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Doubtless it gave the cue to Morgan's later and much less fortunate invasion of the North. Foremost in dash and daring among the cavalry leaders of the Confederacy was Lieutenant-General Nathan B. Forrest, a hero in the saddle, some of whose exploits were like the marvels of romance. There is one of his doings in particular which General Lord Wolseley says "reads like a romance."
When she consented finally to risk the money, she did not know that Willy Forrest was the man who laid against her horse, and that if she lost it would be to him. "The boss is good enough," he told himself, "but the near-off is dicky or I never saw one. She'll lose the money and the old boy will pay up if I compel her to ask him. That depends on the kid.
Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
First he would turn, running back a few rods; then he would whirl to give a moment's battle to Emperor. Emperor was following him doggedly. Phil decided that it was time to act. He rushed up to Emperor's head during one of these lulls and called commandingly. Emperor, with a sweep of his trunk, hurled Phil Forrest to the side of the street.
Is meat an' bread an' jam the end of it all, the meaning of life, the goal of existence? Surely the man will die, like a work horse dies, after a life of toil. And what end has been accomplished? Bread an' meat an' jam? Is that it? A full belly and shelter from the cold till one's body drops apart in the dark moldiness of the grave?" "But, Terrence, you, too, will die," Dick Forrest retorted.
Then Nashville fell, and, as I was making my way out of town afoot and trudging the Murfreesboro pike, Forrest, with his squadron just escaped from Fort Donelson, came thundering by, and I leaped into an empty saddle. A few days later Forrest, promoted to brigadier general, attached me to his staff, and the next six months it was mainly guerilla service, very much to my liking.
Battle of Franklin. "December 2. Reached Nashville. "December 6. Fenner's Battery was ordered to join General Forrest's command at Murfreesboro'; participated in the battle of Murfreesboro' on the 8th, and was still with Forrest when the battles of Nashville were fought, on the 15th and 16th, and the great retreat commenced.
"You may call it so if you like," he answered. "Personally, I should not be inclined to agree with you. You will be alive when you go into the sea. If you cannot swim, the fault is not ours." "And when, may I ask," Engleton continued, "do you propose to put into operation your amiable plan?" "Just whensoever we please, you d d obstinate young puppy!" Forrest cried, suddenly losing his nerve.
When Miss Forrest returned from her survey of the kitchen she had come straight to the corner of the hearth where Brown stood, and had taken the chair beside the one he had lately occupied. He was therefore beside her when he sat down to drink his coffee with his guests.
Many had been bruised as the canvas swept over them, knocking them flat and some falling all the way through between the seats to the ground, where they were in little danger. "Wait till the lights come! Phil! Phil!" Phil Forrest did not answer. He had been knocked clear into the center of the arena by a falling quarter pole, and stunned.
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