The Colonel's Wife — page 46: what you’re looking at

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“THE FINDING OF THE DRUM-HEAD COURT, 39 ‘cousin of his. They had not met since boys together, but there nad. never been »much love lost between them. He shut his teeth hard and waited for what new developments the case would show. A short consul- tation ensued among the Confederate officers. John, with his hands bound and a guard on either side, ap- peared to take little interest in the proceedings until he was again brought forward to the fire, and found several pairs of keen eyes upon him. “Your name is John Emmett?’ was asked. ‘That 1s true.’? _“‘A Federal colonel doing duty as a spy?”? “T am an officer in the Union Army, but deny the -last part of your accusation.’? ‘“’Then why are you here?’? , Concealment was useless, since he felt that his cousin had already guessed his identity. ‘I desired to see my old home, and believed this place to be neutral ground,’’ he replied, boldly. The major laughed harshly, vindictively, John thought, and he could understand why, since it had developed that this man was a,suitor for the hand of . Mollie Granger, the Georgia girl, who only a few hours before had been made his wife through the decree of her father. “Vou are John Emmett Ridgeway, a cousin of Captain Crockett here?’ pursued the Confederate. ‘‘Tt would be useless to deny it. My presence here at my old home sets the seal of truth upon my asser- tion. Iamnospy.”’ . ‘That remains for us to decide. I am given power for such an emergency as this. You will have a chance for your ‘life, my dear colonel, but I wouldn’t want to discount your prospects for living. It wasa singular adventure, this night’s work of yours, but if. Basil Worden has any power in the game, our ~ €omicboo (S:CO