Laidlaw chronicle. (Laidlaw, Crook County, Or.) 1905-19??, May 28, 1903, Image 8

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    "That*L' do. captain.” he salvi r t bist.
out th* mortar with a Jackknife.
NOT IN WOMAN’S CLOTHES
•Let hltu up. H e ’s only n fool who
they removed the brick# t»ne by on*
i.vesu't know enough to attend to b li
from the hack o f the large open fire­
Jett Cavia W o re a Fantsatio Coal, but
awn business and leave others to at­
place.
When morning cam * they re­
It Was * Man's.
tend to theirs. You're lucky to escape
placed tbe lirlcksai.il llllisl III* crovl.'ea
Recently tin* IliaiUui He ra ld putiiiwli-
I halUT. and you'd have been dead la-
with soot which they hail taken tho Its Ranks A r e Getting Thin,
A n Original Story o f the fore this If they'd have found out you
rd an lutc rvlew with L C. llulemati o f
precaution to col I,*vl beforehand on u
Allbiirii, M r , u »vivrai» o f tin- c iv il
but Its Heart» A r e
were a man "
Then, turning to me
. blanket
A fte r several nights' work
Civil W a r by Orm sby
i war, in w l i i i b Mr llalruia ii alateti that
he said: "T h is last blunder ts tvs* much
' they had nit S stupe.! passage down
Yonnii us Ever.
Death o f General T h o m as E. which they einilil descend to Mats hell
M a c K n ig h t .
, the story that JrlTcraou I 'll v la. the lead
Report to your captain under arreni
! i t o l the It* t cause, when cuplurnl by
th e most I can do with you is to try
by means o f their ro(»e bidder.
Rose Recali-* Durimi D « *d
! tbu Union i i i m »| m wu* t l i e a ■«', I In won»-
Wr ain't a Handin' army now.
The « a ll of that cast cellar had to
H E older v.e grow the firmer be­ you for deserting your pi, ket tust, bui
«'li e clot Idi:* Is s my th
o
f
thè
D
u
rk
Days.
I
l>e
broken
Iu
three
place«
befkirc
n
In (act, we're gray and lame,
comes the conviction that we that I'll do."
Tht' Hera ld Inte rview wus w id ely
H ow ever, he thought better o f ll
¡p lace was found where tint earth A trifle stiff about the knees
had Is'tter keep wltlnu the
copied, and Mr. Ilate man received
for
It
would
have
I
n v ìi baivi t" convict
would
su|>|H
>rt
u
tunnel.
Rose
dug
as
hom as
e . uose , u
s
a ..
strict limits of duty.
I once
m an) letters regar,ling th* matter. Mini
And shakin' in our aim.
l>rv» et brlgadler generai, re- alduously. while Hamilton faulted air
bush'd ui>self a lK>ut lo rtw tin g itn evil me since all I had done was through
alinoli without exception they are fn
llrcd. vvho dlisl In Washington Iu to him nn.l dragged the excavated
mill instead o f receiving thanks for Ignorance. The spy was young Mile-
It'i in that knew the bitter dayi; : vendile to hla aide o f the eontnivers.v
oli Ih v 1S last, lisi thè party i.f material oil! ns fust a* ll was rvaily.
doing iu got nothin* but kicks and «Tacken o f his sia IT, one o f the most
I One letter »van from f a p tu l n It l>
It's ui that we.it to die.
Without
the
artificial
veutiiatlon
the
daring
boys
In
the
army.
He
had
slg
Union »ol.llcrs « h o dug tild i «a > ,u i
cuffs. That was when I was u very
¡ llryunt, sheriff o f Jnt kaou county. M o .
I gueii w » 'i t i right to about
young man. Siuis? tbcu I have known ualcd the Confederates to galli their o f Ilb b y (»risoti ilurlng th* • i\il w ,r tall.uv ,1 ip by which Mo«* Worked
j Iu which, am ong other IbliiK" hr aal«l:
!
Would
go
out
aud
Hone
would
sulTo-
confidence
preparatory
to
going
into
snys
thè
New
York
I
venlog
I’
•
l
When f,buy flutters by-
better.
“ I was a coiniutaabmr«l officer o f the
Had 1
A wish I cii I hh which had becu
tìcneral Itosi' «tu* cu;»
Ih» cate
I was « private In the 1'ill on army tbetr lines for Information.
