The Captured Scout of the Army of the James a Sketch of the Life Sergeant Henry
The Captured Scout of the Army of the James a Sketch of the Life Sergeant Henry
H Clay Henry Clay Trumbull
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Again and again came the blaspheming shouts of his pursuers, demanding his surrender, and threatening him with "no quarter" if he compelled them to push further through the entangling briers and slimy morasses. The Army of tJie yames. 33 He waded out into the sluggish waters of the inner swamp depths, to turn if possible the trail of the keen-scented hounds ; but with undeviat- ing directness they bounded towards him through brake and fen : he heard their labored breathing ; then caught a glimp...se of their flashing eyes and foaming jaws, as, with a vindictive howl at their long-delayed triumph, they leaped ferociously out of the thicket into the water where he stood, firm in despair. " Oh ! 'twas a horrid mo- ment, " he said, " when they caught me and made a spring for my throat. I sank 'in the mire: a gurgling sound filled my ears — " One hound clutched him by the shoulder as he fell in the water : another sent his sharp fangs through the flesh of his side. As he rolled in the deadly struggle, the keepers came up and choked oft^the do2:s, although one of them was urg^ent to have him torn in pieces because of his temerity.
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