Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-03-30

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tone. Il mean no harm-it is only my
way Of speaking"
'.Well, perhaps I may forgive and per-
haps not" said the old woman shaking
her head. GLOW far is your camp from
here %
"What is that to you? What has
that to do"
| There you go again with your cursed
incivilty p shrieked the hag fercely !;
but you shall answer my question before
you get single word out Of me. Now,
then. how far is your camp from here,
and how many men have you in aud
around it? Iintend to carry your fol-
! lows some corn-cakes, dye see, and |
want to know how many mouths that |
have to cook for
ooh, in that case" said the rebel, II
do not see any reason why [ shouldn't
satisfy you. Our camps, then, are about
FIVE miles from here, near the cross roads,
and our number may be about FIVE thous-
and - .
"That will do" cried the old woman
with a grin Of satisfaction Eyes that
will do And now you are sure that the
man who came here to buy supper is
the one you are after p
'.We are sure Of it, for although we
have never seen the mans face, we'd
know him by his double-barrelled rife,
as nobody else in the Yankee army car
ries = weanon of that kindo
Gay, ay, it's the right one them said
the bag. ."After he had finished and
paid for his meal he says to me, Friend,
I should like to put up here for the night
fyou have no objections But as |
did not like the idea Of accommodating g
a Yankee any more than I could help, |
told him there was 10 room for him, as
| expected visitors before many hours.
| We'll, then, says he, can you tell me
of place where | can pass the night a
little comfortably? You see,' he ad-
ded, looking toward his big double bar
relied rife, I don't like to camp out, as
it looks to rain, and this piece might be
hurt by it. I know Of no place, [ ans
wered, short Of four miles from here,
in an old barn which is tight enough, I
think, to keep off the rain. -Four miles
| is pretty long distance, said be, and
as I have been tremping about consider
ably to-day, | don't feel much like car
ryipg this heavy load 50 far, pointing
to bis knapsack as he spoke. will you
be kind enough to let tremain till morn
ing? ..Well, yes said I, hesitating a
little, and throwing significant glance
at the well filled pocket book in his hand.
He understood the look and gave me a
greenback dollar. All right said I,
and he then departed saying he would
call for his lug5age in the morning, af-
ter be should wake from his sleep in the
barn" 7. oae 7t' T
"Now, then,' continued the woman,
(which will you do--go after him at
once, or wait in ambush. for him till
morning - 5.+1
The two soldiers drew back few
PAGES and held short consultation, after
which they advanced to the side of the
woman
"We will go now,' said the one who
had spoken first /; that is, if you can de
scribe to us the exact position Of the
barn"
II don't thinkI could describe it Sc
} that you can find it in the dark, replied
the .hag, ''but as | am willing to do ev-
cry thing in my power for the Confed
eracy, l will go with you to show you
the place.
aThat's right answered the rebel
rand weH see that you are rewarded
for your zeal. "elii bne
al don't want any reward for helping
my countrymen, replied the other 81
am always ready to, help along the
cause" tatt93 8af A9
With these words she disappeared into
an inner room, but came forth in a few
minutes with a gray bhnketthrown ever
her shoulders. ai sedt taet l 19t
''I took this out Of the Yank's hayer.
sack, )" said she with short dry laug ugh
'sdon't you think it becomes me -
"Aye, aye, my coed woman, very
much, but lead onif you please, for We
have no time to loose =
Forward, march sheexclaimed, i'm.
itating the voice of man with strong
lungs. Forward, march Close up
close up !" And she moved along the
road at the tottering pace natural to a
person of her years. Y 1iI.2l7 a
The night by this time had become
very dark. The sky was obscured with
thick driving clouds, and the wind
screamed and roared among the tai
pines that lowered upon each side of the
road. Occasionally a branch wrenched
from it's native trunk would fallinto the
road with a terrific crash, and more than
cnee the rebels started back and cooked
their pieces in the belief that the din
was caused by the discharge of some
Yankee rife. ia 80 lH ea
"Hal hal ha!n laughed the old hag
upon one of these. occasions, sit seems
to me that you are easily startled. Don t
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