The Apprentice
“How long have you been employed, Miss Baxter?” questioned the man who'd previously claimed to be employed by the New York gazette. He'd arrived last night with his expensive shoes and pristine garments, asked for his share of salted pork, then requested the cleanest cot in the whole infirmary. Now he sat with Margaret Baxter, still clothed in her apron that was once as white as snow but now stained with dried blood.
Originally, the reporter wanted to pester Miss Clara Barton, the woman who Margaret was apprenticed to, with his excessive questions. Clara Barton was no fool and had dealt with reporters that were as pesky as house flies before so instead, she chose Margaret to take her place in the reporter's interview. Margaret did not want …show more content…
It wasn’t until the two men revealed their own revolvers when Margaret’s responses kicked in. She reached for a pair of rusted scissors on the bedside table, turned her back to them and, in one swift gesture, stabbed the tent canvas and tore a hole. She bolted immediately, literally running for her life.
The field around her blurred into shades of verdant, sky blue, and scarlet as she sprinted. Margaret couldn’t tell if the soldiers were pursuing her, all she could hear were gunfire and the sound of her own breathing. She spotted carriages in the distance, about 50 yards away, and relief flooded her. There was hope, she could escape!
Suddenly, a blinding pain shot up her thigh causing her to trip over her own feet and stumble onto the ground face-first. The soldiers caught up to her in no time. One of them lifted Margaret up by the collar and pressed the cold barrel of his revolver to her head. Margaret’s eyes, locked with a soldier’s, were blank and her face unmoving.
“Margaret Baxter,” the man with the dagger spoke, “You are found guilty of assassinating the honorable General William Harrisburg. The Confederate States of America hereby sentences you to
“How long have you been employed, Miss Baxter?” questioned the man who'd previously claimed to be employed by the New York gazette. He'd arrived last night with his expensive shoes and pristine garments, asked for his share of salted pork, then requested the cleanest cot in the whole infirmary. Now he sat with Margaret Baxter, still clothed in her apron that was once as white as snow but now stained with dried blood.
Originally, the reporter wanted to pester Miss Clara Barton, the woman who Margaret was apprenticed to, with his excessive questions. Clara Barton was no fool and had dealt with reporters that were as pesky as house flies before so instead, she chose Margaret to take her place in the reporter's interview. Margaret did not want …show more content…
It wasn’t until the two men revealed their own revolvers when Margaret’s responses kicked in. She reached for a pair of rusted scissors on the bedside table, turned her back to them and, in one swift gesture, stabbed the tent canvas and tore a hole. She bolted immediately, literally running for her life.
The field around her blurred into shades of verdant, sky blue, and scarlet as she sprinted. Margaret couldn’t tell if the soldiers were pursuing her, all she could hear were gunfire and the sound of her own breathing. She spotted carriages in the distance, about 50 yards away, and relief flooded her. There was hope, she could escape!
Suddenly, a blinding pain shot up her thigh causing her to trip over her own feet and stumble onto the ground face-first. The soldiers caught up to her in no time. One of them lifted Margaret up by the collar and pressed the cold barrel of his revolver to her head. Margaret’s eyes, locked with a soldier’s, were blank and her face unmoving.
“Margaret Baxter,” the man with the dagger spoke, “You are found guilty of assassinating the honorable General William Harrisburg. The Confederate States of America hereby sentences you to