The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-08

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party now tried TO cntice the other for
ward, but neither responded, and We were
now too poorly armed to make tho at
tempt of capturing them, and both sides
concluded about the same time To with
draw-a lucky thing for uS--as We after
wards learned there wcro scrcn of them
ana my scabbarl, which was using as .
d"mmy pistol. would not have proved q
very elective weapon against such odds
iiop>ng against hope for the safety O.
Micklcr, We carefully advanced to the
mouse, aud got there only in tmo to see
nm break out of the front door and
start like scared buck for tho woods
we soon made him recognize us, howey.
er, and he gave his experience, which
was rather startling.
| A LADYs SUCCESSFUL EusE.
Hc had been surrounded in the house
and only escaped capture through the in.
genuity and GOODNESS of three ladies,
One of these, delaying the Yankees at
the door, the other two took Nlckler in.
to a bedroom, and making him get be.
tween tho mattresses, one of them laid
on the bed, sl,amming desperate case
OF illness. After searching the rest of
The house two officers of tho searching
party forced themselves into the room
against the protests Of the other sisters.
who begged them earnestly not to dis.
tnrb the dying inmate Of the chamber.
| Ihcy persisted, however, and searched
all the room except the bed, ono of them,
however, giving the pretended patient a
severe fright 10y approaching and feeling
her pulse, which was no doubt beating ut
high rate, rapid enough to verify The
sage remark from him that it was "rcry
high" They then left, affirming that
they knew the man was hid somewhere
III the house, ~ they had seen him 20 in.
| Who, among the Confederate scouts,
does not remember most kindly the Mt.
tentions Of Pap" and his three daugh.
tcrs whose names must confess to have
forgotten?
We now went to somo woods about
three hundred yards from the house,
where we had stored supply of blank.
ets Awaking about daylight, after a
good nights rest, we soon saw two of the
girls, coming to us, to consult about our
| breakfast, Mickier having told them
where to find us. Wc were discussing
whether it was safer to go to the house,
or to have our meals brought to us, and
| laughing heartily over our adventures of
looking up, saw skrmish line of tho
enemy. about one hundred yards from
us. Not needing the appeals of "ltun,
boys, Rum" we made for the other side
of the woods, only to find, after several
attempts to get out, that tho enemy had
surrounded us and were coming through
i'll skirmish line. What to do with our.
selves was now the all important qucs
tion?
HOW a SCOUT SCALED A TREE.
A hurried consultation resulted in
each of us taking different tree rs the
only means Of escape. | rcsurted TO a
large hickory, which never could have
mounted under ordinary circumstances,
but which | managed to scale now, with
not only ease to myself, but with won
dcrful ngli.y. What the cogtatious of
my comrades were cannot with certain.
ty tell. but surmise that they were like
my own, of the gloomiest description !;
fur We knew that the enemy had killed
several scouts in cold blood shortly be.
fore, one of these being a sixteen-year
old brother of Dulin, and they had
threatened not to take any Of us aii7e.
The idea of being shot, AZ / firmly be.
lieve that / would have been If discov.
cred, and Of dying like wounded squir.
rel, through fall from my lofty perch,
made me think very seriously of the past,
present and future. | remember as viv-
idly 40 though it oil had happened only
yesterday, how my mind kept reverting
TO the sentiment expressed in two lines
Of song had heard few days before.
Perhaps the ardent wish that was safe
aud sound under the parental roof, at a
respectful distance from my present dire
extremity, made them seem altogether
appropriate tn the present OCCASION:
"iinct~ard, iurn baea ward, OH Time. in ii,y fight
Make mo child again, just for tonight"
After passing around aud about us and
keeping us in suspense for soino time
they finally left, to our great relief, and
rode, in tho direction Of an adjoining
wood, from which we soon heard rapid
firing, and knew that they had started
some Of our boys from an ambulance
which we had captured and hid in the
woods rs sleeping place.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
We afterwards found that they had
started Dulin and would haye captured
him had not Cedar Creek been near, by
crossing which he escaped them hetless
and shoeless. After several hours we de.
sccnded from our roosts, only to see the
enemy returning, and had to climb up
again, this time all Of us in the same
tree, where we stoid until evening. The
pangs of hunger were now very urgent.
as We had not eaten anything in over
thirty hours. Thinking 1t safer not to go
to the house of any Of our friends, it fell
to my lot to go for provisions to the
house of strong Union man, New
Jersey settler. At this house. will now
mention, Mickler had lis leg broken, and
Calhoun Sparks, our color sergeant, was
killed the following winter, in an attempt
to capture some Of the enemy. Obtain.
ing the needed provisions, I returned to
my comrades, and after supplying our
immediate wants, we concluded to leave
| the woods and rest for the night in a
sassafrac thicket on ditch bank in n
large field. This was wise precaution,
as the enemy were out in full force the
next day, driving through the woods.
Two of them in gray uniform rode quite
near us in sweeping canter and we took
them for two brothers Of the Black Horse
Cavalry, but thinking that they were
pursued, and if we halted them, our hid
ing place would be discovered, We al
lowed them to pass. We afterwards
learned that they went to house near
by, shot its owner, and robbed him.
Thinking that change Of quarters
was now advisable we started that night
for "Old Ben -" good friend, about
eight miles north, and about four miles
northeast of Manassas station, where we
rested in clover for several days. at the
end OF which time we parted.