The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-14

mF slA9, RRd Weeeca full, beard OF, SINH
lar cut TO my own Were uniforms
and stations exchanged then, how
easIylin the darkness could the one
personate the other .p e-,fo ~
AS this thought presented itself,
also noticed that above the; troopers
beard was the red nose Of a topper; and
then there flashed across my mind a
scheme. rez. 4s17r r7.-rsr
In the -chicken.house was a jug of
water, and I mad cup. / also mad a
ID ask OF whiskey in n pocket of my
overcoat, and my medicine a 9 In
another. Turning my back to the
sentry, / took from a vial in nv case
enough of tablets of morphine to maze
as heavily SIMPLIFYING an opiate. as
would be safe, and dissolved themsin a
cup by the aid Of a little water..a a.
This done while, daylight yet re
NAMED, I waited with what patience
| could muster till it should be half
past seven o'clock-a timeoWhenInight
should have fallen and when I Should
yet have thirty. minutes before the
comingsot the relief guard That hour
having come, { took a favorable mo
ment, when the sentry happened. to
LOOK in toward me, and ostentatiously
produced my flask. a.9.,.v --rff
"Cold night, " said { uA1of@a -
A grunt was the only reply. Pour
ing out come whiskey into the drugged.
cup L.ofered the portion t the sentry.
saying as nonchalantly as E7!could,
while my heart beat fast: - g..
I've got some whiskey here, John
ny; you don't mind having andrink
with a Yank, do you7" 1.'2 'a1'7.''
|. For a moment there was no sign;
then, furEively, an, arm stretched in
to Hard-mec Carefully, lin the dark
ness, I put the cup into his hand; there
was algulp, and the cup was returned
to me empty: 81 The victim had drank
every drop vvsI
@ lickly Invent through the dumb
show of taking g. drink myself, then
eagerEysat watchingmy maHfor7Bigns
of the WORKING OF the drug, 80
Never did time seamto drag SO slow
lJ; but at last the head began to nod
and then jerk itself up again, as the
soldier sought to fight of his stealthy
foe. Softly, then, 1 crept up and as
the powerful narcotic declared it's mas
terry. Soon the sentry fell over and
began to snore loudly. Now was my
time to act. / slipped from my prison,
draggedthe sleeping man within and
proeeedediat once to exchanges uniforms
with him. In q few minute this was
accomplished; then Selling his musket
I went without and seated myself on
the empty barrel IA the entrance
Soon I heard men approaching, and
-sprang to my feet improper position.
Haiti Who goes >there9" I chal-
lenged.
'fRelief," replied the ~voice-ot John
Petherington. .' &
Advance, one, with the counter
signl" .'-l -
The well know figure of my former
orderly stepped up and whispered the
words, Bull Rum and then started
violently, as despite the darkness, he.
recognize I'd me. ID "--'.
He's in there. :druggedI help me to
slip away" 1 whispered. Then I called
out:
Recoverit g his senses, the quck wit
ted PeCherington commanded, in
steady voiee:l .s.. ,>''. '%'.55,'. on.
Forward, march" ~
The squad advanced, and the soldier
who was to relieve me stepped out to
receive from me the Instructions for
the post. AS he came up, Petherington,
By pretending to correct fauItI 10 my
holding of my piece, soBiRterpOsed him
self that the man could anotasee my
face arrsI 500 eric 100: r-=usas4%
Guard the prisoner % said, + Il the
new SENTRY and slippedPaUndet 3D..
20 mgptacsn Observation-Disclosures
Tramp. tramp, then, We took up
the march, 1 with senses alert to devise
a meanszof escape. As we relived the
next sentry, now n on picket, 1 heard
the braWIlng laf. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the lines and apidaa struck me. Pre-