The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-02

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which the supposed invalid had been
treating him all the evening he might
have waited for Souri, without move
lnent much longer than he did. AS it
was, it occurred to him that perhaps the
prisoner might be dead.
Taking up tallow dip he went to the
room where Mark was supposed to be
confined. A figure was lying IN the
corner. The jailer went to it, and by
means of the candle saw what he sup
posed to be the prisoner. The face was
to the wall, and he did not at first dis
cover the deception.
"Yank," he said, ''air y dead?"
He took hold of the figures shoulder
and shook it.
Still no reply.
Turning Souri, over he at once recog-
nized the face of the ''mulatto girl"
In an instant he saw through the ruse
that had been practiced. Without step
| ping to interrogate her, he rushed from
the room past the sentinel at the door
and out to the guardhouse. There he
| gave the alarm, ard in a moment the
| whole guard was in motion.
Souri, hoped that the sentinel at the
door would join in the chase, in which
event she intended to go to Jakey's room,
get him out and attempt to escape. But
| the soldier only went as far as the door
| at the head of the long staircase. Then,
remembering that he would doubtless be
| punished for letting one prisoner escape,
and that there were several negroes in
the ''black hole for him to guard, he
went no farther.
In five minutes Souri, heard the bark
ing of hounds without.
| No word was sent to headquarters re-
| garding Marks escape till the hounds
had followed the scent to the river and
there lost it. Then one of the guards
was sent in to report the whole affair
Being an infantryman, he was obliged to
walk. which took time. Cavalry was
| the only arm of the service capable Of
| following the escaped man with a chance
Of success, and cavalry must be ferried
across the river or ordered from Dallas.
on the other side, ten miles above. The
latter course was chosen, and two squad
rons were directed to proceed at once,
the one to throw a chain guard across
the neck of Moccasin point, the other to
scour the river bank for a distance of
several miles below. Had there been
any cavalry nearer, Mark would have
had very slender chance to get away.
AS it was, he barely escaped one Of the
squadrons.
About noon of the day after Marks
escape the military authorities began
to relax their efforts to recapture him.
as they had other matters of Importance
to attend to, but they induced the coun-
try people, by hope of a reward, to con-
time the search within a radius of ten
or fifteen miles from Chattanooga. The
provost marshal sent for Souri, and
J;akey with u view to gaining from them
whatever he might concerning Mark s
identity and his mission.
Souri,. whose only clothing was that
left her by Mark. begged Mrs. Triggs to
ret her more suitable apparel before
being taken out of the Jail. Had the
old woman any excuse, indeed had it
not been for the presence of the guard
at the door, there is no telling what she
might have done to Souri,. To have
been thus duped put her in a towering
passion. She went into SOuri's cell and
berated her with her tongue and shook
her fist in her face, but refrained from
touching her. When Souri, asked for a
woman's dress she at first fatty refused,
but fearing she would incur the dis
pleasure of the provost marshal still
further than she had if she should send
girl to him not properly dressed she
selected al old calico frock of her own
and gave it to her.
Souri, and Jakey were led to the mar
shals Office. followed by crowd Of
curious people, who were aware thai
they had been the means of the escape
of a spy, but when they arrived thu
crowd were left outside.
Never was a man more puzzled wha
r to do with prisoners than the marshal il
the case of Souri, and Jakey. He saw
simple, modest, poor white country girl
apparently not out of her ''teens," and ;
stupid looking boy, who was not very
far into them.
il "Who are your he asked of Souri, no
y unkindly.
missouri Slack"
"Where do you liver"
ION the Anderson road, not far from
Jasper"
'sAnd this boy?'
y "He's my brother"
y "When did you come from homer"
'Three days ago"
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