The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-05-28

IL, and, repreSsing his usual loquacily, had
been riding close behind me, r silent specta-
tor of all my pedestrian misadventures On
nv turning to mount, conscious guilt, as It
always did when he was taken c,i fragrant
deiv, threw him oil his guard and too
much Hurried to aHght in the usual way he
had effected q sotrograde descent, by paro-
bohc inght over the pouys tail, The impe-
tus thus acquired, carried him fur,her than
he Intended. lie fell soft bat he fcll--not
on ais feet. Perceivihg by my laughter that
| bore no malice, he promptly stepped for.
ward, rubbed his hands on his trousers,
helped me to mount, and walked on by my
side. please, sir" said he, I'm aieared
I've split EN-, sir 1t did come so very cold
when squattered down in the puddle, sir, "
no reply)
please, sir Tn thinking we shan't want
good quarters when we gifts iurder on, sin -
(Panse) "Nor yit nothing what soldiers
wants, when we gets well on into France,
sir" (Another pause) Please, sir, I'm
thinking its cruel on service, sir, when
there's whites and drink, plenty OIL it, close
to hand sir, as they won't let poor soldiers
help themselves, sir.
ooh, then, suppose the soldiers never do "
"Please, sir, | s'pose they don't, not nev-
er, sir. In course not, sir. But then its
this sir. If the Provost comes and you're
cotched, sir why. its a couple of dozen for
only taking an Old shutter TO bile kittle, sir -
Tight hand, The Provost-marshal
"Once, | was inamost cotched myself, sir.
Please, sir it was three OH us, as got into n
farmhouse, sir; an empty house. what
wasn't inhabited, sir. Looked up the chin.
bly,, sir, cause that's where there hangs
up the yams TO smoke en-, sir. There they
was, sir; oh sich lot on EN-, as you couldn't
count 'em, sir. So | fixes bagonets and
forks down pair on EN-, sir: and Jest as
was agoing to fork down another for myself,
sir along come the Provost, sir. So he see
the window open, sir; cause the door was
fastened, sir; so we got i'll at the window,
sir So he got in too, sir. The other tel-
lows was cotched, aud got it, sir; but
wasn't, sir; so | didn't, sir.
Turn kings evidence :"
'PIease, sir, it wasn't likely as I should do
that sir; cause | scorns any sich low.
lived ways, sir. Only when / heard the
Provost a-coning, sir | got up into the
chimbIy, sir; and when he was gone, sir,
why then | got down agin, sir. Got safe
back to quarters, sir, with yam under my
great-coat sir.
'Of course the inhabitants must be pro.
tected, and so must their property"
"WeIl, prhaps, they must if they're
trinds, sir; though | nivver seed what frinds
the Spaniards was to me, sir. But here in
| France, where us now be, sir. ! doesn't see
why poor soldiers shouldn't help themselves
sir; aud mems bin scragged for it, sir, let
alone the Provost, sir
u trust we shall md the people here, il
we treat them we'll better friends than you
did the Spaniards."
Please, sir if two hoHicers dimes togth.
er four or five times a-week sir that's what
| calls being friends, sir Hope | shall find
p'cuty sich, aud you, TOO, sir. Hope no of.
fence, sir" Pause) might | make bold
to aast the question: sir! The men says
as soon as we jines, we shall move on aginst
the hinnimy, sir
Shouldn't wonder"
please, sir, | should like to pick of that
ere feler as put a bullet into me, sir, Jest
knock him over sir, as he did me, sir"
Sure you would know him again, though?
No doubt of that, sir | know him by
the way he cocks bis eye down OH his fire
lock, sir. Could pick him cut of wholt
ridgment on em sir"
We had now been tolling on, through
mire and pudlIes, for about n brace o.
hours and know not how much longer
our confidence might have continued but
'ooking forwards, at a part where the lane
was more than usually darkened by over
archng trees, perceived, at the extremity
Of the vista, light less dim than hitherto
1urra. we had reached the main road.
passed the intelligence; shout ran dowi
the line, and came back to us from the rear
and reaching at length the paved highway
! it was like landing on tcrra fraa. tool
my stand to the right of ;he emboachure
while weary men and weary beasts slowl,
aud successfully emerged from the dark re
cess, and fled of to the left along the road
I Establishing himself at small AHbrge
he proceeded to make himself comfortable
The first consideration is to get off his mud
dy clothes and don more pleasant suit
then to eat, both Of which operations he per
formed to his satisfaction. Finding tn
night lovely, the moon beaming brightly
and hearing he sound of the yio,in, no
badly handled, he took a stroll, and passin,
in the direction Of the place whence proceed
ed the sounds, he found his sway anon
stables aud out-houses to small gate open
ing into garden or shrubbery at which gat
sat his friend, the landlord, dispensing ticl
cts at six sous each" II was a sort Of run
saton de danSe in which the villagers wer