Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-01-17


in the bara on the other side of the
house away from the burning shed,
and charge right through the Fed
erals.
The path to the stable was at
such an angle that it could be ira
versed without danger from the
Federals' fire and at the given word
the seventeen men made dash for
their horses. They all reached the
barn in safety and in a jiffy they
were in their saddles and charging
like devils on the surprised Yam
KEGS. The Yankees had expected
them to come out and surrender
and they were not prepared for such
an exhibition of nerve. They be-
gan to give wsy and before they
could be rallied by their officers the
rebels were right on them shooting
with both hands and dropping
man at every shot. 1t didn't take
long to cut a path through and al
most before the Federals realized
what had happened, James and bis
little band were flying down the
road in safety They lost two men
killed and one wounded, but the
wounded man was saved and carried
to safe place by his friends. L r
suit was attempted but there v,re
no better horses ja Missouri q N
those ridden by guerillas lai
James succeedo in joining lie
main body befor, was overtaken.
"Now thai is tie sort OF thing
that happened again and again.
No trained troops could cope with
such a force Their methods we're
TOO different. to say nothing Of
their superior lighting capacity, for
it must be constantly kept ia mind
that all Of Qaautrcll's force was
composed Of men picked for this
very kind Of work aud desperate to
q degree that is hard to imagine in
these days OF peace That know
ledge OF tho country and the people
was a great factor iu the success "
these men, is shown by the fact
that when they made their famous
raid in Kentucky they did not meet
wiah the success which bad been
theirs u Missouri, where they we're
raised. Ia fact, they bad Almighty
hard time Of jt down that way and
obey were glad enough to got back
90 Missouri / have heard Frank
james aay that lack Of knowledge
OF The country was The principal
ctVse for the failure Of that raid.
james, himself narrowly escaped
death, fot he got a Yankee bullet
in bis mouth lie carried the bat.
tered tooth b. bis head until few
years ago, when DO began 10 ache
aud he bad pulled boy IL dentist.
He carried the tooth with him Tor
some time and was accustomed to
show it. tobtsfrIends, pointing with
great pride to o streak Of Yankce
lead That was still plainly Visible on
one side of the moiar
ct Was on this trip that Frank
James made one Of his most famous
pistol shots lie was on one side
II the Kentucky River aud q force
nf Federai5 was on the other side
A eight was ia progress aud janice,
with navy revolver, Knocked one
II toe Iankoas over, clear across
the stream a this point IL was
over half Is mile wide and that ia
pretty good shooting on horseback
with a revolver
"Now thatis the kind OF man
lhas is giving John Ball an the
trouble III South Africa, leaving
out, aa Lead once or twice before,
the .t... .fi3a So far as it
refers o. moral character The
Beers ave hae the Missouri guerit-
las in al The factors that 60 to rem
der irregular and undlsciplncd
forces able to cope with any trained
troops And to my mind the fn-
est regulars in Europe would have
met tbs same fate, whether Ger
man, French or Russian. It's in
the very nature Of things, aud the
sooner the haters Of England quit
banking on her apparent inability
to lick the Beers as an evidence Of
her military weakness, IN case she
has troabIe with any other people
the sooner they will get down to the
true state OF affairs"