The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-25

paying Joke sometimes as he is at horse
sleaiing, and the following incident will
prove that on this occasion he did little of
, both at thesame time: "A
,Durlng the celebrated tour through.In-
9iaha. ne with about three hundred and
MY guerrliias, took occasion to pay
Vlsit 10 a little town hard by, while thema
9oay were marching on" Dashing sud-
denly into the little burg" he found about
three hundred Home Guards, each having
a good horse tied to the fences; the men
standing about in groups, awaiting orders
from their aged Captain, who looked as if
he had seen the shady side of some sixty
years. The .'Hoosier boys'' looked at
the man with establishment, while the Cap
tain went up to one of the party and said:
"Whose company is this?'
4 "Woolford's cavalry said the reb.
"What! Kentucky boys! We're glad to
see you, boys. Whar's Woolford?'
''There he Sits said ragged, rough
reb., pointing to Morgan, who was sitting
sideways upon his horse.
The Captain walked up to Woolford las
he and all thought, and saluted him:
Captain, how are your
| "Bully! How are you? What are you
going to do with all these men and horses?"
Morgan looked about.
| swell you see that id horse thieving
John Morgan is in this part of the country
with a passed. of cut-throats and thieves,
and between you and /, if he comes up this
way, Captain, we'llgive him the best we've
got in the shop"
"Hes hard to catch; we've been after
him for fourteen days and can't see him at
all, said Morgan, good humoredly.
''Ef our bosses would stand fire we'd be
all right"
won't they stand?'
"No Captain Wolford, 'spose while you're
restin' you and your company put your
saddles on our bosses and go through
| 10 o1,,fiD Orf xxn hwy Of
to our boys? Pm told you are boss on
| the drill.'
And the only man Morgan is afraid of,
Wolford las it were), alighted and ordered
This boys" to dismount, as he wanted to
show the Hoosier boys how to give Morgan
a warm reception should he chance to pay
them a visit. This delighted the Hoosier
boys, so they went to work and assisted
the men to tie their old weary, worn out
bones to the fences and place their saddles
upon the backs of their fresh horses, which
was soon done, and the men We're in their
saddles, drawn up in line and ready for the
word. The boys were highly eiated at the
idea ofhaving their 'pet horses trained
| for them by Wolford and his men, and
more so to think that they would stand fire
ever afterward.
The old Captain advanced, and walking
up to Wolford (as he theught), said: Cap
tain, are you all right now?' Wolford rode
up one side of the column and down the
other, when he moved to the front, took off
his hat, paused and said, "Now, Captain,
am ready; if you and your gallant men
wish to witness an evolution which yon,
perhaps, have never seen, form line on
each side of the road, and watch US closely
as we pass" The Captain did as he was
directed. A lot of ladies were present on
the occasion, and all was as silent as a
maidens sigh.
care you ready?"
"All right, Wolford,'' shouted the Cap
tain.
"F0racurdr' shouted Morgan, as the
whole column rushed through the crowd
with lightning speed, amid the shouts and
huZZas Ofevery one present-some leading
| a horse or two as they went, leaving their
| frail tenements of horse flesh tied to the
| fences, to be provided for by the citizens.
1t soon became whispered about that it was
John Morgan and his gang, and there is
not a man in the town who will ''own up"
| that he was gulled out of q horse. The
company disbanded that night, though the
| Captain holds the horses as prisoners of
war and awaits an exchange.-LOuisUtIe
| Democrat.
| A RICH SCENE, AND A WARNING TO
WOMEN WHO WEAR SHORT HAIR.-We
Yesterday heard of seriO-comic incident
which occurred not hundred miles from
here, that must have been decidedly inter-
esting to the parties concerned, and should
prove valuable story for the perusal of
| Jealous husbands. The facts given are as
follows:
One of our most respectable citizens, who
is blessed with the prettiest and best of
wives, and one little responsibility had
| been absent from home for some days.
His spouse during his absence dis
charged the servant girl aud employed in
her place the wife of a soldier who had just
returned from the war.
Tho 1itt1p hpinu iOnplU in her
husbands absence, had induced the SOL
dier's wife to share her bed with her.
On the night the loving husband returned
the woman had, before retiring, been en-
gagged in repairing her soger mans coat
and had carelessly thrown it upon chair
in the sitting room. The anxious husband
returned about twelve O'Clock, admitted
himself with his night-key, found every
thing quiet, and noiselessly struck light,
when the first thing that struck his atten-
| ton, was the soldier coat upon the chair
near his wifes bedroom. Instantly the
green-eyed monster seized him; and steal
thily throwing the light upon the bed, he
saw his wife reposing upon the same pill
low with a masculine appearing person.
TThe woman who was with her wearing
her hair shingled and being coarse featur-
ed.
He was for a moment transfixed with
rage but Soon determined to wreak the
direst vengeance upon the supposed gull
typair. He soon procured deadly wea-
pom, and with murder in his eye, advanced
toward the sleeping couple AT this juno
\ ture the soldiers wife awoke, and seeing
the-to her--strange man approaching with
savage aspect, jumped from the bed with a
scream, making dash for closet, where
she was for moment safe. This, of course
awoke the wife. Her attempts to learn
what the trouble was, were fruitless. The
enraged husband would not listen. He
rushed to the closet, and dragged forth the
trembling woman from her hiding place.
Upon bringing her to the light and discov-
ering her sex, the scene may be well I'M
agined, but we shall not undertake TO des-
Icribe it.-Eimjru Press.
A CRILDs PIETY AND PATRIOTISM LII
/ lie. little girl of three years OF age whose
parents reside within two miles Of the city,
: excited considerable interest the other day
: by one OF her childish demonstratlons.-
Il She had collected a lot OF dishes, and IN
; her childish way had prepared supper
f After everything was completed, She inyi-