HIGH POINT SCOUT
THE BOOZE TU3VNEB
CHAPTER III
Help Needed and Secured.
The sheriff led the way into the
cave. We were now going around a
curve In the tunnel v/here the walla
were lighted.' We weni a few step,a
further and we c.ouM see into tlie
main room. I saw our friend, Roy.
laying in one corner hound .and al
most covered with rope.
The sher-ff said, “Charge boys,”
end we dashed forward covering the
men with our revolvers but 1 noticed
one man, who was not covered,
slip through another hole and 'w s
gone before any of us could get him.
I hurried out at the hole I had fii st
cam ethru and told .he deiiuty to go
in and make himself at home. The
deputy and his men went in, so I
stayed outside and watched this en
trance. I picked out some bushes
to lay under.
While I was laying there, to my
surprise, I saw about ten men come
running up to the entrance and ring
up around it. I knew that I could
do nothing so I lay silent. But now,
in the direction of the other open
ing I heard a whistle blow a long
blast. Then the one that seemed to
be the chief of the ten, pulled out
a whistle and blew two short blasts
in answer. At this the men began
to scramble into the cave and I knew
there would follow a terrible clash.
Would all my companions be
killed?
“Can I save them? I was the
ause of them getting in there.” I
knew that the boys’ mothers would
soon, if they had not already, be
come alarmed for it was already
three o’clock in the morning and
there was no possible chance for
them to go home before day light.
As I lay there thinking of the se
rious problems that confronted me.
I saw three men drag the sheriff
out of. the cave and leave him not
far from the entrance. He was
gagged and bound so that he was
helpless. The men returned into
the cave as if to bring out others.
This question, then three scout
laws came to my mind: “Is this
my chance?” “A scout is brave,” “A
scout is loyal,” “A scout is help
ful.” And as they passed thru my
mind, I hurried forward, took fhe
gag from the sheriff’s mouth, hurri
ed.y. loosed the ropes and set him
free.
The best thing for us to do was
to make for town to get aid, so we
made “a bee-line” for the cars. We
were soon speeding for town, and
the sheriff told me that no one had
been killed so far but all were under
cover. He said, “If you had not
been where you were I don’t know
what they would have done with
us all.”
As we rode on toward town I won
dered what vs'as taking place back
at the cave. I was later told by
Walt Baker that the men took out
another man in the same manner as
the sheriff but came back very much
excited. He said that they stopped
all work, (for a crowd had kept on
packing booze the whole time that
they were tying men), and were
considering something.
He said, Criss, I thought right
then that you had stirred up some
thing for I had already missed you.”
The sheriff and I were soon at
town and it was 4:30 a. m.
The sheriff said, “I will call out
the Home Guard,” 'which consisted of
about one hundred men. I said, “I
will notify the boys’ mothers not to
be alarmed that we have a little
business matter to attend to.” This
did not take me long because we
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