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CHAPTER IV.. Willard Glazier At School.

WILLARD GLAZIER AT SCHOOL.

School-days continued.--Boys will be boys.--Cornelius Carter, the teacher.--Young Willard's rebellion against injustice.-- Gum-chewing.--Laughable race through the snow.--The tumble into a snow-bank, and what came of it.--The runaway caught.--Explanation and reconciliation.--The new master, James Nichols.--"Spare the rod and spoil the child."--The age of chivalry not gone.--Magnanimity of a school-boy.--Friendship between Willard and Henry Abbott.--Good-bye to the "little deacon" 42

CHAPTER V.. Eccentricities of Henry Glazier.

ECCENTRICITIES OF HENRY GLAZIER.

Henry Glazier.--A singular character.--"Kaw-shaw-gan-ce" and "Quaw-taw-pee-ab."--Tom Lolar and Henry Glazier.--Attractive show-bills.--Billy Muldoon and his trombone.--Behind the scenes.--"Sound your G!"--The mysterious musician.--What happened to Billy.--"May the divil fly away wid ye!" 50

CHAPTER VI.. Visions of the Future.

VISIONS OF THE FUTURE.

The big uncle and the little nephew.--Exchange of ideas between the eccentric Henry Glazier and young Willard.--Inseparable companions.---Willard's early reading.--Favorite authors.-- Hero-worship of the first Napoleon and Charles XII. of Sweden.-- The genius of good and of evil.--Allen Wight.--A born teacher.-- Reverses of fortune.--The shadow on the home.--Willard's resolve to seek his fortune and what came of it.--The sleep under the trees.--The prodigal's return.--"All's well that ends well" 58

CHAPTER VII.. Willard Glazier At Home.

WILLARD GLAZIER AT HOME.

Out of boyhood.--Days of adolescence.--True family pride.--Schemes for the future.--Willard as a temperance advocate.--Watering his grandfather's whiskey.--The pump behind the hill.--The sleigh-ride by night.--The "shakedown" at Edward's.--Intoxicated by tobacco fumes.--The return ride.--Landed in a snow-bank.--Good-bye horses and sleigh!--Plodding through the snow 68

CHAPTER VIII.. Adventures--Equine and Bovine.

ADVENTURES--EQUINE AND BOVINE.

Ward Glazier moves to the Davis Place.--"Far in the lane a lonely house he found."--Who was Davis?--Description of the place.--A wild spot for a home.--Willard at work.--Adventure with an ox-team.--The road, the bridge and the stream.--"As an ox thirsteth for the water."--Dashed from a precipice!--Willard as a horse-tamer.-- "Chestnut Bess," the blooded mare.--The start for home.--"Bess" on the rampage.--A lightning dash.--The stooping arch.--Bruised and unconscious 75

CHAPTER IX.. The Young Trapper of the Oswegatchie.

THE YOUNG TRAPPER OF THE OSWEGATCHIE.

A plan of life.--Determination to procure an education.--A substitute at the plow.--His father acquiesces in his determination to become a trapper.--Life in the wild woods along the Oswegatchie.--The six "dead falls."--First success.--A fallacious calculation.--The goal attained.--Seventy-five dollars in hard cash!--Four terms of academic life.--The youthful rivals.--Lessons in elocution.--A fight with hair-brushes and chairs!--"The walking ghost of a kitchen fire."--Renewed friendship.--Teaching to obtain means for an education 87

CHAPTER X.. The Soldier School-Master.

THE SOLDIER SCHOOL-MASTER.

From boy to man.--The Lyceum debate.--Willard speaks for the slave.--Entrance to the State Normal School.--Reverses.--Fighting the world again.--Assistance from fair hands.--Willard meets Allen Barringer.--John Brown, and what Willard thought of him.--Principles above bribe.--Examination.--A sleepless night.--Haunted by the "ghost of possible defeat."--"Here is your certificate."--The school at Schodack Centre.--At the "Normal" again.--The Edwards School.--Thirty pupils at two dollars each.--The "soldier school-master."--Teachers at East Schodack.--The runaway ride.--Good-by mittens, robes and whip!--Close of school at East Schodack 102

CHAPTER XI.. Introduction to Military Life.

INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY LIFE.

