The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-11-17
Saved by n Shadow.

in everything at glance and determined
to cut his way through and ri.k the
chances Bat the ladies represented 10
him that this WAS certain death. They
could conceal him, and $ a.scn!ed.
The young ladies' acted promptly. One
ran to the window arr asked Who WAS
there, while another closed the back door
that in front being already fastened.
S. was then hurried up the stair
case, one OF the ladies accompanying him
to show him his hiding place All
had taken place in a few moments, and
the Federal troops gave sudden evidence
| of their estimate Of S.. They fired
a yollcy through the front door and the
bullets whlstlcd by the young ladies.
Then the door WAS burst in and the
troopers swarmed into the house
s. - had been conducted to Il gar.
ret bare of all furniture, but some planks
lay upon the slecpcrs Of the ceiling, aud
by lying down on these Il man might con-
ceal himself. S. mounted quietly
and strctchc himself at !ull length au,i
the young lady retired aud returned 10
the lower floor. From bis perch :
then heard all that wao said in the hail
beneath
''Wherc i. the gucrrilla!" cxc!aiLlei
the Federal officer commanding the dc.
tacbmcnt
..wha, gucrriii.? asked one of the
ladies.
The rascal
lie was here, but he has gone.
That is untrue the officer said, "ar.d
am not to be trincd with shall
search this house. But first read The
orders 10 the men" he added, turning To
q sergeant.
The sergeant obcycd and S. ,li,.
tlnttly overheard the reading Of his death
warrant. The paper chroniclcl bis cx-
PLOTS, denounced him As n guerrilla and
busllwhacker, and directed that he should
not be taken alive; the men were ex-
pressly ordered to kill him. not to take
him prisoner This was 10: reas,lring
to the scout concealed under the raftcrs
above. 1t was probable that lie would
be discovered, in which case death would
follow. There WAS bat one thing to do
to sell his life dearly. After ransack.
ing every room on the first and second
floors, the Federal tioOps asccndcd To the
garret. The ladies had attempted to
divert their attention from it, but one
of them asked
What room is that up thcre?'
The garret," was the reply.
lie may be there show the way"
you see the way returned the young
lady. II do not wish to 60 up in dust
it would soil my dress"
'Iou go before, then" g: id the troop
er to negro girl who had been made to
carry about lighted candle, for night had
come now. The girl laughed and said
There is nobody up there" but at the
order went up stairs to the garrct, fol-
loves. Gy the troopers. The decisive
moment lad come. S. heard the
trampy feet and cooked both his pistols
The light streamed into the garrct,
and looking over the edge of his plank
he saw the .garrct filled with troopers.
All seemed over and his discovery certain;
he was about to spring down and fire,
when the men growled: "Hell, there's
nothing here" and went down the stairs
again. The servant girl had saved him
by ruse. She had taken her stand d.
rectly beneath the board plank upon
which s. was extended, and the
deep shadow had concealed him. To
this ruse he doubtless owed his life. An
hour afterwards the Federal detachment
left the house in extreme ill.humor. and
before morning S. was miles away
from the dangerous locality where he had
overheard his sentence ofdeath s.
is now one of the leading cergymen in
Vlrginia.-J. Esten Cooke, in the Philaciei.
phia Weekly Times.