The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-06-07

THAT plan would never do in the
world. He who has eyes to see can
see for himself. I'll issue the order as
soon as get back to headquarters"
had no idea what this meant, nor
did take any interest in it. | was
getting Disguised at being kept idle
all this while by these autocratic MILL
tary men, l wanted to get at the
quartermaster. since the general took
no interest in my business affairs, and
secure transportation for the last lot
Of cotton l had bought
But terrible surprise was In store
for me. We had no sooner got back
to camp than | was placed under ar
rest, with two soldiers standing over
me, ready to shoot me at the slightest
provocation. l was not only indig-
nant-I was frightened. No officer
came near me. so that l was unable
to ask any one what it all meant, ex-
cept my guards, who told me that all
they knew about it was that they had
orders to shoot me If | made the
slightest move to escape.
The first information as to my real
position l received was when an off,
Ger approached me and began to read
from a paper he held In his hands. ]
was too agitated at first to listen to
or understand 1t, but presently gath
cred from 1t that l was charged with
being spy and was to be tried for
that offense by drumhead court mar
tial that very evening.
Everything now gradually became
plain to me. On the supposition that
! had come into their lines for the
purpose of gaining information the
provost marshal had reported the fact
to the general leaving word that !
should not be permitted to go away.
The matter of my identity being sup
posititious, / was not to know that
was suspected until they were sure of
their case This accounted for the in
terest / had excited and for my tent
mate watching me while took off my
clothes. He wished to know II / was
armed. Then while on the tour Of In
spection they had thought Of permit
ting me to 60 back to where / came
from to report a greater force than
they mustered. But the general had
quashed this plan, saying. ''He who
has eyes to see can see for himself
The order he said he would issue was
for my trial. which also meant execu-
ton.
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large tent where number of officers
sat around pine table lighted with
candles. One of them stated that
had been lurking about their camps
and had been arrested But before be-
ing placed In proper confinement had
taken to my heels. tearing up paper
as ran. l had escaped. but the bits
of paper collected had contained draw
ings of their position and memoranda
of the number of their troops.
An officer acted as my counsel, but
as he knew no more about me than the
others his defense was worthless. IN
fortunately | had recently sent lot
of business papers north that would
have proved my identity. AS 1t was
! was mistaken for some one they had
their grip on before and who they sup.
posed was still plying his vocation as
spy under the guise of a cotton buyer.
was condemned to be shot in an
hour. Ten minutes before the time
appointed for my execution an officer
rode up and called out:
We've retaken that fellow who got
away last week. He's been concealed
by southerner."
The moment he looked at me he
started back In establishment
I'D have sworn" he said, that
left you only few minutes ago. You
must be his twin brother"
/ was not Ibis twin brother" but
when l saw him the next morning just
before he was shot l saw that his re-
seinblance to me was remarkable.
had had enough of cotton buying.
I concluded to go north and recover
from the shock | had received