The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-11-22
One Of Mosby's Men Saved by a

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The scout was surrounded. He
took iTeyery thing atsa-giaucesand de-
terWiued tocui his way through and
risk the chances. : But the Ladies' rep.
resentt,lto him,that this was scertain
death. Iney could conceal him, and
s. asseIIcd, Tho young ladies
acted promptly One ran to the win.
dow and asked who was there, while
another closed Ihe back door-that IN
front bting already iasiened. lSrr-
was then hurried up The staircase, one
OF the Indies accompanying him to
show him his hiding place. All had
taken place IN few moments. and
the Federal troops gave sudden, evil
tlence lofs7 their estimate OF S---
they fred a yolleylhrough the trout
loor, and the bullets whisiled by the
young ladies. Then the door was
burst In and the troopers swarmcd
into the house. ~ 81 ...tFi ~
s., hal been conducted TO ,gar-
ret bare fan iurniturc,, but s0ihe
planks lny upon tho slccpcrs Of the
reHing, aud byJying down on these a
man might conceal liniself. s.
mounted Quietly aud stretched HIM
self at full length, and tllc'young lad,
retired and returned TO the lower
floor. From his perch s. then
heard all that was said In The hall be-
meath. E.s 3D.. ---y
Where ia the guerilla?" exclaimed
the Federal officer commanding the
(deiachmeut, y "a i}tilff fti GFf'l
What guerilla? asked one of the
lauies,
The rascal s. .lf
lie was here, but he has gone.
That Is untrue, the officer said, and
am not 10 be lriflnd with. | shall
search this house. But frat readtlie
orders to the men, he added turning
10 sergeant. 'slf. Nlz ~
The sergeant obeycd, aud S.
distinctly overheard the reading ol
hisdcaih warrant. The paper chron
iced his exploits, denounced him a.
i guerilla and bush whacKer, and di.
rrctcd that he should not be taken
alive: the men were expressly or
'iered TO XIII linn. not TO take hin.
prisoner. This was not reassuring TO
the scout concealed upder The raftcrs
above. 1T WAS probable that he
would be discovered, IN which case
death would follow There was l,al
Que thing TO do--to sell lie life dear.
ly., After rnusacking every room on
the first and second floors, the Fed
eral troops a=cended to the garrett
The ladies. had attempted 20 diyert
their attention from il, but one OF
them asked:
What room is that IN therc2 a
/ lie may be there-show tho way
You see the way, returned the
ryoung lady. do not wish TO 90 up
/ in tile dust; it would soil my dress"
Yon 90 before, then, said a trooper
to n negro girl who had been made to
carry about lighted candle, for
night had come now.
The girl laughed and said "There
was nobody up ihcr9 but at tile order
went up stairs TO the garrett followed
By the troopers. tAkigfh
The decisive moment has come.
S. heard the tranping feet aud
cooked both his pistols. The light
sireamed Into The garret, aud looking
over the edge of the plank he saw tho
garret filled with troopers. All
seemed over and his discovery Ger
tain lie was about 10 spring down
ahd fire when the men growled I:
Ile.! there's nothing here, and went
down the stairs again. The servant
| girl had saved him BY rnse. She
had taken her stand directly beneath
the broad plank upon which S.
was extended, and the deep shadow
had concealed him. TO this ru'c he
doubtless owed his life.
| An hour afterwards The Federal de-
iachmcnt left the house in extreme
ill.humor, and before morning S -
was miles away from the dangerous
locality where he had overheard his
sentence Of death S. IL now one
of the leading clergymen in Virginia.
LII Esteu Cooke. IyTk