. Scintille dal fuoco del campo : emozionanti storie di eroismo, avventura, audacia e sufferng . sono satisfiedche sei una spia Yankee; e io vi appenderò, voi. Bragg mi ha ordinato di non portare mai spie, ma di sparare o appendere come cani, sul posto; e 1 mattina andando a fare un inizio con voi, ora, questa notte. Se lo fate, è stata la risposta, youll prendere la vita di un uomo buono e vero. Posso dimostrare da J. W. Eatcliffeche sono un vero Southerner, che ho fatto molto bene per la causa - molto probabilmente molto più di voi - e che sto facendo bene ogni giorno che vivo. Capitano, ha detto uno di Th

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. Sparks from the camp fire : thrilling stories of heroism, adventure, daring and sufferng . am satisfiedthat you are a Yankee spy; and I am going to hang you, you. Bragg has ordered me never to bring in spies, but to shoot or hang them like dogs, on the spot; and 1am going to make a beginning with you, now, this verynight. If you do that, was the reply, youll take the lifeof a good and true man. I can show by J. W. Eatcliffethat I am a true Southerner, that I have done much goodfor the cause—very likely much more than you have—and that I am doing good every day I live. Captain, said one of the men, it may be that he isan important man to our cause; and you had better ^eeRatcliffe and inquire into his case. Harris studied a moment, and finally concluded to gowith the prisoner to Ratcliffes and confer about thematter—at the same time assuring him that it was of nouse, for he should certainly hang him anyhow. AtFranklin all stopped to drink, and Harris and his menbecame beastly drunk. Reeling into their saddles, theywere once more on their way to Ratcliffes, but had gone. PUBUC LIBR.^^ ASTQR, LENOXVtLUSS FOUNDATIONS NEWCOMER THE SCOUT. 3Y5 only a short distance, when Harris wheeled his horse andhiccoughed out— Boys, theres no use in fooling. I am satisfied this fellows a Yankee spy; and heres just as good a place as we can find to hang him. Take the halter ofithat horses neck and bring it here. It was indeed a fitting place in which to do foul mur-der. Not a house w^as to be seen; and the road woundthrough one of those cedar thickets so dense that even inmid-day it is almost dark within them. It was nownight, and the sombre shade even more gloomy than ever, as Harris jumped from his horse, and, taking the halter, made a noose of it, and, fitting it around the neck of theunlucky scout, drew it up uncomfortably tight, until, infact, it was just about strangling him. Now or never was the time to expostulate and entreat.In a moment it might be to late; and then fare

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• booksubjectuniteds
• bookyear1889