Telegram-herald., 1890-06-15

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This 9ren ~ uas e4scHfe1 - et-l-
arT~aec5 roeas. inter--5 f-nes -nd
s1-aaaery on is banks l- Was narrow
ana o1lF alto eao-gA trr ore horse
m1u 20 cate- ata tine. Iae w-teF rs
TIC mouth of tts cass was aoo-t t.Tee
feet asep Tie my stery ~ Nes8y's
sudden isanreara.ce WAS solved Ii
uas at this very spo. ta-t De lid often
been seen suddenly 90 disappear. Could
there te dey "a = more m-sterly re-
treat2 A unlergrolnd stable. out q
which Al one end stairway should
lead up into house. which ~as undoubt-
cdly Mos1Ys heLdQ uarters, where he
aad his officers drank their healtAs 10
taoee WhO were looking All about for
their horses jast over thoir heads
planned their nightly attacks, slept
with their guards posted about them,
and laughed, as well they might, a. tie
long joke which they had played upon
the whole Northern army. Was there
ever any thing like IL? Was the
seaiplon that Napoleon flung over the
Alps hali 50 foiling a tactic2 To fight
TO Lcel. 10 hang on the ontskirts OF n
enemy, and, after seducing him for
mites in weary pursuit. suddenly - dis
appear. and as suddenly 70 feed. 10
sleep, 20 hear nothing OF the sounds OF
war save muffled footsteps scurrying
overhead. What a jOculOso tactic, And
still what could possibly be better?
Suppose the house Is surprised The
staircase opens and the trap in the cellar
closes on II tightly. Who would dream
OF a tran there? But suppose a human
ferret or bloodhound should scent Tho
fine line and lift the tran What offtf
The whole file Of two hundred horse in
an instant could pass out Of the other
end and swim the river. or rush up on
Loudon Heights Or the riders could
leave their horses and droD down tho
Shenandoah bv boat 70 a place Of safetv
or better vet they could stand in tho
dark Of the cavern and pick OF all who
conld Dossiblv come down that stair
case ono bv one. killing all. and losing
none. And tbev could do the same
thing A. tho other end. where only ono
could enter at A time. What a place in
the hot summer was that river. at tho
very mouth % that cavern. 10 lead
horses 20 water How easy OF transnor-
tation was hav. or vats or corn. or straw
or fo-aqe cenerallv Tho bales ali
CANA down the river in tho night bv
boat and were Quietly to,ged riqht j.
tbroucb the mouth Of the cave into tho
cave stable. And hest Of all II waq \
thrnadlcss cluo.
There we're no prints either going out
or coming in, for as fast as they were
rnado the tracks OF tho horses hoofs
were all washed away by three feet OF
fowing water. And that opening on
the river. Would any human being sus-
poet it unless his attention was called
toit? Nay. would he suspect il then?
For a person passing by it in a boat
would think it but small cave be-
tween the rocks. covered with sbrubberv
and vines looking like many other caves
| along the river.
| al I ri nd