to Jackson, whether his friend had arrived there, he having promised
Harry to call on Dr. Humphries after they should arrive in the
Confederate lines. He was not aware of the wound his friend had
received, for though the Chicago papers made a notice of the attempted
escape, and wounding of one of the prisoners, the notice was never
seen by him, as he had no opportunity of getting a newspaper.

On arriving at Jackson, the evening after he had forwarded his
telegraphic dispatch, Harry found Dr. Humphries at the depot awaiting
his arrival. After they had exchanged hearty expressions of delight at
meeting each other again, they proceeded to the house where Emma was
anxiously looking out for her lover.

The customary salutations between lovers who have been separated being
over, Harry proceeded to give an account of his escape, which was
listened to with great interest by his hearers.

"By the way," he remarked, as soon as he had concluded, "has a soldier
giving his name as Wentworth, and claiming to be a friend of mine,
called here within the last ten days."

"No one has called here of that name," replied Dr. Humphries.

"I am very anxious to receive some intelligence of him," remarked
Harry, "He was the friend I mentioned, having made my escape with."

"He may have taken a different road to the one you pursued," Dr.
Humphries observed.

"If I were satisfied in my mind that he did escape safely, my fears