The Gavelyte, October 1914

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE 11 was so nearly dark, he coufd only distingui. h the slender boyish fig– ure in the rnddle. "What·s the orders?" ,he inquired. 'For General Sherman-directly," she answered, her heart 'beat– ing wildly, fearing detection. For a moment the guard hesitated, then gave the signal to advance. ::'\ear the General 's tent she dismounted and crept noiselessly toward the door of the tent. She nearly stumbled over a half-awake guard, at whi ch he arose hastily-his harn1 on his rifle. "Stop!" he cried. "Do not advance a step farther or I shoot." "It's a dispatch," answered Miriam, "with important papers for General Sherman." "A girl!" she heard the guard exclaim surprisedly. "'Yhat the But here the sleepy head of the General himself peeped out of the door. ' 1 \'i'hat's the trouble?" he asked?" Then, seeing ?vliriam, he drew back. "I must see General Sherman, for J have important news from General Grant. At that the G neral was alive. He hurried:y dressed and came out of the tent. "- -ews ?" he asked. "A girl-you. \Yhy, are Jou not a ,South– erner?" "Yes. I am" (she met his eyes squarely), "and I am proud of it. But even that would not deter me from my duty." And she handed him the papers. He glanceld at them, then at her. The importance and value of them overwhElmed him. "Thank God!" she heard him murmur. '·You have saved a battle! But tell me, how did you do it?'' And i\Jiriam told him about the Northern ~oldier. The commo– tioil in camp had aroused many of the sleeping soldiers anti they list– ened to her story. Then, when she had finished, they cheered her, one and all - the "Traitor to the South." General ,Sherman then gave the orders for immediate departure, for the papers hald been orders from General Grant, telling that the enemy was advancing from a dif– f rent direction, and had it not been for this brave Southern girl no doubt the famous 1 battle of "Look Out l\lountain," or as it is b tter known . "The Battle Above the l('loucls," would have beE:n victorious for the South . At length, after th great C'ivil War was over, and the 1 orth ,·ic:torious, my read rs will not b surpri be tl to know that a certain • 'ortlwrn i;oldi r won still another victory over a South rn girl, an that a certain Soutlwrn girl prov d (~ven a gr ater "Trailor to th ._,on th."