Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-09

| they have heen enpa oed in mucb of III.
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..Who has them in charge 81 I.skod
He told me il was Cen Blunt
Then" said | ..vou can dencnd unor
i. tb.v viii sw;na ;" I" q.
ouant,ell crossed On. loo over tho otbe,
and looked me m II tSe face
Captaip h, said with an exnress;or
No rfee,l ) w;;cL "a al w.,. no. - ,.,L,
your pep and write a letter for me
will dictate it, anJ sign it when YOU hay,
finished it." ''5' '7'',' y i'-~' q ''"
| took the pen as he directed, anG
spread a sheet of paper before me, and al
his dictaticn wrote the following
"GENERAL-You have two of my mer
in your custody, and have reason to feal
that you will sentence them to death
l hold, as prisoner Of war. Capt. Rob
ert Chester. OF Browns staff; and if you
do mortal harm to those men of mine,
shall, Immediately upon receiving incl
ligeuce thereof, proceed to hang Capt
Chester BY the neck until he is dead.
think you will believe that can execut,
as well as threaten.
j was about to add, I hare The hono,
to be, !" NC, when the guerrilla stopped
me.
That's enough" said he. 1--WE won
have any by pocritical phrases put in. fol
hate Blunt and despise him Let me
sign my name, and then III send it off by
one Of our women; for | don't belicv,
that even Blunt will have the hardihood
to put her to death, which he might do tt
one Of my men"
lhcreupon he took the pen, and, with
much effort, signed the missive--"Quan
trell." 1t was bold determined hand
and thiuk it was the only word ht
could write He had probably practiset
on it since he had come into his com
mand.
When the letter had been folded up ant
supersribed, the cbieftaiD took it and cal
ried it away, and wheu he returned h,
brought set of double irons with him
irons for my hands. aud irons for my
feet, with chain to connect them.
"We'll make sure work of it," he said
as he motioned for two Of his men to pu
the irons upon me. This is the fate 0
war, captain" ......
made no reply, suffered myself tt
be ironed in silence, and when the guer
rillas had Withdrawn | sat down to re
feet. ! had no hope further Of life.
knew Blunt we'll enough to know that h,
would be likely to execute the two vii
lians he held, especially as tie guerfillas
had once attempted to take his own lii
In cold blood. And as for making m,
escape. that seemed utterly impossible
My irons we've not only heavy and close
hitting but double guard was place.
over me- 5..,...,, 5..,
mVouay came anu passed and 50 ale 't'
n,o'udy n'eh'' on iueSuay hofhin e. a
a'ou' "'n' o'o'h' ~uan're'i entered IN!
Pf'son,ro0" anu 'he moment saw MI MI
lace knew II was al up .s ,r..l -,
| well Captain, he sad, with such
LOOK as one might suppose Satan woul'
assume when claiming soul that hat
been forfeited to him, Blunt has hum
my men, Tic hung them last last night, a
sunset lou know What must com'
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"0'1' ' .,sf'.7a 'A' s' 80 w,-p 0a'i az
'na' u''1S maze me snuuue'' 'i'''i - were
spare you now might % deiloera'tel.. deliberate
co'nnsslgning numbers 'a Of my own Ien 7
DEATH for Blunt would tell to his com
rades that tried to scare him with al