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entire battery was turned against the fort, wbile a hundred dismounted men crept within rifle shot and opened a fire which obliged the defenders to remain inactive. Kenton knew that the fire wonld cease as a charge was about to be made. This, owing to the nature of the ground, coald only be made from one direction and by a dfiiall body of men. The lull cabje, and under cover of the Bmoke 200 ^dismounted men of the Fifth Michigan dashed forward. They were received by a volley which staggered and checked them, and while rallying the little band had time to reload. One more volley sent the troopers back to cover, and Steve, Brayton threw his bat into the air and shouted: "We uns has just licked the hall Yankee army right out of its bates and ar' gwine to march on Washington!"

Kenton expected another charge within 10 minutes, but instead of that Custer sent in a flag of truce and a demand to surrender. He stated that an attempt to hold the position after all the others bad been taken was simply a reckless waste ot human life. He knew their exact number and knew they had neither food nor water. They had proved themselves brave men, and be trusted they would now realize the situation and accept it as brave men should. Kenton read the note aloud, so that all could hear, and when h# had finished it he said: "We might stop another charge, but they are certain to capture us in the end. I advise surrender."

There were a few dissenters, but 15 minutes later the 22 men had marched out and grounded their arms in token of surrender. Their captors were men who could appreciate bravery, no matter by whom displayed. As the surrender was made 4,000 troopers waved their hats and cheered. "I am not an officer, and 1 therefore have noBword to surrender," said Kenton as General Custer rode to the head of the short line and seemed somewhat astonished to find only private soldiers. "But who commanded in there?" asked the general. "I gave what orders were given, sir." "Wei J. the southern confederacy made miHsof it in not making you a captain long ago. Had the other forts held out as pluckily as you did we should have had a hard tight to get at the stores." »Wiiilo a list of the prisoners was being made out and the arms collected the troopers turned their attention to the

etorcs.' The idea was not to remove but to destroy them. The quickest way to do it was to apply the torch, and in the courte of an hour everything was in L- Annie*. The Confederate major had, as stated. 8urr nlurt"i the fort ho occupied with about HOof the men without firing a shot. nmrtutf.jvryikl have

fas for the 8it1ihv/on"Wus nlnioafajteaneleaB. tj, That one of the forts should have held out and Unit the high private in command of it should havd been compli-, men tod for his bravery rankled in the major's heart. Ho received permission

to enter tile field where the rank and fllo wore Burrounded by a Federal guard, and searching oat Royal Kenton he angrily demanded: "By what authority did you presume to hold that fort after my surrender of the poet V" "We did not know that your surrender included more than the fort you were holding," replied Kenton. "Captain Wylo told me something about you before ho left," continued the major. Ho regarded you with the greatest suspicion. It would not have surprised me had you surrendered first of all." "I believe that honor was left to you, sir," quietly replied Kenton. "Hooray fur the Yank—three cheers fur Kenton!" shouted tho excitable Steve. And they were given by the whole force of Confederates with great enthusiasm. "I fully understand your motive, sir!" exclaimed the major when the cheering had ceased. "You simply wanted to reap little glory—to stand well in the estimation of your friends. Yon have accomplished it, but there will le a hereafter. The minute I am ox-

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you court martialed. If you don't conclude to remain among your Yankee friends, 1 shall" "Hear he uu talk like a tooll" interrupted Steve, treading army discipline under foot in his excitement "If the major hadn't surrendered befo' a man was hit, these Yanks couldn't 'a' got us in all day!" "That's sol That's so!" shoated a hundred men. And the entire lot began cheering for Steve Brayton. "And who are you, sir?" demanded tbe major, now pale with passion. "Private Steve Brayton, sir, of Captain Wyle's critter company, and I was left behind here because I was a friend of Kentou's," "Oh, I seel Well, I'll see to yoar case at tne same time." "Yes, and tell 'em thar's 15dead and wounded men to show what we uns did befo" wo surrendered," replied Stove. "Rush him! Rush him!" shoated the crowd, overcome by excitement and forgetting the respect dae an officer.

Tbe major backed away, bat in an instant he was carried off his feet and rushed to the sentry line, and when he picked himself tip off the grass he was braised and battered and his uniform in a very dilapidated condition. Groans and hisses followed him as be walked •way, and tbe laughter of the Federal troopers was in no sense a balm for bis raffled pride.

It was noon before tbe stores were destroyed and the list of prisoners com

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the neighborhood with about 200 men, and before be was driven off and the prisoners were ready to start down the valley under guard it was midafternoon. "Yank, I've beeif tbinkin this thing over," said Steve Brayton to Kenton as they moved off, "and I jest tell yo' we ar' in a fix. Wfeiiain't neither Federals nor Confeds any mo'!" "How do you mean?" "s

Why, if we uns stay yere, we'll be Held prisoners fur goodness knows how long, and if we git back to the Confediracy tbe major will make it hot fur as. Say, yo'! I don't know what yo're tbinkin of jest this very minit, but I want to ask yo' a straight question." "Go ahead." "Yo' won't git mad?"

