As he went out of the gate Shube called on him to surrender upon which he struck at Shube who instantly fired at and missed him.- Adderton then fired and wounded him badly in the side. Dole then charged upon Adderton, but finding his strength failing from loss of blood, he put spurs to his horse and rode as far as Nathan Merritt's (about half a mile), where faint from loss of blood, he remained and had his wound dressed, and staid till he recovered. Shube called at Merritt's and claimed Dole as his prisoner and demanded his property. Fearing Shube, Merritt's people surrendered his sword and pistol. Shube then proposed to
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parole him. Dole replied that it was unnecessary as he should probably die. Shube insisted he should sur- -render himself below if he recovered. Dole said he would if Shube as- -sured him he would be paroled. Shube refused to accede to that and Dole refused to surrender. Shube then said he would kill him, and Dole bid him defiance. Shube was struck with Dole's courage and expressed his admiration of such bravery at the gates of death.- Shube ended the colloquy by saying he would leave it to Dole's sense of honor and propriety whether he should go below and surrender when he got well or not. Dole at last consented. When well he went below, and was afterwards promoted to a lieutenancy. Captain Fowler was wounded in the neck at Horseneck, and complained to his friends who raised him from the ground that his cravat choked him. They took it off. The ball fell out of his neck