The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-07-27
LIEUT.. GREY'S ADVENTURE.


lodging for the night. lie was lieuten-
ant in the Union Army, and a few days
previous had been sent out on mission of
Importance in which he had heen quite
successful. He was now on his return,
the bearer Of certain information which
would h" of great Importance to the ''boys
in blue"
During thr time he was out, however.
rain had fallen almost necessarily. and as
, cnnstqrt ce travel was exceedingly
, duou'. lie lad iourncycd far that day
.nd w. much fatigucd. so it was with
pleasant anticipation of comfortable
i@ht's Iepose, that he approached the
house.
His summons were answered by Il rough
looking man. to whom he made known
his d sire.
| reckon we can accommodate you.
stranger said the latter, and after calling
, merge hoy to take charge of the horse he
turned again to Grey.
y
warm supper and he'd, " he said.
AS the soldier saw his hose disappear an
uncomfortable feeling came over him Per-
aps he was trusting this man too far
However he shook off the sense of distrust
and followed him to the house.
The only occupant beside themselves
. / la, t,nl ,,,,, Il
is his wife. She was busy clearing Tie
table. for they had evidently just dinrd.
l"d the, sight Of it made the liz utenant
'orget everything else for the time but the
10 Ytrrous clamorings of thoroughly
aroused appetite,
sit right up and help yourself stranger
bbev.
lie ate heartily. During the meal tn,
man convcIsed pleasantly, and by the time
the II past was concluded the soldier began
to regard his p: evious IN strust as unwar
rautrd.
They continued to talk for more than an
lour, then Newton asked to be shown To
lis room. The man secured candle and
prrpai ed to lead the way.
As they were about passing from tn,
,'uom the woman rushed in, saying, excit-
IDLY:
The s,nol;ehousc is empty, and the
loor is wi lie OPEN
THE deuce ~ cried the man, and
,bruptly setting down the candle strobe
from the apartment, followed by tn
woman.
In few minutes they returned, thu
latter cXclaiming as the entered the hall:
".Just wait till | get hold o her; III
break every bone in her body. But it i
vi your fault Tom Jones If you'd done
is wanted you to you'd a nailed up tht
loor.'
ooh, shut up. She'll come back,
geckon" Then they came into the room
,gain, and taking up the candle Jones
continued;
Come on. stranger, I'll show YOU to
your room" He volunteered no explana-
ton of the recent episode and much mys-
titled. Newton followed him upstairs,
where he was ushered into small chamber
His host placed the light on the table and
withdrew.
Newton prepared to retire. He locked
the door and carefully examined his
revolvcrs, after which he threw off his
cat and boots and laid down upon the
bed
He was soon sleeping soundly.
How long he was unconscious he could
not determine, but he suddenly awoke
with start, and at the same moment he
heard footsteps cautiously ascending the
stairs. He sprang silently up, drew on
his coat and boots, and grasped his revol-
yer Just as those without paused in front of
his door.
For a moment not sound was heard,
then the knob was cautiously turned. As
the door did not open smothered impre-
cation reached his ears, followed by the
voice'of his host, saying
''Confound it, | forgot to take out the
key"
Convinced that he was in some kind of
peril, the lieutenant began to look about
for some means of escape from the room
The window attracted his attention and
toward it he made his way.
Noselt ssly raising the sash he climbed
out on the piazza it overlooked. At the
same moment the door fell in with crash
and half a dozen men rushed into the
room. They took in the situation at a
glance land discharged their pistols at the
fugitive just as he dropped from the piazza
to the ground.
Grey quickly ran around the corner of
the house. AS he did so he was suddenly
grasped firmly around the waist and
man called out:
''Here he is; I've got him ~
Hold on till we get there shouted
some one from the rear.
"Take that, you rascal cried the lieu
tenant, and with the stock of his revolver
he dealt his captor a terrific blow on his
head
The:f dropped in heap, and the
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