"_Yes, you want to see him!_ You'll go to the guard-house!" "No I won't!" "Who are you?" he demanded. "You give me those two guards and send me to General Hurlbut, and find out who I am!" "Guards," said he, "take him off; take him down to General Hurlbut's. I don't know who the h--l he is!" The guards took me to the General's quarters, and one of them went in and told the General that they had got a fellow that they had captured at the picket-line, and that he was dressed like a rebel soldier, and that the Provost-marshal could not find out who he was, and had sent him there. The General came out of the tent, and, seeing who it was, said: "Ah, yes! I know him! Guards you can go to your quarters." "Hold on, General," said I; "the Captain that had command of those guards took a revolver away from me that belongs to Colonel Force, and took my pocket-book, and every thing else I had in my pockets." "What kind of d--d thieving and robbing will take place next! Guards, go and tell that Captain to march his men up here!" In a few minutes, the Captain marched his men into the yard and formed them in a line; when that was done, "Captain," said the General, "give that man the things that you robbed him of!" The Captain handed out the articles, one after another, and last of all he handed me _an old fine-tooth comb_! That was too much for the equanimity of the officers and men that were looking on, and they burst into a roar of laughter. The poor Captain looked as if he would sink into the earth. "That will do," said the General, when he had handed me all; "you can dismiss your men." I told General Hurlbut the result of my trip, and he complimented me very highly upon my success, and then gave me a "little smile" of brandy and loaf sugar, and a pass to Grand Junction. The pass saved me any further annoyance by the Federal pickets, and Dr. Biggs from the trouble of visiting the guard-house with "commissary supplies." I reported my trip to General Leggett, and, for some reason, the brigade did not vacate the place for more than two weeks after. CHAPTER V. Fired at by a citizen--The sick overseer--How he was cured--Pickets fired on--Trip to White Church--Visits General Van Dorn--Meets a rebel spy--Reports to General Leggett--Grand Junction evacuated--Again sees the rebel spy--Attempt to arrest him--Drinks wine with the rebel General Jackson--Discovers a hole in the fence.