Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-01-12

ais. OF eourse no ole permittei
to see him.
He knew all thia "a ans
thought.
81 must escape. hul e mat
ters not. IT, MI Isxil
make before Friday. lek{se
remain, and ! shall taI - n
death in trying to esea W .
He did not know q,
ment that his mother mantine.
of Lincoln, praying q II sic Magill.
her son from death. a~in.
would not do. "-The,s - Arune' p
Let me see hiH g -. sss. sse.
in the prssencs Of zsdczen guards. i
need bel" Lincoln again said. at can.
not be-"
And he left her kneeling on the
floor.
The kind friend. who was Chief
Justice Chase of the United States,
who had come with her, and had so
much trouble to get Lincoln to see
her, took her away, and placing her
in her carriage tried his best to give
her some word of hope; but she left
Washington that day for long cold
drive to her far away country home,
more dead than alive-her faithful
colored servants feeling the deepest
sorrow with her.
The prisoner did not know it, and
it was well he did not. He was in
hopes his mother-whom he loved
dearly, and he had always been her
idol-did not yet know of his capture
as he had been taken many miles from
his home, and news was uncertain in
those times in out of the way country
places. He expected no help. He
was well aware Of the fact that friends
could not reach him, even if they
could, in so short a time, hear OF his
arrest and sentence Of death.
Tuesday morning had come. In a
large old-fashioned house in George
town, where a well known and very
much loved physician lived there was
much excitement and trouble, at least
with two Of the inmates.
The Doctor had come in looking
more careworn than usual, and hold.
ing in his hand slip Of paper:
MARY" he said to his wife, 81
have some bad news for you. / have
received this note from the hands of an
old colored man as got into my car
riage. He at once disappeared. l
opened it and see the news it con-
tains:" Captain Bowie was captur-
ed last Thursday, taken to Washing
ton and put in the Old Capitol prison
has been tried and condemned as a
spy to death. He is to die Friday, a,
eight o'clock in the morning. Tel
him, if ne can escape, a carriage and
swift horses shall await him at the Y.
roads at B!adensburg every night.
mo name signed to the note; but il
was a woman's hand. No addres:
was upon it.
"Do you believe it, Mary"
"Yes," said his wife with tears in
her eyes; for she was the condemned
mans aunt, his fathers only sister
And she had two sons and a son-in.
law in the Southern army. But they
had a young family, and were in the
midst of their enemies. So they had
concluded at the outset to be neutral
As physician he could do great
deal of good if he gained the conf
dencs of the government. and cou!t
have access to the hospitals and pris
ons. He would then be able 10 heir
the Southern prisoners. He had car
ried out his resolutions to the letter
His wife had helped him. He attended
the sick soldiers on both sides alike
she made many delicacies and carries
them to her husbands patients with
out favor or discrimination.
DR.. Tyler was well-known and liked
He and his wife had nothing 10 con
ceal and nothing to fear from theil
neutral position. Their own friends
saw it was best for physician to &C
that way as he could do all the gooC
he felt bound to do through his call
ing.
Their house had been under an e.
pecial guard all the time by reques
Of the Doctor and his wife.
What will you do. Mary p at las
said her husband. "I cannot, as 70,
well know, interfere. /. would arous,
suspicion, and that would cause me I,
lose all ] have gained by my neulra
conduct. And I fear would DO Wal
ter little good"
leave it to me. 90 aud think N,
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