The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-21

that viii be satisfactory to ALL
This satisfied them, and [ soon
had the satisfaction of seeing nv
guard tolerably. drunk,-too drunk
to walk, and SO they tumbled down,
and they did not getup again soon.
Finding they were getting pretty
stupid and sleepy, I shook them and
said:
"see here, guard, this is a shame.
How do you expect me to guard
you, drunk as you are e vsia a5se
"Yes,- gpard,''. muttered one.
y Yons-tarn now-you guard US.
Don't leave or-by---, I'll shoot
you wflefa-wake: up'' fsE2sFEtt
"But hold on, said I, chow do
you expect me to guard you when
don't know the password %
BY vigorous strokes and punches,
/ SO far routed him that he mutter-
ed: ""Rattlesnaker2 y 5s.--..r.
I had no doubt bat this was the
magical 'opem sesame that was to
give me my liberty. In five min
utes the men were sound asleep.
The place where we were was deep
gully in the, woods, and about
mile distant was the rebel camp.
My purpose was soon fixed. swap
ped clothes with one. which was
considerable trouble, as he was as
flimsy as a rag; but | succeeded at
last in making the exchange, and
had the satisfaction of seeing the
drunken rebel nicely buttoned up
in Yankee regimentals. Taking his
arms [ hurried away. When I got
cut through the woods I came into
a road, and had no sooner done so
than Isaw squad of rebel soldiers.
''IIalt!'' was the word, which
responded to with soldierly precis-
ion. S'7F -t".-
'.What are you doing here p said
the lieutenant commanding.
l told him that two of us were
guarding a prisoner and that my
comrade and the prisoner were both
SO dead drunk, I could dc nothing
with them.
"That's a hi of a story" re-
piled the lieutenant, Il believe
you're some ID Yankee spy.
I've mind to clip your head of,
on suspicion And he raised his
sword.
Let him prove what he says by
shO wing us the men, suggested
one of the squad. @ e
At this they all laughed, suppos-
ing [ was bluffed. But when I read
lily assented to this, they followed
me, cautiously, however, as / sup
pose they feared / was leading them
into ambush. When the lieutenant
saw the men-one in butternut and
one in Yankee blue-as I had rep
resented, he gave each a hearty kick
and said -. =, 'ssaz1... 5.--..,
CIV ell this IS a HI of a mess.
What are you going to do about
it 2"
"Going to hunt a wagon and
have them carried on,'' said I. at
This was satisfactory, and we
parted. Finding it would not do to
take the. road [ skulked around in
the woods all day. When night
came, I took, as I supposed, a route
that would lead me to the Union
camp. All night I climbed about
over the hills; twice I was hailed by
rebel pickets, but rotAesnake carried
me safely by. Just at daylight I
discovered a camp. I could see the
tents twinkling through the strip of
woods before me, and [ felt certain
it was the Federal camp.
When l got about half way
through the strip of woods, I saw
something that completely took all
the exultation Of my delivery out of
me. Well, I've been in many per-
Gus position. I have had bayo-
nets, bullets and bowies rummaging
round IN the region of my loyal bo-
som; but never, in ali my life, was
| so astonished and chagrined-so
utterly taken down. There, in the
bottom of a broad, deep ravine, not
ten steps from me, lay the two
drunken guards Lord! this was
a pretty fix, to be sure. had ac-
complished a feat equal to the hero
of Mother Goose, who went,
Fourteen miles in fifteen days,
And never looked behind him.
One of the guard was sitting up,
and endeavoring to rouse the sup
posed prisoner; for he was still too
much stupefied to recognize the
cheat. Perceiving me, he sung
out :: .-..5.-.
Say, Bill, this id Yankees
too drunk to wake up. What's to
be done with him? Have we been
here all night? Lord, what'll the
old general say Come over here"
NO. said /, feigning his COM
rade,s voice. s'We've been drunk
here all night, and I am going to
report before he wakes up, or they'll
have US in the guard house. You
stay and watch him till I CO.
"No let US wake the devilish lub-
Der up, and take him where we're
going to. But blame me if I know
where that is. Don't so.
"But 1 will, said [; and hurrying
away, l was soon out of sight. This
day l hid myself in a hollow tree,
and, when night came, [ took a
good look at the stars, and, getting
my bearings, started again for the
Union camp. l several times came
upon the rebel piclAets, but the "Rat-
snahed me along without
any trouble; all but one, the last
one I came TO. He was a sprightly