The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-12-04

good as any of his breed He has got q coup
of fue horses-well take them any how. b.
come, let us go back and have drink with ii
boys, They will miss US. You see l didn
want any of EN- to know where We are goin
TO- 1t might get talked about, and some lie
sian spy give him the alarm
AS he disappeared Old Ben came forth frol
hiding place where he had esconced himse
tor The purpose of learning what mischief The
we're planning. Looking after the retreatin
figures, he mu:tered, half aloud:
4 il head of them devils yet, or else I'll Civ
EN- leave to call me a skunk! The old ma
vas right in showing Black Dave the door -
lie should have kicked him out That's wha
| would have done. But III head oft the VII
! lains I'll head 'em off yet 2 be ejsculated,a
he fastened forward.
Back Dave and his lieutenant returned
! lie birruUn where with their men them IN
urged in drunken revei Toward midnigll
ne got together ten or dozen of those win
were the least intoxicated, and started out on
MS work of vengeance. ..
TIE band of the defenders of the rights o
Southern men, as hey styled themselves, ha'
proceeded a considerable distance tiOm the tav
ern, when their commander ordered them t.
halt 10 front Of understanding dwelling, sur
rounded by pleasant grounds. He then address
ca tuSn rs IOlIoWS'
Boys, now we are about to catch one of the
backest-hearted traitors in the South. He i,
a regular white livered Llncolnlte, and it aim
TO be expected that we will show him much
mercy. So follow me-
Black Dave then opened the gate and went
toward the house followed by his band. He
gave several loud raps on the door with the
butt Of his pistol, and it not being promptly
opened, he applied the heel of his heavy boot,
end administered Il series of heavy kicking The
door was at length opened by rather an elderly
female, who had light in her hand. AS soon
as Back Dave caught glimpse OF her oounte"
nance, he said, i'll grutf voice
We want your old man. Tell him to turn
out quick. and not TO keep us waiting
He is not at home, was the mild response.
You lie, we know better If you don't turn
him out, we will come and drag him out!
Il assure you, sir, that he is not in the
house
Come. boys, follow me We won't put up
with auy of the old woman's nonsense
Black Dave, as he uttered these words, en-
tered The house, accompanied by several of his
followers. After the lapse of a few minutes
he returned with countenance backer than
usual excaiming:
The old hound has run away, boys but the
black hearted traitor shall not escape my ven
geauce 30 easy. just throw torch in the
barn onder.
''Oh do not fire the place! Have some mer-
cy tor the family" entreated the old lady.
What is the family to me! | wasn't good
enough to make one of them! They are a
brood of traitors, the whole of them, and if you
don twant them roasted you'd better turn them
Out"
Alter uttering these brutal words, he strobe
off toward the out Buildings, seizng torch
from one Of his fullo ~ers as he passed along -
Looking in the stable and finding that the hors'
es were gone he gave utterauce to vile GA II
and threw the torch among some loose hay
watching the flames as they crept slowly along,
while II teudish smile spread over his features
he told one of the hand 10 pick up some hay
and follow him He then wenl toward the
dwelling. and orde, I'd the man to throw the hay
on :he kitchen flp1r, and then despite the en-
treaties OF the old lady and two Or three chill
dreu, who had hurried fom bed and stood in
their night cloths clinging to their mother the
rutiian applied the torch. W hen the flames
were fairly under way, he said:
Come On, boys. Leave them to shit for
themselves. Let US see il We can track the
Old hound.
The rufi4u them followed by his band, re-
treated down the road, turning occasionally 10
behold the flames as they licked up that once
happy home.
The next evening old Ben was prompt to his
appointment aud s5 he listened to The MARIA
tiUn of an outrage to Il party OF L Mon men, he
exclaimed rs his c0uutenance glowed with ex-
cItement;
TIE miserable scaly buzzards. woudn' /
ha' thought they d gone so far ;-thvy're worse
than Imiins ! Reckon it war ali right when |
gave him The alarm. aud he got eff safe Bus
10 fu.u he wimmiu aud children cut doors
thai ume G. night swar, II have the ven~
geancc iOr it. II m0ut not be quite reg araud
you kin set Old Ben down for Back Dave and
that white lvered skunk from Ciarksvile II
dom fix thar flint for em then | won trusk
bullet and powder any more. There's no use
of your saying anything egin 1t, he said, az he
raised his hand Toward one OF the assembly,
who, he supposed was about to demonstrate,
for I've settled the hull matter It's no KNOWN
what theyl be don next, so they've got 10 60
The Devil wants his due, and lis about time
they were on the road to see the chief of all So
cessionlsts
1t is what they deserve, said one of the
party.
This sentiment was generally c0ncured in
by the assembly. The affairs OF that part OF
his State We're then discussed, and it was con
>idered th4t it would be Of great Importance il
comm anication could be kept mp between the
Union men of III mountain aud those who vel
remained at home. For tn. peri rmance OF
this duty they ali agreed that old Ben, from
his thorough knowledge of that region, was PEE
culiarly qualifel He at once consented &c
act, bat put III as a prOviso that he was not to
be deprived of the privilege of attending to the
case of Back Dave aud his Lieutenant.
In the mean time, Black Dave, intent upon
| oil liz mi n Nynr
TO discover the whereabouts of the man who's,
homestead he had so ruthlessy 'srrye1 A
few days passed, aud the spies were unable Il
give any satisfactory report, othei than they
thought he had goLe to the moan aims. A
this, Black Dave grew furious, and he swore ht
would seek revenge in another quarter. The
fate he intended for the father should be visit
| ed upon the sun-n>aw, his succes ,tul rival
who was settled in quiet spot some mile
! from Knoxville Black Dave knew that his ri,
val was suspected of being a Union man. and
( this was sufficient cloak for him in his lesigi
| OF vliiaIny.
1t was on a dark and dismal night that Blacl
Dave got his band Of rutfaus together. and Sc
out on MS work OF vandalism. We will not de
tain the reader with All account of his progress
| along the road. Arrived at ;he house nj
knock was answered by trembling black ser
| his master stammered ont that he was not a
home The Desperados quick eye detected a
once, from the servants manuer, that be wa
i endeavoring to conceal something, and he i'm
mediaely ordered his lieuteudut to search tn
house. Tins duty the lieutenant performed il
a style worthy of his leader. The wife. not
outstanding her deiscate health, was brutal
ardered to point out the place of his conc eli
ment, as tney wanted to give hlm rope ele
valion. All feeling OF humanity were set u
nought, and the search was male in the mos
reckless aud brutal manner. But 1t prove
fruitleS5. The intended victim, hearing tn
uvl-e of the band as they approached, at ono
suspected their object. and at the solicitation
OF mis- wife consented to secrete himself, an
succeeded in making his escape
Back Dave fairy teamed with rage whe
ne heard that he was again foiled-that his ii
val could not be found
The stocking c3T ha@ hid somewhere =
exclaimed. But / 81 smoke him and his broo
out. Fire the house, bows !!
D., Even the enfreates OF her he once promise