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WAR SI Tr^rivatc Tanner (icorgo C. Tanner ir I Continued from last week.J ? could from lime to time hear of some of our prisoners who had ap ed. Thc prison was startled on?' night by terrille screams which came from outside tho prison. Wo were inform ed that it was one of our men who had been recaptured. He bad pre tended to have smallpox, had bern convoyed from thc peu to the ^mall pox hospital and had escaped from tbero and was recaptured and was tied up by his thumbs in punishment. Another night we were startled by rapid iiring and tho screams of' men. Balls whizzed and hissed through the prison and several who were asleep in their tonts were hit. lt proved to be some of our men who had been leis urely engaged on a tunnel extending from a tent near thc fence. The priLon was infested with spies. These spies wcroour own men who had taken the oath of allegiance and joined the Yankee army. These spies know fully of every shovel full of dirt taken from the tunnel and the prison author ities patently set a trap and waited for the sortio of the victims. Ail but one man was allowed to emerge from tho tunnel and thoo a deadly fire was opened on them, and kept up until the last man was killed. The man in tho tunnel esoaped through the impatience of the guard lo fire. One day Worthington was sitting io the tent when to our surprise his father, mother and a beautiful young lad v onoorted by a Federal officer ap peared. A denison from another world oould sot have caused a greater surprise. Of all the thingB we never got a glimpso of ladies and the female sex led the procession. Anything in the sombianoe of a wo man looked most beautiful and Wor thington's mother looked to me liko a maiden in her teens, and radiantly beautiful and Miss A. was the fairest star in the firmament of womon to me at that time. Without waiting for me to withdraw or extending his hand in salutation, or any preliminaries tho senior Worthington, addressed his son in a very stern voice. 'Well, sir, if you see mo again it's from the fatherly conoorn for a son who has lost all sense of dnty to a parent and to his oountry. and from a .esire to have the comfort of knowing that I have done sjy full duty to you that yon owe it. I have como once more to ask you to leave with me now this vile prison. Yon can dG it sim ply by takipg tho oath . of allegiance to the Union; you need not join our army. You cannot rcfase these con ditions.'; 5$ Then lh& mother with tears appeal ed to her son in the tenderest and mest ??u?sring mpnner. 1 was touch ed deeply by it and half hoped Wor thington would yield to his mother. I never could stand women's tears. Poor Miss A- I . ahall never forget the scene. At tho time I oould havo crawled into any biding place, but .Jail She ??tended her hand to Worthing ton which was soon swallowed by his huge hand. She looked at him and then oast her eyes at the uninviting environments and then looked search ingly into his eyes. Volumen were spoken in her looks. I oould not see how Worthington could resist a com plete oomplianoe with the wishes of snob powerful appellants. His fath er spoke to him again and urged his abandonnent of the bated rebellion. WbstbingtoD stood and looked his frillier in the faoe and said : 'Father, it is most distressing for me to refuse you and mother and Miss A- anything, brit nothing will ever induce me to abandon the cause of the South.' The eyes of the elder Worthington flashed. The mother uttered a moan, and Miss A- stood inert and motion less. Within a moment the party turned and without another word left tho tent and the prison. Most of our mess witnessed this scene. We sat silent and all gazed at Worthington who seemed the least embarrassed of us. 'Worthington,' said Bill Lemmon, 'I did not tnlnk you oould resist all that pressure; few mea oould have done it, and I glory in you." Bill Lemmon had largo blaoL- eyes that oould look through an inch board. I used to sit for hours and gaze at him. 1 have heard it said of Macau lay that he could read a book nearly as'faBt as he could turn thc leaves. Bill Lemmon oould do this and it used to be a wonder to me. I have in the course of my life, met a groat many intellectual men, but I have never yet met one who impressed me.? aa deeply as did this modest ..private in tho Confederate army. Alexander H. Stephens was the nearest approach TORIES. .A^aiii Escapes. i Augusta Chronicle. J to him but even he tircl not ininresM me to the degree that l?ill Lcmmon did. Strange to nay, Lcmmon him self was citl r utterly unconscious of hi-- powers or indiiFcrcnt to then). When he; spoke to you he seemed to know what you would answer before it wa- uttered, and no une could lie t'? him. He rarely moved out ot" tlie tent and outside wi' our mess he I was not known to titree fellow prison I ors. Sergeant Finnigin, who was in charge of the prisoners, regarded Iii m as a wonder in mind power, and made our tent his home to a great extent. Finnigin himself was a bright, well educated Irish gentleman, something we rarely see outside of Ireland. He bitterly denounced thc govern ment for placing negroes over us as guards. Ali tho avenues of escape were, as wc supposed, closed the re-capture of those who had ventured. When it was fully known that we would have negro guards I made up my mind more than ever to escape at all hazzards, and I imparted my in tentions to my messmates by saying to them at dinner ono day : 'Well, boys, I'm going to get away from this place tomorrow, or die in the attempt. Life is too unattractive, at least in this loathsome place, and it Booms that evory day it is made worse.1 Bill Lcmmon turned his large lumi nous eyes upon mc, and Worthington looked searchingly at me. 