Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-07-02

he could compare him To was the
wind. You can feel il but cannot
ste it. "lIe comes and goes. said
the Captain. from where to where
no one knows. Ills hands are red
with human blood. red. red. red mp
To- his elbows. lie can laugh at
You and Kill Won. know some
thing Of his history. and he is right.
Tie has chance now To be reyeng-
cd. and will be- 20 his satisfaction.
lie has a relative with him who is
going to figure Is power in this
fight. and there j. IA big mystery
of one AS of the other. but the
young one is the unseen power.
Mark my word as lawyer. If ever
the liyes Of these two men ara. wlst-
ten after this row. il will be- by one
them and will surprise the world.
This is all can tell YOU about them
or him.. sail the Captain. "but
watch and you will sec.
And watch did and now will
tell you what saw. When | went
TO JEFF Thompson. always before "a
fight this boy was there. and after
n consultation with Thompson and
his officers there was either fight
or retreat. When was with
Quantrell this boy was with him.
when no one expected him. When
ever he came there was move
That quick. Who was he i. No
one knew. asked Qualtrcll once.
lie answered by one look and that
was enough. 1t implied one word.
"ask no questions. asked JEFF
Thompson; he laughed and said
al know not. but obey" But he
said that boy knew no scare and
knows more of the enemy than eve
ryone else.
Then when | was with Forrest
one night he stopped his command,
got off his horse. seemed yer, rest
less. and walked up and down the
roads. Then there came faint
sound Of horse 5 feet coming through
the woods on the left. Everyone
held his breath. and who should il
be but my boy on his black stallion.
Forrest uttered one word that gave
HIM II name 10 rc and the army.
1t was "ButtonSr and with a wave
of the hand andsthat cold smile aud
a CLINT from thoss eyes he and For
rest walked off a fsw yards. talked
just ten minutes, and Forrest came
back. about faced and by two hours
time we had-a wagon train captured.
All of FORESTS men knew this boy
by the name Of Button. All the
army knew him 10y the name Of But
ton or Button. the Scout" and
spy. | have seen IN him in Virgin
ia, in Nicksburg. at some Of the big
battles.
He was the boy ] met in Arkan-
sas. and the man was Quantrcll.
Now, who were they: lie was with
Quantrell when he was killed. /
have seen him several times since,
but he will not talk much. lie told
me that if Quantrcll and his men
had accomplished what they started
out to do, that Congress. the Sen
ate, President and all would have
been wiped of the face of the earth.
He is living now. but is very stout,
and with that same smile and same
eye. He knows all about Quantrell
anu NhO ht Wass DHl WHD 10 DuILOii.
No one knows. Find him and get
his history. 10 is worth reading.
do not know whether he is well
off or not. ] always meet him at
first-class hotels. lie seems to have
plenty of money, but cyadcs any
thing that will make him conspic-
nous. have found out the name
he goes by, but he told me it was
not his name, and asked me to not
mention his name. II ] ever men,
toned him only call him Button.
Button is greater mystery To all
of the army than Quantrell. am
now 60 years old and ] am engaged
in selling machinery and farming
material. am not a drummer. /
make arrangements 10 have all Of
my orders filled. pay cash and
sell on time to my patrons.
JACKSON B. SORRRLL.