The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-03-07

+ they expected to find the boys they
saw the lights Of the fires off in the
distance Getting as near as they
could on the road the men left the
. horses in charge Of jim and hastened
/ forward using great caution, however.
When close to the fires they saw
+ Joe run out Of the darkness end pro
ceed hastily to put fresh fuel on the
I burning piles. Feeling from this that
everything was safe the colonel and
/ his companions strobe forth into the
light, much to JOes relief and delight.
1t did not take long for him to in
form the newcomers what had occur
red. and then with great pride he off
cred to show them the prisoner.
Joe" said Colonel VI bite. Il think
the best thing We can do is to.take
your prisoner and get out of here as
fast as we can
"Whatw cried Joe Indignantly,
and give up all idea Of capturing the
station, " Nell. you can just 90 back
home, and Hiram and | will do some
thing ourselves. Just to think Of
giving up our plan when we have
such a good start" and the diappoint-
ed lad, bursting into tears, hurried
away.
Come back, Joe, come back here.
we will help YOU cried Colonel
White. The boys vexation was too
much for him. After a moments
thought the colonel decided upon his
mode of action. He told Joe to bring
his prisoner to within a couple Of
hundred feet Of the fires, but warned
him net to let the Englishman get
close enough to see that the fires We're
not surrounded with soldiers Hiram
was to be left to watch the station and
was to give warning if any soldiers
left there.
Colonel White, Etholen and Ray
then commenced to shout and initiate
the sounds OF number of men talk
ing. Tie colonel would also give or
+ ders IN loud voice, telling where to
place sentinels and commanding the
men to do this and that Then the
colonel went to Joe, leaving EthoIen
and Ray to continue the farce, and
told Llm in the Englishman's hearing
to take the prisoner farther away and
not to let any one know he had been
captured, for the men were in such a
rage over the outrages committed by
the British that they swore they
would hang the first Englishman who
should fal into their tands
/ This artitice succeeded perfectly
Theiprisoner thought that some atroc-
4 ity had been committed which had
aroused the country. After making
sure that the captive was thoroughly
/ terrified Colonel White sent him to
Captain French demanding the i'm
mediate surrender Of the station and
ships. The messenger was told to in
form Captain French that the whole
country was aroused and crying for
vengeance on the British because of
the excuses they had committed; that
/ the Americans were in force enough
to carry the place the pretended not
to know that part of the garrison
was away, and if a surrender was not
made at once an assault would i'm
mediately be ordered.
The Englishman believed what he
had been told and impressed this
story on his commander 50 we'll that
the result was that Captain French
agreed to negotiate a surrender. Col
+ onel White met him. and the ingen-
ious American managed to convince
the British officer that the rage Of the
! patriots was SO great that he was
afraid they would, in spite, ,of his com
mands and the violation of the rules
Of warfare, put all the English to the
/ sword. Captain French asked for
half an hours time, which of course.
was granted him.
The English commander made good
use Of his time by sending scout af-
ter the expedition which had left dur
ing the afternoon, warning the officer
IN charge not to come back to the
station, as it was in the hands of the
Americans who had surrounded it
with large force
. Captain French had represented to
I CllOnel White that he was surrener-
/ ing the whole British force. He did
this to keep the Americans in ignor-
ance as long as possible of the depar
ture of part Of the force 50 that he
might have chance to send a warn
ing to them.