Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-10-12

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door was being broken open, but when
went upstairs I found o coil'o. rope,
so took that instead.
: I opened a belfry window and, after
fastening the rope, slid gown on the
roof below. Here I cut off the rope
with my dagger as high asI could
reach aud left the end hanging, run
ming along the pof to the rear with
the rest. fastened the rope to Q pro-
: lection and, crawling over the edge,
slid to the ground without the least
trouble. Running up towards the
front of the church I dropped one OF
my gloves, which I had worn up to this
time, in Milk street and the other
around the corner on Marlborough
street. I did this to give pursuers the
idea that had gone towards the COM
mon, as that was the most likely place
for man to try to escape to the op-
posite shore. Tbs ruse, as I subse-
ouently learned from deserter, worked
perfectly. The gloves were of an un,
usual color and having been noticed
by the officers in the church were rec
ognized when found. Lieutenant
Barry was so anxious to capture me
himself that he neglected to have the
guards warned to be on the watch,
and this was another thing Ia my
favor
After dropping my gloves I ran
through lane below the church to
Water street. I intended to work my
way down to the boat from there, but,
after eluding several guards, found
myself in King street by the Town
House, called the State House after
the war; Here was startled by
cry of "Halt! Who goes there?" [
was just getting ready to run when an
answer came from in. front of the
building, "Citizen, with a pass"
sCome here and show it," ordered the
guard. As you may know, the Town
House is set right in the middle OF
King street with an open space all
around it. I went around in this
space to position where 1 could see
the two men without being seen by
them. The guard looked at the pass,
said call right" and then, giving it
back, went up Queen street out of
sdght. Watched the citizen while he
stood still, with bundle on the ground
at his feet, carefully folding the paper
up, and the idea came into my head
that could use that pass. He was
facing me, so I ran around the building
to the other side. The man was just
putting the pass in his pocket as 1
came in sight again. I never liked to
hit man from behind, but this was q
case OF necessity, and so I struck him
hard, just behind the right ear, with
my fist. He fell with hardly a sound,
and I quickly tied his feet with his
belt and his halids behind him with
the rope from the bundle he had been
carrying. In the bundle / found a
piece of cloth, among other things,
and tied this over the mans month to-
IlseeFs lli eFhal
Ehe: recovered. Then I secured the
pass and placed him and his bundle in
the deep doorway of the Town House.
I decided to go Mt once to the boat,
using the pass to get by any guards l
should meet. AT, the first lamp in the
street stopped to read the pass. 1t
ran as follows:
Head Quarters, Boston, ,3rd Jan: ,1776.
The bearer, Nath'l Cushman, citi-
zen, has His Excellency the Com
mander-in- Chiefs permission to 60
about inside the advanced lines 1T any
time between the hours of 10 and II
tonight. ia: URoUHART,
Town Major.
To all concerned.
I Smiled as thought how near
Nathaniel Cushman was to my name
and after putting the paper away
started on. At Water street I was
challenged bya guard and showed
him the pass, which he took under
light to read. '''Are you Nathaniel
Cushman?" he asked. I answered
eyes," He didn't seem to be satis-
fed, but said, Chow do know you
are? Can you prove it?" l had
habit of standing with tine weight of
my body on my right foot and my left
hand on the hilt of my sword. AS [
stood trying to think of some plan of
action l assumed this position and one
finger came in contact with the dent
made by the bullet at Bunker Hill.
eyes, L replied, "here is my name
engraved here, and I drew my sword,
Except that part of it has been
rubbed out by rebel bullet" He
read the words on the handle, "Nathan-
iel Cush-" and then thought mo-
ment, while stood with the rapier in
my right hand. Then he said, 81
suppose you're all right. Go along"
He never knew it, but these words
saved his life, for was all ready to
run him through if he decided to ar
rest me or call for help. proceeded
on my way, while the guard went up
Water street, and soon came near
| where my boat was I was congratu-
lating myself on my escape, when 1
heard the sound of man running
along the street behind me. i sup
posed that the guard had changed
his mind and was pursuing me, SO I
started to run. Up to this time the
sky had been cloudy, but now, as [
was running by q field, the moon came
out brightly. looked back and was
astonished to see that my pursuer was
none other THAI Lieutenant Barry. [
thought our little affair might as we'll
be settled now as any time and SO
turned into tie field. 1 drew my
sword and stood on guard waiting for
my enemy. He came up painting and
seemed to be delighted to find me
ready tosfight.
He came at me savagely, and as soon
as our swords met, with q feint and q
quick, strong turn of the wrist the
Fronchman had taught me, I sent his
weapon flying through the air, saying
Mt the same time, 81 noticed you were
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