I T w e l f t h Multie regliueut and was with
uacvl
as
a
sptit.Niu
serv.sl
very
well
to
uot
given
him
sw
ay
he
would
ha'k'
battio o f Clilv k nn.nua
! ’ • .,
operatin* Iu Virginia. While we werx
tht* regliueut at Augunla. Uu
v bell
drnn tho earth out o f the passage
gone back with a full knowledge of Woltloti, S « '. « a * ret i u
-
Iu camp between inarches and sklr
Jeffenniu l u , l* was brought In In Id*
I
way.
part
o
f
tIn*
precious
ro|>*
having
the
enemy’s
strength
and
positU'a
day and »««ut lo l.ibtiy prl -vii un
niishes I was one day on picket w hen
captors
I rem ember ibe lucid nt very
I becu ulla.'hc.l to It to enable the out
That was forty-five years ago Sin e 1. IS«£l.
1 saw a Rirl up in s tree lushing s,g
well, nu,I your lulervatlng ator.i M»vnk
nais to the enemy
She thought she theu I have attended to my own busi­
The forlorii ctiinlltlons at I.ibby p :U i side worker to pull It out aud In turn
eu* n s I i i u i I n ring uieuuiry of tlmae *llr
tbe dlgKiT t(l I’ ldi It In. As fast ns
was concealed from our picket Une ness.
on In ISil! are well k n o « n. The bulli!
rlu i times
the
earth
was
taken
out
It
was
hid
by the branches. So she w h s . from
Ing liscif was un old shlp'a chaudlery
“ I, tu», m i w Mr l i a v l * and Ills eidli-v
every one but me
between her uud
wniv botine.
ombra. Ing
ulne
Inrg# deu under a deep layer o f filthy hay
party uud Imd conversation with Sic
HOW
IT
FEELS
TO
BE
SHOT.
me wus an opening Ju»l big enough for
rooms. luto w tildi wetv •*n»w«l«il 1 '_\k» Which covered the floor o f the ituuip
plicus nini oilie r « o f Ihe «llatlngulslie I
me to see her w igw agging with n Eiporiseco of Edgar Van Etten. Now prtaoiu-n* iju .irtori « o r e ».» crump.-d Cellar
(»risoli.T i
The average diameter o f the tuunel
white handkerchief
I should have
that tl»e In liu to» liu.l to *leep “ «p k » u
“ I spoke tu lluvia, but he wus reti
N tw York Control Official.
wus about tw o feet.
As the work
called the eorj'onil of the guard and
ceni nini illulm lined to notice me
Edgar \ar. F'ten. vice president of fashion.” h«'nd ti» head aud fci't lo
prog
leased
ll
»
a
*
pushed
with
greater
re|K>rted the matter; hut. thinking I
" I w n i officer o f the guard by rcjru
the X rw York Central and Hudson feet. Ili sqiia.la. There « a a n«» fu m i
tunic
Usually one man would dig
might win promotion for myself by at­
lur detail till* day. wldeti g a v e me van
Uiver railroad, w ho. while but eighteen tur«* In thè bulldiug. ami ouly a few
tending to tlie matter personally. 1 left
o f thè eurly «liniera posse—>d su h uiul fill the spittoon with n il lb. nt n
tage opportunities that I uilglit not
years of age. was « captain la the L’ ti
given signal a sec.md would draw the
uiy post, went to the tree, ordered the
otherw ise have bail
I w i n nl-Miil (lie
lou army, tells this experience of his luxuries ns olii armv blaukcts or
girl down and marched her to tin* head­
knives. cii|»s or tin pi :to*
As a rule. spittoon out. a third uinu would keep
I'l.inter anil l,*>U In ev ery th in g Insight
I iu the battle of Kpoitsylvnniu:
the n:r moving by fanuiug II with a
quarters o f the general commanding.
nnd soin* th in g » that weren't
Ha'verul
"O ne bullet which liad struck the th* prlsoner t»y thè lim e he machod
rut,Per blanket, a fourth would net as
The general took her in charge, then
officers o f our regliueut ac«oni(>atil*il
ground In front anil was partially l.itlby fon mi hlniM-lf ilc(»rl\ed o f all
relief, while a fifth
wouid keep
rated me soundly for leaving my post.
the I'l.m ter i'll tlie lrl|i with Its pre
s[>ent struck tue with considerable thesc «econteriiici.ta
1 was arrested for a breach of duty,
i loin eurgo o f I II *d e fu n c t l 'sitifederai ) -.
