Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1919)

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Lewis suffered under their replies. For damning information against him came from the spiteful lips of Arrelsford. Realizing that he was losing ground and that any minute he might be taken away under guard, he sought to make one last effort to send the message that would perform his duty to his country. He reached over to the desk and laid his hand on the key. "Before we argue," he said to the General, "it is imperative that this message be (Totten off. It comes from the Secretary of War. Each moment counts. I — " But Arrelsford jerked his fingers off the key. "Let the General see that message," he snarled, snatching it up. "It's a forgery !" The General studied the signature. Then, turning to an orderly standing by, he snapped : "Take that to the Secretary's office at once. See if it is genuine." The fifteen minutes of waiting was an eternity of misery for the Northern spy. .^nd when the boy entered, he of course knew the report before he heard it: "The Secretary of War declares the order is a forgery." The General wheeled. "Captain Thome," he said, "you are under arrest for treason." Later, Lewis was taken to the Varney home for courtmartial. Because it would be necessary for the women to testify, and because he wished no undue publicity given to the event for their sakes, the General had so ordered it. Lewis admitted the truth to the girl — told her that he had worked for the sole endeavor to get the message over the wires so that Richmond could be taken. "My onV sor"ow," he said, "is that I must appear in such a contemptible light in your eyes." The trial was brief, machine-like. Lewis v/rs condemned to be shot as a spy. And frlend!c:s, he spent a sleepless night. Only one heart w"s with him. Old Jonas, knowing the verdict, had worked to bring about some means of escape for his "delibberer from de Nawlh." At the risk of his life he had crept over to the guns of the firmg squad, detailed for the shooting at daybreak, and extracting the bullets, substituted blank cartridges. Edith, haunting the lower halls during the long, insufferable night, surprised him at his secret task. "When dcy fire," he whispered, taking the girl into his confidence, "he must drap down I Then dey'll think he's dead and go 'way. He must be sure to drap. 0, Missy — dey'll let you speak to him ! For Gawd's sake, tell him to drap down 1" The girl, silent, passed on, not knowing what to do. But later on she managed to speak a moment with him, due to the deference of the Confederates, and she whispered the message from the old black. Lewis stared at her curiously. "Would you wish me to do th'.t?" he asked dully. She shook her head, mastering an overwhelming desire to say yes — to crush the man she loved in her arms. But instead she said: "I am merely telling you in payment of the debt we owe you for Howard's sake." Morning finally came — the morning of the day that was to sec the fall of Richmond. .Mready about the city on the firing lines the noise of battle was beginning as the blue squadrons pushed back the gray along the Mechanicsville Turnpike. The air was heavy with the thunder of guns as Lewis was led out from the Varney house into the garden that was planned to be his grave. An officer came galloping up to Lewis' guard. "Finish your work here," he said, "and then rush your men to the firing line. God knows we need them all — at once!" From a position on the porch of her home, Edith heard this order. And she heard more. For Lewis had fought out his battle of the night before and had determined not to take advantage of the girl's information. "Look to your rifles," Edith heard him say. "They've been tampered with !" The lieutenant in charge of the firing squad hesitated for a brief moment before he conveyed the astonishing advice to his men. Edith, overwhelmed by Lewis' stubborn decision, swayed weakly against the wall behind her, covering her eyes with her hands. Lewis' death was, she realized, to be the more unbearable a recollection now that he had so magnificently proven his worthiness to live. Had he actually been a coward, his passing would not have been so unacceptable. But— While the foregoing occurred, the Union lines had been steadily closing in about the city barricades. Positions fell, men scattered in panic, batteries were taken and turned back on the city they had protected. One company had taken a Confederate ] attery and turning the gun back on the city, made it an instrument that was to save the life of Captain Lewis Dumont. A shot shrieked suddenly into the dramatic tableaux of the garden, tearing up the earth and foliage and knocking the firing squad in all directions even as they had been about to fire at Lewis. Arrelsford, who had been standing triumphant, was knocked to the earth, a mangled h?ap. Lewis mercifully saved from actual injury, survived the shock, surveying the chaos about him. l:c was a free m~n, he realized. He could go now, if he chose. He turned his face about and saw, recoiling against the casement, the girl he loved. She was staring at him in a hypnotic trance. Stunned by the denouement of the past few moments, Lewis brushed his hand over his forehead, striving to reach decision. In that instant another squad of Southern offisers entered the garden, he.ded by Major General Randolph. At his side walked the form of Edith's mother. Her expression of anxiety changed to one of supreme ecstasy as she realized Lewis was stiil alive. It was quickly explained. Mrs. Varney had usad the influence of the family name with ti.e Major General to have Lav/is' sentence of death set aside, changed to a sentence of imprisonment until the war was over. Until the war was ovcrl Th. t loomol up as an interlude of sweet loneliness to tha southern girl, and her devoLion to the bra\-j man of the north would be strong enougii, she knew, to keep her happy, waiting for his eventual release. And even though the clash of North and South still reverberated through the garden as Lav,'is Dumont embraced his sweetheart, a refreshing impression of peace descended over the setting — perhaps the first feeling of security to visit Richmond in weeks. "Au revoir, then," breathed Edith as the guards tugged at Lewis' arm. And Lewis' face silently gave forth his response as his eyes followed her the length of the garden, whose flowers and wreckage were alike silvered and oddly blended in the polish of early morning sunlight. 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