The Worthington advance., 1881-03-03
he - asked one of the men,

to capture niggers!' y
So saying she slammed the door on
them and went away. She sat down
at the table and looked across to Dan
and presently mused:
EYES, he's fool, and these men
had no business hauling him around,
10 matter whether know him or not.
I guess he's hungry and tired, and IL
give him something to eat and send
him to bed.
Dan "played the fool" to perfect.
tion, and when he had eaten, the woman
had q real motherly interest in him.
She guided him upstairs, showed him
the bed he WAS to occupy. and then
went down with the light, saying:
''Fools can see in the dark as well
as by daylight. and you might set the
house on fire -
The spy was out of the scv;lpc in one
sense, and yet he was III trouble. lie
wanted to reach and pass the Confed.
crate outpoSts before daybreak. lfhc
remained in the house all night he
would encounter people next day who
might want him more fully identified.
But how was he to leave?
The chamber WAS Il half-story affair.
all Ill one room. and Il window at either
end. One Of these would let the SPY
out. He crcrt across the floor and
tried the sash oC one. 1t was old and
Shaky. and yet he worked at it Il long
ten minutes and gave mp in despair.
The saShes were not nailed. hut SO
warped that to get them up or down or
out would make noise enough to arouse
everybody about the house. The sash
in the other window could be raised,
but Dams fingers had scarcely touched
1t when two or three dogs. which
seemed to be kenrled directly below,
commencclA furious barking. Escape
Ivy that way W;lS cut off.
After Il moments s thought Dan de-
rited to wait until the house grew
quiet, and then descend the stairs and
go out by the front door. lie might
have to wait all hour or more. and he
therefore threw himself on the bed.
He had scarcely got settled when he
heard Il rommotion down stairs and
the heavy tread Of Il man. Creeping
ont of bed and putting his ear to the
floor he soon made out that the wo.
man s son had returned home after !,
considerable absence within the Con-
federate lines.
Dan listened for long time. catch.
ing words enough to keep run Of the
conversation. and when he heard hotl,
moving across the floor he slipped into
bed again. It was we'll he did so. Tho
stair door opened. q light appeared. and
as mother and son aScendcd the stairs
she said:
"Of course. he's Il fool! DO yo,
think I've got SO old that | can't tel
all idiot when see him
Well. these are suspicious times,
m'lttrred the son in reply, and both
advanced to the bed.
Dan seemed 10 he fast asleep. one
hand. I'LL rramprd up, WAS on the quilt
in plain sight. and he had his face
screwed up until the lonesome look
WIS enough to have melted II heart OF
stone.
"There! don't he look like IL fool p
whispered the mother.
He may be one. but it won't dC
amy hurt to let the patrol take him in.
I" our outpoSts. answered! the son,
and both descended the stairs.
Dan must get out of that. Not h,
way of the window. hnt down stairs
and out Of the front door. The patrol
r"'ld not be far off. and he had No
time to spare. Hastily rcsuning his
garments, hr Sn!t|y descended the
stairs. Will" waiting at the door h.
heart til" son so out. and after tw,
or three minutes he softly opened the
door.
No one was in thr room. Tip-tue
ing across it Il; ','tn";i the front door
AMI stepped uHt. but only to stand
face to face with the son. Il Young
man Of about twenty-five and Of good
muscular development. For what
seemed long minute they looked in.
to each others faces. Then the Con-
feuerate said:
''Throw up your hands. Mister
1Hnk-the game is played -
II just came to bid YOU good night -
cody answered Dan, and he gathered
and made 4 rush.
The Confederate did not follow, he
cause he realized that Dan Was running
directly Tor the approaching patrol.
He Was under full he:u|way when he
met them. or SAW that ne was gcin.
to run into them an;l SWerved aside.
">hoot that Yankrc. kill him! Kill
him.! shouted the Confederate ut the
house. and the patrol opened fire in re-
Spnnse.
Dan WAS not over thirty feet away.
and the gloom oF the night saved him
from being ri'llled. One bullet struck
him in the left arm. just above the
elbow. lnilicting Il painful wound. but
the others went wild and he soon dis.
tanred pursuit. Dan did not get into
Crntreville that time. but lie WAS there
It month later.
Sixty Miles a Minute on Il Tin Pan.
Arthur Fitzpatrick. who returned
from Colorado Il short time ago gives
the following acro,,nt of ;ln occurrence
il, the mining districts. Of which he
was ,n eyewitness: "A miner and
some companions; were crossing the
Continental Divide when it was
covered with SHOW. Three miles
below them. down IN incline of forty
tive degrees. deeply covered with
frozen SNOW. lay the spot they desired
to preach, while t" 50 round ''y trail was
fifteen miles. The miner took Il tin
pan. used for washing gold. spread his
blanket over It. got in himself. in a
SqIatting position Oh his launches.
tucked the blanket around, held his
rifle and other traps over his head. and
got ono Of his companions to give him,
push. lie informed me he went
down ut the speed of sixty miles a
minute. and shot far out into the valley
at the foot Of tn" mountain when he
found the soldering of the pan melted
from friction. his blanket on fire. and
it WAS his impression that. had he
gone muri: fnrthur. he would have been
burned ny. together with AL his
traps.
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