Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-16
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Bout thirtyO or

1Nen, -QentA uVAnos pVNsy.-~
TifSrty 1 reckon. "a Ie@
IVA there nonepyounger f19iQFA b
lkIgaHii l dunno. l reckon not. Bout
Thirty or fortys1 TeekonyM hssnsqak no
land this wis all f6ould screw out OF
1.-The cd neroffe;'s aftef's considerable fur.
fhek effort. So l was nearly as pussled
iAs Ever, th6aghPf1 thS6ghf that Ned and
Ge6rge (or. one ofthem at any rate) were
either Mr.. EeatJHs brothers; or hsd-ass
suned the name. as d disguise. .suaf2ii
don u return tocampI sFiedtopump
Ned once more; but alithe Information L
lROt vaSthat these Kent6ns were e fela-
lives Of bis, and he naturally Stunned
their. house after becoming what they
would naturally can d traitor or to his
i~Icountry. 49, ts'a iAi
loEafA few days later we broke camp, and
imarched on a big raid.
1sa' am, dry q, a snuburnt chip, so, with
Your leave, Diedtsnant, I'll take i've min
utes FOL. refreshments, as the railroad chaps
sayp -sa nj
tlfYoul command the party just now,
sergeant" said hektieutehant, sffsbly.
-FHs 'e'loq -tf.He
"a Well" resumed the sergeant when his
whistle was duly wet again, @m9 liking
for Ned .Kett1t continued and grew
stronger for al his peryerse want of con-
fdence, and though I was mad with my
self for it often, yet somehow l couldn't
help it. One night, or, rather, one morn
ing--fer it was just before daylight-Re
surprised a guerilla camp, and, after a
short but shztp scrafhhls gobhled pretty
nearly the whole lot When all was over,
and the roll came to be called, neither
George nor Ned Kenton answered to their
names 20 ]
@fCal EN- again, Adjutant says the
Major. So hedid. mr9lOglqg f-TrfsisiI
a " fMissingl' sings out the corporal.
j. Sand missing they were, sure enough.
We searched, for EN- in vain. They were
-naithA=Aaane tho ~anndnd nozthO killed.
In fact, there were but two killed, and half
dozen slashed a little. ~.a5
q OF course, we marched on without EN-. |
a Those fellows have deserted again.
says the Major, land serves me right for
trusting en- 90
r. . 2 raps they We only straggied, Major,
says l. for / couldn't think they'd gone off
in cold blood, after having proved so
staunch before. ~ te .~-gi',a ,,s ,nr |
q Struggled be d-dJ growls tho Ma
jor, who wasn't very choice in his Ian
lgdage. But If Ivcatch either of 'em,t
they won't get a second chance to straggie,
by
wen, we vent ahead for several DAYS, 1
without soaring up q fight or hearing any
thing of our two. "goners," till one night,
as we lay camped on the edge of a scrub
wood, in a sort of swamp, we were sud
denly attacked by a squad of savage bush
whackers, and came pretty near getting
the worst of it, for they had contrived to
surprise our pickets, and were at us before |,
we could shake ourselves well together.
However, after a desperate fight, a regular
Injun scrimr1aEe, We detioralized EN-, and
scattered like q streak, leaving some
twenty tall fellows dropped, and as many |,
prisoners We lost pretty smartly, too,
and 1 got an ugly cut over the head, which
laid me stark for half an hour or more, and
made my brains s~izzle, whenever it was
hot weather, for a good while afterward.
When / come to myself, our surgeon
was plastering up my skull, and l asks him
f it was all over, and all right.
90 Yes, says he, we've got a small lot
IF prisoners, and there's a friend of yours
imong en- .1o, /!
a looked hard at him, and an idea
dashed across me. iNot-not either of the p.
zentons ? says ], questioning-like. |,
&c Yes says he, the young one,
- What poor Ned says L and the
hought made me sick and faint-hka, so
hat l suddenly fell off into a swoon again. (.
Al must have stayed a good while in
his state, for when I came around again
We were in full march, and 1 was in an !
a 1 sat up and felt myself, to see if 1 was
onnd. found I was all right except my /;
cad, and that only ached a little. When !
We halted to feed, l felt almost as well as y
yer, SO I shirked the go-cart and took my a
lace in the squadron. As I rode along !.
D my station, 1 took a squint at the pris- :
ners, and there, sure enough, was Ned =
.Lenton, with his hands bound, and his 9
at slouched down over his eyes. :
Corporal, : says Sergeant Biles to me, a .
~ minutes later the MsjorH hang 7
Dung Kentonswhen We halt to camp, you :
lay bet.'" .- ..,,--4 !
ri didn't answer Just then but pre- \
,ntly says /, half to myself, l wonder
here his brother isl g.4 - i
q 0hP says the sergeant, didn't you
how2 He's laid out, We found him Z
18th a hole in, his head last night. BE
as killed in the fight" !.
ats strange how dry storytelling !,
lakes me" said Jukes, interrupting him a a
If again and speaking a little hoarsely. P
l beg your pardon, Iieutenant, but 1 D
take another pull at the canteen." v
"We'n join you" replied Bead, gravely a
Iiting the action to the word.