Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-18

/ For tbs ChErEnooes RebsLI
He Was melancholy mAn-BiTl's boGrderi
with cG5agerous fscs, Eat anatomy and AZ
awful appetite. 1s went by tha uauas Of g rr's
/ ooarcsC al Ias tjne. I never heard any other
GDpellstiou spcyibad 10 him by She fsllow-bosrd-
ere. ksors KsE introduced ms 30 him. tank
/ he was something Of 3 relative Of Kwurtg; 81
/ least tasrs was some family pQcuIiauty Of Jar-
EcuiT D.fd-sr-isu about both. Rave sbcar1
store bcys utsyiug f'unksc' with buttons on fhe
coUnt5rs et Eht say, as one better more fre-
/ quent with bis stakes CT .auties' tEBn tie
others, would put uu - Why you're as con
slant as Brrls bocr1er-h8srlsd with Eirrl
nine sen mauihs AID th1ss days and never nsid
8 cent OF missed msGi"
It Ess about the fourth day in the tWsutiefh
month, when I commenced boarding with Birri
shortly after the evacuation Of ChBttsnooga
Wheu the farther south a msa went the more be
had 70 pay snd tho less he got 20 eat 4 scene
occurred st BiTrls jabis-ia which Birl's bosrder
was tba chief participant aud acter.
VIA eouatensuce stslid and serious be seated
himself ct the bcoakfaet table and commenced q
series Of requests 30 sbe solitary old oue-eyed
negro Of o v7aisar- and TO the bosrisrs IN g tono
Of bi.lss IRONY,
Take sbooger in 70 cofse, uarsl" asked the
old one-eyed Regro.
enc" gsid BjTrPs bosr.ler. 10 q tone Of with.
erng CoVtoalpt, loud enough for Bari 20 hear 1t.
wAo stood over the chsEng dish with e sharp
aHed poEer in cDe dst aud bread sZs in the
other TO serve up little sluUgshoss Of bull beef
70 m1 untortunae guests. " No, said Birrls
bear5er, but I suppose I'll have to take q lit
tie of your d-l ssuI n nay gOot water" Thea
after receiving 10 and washing bis throat with
mout1iUi, he shot ist OF if, like hose stream,
INTO The old tsEksy's only remaining eye, and
demanded, 10 Kissing tone Hand me that
ygl.sr butter, you black rascal and If yea have
any rspect for age handle il gingerly -
Everybody was in e tittaF; but Brrfs b0ardsr.
He mover moved a muscle Of bis fsca. Ia con
iinued throughout the meal to plY his queries.
"May Z trouble you for a little fried catf'' "Pass
them cast0rs, boy. and why the devil don't You
git some fresh brick-du8s in tbis cayspns-5or
and little more printers lsy il this vinegar
cruat p
'Ksr-gseh' cbuek,e5 ths negro, Il DONE
know msrs, sud he siuuk back into the dark
OF th5 room beneath the sssrcding glance 0l
BjtT's oOarders keen eye.
After asking for li.sIs Of " chat hasbed pup
py, aBd a "hUakH 4 think hs called it. OF Tia,
''sc5eech-Owl pie he rose from the taba 10 re.
tirg-bGs not bsiore cautioning he waiter "a
have bis biige-waLsg soup hot, at dinner and bis
coeT-tail properly frcaseed.
Bat tho diuuer never come. Bril- closed the
establishment that morning. He c9uIia't stand
bus RcconEIc boardsr'g criticisms. Hsh had made
fortune Euy way since the war, st So per day
for board, on an outlay Of two or three dollars q
week He has lsis tla country. I. is believed
tbat he win opsn again Ia some distant rart Of
tbe Southern C1Hl1jsTscy, where he is not ike
y to bo applied 70 for board by the eccentric
lodgsT, Hho went by Tie -uaae Of " Bnlls
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