South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-02-22

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that robsl su,slier from y.ee,. arm.
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the enemy had poeeese; an of Ia,
country from The time tl,e 49, ~c,,,'
msaced until Il ended. oxrccf eor,n
yaids made b. oar cavalry The ravt
place l wastsd 20 20 10 Was M. Tyd.
an Blues. who had loaf : son in On,
company, but ne lived near fae can.
ter Of the village and / VA told there
was a sentinel = fsw vards from b;s
house on the store porch hui 7 strrcL
out down tho street. vhia,ling Van
kee Doodle. and econ met The relief
picket going out 10 the Dosf IN fhe
weet end Of town. I nassed on down
wallkine "a tha s;devslk- while tlav
kept in the middle OF the stresf A
soon as arrived st Mr.. Blue'a 7 "a.
conuoitered o short time and then
went in. Mr.. Blue told mo TINT =
Federal officer had lust left l,is l,ouse
few minutes before / came. was
perfectly lionized by the family. I
had intended To 90 TO Mr.. Ina Knv-
kendall's house but learned there ~ ,re
five or SIX Yankees In there spend;no
the ev enlng. So I concluded II m;obf
not be agreeable to all concerned and
remai.ied where was. But Mr. Il "a
family oil came to see mo one Mt n
time, rs il was only n few doors nwav
and entertained their company at the
same time. 1t was now getting late.
and concluded to go TO Mr.. Jacob
Gracc's house (my captains father).
and spend the remainder of the night.
Ills residence was the last house in
the lower end OF the town; aud whcn
| left Blues | went through the back
lots aud down the back street, I'D
through the garden to the house,
There was back porch to the house.
and knew the family stayed in the
dining room in the wing building, 80
l boldly stepped on the porch was a.
boat to enter when I tho'f had bet.
ter be careful as there might be some
one in there that did not care 10 see
l took Oft my shoes and slipped up to
the window aud sat down on bench
and listened; the window blind was
down and | could not see in. After
listening for some time found out
that Mr.. Yankee was in there, and as
il wac very cold went into the hall
of the main building and sat down n
bout half way up the stairs, in or,ler
10 retreat further up If necessary. At
ter sitting there some time. 1 heard
some one come into the yard and 90
to the well and draw some y ater: NJ
tho same time I heard the dining
room door open and shut. but nc no
one passed through the hall / thought
they were all ia yet. After waiting
for some time, and getting very cold.
! heard the door open and some one
came out on the porch and into the
hall. / then went further MP stairs
he passed through the hall, opened
the front door aud shut il. I then
thought my Yankee was gone and
would go down and entertain the
family. But as soon as / started
down the steps some one started up.
| wheeled and ran up the first flight
OF stairs aud on up 10 the garrett and
at the turn OF the siairs | fell over
something and came down with con-
siderable racket. Some one exclaim-
cd, Who ia that?' | thought all the
time that perhaps this Yankee board
cd there and was coming up stairs to
go 10 bed, but as soon as / was cbal-
lenged knew the voice and felt safe.
II was my captains brother, Stephen
w. Grace. about my own age and
one of my OLD play l never
answered him but started down stairs.
and he kept on bollering TO me and