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"No." "Waal, then, don't yo' come purty nfgb bein soft in the bead? We uns don't wantyo' on our side,and the Yanks hanker to shoot at yo' every show they git. If we uns don't want yo', what do yo' want to stay fur? If yo' don't want to fight agin us, why don't yo' sorter drop out of tb« hull bizness and let go like a coon fallin from a limb?"

CHAPTER XX.

Kenton made uo reply to Steve Brayton's inquiry, but the latter noticed a look on the young man's face he had never seen there before. The Virginian by adoption had pursued the course he thought was right. He had done bis duty under all circumstances and had been thoroughly loyal to the cause which he espoused. Those beside whom he fought had made every attempt to degrade and disgrslSfe him and drive him out of the service. If be had not enlisted, be wonld have been called a traitor and driven away from his home with bodily injury. He bad joined the ranks to be suspected and denounced. As the case now stood he could not leave the southern cause without being returned on the rolls as a deserter. If exchanged, he would be put on trial, and he realized that enough influence could be brought to bear to further disgrace him. "Look yere, Yank, what's botherin yo'r head?" asked Steve after a few minutes of silence. "A good many things," was the reply. "I've been figgerin a bit. Both Captain Wyle and the major are now down on yo'. If yo' ever gits back to tho Confederacy, they'll shet yo' up or shoot yo'. Can't yo' see it?" "It looks that way to me." "The Yanks may keep us six months, and doorin that time thar's goin to be a heap of lyin about yo' to that gal. She'll be told that yo' deserted or mebbo that yo' are dead. Yo' kin bet Captain Wylo won't let. no grass grow under his feet. I've hearn that she was over in the mountains." "Yes." "And I was told that Captain Wyle and his critter company had bin sent back yere to help hold Ahe Yankees. Can't yo' see?" "Yes, but I can't act." "Why not? It's comin on dark, and it's goin to rain. See how the line has straggled! Them bluecoats hain't got more'n one eye open. Tell yo' what my plan is. Let's make a dash fur it! It hain't over 20 miles to wbar yo'r gal is. Go'n see her. She's powerful level headed, and I reckon she may give yo' some good advice. Yo'll bev a show to yxplaiu things anyway, and that will make dough of the captain's cake." "And what about you?" asked Kenton. "Waal, I'd just as lief run up thar with*yo'. I ain't jest exactly satisfied about all this thing. Mebbe I'll surrender to the Yanks agin, and mebbe I'll go back to the company and let the major j)iIe it on and be hanged to him I I want a day or two to think it over. What do yo' say?" "I'm agreed," replied Kenton after a moment's thought. "That's bizness! Jest about 40 rods down yere I'll give yo' the word. We uns will break for them woods to tbe right We'll be fired on and mebbe killed, but we've got to take chances. Once we reach the woods we are safe."

The afternoon was rapidly fading into dusk, and a fine rain had begun to fall. The cavalrymen were strung oat so that there were gaps of several feet between horses, and as the prisoners were singing songs and seemed in good spirits the vigilance of the captors was naturally relaxed. The wall which inclosed the field on the right suddenly ended, and then came a field which was open because tho fencing had been used by soldiers fro. |one side or tbe other for their campfirej*/ It was a distance of about 80 toils to the edge of the woods, and it was likely they would not only .be fired on, but pursued by some of the troopers. Brayton stepped into the road ahead of Kenton, increased his pace to reach the center of a gap between two horsemen and suddenly threw up his hand as a signal.

Both men were well into the field and running at the top of their speed before an alarm was raised. Three or four of tbe troopers on that side opened fire with their carbines, bat pursuit was prevented by a dozen other prisoners evincing a disposition to also make a bolt Some of the half dozen ballets came unpleasantly near, bat not one struck the fugitives, and in two or three minutes tbey were safe in tbe woods. With darkness already at band, there was no fear of pursuit

Yank, we uns did that as neat as a b'ar backin down a bee tree!" said Stove as tbey stopped to recover their breath and shake bands. "And now what?" asked Kenton, "Now far tbe mountain!. Reckon we'd best put on steam and git oat o' this locality as soon as possible. I k&ow this ground and will lead tbe way."

