Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-07-22

prize money and plunder and pay. and
stealing from the natives wherever was,
1 'ad scraped together quite sum of mo-
ney, which was sewed up in the lining Of
my coat, and buried with my body. close
by the magazine wall, where the rock is
covered with little earth, not two 'undred
yards from here, right under big round
stone"
"Well," 1 said, impatiently, for this
began to look like business.
"Well," said he, with a burst of spec
trail passion, II was Away saving man;
I am saving ghost; can't bear to see
that money rusting in the earth and be-
Sides" said he, with the utmost agony on
his features-''if it amt dug up soon the
blasted Yankees will overrun this country
and some Connecticut clamdigger will
get my money, and perhaps make my
bones into cheese knives"
Don't feel SO cut up" said I.
Il can't help it, Billy, said he, 'when
I think of that. Dig me up, Billy--the
money is yours" and with that he van
ished.
Now. sir, here was placed in duced
pretty fix. By the kindness of this gen.
tlemanly ghost I was placed in possession
of valuable information. I knew where
that round stone was, and [ knew that
pioneers shovel was leaning right against
it; and [ thought I knew that the
Grounds" would not come to my post for
more than an hour. When should I
get better opportunity to recover the
property ofthis refined and diguifed spec
tre? | was tempted and l fell. Leaving
my rifle in the box 1 sloped gently down
to the spot and commenced to dig.
Not more than two shovelfulls of earth
had I turned over before the officer of the
guard arrived at my post with his escort
and found me gone. know they thought
the ghost had whisked me off to limbo;
because they were so excited when they
shouted:
"Guard turn out! Guard turn out -
Corporal of the Guard! He, hi, ho, dou-
BILE quick:
Yes, and as they shouted they began to
double quick toward the guard house. and
the guard began to double quick toward
them, and both had to pass where I was,
and right close to the round stone they
met before I could get out of the way
and they grabbed me-and, sir, [, the
bravest of the lot, in three minutes was
hand -cuffed in the guard house, with my
belts off, and charges Of ''cowardice and
deserting my post" against my name
Now. what do you think Of the gratitude
of Johnny Bull?
Why, sir, when I was tried by dis
trict court martial, they laughed at me
when I told them about the ghost; they
said I hadn't seen a ghost at all; they
said was the biggest coward of the three,
that had sneaked away from my post to
hide beneath the magazine wall, so as to
have shorter distance to run to the guard
house they said | must be made an ex-
ample of, and sentenced me to six months
shot-drill in the military prison.
But. sir, they did believe was ghost;
if they didn't, what did they want to dig
all around the magazine walls for in search
of the money-and why did they want to
put this order on the sentry board at the
post of the Kings Battery:
headquarters, Citadel Guard.-All ghosts
spectres, apparitions, dogs, ETC., are hereby
forbidden to prowl around the Kings Battery
on any pretence whatever. And all sentinels
are strictly forbidden to show the least signs of
cowardice at the approach of such parties-un-
less the latter are furnished with pass from
the officer commanding"
Why, indeed? Answer me that!