Outalde thè prtsou tn tiie *>uth was guard. As there were tlfteeu In the
force Ju»t Udow the k n w and. running
plot, the) were able to work iu three
hut was soon a fter released with s
"Y m t r deacrtplliHi of Mr I »s v i» In
hard as 1 was at that time, tumbled tue a cau.il. In wet «o n iiic r thè .s-llar of
rota\*. The work was fearfully mo­
reprimand.
surtout nnd cavalry Imots tallies ex-
aii in u heap. I never shall forget the
A few weeks later came a fight In
notonous. however.
Abaolute silence
lu tly -wItU my retiiemliriiii, e of ids nl
sensation
The bullet l:n.I struck with
which, with otlh'rs. 1 was tnken prison­
was necessary, uud w hen the men ! h >-
tire, and I have a l w u y i uinlntalu«*l
such force that tuy .eg front the knee
er. W e were kept temporarily in un
came separated they hud to fiu.l »-a b
that a m lit.ike lua gone nlmaid con
down was apparently gone
1 can re
open held waiting irnnHjioriatioti south
other by groping aruuud in the dark
cerulng Ids caldure In fviiiule garb
member well that as 1 fell I saw the
when who should pasa by ou the road
DCS*.
*'l n!*o converned will» «e v e n ti o f Id*
suu. a great red had. Iu the h,'t July
but tbe g :rl I
5 - >
N UN i
The rules o f thn prtnon re.(ulre*l that
i nptorx
In fact ou r o f Ihe officer» o f
sky. halfway down behind the hociXon
had seen w ig ­
th«> priaoniTM should tw counted tw l.o
l.leutennnt f'olonel I'rlt, l u n l * c o m ­
The first thing that earn* to ray mind
wagging to the
a day. T o account for the absence o f
mand was a guest si our headquarter»,
was: 'You |>oor devil, you have ost a
enemy. She saw
the hve men who were at work each
sud In- did not mention any i » * ullarlty
leg. aud what will mother say when
me.
reeognirad
day their comrade« resorted to various
of d r e * other tti.iu the rattier fnutaallc
she hears that you lire allotV You a.e
me. but pu.*sed
"repeating " device« and managed to bo
c o j t com ing well dow n to tbe feet
badly wounded, and ivrtiaps you will
oa .¡uickly with­
counted twice iu sutlirleut uuinliers to
" A bum d ille » surely d o creep Into ids
die. Certainly it means going t.* the
out noticing me.
make up the delleteucy.
tory.”
hospital and amputation, which. If you
"There's o n e
The whole plot t n « nearly upset by
"ri'»K » s «>M.r a new *>r oa i . ket ’
survive, means a wooden leg or u
of your spies,”
H am ilton'« t-ugerness to acv it brought
WAITED FORTY YEARS.
crutch all o f your life.’ it -«vn u to me
We
re peltin' icarce; but, blew yer
1 remarked to a
to a successful end. living certain that
now that a thousand thougins of Uiis
heart.
C on fe d e ra te
the tunnel was sufficiently long, be dug
R a m i n : « IntsrruptsiJ by W i r R i n . w c i i
kind r.iu through my uiin.l and foi
If country called for men
guard.
" I saw
upward, contrary to Muse's counsel,
In Lda'a Wintsr.
fu'.y teu minutes, a.though I know
her one day in
We'd nga the roll ’ Age twenty-
aud found, to In* dismay, that the h o le
Not long ug i w in |»erfi»rm«il Iu Wuah-
that It was less than ten seconds: then
the I'nion lines
ho hud brukeu was outside the shed iu
one,"
lugtou a wevldlug ceremony wh lcb w a »
1 reached ilu su to feel how milch of
making signa.s
plain view o f th« sentinels if they
p< e t poniti more than twiak'or* y e a r »
the leg was gone, and to my surpttse
And
iave
that
flag
again!
to your men
I
c!i»se to untie* it. Muse then push»*«!
ago bv the c iv il war.
l found It all there. I pin I un I it and
—
Wallace
Irwia
in
Collier'«
turned her over
an old shoe through the hole aud Ihv
feit of it nn,l shouted for Jo/ aud gut
T h e hridegrooin w n i »I x t y and gray.
to our gene nil
Weekly.
next day by looking out an upper w in ­
I l l * Inule ulso w u i »I x t y ntwl gray.
tip and llmpod on after the boys.
and b u p p osed
dow saw where the old shoe lay aud
Rolli werv a* happy n« they w * i *
"\Ve captured the earthwork and
shed been put
made a recalculation.
