Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-21
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ne guerrillas made a
sette county and were
by Federal; troops, so
I'm 1act, that they had to sep.
ami every one look out for his
Hafeiy. IA corporal with several
met Frank James at a sudden
I the road and although they
know who he was they knew
SO member OF the gang they
king for. Frank was riding In
ann sideways on his /
sieving he had put some dis.
Ween himself and the men
Hunting for guerillas gener-
hing face to face with his
Semies so suddenly did not
uesy@9yAs presence OF mind and IN.
stantly straddling his horse he dre@
a pistol with each hand and firing sew
eralf shots at his enemies he made hid
horse leap a fence and disappeared Iii
a nearby thicket. The corporal ana
his men pursued In hot haste. IA milo |
away Frank came to house and there
was a man standing In the doorway.
The man knew that 1t was q pursuit
Of life and death and noting that the
fugitive was a handsome beardless,
youth determined to save him II hel
could. Come in, quickly" he said.
"and / will try and q v you" He
hid Frank in an old disused cellar and
taking the saddle and bride or the
horse put him In the stable. He had
scarcely accomplished the task when
the soldiers dashed up and asked X
anyone had passed that way. The man
replied that a young man. as II hotly
pursued, had Just passed that way. They.
knew that this man was a rabid Union
man himself and thought for q
moment that he might be deceivin8
them. They dashed away in hot pur.
suit and when darkness came on he
called Frank from his c~oncealment and
after giving him q good supper, saddled
his horse and said to him, II knew it
would be death IL they caught you and
although l am called an unrelenting
Union man, / could not see a beardles8
boy like you shot down in cold blood;'
sometime, maybe, you q save "a
! young Union soldier hard pressed like
you have been today Frank James
replied, ut is true that I am one e
Quantrell's hated guerrillas, but I be.
lieve still possess the instincts OF
true manhood and I want to tell you
that, God helping me, / will try some
day to repay you for your noble con.
duct to me today" He then rode
away in the darkness. A year after.
wards the guerillas we're in the same
n~eighborhood again and Quantrell sent
a detachment under Frank James to
bring into camp dead or alive, a man
who had become notorious and a ter.
ror to the guerrillas. A guide was sent
along and what was Frank james,
management when they drew up at the
house of the man who had once saved
his life. It was too late to attempt to
escape and his man gave up ~doggedly..
When they repaired to the light the
two men recognized each other at the
same moment and Frank managed to
whisper and say, "be quiet and take
your u from me-" Aloud he said:
"Ah, my good man, we meet again,
but now the tables are turned and you
cannot expect me to forget the circum-
stances. Of our last meeting" do
your worst" said the man, taking his
cue as dictated" and be done with It.
If had 1t to do over I would do
the same as l did before" Don't you
fret yourself" replied, Frank, "you
will never have another chance to act
as you did then" Turning to his men
James said: II have greater cause to
remember the treatment I once re-
ceived from this man than any Of you
have to remember the acts Of your
enemies towards yourselves, and I
claim that / have q right to settle with
him in my OWL way. Rest assured
that my settlement with him will wipe
out all scores between us. I will meet
/ you at the stream a mile below, wait
for me there" They rode OF ana
Frank said to his prisoner: NOW
come with me-" AS the boys rodo
away one Of them said: HELL 10 IN
} Frank tonight" When the command
got clearly away, Frank said: my
friend, this lie the happiest moment Of
my life because I am enabled to repay
q noble and generous deed, goodby ana
God bless you" Then Frank fred
I three shots In the air at short intervals
and galloped away. His men heard
the shots and the man who had spoken
before said again: II told you Frank
had the devil in him tonight"