Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 149: what you’re looking at

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142 THE “LOYAL TIGERS.” high time he was at the front, and he was anxitios to gO. “You escaped after all?” said the captain. ‘‘I con- fess that I was deeply troubled on your account, Moses.’’ ‘“So deeply that you failed to come around and in- quire,’’ retorted oval Mose,’’ with a low laugh. “T declare——”’ “‘Not a word, my dear Rov al. I know all you would say. Duty held you in other parts. Of course I knew this, and besides, if I had been killed that day of course your returning would have been worse than useless; but I escaped. How, do you think?” cee | cannot even guess. ”’ ‘Bertha——”’ “What, did she——”’ “She saved my life a second time. She’s a brave girl, Royal, one worthy to become a general’s wife. I swear, I came near falling over ears in love with her myself.’? “Why didn’t you ?”? ‘“T wo considerations prevented. ”? Re Ae 1)? ‘“She was in love, but not with me, sn I—well, I left a girl in Maryland, Rose Anderson; perhaps you have heard me speak of her? No? Well, it’s a fact; but this will never do; I must to the front, and give ‘the traitors a taste of cold steel. I hope to meet Colonel Trafton——”’ ‘You will not meet him, Moses.’’ “Why not? Such a thing is not impossible.’ ‘Quite impossible,’’ answered the captain. ‘‘Colo- nel Trafton is dead.” ‘“Dead! Are you sture?”’ ‘Tam; I killed him myseif.”’ ‘‘TLoyal Mose’? seemed amazed at the news. ‘Captain Chetwood, 1 thought you promised to rae) ~- comicbooks