LONG SEARCH REWARDED.
when ni (d n y m a te » they lonkrd f o r ­
•Irove out the Johnnies, but. follow ¡ug
out of the way
On Saturday. FeU (V
it seemed
ward to au «-arly aiartiage
them too far, met a countercharge a.ui
"Tiin-iE's one c r
'uf doiugany fur-
almost certain that the Confederates P ictu re Found sn So ldier’s Body at
W hen Jnuie» 111 fluey e u l l i t « l as a
were
driven
back
to
our
side
o
f
the
rour. spie s .”
|ther damage. I
had discovered tho plot. Itose decided
Last Idsntifisd.
private In t'ompuuy K. F i f t h e a i a l r y .
earthwork. By this time it hud tvecome ■
jrne-s she escaped, after all.”
tr- puab tho work to an Immediate von-
A dnguerreot)|i* o f n young man nn«t o f Wash ingto n uud riale a w a y to up
1 almost dark, anil the Johnnies, with a
W ithout making any reply to dm the
i-.daioo.
Uu Sunday Mats' hell was a girl tnken from IU* In ti) o f a Uul«»u b o l i the enraie o f the Union he left lie
\ yell, charged down to the other side of
soldier called for tlie officer com:nand-
usually neglected by tbe Confederate*, soldier on th* bam cflrM o f Chancel- , bind litui ■ you ng girl, but be c s rrlit l
i the earthwork, but we held our own.
Ing the guard. 1 saw him point to the
and M o«« ci.lvr.-d th « tuuuel aud work
lorsylile during the ilv ll » n r hit* l.rru with him her promise to writ him
and all ulght long both sides lay with
girl and say Bomethicg. wh«Teu[mn
«d nil day without food or rest, accom­ rrturuvd lo Ihe girl iu the picture. Mrs. ■nun a* th * war w a » o v e r Uaffiury r e ­
their bai ks .ignin.it the earthwork I< m 1-
l
o
o
t
.
A
lu
rocueu
o
ve
»
the officer went rapidly after her.
plishing tw ice tbe distance that uuy T \V. Stowe o f Milford. Conn., after n main,*! n soldier from tlie beginning
Ing and firing over their heads At 2
HIM.
Tbe nest day the officer came to me
digger mid done up to that time. Tbe search laatlug thirty three years.
o'clock In the morning, however, we
to the end o f the war. W h e n b * return ­
the prison would become fio.si«sl with earth was composed o f dense, hard
and thanked me for putting him oh to
Furnier I're* bolder Edgar H'hrlt*- ed to Washington be was unable to
I dug through a u j captured tw o o f their
u Union spy. 1 asked him to explain,
water, und platooua of hoary ruts i sarnl The only implement was a broad uour. u ailnernl water tnauufat'turrr o f
guns, but they g.'t away with the oth­
And h l i «iveeth«*nrt.
und he said that on my Information
em ergid from Us ancient walla on • bLaded cold chisel
I'nlcrsou. N J . and Hawthorne, con-
In bis disappointment he d rif te d
ers when they evacuated. My leg was
the girl had tveeu arrested She ha-1
the surface o f the tide
The eastern- j Uu Monduy morning Muse again de­ duct«*i th* svarch for the owner o f the
s w n y from the city sud finally located
swollen so that I could not stand upon
been loitering statut their camp, nn.1
most collar was the worst and was > scended to tbe work. It was the arveu- pit lure.
