Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-01-04

tongues to carry the threat, and in
few days he received a counter me;
sage, couched in such terms as rouse
all the border man within him. Wit
some difficulty he obtained permissio
from his commanding officer to go O.
a scouting expedition" He starte'
with his trusty lieutenant and tel
men-12 in all-well mounted, arme'
and appointed. Forty-eight hour
thereafter he returned with the los
Of only one man wounded, but drew
up in front Of headquarters with /
riderless horses, saddles and all com
plete. and with the blood chilling as
surance tEat the guerilla gang, sup
posed to number some thirty or forty
was wiped out At least, none 0
them ever returned to disturb til;
quiet Of Johnson county. Whethe
or not they all fell in open conhic
no historian of that brief but bloody
expedition has ever recorded.
FIGHT FOR A BRACE OF PISTOLS.
After one of the worst and mos
daring exploits of their owner, Fate
declared to his comrades that he must
have those pistols, and started off, al
though Hardgreaves was known tc
have a strong party with him. He
swore that he would "fetch him if he
had to follow him through the nation.
The Cherokee and Choctaw country
is familiarlv known in the Southwest
as "the nation" and Arnold merely
meant that he would keep the trail
until he struck the Texas line. In
about three weeks he rode up again
in front Of his quarters, greeted bv az
admiring throng which included near
" the whole brigade, and, in reply to
numerous inquiries, simply exhibited
his trophies, remarking, We'll. BOYS.
I've got the pistols He was not
much inclined to boast Of his exploits
and that brief declaration was all
| ever got out of him as to his expert
ences on the Texan trail. What they
really were can, perhaps, be far better
imagined than described.
HIS STYLE OF FIGHTING.
Itseemed to make little difference
to Fate Arnold what might he the
number Of his enemies. He would
ride up to an encampment of the
rucriIlas, who were the especial oh
iccts of his hatred and vengeance.
mark the position of their biyouacs
and watch-lires, and then. ountcd
on his dreaded spotted horse. ride
through the cncampment, firing right
and lef1 with an aim all the MOI
deadly because the reckless marks
man was Indifferent to the conseQuen-
ccs of anv return bullets or course
he was frequently wounded, for the
men opposed to him were as nearly
as possible Of like metal with him
self and he is now. if still alive
which | do not know-a mere batter
ed wreck of his former iron self
But his last and most dangerous hurt
was received in a cause which would
have done honor to any knight of old
A KNIGHTLY DEED.
A poor woman whose husband was
in our army was falsely reported to
be in possession of a sum of money
and a gang of the unutterabIe miscrc
ants of the border, surprised her ii
her humble cabin to rob her OF heI
supposed treasure. Her two little
children twins, were playing by thl
hearth, aud the robbers threatened tC
murder them if she did not at once
disclose her hidden treasure.
/ The appeal to her mothers instinc
was strong enough. but she had moth
/ ing to reveal; nor did she believe
that the world contained brutes yilt
enough to carry ont such helIish fore
warnings. She was mistaken-th,
iends dashed out the brains Of th,
infants by knocking their heads ont
against the other, and the heart-brok
en- mother was a maniac from tha
hour.
CONCLUSION.