The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-06

would have seen US through as far as he
could, but we lost our papers, everything
but the actual furloughs and little money
at Branchville. Then we knew that we
must either go back and lose time or be ar
rested as deserters and lose more time, so
we made up our minds to take to the woods
and get home in thatway. That is why we
are here. Now, gentlemen, we do not fear
arrest; indeed we have done nothing 10
merit 1t. You can search US if you
WHIP
Here Holland interrupted: search hi
Can't we see you amt got no horses about
your clothes!" At which speech the others
broke into roar of laughter, while |
breathed easier. for had they searched me
they would have found in my trousers
pocket the memorandum book given me by
Turner's adjutant, Latouche, in Richmond,
and this was now pretty full of notes, indi-
eating my prison experience and giving
brief daily record OF our doings since our
escape, nearly three weeks before.
After talking apart with his companions
for some time Holland came back and said:
II reckon, gents, you'll have to come
along; we can't afford to take no risks. If
you're all right, why well and good for you;
and if you amt all right, ell and good for
us.n
But where do you propose to take us!"
l asked.
10 Lle court house..
''Where is that.n
"Abbeville court house; its nigh bout
fifteen mile from har, and the jsips COM
Portable So there's no way but to come
right along"
/ The men mounted. Bell offered a yigor-
| GUS protest and | tried to make light of the
whole affair, though my heart was down
in my boots" and we started off, the
horsemen formed in front and rear, as if
rs rim
inals.
I AS it was now about the middle of the
afternoon it would be impossible for US to
make the distance on foot before or 10
O'Clock and although Bell and l could have
Travelled fast enough IL there was anything
to be gained by making run we chose to
20 along slowly. Holland tried several
times to urge US into faster gait; the
others, with more humanity, protested that
we were doing our best, and one of them
said with motion of his whip at myself
cit looks to me powahful likes If thai
boy would gin plum out before we've gone
half the distance" He was kindly man
but noticed that he did not offer to take
me up behind or to siye me q turn in his
saddle.
The country we passed through wa.
known as 1.-The Calhoun settlement"
had been the home of the great nullitier
and so might be called 'the cradle of seces
!, sion.' just before sunset we halted at tn,
plantation of Patrick Calhoun, and tina
hospiiable gentleman, after a careful sur
yey of Bell and myself invited thu
: party to remain to supper. The horse
| were taken to the stable and W.
were left on the wide piazza in charge o
a guard. A black woman brought Us GU
/ an ample meal of bread, meat, milk an
, berries,
3 After supper Mr.. Calhoun and the guard
came out and smoked and talked with tn
q greatest freedom about the war. The
t were very certain that Lee had the best o
g it in Virginia, and they were equally sur
q that some fine day "when he got good an
i ready as our most put il, he would ris
up and wipe Grant and his army off th
: face of the earth. Affairs in Georgia di
not please these gentlemen. They di:
d cuesed Sherman and Joe" Johnston wit
a an intelligence that showed that they knee
the proper thing to do great deal bette
b than the man in command. Johnston hs
a lost his grip.' He's never got over tn
Q wound the Yanks gave him in the seye