The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-10-26
loes. T saw the captain burn his fur

shoes. I saw the captain burn his fur
Tough.
"When I ran out Of the house James
Brock was standing by the fire, and with
three steps he could have been free and
Why he did not make them do not
know. That was the last ever saw Of
poor Jim Brock,
"Tyler and myself made our escape
about FIVE minutes before the appearance
of day. Had ne remained there ten
minutes more our fate would have been
as Brooks. Though free from the house
we were still inside of their line of
pickets. After Tyler passed me I fol-
lowed in the same direction for some
time. 1 saw that be was making back
the route We came. His tracks were far
apart after he had run mile. For fear
that he might be captured and myself
also if I followed him, I fled square to
the left. I'VE were then on the north
side of the French Broadly I went down
little mountain to q creek, and in the
laurel aud ivy just ahead of me I saw a
light. I crept up to zee what was there.
My foot slipped and threw me in full
view of two of their pickets. They ran
up the hill and I passed just below them,
within twenty yards Of them I could hear
them talking and giving signals. Invent
on my way unmolested and after three
hours trsvel got in open fields. It ceased
showing about sun up. In going along
the edge of field J. espied q man run
ming toward me. Tyler had made cir
cult and got ahead Of me. This man
had seen him and knew that something
was wrong and was running back per-
haps to get help or find out what was
wrong. I hid behind some young bal
sans which were bowed over with snow.
When he came up had my gun at aim.
He had no gun. 1 asked him no ques-
tions, but made him about face and
double quick over a mile. BE got 80
tired he could not lift his feet. he sank
down. I then told him he could 60
back and report when he got ready.
~ went on and soon came to a road,
the first one had seen since I loft the
French Broad. Here I found Tyler's
tracks. Every foot print was marked
with blood The snow aud rocks had
worn out his socks ard lacerated and
almost ruined his feet. I followed this
road and soon I heard the roar of the
river. When | got to i! my route lay up
the river. ALI of sudden ran into
thirty or forty of the roughest smoked up
men I thought that I had ever seen.
Some were On guard aud some were
standing under large shelving rock by
fire. thought then my work was
over as I was tired and worn out, and
there was no chance of escape. As I
advanced the guard halted me and de-
mauded my furlough. How happy that
made me, for I saw then they were home
guards and thought they were fine look
ing fellows. When NC left camp 1 cut o
hole through the bottom of my pocket
and put my furlough in under the lining
of my coat for fear of some accident. It
vas there safe. When the guard asked
for it I produced it. All right, pass in
said he. Il thought you were like q id
desertec we caught here about two hours
ago, who said the bushwhackers had him
last night and took his furlough and
everything else he had. But his plan
wouldn't work here. He is low up yon.
der in the guard house, I went to see
him. 1t was Tyler.
"When he saw me he forgot all about
the guards and sprang out at the door
exclaimipg: Lieutenant Lieutenant |
how did you get heref How did you
get your baggage and that gun? Did
they give them to you and turn you
loose? All the while he was holding
nv right hand with both his. he was so
happy TO see me, for in little while,
half an hour, he would have been en-
route for Castle Thunder, and perhaps it
would have been several weeka before he
could have been liberated i'll had not
happened up. We went to the captain
and recited our story. I asked him to
write Tyler furlough. He refused to
do so. demanded it. He asked for
my authority. I told him / was an Off
Ger of the line, and that he was only q
home guard. I then showed him my
papers. He wrote the furlough and
sigued it. also signed it. This was in
the lower end of Marshal, a very small
town on the French Broad.
81 think 7 had ran, walked and scram.
bled over distance of ten miles, from a
few minutes before day till half.past
nine in the morning, and Tyler beat me
by two hours. We went from the cap
tain's tent up to the hotel. A Mr.. Saw.
yer was the landlord. He treated me
very kindly. he gave me room, and I
went 10 bed without breakfast. At 8
o'clock the bell woke me for dinner.
During my nap Tyler was out amongst
the guard and citizens testing their hos
pitality. He succeeded in getting r hal.
coat and psir of shoes. I called him in
10 dinner. ! had told Mr.. Sawyer my
story. 1 thought he seemed to doubt it
somewhat. After dinner we went into
his Office 10 pay him. I drew out quite
a roll of money. he looked amazed at
me and said, I believe every word you
told me- He would not take one cent
pay, and told us he sas glad ho could
feed us. He offered me three hundred
dollars for my gun, but told him thai
getting ii as did I would keep it all my
| life T still have the gun. Wo bade Mr