Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-01-13
3a! ed bv Z Shadow.

Tie scout Was surrounded. He took
in everything at y glance and deter
mined to cut his way through and
risk the chances. But the ladies rep
resented to him that this would be GER
tain death. They could conceal him,
and S assented. The young ladies
acted promptly. One ran to tine window
ana asked who was there, while an
other closed the back doer-that in
front being already fastened. s.
was then hurried UP the staircase, one
of the ladies accompanying him TO show
him his hiding place. All had taken
place in few moments, and the Fed
eral troops gave sudden evidence of
their esti mate eff S. They fred
volley through the front door and the
bullets whistled by the young ladies.
Then the door was burst in and the
troopers swarmed into the house.
S. had been conducted to garnet
bare of all furniture, but some plsnks
lay upon the sleepers Of the ceiling,
and by lying down on these a man
might conceal himself. s. mounted
quietly and stretched himself at full
length, and the young lady retired and
returned to the lower floor. From his
perch S then heard ali that was
said in the hall beneath.
"Where is the guerilla ?" exclaimed
the federal officer commanding the de-
.achment.
"What guerilla ?" asked one Of the
ladies.
"The rascal s."
"He was here, but he has gone"
"That is untrue, the officer said,
land am not to be trifed with. l
shall search this house. But first read
the orders TO the men," he added,
turning to sergeant.
The sergeant obeyed and s. dis
tinctIy overheard the reading of his
death warrant. The paper chronicled
his exploits, denounced him as o
guerilla and bushwhacker, and d.
rected that he should not be taken
alive; the men were expressly ordered
to kill him, not to take him prisoner.
This was not reassuring to the scout
concealed under the rafters above. 1t
was probable that he would be dis
covered, in which case death would
follow. There was but one thing to do
to sell his life dearly. After ran
sacking every room on the first and
second floors, the federal troops as
cended to the garrett. The ladies had
attempted to divert their attention from
it, but one of them asked:
"What room is that up there?"
"The garrett" was the reply.
He may be there-show the way"
You see the way" returned the
young lady. do not wish to go up in
the dust; it would soil my dress"
"Yon go before then" said trooper
to o negro girl who had been made to
carry a lighted candle. for night had
come now. The gil laughed and said:
"There was nobody up there but at
the order went up stairs to the garnet,
followed by the troopers. The decisive
moment had come. s. heard the
trampy feet and cooked both his pistols.
The light streamed into the garnet, and
looking over the edge of his plank he
saw the garrett fill with troopers. All
seemed over and his discovery certain;
he was about to spring down and fire,
when the men growled: He'll. there's
nothing here" and went down the
stairs again. The servant girl had
saved him by ruse. She had taken
her stand directly beneath the broad
plank upon which s. was extended,
and the deep shadow had concealed
him. To this russ he doubtless owed
his life. An hour afterwsri the federal
detachment left the house in extreme
ill.humor. and before morning s.
was miles away from the dangerous To-
cality where he had overheard his
sentence OF death. S. is now one
of the leading clergymen Of Virginia.
u. Esten Cooke, in the Philsdel phia
Weekly Times.