The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-02-24

do, but we ate our breakfast in back kitchen
and then went into the large house to get our
hats. Just then three men walked in. They
talked little time about the weather anG
the war; and we began to edge toward the door,
They asked us IL we had not broken jail in At
lanta. We told them that we had. Then they
advised us TO surrender, saying that the ferries
and roads were all guarded, and that part of our
comrades had been shot down in the woods, and
that they had come to take us. Brown said: mo,
we won't; now you see il we do" We jumped
out of the back door and made for the neghbor-
ing wood, jumping the fence and running like
two deer. They ran out mt the front door and
round the end OF the house, calling, Halt, haiti"
hut we did not halt. We had no choice but to
abandon Mason who was taken back to Atlanta
the same day. We undertook TO cut across the
road to get in behind them, as we feared to cross
tho open plantations; but we failed and
had TO take The risk. The old fellow with
and put them on our trail. We had big hill to
20 down and then one TO 60 up before we could
reach the woods We put in our best ticks, and
down the hill and across the fat and were climb
ing the hiH when we saw that the hounds were
about to overtake us, and we prepared for battle
Ivy stopping In stony place and getting pile Of
rocks ready. We waited for them to come close
M, and took them at short range. We rolled
them down the hill, and then. as the southerners
used 20 say after battle: I've won the victory,
hut we evacuated che ground" for by this time
We could see our three callers coming around the
road near by, on horseback, to get ahead of us.
We got to the woods as soon as possible, and
when we were out of sight changed our course so
as to get away from tho hJrsemen. They got
part of their hounds rallied SO that they would
follow along and howl on our track, but they
could not be made TO close up on us any more.
After awhile we would see these horsemen head
ing us off again. and then we would cut in an
other direction, and the hotnds would give them
our course again. About noon we came to small
stream of water. We plunged into that and
would stoop down and take up our hands full of
water and drink rs we ran. We kept in the bed
OF that stream for couple OF hours, and then the
hounds lost track of US. Soon after we reached
nj Ole lnc NrfA
lanta, and went on the north side of il and con-
cealed ourselves in the grass till dark, when we
picked out the north star and travelled by l.,
For twenty days we Travelled by night and
hid by day. Each day, for several days, we
could see them after us, sometimes with dogs.
FOR six days after we left Mason we were with
out q bite to eat save what the woods furnished,
such as nuts bark, buds, etc. On the seventh
day we were going along little stream that had
willows on both sides, and which ran through a
field we wished to cross, as there were mountains
on the other side and we thought we could get
ontheir slope and be travelling in tho day time.
We had great good fortune here, for we found
two ears OF corn on the bank and q flock Of geese
in the creek one of which we captured by means
of the corn, and then getting into the mountains
we commenced TO pick our goose. If anybody
ever picked goose without scalding, they know
what kind of a job we had When we got tired
we took each n leg and pulled it in two! then we
went along eating our raw goose, taking first q
bite of it, then of corn. That goose lasted several
daysl
On the tenth day we reached the Chattahoo.
the woods, and we took two large rails, crossed
them near one end, dashed them fast with bark,
and putting our clothes on the highest end, we
toated at the other till we got across We took q
good sleep in the thick cane break on the other
side
The next evening we came TO q drove of small
pigs and began to figure for one Finally stood
behind n tree with u club; Brown bit off little
pieces of apple and pitched TO the pigs; and soon
one little fellow commenced TO pick up the pieces;
then Brown kept working backward till he passed
the tree where 1 stood. and when tue pig followed
w shot hiIa with my stickl Previous to this we
found an iron strap that had fastened shovel TO
its handle, and one part OF it had been worn thin
This was rubbed mp little on stone and il made
very good butcher knife. We split the pig, ard
with each q half ran up the side of the mountain,
and waited till dark for wonderful feastl We
could see over the farm where there was fire
burning out in n back ileid, and we went there
and roasted pig most OF the night Then we had
ono of those feasts you read about That pig
lasted us till we struck tho Iiwassee river in the
corner of North Carolina. Here we had thought
we could run a boat down by night and hide In
tho day time But when &c saw the river we
changed our mind for IL was n swift stream, full
IF great rocks, where we could not have run q
canoe by daylight. But we tried to cross, and
each picked out rock that we intended to reach
/ plunged IN and missed nav rock as the current
swept my feet away while tried to put my hands
after had got on fiat stone much further down
The river than intended. He was sitting on o
stone laughing a. me- though did not gee where
IL he could get that far down. He started, AID
landed far below me, and did not feel so much
like laugbingl
But the tug OF war came when we were on the
other side, for now VIC had To cross the noun
fains which we had been travelling lengthwise DO
forc-mountains lit took two men and boy to see
20 the top of itl' 1t was so rough that we were
four days going eight miles.
In deep mountain valley beside n river We
met two men armed to the teeth. We all stopped
es IL we had been shot, but quickly moved on
again. We simply spoke wncn met, and all
seemed glad 10 get by without anything more TO
10 with each other. Soon we came TO n small log
s.abin. the door Of which was fast. We waited a
,ong tiinc % unyvvviy came, aIs, nono
did, we concluded TO investigate IT, Brown stood
guard, and climbed down tho wide outside
chimney and found nothing inside but two ears
az corn. went up the ladder and there was n
led all made up ready for person to get in.
turned down the covers md found rifle and all
the furniture but powder; and as there was none
of that I did not care to take IL. But carried
the two ears OF corn out Of the chimney with me.
There was fire In some OF the stumps on the
mountains aud we roasted the corn, and that was
nir supper. We went down the river a little fur
Their and camped for tho night
The next morning we continued down the
river, making good progress, for now the trail
vns better: when suddenly, around sharp bend,
Wis came 20 a largo house with two men sitting
On the porch. Wa concluded to 90 up TO them
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