Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-03-18

0Aths. lie heard them asking If it w0sld
not be best 20 shoot DO IN upon hin. and
al him IN his lar. But Gen. DsH bawled
out . No. no. not for a hundred thsus-
and pounds. lie must be taken alive, lie
cannot escape rs pull down the brickwort
and be 10 our They set 70. and worked
botly; and What With the knock ing and
hannsring. and eursing aud shouting. there
vas such an 8Proar As was never beard be-
fore IN poor Miss sally Carsnody's Iosg-
ings- The bricks beng s0lidly boilt and
P!asisrSd. it vas not 80 easy a. they sRtici-
pated 20 tear them away. Aad when az
last they did eject that purpose. their sup
posed prisoner had sgAin banked them
bo-. wAs plaialy TO BE- seen. While they
we're uprooting the bricks that screened hina
from them. be. seeing Or rather feeling that
there was 40 heArthstone under has feet.
coaoeived tie LoPe tat BY cutting away the
door he might drop iRto the room below.
and - have another chance Of getting OF.
" ith tke hsichet he had caught Up. be fen
10 work. the noise hs made vas completely
drowned by tie uproar without and some
uaIngiss bsiOre their object w.s effected. he
landed in tks room belO-
Instantly the alarm was given bv the sol
diers Rcarrst the hearth-placs Some Of
their number remained above. while the
rest hurried down 70 ssi into the room be-
low But here Was another delay. for the
woman who occupied ia coed Protest.nt.
IS several 81 Llen knew. ard therefore not
% De- susPecied Of voluntarily harborin- a
French spy Cor such they declared the fu-
gitiSe 10 be) Vas absent. and the door "a.
locked. Sone Who hal hurried rosnd 20
the back Of Tie house. found the window Of
'his room fast boisd on the inside. and
ii'cre w2s 10 other outlet from IL With a
shout they announced their certainty that
tbs freEchn,an ~As It'll IN the house, caught
IN his Own trap. 50 they called fora crow
bar 70 break open the door. sad seizs him
a. l4si. >oHehow bone of tiscm ventarsd
TO follow him through tie opening be bad
naade an the floor and ceiling. They kas-
be mast DC ar.ned-they had abundant proof
Of Las energy and desperation and the
brA'sst mao that ever stepped micht veil
be Pardoned for not adopting q means Of
descvnt SURE o. be fatal to himself
Bat just As tie erO~bAr ~as about 70 D.
put into rsquisition. there Vas a erv Of
" Stop. stop. from female voice m The
crowd. and presently a little woman. great
iY hurrisd and excited. came slboxing her
-ay to-srds tbefn. oh. General. honev,-
she cred. q" ssre ye wont break open my
little roonis have the key somewbere-
only ~ait one minute" And the littie
elear-s'archer faaibled desperately in her
pockets and IN the bosom of her dress. vow
ing the while. As vel a. she could sneak.
that q vas 81 the Lord sent her back from
hcF errand IN time % prevent her little
place from being smashed. SILL. the poor
creature Was 80 frightened and % confessed
that u -as rot until The Gsucral. losing al
patienoe. had again called for the cro1bar.
that ibo key st last made SIS appearance. IN
Aas~er - . despaHing dive into sue asptb,
of q cspacious side pocket
10 uas snstclcd frora her. the door uas
haug open. an the men poured IN In =
moment every nook and Granny -as ran
sscked-iH vain, There vas no trace Of
the Fugitive. and they were completely Al
fault. The wioJ5w shui. and boited on the
inside. preciuded any ilcs Of escape in that
direction tie Gre ch~erfully burni.g IN the
large crate. a. sffectsaiiy proved that h.
cruld not have ssccud,d thc chimney. BE-
va nowhere in thc room. vet there wss
PLAIN % al observers tie ceiling by uhich
Lc had got dssn And louder than the
cries ofthe angry soidiers ~e-e those oftio
Irt.r r'rar .fa-.i .r. vLosc apar,meai Lad
b,ru se uu,rrriaoai.usiv disigsrcd. The
~ouil-bc captsr. were bsfHsd-tbsv s-ore
ths; they baflei by the devil h,-n.eN
BIT fhe Erl One Lad no need. even
were b. - iucliasd. ~ interfere in TIRE mat.
te- The htiis Protestant cloar-starcbs
lad contrived very cievcriv - o8t-t tbc
so.diery That shs va odd IN her vsys
~as certain for ~Lile cssry man. woman
or child. except herse.f. vas rn oommotiol,
on thc arrival 90 tle naifsry. she rcrnainst
a. Lcr vash-trb. rut5ing ausy. snd listen,
ing to the unroa- aul che blows overhead.
a. if nothing 81 al unusual vere TIE ma
Ter. Th r. - vas. vhsn t-e ceiling CAV
rav. ani tle poor hanfed Frenchuan. pal
snd covered vlth dust. stood before her.
>he never cred out. nor even spoke. -
ia.i looked 81 hiu ~ asrcond. then po,n
Cd to the open -iadov te sprang out. ar,
hastened ~ 10 tbs dirrctiou she indicated.
The little woman busted tbe -inds--sH