The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-11-13
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A NARROW ESCAPE.

Just before the battle of Cedar
Creek one of Custors troopers,
named Dave Harrison, had IN al
venture full of ps'il. In the absenc,
of regular scJuts hI WIS dJtiiIel to
work his way up the valley aud dis
cJver all he could reg ,rdiuy tho en-
emy's position, and he entered upon
the enterprise with alacrity and con-
fidence. Dave was known as n
quiet, cool, enduring man, doing his
duty under all circumstances aud
winning the gJol wall OF the of i;ors
an in camp or on tho m,rcl,
IT WAS not the intention to seal
tho trooper forward asa spy, bnt
dis instructions wsre TO scout over
the neutral bat dangerous ground
between outposts AMI as near the
enemy as he coull. He left our
camp in his Federal uniform, armed
with pair of revJlvors m 4 k ilfe.
aud there wer, plenty OF c otk,rs to
predict that he would never return.
Alter leaving the outpost Dave
headed straight mp the valley, deter.
ipiued to accomplish his task IA
soon rs possible. lie of course took
to the wools aud brush, as the
highways were more or less Travelled
by tls enemy anl bJ ths cjultry
people, aud the ST. 5ht Of his uiif1rn
would hdva cIussl instant alarm
He had seen cavalry, artillery,
Infantry and army wagons moving
anl marching 10y this road or tn 1t,
and ha drLwu his VA cDnclu'i)lI,
but yet this did not satisfy him
Snrmises aud conc.us wars nJt
the information desired ut healq,ar-
ters. To secure fic.s h5 IN i,t COOS,
the open iiel Is aud highways,aud by
mid-afternoon he WIS prepared to
do SO. His las. c)vsr was u thick,t
by the roadside N,,rly opp) site
him and about twenty rods away a
log farm hou'e the front DOR stand
iny wils op Til, scott WAS
hoping to get word with some
colored man, when clvLlry patrol
OF ab>u twenty-five ma clmo along
the dusty road and halted at n
watering-trough to refresh their
horses. The noise attracted the
attention Of the honse dog, large
and savage amin h, aud he ran
down to the highway and bal kel furi-
ously. Finding that the soldiers
gave him no attention he trotted
up and down the road and foally
got tho scent of the scout hiding in
tho thicket. The dog was over the
fence and into tho thickot in second
and his angry bsrks aud growls
attracted general attention.
He's after possum,' shouted
ono Of the party.
"More like u scout !" added the
second as he rode up to the fence.
"Oome out OF that, you devil !!
ordered tho lieutenant in command
Tho scout realized that they only
guessed at the presence of humau
heiug there, aud no hoped they
might bo satisfied without an in
vestigation. Perhaps they would
have born but for the conduct OF
tho dog, which seemed dotorminod
o. come 10 oloao quarters. To shoot
him would have betrayed tho mau
,nntantar lla tried to coax the
hruta with meat aud to intimidatt
h,m with u club, but mother effort
was auceeaatul When suro that the
ios waa about to eloso in on bin
uave drew h,a talie, Tho dog
ap,aaa Ia and was received with a
h|ow intended % aettle him thou
aud there. but only aave him u ae-
we're wound Tho out took tha aahI
.0t ~ him aud he retreateJ amens
the troopepa, IA aeon IA they not
et his wSaat they held u whispered
Generalization and divided, y part ~
iNa NY The voal aai apart dawu
When sbUu Wis fsom tha thicle
they beaaa te'sw'es down chs
tnNee,
The seeNt saw that he was H. h,
4, 1aNket The wsata were toe IA
AAwAy, aod he MNss holt " ssme II
,ee,ioN vv tAMely surrender NJ
vss not \ Maa ~ 10 ,he last Will
Mewas ANY show " esaapA A
oNas the aevNlty entered ,he ael,
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