Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-26

Did yoa ever - . gbsst!"

"No."
"Did 700 e.er - ssy 60 vhe bod
seen Q gh0s4s"
Il can't y 'A.' ! ever did" ~ 70
whereupen The essslsosa s.id thai
in the persoa Of oss a the oGIcess Of
the city eovssnasst could bs sssn ess
Who had once bad veSitable intsrviev
with q spirit from the other world.
The reporter visited the gentleman.
"Yes, sir" he Gid 10 the reporter,
lit IL the truth. did once zee . ghost,
or have an interview With spirit. Al
least. I think did. I may have been
dreaming; don't know. But il vas Q
most remarkable. . most inexplicsble
dream What you mig 1t call Q prophets
dream. that vas fulflled 10 every de-
tsil in . most Extraordinary manner.
And don't think il vss . dreAA.
1T vaa at the time Al the var.
vas on the confederate side in the var,
. soldier in the First Maryland cavalry.
In the same company vith me vas Q
gentleman from California. whom you
may call Coplestou. I'd rather you
wouldn't publish his real name. He
vas Q splendid fellow, and before long
We became very intimate, ami gradual
" grew to be most devoted friends.
He Vas tbs brsvess Of men, but at the
same time unusually warm hearted and
affectionsts. and our affection for each
other was something unusual among
men.
Zone day vs we're together in . pref
ty hot fight bear Grsenland Gap,
Hardy county. Va. daring General
VIM. +. Jones raid, and, We had NO Ar
tillery with Us. our regiment was dis
mounted and detailed to storm Q church
in which body Of the enemy had en-
trenched themselves. 1t was Q nasty
piece OF work. and the prospects were
slim OF getting back alive. AZ We went
at it, Copleston turned to me and said,
Look here, old fellow, let's promise
each other that il one OF Ne Is killed
without chance TO say good-by, he
will come back again to see the other, il
such thing is possible I understood
him and promised. We got of this
time without much damage, but it was
understood between rs that the agree
ment was lasting.
"Not long after this We were sepa-
rated. He was sent OF with detail
for scouting work upon the Mississippi,
and before he got back l was captured
by Averill at Moorneld, after the Caam-
bersburg raid. They sent me to Camp
Chase. near Columbus. Ohio, and here
I lay for long time, with some fifteen
or twenty thousand other prisoners.
hearing little or nothing OF our men on
the other side Of the Potomac, and then
only from the new prisoners when they
were brought into camp, Of Copleston
we heard nothing ct all.
Gin Camp Chase We lived in big bar
racks, about 800 men in barrack. In
the one in which was in most Of the
men were Marylsnders Of our old COM
mand. We slept in hunks around the
room, and the room was heated by three
big stoves One night I was sitting
by the stove nearest the door, thinking.
It was late, and all the others were in
their hunks asleep. I sat there alone
for some time. looking in the fire and
lost in thought. Suddenly I felt i'm
PEELED to look up, and there, just in
front OF me, on the other side Of the
stove and between it and the door, stood
Copleston."
''Were you alarmed at ALP"
"No, 1 was not alarmed, only greatly
surprised. There was nothing to alarm.
It was only Copleston, dressed in the
same gray suit and black felt hat. I
thought, of course, ct the instant. that
somehow he had been captured and
brought o prisoner to the camp, and
had only Just learned where was. I
exclaimed, why, Copleston, when
were YOU brought I'M! and tried to rise
up and shake hands with him. Icould
not move.
"Copleston looked. at me sadly for
moment and then said, NO, 1 was not
brought here; don't You remember our
agreement"
"'Great heavensr I exclaimed; were
you--Y
eyes, he said, 4 was killed to-day.
He then went on and told me all about
it. One day he and one other OF our
men were surrounded in house near
Lurgy, in Page county, Virginia, by o
squad Of federals. and after little
fight, in which Copleston was wounded
in the leg, the two were captured and
taken in the enemy's camp. They were
held for few days, and were then SEN
fenced to be shot a. an act Of retalia-
ton for some sins laid at Mosby's
door. A sergeant's guard took them
into the woods, and with some touch OF
pity offered to let them run the gaunt'
let, Indian fashion. The other man ~.
cepted this slight chance OF eecape, but