"Are you the same officer, sir, who escaped from Elmira ?" "I am, sir," Vincent replied; "and at the same time aided in the escape of the man who denounced me to-day, and who then did his best to have me arrested by sending an anonymous letter stating the disguise in which I was making my way through the country.

I was not surprised to find that he had carried his treachery further, and was now fighting against the men whom he had formerly served." "He deserved the fate that has befallen him," the general said.

"Still this does not alter your position.

I regret that I must order my sentence to be carried out." "I do not blame you, sir.

I knew the risks I ran when I accepted the mission.