Show FOOLED BY MOSBY the guerilla got the federal password and mail a the man with the coolest nerve 1 ever met said colonel A E seifert who was in a reminiscent mood was colonel john S moaby I 1 waa a high private at harpers ferry when that place was captured by stonewall jackso in 1862 after waiting for some time foi our exchange we were ordered down to fairfax court giouse va gjere we were on the lookout for mosby one cold clear night in february was on picket duty on the warrenton road I 1 had post two I 1 was walking my post almost on the double anick trying to keep warm when I 1 heard a troop of cavalry coming down the warrenton road at a quick trot chey were stopped by the man on post one all right and then came down on my post when they came close enough to me I 1 halted them friends with the was the answer to my challenge one man dismount and advance with the countersign was my next command A well dressed officer dismounted and advanced to the point of my bayonet and gave the countersign jamaica countersign correct I 1 shouted blasg on there were about three hundred of them a motley crew in appearance but they were a jolly lot singing talking and laughing they passed on and in duo time I 1 waa relished reli sved and soon was bound asleep early the nest morning the of the guard roused me up and told me 1 ana wanted at headquarters in charge of an orderly I 1 went when I 1 got there ithe man who was on poet ona was ahead of me he was ushered into the presence of general alexander hayes our commanding officer and alen he came out I 1 went in you had post two at last night demanded the general 1 I had sir M tell me about the troop of cavalry that passed your post 1 I told him what had happened well he said grimly you did it and he dismissed me 1 I discovered pretty soon that the men I 1 had passed were command with mosby at their head they bad ridden through the entire camp taken the tent of one of the general officers mounted it on a mulo and escaped with it to the confederate lines how did he get the password wo fondd out that afterward at one of the outposts was the rawest ednd of a briw recruit while he was on duty a man dressed in a captains uni rm with the red cash of the officer of the day across his breast approached him he challenged and the officer re officer of the day with the countersign 4 advance and give the countersign the officer advanced and gave 0 word which wad not the correct one not right said the sentinel een tinel and you cant pass after considerable wrangling the officer insisted that his word was right ho exclaimed angrily what word have you got the man said the sergeant of the guard gave me the word ja maici 1 and nobody can pasa without it the officer was no othar than mosby himself ho had all he wanted and waiting foe night got his men together and made the successful raid for cool nerve it beat anything I 1 ever heard of new york herald |