Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-03-22
BY THOMAS
p. MOTTFOCT

them canuons poppin away al he time
ever which away. Yes. Stree, Ever
body is most shore 70 gil killed. women
an children as well as men"
Al tbs encouraging prospect the wo-
/ men set up u waiting and the children
! began TO scream. while the faces of the
I men grew white and their limbs be-
/ gan 10 quake.
Lord. Lord, Thar amt no sparin no
body when them wars are a gwine on. =
EbeneZer continued reIentlessly IAN
1 ever. body an everything is jest shot
all To pieces same as 50 many hogs.
t Yes. stree, What one army don't sit
! the other does. and atwixt en- they
/ make clean sweep, you bet Oh, my
/ but them wars Is dreadful things I've
ut ia EN- enough 10 know. an to people
that amt never had no experience
they're jest awful. But thar amt no
use Of bein skeered an if you al had
ever been in the tight places l have
been in you wouldn't be neither.
Land. jest love war, an / amt no
more afraid Of them guns than would
be of that many gnats I'd rather fight
than to eat, an if that battle keeps up
much longer don't believe I'm swine
to be able 10 hold myself out of it. l
got TO keep powerful grip on myself
TO keep ont Of il now
At that moment Jacob Hicks gave
start and stood listening intently. From
the hard road leading south from the
village there came the sound of 81 horse
in full gallop. The rest all heard It
and stood waiting in breathless silence.
An inquiring glance passed from one
to another through the group, but not
a word was spoken.
Ten minutes passed, and then a lone
horseman, wrapped in cloud of dust.
appeared on a little rise quarter of
mile away. The women screamed. the
children set up a cry and the men
grew whittier than ever. Ebenezer
Sparks-we it was not until the ex-
citement was over that any one knew
what he did with himself.
The horscman was bareheaded, and
as he came madly charging into the vii
lage his hair was flying wildly in the
wind and his face looked almost ghost
~ in its pallor.
Fly for your liyes.' he shouted when
he was near enough to make himself
heard. Fly quick, for they're Accom-
n. you'll all be killed. Fly, Flyr'
No one moved or spoke. They were
III SO terror stricken that they naa los,
he power to move either limb or
tongue.
They're a-eomin; they're a-comin;
million Of en- the horseman shouted
boarsely. An they're a-kilin an
a-slayin an a-slauShterin an -burnin
as they GO. Fly, fly, for your lives"
Then as the fun meaning Of the horse
mans words began to dawn on them a
new and uncomfortable fear seized on
the people Some of them turned to
run away as fast as their trembling
limbs would carry them. some sat down
and. hiding their faces. burst into lam
entations while two or three women
The whole population of the
village was on the verge of a wild pan
ic. and in another moment there would
have been a general stampede to the
country.
Hold" suddenly cried 4 voice among
them. 1t was a firm. confident voice
and voice to be needed and obeyed.
Hold There is no danger and no.
body is going to be hurt.
The people looked around. and there
in their midst they saw a tall mild
looking young man with pair of keen
black eyes and a firm cast of counte-
nance that were calculated to com
mand respect and even obedience. He
was a stranger there, and from whence