The National tribune., 1903-11-05

eyes turned appsalinsly, anx5eusiy upoa
me.
-. Mister. won't you please shoot sr'sr
"Why, I thought you were 80 anxious
to get . shot, I said.
"'But II you'll only begin they started
10. tho di,,l, fwhar. tn. matter vita
your said the impatient Larry to me.
az he turned his carbine loose into the
crowd on general principles.
Il fred one shot. and then looked
through the smoke to see the result.
"Sandbreaker and Throckmortou had
only waited for the first crack Of Larry's
carbne for the United States's authori.
zation, and then each had shot hi. man
through the head as neatly as II he had
been q deer. They had reloaded with
amazing quickness, and killed two mors,
and before the astounded bushwhackere
could turn and fee back out Of range had
succeeded in bringing down still two 9TH
ers. At that moment I couldn't tell that
either Larry or had hit man
"Spaks for yersilf." broke In Larry.
"Oi know Oh just scattered the sons Of
English prison birds"
Well. they were all caught IN he anal
roundup. None got away. That's one
satisfaction. left Sandbreaker md
Northumberland Larry-to continue
the slaughter, and Skinned up the tree
again, to see the finish.
"The rebel cavalry was doing a thor.
ough work.
''The men who had expected to escape
by the trail We had closed stampeded
back to the road, and mostly submitted
quietly to having their hands tied and
being collected In corral. Those whs
tried to run up the steep rocks were
quickly shot down. I saw the Captain
the prisoners. knocking down and kick
ing brutally some whom he recognized.
"At length he came back to where
Black Reeves and Wolf Sloan were lying.
He looked at them minute, gave each
of them spiteful kick and then deliber.
ately STOPPING, put his revolver to their
heads, one after the other, and blew their
brains out"
"Toughr' commented 81 But likely
saved the hangman some trouble"
"And whole lot to that part Of Geor.
gia," added Shorty.
'There didn't seem anything more for
US to do" continued wills Holcomb, $50
1 climbed down again. and Joined the 9th.
ers. We went back to our horses and
started for a place where SandbreakeY
said We could stay all night.
I'VE had gone through the woods prob.
ably couple Of miles. and had reached
the main road, where we stopped behind
the bushes. till Sandbreaker and Throck.
morton could reconnoiter before we
crossed. We heard loud voices and pres.
entity saw approaching the Captain Of the
rebel cavalry company with another officer
and an orderly. They were in high feath-
er over the successful job they had done.
had been drinking. and were iubilantly
discussing their days work. They had
sent their prisoners on another road, uu.
der one of their suhordinates, and were
now on their way to see their sweethearts
that evening, and report at headquarters
the next day what they had accomplished.
They would pass within a rod Of whore
We were concealed behind the bushes. I
looked toward Sandbreaker and Tkrock.
morton, and saw their eyes burning and
their leathery, sallow skins whiten a.
they raised their cooked rifles.
"'Stop that. said. positively. Don't
you shoot those men,
"'Why, they'uns il rebels-sho' enough
rebels said Sandbreaker, in surprise.
"'Certainly they are said. But You
mustn't bushwhack them, all the same.
That's murder
"But they'uns d murder we'uns et
they'uns could git SIGH drop on we'uns.'
"'May be So answered. But that
don't justify US in killing. them this way
but yVu Ahl Chlp RSkSIoCcu OdIus
breaker, wholly unable to understand.
That's what you're in the army fon'
Certainly in open fight We don't
murder Them
".Ain't you swine to do nothing to
they'uns at all?
"'No; if we were near our lines,
should try to capture them, and kill them
if they didn't surrender
This is civil war; Larry reminded
them.
az can't understand not killing yer
inimy when you git fair chance gru,n-
bled Sandbreaker and Throckport0n. az
they lowered their guns, and let the reb.
els ride by unframed.
"They seemed to lose whole lot Of
respect for us though, and perhaps won
dered how such weakened men got into
the service of the Government.
1--WE went over to a place Sandbreaker
had selected and stayed all night"
"Then, you weren't captured in that
section?' said 81 "How did they get
your
"Have to tell you that tomorrow. Too
long a story to begin to-day"
Uo be continued)