The mutterings of war.--Enlistment.--At Camp Howe.--First experience as a soldier.--"One step to the front!"--Beyond Washington.--On guard.--Promotion.--Recruiting service.--The deserted home on Arlington Heights.--"How shall I behave in the coming battle?"--The brave Bayard.--On the march.--The stratagem at Falmouth Heights.--A brilliant charge.--After the battle 118

CHAPTER XII.. First Battle of Brandy Station.

FIRST BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION.

The sentinel's lonely round.--General Pope in command of the army.--Is gunboat service effective?--First cavalry battle of Brandy Station.--Under a rain of bullets.--Flipper's orchard.--"Bring on the brigade, boys!"--Capture of Confederate prisoners.--Story of a revolver.--Cedar Mountain.--Burial of the dead rebel.--Retreat from the Rapidan.--The riderless horse.--Death of Captain Walters 128

CHAPTER XIII.. Manassas and Fredericksburg.

MANASSAS AND FREDERICKSBURG.

Manassas.--The flying troops.--The unknown hero.--Desperate attempt to stop the retreat.--Recruiting the decimated ranks.--Fredericksburg.--Bravery of Meagher's brigade.--The impregnable heights.--The cost of battles.--Death of Bayard.--Outline of his life 135

CHAPTER XIV.. Unwritten History.

UNWRITTEN HISTORY.

"What boots a weapon in a withered hand?"--A thunderbolt wasted.--War upon hen-roosts.--A bit of unpublished history.--A fierce fight with Hampton's cavalry.--In one red burial blent.--From camp to home.--Troubles never come singly.--The combat.--The capture.--A superfluity of Confederate politeness.--Lights and shadows 144

CHAPTER XV.. The Capture.

THE CAPTURE.

A situation to try the stoutest hearts.--Hail Columbia!--Every man a hero.--Kilpatrick's ingenuity.--A pen-picture from "Soldiers of the Saddle."--Glazier thanked by his general.--Cessation of hostilities.--A black day.--Fitzhugh Lee proposes to crush Kilpatrick.--Kil's audacity.--Capture of Lieutenant Glazier.--Petty tyranny.--"Here, Yank, hand me that thar hat, and overcoat, and boots" 155

CHAPTER XVI.. Libby Prison.

LIBBY PRISON.

"All ye who enter here abandon hope."--Auld lang syne.--Major Turner.--Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.--Stoicism.--Glazier enters the prison-hospital--A charnel-house.--Rebel surgeons.-- Prison correspondence.--Specimen of a regulation letter.--The tailor's joke.--A Roland for an Oliver.--News of death.--Schemes for escape.--The freemasonry of misfortune.--Plot and counter-plot.--The pursuit of pleasure under difficulties 166

CHAPTER XVII.. Prison Life.

PRISON LIFE.

Mournful news.--How a brave man dies.--New Year's day.--Jolly under unfavorable circumstances.--Major Turner pays his respects.-- Punishment for singing "villainous Yankee songs."--Confederate General John Morgan.--Plans for escape.--Digging their way to freedom.--"Poet No. 1, All's well."--Yankee ingenuity.--The tunnel ready.--Muscle the trump card.--No respect to rank.--Sauve qui peut!--A strategic movement.--"Guards! guards!"--Absentees from muster.--Disappointed hopes.--Savage treatment of prisoners.--Was the prison mined? 179

CHAPTER XVIII.. Danville.--Macon.--Savannah.

DANVILLE.--MACON.--SAVANNAH.

Belle Boyd, the Confederate spy.--National characteristics.--Colonel Mosby.--Richmond to Danville.--Sleeping spoon-fashion.--Glazier's "corrective point" suffers.--Saltatory entrance to a railroad car.--Colonel Joselyn.--Sympathy of North Carolinians.--Ingenious efforts to escape.--Augusta.--Macon.--Turner again!--"Carelessness" with firearms.--Tunneling.--Religious revival.--Order from Confederate War Department.--Murder!--Fourth of July.--Macon to Savannah.--Camp Davidson.--More tunneling 194

CHAPTER XIX.. Under Fire At Charleston.

UNDER FIRE AT CHARLESTON.

Under siege.--Charleston Jail.--The Stars and Stripes.--Federal compliments.--Under the guns.--Roper Hospital.--Yellow Jack.--Sisters of Charity.--Rebel Christianity.--A Byronic stanza.--Charleston to Columbia.--"Camp Sorghum."--Nemesis.--Another dash for liberty.--Murder of Lieutenants Young and Parker.--Studying topography.--A vaticination.--Back to reality 206

CHAPTER XX.. The Escape From Columbia.

