Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-16

adventure, II he was killed it would
be without honor; should be succeed.
be would be stained with the guilt Of
the blood Of an..acquaintancs.
.'Rolshoyen;'i he said slowly, ''yOu
know do not. fear you; but do not
wish 10 enter into this affair. Your
cause of anger is slight; / have merely
won the prize We were both striving
for, and
"You need not throw my diSappoint-
ment in my face" cried the other.
"Come, no more dallylng, or my whip
shall prove you coward. You see
that the moon is Just rising he con-
tinued, in 4 softer tone; when it has
risen, give the signal at which We are
both to fire. Here is pistol at your
service, if you are not supplied"
81 am" said Morgan, his patience
exhausted; "if you suffer, it is no more
than you merited.''
The two men now prepared their
weapons, while the moon was slowly
making its way over the mountain tops
in the distance.
All was quiet around them. Morgan,
whose disposition was much cooler
than his adversary's, secretly wished
that some chance conner would inter-
rupt them, but no one came.
at last Rolshoyen grimly demanded
that the signal be given.
"You shall attend to that YOURSELF"
said Morgan. II will have nothing to
do in the matter-it Is against my WILL"
Without making any reply to this,
Rolshoven prepared TO count.
''Ready." he said. liz Il harsh tone;
zone, two-three, "and as the last word
issued from his lips, he fired,
Morgan was tritle later, but did
more execution; for, while Rolshoven's
bullet whistled over his head, he re-
ceived the others lead in his body.
He thought his death wound had
been given, and spurred his frightened
steed toward Morgan.
Drawing the sabre which he carried
from lis scabbard, he aimed blow at
the others head.
The mans tTeachery was SO uneX-
pected that, IN trying TO ward OFF the
blow, Morgan fell from his saddle.
''Rolshoven leaped from his horse,
and would have dispatched the fallen
man had henot been intercepted by the
] VI tNO VIM
peared upon the scene.
These were Mr.. Chester and a ne
gro servant, who had witnessed the
commencement of the encounter, and
had fastened TO inform his master.
LAS they galloped up, RolShoven
drew back, and, Notwithstanding his
wound, leaped upon his horse and rode
away with the fury of baffied man.
Nearly year passed away before
the finishing stroke of this little drama
was given.
81 strolled out one evening, accom-
panied by a brother officer. 1t was
| bright, moonlight night, and, although
| WAS not aware at that time of the
/ events which have related, we were
within five miles of Mr. CheSter's eS-
/ tate.
'The Federal forces had been veto
rious in battle which had been fought
the day before, and the Confederates
were upon their retreat.
1--WE came to the foot of hill whose
top was flooded with bright moon
light.
my companion proposed that we
ascend, and, as consented, we began
to climb the hill. As we neared the
top man suddenly stepped INTO view.
"Sh!" whispered my companion, pull.
ing my arm, ''look up there and OBJ
serve the uniforml"
~ followed his direction and saw a
man dressed in the Confederate uni
form. with rifle in his hand. The
weapon was leveled, and he seemed III
the very act Of firing upon some, to us,
invisible object.
"See me pick him off," cried my
companion; and he threw the light rifle
which he had brought from camp with
the remote hope of meeting with game,
to his shoulder, and ere l could inter-
fere. had fired.
81 had not the least idea that the
bullet would reach its mark until i
saw the stranger throw up his arm and
fall.
"With cry of exultation, the young
officer began to Chamber recklessly up
the ascent.
lie seemed to forget in the excite
ment of the moment, that he might be
running into the hands of his enemies. |
with cry for him 10 return. was |
forced TO follow, and we clambered up |
the ascent without discovering anything |
friends shot would be returned with |
deadly effect by concealed marksmen. |
81 was several PAGES behind my com
panion when we reached the top Of the |
hill, and as he halted with a cry Of |
alarm imagined he had run into some |
ambush.
Come back" / screamed; but did |
not stop, and an instant later stood at |
his side, determined to share his dam
ger, should there be any.
'Tnstead OF party OF fillibusters,
whom had expected TO meet, 1 saw a
young lady upon the ground and a man
dressed in dark clothes bending over |
her.
81 supposed she was dead at first,
but she had only tainted, and we soon
restored her TO her senses.
"The man upon whom my friend had
fired lay upon the ground shot through
the brain.
when the young lady recovered,
her companion thanked us for our serv-
ices, which he said had preserved their
lives, and after little hesitation,
thinking probably that we would not
part with him unless he explained his
presence here, gave the following brief
account.
They 1.-THE young lady and himselfl
had strolled out from the formers home
Just as evening was closing in, and as
they reached the top Of the hill were
confronted by the man who now lay
dead at our feet. He was an old
enemy, and had declared his intention,
and was In the act Of shooting the
Young man when my companions bull
let had cut short his career.
s'Tbis was the substance OF his ex-
and when the young lady
added her expressions or gratitude to
his own, we were compelled to allow
them to depart, although had strong
suspicion that the man was not what
he seemed.
"Not long afterward learned that
fbe individual whose life we came IN