He then made his way on until compelled by his wound to lay up for six weeks in a lonely farmhouse near Mount Pleasant; that afterward, in the disguise of a young farmer, he had made a long detour across the Tennessee River and reached Georgia.
"When do you leave for the front, Captain Wingfield ?" "I shall be ready to start to-night, sir." "In that case I will trouble you to come here again this evening.

There will be a fast train going through with ammunition for Lee at ten o'clock, and I shall have a bag of dispatches for him, which I will trouble you to deliver.

You will find me here up to the last moment.

I will give orders that a horse-box be attached to the train." After expressing his thanks Vincent took his leave.

As he left the general's quarters, a young man, just alighting from his horse, gave a shout of greeting.
"Why, Wingfield, it is good to see you! I thought you were pining again in a Yankee dungeon, or had got knocked on the head crossing the lines.
Where have you sprung from, and when did you arrive ?" "I only got in yesterday after sundry adventures which I will tell you about presently.