OCR Text |
Show " Ctiaad by a Bullet. 1 It WT.s In a well known hotel In Bangor. I A pnrTr'of gentlemen were conversing on o.ie or.bj'.ct and unoilir During a lnll iu ron ver3fi;irn onepi:lfiiwn noticed ii w;ir un the hand of another, and inter-, inter-, routed him as to the cane. The other 1 an-.wpred that he received It in a verv , curious way. and told the following story ; in regard to it: i 1 put th:it wound In the brittle of Get-I Get-I rysbnrg I had been fighting all day and : felt very tired, and bo sat down on a rock sud shot from there. 1 was just loading up my grin when a long, lean, lauk fellow fel-low darteutiy me, making for the woods like a streak of greased lightning. I np with my gun and let drive at him, but he ; didn't drop, and as I had shot just 099 aud didn't want to lose the thousanth, 1 ! started after him. 1 1 never saw a man run so fast in all ! my adventurous life, and I could see that ! 1 was paining upon him, but every once , in a while I lost eight of him behind a ; tree or rock. 1 noticed a lull in the tight , and glancing ade 1 saw that both armies had stopped fighting and were straining ! their eyes to see the race, I That raised my courage, and I forgot all about being tired. Just then 1 made a spnrt of speed, and as 1 did so 1 felt something strike my hand which spread out like the fan of a windmill. Well, to make a long story short, 1 caught up with him and was abont to collar him when he turned about and tried to stab me. 1 dodged his blow, and just tuen something hit him and he fell over dead. 1 sat down beside him to rest, and as 1 did so noticed blood trickling down my hand. On closer investigation I found that there was a bullet hole in the palm. The dead man had a bullet hole in his I breast, and 1 am positive in my belief that both wounds were made by the j Bume bullet, and that it was the same 1 I bullet that 1 had fired at the Confederate. The race was so hot that 1 caught up with i and passed it at some time during my chase. That is why I now wear that I scar. Bangor News. |