THE ESCAPE FROM COLUMBIA.

Mysterious voices.--"I reckon dey's Yankees."---"Who comes there?"--The Lady of the Manor.--A weird spectacle.--The struggle through the swamp.--A reflection on Southern swamps in general.--"Tired nature's sweet restorer" 221

CHAPTER XXI.. Loyalty of the Negroes.

LOYALTY OF THE NEGROES.

Startled by hounds.--An unpleasant predicament.--A Christian gentlewoman.--Appeal to Mrs. Colonel Taylor.--"She did all she could."--A meal fit for the gods.--Aunt Katy.--"Lor' bress ye, marsters!"--Uncle Zeb's prayer.--Hoe-cake and pinders.--Woodcraft versus astronomy.--Canine foes.--Characteristics of the slave.-- Meeting escaped prisoners.--Danger.--Retreat and concealment 228

CHAPTER XXII.. Progress of the Fugitives.

PROGRESS OF THE FUGITIVES.

Parting company.--Thirst and no water.--Hoping for the end.--The boy and the chicken.--Conversation of ladies overheard.--The fugitives pursued.--The sleeping village.--Captain Bryant.--The alba sus.--Justifiable murder, and a delicious meal.--Darkies and their prayers.--Man proposes; God disposes.--An adventure.--A ruse de guerre.--Across the Savannah 238

CHAPTER XXIII.. The Perils of an Escape.

THE PERILS OF AN ESCAPE.

Alligators.--A detachment of Southern chivalry.--A scare.--Repairs neatly executed.--Misery and despair.--Virtue its own reward.--Hunger and desperation.--Audacity.--A Confederate officer.--"A good Union man."--"Two sights and a jambye."--A narrow escape 249

CHAPTER XXIV.. Recaptured by a Confederate Outpost.

RECAPTURED BY A CONFEDERATE OUTPOST.

Fugitive slaves.--A rebel planter.--The big Ebenezer.--A sound of oars.--A ruse de guerre.--Burial of a dead soldier.--A free ride.--Groping in the dark.--"Who goes there!"--Recaptured.--Nil desperandum.--James Brooks.--Contraband of war.--Confederate murders.--In the saddle again.--A dash for freedom.--Again captured.--Tried as a spy 261

CHAPTER XXV.. Final Escape From Captivity.

FINAL ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY.

In jail.--White trash.--Yankees.--Off to Waynesboro.--No rations.--Calling the roll.--Sylvania.--Plan for escape.--Lieutenant John W. Wright.--A desperate project.--Escaped!--Giving chase.--The pursuers baffled.--Old Richard.--"Pooty hard case, massa."--Rebel deserters.--The sound of cannon.--Personating a rebel officer.--Mrs. Keyton.--Renewed hope.--A Confederate outpost.--Bloodhounds.--Uncle Philip.--March Dasher.--Suspicion disarmed.--"Now I'ze ready, gemmen."--Stars and stripes.--Glorious freedom.--Home 274

CHAPTER XXVI. Glazier Re-Enters the Service.

GLAZIER RE-ENTERS THE SERVICE.

Glazier's determination to re-enter the army.--Letter to Colonel Harhaus.--Testimonial from Colonel Clarence Buel.--Letter from Hon. Martin I. Townsend to governor of New York.--Letter from General Davies.--Letter from General Kilpatrick.--Application for new commission successful.--Home.--The mother fails to recognize her son.--Supposed to be dead.--Recognized by his sister Marjorie.--Filial and fraternal love.--Reports himself to his commanding officer for duty.--Close of the war and of Glazier's military career.--Seeks a new object in life.--An idea occurs to him.--Becomes an author, and finds a publisher 295

CHAPTER XXVII.. Career As an Author.

CAREER AS AN AUTHOR.

Glazier in search of a publisher for "Capture, Prison-Pen and Escape."--Spends his last dollar.--Lieutenant Richardson a friend in need.--Joel Munsell, of Albany, consents to publish.--The author solicits subscriptions for his work before publication.-- Succeeds.--Captain Hampton.--R. H. Ferguson.--Captain F. C. Lord.--Publication and sale of first edition.--Great success.--Pays his publisher in full.--Still greater successes.--Finally attains an enormous sale.--Style of the work.--Extracts.--Opinions of the press 304

CHAPTER XXVIII.. "three Years in the Federal Cavalry."

