. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . ost atisfactoryobservation of our own troops and camps on the Maryland side ofthe river. Satisfied with having scaled the mountain, and a little bituneasy, we soon began our descent, taking a different course fromthat Ave had followed in coming up. When we had about reached the road that leads along the waterat the base of the heights, my chum startled me by grabbing fran-tically at my leg as I
. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . ost atisfactoryobservation of our own troops and camps on the Maryland side ofthe river. Satisfied with having scaled the mountain, and a little bituneasy, we soon began our descent, taking a different course fromthat Ave had followed in coming up. When we had about reached the road that leads along the waterat the base of the heights, my chum startled me by grabbing fran-tically at my leg as I was about to climb over the fence into the road,shrieking, like a scared girl: Theres a man. And before I hadtime to look in the direction indicated, he continued, excitedly: Great Scott! theres a whole lot of them. He started to run back as fast as his legs would carry him, leav-ing me almost pinned to the fence with astonishment. His movement had the immediate effect of causing a half dozenarmed men to rush suddenly from their ambush, straight down theroad toward us. My companion, in grabbing me by the leg as a fierce dog woulda tramp getting over the fence, for the moment so startled me that. THANK GOD. IM 8AFB AMONG MY FKIENDS. THE no Y SPY. 2^^ I lost my liead, and, tliinking something u-as coming at fombelund, I jumped over the fence toward the danger wliilo lie vinoff on the other side. On finding myself confronted by three Rebels in uniform twoof whom had guns, the third, being an officer, gesticulated in athreatening, inelegant sort of style with the Iiand in which he care-lessly held a cocked revolver; I at once walked toward them andwith a suddenly assumed air of relief, said : Thank God, I am safe among my friends/ This vehement observation rather nonplussed tlie officer wlioseeing that I was unarmed, walked up to me and accepted mv out^stretched hand in a dazed sort of way. He hurriedly directed themen to follow my entreating comrade, saving, as tliey ran down
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