The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-02-15

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able goods We're packed on the animals
blankets, canvas, harness straps and
wagon seats being quickly extemporized
into pack saddles. The wagons contain
ed Commissary stores, with some car
bine and pistol ammunition, and the
camp chests of some officers of the Sew
enth Pennsylvania cavalry. After Sc
lecting what could be conveniently car
ried or, the wagons were Brought side
by side and set on fire to increase tho
impression that the work was being done
by Confederate raiding party. This
! done, McGee, who could neither read
nor write, though he pretended that he
! could do both, made the sergeant write
out the parole and sign it, as did his
companions Collins tried to get an'op-
portunity to speak with the prisoners
| through whom he might get word
| through to Chattanooga or Cumberland
| gap but he was so closely watched that
this was impossible.
From the time the attack was made
till they were ready to move back into
the mountains was not more than an
| the prisoners not to move from where
! they were till after sunrise, threatening
that if they did so they would be shot
down before they got 100 yards away.
A messenger was sent ahead 20 tell
old Kit MCGEE of THO success of the
! expedition, and the others hurried after,
with their 30 laden animals. 1t took the
! party three days to make the return.
| Every precaution was taken to destroy
the trail. For miles they travelled in the
rocky beds of the mountain streams, the
men as well as the animals walking knee
deep in water. AT length, as the sun was
setting, they came within sight Of the
camp to which Collins was brought by
the man Owen, and where old Kit Nc
Gee ruled his clan like the robber chief
tain that he was.
The messenger having come through
with the news, the people We're eagerly
watching for the return of young Kits
party. As soon as they caught sight of
them they sent up shrill cheer and
swarmed out to meet the victors, as the
highland women might have done when
the men returned beyond the Grampian
wall from successful foray in the
stock meadows of the lowlands. The
men then i'll camp, the women, the chill
dren and even the dogs came out to
look on the 20 horses and mules stag
gering under their loads of plumber
and to greet with joyous oaths the
marauders who had done so well.
Il felt like a thief, though knew
just why was there, said Collins.
"At first was kind of ticllled that
Molly McGee should take fancy to
me- stranger but when | saw her
runnin up the hill with the crowd and
noticed that she was loohin for me
felt kinder cold. 1t was the first time
ever had woman set right to work tc
make love TO me, and it broke me up.
AS has been intimated, Molly MCGEE
was perfectly natural in all her actions
and entirely unconstrained in giving
expression to her thoughts and emotions
"As All Otfhand swearer she was up tC
her father, and he was the worst / evel
heard, and I've been great deal among
army mule drivers. Having singled
out Collins, who was leading a mule a
| lIlb AllAlNH Nhdp 'iiS VI WV
mon who had come out with her should
take charge of the animal. Then sh'
caught the young recruit in her stront
arms and kissed him and swore that sh,
would marry him before Saturday night
This was Thursday.
even when we started down to til,
: camp that girl didn't take her RICH
arm from round my neck but she huns
ON. kissing me every few yards ant
calling to the other women to know i
+, they didn't think l was the pretties
man in camp.
II might have stood Molly in tn
line Of duty" continued Collins, "bu
| noticed that some of the other fellow
looked kinder jealous, and l knew tina
if she didn't let up one of them woul'
lay for me, so l planned to play sick a
soon as got back to camp"
TO be continued.