The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-06-29
ENPORIA, KANSAS SATURDAY, JUNE g. 1861. WI

cept nv blessin and this hunk of ginger
bread ~ I sed. She thankt me muchly and
tript galy away. There's considerable hu-
man natur ia man, and I'm fraid / shall
alters civ aid and comfort to the enemy if
he Gums to me in the shape of nice yung
gal.
At the next station didn't git OFF so
easy was dragged out of the cars and
rolled in the mud for several minutes, for
the puFpuss of ''takin the conseet out of
mel as the Seeeshers kindly stated.
/ was finally let up, when powerful
large Secesher came up and embraced me.
and to show that he had no hard feeling agin
me, put his nose into my mouth. / re-
turned the compliment by placing my STUN
mick suddenly agin bis right foot. when be
kindly made a spitteon Of his able bodied
face.
Actooated by desire to see whether the
Secesher had been vaxinated, then fasten-
ed my teeth into his coat sleeve and tore it
to the shoulder. We then vilently hunted
our heads together for few miniss, danced
around little and sot down in mud pud-
die. We rig to our feet agin. i by sud
den q adroit movement ! placed my left eye
agin the Secesher's fist. We then rushed
into each others arms and fell under too
boss wagin. was very much exhausted,
and didn't care about gettin up agin, but
the man said he reckoned I'd better, and 7
conclooded would. He pulled me up. but
hadn't bin on my feet more'n too seconds
afore the ground few up and hit me in the
he'd The crowd sed it was high old sport.
but couldn't adzactly see where the lafture
come in. riz and we embraced agin. We
careered madly to steep bank, when got
the upper hand of my autagernist, and threw
him into raven. He fell about forty feet,
striking grindstone pretty hard. un-
derstood he was injured. I haven't herd
from the grindstone.
A man in a cockt hat cum up and sed he
felt as tho apology was due me. There
was mistake. The crowd had taken me
for another man I told him not to men
shun it, axed him if his wife and little ones
was SOS to be about. and got on bored the
train which had stopped at thYt station "2O
minits for refreshments" I got all wantid.
II was the hartiest meal ever ct.
| was rid on a rale the next day. bunch
OF blazin hre-crackers bein tide to my cote
tales. 1t was a fine spectycal in dramatic
pint of view. but didn't enjoy it. had
other adventure of startlin kind, but why
continner ? Why lasserate the Public Boo
yum with these here things? Suffysit to
say got across Mason & Dixie's line safe
at last. l made tracks for my humstead,
but she with whom had harnist for life
failed to recognize in the emashiated beiu
who stood before her the gushin youth oil
forty-six summers who had left her a few
months af.,re. But went intwo the pan
terry. and brought out a certin black bottel
Raizin it to my lips. said Here's to you.
old gal !" I did 1t so natral that she knowd
me at onct. "Those form Them .voise
That natral stile of doin things IT'S he -
she cried, and rushed into my arms. II
was too much for Ter & she fell into swoon
cum very near swooording myself.
I No more to-day from yours for the Per.
petration of the Union, and the bringin oil
the Goodies of Liberty out of her present
bad fix. ARTEMUs WARD.