The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-03-28

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, the difficulties to be surmounted He
/ had succeeded In his escape by dodg.
! ing among the negro cabins where the
attacking line appeared weakest, but
expressed the conviction that even
/ this slight gap would be securely
/ closed long before We reached there.
Have they sufficient men. then. to
/ coycr thoroughly all four Sides"
asked
ITO the best OF my Judgment, there
must he fully two hundred and iilty In
/ the gang, and apparently they operate
under strict military discipline II is
u revelation TO me. Wayne Of the
growing power Of these desperate lei.
lows | knew they were becoming
numerous and hcld bu, this SURPRISES
anything could Imagine More, they
arc being constantly recruited by new
arrivals a party OF at least dozen
came IN while was hiding behind the
tables | heard them asking Tor the
leader
What did they call him."
"Lory. or Laurie, or something lIke
that They claimed to be dc,crters
from Lees ARM. but two or three OF
hem wore our uniforms
IN, Red Lowrie" said rr3yclv.
more impressed than ever with the
orI1usn"ss Of the situation. u heard
or him rwo yoars ago-h he killed man
In the SIKH North Carolina and took
.1 the hills Sine. tbor ne has g.yol.
nrrd into Gyi,r n leader for surb srym,
and has uroyrn himself A mcrrllcss
monster yor have no suggestion TO
offer MS in bow ~. had hotter o,temut
,Y re, inoo
Hr shook hi. bepd despoudlurly
"Whaf sta,iop docs Breppap de.
lrrdo" nsk,d
The front Of the house: the main
poiut q. attack has brnp there a."
We r,.l, dis,iprrisb IN. sound Of
firing by IN, dino and its continuous
volume c,uyiacod mo that Cation s
estimate of IN, rupher onparnd was
NOT greatly ovordrawn As vo tanned
tho sprmit NJ tho MN rroo, hurst
,y r,J a., -, ..,,,lt,,,i,. hi,,b ,,to
tho skv
"Cro,, C,d v.o,,o, wa ore ton
l,,o," no cr,nd u.iJIy "Tnoso dovtIa
Inv. frod tho bo,,,o"
vim Gorc,Iy ,hrot,ripg hcart /
,,,ed dow, q, tho e,ros ,,r h,lou IN
r,, ,toou ,ou,.,.
40" aid v,,tb o,eor reli.f eli Is
tho s,,hlo which 10 oLl,yo 500 the
.r;.,b, IN. on ,,,.,n ~, ,rhi,, s,ta
n, ho horoo Thn,p iIo,,or 49,, ara
r., too Into"
As I "a, me horse thor, c,z,pr
l,,r.,. ,nor. mn sc.ro ,f Il,cl ran,ra
rr,.iui,, 80 ,ortrro i,,n us ,nidst
min could formulate gnrro dogrire
,r,r ~, ,.,tr, f,,l, J,,o, utId
.,n,,rog ,hr,rcol into nv rr,i, onIv
fl, L.. rast ,.id, ono ,fter ,rother as
rborougb,v imrractic,hIa
"\yr shall have IN mako n dosh for
II and trust in God" said Cation
guessing AZ nay dilemma
.No" answered firmly "tbrrc
would be no possibility of success, in
such a course Those fellows are old
Cation. that is certainly n pickct.tire
yonder where the road dips. Every
man OF us would be shot down before
we penetrated those guard lines and
attained the house. We have got to
reach their inner limo some way
through strategy, and even then must
risk being fred upon by our own PEG
pie before we get within cover"
Even as was speaking evolved a
plan of Acknowledgment II certainly
was. yet nothing better occurred TO
me. and time was golden.
"Ebcrs," | said didn't see an ex.
ira Jacket strapped back of your sad
dle?"
ut is no good" he protested We.
hemently. 1T vos for der rain come. -
IAN right: hand it over to the Lieu.
tenant here. Cation. throw that uni
form cont Of yours into the ditch and
don honest gray for once Sands
come here. Take your knife and cut
AWAY every symbol of rank on my
Jacket: tear II of. any way you can.
in another moment these necessary
changes had been ACCOMPLISHED
Nov" ordered. pile your sabers
there with mine beside the road. then