Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-11-25

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while they were washing my colore,
boy held their horses back of th,
house and | watched in front. B,
and By | saw about 40 Federal sal
diers going up through that fi-lc
over there towards old Dan Askew'.
house. Dan was . Northern spy
| shouted To Jesse
"'I see some Frdsrals.'
How many, mother p asked
Jesse.
" About 4O.'
Where are they 2
" Going up throusa tie R.ld- 10
Eofd I)aB Askews.
a.. Well. keep youf eye on them.
mother said Jesse. aud they went
right On washing. -
"ln a minute I saw them coming
down toward our house aud |
shouted
Boys. they're coming to the
house
Jesse was spluttering with his
face down in the water basin, and
ne stopped long enough to say:
Let EN- cOme. mother: there
are four "f us. and I guess we can
whip 40 Federrls all right enough. ,
Il got scared aud ran back where
the bows were washing aud begged
them tn run.
"Dh g", J"sse, Isaid. They re
crossing the branch. aud will be
right here in half minnie
Ths Daredevil Bravery Of Jesse.
Jesse jus. laughed at me aud
sald Don't get rat,Ld, m ether
m not going away from here with
dirty neck If ] have to fight 24O
red-rais instead II 40
well, sir those four bows did
not mount their horses ill the soI-
dlers were At the front gate and
they heard the latch rafting The.
thew sprang into their sa idles and
leaped the back fence aud rode
across the pasture like mad. The
Fr'lera's gall"prd aronpd tn, hous.,
part one way aud rart the ot her nd
pulled their cavalry pistols. AID
snch shouting and cursing YOU n.v.
-r heard. Our boys shot b ,ck as
they ran, aud the hast | saw of
them Vas n waving line of horses
tails going over the top Of the hill
| waited half IN hour AID then I
could stand it no longer. sn, out
my horse Betsy, aud vent up over
the hill, expecting tn lid the bod
les of our bows shot full of holes.
About mile from the honsp some.
one hailed me from the brush,
here are you going. map
III was Jesse. and h. and the
others we're coming dawn from the
did schoo'hOusr leading their horses
aud looking for their CAPS they had
lost during the fight. They would
not lis'en 20 anything Id say. but
r"de back 10 the house With m. af
ter they'd found their caps. They
washed up again aud theu rode
away.
''Jesse seemed to take a delight
IN getting me scared aud PLAYING
j"krs on me. You know | was al-
~ass watching out for detectives.
md we had plenty Of them sp,ing
around here. That Was long after
The war. when Jesse and Frank
we're accused Of every bank and
train robbery that was done. O~
iay big man rode mp To the gate,
hitehe'i his horse aud stalk-d right
up to the house aud dtmsnd,d i to
know where Frank Jamps WAS Ill.
said he vas a detective aud h.
pulled ont big long revolver aud
threatened to kill him on sight.
lie took Jesses gold watch out of
his pocket aud showed it to me aud
, said he had killed Jesse and tonk
his watch. H. SEARCHED the house
, aud harm. bulldna.d nv colored man
and woman, aud | f,ll0wed him
around, daring him to harm hair
of anyone around the place. At
last he sat down in a chair aud
laughed till | thought he d split.
He told me he was Dave P.nle, u
friend "f Jrsse's, and he handed me
q letter from Jesse, who had told
him 20 pretend he was a detective
and give me q scarce. Jesse bed
said to him
The old lady may take q shot
at you. but il she doesn't hit you
go right in