Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-14

one cold cloudy Christmas day.
when the prospects Of the Confeiera
ey we're AZ gloomy ss the weather, an
Arkansas soldier, whose ck,thes hook
el As though they had been run
through machine, approached Gen.
sral Nisdmsn. Who sat on a stump
near Ore, and said
General. wouldn1 little alenee
SO putty well this morniusf Iou
knov, ia Arkansas ve allus Cilibrste
Christmas With little o The stuff =
IVES, the General replied, and
shaald like 50 have quart Of ii
right now
Wei. lets So 10 your tent. shsr
nols,9dy ken see us, 40 we1l make
soae 'rangements
When they entered the ,eat the
soldier said
You ~, the whisky aud I'll sit
the aies ard sugar
" All right
The soldier went avay, ard after =
white, With detected csantsnasce, he
retaFRsd sith toe Information that
SWINE sBe had stolen the " articles
I'm dsvllisA sorry, sAtd he. Tor
I've bsea 81 sA.in' them tinFs far yer
hsuess fss hong asne. kn0eia ho~
4 aisnos veula ssFike vst Chrstmas
day.
That 4 bad said The General
and II coala disoovef the thief. be
sAoaid ~ paessheA say here. and
Il "a 80 - .ss6s A. 4 u So. 81
Tae tsene4aA after mitch dlsi1ceits
seecsS,ie,i u securing tAe lagrestents
| ana 81. long = eeei II the frothies
dYtak - prepared
Al, sAsa TIE ssssdSef. rxalans
rs TIA csp che thsFd time, tal'
tastes Nke Old tinses, wAcn | ester {,
get 80 sfsgw cav an Gre "a TIE o}t
fUzee rattwo meas heads together
ard satAin' is gosa ter hacpen
1 SAortly after the soldier teft toe
tent, C,ssonel lsob Ne~tcA, CAvi II
ASHdmsns sssa catered and ssid
No Yea remember cid Dave psSk
ttt Who Used 60 rue q asteost 90
White f1veff7
Nes BE- wAs here bat . moment
age
4e came 10 ee tbs noralue.
The Coloeel cen1nae,i, sad eesss
% tals eeoat esgaog said that ID
hsd hcen keeping eegs saS sugar tS'
me For hong time, sad thar u
/ would furnish The whisky We ~cald
have a Christmas SriAk agreed,
ard he went AWAY, returning pretty
| ana, ssd sorwe~fallS saacuncei
~5sne one had steAea his tr~asurx.
Rather han see the old fellow suffer.
! furnished everything, ans IN Fec
moments we"
tssred morning, scntleuen, ssia
tseneTal ,henchill, catering The teat
- Had 4 fsae eegnoG esilv this morn.
nc Aa ola t,Alow that usea - rSa
hsteoas 90 White river said thar be
sould furnish the eggs and sugar"
- Bat dia he 10 az asked Rad
! man and Newton simultaneously.
No, some wretch had stolea TIE
stuff Hel9o. here II Pagan
Gentlemen, said General FaSsn,
yoa ought 70 have been with ne
this morning Az Old telleW. a for,
naeF tlsthoslmsn, came 10 me saS
talked ahoat eggs till he inside my
mouth water ae said thst he hsd
been saving 40 4 lot 81 oeSs sna sag.
~ for my benefit, ssd thAits woala
furnish TEE whiskcy wt ~o9lS cele.
hrste agreed, and he vert svAS
bet never ss~ more caSt.lowa
mar than he wss apon retaTniae
Soae one hsd stolen the eggs oos |
saratshed The ongft, seeing The dissa
pointment woald kjN the ola teAov
Relic, RtyeoltfSf"
'Ssscs morning. gentlemen, SAID
taenersl REYNOLDS ~ have ass =
'sne time tAs morning 40 old tea
faN@"
i4al6 90. shouted the Other taet
'we know al about thu egSsses 'jAs
hsSi neSS
General aisdnsn called ~ eraee
r. and giving Ala The nAme - the
CSC man, sad
Fine fhsg assn An6 mSSe hisa
arenk, i 4 tskeS eveSN aran a. ~he
key " tase Cea seaee1Sss. >esa nsesra
shsla noS 80 uoee~xessea S--T<xss
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