Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-04-19

painting from her exertion. but was
gentle. as if she understood that she,
| too. had surrendered As the man ad-
vanced he looked toward the Union off,
Ger and saw that the sleeve Of his right
arm was crimsoned and that number
of scarlet drops showed on the knee Of
his blue trousers
Instantly the whole interest Of the
captor was transferred to the wounded
! prisoner
"Climb down and let me have look
at that pardner Give me hold Of
t'other hand
II really don't think 1t amounts to
much. replied the lieutenant. who
nevertheless accepted the proffered help
As he dropped on his feet he was near.
" overcome with dizziness. but master
ed himself before his enemy and friend
observed the proof Of weakness.
Meanwhile two other persons arrived
on the spot. One was Tim Masters. the
comrade Of Jim Ackers, who had cap
tured Lieutenant Oakman. and the
other was the negro lad Rastus who
in his great haste to reach the scene
had fallen several times He gaped. 81.
lent and open mouthed. at the three
| men
1--WE must have a look at that
Yank. said Tim.- the new arrival
land being it was my bullet that pink
| ed YOU III take charge
Oakman reached out his arm. and
with his huge knife Tim had drawn
from somewhere he deftly slashed the
sleeve from elbow to wrist. allowing
the stained cloth to flap down. Like the
fragment of torn sail The shirt sleeve
was quickly ripped and the hurt ex-
posed
The bullet had plowed through the
feshy part Of the forearm. entering
near the elbow and passing out at the
wrist The peculiar numbness indicat-
ed that bone had been touched.
though Oakman did not think it was
broken
"A pretty fair shot. observed Mas
ters, after a rude bandage had been ap-
piled. 'seeing that's just what | aimed
to do. You see. had my eye on that
piece of horsefesh and didn't want to
hurt her AS for you. he added. with a
curious twinkle of his eyes, II thought
you was too good looking Yank to
send to kingdom come though I've
done something in that line during my
time So thought I'd just knock out
your bride hand
"You did it, calmly replied the pris-
oner
Hope you amt feeling powerful
bad. Yank
mo 1t might have been good deal
worse. and | thank you for being so
careful of my life
1T hain't always been that way
Whew. but ain t she beautyr
All the interest Of Tim Masters went
like flash to the mare. whose pretty
eyes wandered from one man to anoth-
er, as if she could not quite understand
what it all signi6ed
Suddenly Jim Ackers extended his
broad hand and closed the outstretched
fingers on the back Of Rastus. just be-
tween the shoulders As he did 30. he
lifted him high in air, and, assuming an
awful frown. said in his iercest tones
Run right to the house and tell the
folks to get ready to receive wounded
Yank If they want to know his name
say he's General Sherman or Kilpat-
rick. you don't know which. Tell 'em.
too. that he'll be there powerful soon
Do you hear mef''
Inasmuch as the terrified Rastus
would have heard the words II half
mile away the question was really un-
called for The urchin replied in the
affirmative. and. his dangling legs find
ing support on solid earth. he broke in
to the most rapid run Of which he was
capable. straight for the mansion OF
General Arthur Eldridge.