The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-11-11

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I'm going to leave you today,
Worthington.'
Are you in earnest?'
Yes
What are your plans?'
L have none very definitely; only
that when they get me outside of this
pen and that outer barrier to find some
way of escape.
Look here, Tanner. this thing will
not do; you shall not leave here under
such unpromising conditions.
This woke up the entire mess and
all bus Dan Savage protested. told
them all good bye and started for the
meeting place of the wood -chopping
squad.
! found that Dan Savage had bought
a mans place on the detail and that
he did it in the hope of being of ser
vice to me, seeing | was fully resolved
upon the venture
had secured blanket and drew
it around my neck so that it would
fall down over and conceal my Yankee
uniform. The absence of the cap
made it incomplete and was a serious
drawback. When the squads we're
formed and the Yankee sergeant COM
menccd calling the roll I felt little
uneasy, but Savage relieved me by an
swering to his mans name before it
came to my own. When James Thomp-
son was called answered 'here!' with
a good deal Of vim.
We were marched along towards the
outer post.
Look, Tsnner!' said Savage. in
my ear, '.hero's fellow With a Yam
kee cap.
Ip moment we had exchanged
headgear and now to my infinite de-
light I was dressed in complete suit
of Yankee clothes.
Once outside the outer barrier the
Yankee lieutenant halted US aud ad-
dressing the guard, said
Load your guns, and if you see any
ope attempt to escape, don't halt him,
but shoot him down.
We were then marched forward, the
guard OF either side, at head and rear
OF US.
We came to rather narrow lane
which was interspersed with mud
holes aud which was deadly enemy
to the nicely polished shoes of our
guards and seeing that their attentions
we're largely taken in lodging the
mud, I quickly doffed my blanket,
handed it to Savage, turned directly
about aud marched back through the
prisoners towards the prison. One Of
the squad directly behind mo, seeing
my movements, and not understand
ing them, paralyzed me by yelling:
'Ha, there! What are you going
back that way for?' I looked back in
dismay and saw Savage put his Eand
quickly over the fellows mouth and
tell him to hush upI
How this failed to draw the atten-
tion of the guard to my trick is one Of
those mysteries and equal to that the
heaven would not allow the earth to
know kept straight on and to my
infinite delight passed through the
rear guard just as they had encounter
ed very muddy place in .he rosd.
In few seconds who can measure my
feelings when I again found myself a
free mani
Ah, but the danger that still en-
vironed me! No one knew this more
than I did.
I knew it would not do to go back
very far towards the n.isen. 7 con-
cealed myself in fence corner and
when the squad turned bend in the
road quickly scaled che fence and
struck out across the field towards
skirt Of woods which was some dis.
tauce away, with oil speed at my com.
mond.
I h.d only reached the middle Of
the large field when I heard shrill
voice behind me say Halt, there!'
In moment twenty voices we're
yelling at me to stop or we'll shootr
I did not look back; it was not
necessary. I realized that the Yam
kee patrol was after me.
In q moment they opened fire and
the hiss Of the Winchester balls around
me was terrific. One knocked of my
cap, and my overcoat was pierced in
four places in q second. The fence
Icy closely in front of me aud With
the perfect rain of lead and hiss Of