'What are your plans?' asked Worthington. 'I have no planB beyond a fixed de termination to try anything I oan hit upon that offers the remotest ohanoe of success.' 'Come now, my son,' said Bill Lcm mon, 'we all love you and we will not allow you to engage in any suicidal hazzard.' Worthington chimed in and endor sed this, and it was soon settled by my messmates that I would be 'looked after and not allowed to throw my life away.' I had hoard of a squad of pris oners who were sent out in the woods beyond the outer post to ohop?wood. Another squad was sent out to bring in tho wood. This would plaoe me beyond the prison and leave mo merely with a guard. Here was a great oonsumation to build upon. I had fully decided that the next day would determine my fate to be a free man or to be a dead one. All the iatermediate details must be worked out. Worthington tried in every way to dissuade me from 'doing auything rash and foolhardy.' Dan Savage had a qniet talk with me, whioh was merely to find out my plans. This I only, found out after wards and found, too, though he did not hint it to me, that he was as good aud true a friend as any man oould have and one with cool oourage. I waited patiently for the return of the wood choppiog detail whioh did not appear until it was quite dark. AP it filed into the gate I scrutinised eagerly faces of the men to see whom I could aooost. I ventured up to one and asked him if I oould take his plaoe on the detail the next morning. 'You would not be allowed to do it. The roll is oalled and they will not take any one but the regular squad,' he said. 'I oan take your name,' I suggested, 'and answer to it at roll oall and the difference will never be found out.' 'I am afraid to-do that,' he said. 'I'll give you twenty-five cents if you will,' I urged, feeling that no prisoner oould resist this. Without any attempt at humor, any prisoner knows that 25 cents to us was a for tune. 'AU right, I'll do it,' came out as soon as it oould be uttered. 'Here's my axo and when my name .is oalled tomorrow at 7 o'clook you must answer to it, but it is only for this one day, mind you.' 'AU right. What's your name?' 'James Thompson.' The next thing to be done was to seouro a complete Yankee uniform. I hastened away, full of new hope and energy. I met Dan Savage, who asked : 'Where are you going so fast?' I told Savage my wants. 'Well now you have on a blue pair of trousers, and Dan Thomas has an overcoat; all wo want is a oap.' We ransacked tho prison to find a man with a Yankee oap, but in vain. 'Dam it,' said Savage, 'I'd kill one of these Yankee guards if I had half a chanco only to get his oap for you.' Up to going to bed it looked like a hopeless case, as without it my chanoes of success were slim indeed. The next morning found me awake very early. Savage seemed to be as mindful of me as a guardian angel, and was soon by my side. Worthing too was aroused by our whispers aud sat up aud asked : 'What was up?' Tm going to leave you today, Worthington.' 'Are you in earnest?' 'Yes.' 'What are your p?aos?1 'I have noue very definitely; only that when they get me outside of this pen and that outer barrier to find some way of escape.' 'Look here, Tanner, this thing wf'] not do; you shall not leave here under such unpromising conditions.' This woke up thc entire mess and all but. I>an Savage protested. 1 told them all .rood bye and started fur the meeting place of the wood-chopping squad. I found that Dan Savage had bought a man's place on the detail and that he did it in thc hope of being of ser vice to me, seeing 1 was fully resolved upon the venture. I had secured a blanket and drew it around my neck so that it weuld fall down over and conceal my Yankee uniform. The absence of the cap made it incomplete and was a serious drawback. When tho squads were formed and tho Yankee sergeant com menced calling thc roll I felt a little uneasy, but Savage relieved me by an swering to his man's name before it came to my own. When James Thomp son was called I answered 'here!' with a good deal of vim. We were marched along towards the outer post. 