Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-18

wero out to pieces BY tho ice, and the legs
were cingiug around my auklcs. knocked
and he let mo in, and l told him those
'hell-frcd devils had captured. mo and my
drivcr, and intended to take him from
thom. Ho gavo mo a hat and coat and
shoes, and q gun and ammunition. 1 then
went back to the road which L knew thoy
would have to travel, and waited for them.
heard them getting ready to start with
Amos, and all wore talking and shouting
together. They had captured q high-struug
black marc of minc, and when they hitched
her to the wagon 10 start ono of them
whipped her, and she began to kick things
to pieces generally. Barton was anxious to
get away, 80 Amos told mo afterwards, and
stood by with his gum aiming at every
noisc he heard in tho bushes. They got
startled finally; the bay marc did all the
pulling, as tho black was mad; aud I heard
them coming up tho road. Amos was cry.
ing; ho was nothing but a boy, then, and 1
can't tell you how felt
ATTEMPTED RESCUE OF AMOS LADD.
just seemed to swell, felt so big; but
| couldn't help from crying myself. I
knew my own wagon by tho black marc,
which could SEQ against tho snow bank.
Theirs was a onc-horse concern, and was
in front, aud just as soon as it camo within
reach [ levcled my gun and fired! heard
some one holler, rRun! run! run! and I
heard Barton say, what's the matter!"
thought to myself, you wait minute ani
[ will show you what's tho matter. Then
some enc in the foremost wagon fired at mo
two or three times and they all fell out
of tho wagon, and as they ran up the
snow bank into tho bushes [ fred again
My gun was loaded with buckshot, and when
heard some ono groauing and | thought
q have got meat this timc, shot six more
times, but the banks were go high that l
ovcrshot them aud didn't get anybody.
CHARLEY WHITES TERROR.
One of them, Charley White, had caught
slot in his thigh, aud as Amos who vac
then lodging behind the barrels told me
afterwards, tried his best to get under or
into Amos for protection. Amos told him
to get out and tako his sharc;' and he
replied, Il havo got my share already" "
20 do him justice, | may say hero that
the "Major" did not seem to think that,
under all tho circumstances, thcro was any.
thing particularly wrong in his single
handed attack. upon the dozen Revenues
He certainly enjoyed telling how hard poor
Charley White had tried to crawl into Amos
and how his faithful black maio had fanucd
timber with her indignant heels The
officers took Amos into their midst and
drove rapidly, aud Redmond ceased firing
for fear of killing his friend.
AWAITING ANOTHER CHANCE.
81 hadn't got Amos out YETI he oontin-
ued, $50 as they drove on ran on down tho
fence by their side until they got to the
next house, (Mr. Peppor's) which was not
far oft, and then heard them holIcr, 'whoaP
and call for old man Pepper Mr. Pepper
started to. bring out light, but Barton or.
dcrea him not to bring it there l was
standing few feet from him iu the dark
ness, watching for chance to rescue Amos,
but could not tell him from the others. He
had united bimsolf in tho wagon, however,
while we wero fighting, and suddenly L,
heard somc one hollcr, He's gone! he's
gone" and then several shots were fired;
but [ knew that he had got off safely. 1
then thought would rush in and cut tho
traces and recapture my horses, but thought
they might hit me SO I stood STILL They
oil went into the house. and l went of aud
whistled for Amos, who came to me aud
told me l had wounded Barton and Hen
drioks. We went back together to watch
the house, and I looked through the window
and saw them all sitting before the fire. |
could have killed Barton or any of thom;
| they we're not ten feet from me; but
wouldn't shoot any. ono down in another
mans house.
TIE WAY THE REVENUES RUN.
The next morning I saw them again in
tho road in the onc-horse wagon, and
wanted to shoot Jannison, but Amos begged
me not to do it, and wouldn't. Presently
the others came along and Gary was riding
on my horse by the sdo of DR.. Earle, who
had been. attending the wounded. 1t
made me mad to sec him on my horse, after
all that had happened, but wouldn't shoot
OF him, for fear of wounding Earle, who
was between us. Gary had gotten him to
ride by him. At last / saw Earle 60 q
littlo ahead, and saw my chanooci and fred
at Gary and hit him. Earle helped him
back on my horse, and thcn I never saw
men run so in my lifo. | thought I would
stop them, so / shot my own horse; he
commenced staggering, but ho was game
and kept going, and [ followed on after
them as fast as they aud could run. They
crossed creek and all stopped, and Gary
holercd back to mo: Come over hero and
| will kill you ! had only my pistal, but
| started towards him. had to cross the
creek on small log and loaded as { won't.
Before | could got across they commenced
running again, and | called out to them to
wait and would kill ovcry ono Of them.
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