Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-12

In the center Of the Enclosure there stool
large brick chimney, the house To which
1t had been attached having been burned
down. Wet, still aud hungry. rat down
with my back TO tho chimney, md hal
been tharp but few minutes whtn heard
the rattle Of u chain, aud looking up saw
la the inditinct light the tall, 1.-The form
Of young man dressed IN well lttlag
travelling tunic; but what particularly at.
tracted my attention was tho fact that
there was heavy Iron ring about his
right ankle. To this ring chain wW at
tachcd, aud NJ the other end VI the chain
thnro was no pound ball, which tho man
carried on hlh shoulder Setting this ball
on the ground near me the man sat down
on II, aud reaching out his hand hc said,
with tho unmistnknbe accent Of an east
Tenn0seeani
"Cap, I'm hlanked glad to seo you HARP
Then you cannot DO triend,n
growlcl.
you can Just bet Pm friend, clnr
through and through; but don't sayaz HOY;
you've forgot Cap Walker" aud tho man
bant over that | might tho better nee his
bronacd, cleancut face.
shook hands with him again, for re-
called him ne brave, patriotic soldier and
one OF tho best guides and scouts In the
west lie was at this time about twenty
i've years Of age and one Of the handsotn.
est men had ever secn In the saddle lie
had been captured by Wheeler IN the So
quatchic valley some weeks befoc, aud tho
indignity OF che hall and chain he proceeded
toexplain ~ follows.
When tho war broke ont he was follow.
ing his trade "a maehinist IN tho rnilrold
shops ut Atlanta. Like all the other me
chanics, he WIS sworn against his will Into
tho service u the Coniederacy, and then
detailed TO continue on with his work
Being strong Union man, and having no
ties 10 hold him TO the city, he escaped 10
his home near Knoxville, aud subsequently
"retugocd" To Kentucky aud was mustered
into the Federal service.
On his being brought TO Atlanta hs u
prisoner ho was recognized ut the railroad
station by some Of his former associates.
and was at once tried for dcsertion and
sentenced To be shot This explained the
ball and chain, and he told ne, with sur.
prislng coolnoss, that he was To b. exc
eutcd on Friday Moonlight was now
Wednesday night
While he wis speaking could feel
"gooso flesh" rising all over my body, aud
WlAth Nv AtAh NbhAAhANA ahhtht My AIlai,
Wallcrl is there no help for this"
lie bent forward til his brown mus.
tacho touched my cheek, and whispered:
III they shoot me, by heaycni it'll he on
the wing, and thai's whyi II did me so much
good to see an old friend h'ar.n
He then outlined his plan OF escape. lie
had made u saw OF knife he got from oue
Of the prisoners and had cut the rivet 80
that with n little effort ho could free him.
self from the hall and chain. Resting
against the chimney there was u strcteher,
aud by placing this against the stockade
he could get hold OF the TOP, and ~ swing
himself over.
"But thego are the guards" interposed,
"and outside the stockads there Is brl
gade In camp"
THAT'S whar yer hclp'll come IN, - he
said. They've only home guards, aud Il
you eau get lot Of tho boys juet at /.
Tonight To creep near tho dead lin, and
heaNo bricks ut the guarls-up nt the
north end, they'll all run down thnr am
leave tho south end el'ar for me-"
SadEa" the aEs VI tue sEda.Nas %, he.