Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-09-13

The girls, indulging in the merry chatter
peculiar to their age aud crcu,nstano oes,
commenced making preparations for re-
tiring.
Little did they dream that behind the
drapcries lay concealed listener, holding in
his nervous grasp TIC murderous pouiard
:%:"ivn he had displayed when standing be-
fore the mirror few moments before.
Qui;k sped the moments, aud soon the
two girls were ready to retire
The gas was lowered until but the sma Hest
jet Of Aamo cast but dim light around the
room.
Beside the heavily carved bedstcad both
dropped upon their knees, and the closing
supp'ications of another day we're uttered,
and then the lovely faces were buried in the
snowy pillows, US a tender ''good night!"
was exchanged
Gro BE CONTINUED IN OUR NExT.)
THE VARIED MILITARY SERVICE AND
INTERESTING ADVENTURES OF GEN 9. .J
L. Cook. The Kansas City Times says:
q. l.. Cook, who is in the city, is, a re-
marknble muu. Hc has served under the
flags Of the United States, the Coufcdcracy,
Mexico, Austria, Egypt and Cuba, and
is now on his way to Mexico to seek fortune
again. He is native Of San Antonio
Texas. Ills parents were Germans In
1854 he was admitted to the West Point
Academy tie Was so young that his real
age Was concealed. He was not more than
fifteen years of age. lie graduated in 1858,
was commissioned as second Lieutenant of
the Second Dragons, aud sent to tho from
tier. He later eDtered the service of the
,FN<l. r.
S.oncwa!l jackson. where he was chief of
engineers After Lees surrender he uccom
panied John Breckenridge to Europe,
but returned soon aftcrwurd, aud entered the
Mexican service under Juarez.
At the close Of the year 1865 he found
himsclfin Mexico. Maximilian was on his
last legs, aud the American free lunce felt
no inclination to enter the imperial service
Making his way into Northern Mexico, ho
volunteered in Gen. Escobedo's division in
the Liberal army and Was promoted 10 the
position of brcvct brigadicr general With
the success of the Liberal army he went to
Europe, offered his services to tho Austrian
Government, was assigned to service in the
Typographical engineer department, and went
through the short and disastrous campaign
which lost to Austria and gained to Prussia
he entered the army of tho Khcdive of
Egypt. Soon after entering the service he
had q dispute with Gen. Kirby Smith. which
resulted in duel and his own resignation.
From Egypt he went East and circumnavi-
gated the globe. After his tour round the
world, he went to Cuba, arriving there iu
July 1868, where he opened hotel and
entered into the cultivation of tobacco
! IL, t,l Al, g
His sympathies being with tho patriots, he
was soon 40 object Of suspicion, and fnally
his house was burned, and he barely escaped
with his life. He mado his way to the
revolutionary army where ho did some
fighting. lie was one Of tho agents who
went to Now York to assist in raising funds
and munitions of war. II was his fate to
be ono of tho passengers of the ill-fated
Virgnius on her last trip to Cuba, and he
was captured with the unfortunate Capt
Fry and his crew, and taken to Santiago dc
Cuba. He was led forth with the doomed
men of tho virgiuius to bo shot and ho
would certainly huve been butchered with
the rest had not Sir Lau,bton Lorraine, Of
tho British war ship Ni,be, saved his life
tIc claimed British protection, and was one
of the two mon on whom tho British com.
mhuuVt WV" 'ho DIiLlSn eDSlRH.
Next schooner named G j. l.. Cook
was purchased and placed under his com
mand. She was loaded with war materials
and Cook started again for Cuba. This
time he landed his cargo on the south coast
of Cuba, at the base Of tho Sierra Maestro.
lie remained in Cuba and again entered
into active service 1t was his misfortune
to bo captured by Spaniards, who cuught
him asleep and dsurmed him. In the
struggle ho wounded one of the Spanish
soldiers, and so enruged tho commanding
officer that he hnd him stripped and beaten
with an iron ramrod until his back was raw
They then dressed his wounds with salt, und
imprisoned him 10 irons in filthy dungeon.
Ho was recognized on his arrival 10 Ha-.
vana, tried and sentenced to be hung June
3, 1875. On the night before the day set
for his execution ho succeeded by tho aid of
Tonnessooan, named Adams, in obtaining
quantity of drugged wine, with which he
druggcd his four guards inside, and obtained
the key to his shaokles He stabbed and
killed two sentries, and made his escape to
q schooner called tho Carrie Mayco, upon
which he was seoreted n l,ogshead.
1t is much easier to think right without