The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-08

and he lives somew ARro afe1na fRariA1
ns's been herp msre'u dozss times
Didni propose mAirimonY, did be asksi
one Of the meui
No. she snapped, bat ifhe bad bed
bsvc stood : better ehsbce thar white
mss who hide Is fence corners 10 capture
nIggers'
SO sayiag she slAmmed the door ON
them aud weut sway she AT down At
the tabls aud looked aeross at Dan, and
presently unused:
Yes, he's fool, aud these men had %
business hanling bin around, 20 matter
" besber knew bin or not igness be .
buagry sad arsd, aud IN give BIN some
thing 10 eat and sepd him 70 bed.
Dau play ed the fool 10 perfection, and
when Me lad eaten the women bad real
moaherly Interest In him. She guided
him up stslrs, showed bim The bed be
was 10 occupy, And then weal do"a with
The light, saylng.
Fools eau see 10 the dark IS well as by
daylight, aud you might set the house on
Grei
Tbk spy sts oat II lhe Acfaps in OOe
sense, aud yct he was Ia iroable. De
wanted to reach and pass ths Confederate
outposts before dsybreAk. liheremained
in ths boz "a Al | nighthe would encounter
people naxl day who might want him
more fully identified. But how was be
to leaye7 8GIElb
The chamber was hslfstory affair,
eli IN one room aud = windowat either
end. One ofthese wo1fd let the spy out.
tie crept across the floor and tried the
sash of one. II whs Old and shaky, aud
vet be worked at it good Ten minutes
and gave mp in despair. The sashea
were not nailed, but so warped thatto get
chem up or down or out would make
no,se enough to arouse everybody about
the .kQase The sash in the other win
dow Cosll be-. raised, but Dams fingers
bad scsreeig tonched IL when two or three
dogs which seemed TO be kenpeled d.
rectly below, commenced furious bark.
Ing. Escape by that way was cut of.
After moments thought Dan decided
10 wait until the house grew quiet, and
then descend the stairs and 90 out the
front door. lie might have TO wait an
hour or more, aud be therefore threw
himself on the bed lie had scarcely got
settled when be beard commotior
down stairs and the heavy tread ofs man
Creeping out of bed and putting bis ear
to tue floor be soon made omit woman's
sou had returned bSsIe after q consider
able absence within the Confederate lines.
Dan listened for long time, catching
words enough to keep the run of the cou'
Yersstiou, and when be heard both NOV
log aeross the floor be slipped into bed
again. II was well be did so, The
stair door opened, light appeared, and
az mother aud son sscended, sbe said:
or course he's foolI Do you suppose
I've got SO old that can't tell an idioi
when | see himY
Well these are suspicious times, NUT
tered the son in reply, and both advanced
to the bed.
Dan seemed to be fast asleep. One
hand, all cramped up, was on the guilt IN
plain sight, and he had bis face screwed
up until the lonesome look onght to have
melted heart of stone.
There! don't be look like fool9 whis'
pered tbs mother.
He may be one, but II won't do any
hurt to let the patrol take him into ouT
oatposts, answered the son, aud both de-
sceudAl Che stairs. I8I0 lI9ei
Dan mnst get out OF that. Not by way
OF lhe wiadow, bat down stairs and oul
t-ont door. The pstEol eoed not
OF the ;, $. bad no time 10 spare
be far of, anu !. -.ments, be ssftly
Hastily resuming his o., Gag 81
eascended the stairs. While va.
the door he heard the son 90 m, a..
ai'er Two or three minutes he sof,Iy
opened lhs door aud stepped out. bnt
'n'y 'os stand face to face with the son .
'onng msu OF abont twenty-five and of
POO mpscnlar development. For wba,
eemed long inmate they looked into
tch others faces. Then the Copfedsrs,.
aid;
Throw mp your hsnds, Mister Yank the
ame Is playedi
! Just came to bid you good night! cool.
adiwered Dan, and he gathered and
1sde arush,
The Confederate did not follow, be.
ause be realized that Dan was running Z
Tec'ly for The approaching pstrol. He i
'as under fall headway when he met {
ism' or saw that he was going TO run I
ITO them, aud swerved aside. @
shoot that Yankee kin himl XIII hlnl
iouted the Confederate at the house. and v
'e patrol opened fire 10 response,
Dan was not over thirty fee. away, and
e gloom OF The night saved him from Il
'ing riddled. One bullet struck him ia
. left arm just above the elbow, iuHlct.
q painful kwound, but The other, b
ent wild and be soon distanced pursuit r,
an did not get into Ceuterville that Of
pc, but be was there mouth lalsr, v