Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-16

closely followed by the roar of gun, hdrtlihl
over the heads Of the young soldiers And fell il
the marsh beyond. Another, and another, follow
led in quick succession, and one OF two naftars o
Epened their frelupoD the peninsulaY throwing fom
or five shells, some falling into the nnarsh and
exploding inithe rearof the picket line 4; .ar
,Attbe frst shot fired by the pickets, Capt Gar.
berry. ceased his snoring and sat bolt upright
Robn Iassitef, aso left his sleeping place, and a
king up his gun Joined the captairih 9nid5yle %
astW6at!inithe devil does that mean ~ asked the
captain, rubbing his eyes With o rpefnl face Al
having his slumbers thus rudely interrupted :.
II believe Giles Shorter was right, Captain, :
replied Lassiter; the tidei up, and those young
sters are shooting porpuses: They never saw salt
water in their lives, afore today, and to my think
ing. they are going to keep i'll long % there
tide enough In the erik to float porpuss4s .;sqsg
Whereavay was vssf the firing s eaHs demanded the
SsSi SsiRshtdown on The pint there was twoof them
nesafter the other, as quick as youcaR wink9R re-
sponded Lassiter.i IgLi0 l4sgfafg79g al tssi1a2
drLtIt's those youngstersI l. am afraid, said the
captain, pulling at his beard most d2lefully n
ouat to have put oh old soldier with each Of them
that is true! Giles Shorter-but look here, Las
siter" exclaimed the captain starting to his feet
suddenly, los he remembered his Conversation with
Giles just before lying down-5-''where RS Giles
snSIis sy down ii BY 4nua me- under that answered
Lassiter, indicating the spot with his finger "bqt
when1 woke ten minutes ago, lie was gofe 1sigli
1.-THE deyil!n exclaimed the captains who ssas
now thoroughly excited and alarmed. II did not
think the fool wasin eafnest, but suspect he has
played the very devil tonight HI don't court
martial him, whip me. But fear be is past court
martialing BY this time. Corporal, turn out The
guard pll go down TO the point, myself '.Ais'a
. The captainfek 2uhderihis head where he-had
placed his elnthes, and soon thrust hislegs his
garment and buttoned it up; but, as had. igtfE
happened to him before, found that his suspenders
which were well worn had parted company with
his garment and were not to be found. While he
was gropDing about on the groundin searchof them
the second round yfromsthe point roared out, and
urged the, now highly excited officer to hastenT
The captain swore quite .furiously His sword he
had buckled on, but his suspenders were missing,
and his coat could not be found 'F .'i' "sO"'u
q 'tTll make those youngsters and Giles Shorter
sweat for oil this confusion, muttsred the captain
:iI'llput themon double duty for amonth toeome,l
and drawing his sword with, his right hand, and
catching at, the waistbapd Tof his pantaOons with
his left to keep them from falling about ankles
he put himself at the head Of the line, and, in all
haste, hurried with his guard down totthe point,
TO enquire into the cause Of, the alarm. He had
got within hundred and fifty yards Of the point,
when the third yolley from the comrades on picket
shocked his ears. 7;5<y.g .sfgr
After firing tbeirtbird round, theyouths watched
most eagerly for the fugitive but in Vait ?Satis-
fed at length that he was either slain, OF was be-
yond their reach, they turned their attention to
the canoe which was still floating with the tide,
some seventy or eighty yards distant, The watch @
ful eyes. Of the young guardsmen had had not over
looked the figure in the Prov OF the canoe, which
disappeared Immediately after their challenge. =.
Their conjecture was that he, at least tstl remain
'Boat ahey come to land, or we fire upon you
Deont shoot again, boys, y for God sake ?' cried
a:lvttp,ice voice from the bottom Of the boat "You've
killed one fellow as dead as Julius Csessr; dont
shoot mel am q Confederate SOLDIER .'oi ieqIggH
Bring your canoe to land, then instantly" vas
the order from the point ,,,.4 .as.,,-b,:.. 81.
"Its me, Giles Shorter-Ca Carberry 8
Company, 18th South Carolina, I" replied the voice
'F'sGet up from the bottom Of the canoe then,
and paddle to land, replied Victor ,Sa: 1853
a Snow, don't shoot, boys, tor 'ma friend, an
swered the voice. and, the moment after, q dark
form was seen rising from the bottom ot the canoe
pered Prescott. Il have mind to put my ball
through him now. n3,i' esj Co noftst5daE9 uf ss |
; TttDon't shoot, Prescott, y suggested Victor:
SHE is in cur power ieompletely. shpt. he
says should be- true, I am, afraid We ,haye done q
sad night work of it, killing friends for enemies
It was their own fault, however, in not answering
our hail We have woke the enemy up 4 see.
There's one gun, and yonderis the fash Of anoth-
err. As Victor spoke the guns of the enemy
opened their fire.. -. s..,. s. ... g,.l .-..5
The individual in the canoe whose every motion
the youths narrowly watched for fear he should at
tempt to escape, had in the meantime taken up
paddle, and was urging ths;canoe toi land; but It
was obvious, from his manner that he!W stled
with apprehension and dread, lest, suspicious OF bus
story, the youths mighty be tempted TO fre upon
him. . H., IT,. 80, H.. .. .Is,a, -!
"Boys don't point your guns this way I'm
no enemy I'm Giles Shorter, who came down
with you on picket Don'tyou remember me, NOV?
q 'We don't, know any one who has not the pass
word, y replied Victor, who had no recelleetiono ot
the name given by Giles. He had only regularly
entered his company but few hours before, and
the names Of most of its members he had never
heasd.iE@. feS @':@"-.J b!p"-. - 2',. Up -
In the meantime, Giles, for it was he, brought
the canoe to land, some few rods to the right OF
where the boys had been first posted. He was or
dered to land and draw the canoe higher upon the
shore. which order he obeyed with the utmost
alacrity. Hearing the guard advancing, Victor
left Prescott in care Of the prisoner and repaired
to his station ito give the challenge. Capt Car
berry answered the challenge and, giving the pass
word came forward. yFt So Zs.4s o. .ffsss.
Letting go inadvertently, the waistband Of bis
pantaloo1s, when he had nearly reached the spo!
Where Victor stood, he made step Or two forward
and the treacherous garment mo longer being up;
held, dropped around his feet, and he fell forward.
What is this ~ exclaimed the Captain, in sur.
prise, as he rose ss quickly as he could drawing
his neither garments back to their place with ms
left hand; and holding up q dark mass to the moon
light inhis right. t'f a.s,5' -; m =, .2.iEsh
!1That is an opossum, sir, replied Victor IS
i sssApd, supposeI this explains al the firing
heard .g,,,,a a, .rs,71rs q sspi,issuo,q sdT
rpsssinr canoe, Eied one mai, and PERHAPS an&h
|eH who took to the water and diSapp peared and
CAPTURED o prisoner whom Prescottis Ruarding:
He saws hisname is Giles Sherter, land that, be
[longsrto your company Bring the plepsr for
TaSa Prescott and let Captain Carbsss s1anlns
l .,,,e+ t.,Iu s,t ae;oh ri .;.ss Tant TsdT u