hen requested her to continue her story.

"Dey make der whisky in Wind Cave," she said and proceeded to describe
its location as recorded in a former chapter. "To capture de 'shiners
and de whisky de officers must 'sprise both openin's to onct," she
continued.

The Judge asked: "Would you be willing to tell me how to find the two
ways into the cave?"

"I would tell anything to git even with Sam Wiles," was the reply.

"I am sure the capture of these lawbreakers will be a blessing to all
this part of Kentucky," remarked Judge LeMonde, "but I am sorry for the
reason you have to tell where they may be found."

At this point he got writing material and, asking the woman clearly to
describe the way to the cave's mouths, he wrote as she dictated. We
will write the account in her own words: "De big openin' is 'bout
twenty feet below de top of Bald Knob. You'uns 'member you'uns kin see
from de knob's foot his bald head, whar is great rocks and not ary
trees. Well, de cave's mouf is in er straight line below dat twenty
feet. To fin' de odder openin' you'uns walk from de rocky head of de
knob 'long his backbone east for 'bout one hundred feet, and you'uns
cum to a tall poplar tree. Go down de hill to de souf fifteen feet, and
you'uns'll find a thicket full of brambles, bushes, and leaves. De hole
is dar, covered with underbrush and leaves."

Having thanked her for the important information given, Judge LeMonde
courteously led her to the door and bade her good evening.

Early next morning he took steps to profit by what he had heard. He
sent his son George to tell Jasper Very the news while he himself rode
to the county seat to notify the sheriff and revenue officers of the
outlaw's rendezvous. That very day a keen, trusted employee of the
government was deputed to go over the ground and learn whether the
woman's story were true or false. In a day or two he reported that he
had discovered the two openings to the cave. It was known that the
attempt to capture the moonshiners would be dangerous. They were
fearless, desperate men, well armed. It would require skill and courage
to take them.

The sheriff and chief revenue officers, knowing that the moonshiners
were so formidable in arms, numbers, and location, were anxious to have
as large an attacking party as possible. Hence they were glad when Long
Tom, Jasper Very, honest David Hester and his sons, Hans Schmidt, the
German, John Larkin, George LeMonde, and others were swo