Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-03-12

said the corporal, doggedly. Come, Mr..
Davis. Won ye been drafted and must 90 to
the arInv"
Il will not fight against my will, ex-
claimed the man. exhibiting some signs
Of resistance.
But YOU shall. S~:-e him men
The rebels sprang forward and caught
Davis, but bcin. a strong man he hurled
them from him Again thew set upon
him with more success, and were proceed
ing to bind him could stand it no lon
ger rushed to the door screaming.
Come on. my men
| dashed into the house and Just at that
moment down went one of the rebels.
leveled to the floor by a chair in the hands
of Jenny Again the chair whirled in the
air, and came down on the head Of the
corporal The rebels were frightened,
and fled from the house but seeing | was
alone, returned to the combat Davis
was still bornd and could afford no as
sistancc The fight was unequal and |
was oycrpowered and taken prisoner
Davis and myself were marched eff TO
the enemvs camp while Jenny and her
mother were left alone in the house.
For two days | was Il prisoner in the
enemys camp, near Fairfax Court House.
What had become of Davis | knew not.
and what would become of y c cared not
now that had lost the brave @irl that
had learned to love The dav had passed
gloomily away. and night was come again
| was seated in i sort of brush tent, with
n guard pacing up and down in front of it,
paving more attention to me than | tho {
was absolutely necessary. While lost in
happy thoughts of home and Of Jenny |
-
delicete hand was lid on ..Iv arm.
Follow me quickly and | will save
you, she whispered IN my ear, and placed
her hand over nv mouth.
She then withdrew. and |, snale-lille,
crawled out of the tent after her. Cau-
tiously we moved along until we came to
the guard.
Who goes there ?" came quickly, and
down we dropped on our faces.
The guard passed on, and We crawled
forward stopping to listen. The guard
was returning and we lay still until he
had again passed, and then we pushed
forward more rapidly.
We are now beyond the camp, but We
have the pickets to pass yet My father Is
waiting for - ust yOnder, said she,
turning a little TO the left
You are brave gill | venturcd to
say. and there is no knowing what else ]
might have said, but she placed her finger
on my mouth with a gentle Hush T.
Secreted in the bushes was her father
who firmly grasped my hand as We Joined
him. Jenny then placed muskot in my
hands, and could see by the dim light
that her father was provided with one,
and she carried one, though must confess,
rather awkwardiy was all curiosity to
know how she. the little fraiI creature,
could have accomplished 50 much.
/ m afraid eel have to fghtthe pick
cts, said her father; but it Is life or
death, and If we can scare them we are
safe
In perfect silence we approached the
locality Of the picket guard, and thought
We had eluded their vigilance, when a
quick and frightened challenge burst upon
US This was followed almost instantly
by fash. and a bullet whizzed close to
my head.
charge on thom, boys :" shouted Davis
as he fired, and quickly sent bullet in
the direction of the rebel picket | saw
Jenny muSkct come to her shoulder. and
rs it was discharged she reeied and would
have fallen to the ground but | caught
her, and in a moment she had recovered
I from the shock
We heard the cnemy's rickets retreat
in2 in alarm. and making he most Of their
confusion we dashed toward the Federal
lines, some half a mile distant
had made my escape but not through
my own stratagem or skill but by the con
stant work nd energy Of a young and
brave girl, whose patriotic heart would
not forsakc her honored and eloyed GOV
erumcnt and whose determination rescued
her father from the hands OF the oppres-
sOr
The muskcts She provided us with were
secreted in her fathers house. She had
loaded them. and at night eludcd the Wig
ilance Of the enemy guard. and depos-
itcd them whore she delivered them to Us.
She bid us a touching farewell and in
company with her mother proceeded to
the State of Massachusetts
Her father enlisted in the Federal army
and now, side by side we are fighting to
deliver bis home from the hand of the
oppressor, while | look forward with
pleasure to the day when | shall be awar-
dcd the hand of Miss Jenny. as reward
for my effort to save her father.