Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 78: what you’re looking at

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WITHIN A NOOSE. 71 CHAPTER XIII. WITHIN A NOOSE. The moment Captain Chetwood heard that bugle blast and saw the gray uniform, he became alarmed for his personal safety. His own men were far in advance, and there was little chance for assistance coming to him now, from that quarter, at least. ‘Surrender, captain!’’ cried Colonel Trafton. ‘‘You cannot now escape.’’ | Captain Chetwood believed that where thete is life there is hope. | He pulled back his horse suddeuly, wheeled, and dashed away, much to the surprise of Colonel T’rafton. “*Halt, Yank!’ The impetuous captain did not halt, however. Then the woods and hills fairly rang with the re- port of carbines. A furious volley swept down the road. Captain Chetwood no longer rode in the distance. That volley had not been in vain. Union horse and rider were both down in the dust of the road. With a fierce yell, the gray troopers swept forward. Nota bullet had touched the Union captain, but his horse had been riddled. As the animal fell, the captain’s foot became entangled in the stirrup, and before he could extricate himself the Confederates were upon him. - It would have been the height of folly to resist them—Captain Chetwood was not a fool, so he sub- mitted to the inevitable with the best grace possible. There were half a hundred of the troopers, mem- comicbooks ‘€O