Show STRATEGY NERVE AND LIBERTY the story of a confederate soldiers escape from the federal guards some timo time later we were transferred to point lookout prison maryland among our number was a young man named hunter of washington D C durin during 9 his imprisonment hs he had been furnished with a complete wardrobe far more complete than any confederate soldier dared to dream of on tho da day y of departure lie ha was dressed in a I 1 nobby business suit looking as a soldier of any kind as could bo be the prisoners prison cra were gathered together in the quadrangle of the prison and as each name was called the man passed through 11 tile tho office out to tho the pavement and formed in column between the lines of guards each prisoner carried his effects if lie ho was fortunate enough to possess any when hunters namo name was called he came out enveloped in his blanket his hat knocked awry and carrying his valise those who had seen how jauntily ho he looked in the yard scarcely recognized this tl figure figur that shuffled with its shambling gait out to the pavement nor did they understand why lie he had mado made such a guy of himself the prisoners talked and laughed gayly among themselves no ono one noticed hunter lay aside his blanket an and 1 I I 1 buco ruco himself up asking a comrado comrade to look after his blanket and valise and to make no remark on anything ho he might see hunter moved to the curbstone side of the column unnoticed by the guards he stepped beyond the curbing and faced around looking nonchalantly at the prisoners while leisurely lighting a cigar one of the guards noticed the distingue individual and brought liis his musket down to a charge bayonets remarking 0 its against orders sir for anyone to como come on this side of tho the street hunter coolly said while puffing his cigar 1101 oil iId id like to get a good look at these d d rebels the guard repeated its against orders sir and louwill you will have leave to cross the street all right says hunter not wishing to prolong the coave conversation astion and he sauntered across the street turning occasionally sio to look at the prison prisoners ers where le leaning arring against a tree box bos ho he watched the I 1 johnnies with as much curiosity as anyone there when tho the column moved off the cheer that went up from the confederates was thought by the lookers on to be the escape of pent up feelings of prisoners at being let out into the open air when in reality it was the farewell outburst of admiration for their comrade left standing there who by his strategy and nerve had won for himself freer air than they breathed hunter spent several days in washington then started tor for dixie but was captured at bowling green va not as an escaped prisoner but as one who give a clear account of himself his captors halted for the night on the way to washington taking balong 0 refuge in an old abandoned house with it h one of those largo large stone chimneys so BO common in virginia the windows being all boarded up and one of tho the guards lying against tho the door they thought that sufficient to hold a fancy little 4 blockade runner therefore relaxed their vigilance so BO much as to sleep A little fire smoke and soot were slight impediments to a man like the prisoner he crawled up the tha chimney dropped down on the outside and prisons knew kne him no more philadelphia times |