The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-01
II M RRO ESCAPE,
AN INCIDENT OF THE LATE WAR.


he li"e of he Il ipIitn river divide he
two ain'Ies thai The toll wing remarkable
incrtrnt occurred {: y considerable iarI uf
the 'unIIes .: Fauqui"r aud Cul,eprer
while not actually occupied Ivy the enemy
Was Constantly subject Ia visits from iheir
c,valy, ana II was III this dIS. ric. that
No>by and SIrInSfell"w were at tina Zine
operating. SlIIngf, How and :, number of
M''>by'> men had b, eI Hospitality enter
aimed at Il CERTAIN nausIon Ivy ladies N hose
M l. ieia'I ives weIe all IN the S,ui hern
my. y Late dinner had been provided
ittei pant king of which all had departed
exc pI SjrIugfrlIow AND one Young man
whom he had persuaded to remain behind
hIs patty. ann " t:o soon btIook himself to
TIE sofa IN 'ae paIlnr Tor a uap. Time
passed rapIdIy aud pleasantly in cnnveisa-
ti',n With the ladies unIll about sunset,
y hen the sudden alarm given that a
company -! The enemy was aI,pi baching the
house. SirIngieIluw : first thuug ht WIS for
hls c"snIa'ie. asleep ia The partui, aud he
rushed 10 ihat iounI to awake HIM. but he
f'nna thar he had already received the
ala IN and had Succeeded ~ reaching his
h'Ise III Time f.H Hight. Running tn the
trou don lie was gree ed with "a rulley ni
ua' blue batI~ crashing through the panels,
Tor the enemy had sen his approach
tirnu IN " iu'ioS and felt =, rtlte ,f hun
Escape being impossible in tins diicctU,iI
he TUNED To II window at the back of rhe
hou>e buf, on raising this, he ed> Salutrd
oy a blue coat, who 81 discharged his gun al
most III his Lace. Evidently he house was
surround, d. aud tlIeIe seemed To he but the
faInt"st hope of escape. As Il last resort
he ran up stairs. hoping To ii Id Snne hiding
| place, or perhaps s''tne au>pIcinu> moment
! 10 br able IL ldmp from th- back IIut ch aud
| ESCAPE tu the adjacent garden. At the
head Of the stairs lie was met by old
| gro woman, the faithful slave aud hurse or
the young ia'lIeS of the house She off red
| To seciete linn. aud. leading him to Il vim
! dow which opened upon the back yuI ch.
| she showed him board projecting from
the lower window sill, bet ~ een which AN.
! the root of the porch II was barely ,,uS>ibIe
| for him to >qurrzr his body. String fellow
| lost no time III awaiting himself of thiS pu-
! >iIipn, fur the enemy had now gained en-
trance - the hnuSe aud we've buSIly seaIch-
| iug rhe ii ~ floor.
Not hnd'ng him they assembled to the
second story, who're they were mel by the
negro woman upon whose fdIthfulutSs
! StIIngfeiluw ; lii+ now depended. Nor d
| Sile fail hIm. With ready wit she volnu
t"ered Ia assist in lie search. Every bed,
every cl '>e every chimney place, every
nook which could by any possibility atfud
any cpuceaimrnt was carefully rXamInpi,
! ouL all without result. All the time q a
| the faithful negro assure the Seai cheIs that
| Strincfcllow Was not in he house. she.
! had seen hun, 80 she said. ION ihe top of
the back porch, aud believed that he had
jumped off and RON into the gatdeu. She
1 wished they could keIch him aud kill him
! for lie w"uld keep Il comm there after ler
! young misses, and size kept telin' them
| that lie was bad man. aud that he wou!l
| ger them into trouble, aud Cow it had all
/ come true. and she wished they would
| ketcn him aud kill him, aud make an end
! of it, Darkness had now fallen, but ST i'll
the search was prosecuted with lighted
| candles until Tie officer in command was
| fam to believe that he old woman had told
! the truth, aud that III some uuaocnuut a bip
| way ringfelluw had made his escape from
| the house. AT one time thus officer stood
at the window beneath which lay .he uh
| jet nf his search, and So close tn him that
+ B 'ringfellow feared that the beating Of his
heart would bttiay his position. There hI.
| lay with pistol i'll hand ready at the mo-
men, of discovery to sell his life as dearly
! as possible. The candle was thrust out uf
| the window that ihe top of the porch might
be examined. The shadow of the board
| barely covered his person. In another in
! stant the candle was Withdrawn aud String
| fellow was saved. II I'd the sun been shining
! his discovery would have been inevitable.
| Cht2rIned that an escape should have
been effected where escape seemed itiIpos
sible. the enemy, after lingering for per
iiaps half AN hour, topk their departure
| In the meantime Suiugfeluw, unstiuug by
| the excitement aud sudden revulsious of
! feeling through which he had passed (f'n
the whole search had been audible to hmm
| had fallen into sleep nf nervous exnau>
| tion. from which he did not awake until
! the woman who had saved his life laid her
! hand upon him To inform him that he might
| leave his hiding place. In the confusion
| of the sudden awaking he at first Thought
| that he had been discovered by the enemy,
| and he was about to- attack his d, liverer,
J but lie soon realized his position. His life
was saved under circumstances where hope
! seemed useless. His horse and acc 'utre-
! ments we've capturod, but that mattrie.
! little. for horses and blankets were plenii-
! ful IN the Federal amy, and he
mounted and refurnished himself at the
! expense of those who had hoped To he his
capsors. Chicago Ledger.