The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-10-01

"Yah, I shpeaks English a leetle; perhaps Jot
shpeaks peter der German
"No, not word" "Vell, den, Meester, its hard
for to be oonderstsndt
vos drei yahr In your coontry, fights In der TmI
init Sherman
Twentiet Illinois Infantry-fghtin' Joe Hooker's
commando"
$50 you've seen service in Georgla-sveteran, eh ?"
"Ven, / tell you
shust how 1t vas vent ofer in sixty,un landt In
Nei York.
shpends all mine money. gets sick, und near dies In
der Hospiddal Bellevue;
Ven GETS peter tramps to Sheecago to look for
some york."
.Pretty young then, 1 suppose p "Yah. svansig
apout; und der beopics
vot goes to for TO ask tor some work dey haze none
for to geef;
Efery Won laughs; but holds my head ope shnst 30
high . Ger steeples. --..--z
Only dot var comes along, or should have die,
belief
Ever get wounded ? notice you walk rather LAM
and unsteady,
Pshawi got wooden LEG, eh 2 What attlef Al
Lookout don't eay1 .. ..
empty already, ..-. .. .,
Call for another. Therei tell me how twas you got
wounded that day"
swell. We charge ope der side of der mountain-der
sky vos all smoky and hazy,
We fight all day long in der clouds. but nefer get
hit until night
Butt don't care to say moo ch apout it. Der poys
called me foolish and crazy, o. .
Und der doctor vot cut ofe my leg,he say, Gootdot
II serf me shust right" .. - .
.But dink's wood do dot thing over again, shust
der same. and no matter
yot any man say" "welI, let's hear it-you needn't
mind talking to me, .s.
For was there, too as tell you-and Lord how the
bullets did pstter .......
Around on that breastwork of boulders that shel-
tered our Tenth Tennessee" .
"so7 Dot vos Tennessee regiment charged upon
ours in der efening, ". a. . .
shust before dark und dey yell dey charge, und we
geef hurrah, .'H
Der of de guns, It vos orful" ''Ahi yes, Ire
member, twas deafening. "r"
The hottest musketry firing that ever our regimen
saw"
"Und after We drove dem back, und der night come
Upd dinks dot I hear somepody callin'-a voice
dot cried,
.Pring me some water for Colts sake II saw his
pelt-plate giisten. .... .. .......... b..
oonder der moonlight, on der barspet, shust out-
side" "r&Err "ZNr-E-
81 dhrow nv canteen ofer to ne ie but he quick
answer
Dot his left handt vos gone, und his right arm
broke init ball; ... q. w. =
Den shnmp ofer und gife him 10 drink but shust a
Iran, sir, - .... ..-
Bang, come sharpshooter's pullet, usd dots how
1t vos-dot ish sll." ed.
"And they called yon foolish and crazy, did they
Him, you befnended- .rse
The reb, msan--what becarse Of him . Did b.
ever come round - r.. ar.
"Dcy tell me he crawl TO my eide, xnd call TIL hi
strength yos all ended a- .a
Untl dey ceme ont init der etretchen, and carry ii
of from der ground" a" .Fnrz
"but before We 90. hs ask me my name und says he
'Yacob Keller, fa. .a.r
You loses your leg for me, und some day II both Q
Ms leefs, 7# HHst ggs
] shsws you don't vorget but he most hafe died
de poor feiler a##
nefer hear ote him since. He don't get VEIL 1 be
liefs."
'only ! always got der saddisiachshun OF know
.m ing
shtopl vot's der matter Here, take some pee
you're vite ss q sheet q
Shteadyi your kandt on my shoulder my gootness
dinks you vos going - +
To lose your senses away und fall right of mit d
II sest"
"Geef me your handts. vot der left won gone
Und you vos q soldier " e 80
In dot same battle Pa Tenne ssse regiment s-dos
mighty queer A8# Fh1#HS
Berhsps after an you're""Yes- Jscob God bless n
old fellow, told you 57 sfH see
I'd nevcr-no never forget W N. ] told you J
come, and I'm here. hf He@t vtH
SrurTaARr, August, 1886.