"THREE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL CAVALRY."

Another work by Captain Glazier.--"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry."--Daring deeds of the Light Dragoons.--Extracts from the work.--Night attack on Falmouth Heights.--Kilpatrick's stratagem.--Flight of the enemy.--Capture of Falmouth.--Burial of Lieutenant Decker.--Incidents at "Brandy Station."--"Harris Light" and "Tenth New York."--"Men of Maine, you must save the day!"--Position won.--Some press reviews of the work 313

CHAPTER XXIX.. "battles for the Union."

"BATTLES FOR THE UNION."

"Battles for the Union."--Extracts.--Bull Run.--Brandy Station.--Manassas.--Gettysburg.--Pittsburg Landing.--Surrender of General Lee.--Opinions of the press.--Philadelphia "North American."--Pittsburg "Commercial."--Chicago "Inter-Ocean."-- Scranton "Republican."--Wilkes-Barre "Record of the Times."--Reading "Eagle."--Albany "Evening Journal" 322

CHAPTER XXX.. "heroes of Three Wars."

"HEROES OF THREE WARS."

Literary zeal.--"Heroes of Three Wars."--Extract from preface.--Sale of the work.--Extracts: Washington.--Winfield Scott.--Zachary Taylor.--Grant.--Sheridan.--Kilpatrick.--Press reviews, a few out of many: Boston "Transcript."--Chicago "Inter-Ocean."--Baltimore "Sun."--Philadelphia "Times."--Cincinnati "Enquirer."--Worcester "Spy."--Pittsburg "Gazette" 341

CHAPTER XXXI.. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback.

OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK.

From Boston to San Francisco.--An unparalleled ride.--Object of the journey.--Novel lecture tour.--Captain Frank M. Clark.--"Echoes from the Revolution."--Lecture at Tremont Temple.--Captain Theodore L. Kelly.--A success.--Proceeds of lecture.--Edward F. Rollins.--Extracts from first lecture.--Press notices 364

CHAPTER XXXII.. Boston to Chicago.

BOSTON TO CHICAGO.

In the saddle.--Bunker Hill.--Arrives in Albany.--Reminiscences.-- The Soldiers' Home.--Contributions for erecting Soldiers' Home.--Reception at Rochester.--Buffalo.--Dunkirk.--Swanville.-- Cleveland.--Massacre of General Custer.--Monroe.--Lectures for Custer Monument.--Father of General Custer.--Detroit.-- Kalamazoo.--An adventure.--Gives "Paul Revere" a rest.--Decatur.-- Niles.--Michigan City.--Chicago 376

CHAPTER XXXIII.. Chicago to Omaha.

CHICAGO TO OMAHA.

Returns to Michigan City.--Joliet.--Thomas Babcock.--Herbert Glazier.--Ottawa.--La Salle.--Colonel Stevens.--Press Notice.--Taken for a highwayman.--Milan.--Davenport.--Press Notice.--Iowa City.--Des Moines.--Press Notice.--Attacked by prairie wolves.--Council Bluffs.--Omaha 401

CHAPTER XXXIV.. Captain Glazier Captured by Indians.

CAPTAIN GLAZIER CAPTURED BY INDIANS.

Captain Glazier as a horseman.--Cheyenne.--Two herders.--Captured by Indians.--Torture and death of a herder.--Escape.--Ogden.-- Letter to Major Hessler.--Kelton.--Terrace.--Wells.--Halleck.-- Elko.--Palisade.--Argenta.--Battle Mountain.--Golconda.--Humboldt.-- "The majesty of the law."--Lovelock's.--White Plains.--Desert.-- Wadsworth.--Truckee.--Summit.--Sacramento.--Brighton.-- Stockton.--SAN FRANCISCO 410

CHAPTER XXXV.. Return From California.

RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA.

Returns to the East by the "Iron Horse."--Boston Transcript on the journey on horseback.--Resumes literary work.--"Peculiarities of American Cities."--Preface to book.--A domestic incident.--A worthy son.--Claims of parents.--Purchases the Old Homestead, and presents it to his father and mother.--Letter to his parents.--The end 431

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