In I ’lttsburg
In a fe w years Uaffut-y
| It. 1 was carried to ibe hospital, and
complete Information was found upon
known as Mats’ hell.
tevutii «lay o f that tunnel, and Rose
The daguerreotype rnme Into the t«n- married, and he tiki not rrturn to
heroic treatment was applied, which
|
her as to every corps prêtent. Includ­
ir o o i the first day o f hls lucurcera- resolved that It should be the last,
sc* .kiu o f Mr U hriteuour through lit* Washington until sis mouths ago.
was to let cold water drop upon It an
ing artillery an j cavalry. The general
Mrs. U hrltenonr’s father, N. When he did so he w a i ■ » Slower
hour at a time. It seems to me now. as tlou Muse's mind turned to tla.lights o f I p Utu * u hour after midnight hla w ife
commanding was puzzbd what to do
I think o f It. the pain was such that I escape, and all through the course of j Worh want oa. Hose was nearly a Barnes, who was a tnemlwr o f the I I - had I sn - u there hut a short tim o
with her since she was a woman, and
Thlrt«*eiith New Jers«') v«»lunt<*ers. was when he found the r>hj«*ct o f Ida »e o r c h
wocid rather have lost my leg but two the partly successful plot he was the physical wreck. The |>cr*plnitlou soak
he revolted against lung.ng her. I toid
lie found a ^ ^1« weary limbs H e i-ould scan-ely enpturi*l «luring the war, and tbe da­ many long « e u r i liefiaiv Khe. too, hud
days o f this treatment brought me engineer and csiitalu
the captain tiiat they were m atin g a
lot si lieutenant In M ajor A 1» llam ii- (nfiate hia lungs wltb tbe pubuQuUi air
guerreotype was given to hint by a married, but her husband bad died
around all right."—Leslie's Wee kly.
mistake dime 1 had myself seen her
ton o f the T w e lfth Iveutu. k) cavalry,
swaui.
Confederate soldier, w ho explained that thirteen years ngo.
making signals to the Confederates
ami togelber tbe tw o men decided that j In th « agony o f suffocatloa he drop
the picture had tx*-n taken from n dead
«iaffn ey «-nllcd on Ills old »n re th «-a r t
T ak in g Tins« by t h « Forrlock.
Eut he told toe the girl stoutly denied
tbe uirsit feasible plan was to dig a ped the dull chls«l nnd ts-nt bis fists Union soldier ut Chancellor*» llle
with great
regularity.
T he y
took
It was In the latter portion o f the
ever having been within the Union
tunnel from Mats' hell eastward, a ugatnst the n*cf o f hls grave with tbe
On the Lai k o f tin* case were found pleamire Iu r iv a llin g tlie olden «lays
civil war. when great calls for troop«
lines. To this 1 replied that the troops
were in process o f being filled that no­ distance o f alsaut seventy feet, to sn might o f despair, when—blessed boon!— the names "John U au xu i nnd Nellie when as p l a y m a t e « th«-y plighted their
then confronting the Union forces
e;ii(ity sb iil abutting on u building
crust gava way. and the loosened
Augusta Nettletou." The ense also con­ troth. Uradually the love which w a s
tice was served on the adjutant g>-n
could not have been the sume cs cow
oral o f one of the smaller states o f the ow msl by the James L iver Tow ing earth showered upon his dripplug face. tained n needle n pie» « o f thread and a lnternipte.1 o v e r forty years ago lie­
J thick 1 impress«*! him that possibly
company. The exterior of the prison j purple with agony. Ills eye caught lock o f hair
ga n to rl|H-n. and (/ Iaffn ey. no w g ray
north that the quotas o f some o f the
n mistake was being nude but wheth­
was carefully guarded night and .Jay sight o f a radiant stur In tbe blue
S!r Wlirltenour couinnmlcateil with h.ilred. but still anient. |d«-»di*l Ids
tow n « were not full end that the men
er he followed the muiter up or not 1
by sentinels, but Indoors tin* vigilale# vault above him. A fl«>od o f light and every Urn ml Army o f the Republic post emise w ltb all the f e r v o r which m ark«»!
roust be forthcoming. Orders to that
didn t know
| asked hiiu th* next
was somewhat relaxed at ulgtih At u volume o f « ool, delicious ulr imurad . la tbe niiintry. but wnn raiiiicccsnfnl hla first proposal, and Ihe olijt* t o f hls
effect wore issued, with the result that
day what had l**conie o f the spy. and
one time more tinnì -l'M» prLicúen» were over iii-ii.
