Quai.
... . . . ^
trail and his cut-throats, and for JenThompson,
but no dancer was apprehended from any other
quarter.. After gathering the stores, distribut
ing such as he ccfUld not transport among the
S aroled troops, be moved off in the dlreotlon of
l(
lew Madrid.
The Union loes may be summed up as official-
a wounded
ly reported, as follows: Killed ana woauaca
seventy; officers captured, fifty-two; non-com
missioned officers and privates paroled, thirteen
hundred and forty; total in officers and men
killed and captured, one thousand four Hundred
and sixty-two. In armament, two 12 pound brass
field pieces, with caisons and 200 rounds of am
munition, 1400 stands of arms, the regimental
colors, 1500 horses with their equipments, nearly
100 wagons, sal of the camp equipages, and
' r gtoref>
small quantity of commissary
Credit is to be given the eL
care btisg taken of the woaw
enemy for tender
ded. They were
Lloo UUlOIUttU* i;
“ Oh, I will see,” turning to toe e<h
torial page. “Oh, yes, here it is,
Victory in Missouri:’ ’
Our telegraphic dispatches report a brlUiwt
victory in Missouri, happily iUuitrating f
prowess of Southern arms. This £*?i u ol ? r «r-
timely importance in the West, where our^
vice is so sadly in need of arms ud n”” 1 ,
As the dispatch to the Baltimore American*^
the Federal loss is not scarcely so(greatas ^
Confederate gain. Colonel.Pewter, wits^
gallant command, have rendered the Cornea
ate cause a signal service. In.ItsJin*i it
a more brilliant achievement than ‘jje
gloriously won In Virginia. is ceriaw
cheering to the Southern
news coming from the two uttermost' ^f oW ,
the Confederacy. A few more such siuniy
get Colonel Feaster’s official report of
for as our Richmond correspondent
enemy that could claim Bull Kun w
would hardly do Justice to any Southern t
ment. If Bull Run be a victory, what »
defeat be? :
“ Yes; that is well said,” comwen^
tho young man. “ We can ney j
the truth about it until we get L
Feaster’s report.” . „,bPtt<r
“But, Mrs. Walker, had we not
go back now and let papa hear t » s
news. I know he wffl shout,
Drucie rising.
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