The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-03
.BAIL|F| ! !:
TELLS. A is !. | | i |.
Saved The Lifesof Nathan Hale: Hale
and 4 Tier :. Saved Say,
Himself.
HARRIS & WILLIAMS !, 4 ). SENT ON { IN
at& E IN $500 - W Il, NJ III
Percy Orange Was UP Against a.i1!1s
T. Police Court @ OBJ '-'5
servatiotls.
HARRIS & WILLIAMS SENT |. ON N

Sergeant THOMAS started to tell his war
story yesterday morning, but no WINS in IN.
terrupted by tho sud Gibbons, WI WIG Sc, snld
lie thought 1t was up to him 3 to tel 'a the
noxt story OF the war. 4. S5s 4 .i #
II was tho youngest soldier! who went vent
TO the front, q he said as tho NYise Guy Guy,
mounted tho throne and took o drink from ON
tho muciage DO tile. (. II 3.,s #3 III X iS3
Every ono gathered around him, to near
what happened to the youngest SOLDIER
B''I was only iiinc years old when | Shout VI
adcred thetn,,lsket and went forth to DO or
die. / was something Of nh infant phe-
nomena'''st 81 " II . , .ls \.
l"You mean an infant prodlgl GUS 4i in.
5terrupted Edgar tho Scribe
sl..I know what II mean and 7 don't want
no Interruptions from YOU i was vas IN IN
infant phenomena, and done Y some
mighty pretty work at the battle OF Sun " r.
l1crg I'LL. x ous sec when the redco o..
started to chase Nathan Hale off the
face #or tho Garth, saw them coming
and in a diplomatic way, ! ran q q IN
the opposite direction, and that steeredi
then, away from Hale. I saw q big tree
Iii the fairness and run for t as fast as
the automobile L was on would take me-
When L reached the tree @ saw y q ~ DIE
hole NIT near tho ground, and & I got
In, 3letting tho auto 30 ahead. nc red
coats kept on after the empty auto ana
T was safe and by that time Elalo was
miles away towards Valley Forge, q felt
weary and dropped off TO sleep IN tnat
hole in the tree. L slept for hours, and
when 1 nwoke u found that it Ind been
raining, and that tho entrance 4 to the
holo had shrunk so that l could not set
out And then$I began to get hungry,
and was In an awful condition. There
/ was, buried alive3in the heart Of q great
tree, all,4{whilc fighting for my country.
I thought everything over and my past
| life came before me in an instant. Il saw
| my whole career Of forty-seven years be-
fore me, and 1t made me SAD. "'3
How He Got Out. S
Thought you were an infant phenome-
Inn,' said the Chesterfleldian Robins.
s"But this was my second timo on
earth AS T. was d saying, thought
things over; and when ] recalled how
|.cowa1dly II had been in running away
| from a. mere ten thousand Brltlshers, It
saved my life. 438.
"NIy goodness, how did you do it," ask
ed the sergeant. 4 j3 NJ 4 25 M y 4
i"Why II felt so small that I orawled
out OF $the hole just as easily as l got
i'm" Fl A, 81, III ID, II ;es
play ball. commanded the Wise Guy,
and Percy Orange was brought forth.
lie was in q peck Of trouble, for he
had got on a street car and had attempt
ed to take charge or It,. In the first place
he sassed the conductor and then offered
! to shoot him on sight. Then he was
charged with having a pistol in his / pos
Session, Upon the first charge he was
assessed the sum Of $685. and on the second
he had to pay 500 and give bonds in tho
sum Of $500 for his good behavior for the
period Of one solid year. In view Of ali
this lie went down to think It over.
] Il Next came Roger Marion, who did moth
ling more than get dlsorderly in q bar
room. Price, $3.50.
Kidd Sheat went to see Mister Smith
for u stay OF six calendar months, against
his wishes OF, the charge Of taking a
sum OF money belonging to another man.
James Harris and James Williams were
sent on to ia jury Of their peers on the
charge OF shooting John Whitman OH
February 18th last past. &
That was nearly all, and the others
were merely small DRINKS, not worth
mentioning.