Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 80: what you’re looking at

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c WITHIN A NOOSE, — | 73 The captain did not reply to this. “'*You have acted as a scout for Sheridan, have you not?’ “Perhaps I have.’? ‘“‘In a word, sir, you are a spy!” ‘You are wrong!”’ ‘‘T am satisfied you are.’’ ‘‘T am not in a position to argue the matter,’’ said Royal, ‘‘but, nevertheless, I swear you are entirely wrong in-stch a declaration.’ ‘“The fate of aspy is death,’’ said the colonel, with a gleam of exultation in his eyes. ‘‘I must be proved to be such.’? ‘“We shall see.’ Colonel Trafton rode aside with the captain, and consulted with him for some minutes earnestly. ‘Perfectly right and proper, of course,’’ answered the captain, to a question from his superior. ‘‘If you have met this fellow before, and know that he has - acted the spy, I see no reason why he should not suffer for it.’ “The Yankee general is making it hot for us in the valley just now, besides burning and destroying everything he can lay hands on. ‘‘And you say this fellow has put to death some of our men ?”’ “Ves: he shot four of my troopers a short time ago, and would have escaped but-for your timely ap- pearance. | ‘He is a desperate rascal, it appears, colonel,”’ said the officer. } ‘He should be made an example of.’’ ‘“‘T quite agree with you, colonel.”’ The two men then rode back to the command. Colonel Trafton dismounted and secured his horse to a sapling near by; then he faced the prisoner. ‘‘Captain, we have been discussing your case.” ‘‘T surmised as much, Have you cont inaes to re- comicbooks (e(0)