St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-10-10

minutes to listen but no sound reached
US, excepting m indistinct clamor proceed
ing from the room beneath in which was
assembled the body Of rebels. Relinquish-
ing our redundant pastures, We creot on
our hands and knees until We reached the
next wiadow,' which belonged to the room
We were % anxious to explort. TO our
great satisfaction We found it not only un-
fastened, but opened vide, and one after
the other We passed through into the in =.
terror. Again We paused in motiooless
silence, and sgain We listened intently,
but nothing beyond the sounds already
mentioned met our ears, and We proceeded
to search 10 darkness for the b.g, Of am
mu1ition. We came upon them simulta-
neously in one corner Of the room, piled
into Z, heap. We commenced our work
at once by passing them out two At time,
through the win9ow upon the piazza roof.
Silently aud swiftly was the task accom-
plished until not bag remained. We
searched eveay foot Of the Aoor, traversing
its myth and breadth until We were thor.
ough1y convinced ourselves were the sole
objebts, animate or Illuminate, lit contain
Passing out, our next movement was to
carry round the bags to the extreme end
Of the piazza. This involved the necessi-
ty Of traversing the full: length Of one
side Of the building. With much labor
and anxiety, a. We had TO- proceed more
warily than ever at each step, We at length
accomplished it. And now We held a
consultation, whether it were better to
risk the attempt by carrying of okr prize
BY degrees to the spot whore We had con-
cealed the wagon, Or destroy it at once by
lowering bag after bag into deep we'll,
H-informed me was directly beneath
US a We leaned over the balcony Of the
piazza. We concluded :he latter plan wa.
the best, and accordingly my companion,
unco,ling the rope he still carried round
his neck and fastening one end Of it t.
the balcony, rapidly descended, after tell.
ing me to haul up the other end again, at.
tach it to the bags (three or four at .
time, and lower them to him when he
would drop them singly into the well:
We had nearly finished this part of on,
task, when rendered reckless BY the .ppa
reht security with which it was Continued
the splashing Of each bag into the vel
exciting no suspicion on the part of on,
dangerous neignbors At the other extre,ni
ty Of the dwelling flung down
into its depts the last three at once, in
stead Of dropping them singly as he hal
hitherto done. At this moment the close
proximity of approaching footsteps along
the roof made me turn in the direction
whence the sound they caused proceeded
and instantly was engaged ia deadly
struggle with an antagonist.
The scene now became one of the wild
est confusion, The rush of hostile fee,
along the roof bespoke the rapid advanc;
Of foea whose numbers it would be mad
ness to contend with. Beneath, desper
ate encounter was going. on between n,
comrade and one or more of tie rebtl, u.
uany fierce oath testified. My iefl
hand was firmly fastened on tue throat cl
the mau with whom 7 was contendins, 5e,
he clung'to one with mad. oaiag tenacitJ
Reflection and :ction were the twin born
0: an urgeat secoL4. Wit. mJ right
ha1d i had MANAGED to draw aud cock my
revolver. Ny lie and liberty s..e In tho
hands Of !: g.as;ing foe. Itere v.s nc
compromise Esis my H., o, his: Pt.ss
ing she muzzl: G. ~ pisso: to hi. lc:.4
cred. and he FL wiz. 4, Ittera,. Trims :,