The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-02

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the social chaos out of which we were
expected to produce order.
1T was about the middle of Februa-
ny when we reached the town where
the farcical trials had been held The
Wheeler tribe was then at its strongest.
1t has recently recruited it's forces by
the addition of a score or more OF TWEEN
ty-second cousins who because of their
remoteness, both as to locality and con-
sanguinity, had hitherto refused to be-
come identified with their marauding
relatives. | do not know how many
men there were in this little army, but
their number was certainly such as TO
make them think themselves invincible,
for when they got wind of the approach
of the militia instead of beating a re-
treat into the mountain Businesses as all
previous laWess mobS had done, they
marched right out to meet us. lt was
nearing nightfall when the Maysville
militia tramped down the main street OF
the town to Court House Square, where
we We're to camp out for the night. BY
tacit agreement, the Wheelers and our
selves postponed drastic measures until
the following day The squad of mill
ing and within an hour after daybreak
we were headed for the north end of the
town where the Wheeler forces were
entrenched behind the ruins of an old
distillery. In all justice to the Wheel
ers | must say that they did not tvail
| themselves of their barricade, but stood
out In the turnpike to meet us with new
er a shield for protection other than
| their coarse clothes of homespun, their
cowhide boots and their bushy boards.
Hodge was the most prominent man in
| the. crowd. He was the biggest man,
| the ugliest man, and the most vlllainous
appearing man, 1 ever saw. We had
been furnished with a minute descrip-
| ton of him and every man in our COM
pany recognized him at glance as he
stood there step In advance OF his
| followers, waiting for us to cross some
| invisible line beyond which he evident
| ly considered the territory his own. We
malitiamen were lot of young fellows
| and l venture to say that when we rea-
| lized then for the first time just what
we had to do with. there's was not a
heart in the crowd that did not quicken
with a thrill of-well, it may not have
been fear exactly, but it was some
thing very nearly akin to It,
we halted When apou' ,nii'y leel
distant from the mon anu oui cap'aii,
commanded House W SUI eiiuei anu
place hiilsell IN tne hahus " 'ne Jaw,
Hodge laughed. The captain repeated
the order. Hodge did not laugh that
time. He began to swear.
You fellows think you're some
puihklnsi ne saiu, at tlie CONCLUSION Vi
Voi'ey Oh oa.hs' put we SUI" Sou
WnS' me an my men an az iu " a.,
the miilt'afneh hentuchs II lahe an
scrape tose'her' 70" can he,on ne
iou re al'aiu 70 .Iy' var any Dous ~
your white hNeleo crown " eo''e ''ep
nearer
According to all the canons of brave
~ we ought to have ridden down on the
gang then, horse and man. Our cap
tain knew that was what,We ought 10
do and every man in the company knew
it, but instead of advancing we STOOD
still and silent as DUMP men. Hooge
knew he mad gagged US CORRECTLY ne
raised his arms above ms head ana gave
utterance to an unearthiy Wnoop OF
triumph, But that was where ne over
reached himself. lie might nave peen
able-he certainly had been apie-to
measure the callbre OF the men ne hau
to deal with, put ne mad neslecteu 10
take measurements OF the moral ana
physical bravery OF my uncle. was
in the front rank of the company, the
second man from the captains rlght
hand. When hodge let rortn ms pierre
ing WarcryI felt my niue peast tfemo'e
under me FOR second, tnen, pe1ore L
or anybody else had the silgntest luea
or what was happening, 'ie amman hao
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nre+od tho motives for this sudden at
taok He attributed the unexnected ex-
hibition of daring TO bravery on NV