The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-05-08
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- Did y9p have your ri picture 1a taken by

Did you have your picture taken by
-- of Lynchburg ?'f
EYES," be replied. s efH ri ffss.t
"Was the case Of red moroccop''
"It was" Ia '''
Then the picture had found in camp
must have been stolen from his house
by foragers and afterwar is thrown
away. The man looked at me as if
ready to answer further questions, but
| had none to put just then. l was won
dering at the curious coincidence, when
he sat up on his bed, looked me square
in the eye, and said:
81 am Dan Vernon, the bushwhacker,
and killed one Of your men last night
before turning in here!"
"Dan Vernon I" I repeated after him.
- g Yes. It is q good joke on your
comrades, who took me for scrub SOL
dierin tsl rlssssfGl sai AZ" tsIi sfEt-
l was so taken by surprise that I could
not utter word. He was as cool as ice,
however, and he continued:f 81 ttSs=
.,It would give Sheridan great joy to
string me up or s"e me shot, but my
time isn't come yet. I shall be going
pretty soon!n ye5n t aI
Now, that was pretty cool talk, con-
sidering that I was there TO guard him
and had my carbine ready Tor shot,
with fifty comrades within hail, but he
went on:s stoit'i ks}ds. '1sZis4'' t'e.
81 have my rifle under the straw, and
could have shot you long ago. didn't
want to, however. I feel good natured
this morning, and you need fear no
HARM"
a"Une cry from me viii alarm, the
whole post I managed to remark. W
"Pooh! Let's hear you yell out
Onceiss Sg.@ us HEE1f1i o4' tttA 5@1i
\ Our eyes met. There was nothing ma
licious in his, but they put q strange spell
On me. His voice, TOO, had a strange,
tender infuence, aud when .helasked
me to toss him my canteen of water and
hatefsack Of food Z obeyed without the
least shesitation. zsh6szdHaaln from the
ssessie saS s e 0heysd away at the
Thisis pretty good fare fol- a hum
cry man; AS cant stay here 70 eat it
all I shah beg the favor Of carrying the
rest whA nae. '',siSxfis .ssgsss'Io4 s'Esx
He was looking. into my. eyes, and I
could not force 1hy lips to utter q word
Of objection. gTal f3sss issnH ,T57Bsn Ii}
[ 81 hear that Sheridan has offered re-
ward fof me, but no one viii ever earn
| it, q he said, rs he Acknowledgements saEY s42
He was not fifteen. feet from my car
bfne, and1 was thinking how surely
could sit him. awhen .sou1 eyes met and
= s%No No use trying. Il. you f want to
lgshootme, blaze awsy, butI tellyou you
'sS ws nis iooFsd It each oshsrff other ffor half half
minute, and Lfelt my carbine slipping
from my grasp to the ground outside.
MY fingers had no strength to hold it.
Dan laughed in 2 dry, way and said:
tsWhy don't you shoote" ''4'''f
fsYou shall never leave this place
alive!" said in answer, but I hardly
recognized my own voice. aa'i '''
-. Pooh =: he, carelessly replied, II
am ready to leave now! I shall go out
of this other door here, and you will sit
right where you arel''' pos nfi .Git
was looking full at him, and to save
my life / couldn't move hand or foot.
Each limb felt as numb as if asleep. go
well, old boy, good bye to you,"
said Dan as he picked up his rifle from
the straw, and in another minute he
/ was out of sight. was sitting there,
mouth open and eyes fixed on vacancy,
when a comrade came down from the
picket-post, shook me by the shoulder
and cried out: -. ..r.,s.,-5 =. .
"A nice man you are, fast asleep and
your prisoner gone!'' u eiaI1 e5is4
Was I asleepP No! Was it q dreamp
No! But the prisoner was gone. There
was talk of q courtmartial in my. case,
but it never occurred, as the, prisoner
was supposed to be only some common
"Johnny Reb." Had it been known
that my man was the famous bushwack-
er should have been taken out and
shot for permitting him to escape. I
permitted him, and yet didn't. :, / was
as helpless as il without power or mus
Gle. That night when he crept in on
. picket and stabbed him TO the heart
wondered if the poor victim first saw
those strange, wild, magnetic eyes glar-
| ing into his'to deprive him of even pow
er to ask for mercy.-D Detroit Free Press.
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