The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-11-24

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lect him our ca.,ain. Capn.n Jess
Gnen was popular man omongal
his ffien's. He was a fistn'n' man
to. Anybcdy who didn't hike hin
was fraId o him. He thonghr w
was RICH. in the SAN We cock, an
told us te d.dn't xp.ct to so bach
TO the army ag'in, an that he eould
DO cur lad r whsn anything was
und ,r.ook. We all was satis6.ed with
this an went honae I. wasn't hong
bsfsne a squad O. rdbels come thru
and carri.d off Ots Clapman.a na gh-
Dor of ourn. His WIFE coms gallop-
in past my house to gKe elhe warn
in. | got my hiss an gun an drapp-
cd down Toms Branch 70 the Liver
more road 70 wal. for the r s. They
wern't long comm, for evgV body
spread ehe n,zs, en- evsy one Dg us
knowed where 70 c1me TO, II thrs
was trouble. Toms Branch on the
Livsrmcre road was che o. than
places, for here 1t was all thick
woods then, an We could watch any
thing comm or goin'.
When Captain jess Green got there
we went ON TO DR.. Rowan's. In y
had been thsre, had .at their dinners,
an gene on. We asked which way
thay had goue Nobody could tell
us. Some of cur crowd wanted to
burn the doctors house, but We
wouldn't lss en-. We went on tax
in the d,rac.icn We thought they
want. We got to the flats, trailin'
them an we met Obed comm back
asoct. THY didn't tell him where
thay was goin' an of course Ghe couldn
tell us. SO We turn-d 'round an
ws-t back home.
Obad Chapman had been an officer
in the 18th Kentucky, / think i. was,
he was discharged then, though, an
was at home at his sable shellin'
corn whrn he was zoo, Thy couldn't
have :cOk hin to bstter place than
the dococris though | don't reckon.
OBJ was a Fpse Mason, an SO was the
doctor. This may be why they turn
ed him loose, when thy go. out Of
sight. Some o. our men told EN- at
uhe doctors as We was leavin' tho,
fore We ma. ODE comm back, If We
found him hurt lxe Intended TO come
back an kill him an burn his house
up. This kind o. hun. the doctor $
fzsIin's, / s'pose, AN his frsen's in
the n be, army go: holt Of it, be6ors
vary long l Reckon.
A Et,le while after this, nj May,
the time you ask about, about 20 mora
o. thm come thru. Thsy come out
the Hartford road to Buck Horn they
stopped at the blacksmith shop an
tackled ON some hoss shoes, then went
to Jsss Grssn Bsntons place an
axed for him. He wasn't at home
(He wasn't far off though) They sed
thsy was ON a peaceaIbls "trip tIhrough
thee ountiyan would Ike very much
TO See some of there hire Home
Guyards, am in particular Captain Ban
ton, that They had heard O whole lot
about him and had ccane 10 slse him.
The wimmen, for th y was no men
about JUS. thsn, says ''wzih, gs. down
an tie your hoaIes am fas1 an, ignH
FIX you some.hin' to eat IL you are
hungry. Theme is plsnty for all o.
you. You can see some of the Home
Guyands 'fone long If you wait.
Most of the crowd was wsaI-in' re-
bal uniform. T'tsy concluded TO go
on tho, an not step, as it wasn't
MORN O'Clock. Jssls Gresn- come
in little while after thsy had lssf..
News come AIR awhile tina. it was
a Cap ain Vicke,s am a crowd o. rsb-
81 soldiers an recruits, nhat thEy in
ndsd TO git some hosses an to
AXE Stare Woodward, an Port Hud-
son, who was at home nhsn. Ssave
was captain in the 18th
kentucky, an Porter Hudson LIST
Lieutenant in the 26ah Kam1ucky, l
)aMsve, / amt sumo what regiment
ihy belonged TO, but they was both
'asular soldiers. Steve an Port was
loa5died about this as quick as possi-
DE of course, an told to hide out.
rhsy come ON past old White Oak
% Edwn's )maaning Edwin Hips
sy's plaoe( then on past Steve'sAhan
IN past Ashford WOodwaad's where
hey took hoss, am ON up to the
Doctors whEE'e thEy stopped an got
Inner. They was sassy crowd, an
rom what folks sad about EN- axt'-
wards, aood like rhy OWNED the
Gun ny. ] didn't git acluadnbsd with
pcne y th5m TIL the next day. /
uad been oVar TO Edwin for somsthi
hat mcrnin', and was comm home
vhsn l was told about their bein'
lbou. am 10 be ON the lookout.
'ome ON hOme run (mohdad) me a
wv btilles, got my gun an thot !
'ouch .saddlsd up my OF mare an