Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-02

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Mrs. Hurii Tho worry was powahful
sight wus'n whin Pike was away. He
couldn't help Minny and me 90 hs want
cd ter. and every night whin he went
up thar to tho cave with his rife over
his shoulder somehow felt 90 II we uns
wouldn't never ses him alive again. 10
thar was lots and lots Of spics In the
hills. And then whin daylight come
and Pike he'd show mp all right hit alleu
seemed 20 ef he'd been gone away oG 10
q long time. and Minny and med make
q fuss ovah him and take on ca ef hs
hadn't b-sn nigh all the time
In the spring Of 1888 news Of the law
lees exploits of q guerrilla leader. known
as Tinker Dave Beatty" spread through
the mountains.
Pike Hurd hsd no fancy for such
service. but at the same time that Beatty
and his "PartisAn rangers" came into
notoriety. it became known 10 certainty
that tho Union troops In blue waves
were pouring through the 0sp and into
Fast Tennessce.
Pike Hurts position was certainly very
peculiar. He felt that II the Yankees
found Linn they would make him pris.
oasr; " he returned 20 his old command
bragg would shoot or hang him. itwss
the case of the devil and the deep sea,
with third course open that led straight
to the camp Of the guerrillas In the
mountains. and thither he went.
Meanwhile detachmcnts from the Sev.
enih AMI Ninth Pennsylvania, the First
Kentucky. Fourth Ohio and second East
Tennessee cavalry regiments wero sent
into the Cumberland range 10 kill OF
hang all % Tinker Dave Beaity's men
that could be found. bat under no cir
cuinstanccs 90 take q prisoner. for the
guerrillas were not regularly enlisted,
nor their leader regularly commissioned.
aud thess facts. added 10 their barba-
rous conduct. lei them ,o IL regarded
q. outlaws beyond the pale of civilized
warfarc. And with thi. expedition. In
the capacity of guide and chief of scouts.
went Captain Jack Hurd.
AZ frst the Union cavalry were great
" inferior 20 that ~ the Confelera,es.
but two years VI active campaigning had
reversed this. Our mounted men hal
become fearless riders. aud they had
perfected themselves In the use Of the
sal.r. the hor-smah's most formidable
weapon. but one Ia which the southern
troopers never took kindly. The Union
cavalry hal become ubiquitous and dar.
ingly. fercely aggressive. For the enc
my who fought aud resisted them in the
open they hail q soldiers rs~pcct; for the
gusrrilla.. who shot the wounded and
straggler- from an anbuscsde. they hal
th. bitierc-t hate. AMI when caught they
showed them NO more mercy than N
they were ra,ilesnakes.
Thirty 81 Tinker Dave Bea,iy's gang
were corrallcl In the moun,sins. and
knowing what Ia eSIrct they fought Ia
the death. Among the men still living
when the barricade was charged and
taken was Pike IIuri. There was .
saber cut on his face from the temple 10
the chin. and from his shattered right
hand the blood poured In torrent.
"fetch q rorr and string him upr
shouted soinc one, and man APPEARED
with halter. lie threw q noose over
Pike. neck and was about to drag him
90 the n.arsst tr-o when man IN blue
apI-ar,-l on the scene. aud shouting
"D-u YOU. that's my brotheri' he fell.
e.l a. the earth ties man who held the
roIs.
Il IL doubtful N brothers. after long
parting. ever met under Just the same
circumstance. but In the border states
II was no, unusual for soldiers 30 rccog.
nise old friends. relatives AMI even
bruth~rs among tho dead and dying of
the enemy.
Captain IIuri's escape from Knoxville.
through the assistance Of bis Confederate
brother. was pretty well known 10 his
cavalry friends. and when IL became
known that this was the brother. and
Pike hal told his own story. the hansls
that had been clutchei 10 hang were
o,-nei 10 help Pixies right hand was
amputatei then and there. and Oh. cash
In his face was sew-i up. Al Jacks
urging anil 10 avoid his bring sen, north
A. a prisoner. Pike took the oath of al.
legiance.
A week after this, and when II was
believed that all Tinker Dave Beatiys
gang were killed OF driven south of the
Tennessee. Colonel wynkoop permitted
Jack Ia take his brother 10 his mothers
house. forty miles away. and he fur
nished him an ambulance for this pur-
pose and doctor 10 see 10 tho wounded
man.
I'VE uns didn't never expect 30 see
Jack and Pike together agin, but thar
they was. praise the Lor'. and when i
secd 'sm ! fell right down and didn't
know nawthin till I wuk up In Jacks
arms aud the doctor a-holdin a canteen
to my mouth. but as 20 Pike. when
see,l him thar with his night hand gone
and plastahs all down his face a'mo-e
got ON my knees 10 thank God, 20 now
| knowed he wouldn't leave me no
NOAH"
After week spent In the neighbor-
hooi. blue clad courier appsarcd ON .
foam hecked horse with = message for
Jack. lie was ordered south Of the
Tennessee 20 scout In the advance u
Oh. army Of the Cumberland, then push.
ing through tho mountain defles Of
northwestern Georgia.
"whin Jack he come 10 kiss me good
by said Mn. Huri. with . sob. II
couldn't a-bear TO let him ~. but locked
my hands about his neck with him
a-bendin down his tall head and a-whis-
perrin TO keep mp the same brave heart,
coz he'd be back soon. But . shsdder
came ovah my eyes. and sharp pain.
es II made with an ics dagger. pierced
my heart. and knowcd ! wouldn't ses
him no noah; aud Minny. abe felt Jest
the same way.
Not sence they was little boys did I
eco them brothers kiss till that time.
And Jack he said. 'Nevah mind. Pike.
ole feller. with three hands between us.
I reckon we uns kin git along night
smart whin the wah II ovah.' But Pike
he couldn't speak. coz there was . lump
In his throat and his eyes was a-leakin.
And Jack rode Oh. and up thar whar the
rad winds ovah the hill he pulled In his
crittrr and waved his hat 10 us; then he
was gone. Ny God! Ny Jack-my fust
bawn: hs was gone-gone foevah!
And the poor mother broke down In her
narrative. her voice sank 10 . whisper
and she swayed her gaunt form as II 70