The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-04


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sIElss didn't I see an e1-
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1T IS 10 good, be protested We
hem tIy ut 1os for der rain come.
Gan riellt; hand St over to the Lieu
tenant here eaton, throw mat uni
FORM coat of yours into the ditch ana
don hon6 cray Tor once. Sands,
come here gEalEe your knife and cut
s even symbol OF rank on my
3achet; tear q on, amy way you can
IN another moment these necesVary
CHANCES had been acconp lialec.
Now. ordered, pie your sabers
there with mine beside the roads then
biohs1le your horse8 al but the mule;
shan want HINT -
''Does We &C. der rest Of der way on
7foot2'' questioned the Sergeant. anzs
iousIy.
Certainly; and desire you TO re-
member 0ns Important thing: let me
do the talking, but II any Of you are
asked questions, we are deserters from
Hil1s corps. Tired Of. the war:
.'Mein Gott!' muttered the German,
dfsconsolately. II hope It vos not long
OF, Captain; am no good on loot IN
der dark. by Chiminy."
''Ypu had better manage to keep up
tonight. unless you ire seeking to
commit suicide. Now. men. mark me
carefully! Lo2d your carbines. Are
you all ready? Sergeant, see that each
man has his gun properly charBedsand
capped You are to carry your arms
as Thoroughly concealed as possible;
keep close to me always: obey my Or
lers fns family, and to the letter. We
ara butt twenty men pitted against
over two hundred. remember, and
when we strike, 1t must be both quick
and hard"
/ / mounted the mule, counted the
dim figures In the darkness. and then
gave the order to march. As we
moved slowly down the hill / was
aware that Cation walked upon one
side Of me, while Bungay plodded
along upon the other; but my mind
was SO filed with the excitement OF
eur adventure and all that depended
upon it's successful elimination, as
scarcely to realize anything other than
the part must personally play. GOOD
fortune and audacity alone could COM
bfne to win the game we were now en-
gagged upon.
A tan heavily beared mountaineer
stood square1y in the middle Of the
road to the north Of the picket=ttre.
could make ont hut little Of him as
the light shope, excepting that he
a
long rife,
s.'stop right thar!'' he called out
hoarsely, upon hearing US. who are
you uns2"
Az he challenged, dozen others
sprang up from about the hame and,
guns in hand, came toward US on q
run.
I'VE uns are d6ggoned tired5o' sol
dferin' an - Gfttin' ntfthln' fer Il, I
said in the slow Southern drawl, IAN
wanter jine yer gang. pervidin' thars.
any show fer it, \
How many are ye2'' asked one OF
the newcomers stridtng forward be-
tween us and the sentry.
"a right smart heap o. a bunch; bin
q pickin' o. 'em up ever since we left
Charlotte" returned evasiyely.
They be dandies ter fight, an I
reckon as how ye kin use EN-, can't
ye?"
maybe: who did We want ter see?"
''Wal, they sed as how Teller
named Lowrie wus a runnin' this yere
gang, an II thet's Their way O. 1t,
reckon as how it's Lowrte we're after.
Be you Lowrie?"
Nav"
The answer was 60 grum and short.
and the fellow hesltated SO long in
adding anything to 1t, began to think
It was all on.
oval" he consented to say at last
lngraciously. thar's a blame pile o
ye kim in lately, an / calculate we got
bout, 'nough fer our business, but
reckon as how Red will use ye some
Whar. Anyhow you uns kin come
long with me an find out, but yen
Idiskiver him bout Their Ornerest man
jist now ever We run up again. He's
plum mad, Red is, fer sartain."
He turned and strobe on, without SO
much as giving us backward glance,
and, with hearty congratulatory kick
to the mule, l and my company fol-
lowed him. A hundred yards further
in we passed through the fringe OF
trees and emerged into an open space
from whence we could see plainly the
great white house still tllumined by
the flames which continued to con-
sumo the stables. Shots were flash
ing like hrefies out Of the darkness
on every side Of us, the smell of burn