'Look, Tanner!' said Savage, in my ear, 'there's a fellow with a Yan kee cap.' ID a moment we had exchanged headgear and now to my infinite de light I was dressed in a complete suit of Yankee clothes. Onoe outside the outer barrier tho Yankee lieutenant halted us aud ad dressing the guard, said : 'Load your guns, and if you see any ODO attempt to escape, don't halt him, but shoot him down.' We were thea marched forward, the guard on either side, at head and rear of us. We came to a rather narrow lane whioh was interspersed with mud holes and which was a deadly enemy to the nicely polished shoes of our guards and seeing that their attentions were largely taken in dodging the mud, I quickly doffed my blanket, handed it to Savage, tunned direotly about and marohed hack through the prisoners towards the prison. One of the squad direotly behind mo, seeing my movements, and not understand ing them, paralyzed me by yelling : 'Ha, there I What are you going baok that way for?' I looked back in dismay and saw Savage put his hand quiokly over the fellow's mouth and tell him to 'hush upi' How this failed to draw the atten tion of the guard to my trick is ooe of those mysteries and equal to that 'the heaven would not allow the earth to know.' I kept straight on and to my infinite delight passed through the rearguard just as they had encounter ed a very muddy plaoe in the read. In a few eeoonds who oan measure my feelings when I again found myself a free mani Ab, but the danger that still en vironed mel No one knew this more than I did. I knew it would not do to go baok very far towards the prison. I con cealed myself in a fenoe corner and when the squad turned a bead in the road I quiokly Goaled the fenoe and struok out aorosB the field towards a ekirt of woods whioh was some dis tance away, with all speed at my com mend. I had only reaohed the middle ol the large field when I heard a shrill voioe behind me say : 'Halt, there!' In a moment twenty voices were yelling at me to 'stop or we'll shoot!' I did not look baok; it was not necessary. I realised that the Yan kee patrol was after me. In a moment they opened fire and the hiss of the Winchester balls around me was terrific. One knocked off ms oap, and my overcoat was pieroed ir four places in a second. The fence lay olosely in front of me and witl the perfect rain of lead and hiss ol balls I realized the additional dangei of mounting it as I would be a bette: and moveless target but there it wai and must be gotten over. Whilst 01 the top rail a ball struok it and i broke under me and I fell heavily U the ground. Another ball had struol me in the right arm and another graze? my oheek. Strange to say I kept per feotly my presenee of mind. I quiok ly rose from the ground and in a ? ev strides I would be in the woods, bu tho Yankees were pressing me clos and yelling at me to *halt!' ? darte* through the woods like a deer when to my great terror, there aoross m; path lay a wide creek. There was n time to hesitate and in it I plunge?? How I swam with that big Yanke overcoat on I do not know, but in moment I found myself in the tal grass that fringed the stream. I fal flat on my faoe fdr then the Yanke pursuers had emerged from the woodi I lay perfeotly still and to my grei delight I heard a voioe command 'nc to cross the oreek, as I oould nc have swam it with my large overooi on.* ' . v/if.'; '. ;' . V/.v/. ;. V ; . ' i'.'scVc:^.'/: ;'vOl I heard the voices of voy pursuers several times after this OD tho oppo site side of the creek but I never rus tled a blade of grass. All thc remainder of the day I lay io the grass, my wounded arm bleed ing profusely and when the tide oame in I was submerged in the water. As soon as the darkucss came I, with difficulty, got upon uiy feet, stiff, sore and somewhat weak from loss of blood, and would have been a good subject fur a hospital and tho tenderest care, but alas! this was not my fate. In spite of my woeful plight, I was as completely happy as a mortal could possibly bc, and as only a successful venture where you have put your life to the stake and won could make a boy of my ai/c. Thc world opened out before nie with magnificent beauty and grandeur, the air seemed invigo ration itself, and thc whole earth a "perfect wilderness of sweets." And yet, alas! I was perfectly aware that many of the greatest dangers threat ened me, and that every step I made might bring me into them. Every bush WUB a Yankee soldier and no wild animal ever crouched and peered through the darkness more eagerly than I did. My burning de sire was for a gun or somothing with which to defend myself or to sell my life as dearly as possible. My former experience had taught me that I must have assistance. The Potomac was olose to me and was anywhere from fourteen to sixteen miles wide. Across it lay sweet liberty and my gre;.t le sire was to get across as quiokly as possible. I knew the people must be Southern sympathizers and the sioner I found a friend the botter. I knew that my tender age, even with one who was lukewarm in tu? Southern cause, might arouse pity and every thing suggested that I find assistance. The risk was immense. Suppose I should meet an enemy" I cautiously advanoed through the woods and came to a model little