Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-09
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But why this useless lament? It woul
all be over very soon. and should know
no more suffering.
And here. boys. let me step aside f ON
my story just enough to say that in that
hour tested the value of the religious.
faith my mother had instilled into my
soul. Amid all the suiftrings Of tha
occasion, found heart to ble4s my fond
ly cherished mother for the faith she had
given me. l then had opportunity to
prove the value Of the possession. and I
fonnd it equal to the emergency. / be
lieved If died then, that should NEE,
those who had gone before me in another
world, and believed it would be II bet.
ter and happier world than this. At all
events, can truthfhlly say that when
uttered the words of trustfpluess in III,
Savlodr, meant just what SAID nul,
was no lip,service, forced from me by
custom, but an outpouriug Of spirit from
my inner being. 'U
AT the appointed time Qlantrell came
in with six Of his men. and when the
irons had been taken from me, my arms
were pinioned behind inc with piece OF
rope, and | was led forth into the ward,
where ! found full fifty Of the guerpillys.
assembled. saw also large tree, over
one Of the lower limbs ofwhich had been
thrown iope, with moose at the eud
that dangled near the ground had
expected that the Williams would receive
me with .auuts and curses, but they did
nothing of the kind. They regarded me
with looks of stern hatred and wong geance,
and | could not fail to see that they were
eager to man the running end of the rope.
for the manner of preparation showed me
that was to be run up and stEnged.
only spoke once: ''.'.2' %'I'.' 3'
Let it be done as quickly as possible,
| said to Qu4ntrcll who walked by my
side. Since you are hanging me for
nothing that have done. there is no
need that you should put unnecessary
suffering upon me- y ..' =. ...
He told me it should be done quickly
enough and as he spoke wo had reached
the foot of the gallows. There must
have been something in my look. and ip
the tones i'll which l had addressed him,
that moved his sympathy, for. he asked
me. as one of his MN prepared the moose.
it wished to pray. There was no mock.
cry in the speech, but be spoke frankly
and in earnest told him that had
prayed, aud that WAS at peace with the
world and with tiod. 81 iggH II ~.
Then he made sign with his hand
and the moose was dropped over my neck
had just blessed my eyes, aud folded my
hands tightly together behind me. just as
man clutches at something when he is
ABOUT to undergo some surgical operation,
when a sudden commotion caused me to
take one more look at the things about
me, and that look showed me my enemies
fleeing 10 directions, while around point
of woods upon the highway came dashins
a squadron of Federal cavalry two hun-
dred strong. -,s.g s.t--s.l 5.4
With my own hands I lifted the moose
from my neck, and the next moment Cap.
tain Aaron Downer, Of the Second Noun
ted Infantry. was upon his feet by my
side. But that was the time for ex-
plantations. ! mounted horse that
stood near, aud joined in the chase, and
we succeeded in capturing fifteen of the
guerrillas. but Quautrel escaped US. He
had managed to secnre his own horse, and
once upon the back of that animal, he was
safe.
And so was safe, thanks to the letter
which I had written at Quantrell's dicta.
tion. Captain Dowper had been in Bluut's
qssrters when the woman brought it in,
and he recognized my handwriting. The
woman was followed without exciting her
suspicion, and thus my friends got upon
my track, and tho general himself after
wards assured me that he should not have
executed the two prlsoers if the had not
been pretty sure Of recapturing me.
+ 4 very few moments later, and all
would have been over with me in this
world. But what's the use Of such re-
Hections in wartime How many thou
sand escapes there are from death as uar.
row as was my escape from Quantrell's
gsllows ? +,
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