Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-11-06

ieved the old guard, and then, having
| gone through the regular duty and
dined. endeavored to pass the time until
the field officer had visited me. The
previous evening I had been at ball in
town, and ia consequence was very tired
and sleepy, and looked with consider
able longing to the period when L could
refresh myself by disrobing and enjoy
ing o good snooze.
leng >, ''Who comes there ?" which was
answered by the response, "Grand
rounds" and " Guard, turn out p was a
signal which I willingly obeyed, for I
knew that in an hour aftefwafd should
be in the arms of the god of sleep.
Slipping on my cloak and cap, and
grasping my sword, I placed myself in
front of the guard and received the
field officer, who briefly asked me if
everything was correct, directed me to
dismiss my guard, and rode off without
saying Good night, a proceeding that
I thought rather formal.
Giving directions to the sergeant to
call me in an hour, for the purpose of
visiting the sentries, I threw myself into
my arm chair and tried to read novel
The time passed very quickly, as had
a nap or two, and the sergeant soon ap-
ip.eTJ pe"neI Nv WIZ nara lanOeiN W oono"o' nie
ioInu IT, uas sne Ie tarr;i,,a ,inh+ tho wind blow,
h5 Ill H. an, 5 onG VIZ ~ Wv,
49, 49,, T ofona IS % anu Ti Tte' +h Meie
mometer was several degrees below
freezing, and felt that deserved much
from my country for performing so con-
scientiously my arduous duties. The
sentries were very much scattered, and
1 had to walk nearly two miles to visit
Snem al. l accomplished my Cas1.
however, auu IeCuIn9u 9 W Ghe Suai9r ec
1rioss of erroo and tbroxino off NV reai-
6e,to1s $3.50 IS, ;,sSn,ad - ;,+o IL faaiinV,, t5a+
really deserved the 1nxnrv
Tn q few moments wasfostasleen not
even dreaming of anv of NV fair mart.
nors of tbo I,oII Int Sonnd siear Snd-
denIv hecame conscious of a great
noise which so,n6ed like a 6rum BEING
beaten.
A. ,o1;, ,,- ,,ou;t;,,
- - - o,,,,I.a,. ~ 80 p1iu-' '-,e.-,
b,t nt ~ 1p inst - aoshed nross "n1re o that mf
,raS ~, @r,,orJ nnd tbot son,etbinr wos
tl Vas VI u"hu' 1nu GnuU ',I os was
CiH na''IL. az oIInPns puv vi oe'' L
oaTeu m1 % Alom wno was Gnele'
lne oereeah' ans "ereo Ill sreA' nur-
~, ssyinS e,
>,
T ..--aI'a '.ae. ~ o-.o go, ,,1in5 4So,,. o'o.
-, nu9meu o5. W 10y GooCi , foot t,st unen III On
ore ornrd into I3y 1oroa , ,ain'en4s1 .nr ,oe
o1ooL 1-,l,;ob - 1,,,iisd ouaS M, ;aranaed
nv forage can On NV head. and orasn-
~ ~, 81 1ooi-o5 - tha -, e Fl
observer as though eft for parade
was lust in time to receive the field
officer, who again asked me if nay guard
was correct. I answered, rather in
tone of surprise, and said Eyes, sir,
all correct"
could NOT imaoine 1vbv NV onard
sbould he visited twice as srcb q pro.
ceedino was unnsnaI and nerhans NV
tone seemed to imniv that was sur.
nrised Whether II Wastbat or whether
q treacberors onst of wind removed the
folds of NV cloak and exhibited the
slightest taste in life in the end of the
night-shirt. I know not: but the field
officer. instead of riding off when he
received INV answer. turned his horses
head in the opposite direction and said
"Now. sir. / want YOU to accompany
me around the sentries."
accompany him to the regions below T
should scarce have been more horror
struck for already had found the
change of temperature between warm
he'd in a warm room and the outside air
and to walk two miles on a windy.
frosty NIGHT with no raiment besides
boots niebt-sbirt and cloak was really
suffering for ones country and no mis-
take.
dored NOT chow tho sliob+os+ bos;+o-
+;o, Lomo--o, u e. a., fao1 the stato $50 of 70
ottire o NIGHT i,e he s,,snected % o 'oo fbonab 70 " +
,.15 aoun hnE u % oe euepeJCu EeoIs Unoun
aI mou.u IaSe e sHen $50 "e:A pay ~ nave
d escapGa ior 9ty Gs"s 1--WE minutes. I'LL YES nIn
olIceL was reauy VIII
lantern, ana we started on our TOUR OF
SIIS
ne a. neiu oiicei ;.,' sskIu 41' severn severn 4ues
Glons coeuec'eu I1 Mien 'ue P2siCLo4 anu
duties OF the sentries, TO Whlch gave
answers as Wen as the chaItef1ng AZ, OF my
teeth "oulo permit me. Inc most ner-
vous WORK, however, was passing the
which were placed at inter-
walls OF one or two hundred yards.
Ihe WIND was blowing SO fresh that 1t
was with d1flculty could hold my CLOAK
around me, and conceal the absence of
my undergarments. Every now and
then an extra gust OF WIND would come
round a corner, and quite defeat all the