path that looked to me to be so fall of peaoe. I felt at home in it at once and stood for some time under the spell it oast upon me. Then I ventured cautiously forward, my arm being the only drawback to my complete happiness. Then & faint spark of light carno to me. I stood still. Then I crept cautiously for ward. I soon came to a very modest little cottage enveloped by a fenoe. By slow degrees I reached the fence and ventured to look into' the room. Three persons sat at a table on wine blazed a lamp. I scrutinized eagerly the face of the old man and al most screamed with its stern severity. No smile had ever visited it and I looked no more, but turned away. Then I reflected of everything and thought if I went away and looked up someone else I might have to arouse them from sleep, and that would make them in a bad humor, and they miqht not be any better in physiognomy Jora this one. I returned and looked ia the win dow again. From the dismal face ol the old man I looked at the young man a boy of my own age, and then tc thu third, and never in my life had 1 astin ?nythisg sc radin?tiy beautiful, The voioe of the old mau como to mc and I again turned away. But summoning all my courage, I returned and going up to the gate ] said: .Hello!' Everything was quiet and I repeated it. 'Who's there? Oome in.' cimo tc me in a growl. 'Please oome to the gate and let rn? speak to you.' 'If you have anything to say to me, oome in or be oftT I went to the dom- opened it and stood in the door and told the old man of my edoope from the prison, ol my wound and wound up by an oarno? appeal to bim to put me across tb< Potomac 'Leave my house at onoe or Tl blow out your brains,' said the steri voioe, and he shuffled around, ai though to get a gun. I flew from that place and whei some distance away I sat down on th< side of the path. The rudeness of th? old mau surged up and wounded mi deeply and I gave way to a fit o tears. In a moment I heard footfall and in the next instant a worum almost ran against me in her mai flight. 'Oh, it's youT she said, before could recover my wits. Tm so glad I found you. I hear everything you said to poor fathe and saw you when you said it. He i not so oross as he seemed, but you being dressed ?.3 a Yankee soldier and he having suffered so much fror being a Southern sympathiser;, ooul afford to take no risk. I believe yo aud will help you the best I can, if die for it.' What honied words and from th very fountain head of loveliness. An woman would have looked lovely t me then and Miss Ghiseldine lookei radiantly beautiful. 'Stay where you are and TU brio you something to eat aud will rctur soon.' With that she flitted off ia th darkness like a beautiful moth. Sb soon reappeared with her brothel I She gave me refreshments and dresse my wounded arm, the while mur muring to me in the sweetest voice I ever heard. She and her brother re mained with mo all night, and such a night of peace and calm and happi ness it was to me. She knew of a Virginian who ran thc blockade on a small scale, bring ing over Virginia tobacco in a 'eun ner,' as the boat was called, exchang ing it for Maryland whiskey. The man was then on thia o[An t? tho river and Randall, her brother, was charged with looking him up and making arrangements for me to cross with him the next night. Before day declared itself we went further into tho woods, where I would be in less danger, and theu she re turned to her home. 'Now,' sho said, on quitting me, 'don't be impatient if I remain away for a long timo. There is much to be done and I mean to bring you good news when you see mo again.' As long as my eyes could retain the smallest trace of her I watched her melt from view and already impatient to have her back. The next thing I knew I awoke and there by my side sho sat, look ing at me with a very muoh amused face. 'If you knew all the good news I have for you, you'd not have been so sleepy-headed,' sb? said, io a mis cheivous way. 'I'm always sleepy-headed and al ways go to sleep on picket post and everywhere else. I'll be shot for it yet.' 'Randall was hero with me, but he got tired of your long nap and went away. Wo have arranged for you to go across the Potomac tonight, and Randall and I will be there to see you off. Now, what better news could you want?' 'You are an angel, and no thanks will adequately thank you for all this.' 'You'll forget all about me by the end of next week; now, won't you?' 'Heavens! How poorly you know me. Ill-' 'Stop, now,' ahe said, with mischief in her eyes. 'You know you will.' 'Never, never, never could I forget you, MIDD Ida.' All the remainder of the day she sat in the woods and heard me nar rate my eooapos, and the time glided away so sweetly that I half regretted when Randall oame with the grizzly old blockade runner, who was to put me across the Potomac With many adieus from Ida and Randall, I got into the little craft and we were soon on the Virginia side at a place where there was no troops of either side. 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