Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23

TO righl lao would HghI Tor the Gauss
that he loved. lie resolved 10 go
north through the Confederate lines
at that time a very difficult undertak
ing Ills departure was haslencd by
the receipt of an order requiring him
To report for active service ia the Con
fcGlerate army at Charleston within
seven days He had 81 600 in green.
backs. one half OF which he sent 10
Laura, begging her To accept IL as a
loan from one who still thought her
10 be the only woman he would ever
love. Then he boarded the cars. os
tensibly bound for North Carolina and
Virginia on railroad business. There
were several Confederate officers on
the train, hut their suspicious were
lulled by the fact that he was recog.
nized by the conductor as railroad
official. But a certain Confederate
detective. Pete Bassett, was not so easily
satisfied He kept his eyes on Bryant
Y and followed him wherever he moved
/ in q manner that left no room for
I doubt that il was case Of trailing and
7 shadowing
Al the town Of Graham Bryant sue.
Z Gttutu III hit htAN&AaNts
4 was thus enabled to reach Raleigh and
secure from the provost marsha! pass
to Richmond, on the pretext OF secur.
ing some new rails To repair the road
with which he had been connected.
/ The next day he reached LSDldsborough
and there he again encountered Bas-
sett, who said. frankly; Il have got
instructions TO look out for you, and
have mind To arrest you ut once. ="
Bryant produced his permit To go TO
Richmond, ION military business OF
importance TO the Confederate govern.
ment" Bassett was cowed and aston
ished. But all the same, said he,
II will go To Richmond 10 see that you
execute this important business" But
again the detective was outwitted. A
special train bound south suddenly ran
into the station and Bryant contrived
TO board II without attracting any at
teDtion. His pass was now useless. OF
course, as he was going away from
Richmond; but he got through TO
Wilmington without one by telling
the conductor that he was on his way
TO Nassau after iron for the road The
passengers on the train included sew
eral captains of blockade runners,
whose vessels were taking in cotton al
Wilmington, and Bryant determined
TO take passage with one OF them.
He induced two negro stevedorcs %
put him inside Of bale of cotton and
carry him OH board of the Dart, which
was soon TO leave. The bale was
slowed in the hold, and when Bryant
was released he found barely space
enough for his body between the cargo
and the ship. Soon after a squad o.
soldiers came to search the vessel foi
runaways. They forced long pole.
between the bales of cotton, but die
! not reach Bryant; then they filled thu
hole with dense smoke from burn
, ing rosin, aud he was almost asphyx
, lated, and he clnmbered out upon lii,
| lower deck. There was heavy whit,
, fog, and the blockade runner wa
, boldly attempting 10 run unseel
through the federal squadron tina
barred her passage The expeGimen
failed, and the vessel was forced To nc
! turn. AS il ran close 10 the fedora
flagship, Bryant cried out "Shi
. shoyl Stop this blockade runnerP 4
! pattering hail of musket balls began b
, fall the federal marines had opene,
| fire. Then one of the officers struc
I Bryant with n Delaying pin, and h
, reeled and fell upon the deck Their
/ was roaring Of waves in his brain
D and after that nothing.
When he recovered his senses b
was in an ambulance jolting throug
the streets of Wilmington, and Pete
! Bassctt was saying To him. You ar
; the slippericst customer | ever tacl
3 led" From Wilmington he was take
E TO Charleston and placed in Jail. !
1 chance To take the oath of allegianc
and enter the Confederate service wa
1 offered him, and he rejected it, The
: he was placed with the criminal pri,
oners on the Notifications He mad
] several efforts To escape, but they a
5 proved futile. In the course of tim
/ he was sent with Others TO work O
/ intrenchments in the rear of the city
I and there one day he was discovere
Q by Laura Peyton. She was permitte
7 To have an interview with him. II
. told her of his adventures, and sll
D did pity them, as Othello says. "Yo
d must end this martyrdom at once,
Q she said "Yes, by perjuring myse
and becoming Confederate soldier,
] he replied. mo, not that way sal
1 she. Though | am a southern CIR
I not that way. should not respet
g you if you took that way now.
a some other way | must save you
] some way | win save you" Heaske
Q her il she still loved him. She hel
Q up her finger, and he saw on it his Ell
r gagemcnt ring. Yes" she said. .
! love you and will save you"
0 Two days afterward the former bod
0 servant OF Bryant trusty negr
+ named Caucus, was added to the gan
] Of workmen He and Bryant mar
: aged TO get away that night by craw
0 ing on their hands and knees throug
the underbrush, across swamp, |
0 the river, where the negro had hidde
Q a boat The Federal gunboats wen
not far away. where IS Miss Laura
= Bryant whispered. "A miles or two u
/ de ribber, at Judge Elliott's, said III
4 negro; rs TO 60 back and port TO he
) when Is got you safe up dc ribber
de Yanks." Bryant replied, Yer
, well. | must see her before GO, tur
> the boat upstream. Caucus proteste
and entreated, but Bryant forced hir
- 10 obey. They reached the place i
= safety. FOR Gods sake. Lawrence,
said Laura. why didn't you got
! cannot save your life If you do nc
!. leave South Carolina" BE replied
i u will never leave South Carolina ii
, you are my wife DO the only thin
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