The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05


neared the pine-pole cabin in which
the moonshiner lived. She wore 4
Mnsey- oolseyr gown and a faded
cMico sun-bonnet Her red lips were
Ielosed tightly about as=@sn,,ff-brush.=
which she removed when she greeted
her husband.
80 they'uns hev trapped We ct last,
DockP" she said, in very matter-of.
TACT tone. Reckon thar hev been spy
work in this settlement" and she
darted swift,esu suspicious glance at
me.
+ No. Mrs. Davis. said the marshal,
you are wrong We had no informa-
ton. 4 located the still this morning
tby watching for smoke signs from the
top OF big pine on Wildcats Ridge. .
oh, 1 beg parding," she said, and
Inclined her head toward me, as though.
apologizing for natural suspicion.
The fna'shal's plumb rite, . corrob-
Grated the prisoner. ..Tfe captur'
wafre far AM squar, IslmiFys Saddle
the mare. I'll ride her to town an We
kin hoof hit in to-morrer an, bring her
back tssase
/ Thus directed Mrs. Davis started
toward the shelter in the rear of the
cabin, where the mare was stabbed.
One OF the marshal's assistants he'd
saddled the animal, and Mrs. Davis
thanked him CURLY for the service.
Dock asked for a clean shirt to put on
In the 'jail-house, and 1she made UP
q little bundle OF clothing for him.
Husband and wife held a short whis-
pered conversation inaudible to Us,
and finally Efmiry clasped her arms
about Docks neck and they kissed.
had stepped to the rear of the house
Ito get drink Of water, and as
walked through the cabin Mrs. Davis
came swiftly toward me. We met in
the middle Of the hopr, s,sss
dock say you'n air his fren," she
WHISPERED, FAN air asmitey clever
man. Ef you'n low.y to.aride.to town
with the ma'shal, stop thar sto-rrite an
keep the saddle on Doek'ssmare.',
She pressed my hand. her dull face
Hit up eagerly. and when I nodded a.
promise to do as she requested, an ex-
|pressien- of joyous triumph for a mo-
ment flashed in her eyes
Nv ere read Golonel. y cried the.
marshal, and hurried out and mount
ed my horse. We made the ride to
ahlenega at a swinging gallop. Once
found myself beside the prisoner.
did Elmiry tell YEP" he whispered.
nodded, and q smile Of grim pleas
ure swept across his face. He found
no occasion to refer to the matter
again, but there was something mys-
teriously significant in the expression
OF his face when he babe me goodbye
at the jail door.
bundle of clothes put up by Elmiry
was not molested. The Dahlonega
jail, like the majority OF mountain
prisons, is hardly ''burgular proof,
and its heavy air Of solidity is very
deceptive. / was tossing upon my
bed at the hotel thinking over the
events of the day and wondering what
meaning to take out Of EImiry's re-
quest to keep Docks mare saddled,
when ! heard the quick tread OF q
horses hoofs gradually receding and
| finally ceasing altogether. A clock
somewhere about the building struck
twelve, and then l fell asleep. The
noise OF the deputy marshal awoke me.
1--WE had hard luck last night he
said. ..Our prisoner cut out of Jail.
and it's doubtful if we ever recapture.
| him. His wife must have secreted a
| saw and some files in those clean
clothes that she bundled up for him.
Stupid of me not to have examined the
bundle, but she looked so guilelessly
innocent and Dock was so good nat
ured." -
Idressed and walked with him around
to the Jail. There was a little crowd
Eof curious villagers gathered about
the structure, and they were all SYM
pathizers with the escaped man. He
had cut away two heavy iron bars that
protected the single window OF the
jail dungeon. and he must have worked
systematically and with considerable
/ + industry, for now / knew why Elmiry
wanted the mare left saddled. 1t was
the escaped moonshiner who had
galloped out OF town just before the
clock struck twelve.
Several weeks elapsed before Iagain
/ visited Lonesome. l was not far from
the dismantled still-house when fa-
miliar voice hailed me from the brush,
band when refined up Dock Davis,
with pair Of Colt reyolvers tucked
IN his belt and his long rife thrown
4 over his shoulder stepped into the
road and held out his hand.
| ..T m obleeged to you'n for the favor
We did me. he said, IAN yon'n made
/ shure enuff friend o. Elmiry. Eff
you n aim to go up the crick stop off
ct the cabin She'll be monstr'uss
glad to see yor'n, an thar,s o jug o.
moonshinee under the floor thet hid
sfrom them cussed ma'shals. f"
i 1s.Are you not afraid OF recaptureP''
i asked. THE marshal came up in.
this neighbprhood yesterday with -
| large p0sse.'
II seed they ,uns an ef I'd been SO
minded 'Tdssa dropped every one NV
'em as they'uns rid past. Idon%ellow
Ito stay in these hyar settlements
much longer. Elmiry air tryin' to sell
the cow-critters an a right smart
choice % hogs what air on the range.
| When tibet air business 8 settled
we'uns II pull up stakes an scoot fur
/ Texas" ENC II.
ii is fair to presume that f'we'uns
\ scootedp for week afterwarda passed
| Docks cabin and 1t was empty. s-Col.
G. w. Symonds. in Detroit Free Press
. 49,
| Hanover. Mich, has . most pecur-