The Press., 1911-10-04


 early, though it was broad daylight, and no one was up and about. knew by this that no information about me had got through-at least to this point from the one where had taken the engine. pushed on, but stopped aft CT going few miles to rake out the cinders. When this was done knew would soon get steam enough to go as fast as the roadbed would permit, which was not very rapid, for there had been no work done on it since the war commenced, and 1t was very rough. So long as had stopped concluded to do some more cutting of the telegraph wires, and, climbing a pole, nipped them again.
 ''In a few miles more I came to an other station. This one was open. slowed up and called to man inside:
 Bring me time table, quick
 ''He took a soiled table from his pocket and handed 1t to me.
 "'AnythIng comingY asked.
 "'You'n meet No. at B. he replied.
 "'Next station?'
 "'Next but one.'
 "'Any side track at the nextr
 "'Yes. What you doin' runnin' wild this wayY
 Government business,' was my re- ply as rolled away.
 "I glanced at the time table and found the man was right. In two miles there was station. Three miles further on was B. resolved to go to the next station, get on a side track and wait. I soon covered the two miles separating me from it, got on to the switch and in ten minutes pas senger train went by. I saw the con- ductor leaning out and looking back at me, but he didn't seem to think 1t worth his while to inquire what was doing there.
 "Of course couldn't get on this way very long. was sure to be stopped in time and called upon to give an ac- count of myself. So I bethought my self what story would tell. I might say I was bearer of dispatches from one general to another, but I knew nothing about the southern command CTS of that region. While was think ing passed another station. A man was sitting on box reading a morn ing paper. slowed down and asked him the news.
 ""Thar's been a fight on the Charles ton and Savannah railroad at Poco- talego,' he said.
 Who's in command of our fellowsY I asked.
 "'General Beauregard'
 'cThis was enough for me. I would pretend to be going for ammunition. It was well that I had found some story to tell, for at the very next sta tion I reached I found a freight train standing on the track stopping my way. pulled up in front of the loco motive. The engineer of the freight was sitting in his cab reading about the battle the day before. I yelled to him to back up and take the siding. He called the conductor, who asked who was.
 "'You'd ought to know by my uni form,' said, that I'm @ Confederate soldier. You get your train out of my way pretty quick
 "'What right ha~@ you to order me about?
 ""What right2 I'm making a quick run for ammunition by General Beaure- gard's order. If Pm delayed I'll let the general know who delayed me-
 'That was too much for him. He or dered his engineer to back up to the siding, and I started putting on full speed as proceeded.
 "I was in such luck about the battle having occurred just in the nick of time and in thinking of my ammuni- tion scheme that considered it prob able might get through the network ahead of me. I knew that certain parts of North Carolina were full of Union people who would hide me and help me get on northward.
 Fortunately for me there wasn't many trains coming southward, and by working the ammunition story managed to get on till noon without being stopped. Then I saw by smoke ahead that was coming to a city, which by my time table judged to be Raleigh. It was one thing to pass small stations, where the agent had little to do with the running of trains, and another to get through a city where the dispatching was done. While the country was yet open I pulled up at station. The agent was sitting at a telegraph machine with the window open, and he hailed me.
 Say he said, T just got word over the wires that there's a wild locomo- tive cavortin' over the road, and Pm | ordered to stop it. Are you the fellow that's running lt?'
 "'Yes. I'm after ammunition for the | troops below. I've got to git into Raleigh right off,
 "With that I opened her up, and | away I went. Looking back, I saw the agent standing on the platform | gaping at me.
 q knew now that my run was ended. | But I wouldn't leave my locomotive until had put it on a side track, since didn't wish to be the cause of l an accident. But near the city side tracks were more frequent, and, com ing to one of them, I put the machine on it and took to the woods.
 My Confederate trappings were a protection to me, and felt compara- lively safe. I told boy ! met that I was looking for Union man whose name couldn't remember, and he told me to go into the next hamlet and inquire. He said they were all Union people there.
 ''I went to the house, found the own CT and, having made sure that he was on my side. told him what I had been doing He took me out to a deserted bakery and hid me in the ovens. there till my friend told me that it would be safe to go farther. and then worked my way, travelling by night and hiding by day. over the into east Tennessee"
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