At Hint very Instant the ■Jitll "N e llie Augusta Neltletun.” now af fectloti. Mrs llounra Iturke. w a i a »
when the matter was closed there were
he said she was under guard uwairing
In the secret o f the work, all under sentinel a cry rang out like a prophecy. ' ¡ r i T \V Stowe, was bin teil In M il­ demure und coy a » »lie w a * w hen s h *
altont enough men for a single ro:n-
Information from some one who knew
oath, but by some miraci«- the Confed­ : " H a lf past l, nnd all’s w e ll!"
ford. Conn Mrs Stowe wrote to Mr. bluahlngly »a id " Y * » " t » her »w ee t-
pany. It r.as organized :■ ud sent to the
her to lie a good Confederate, but a ft ­
erates did uot discover what w aa ou
Rose recovered quickly
He was in IVhritenolir on April «1 Inst. She nnld:
henrt o f ohi
l'hlladelphla Fresi.
front nnd attache«.! to one o f i ! k > regl
er the Coding of the documents on her
foot
a yard under n shed, wltb n fence be- I John Itawion , a i reported tnlsnlnir aft­
inents from the same stat«\
t.o one doubted that she wag a Federal
Work was begun with n broken [ twecu him and tho smitlnels II* wulk- er tlie buttle of « 'hj»rw ellnrivtll*. nnd for
Grant's Old Cash Lass* His Pistol.
The first time this little body o f sol­
t.-n ye-irs that so,a nil 1 heard. Tlien a
spy.
shovel and two case kulvei With lull
cd out uu lb.- atri-et and r*couuo!ter»*d ! travetl-ig man earn* to Milford II* anld
(Jenerul Urant's army io«ik. John
diers saw service was at the battle o f
The nest morning at daybreak 1
ulte pains the men cut through stono , a little. Theu lie retrain'd to the tuu- he knew "Johnnie Ituwsoti* well and Furling, was recently coih | h -II« i I to
the Wilderness- The action was g dng
heard a volley, followed bv artillery
wells and phlng In various plaies ouly : ncl. cover»*! the exit wltb a piece o f ■aid t * had keen one of the taet lo eee gurrendcr hla revolt er nntl forego th«>
od during uni* o f the terrible days o f
firing. Then 1 saw a blue line scurry­
him adve
to find theiuselv m frustrateli, now by plank nnd crawled back to Mats bell.
that buttle, anil the shells and bullets
1 My husband ta «lad that I am to set tante f o r firearms that lia* clung to
ing across n cornfield, and thon —well,
water from tnv canal, now by some Im­
T b e party o f fifteen agreed Unit ns I Ihe pet or* back
were getting In their work The cap­
I had forgotten that him fro m c iv il « nr «lays H e «va» « nui
1 hugged the ground to escape a hail­
passable obstacle. They tried to avail the night won nearly gone it would b« \ my nfine w.»* In Ih* «■;«•»> t>o you not v i c i n i at W ayne. Mich., on April 2 lust
tain o f our company felt called upon to
storm o f bullet*. It wasn't a minute
themselves o f old sewers, but on* «van better to wait till the next night before U-llevo that thta la on* r.-ioe In a thou- o f threatening to shoot a man f o r
make n spec» h to hls men. anil he said:
■and a pUvtur* re«tor*it to the original
before tue Ferlera) troop* passed over
too small and one dels.uchcd >n too attempting to escape.
it wan also owner after forty five years?
trending on Ihe corner o f hi» lot. O f
“ Soldiers, we are now up against the
me, follow ing the l onfederates they
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I wl«h 1 could make «.rod to you alt the the tnleameu cnlln l la-forr a Jury w n »
enemy When the order« ore given to
had surprised, flying In every direction.
fire, do your beet and kill nil you ran pl.i:i o f digging c.isi ward I . i iu "belt, r *||0md have the privilege o f taking one expert,u you tinve gone to to find the got tw e n ty-fo u r admitted préjudice on
They raliiod and mndo a stand just be
of the other building.
friend Into hi* confidence. Tbe sec­ owner I am thankful that this little hit the ground that Furli n g hail lit o n »
with the forty rounds o f ammunition
yond the limits o f their ramp and put
Itose picked out thirteen fnllhfu! f I ond party o f fifteen thus formed was of my Ilf* a history hn» been handed lime or another threatened to r.hoot
you have. When you have fired It all
down to in« over the alienee of no many
up a good fight, hut they didn't succeed
Ko great w n » the Interest In
away, you bail better retreat. I am a lowers In addition to himself «n i H i n 1 pledged not to follow the working par­ y. ar» and I admire your pereoversnee them.
