The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-04-24

| faced each other, ana as lLlan ONCE
more raised his blade he smiled hor-
ribly
Then,my boy,was witnessed a scene
to make old .Charlemagne' paladins
dance High jinks in their graves, and
call all the Artusian knights to life
again. Carte ct tierce but it was
spectacle for Hector and Achilles. With
swords pointed strait at each others
noses did the valorous heroes skip
wildly back, and then as wildly Tor
ward. Slam! bang crack E.! smack F.
right and left over and under parry,
feint, and premiere force! Now did
they hop ferily along on opposite sides
of the road, cycling each other like
Idemoniac Thomas Cats uponthe moon.
! lit fence. Ever and anon did they
dart furiously to the center, cutting the
blessed atmosphere to invisible spins
ters and staying imaginary legions.
But crisis was at hand . In one OF
his terrible chops and cool and collect
ed William brought his deadly weapon
down full upon the knucKles OF the
enemy. But for the fact that Williams
sword was not quite as sharp as the
side of an ordinary three>story house,
Munchausan's hand would never more
have welded trenchant blade. AS 1t
was. he hastily dashed his brand to
the ground ,crammed his knuckles INTO
his mouth, struck up an imprisoned
dance, and mumbled, in extreme agl-
tatlon:
"Golfre your cursed abolition soul y
1t was beautiful, my boy, to see how
the calm William leaned upon his sword
and smiled.
"Ah =" says William, $50 perish the
foes of the Union, the Constitution,
and the Enforcement of the Laws. L
have bruised the Confederacy, Adju-
sant !"says William, in a sudden burst
of pardonabIe exultation, ''score one
for the United States of America.
Now it happened, my boy, that as
William said this he turned to where
the Adjutant was sitting, and bent
down to give particular directions.
His body was thus made to assume
somewhat Of the shape Of the letter U,
the curve being sharply toward the
enemy. In an instant Captain Mum
chausen regained his sword, grasped
lit after the manner of fail, and, with
a prodigious spank, applied it to the
unguarded portion Of my hero's an
atomy
High sprang the almost assassinated
:, William into the air, with sparks pour
ing from his eyes, and Union oaths
Kissing from his working jaws.
"Adiutant !" roared Capt. Munchau
sen, ''seore one for the Southern Con
tederacy,"
No sooner had William reached the
ground and picked up the cork tina
had fallen from his bosom as he as,
cended, than he plunged rampagiously
at his adversary, and aimed blow al
his head that must have take it off haC
Capt. Munchausen been about a yarc
taller. AS it was, the stroke mercil>
essly split the air and caused my here
to spin like a mighty top.
In vain did the shameless Confed'
crate swords-man endeavor to get II
hit as William went round; the Swor(
of the Union met him at every turn
and right quickly was the ayenging
blade humming around his head again
Inspired with the strength of Hercules
the endurance of Prometheus, and tn
fire of Pluto, gorgeous William Brow
went at his work once more, like
Teller of great trees, and in anothe
" moment his awful blade twanged upol
the foeman's head.
| Down went Captain Munchausel
singing inverted psalms, with Who'll
nest of rockets exploding III his brain
? Pale turned his rag merchants at tn
, sight, and one Of them imme diatel,
deserted to our side and swore he haC
+, Railways been a Union man.
William leand upon his blade, ant
, kindly remarked:
&" His head is broken; l heard
crack"
/, '''Tis false' says Captain Munchau
D sen, gloomily; "that is an old crack
. I've had it ever since l was boy"
"Ahn' says William, airily, ''1'r
t afraid my blow has caused more tha
. one funeral in the inseck kingdom, TO
the cut went right through the hail
;, Have a comb ?" says William, pleas
ntly.
Captain Munchausen made no reply
my boy, but motioned for his men t
bear him from the field. 1t was nc
s,iced, however, that, as he was beinI
I Il bn clyod
tleman in remarkable tatters, to tax
, him to the last ditch.
AS the Southern Confederacy dis
appeared, Captain William Brown han
Inered his sword straight with a bit {
J stone, forced it into its scabbard, am
turned majestically to Company 2
/, Regiment 5, Mackerel Brigade, sever
:. al members of which were engaged i
t the athletic game of pitch-penny.
E " Let the band be aEakened," say
William.
t A Mackerel at once proceeded t
; break the slumbers of the orchestra
+ by shaking bottle near his ear-tha
e experiment having never been know
to fail in the case of 4 pronounced mt
steal character.
: " % says William, with niue
F., spirit, we will march to the nationa
7 airs of our distracted country"
After sounding several cat-calls Of
: his night-key bugle, in the manner 0
! all great instrumentalists who wish t
know about their instruments being i
: tune, the band struck up " ALE to tn
r Chief" and we marched to quarter
like so many heroes of ancient Rum.
Shall treason triumph in our land
my boy, while there's sword to wave
| think not, my boy-I think not
Though Columbia did not rule tn
wave, her champions would see to