The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-01

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'& GV4,A bellion and not
- wNSnow known ex-
- ~ cept to the gal.
- vsslant few who
participated ia
-ssS-that nights dar-
ing deeds; a bit of history 0or obvi-
Gus reasons) not allowed to stray very
far outside Of Charlie Frost's squad
Please consider me a competent wit
ness, for was in it and my Eecollec
tions of that night are yet very vivid
1t was during our winter at Pslmy.
re-. Mo-. 1861, when patriotism wss at
white heat, the zeal Of Co. C. knew M
limit, and we were contributing 80
nightly to the overthrow .of out
wicked and deludcd brethren in gray
CO. c, under Capt. Black, was on an
extended expedition; the precise 10.
cality cannot state.I think, however,
we were near Paris, Mo. Capt. Black
concluded we were to large as n com.
psny Cthe enemy were afraid of us), al
| by his orders we broke into squads OF
~ or more under Scrgcsnts, and thu.
went abroad seeking whom we might
| destroy.
Serg't Chas. Frosts squad was o..
| dered to make midnight raid on ths
! cabin Of Confederate Lieutenant,
who was described by Capt. b. in his
inimitable way as an unusually daring
and desperate fellow. with few trus,y
men always n"ar him. not to he taken
without The shed ling Of blood, etc.
Iuasmuch sWe hude listed to wip.
cut just such lea MS, to ave the cDun.
Try or perish at the post of honor. we
trotted oil on our perilous mission. By
The aid ofa pilot we got there in good
shape, surrounded that cabin in awful
silence, aud then, led by our gallant
Sergeant, few ofus moved closer 10
| rcconnoiter.
There was curtain at the window,
and very dim light along its edges
As we nearrd the door we saw the
curtain move very slightly, as if some.
one expected us. To be iully prep.r-
ell we pushed our nsvies ahead Of US,
gave war whoop aud yelled,
Surrender! Surrender"
No answer.
open, or wewill burst herr
Nary open.
The Sergeant cried, "My kingdom
Tor rail" and q moment later. with "A
tence'rail asa bsttering ram, We
charged the door of that desperate
mans cabin. The speed and fury with
which we broke in would have put to
shame an olden-time catapult,
Much to our surprise (and. I may
say, relief up to this time wc Lad not
heard a shot on that crisp, midnighs
air. As we dashed in over the wreck
ed door, a few live Goals in an old
fashioned fireplace dimly outlined the
room, and showed u, pallet on ths
floor. There were impressions of two
bodies on that pallet, and putting our
hands to the places we found them
warm.
By this we knew of course there
must be at least two in tae house.
They had evidently retreated to the
other room, where, probably, there
were more of them. Just then someone
encouraged an investigation by ex-
claiming:
Boys. lookout! Somebody is going
to be hurt here!"
Some genius, working for Uncle Sam
for about $l3 month, had found a
saucer of greece and piece ofrsg and
turned on Missouri electric light. A
council Of war ensued and during its
session everyone carefully disposed his
body to avoid the door and to ward
the mimic balls from the next room.
That war council had but one ques-
tion to settle: Shall we roast them
out or give them a good. square,
stand up fight in clost; dark roomi
II was agreed to fight first and, if need
be, roast later,
Down went smother door. Frost and
his men were right into the thickest oi
the tray,up to the csnnon's mouth, and
amid the nutiled indoor shots and the
hoarse shouts Of men on human blood
intent.
Then came the silence of the grave
Men could hear their hearts beat. They
groped about the Hoor seeking to
throttle the Confederscy. He was not
there. Our electrician came in present.
ly with his Miss 'uri dip, aud then We
saw the enemy had gone aloft.A lsdde,
led to scuttle hole in the ceiling.
The ladder was wet with the blood OF
the retreating foe.
In all that little group Of desperate.
ly brave men, no one WAS hero enough
to thrust his head through that scutus
hole. So, ofcour'e, preparations wers
made for holocaust, At that last
horrible moment, just before tho torch
was applied, bfore the heavens took on
q terrible glow and the air grew sick
ening with its smell of burning dssh,
the enemy surrendsd. The enemy
proved to be two innocent darky
wenohes.
Let fancy paint the rolling of sye
balls and the chattering of teeth n
thOa0 two w WOmeu creDt 70 tha acuttia