Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-10-11

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of the band.
"More likely scout" added a Sec
ond as he rode up to the fence.
"Come out of that, you devil!'' or
dered the Lieutenant in command.
The scout realized that they only
guessed at the presence of a human be-
ing there, and he hoped they might be
satisfied without an investigation. Per-
haps they would have been but for the
condnct of the dog, which seemed de-
termined to come to close quarters. To
shoot him would have betrayed the man
instanter. He tried TO coax the brute
with meat and to intimidate him with
club, but neither effort was successful.
When sure that the dog was about TO
close in on him Dave drew his knife.
The dog sprang in and was received
with blow intended to settle him then
and there, but it only gave him severe
wound The cut took the fight out of
him and he retreated among the troop
ers. As soon as they noted his wound
they held a whispered consultation and
divided, part going up the road and
part down. When 80 rods from the
thicket they began throwing down the
fence.
The scout saw that he was TO be
fianked. The woods were too far away,
and he must bolt in some other direc-
ton or tamely surrender. He was not a
man to do the last while there was any
show for escape As soon AS the caval
nv entered the field the scout bounded
into the road and had crossed it before
he was discovered. When the cavalry
opened fire he ran straight for the house.
Two white women, several colored ones
and three or four colored children were
running about the yard, and Dave bolt
ed through the crowd and into the
house He expected to run through it
and across the back fields, but seeing
the people gathering at the back door
he went no farther than the kitchen.
The doors all stood open. After a
glance around for a hiding-place, the
scout stepped behind the one leading up
stairs. This door swung close to the
floor and hit the wall, so as to leave
quite corner where the walls joined.
The scout was scarcely hidden when
the house was full of men. All had seen
him enter, and they felt sure of captur-
ing him. While some stood guard at
the doors, others began search. They
examined every room in detail, constant
" expecting to unearth the Yankee, and
two of the kitchen doors were pulled
back for peep in the corners. The
cellar was the last place searched. \
window in the wall was open, and after
brief search the soldiers concluded
that the scout had crept cut of this and
made off while they were searching
above. AT this moment one of the col
ored women raised an cutlery and de-
clared she had seen blue-coat enter
the corn-field about thirty rods from the
house Away went the crowd, whoop-
ing and yelling, and the scout was left
alone with the women and children.
Dave now planned to step forth, cross
the highway and make for the cover of
the forest, but Just as he was ready to
execute the movement he heard the
rumble of wheels on the road. A force
was passing, and his appearance would
have been the signal for pursuit. The
only way was to remain where he was
and trust to luck
After hunt OF half an hour the pa
troll struggled back to the house with the
information that the Yankke had made
his escape for the time being, but that
patrols had been sent out to cut off his
return. The Lieutenant was offered
food, and he had just drawn up to the
table TO eat cold bite when he was
joined by a Captain of some Independent
command, whose men had just come
down the road. The two talked briskly
of army matters and movements as they
piled their knives and forks, and what
the scout overheard, as he crouched be-
hind the kitchen door, was regarded of
value when carried to Federal headquar-
tiers.
When the two officers had finished
their meal it was near shutdown, and as