La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1865-11-11
Thibodaux, La, November IL, 1865.

where its spurs would dig into its boots.
Thank God, that is one point which your
sready-made soldier can't get over. Being
unaecustomed to wear spurs. they cut
their boots Mt every turn They can nc
mere wear a spur than they can sit 1on a
horse. Pefeoiving that It caught my glance
fixed on its feet, / observed that he wore
a cruel spur."
Jaw, yes but YOU see I thke them off
when l wide-my mare is a wace horse,
.and wuns Away"
1t required-aN my dignity to preserve
my gravity. ana seeing that Jaliana Mar
luna was displeased with my manner tow
ards Major Peter Nip Nianege, of Gen.
Heltersplit's staff / turned my back ON
them. and commenced studying the Pill
grim's Progress, wliGh | found lying on
the table,. y
DO you know my dear Miss. julia"
it said in a low tone," oil that / wequire
to complete my happiness?
"a looking-glass, six by four - said |,
over my shoulder.
ut is the knowledge that yen will We
, gwet me while | am gone on this dwead-
full business
Dill yOu Will Cili btiuTt you ituf0%
| she asked, and saw in a mirror before me
that she took his hand in hers and press
ed it.
,.Yon be d-d!"I muttered, g but,
thank Sod, it is going off somewhere"
(rhis dreadful expedition turned out to be
a pleasure trip up to some works atChoc-
taw Bluff
However. much to my relief, it soon took
its leave. and | had the satisfaction to see
| itself spur its feet twice in bowling itself
cut.
Nov, Miss Julianna Maria Lnvemol,'
snid With that mild dignity for which
Gen. Adams 50 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pIease'
def,e your position, and explain your con-
duct. -AYhien we last met my attentions
WORCESTERSHIRE for you .and. you had IA. use
for sust&1k39Tssas have pft vah.aY to- am
/ TO thiHRaaagspak reellYsfaEx1sssuaneISWe
understand each other the@Besfefsaszzss
She entrenched herself behind her tears,
and sobbed out Il did attfhfffnSsaEissxed E6Mz
Curry ,spMt you-ou.oustayea d So long,
na 1sG lliilata sasgs
4 ~, ssi
gentfenesssa III Nm san e, u 4 fBszffff8a rrnossain
my hssFs:
For your love, andfagniuSSsyopr ap-
plause, what have l not dared? My flag
proudly bears the name of every bloody
field from Belmont to Murfreesboro, buff
to a man like notwithstanding up-you
| prefer tile lemon-scented cuSs, why. you
may do very well for little Nip Nlnnegoesa
but you would never do for the mother OF
the heroic little Curry Combs
Craurasing my Int as .fardowil on my head
as it would go, stalked majestically forth.
MY nose in the air, my chin horizontally,
my hands clcnclrcd, and, had | met Major
Peter Nip Ninnego, of Gen. Heltersplit's
staff, / should have taken it by It's hindlegs
and beateE ITS brains out againstthe curb
stone.
But instead Of meeting him, I encoun-7
tered tire gaflsAt Col. Buttomzulver. with
the sweet girl leaning on his arm, who had
been SO anxious to get her hair fixed. -
"And do you love me so much! She
asked, in II tome which was music itself.
Never mind old f How" / thought to
myself, as | passed them" you'll discover
the difference if ever you marry her and
have a back gallery to your house.
Meeting my esteemed friend, Won Shne:-
derkins, who, having just been promoted,
sported his three stars for the first time,
He won them we'll and maybe wear them long!'
we went to the Manassas Club, and amid
the genial hospitality, wit and good iuleps
of that institution, | ceased to think about |
the false Juliana Mariana Luvemol and
major Nip Ninnego, of Gen. HeItersplit's
staff. Rendered desperate by the julep and
my broken heart, | invited Von Sheiders-
kins, and some amphibious marine animal
that called u.s. bloody %soiers. to dine with
me at the Frenchman's, down on Cont |
street. We had a hemp of fun out of the
''Gun-boat," as the Colonel called him."
and made him SO drunk that he took Won
Sheiaerskin's head for Sand Island light
house.an the last thing he said as he left.
US, was
Haul her up when yen ktrike four fathoms.n
What he meant was nonesofmy business, |
bnt paying for his dinner was, | found OUT
to the tune of one hundred and sixty -ive>l
dollars. Leaving " Gun-boat ON his beam
to see a new play by a Mobile man. | think
the play was a geea one, but Won and I en-
.joyed ourselves better looking at ladies'
necks than at the stage. How amiabls in
them thus to display those charms we are
ashamed to ask to see !! Bless their sweet
souls they know the more we see Of them
the more we love them, and they let us
see as much as possible.
But why weary you with that nights
~adventurel Arm-in-arm my steadfast
friend and | staggered through the night,
and had all the fun there was and my last
reflection was that Gun-boat. y made a
natural mistake when he thought the Coils
head was Sand Island light.
Seven o'clock next morning found me sit
ting alone en- q baneh In the public squa-
re, elbows on knees, chin resting in my
palms. soliloquizing to the following efect:
"Well, Ill be d-d!.'( very little doubt
of that, ifyou keep on,) /" / wish this war
was over, SO a fellow could get some Con-
gress water in the morning. Evan s Rlua