In recapturing the ground they had
under such almost tnsimnoiiritahle ob­ the trial that htiilnesn In the r i l i n g »
Httio lame, so I am going to start now.” ilton Most o f the othctM hm! Iis?n ,!ls- ty out till an hour bud elapsed.
stacles.
lost.
«vtiirnged by tile slime, too 'mil air and
Hose and bis companions made a sue
| — Huston C lo t«.
To you nnd yours I ntn moat rdncerely was »tmpemled during the prngrem o f
I was In the wildcat state o f excite­
tbe l!l *uocem o f pn-vlous « 'e u p ts i Cessful de|>«riur* ut U o’clock on the ! your friend.
the care.
MRS. T W. 8TOWE.
ment Imaginable, for I had been saved
i.i/se and hlr. little hind no ut cm iu- : evening o f Tuesday. Feh. U. Rut the
John Rountry’ a Bravery.
T h - daguerreotype »van forwarded to
from what 1 dreaded most—a southern
Author of "Tho Blue and tho Gray."
Luring the night o f Sept. 'JJ, 1SB4. defatlgably. scar- t-l) cu:Ing. a arvely j news leaked out, aud the little kltcben Mrs. Stowe after *li* had sent photo­
prison. While I was shouting the gen
Francis M. Flucli. who d H Inst year
fire was discovered In the magazine r,lei‘|,ii'g. engrossed iu the one feverish was soon crowded lo suffocation wltii graphs o f ideut I lies t Ion to Mr. Whrlte-
eral hurried past, and with him. rid­ light room of the United f-itates steam
thought o f liberty At Lest it would be -jg) prisoners, all clamoring to get at uotir.
nnd who wrote "T h e Blue and the
ing straddle on a strayed Confederate
Urny," w n« fo r fifteen ym iri nn n»*o
At tho
?r MnntnuL The alarm created it panic a slender chance The sfn>cn . f I'.k-l» | th(. entrance to tbe tunnel.
horse, was the girl spy
Shu caught
«•Into JtiBtlee o f the New York state
He Brought the Caw* Heme.
and demoralized the crew with the i.ioiul wore I'Mrolb-d l y son.horn pick- |j«.I k tit o f the uproar aouie on* yelled
slybr o f me and
i ts. and friends were few f.,r cK-nped ...rill. Kllariln!” und n panic ensued In
A hoy vvho*e parent» would not per­ niiirt o f npiie.il» 'Ilk- |iia'in first np-
exception o f James Horton. John Itoiin
reined In. wtih
ln n k io s w -a iliig prison tallied blue n (,(C|, gvicral prtsmicra were tr:un|»leil mit him to cullnt In the Union army peared In Hepleuiber. I"ti7. In the At
try and Charles II Weeks.
Horton
Hashing eye uud
The r«s»ui wan quickly , was Kent one morning to drive th* cows lantlc Monthly
When he Is'ennie n
rushed Into the cabin, obtained the uniforms. Rut hope, springing («'ral;t- j umterfoot.
scowling brow.
| emptied, but the alarm proved to lie j to pasture «m Ids way to work, taking Judge, Mr. Flneli i-oiillnueil to wrltn
magazine levs, sprang Into the light «•ntiy. drove them on.
"H old on. gén­
Ry great good fortune Rose had I false, and many o f the aoldlers retnrn- Ids lunch with him.
S o did not re­ rune, hut made no attempt to get It
room and In-gnu passing out tile com­
érai.'' she said
and mod* their escape,
turn nt night. He had ntn swny am! printed “ I «lid not feel.” lie mill, "that
bustibles, Including the l>ox of signal» com«' Into | ,*scssb’ii o f a rope nearly 1
“ T h e r e 's th e
In which the tin- originated. Itountry. a hundred feet long, no lu-li t il 1« nnd I «¡rent was the surprise o f the ('on - en-erctl the tinny. For three years be the publication o f |><a'in.i w in rompntt-
tnan who gave
Ry an agreement U-tvve.-n the ! f,-derates next day when the roll coll i fought without a furlough nntl re- ble with the dignity o f a Judge o f th«i
with hose In hand, notwithstanding the new
UK' a w a y ”
cry o f "F ire Iu the magazine! ‘ forced commissioners o f exchange revercl j revealed the absence o f 100 prisoners, | turned w ith the regiment unharmed court o f niip«*nl».''
