Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-06-28
now EsCAPED.
A SOLDIERS Story.

With some twenty men under my COM
msnd, was scouting in one Of the South
eTn States, when We were suddenly fred
upon from an ambuseade, aud two of our
party mOrtslly wounded. The next mo.
meDt, we saw ourselves surrounded by at
le6st three times our number, and heard a
dozen voices shout:
Surrender, or you are dead men,
Resistance would have been more than
folly, as | saw at glance, and ] at once
ordered she men to throw down their arms
and dismOunt which they did. Our horses
were led away from u, and our arms ia
ken. possession CT and then the whole
party of rebels, crowded around Us, in q
tumultuous manner, cursiDg and threatens
ing Us with massacre.
We have a right to expect the common
usage o. war ! said to the leader. q saw
age and brutal looking fellow.
And you'll get what we choose TO give
you, for we're your masters now he saw.
agely rejoined. If we decide to hang, we
will begin with you first. With this he
walked away few PAGES. and held con-
sultation with some of his inferior officers,
while We awaited the result with feelings
chat were far from pleasant. The MAORI
ty being in favor of delivering us to the
commaudsnt OF the fort below, we we're
sent of under q strong guard. A fatiguius
march of some ten miles brought US to q
rebel camp about dark, and we we're deliv.
cred over to the Colonel commanding great
ly to our relief.
The men being duly disposed of, the
colonel accepted my parole and invited me
to mess with him. He proved to be gen
tleman and scholar. and during my stay
with him, he treated me with q pleasant
kindness that shall always remember
with gratitude.
had been in his charge something over
q week, when one morning Just after
breakfast, as WAS about to take my
usual stroll through the camp, he said to
me:
Lieutenant Hanson, regret to say tia
it lie no longer in my power to give the
liberty of parole. Orders have Just been
received from the headquarters Of this
Department, to have you sent TO MELVILLE,
and there put you in close confinement.
why this severity 2 inquired l.
i believe it is ia retaliation for an Of
Tense of the Federals.' be replied, looking
at me with so much comuisseration ex-
pressed in bis handsome countenance,
bn0t Ln1tohbIy tooA Lho aIaTm anu tDqulr-
ed:
Have you told me the worst, Colon-
ELF
Mop be sighed, would to Heaven [
had ! You are to be sent of 10 irons and
are already adjudged to the same doom as
Confederate ofhcsr, who has bee con-
demnsd as spy
And the men taken with me
l.
1t is only m self, then, that is doomed
to sufferi'
That is as the case now stands be Hn-
swered. turning away his head
This is unjust and cruel = g id l, fairly
trembling at the thought of being so ignO-
miniously out Of in the very prime Of my
life.
4 pity you, my friend, but you are q
soldier. and know sm compelled to obey
the orders of superior, rejoined the colonel,
in tone that expressed his deep commIs-
GRAFTON.
4 exhonerats you,' said 1, crasping his
band and whether live or die, say,
God blees you, from my very heart.
| unused few moments, and then In
CURED in what manner. and how soon l
was to be sent to my destination.
You will be hGnd.cuEFsd,' replied the
colonel, for my orders in this respect are
positive, and within an hour or at the let
est two, will be sent of under the guard
OF two men, who will escort you to the
railroad station on foot, and thence to the
carS'
How far from here to the station, COL
onell'
Between six ard seven miles by the
maic road-twO miles less by cross route
which is only travelled on foot.
Through what kind Of country does this
road passi 2
Wild, rugged, and thinly settled
Il looked him straight in the eye; and !
felt that beanndsrstoOd me.
: Shall / 90 by the nearest way p
IF you wish, for the main road is much
blocked up BY army teams, cavalry,
of course you would held the men res
ponsible for my safe delivery ct Nswvills,'
l said, 10 low, meaning tone.
He nodded.
III should escape?'
They would be blamed, perhaps punish.
ed,'
But not unto death, Colonel,
Hardly. think
Colonel said |, grssping bis hand and
trembling with hope, at the same time
making sure there was no other listener,
and speaking in very low tone, IF could
only set out with flask Of drugged liquor
in my possession, aud my irons so nearly
severed that I. could burst them apart,
there ir one name l would ever remember
10 my prayeFs.'
The colonel looked at me fxedly for half
q minute. and then Silently grasped my