The Van Buren press., 1893-08-05
he road To the Maxey place.

to nv horse and went fall speed,
p<ll-uell over the hank into Frog
Rsyou ON . line weat of the corner
Of winfry's fence, where i suppose
the water il a5 feet deep. On
that occasion il seemed to ne that
1 vent nuder 50 feet. and that it
Was slmest an sge before | got my
head from under water. Ny horse
came up swimming. and sooa We
we're oa terra frmA I then threw
down the fence on the vest side
Of the creek and rode Into the
Geld. Il being IN corn
Ry the time I had got . smart
distance in the field the hlse-eoafs
came dasAInx down winfry's fence
from the mouth ofCedAr creek and
stopped near the corner. Being
concealed from them by the corn
1 stopped and watched them /
eoald distinctly hear the odfe<r in
command giving orders to his men
He placed = man every ten steps
from there to the read to Wiaffys
hoase. Soon they we're In resda-
ness and orders veat down the
line to advance and show Ne quar-
tsrs bat sAeos hin down % sight
A soon - tAey started l start
ed too. going vess throwing the
feaee down and geing ea the vest
side Of the keld- Here I climbed
the ncuntAin- leading NJ he<se.
When 1 reneAed the top ef the
neunsain l fo1ad good gr1ee. - ]
palled the bride Cd ny horse and
les hin xraze. While I watched
rkese fellovs devn below In tAeiI
vain effort to tnd ne.
Frvm herr I coeld look down %
nv parsuers and aagA to think
how badly they we're going 70 b
feoled- No doabs bat they inagia-
ed they had ne il . trap from
which / eoald not escape ; bat to
their ehaxrin and great disappoins-
nens shea they closed in o. ne,
~ they thought / wa not there.
On looking around | found tia;
l Was jass in the edge ofa bean
sifal shAdy grove which vss % in
vitipx tn. by nyself down in
N inviting spot on my blanket. and
being weary for want Of rest soon
fell asleep, fofgetfai Of var and
war's alarm around me.
dreamed. and in my dreams l
sau . great multitude With instru-
ueuts Of destruction ofevery dis
eription. bent oa each others
death-neighb Dor against neighbOr,
brother against brother and ksher
AGAINST eoa. With more than brute
ferscity. While bleod and carnage
slevasfed the whole scene Di-
reesly heard . mighty noise ss OF
N earthquake I booked sad saw
= mighty chariot srrroaehing from
the east. On top Of which Vas .
man on . seat lined with gold
Tsiz maa held sleea = siEkea exn-
ner on which Vas Inscribed IN les-
ters OF gold. xWA Street. c. 8.
Bonjs> RElroaAl bonds, Sssioaal
Banks Baak Of England We are
the RnlEn< Power let the Pesple
10 u hsnsge Thea I mx .
multitude of black people Who had
been turned lsose. gvtng hi-her
and shishsr- Dfreetly way "a the
hsrizen heheid the advance Of
smother mafrra<se- which ~ Il -
eex-ed Showed many times great
er thaa the ether And behold
~ they came nearer. I saw their
8ess we're whi.e-uAay miIlis1x-
sad they we're the victims 1t the
msney power. While the fEr hkad
sf the South AF In waste sad des-
ssasloa many sf her ssas iying-
her homes destroyed her sl1erz
Geserrss<d~ and the shasrersd
remnants ef her pesple prsssrste
aef,cs . tyrsnfs power
Nv dream Vas wsrse than aes-
nEI vKr- aai I snly too gHs2 shas
ras x-aa-issn Vas no VERSE. Ao0ns-
ag ny hscxe I vas sooa ca my
vsy thrsaxa the weeds to join the
hays ~ Frug Bayuu- where 1 sr-
rvesf sf.er slaing my parsuerx
Who had inaEy struck ny ersil
Ny stsry VII &asa be ended and
& 10 q slEt sae - ne- even NJ this
DAY. Csl Bowen. true to the
promises he made when We rs-
leased hEm. did nj he could ts
Mve ri~ lives af the bora f0r
whom ve had risSesi 50 much
Bas taey wers hArasrousiy exeeu-
ted ar Fecs SufEh BY ersferS OF
Gen- rhsver, commander at that
pslss-
The sxexu-ssa Of those yaQnz
men xassw -he wfrked and alhsiy
wars af the hSae w1r- Jada Ngr.
ss.,sa the eldest at the tea- wa
har - yearz Of sse. the ether De-
~ .s@ ..s@ = yeacs - I& and be-
ssugesi 10 xGme ct ne best Eknf-
Ees af Washington eaun.y. Arxan-
80. near Cale HzlL whose homes
isEf been ieEsstasssf bF the In
xEferx when the aays tack up