1> is mounting,
hales of «lathing hnd lcs-i -Nat by the j
H.i the flriqdnce ha«t lieen rebuilt by Confederate bi'llef». Ite srrlv«*d lo
hla way through the frightened crowd
she ran up to
At Shiloh and Chickamauga.
•o the light room a n l put out the l-Vderul governtnept to the » iTerlng ; by somctxxl.v and the last nmu out had Hie old pasture at home Just at "ro w
toe. hit me a
On the b.ittlellebl o f Khlloll Ihe »pot
lr tines.
r>>! Ilers el Rel!«* l-le. A committee o f j covered the hole In the ground no vlsl- »m e ” nntl l«'l»ur«-ly drove up Ihe same
»harp blow with
• >| I co w » Just it» If he hail never been where any brigade commander fell I»
Unli-n oilb-erv from I.lhby prison Imd . |,(e trace remained to show the aston
her fist and be­
S «t tn a Barrel cf Powder.
*oiv marked with cannon and piles o f
lei-n assigned to sufn-rvlse the distrl- is bed keepers how their tenants had away.
fore 1 c o u l d
Among the many medals awarded by Imiloti. m il one o f tlnun liy a lilt o f decampisi.
j cannon (mils At I'hU kiimanga sim ilar
Curious crowds, having
r e c o v e r fr o m
the navy department for nets of brnv- clever ieperdetnnln tm inim il to secreto i read the newspaper reports, floeked to
A Woman's Welcome to tho Flag.
historic spots have pyramids o f ten
my s u r p r i s e " n * 'i Tnr. m a t who
sry daring the civil war was one given the rep«.' which bound o m -o f the biles. I the nelghbnrhoo«l till finnlly some one
A resident o f Montlcpllo. Ky., »peak­ Inch shells, nnd iiionnictl guns-m any
k n o c k e d me
o.vvr. me a w a y .
to John 1-tavl*. who was on the United
Rose and Hamilton fashion« 1 It Into a , kicked aside the plank In the yard an«l ing o f flit» manner In which the people o f them tlie name «million that werw
down ai:d stamped on me.
A ll the States steamer Valley City in the at­ ladder.
received tbe Federal troops In tb* ad­ us«d nt rhlcknmnnjm mark tbe ntn-
revenled the hole
while she was calling me the vilest tack on the enemy’s vessels and n fort
They conclud«*»! that the safest
O f tbe 109 who got out fifty nine vance on that place, »ay», "One old firms taken hy batteries.
names and sw earing at mo like i near Ellznlieth City. N. C.. Feb 10. mennn o f getting Into Rats' hell n-11h-i reached the Union lines, forty eight I nly said na Khe »a w tlie column rush­
When the vessel was on firo out di'Luctkro Woujrl is* to dig n se< rrt were recaptured, nnd tw o were drow n ­ ing on after the Confederate». 'When (
pirate.
T h e officer* o f tbe general'* 1S02
A $” 00,000 M em orial.
staff laughed Immoderately nt the near the u: :;g-.-.inp b: acr 'v'J himself • '" '“ •i'e fr e n f-p kitchen whk h was ed. Am ong those retaken was nose, wed the ol«t flag s-comtn’. I Just threw I A memorial o f graolto and lironxo
grotesque sight, t»ut the genera! e v i­ oa an open barrel o f powder as the •ill the floor sliove, lint not dlractly but he wan exchanged f - r a Confeder- tny old bonnet on the ground end erected on th* battlefield nt v'lrkjdmrgi
1 only meauti to keep the fire out.
dently considered It a serious m atter
stomped on I t ’ ”
J by Illinois cunt «200.00a
over Rats’ boll. Carefully digging ttc colonel oo April 30.
THE SPY.
T
lie Led Them
I
From Libby.
T
S I*
The Grand Army.