Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-23
EvADED THE YANKS.

"say. son. do you know whit good 90
up and down Tho backbone tAf.l h
worth"
Where docs The thrili CONS in'' Maz
we'll. the colonel partner, called ium Die
corner The colonel chucslci again. thu
aid tnry slowly, "Can you Imagine how
u fcols tn know your cif within ON Inch Of
hanging
"Oh. thcruan storyi Toll 70. Maxwell
sld. putting down hls pcn. Tho colonel
flung over 60 hIui tho uost uni1fnly1hIr
OF tho pcnw7p,ra. then nt down Un Coo
edge ~ my desk. folded hls arms and bc.
gnu.
"Dif't know that / cycr tuid you'll 90,
Ter Cousin sally Ann, ng our Cauuml
wag uad 10 cxrfrsl scryinrtho Cuuhdau.
O.. Hut I did ! Yves dArUdrtIl iuH
Would YOU think IN o. look 90 mc n1w
"Not much" we said lu chorus iIr
smiled and won't un ~ belonged 90 Mr.
f0rpfts 'crItiur cumWny' Nuu dHnt
know Il. but that means thnf had q hmp
~ chnnoa 90 gDt myself shot tie VVIH o.
fighter from way back. was Mr. FORREST
But that didn't fUse the boys who rda
with him 10 WINS what ihHy wcv thcr
for ilr mndu things lively. / toll you loo
The country hotwccu Tho riy0rs-thc cum
trrlnnd and Icnncssrs NUihuf thc tum-
hcrlnnd. after nonclsln icii, TWAS mighty
hnsnuinul Tor 10 rrayc0lt ~ venture The
river could b. f0nlcd nnly ir tlmn U'
drought and thc strict runhnt patrol mli1
swimming ur shilling arruss it about ns
dangerous na anything could ta SIN we
.s.YfaH ,a5s att.I fIsass f.. .a..f $780, % ..Hfa
friends thc enemy. over thcfu. and ore
day I volunteered Co nsim The river and
bring hack wnrl tn my chief 60 ifydu' ri
ainind Ter. bllly, but l alricr think Youll
rumc hack dcad. BE- said but / won't
Home was acrnss the river. you au, nnl %
girl whu--hut never mind. didnt 300
her that trip
Hardly Ind I cruFad WHOM 1 nm
plump upon a former otcrccr. who was
l know, Union man. lie poognirci QUO
nt once, yet " ] had been tho prodianl sHu
hls welcome could not have hstn warncE
When l asked n he iunnt o. infnrm on
me, he almost cried. His fc1llng. wfc 30
hurt, indeed that I bud 10 nrnc o. stay
all night ut his housc aud ict him help me
next morning nenlss tho river. which WIS
tho main lion In my homowurd path. I
wanlcr show ye Ir'-ermlrr'a duuun's.
ton, be- mid You amt fcrFut .fosariulno
shea tho little young uuycr un usad trF
make much on. Grnwcd up rlw, shc h.
mn cr chollcr right Why, shc paints c1ws
M hnwT. IN sch Ike that naichui 80
oaln't help but know 'cm.
~ didn't know 'rm-not apart. I mean
until Jcsscrinino hcrclf Differentiated
them for me She was % hif, falr Girl.
Wholesome a. the day h long II fttr mo
n hcnp Of comfort Ia hear hrr whisper 49,
We separated for tho night. pap'a flr on
~ Union man In this family ia Eight
for the Confodrmcy every day In the year
N only had not hccn born q girl
Tho spoch was still murr comforting
when ! gnt mp IN the morning and found
whole division At blucr1ats stacking
hrins In the turnpike outside tho mite
They had made % night mnrch aud meant
tn cruss the river the next day Twas tran.
pei piuarily and likely within ton hnuui
~ dnnglo from limb II my host did not
betrny ne, my hurst m hls stable. with
cavalry saddle aud holsters, most certainly
would Escapo wna cat Of tho Question
they wcw beioro and hchind mo and an
around, with moru coming In caoh half
hour.
"Then every mothers Fon 81 'cm was
mighty mad with Forrest lie had whip
ped en- whcn hc had no right 10 do u and
run when they ought 10 have whipped
him. lhcrc was, besides, q sort NJ talk nj
retaliation. Altogether I made up ms
mind that had less than six hours of iifr.
unless a mimcle saved mo ur .icsscrnin,
ttond my friend.
"shc did that, like tho trump shn was
Done yuu worry, rho raid when she
brought mo hrsnkfast Eat hearty an r,.st
all you ran, until lrit thcm Yankees All
fed lt's likely you may have Ia ride an
night without stoppin, hut don't you ~
uncay whatever you do.
"will you holloyo Il, trusted that girl
blindly-lay down aud slopt like ton un,
al she was hnok again. shn had her paint
boH and brushes, i-rsidcs % couple u raw
onions When ahc had told me her plan lui
me, laughed until / criod
Gary II outs l shouldn't H. hcro N
had not That afternoon, about q O'Clock
man rode wonrlly intn the camp. Hii
eyes wcru ND and swollen and ran watrl
continually lie wns broken ont oh oycl
with ND, angry looking pustules Taxi
me 20 your Funrul. IL urnndrr ! nu
hAlNAlh AallAAfu OF FuIfiHi rnAnlfNt Do
said In a wak voice Il want TO b. sent &,
the hospital Aa you sru. / hnyu small
pox'-
Tho sentry waited 10 hear no more ",
passed. the prisoner on like u hot potato
70 did the corporal Of tho riarl, and 10
In the end, did tho general The prisoner
Whose eyes Kept gvi,lnH pddcF and mon
Watory, smcllcd strongly of onions, hu
none OF thum came near enough 10 Ter
rc'Yc H. ly 4 O'clock he Ahd hyon ctcurtc,
70 the river hank and told In cr1ss ~ nj
drown ar do anything that pleased him
except ntruw Infection through uutc,
states army corps lie did cross the rive
---hc Rut safely Ia Mr. FORREST too-bu
did not escape quite scot frc II twas an "a
month bciorc Jesscrmlur's paint won
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