The Glenwood post., 1913-11-29
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Tie coavivtaltty q IL Bsue anA Osay
fratsrniaa4ioa. . straAser AroS0eA
tAsnpinGiy int . chair at NJ tahss
n the Meaetesale eass.
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the story Aovs1 hDpaiASiy.
Wei, cir. ealistsA N0vsosss.
81, gets ny bounty and calls myself
Jones. Then right OF the cap'n of our
eomp'ny was pickin' oa me all the
time. l stood 1t patient till one day.
while I was settin' under . tree On
picket duty. he come by. Then l gets
up easy an give him . socker on the
Jaw. He didn't wake up for two
hours"
Mr.. Stiggins paused to ring for an
other high ball. The place vas de-
ssrtsd except for . lanky fellow in .
broad felt hat whom noticed bending
svsr tAs hetsl register an hosr b.
fore. and Who now seated himself as
~ aAjoining tahse With his papsr and
sisar.
We'll. thsy juegsd ~ soe six
noaths. and tAat psisoa ~ vhsrs
10 brtdssd tie cham, like sail. Il
was IN oaA stooe warehouse naAo
over. sn' chock fsll. T1s Foe0 ] vas
A-'boat ten By tweaty-AelA 6oar
Yankees an six rebs.. with . cuard at
he dooe. Tvs'lt long bsfoes vs got
!ayfn' plans for escape. We all want
ID to git out. an that was what Car
roty called cur bond Of union. Car
roty-we called him that because he
aad hannelshirt hair-was . real
smart Johnny Reb from . South Caro-
ina regiment sent up with the other
prisoners from Roanoke. He was .
spy and he was crazy to git out: uster
.alk looney bout his wife an kids.
Nov. he'd smuggled in . little
5hemeld knife. an when he found
hat in the scufae Of Citing me in
:hey'd left my Jack knife. hs almost
whooped. give 1t to him an he took
It on in . corner. Then. settin' my
olade against his blade, he pounded
with . loose brick till he'd saw-eAgsd
,is'n. Next hs saws oa tie iroa bar
n ~ wi.4ov. II took tour 6ays %
git throasA, aa' vh13s ~ saved - AaA
- an roanA hin siAGia' - esvss ~
sQusakia.' tAs Asbs wAee0ia' BsaAie
Blue Hag a. ~ fosr ysstia' As4
Whiee ~ B1oa. TAo lay guar1 vas
. DoGcAaaa, ~ ~ ns1ss slvs IN
0eA ~ - ks0' - fsr fEoa ~ 1see
- ~ Dared ~ Daueesl his sosa
Nov. I was ~ stroa0sst u ~
saneA ~ . vAoie 1t, a. vhsa Car
oty gone clean through hs says, 'Dtis-
gins-Ae foun' Jones wa'nt my real
aams- 'Stigins. We need your bieeps
N that bar. an only one man can git
! holt to once. The next cloudy
hight. when the guard walks up the
corridor. you bend the bar out, and ~
IN the only death sentence here. I'll
kip out first; then you pull 1t back
so's you can hang 4 coat over 1t when
he comes past again. Keep bracin' 1t
:al'lated I'd git out last.
Bout two o'clock gifts up puiat an
akin good holt, bent the bar an
oraced It with my foot till could
les squeeze out aidgewise. Then I
lrops onto the fiat roof of the mex
ouildin' an makes tracks for Ports
mouth. Mex mornin' early I Jump ON
he tail OF train carryin' .furlough
men. an in four days I was in Pitts
surgh enlistin' again an settin' an
,ther bounty.
"Carroty? Oh, early mex mornin'
hey foun' me gone an the busted
slat in the winder; 10 they give Car
roty time to write home an shot
him"
Up rose our neighbor. threw Oh his
hat. and leaning his hands ON our Ia
BILE. looked Stiggins in the eye. no
dcsd then that his hair was bright
red. But suEgins fell hack With Wild.
bsoodshot eyes. "Cazroty," - wills
psred hoarsely.
mo, Carroty's soa: stranger" turn
ns to ne, for ten ysars rvs attended
soeanpments boxing for this nan.
nd I reckon Tn take 70 intssfss-
snca. II you don't got right up" this
b the shapelsss huddls IN tAs chair.
IN Do the trick right hyaA." 4 stsea
safroI dashed froa his pockst "Bat
I'd ~.'lsr not nsoo up tAs 1eer z !
- AslD Il" T''' 7r
Tse 0oa's saks. 0aA,. bsgaa
aoAast. ut hs sws04 - asi1s nsa-
oe1AG3y. Thea he eollaFoA his 1assA
oelooaee and tAfuGt hin ct into tho
o11nlGAt.
ospysisht ~ Dai1y 0ensy PsA 0sl
Oesk Gxhlbasiea.
A International exhihitioo for tAo
took industry and the gTapAio arts.
Aciuding Photography, ID to Be held
It Leipsic, the book industrial center