Stopping to rest for a few minutes every boor or so, tbe pair held their coarse for tbe Alleghanies and about 3 o'clock in tbe morning turned into a thicket among the foothills to rest and sleep. It was still raining, and tbe night was raw and cold, bat they crept

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into the thick bashes and were soon fast asleep. It was 8 o'clock before they opened their eyes and then only because disturbed by a great clatter on the highway only a few yards (list*iit. Brayton was the first to move i*Jrwurd and make jan investigation. He returned in four or five minutes to say: "I can't jest make 'em out. Thar's aboot a hundred men, and all on critters, and the hull heap are southerners, bat only a few are in uniform. They can't be recruits goin to the army, because they are goin the wrong way." "It may be a Confederate raiding or scouting party," suggested Kenton. 'Mebbe so, but we uns don't want nuthin to do with 'em. fiang me if they hain't a bilious 109km lot!"

The fugitives waited for a quarter of an hour after the last hoof beats had died away and then stole oat into the highway. The rain had ceased, but it

Both men were running at the top of their speed before an alarm was raised. was a lowering morning, and they were sharp set for breakfast. The log house of a farmer was plain to view a quarter of a mile down the road, and they made sure they would find something to eat there. In a few words they agreed on the 8|'»ry they were to tell if ques tioned, and 10 minutes later they were at the door of the house. It was opened to them by the farmer's wife. She was a strong advocate of the southern cause, and the sight of their Confederate uniforms brought a cheerful invitation to enter and sit down to breakfast. "Don't you uns belong with that crowd which jest passed up the'road?" she asked as they fell to eating.

Steve Brayton took it upon himself to answer in the negative and then asked what crowd it was. "It's Kurnel Mosby and his gang. They hain't much on the fight, I reckon, but they do pester the Yankees like all git out. Most of 'em are farmers, and some of 'em live around yere. Whar did you uns cum from?"

Steve told her of the fight with Custer and their escape the night before, and she lifted her hands and cried out: "Then you uns dun seen the Yankees?" "Yes'm." "Reg'lar live Yankee sogers?" "Yes'm." "And yo' got away alive?" "Of co'se." "Waal, I wouldn't 'a' believed it! Mrs. Sam

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Breakfast had been finished when there came a knock at the door, and next momenta man in the uniform of a Confederate cavalry sergeant entered the cabin. He bad been sent back by Colonel Mosby, he said, to ask for the loan of a horse and equipments. He used the term "loan." but it was pretty plain that be meant to take no refusal. The woman replied that her husband had set out for Woodstock the night before on horseback, and therefore it was impossible to grant the colonel's request. The sergeant was going away without a word to our two friends, but after reaching his horse he returned apd asked: "What command do ycu fellers belong to?" "To Captain Wyle's cavalry company," replied Kenton. "Where is it?" "I don't know." "Humph! Whar yo'goin?" "None of yo'r bizness!" answered Steve, who bad been roiled by the ser gent's supercilious airs and lofty tone. "Oh, it bain', eh? Mebbe yo've got a pass in yo'r pocket to allow of yo'r rambling around tbe kentry? If so, I'll take a look at it." "Yo' hain't big enough!"

What! Now you uns either show a pass, or I'll take yo' along to Kurnel Mosby! He'll mighty soon find oat whar yo' belong!" "You see," began Kenton, who, realized that it was foolish to azoase tbe man's anger and suspicion, "we were guarding the stores at Harrisonburg, and the Federal cavalry came in yesterday and" "Whar's yo'r pass?" interrupted the sergant. "Whar's yo'rs?" demanded Steve. "Show yo'r pass, or I'll take yo' to the kernel!" "I should like to explain the case to yoa," said Kenton, motioning to Steve not to interrupt him. We are Confederate soldiers. We were captured at Harrisonburg by the Federals yesterday forenoon, but escaped at dark last night. Therefore we have no pass and do not need a pass." "Yo' may be all right and yo' may be a couple of Yankee spies!" replied the sergeant "If yo* are straight, yo'll come along with me and explain to the kurnel. 'Deed, but yo'^got to come, straight or crooked 1"

He had left bis revolver and carbine on tbe saddle. He started for bis botse, but Steve was there before him. Be had stepped softly out wbile Kenton was explaining and was now in possession of both firearms and a supply of ammunition. Even as tbe trooper reached tne gate Steve gave bis horse a •lap and sent him galloping away and then turned and asked: "Who's takin anybody to see the kurnel? Sorter "pears to me tbat yo've dan •tabbed yo'r toe and fell down!*1

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he was going to do, and his manner betrayed his anxiety. "Goin to git shet of yo' about the fust tbiDg!" answered Steve. "Left face! Forward march! Keep goin right down the road till yo' find tbe kurnel and then give him our love!"

The trooper marched away withont a backward look, and when he was lost to sight by a turn in the road Kenton said: "Steve, you did a bad thing for us. That whole crowd will be after us inside of a hour." "Don't holler befo' yo'r hit, Yank!" laughed Steve. "If we uns hadn't.tooken him, he'd hev tooken us, and besides that it suddenly occurred to me that we'd got to hev something toshootwith. Now, then, let's t^a-gettin straight up the mountain." pi?

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