The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-06-20

Angus Corb|y's Captivity
Story of Early Indian Life and Adventure in the Territory
Northwest of the Ohio River.
WRITER MARSHALL COUNTY.
BY WRITER OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
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proSSlVo silence III UnOSo awful
hills beginning now to be broken
by pattering rain, the spirit of
the boy was shaken and he felt
that he was utterly and hopeless
ly lost. The men easily found
shelter under an overhanging
rock and the prisoner, now bound
hand and foot, was roughly
thrown upon the ground while
they stretched themselves at full
length and fell straightway into
deep slumber. Angus thought
he would never sleep again save
in the last sleep of death, but he
did. and when he awoke and his
aching bones and burning feet
recalled him to his miserable sit
uation his heart sank again and
he closed his eyes in despairing
prayer. for rescue. The two men
were gone but soon returned and
produced from a greasy wallet
some bread and bacon which they
shared with the boy, after releas,
inc him from his cords and gag
aid then the journey was again
begun through heavy mist and
thick wet brush.
For two days they wandered
in an indirect course, first among
the broken hills then across the
moors. sleeping at night in de-
serted bothie built for the shelter
of shepherds. and carefully avoid
ing the focks of grazing sheep
that dotted the mOOrs all the way
to the coast. 1t was dark again
and raining when the little COM
pany reached the precipitous
cliff at Stonehaven and rapidly
made their way through narrow
streets between whitewashed
houses to a large and gloomy
structure ciose to the sea, where
they suddenly stopped and one
tapped lightly thrice and then
once upon the door. They were
Immediately admitted and the
door closed quickly behind them,
whereupon Angus found himself
subjected to the scrutiny of half
a dozen of the toughest rascals
he had ever seen in all his life.
but frightened though he was he
did not quail and through the
dim light, made DINNER by great
f, clouds of tobacco smoke, he ga
zed at one and another of them
in the vain search for a kind look
or hopeful word.
A hot supper was ordered and
presently brought in by a frowzy
young woman, who laughed and
cursed with the men and insist
ed that the boy should eat long
after his appetite, sharp as it
was, was satisfied, and then he
was taken up stairway and left
alone in a dark room, the key
grating in the lock and the re.
treating footsteps of the young
woman making his blood run
cold.
Terror stricken, yearning fo1
the tender mothers soothing
touch, the young lad advanced
fearfully toward the center OF
the chamber and was startled by
encountering a bed, though it
was the very thing he sought;
but he was still more startled
and his heart felt as though it
had been seized by wise when
the bed seemed to be rising un-
der him and a second voice al
most whispered, "Who's that?'
Instantly he felt rather than
heard other forms moving in the
room and he was speechless with
alarm.
Another voice was raised, how
ever, this one firm and strong,
saying 'It's naught but another
new boy. Where We from?'
Reassured but still trembling
Angus gave the desired lnforma-
ton and little talk disclosed to
the newcomer that there were
in that room eleven boys, all kid
mapped like himself and all en-
tirely ignorant of what the flu
ture might have in store for
them. There being some COM
fort in the companionship even
of misery our little captive took
off his wet clothes and found a
place or pallet on the floor
where he quietly dropped into a
sweet and refreshing sleep while
the other boys we're still talking.
With the morning came the
opportunity for further acquain-
tanc9 among the miserable pris-
oners, who had been gathered
together within couple of
weeks from various points along
and near the coast within forty
miles of Stonehaven. and who