The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-14

tightly In my grasp when l de-
scended. All the fortunes a GRIM
inal ever felt while locked and
bound in his cell awaiting the day
of his execution, were mine.
| fell asleep, and when | awoke
again to my great surprise old
Rover was in there with me-poor
old dog, never deserving me- nor
did he on this occasion. He had
returned from the chase and fol-
lowed the track Of his master.
Whether by accident he fell in, or
whether he leaped in to be with his
master, ! shall never be able to
ascertain; but, poor follow, my
conscience will always censuro me
for the manner in which ! treated
him. | could think of but one
possible means of escape, and that
was IL very faint as well az wicked
ono. Realizing that it was only a
life and death struggle, | resolved
TO carry out my plans. So | took
my horn of powder and ten dyna-
mite sticks which | arranged to-
gother in tho crown of my hat and
sunk them in a hole which J. dug
out with my Ratchet. TO this |
arranged II fuse. Over this mass
| of explosive material ] placed Il
large flat rock which | found in
one cornor OF the chamber. Then
| took from my pocket my note
book and pencilod the following
message:
DEAR BEOTHER--C0 Come 10 me quick,
! for | vas lost and in my wandering fell
into deep depression near the bank Of
some stream on the headwaters of Red
river Find me quick, as am almost
starved. Your brother, -----.
Then thought of the possibility
of the message falling into anoth-
er's hands. and added the follow
ing postcript:
Any one into whose hands this mes
sage may fall, will please notify Mr..
- -, Morgan county Ky No mat.
ter what expense it may incur they will
receive the price.
The message being complete, |
took the flap of my shot bag and
carefully folded the message in it,
then | took the strap and tied the
message around poor old Rover's
neck, then placed him on the fiat
rock under which had placed the
explosives. then lit a match and
touched the fuse, telling Rover to
go home. | then retired to side
chamber of the apartment to await
results. Just how long / waited |
am not prepared to say, but | re-
covered after Il time and crept out
to see if Rover had gone. He was
gone, but whether dead or living, |
had not the slightest idea. The
smoke had all cleared away. sat
down and tried to content myself
as best | could and to await my
coming rescuers, should any come,
but after two days more of misera-
bic confinement and privation, |
imagined l could hear n voice call
ing my name. | aroused and with
all my feeble strength answered as
best | could. Then l relapsod into
a state of unconsciousness, and the
next thing ! knew strong arm
held me erect and was tieing some
thing about my body. The fresh
air revived me, and / was taken to
a house, served good meal and
returned home the next day, and
now feel as well as usual.
Old Rover had never returned
home, but the message fell into the
hands OF some one who had it
printed in the Daily Courier, with
nm introduction stating that poor
lame dog was seen in Philadelphia
with II bundle tied about his neck.
which. upon examination, was
found to contain the message
which | had tied about his neck in
my cavern home.
This is the manner in which ]
was rescued. ] have never been
able to hear from poor old Rover
since that time, though | offered
reward of $500 for his return.
TECUMsEH.
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