Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-19
WITHOUT PENSIONS.
A Couple of Stories Brought Out BY
a Grand Army Reunion
Losing an Arm In . PawPaw Thickes
climbing . DOoryard Fence
for Magnolia Rl0wers-
The Result.
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Just then there passed in group of re-
turning Grand Army enthusiasts smil-
ing. hilarious blonde with an empty
sleeve. He'll never get pension, said
my Missouri friend. He lost that arm in
paw.,aw thicket TO which he had gone
from the picket line against orders. He
swore he would have some of the
pawpaws if he had TO bring on a general
engagement, and sneaking into the thicket
was shot by the rebel sharp shooters He
fell on the outskirts. but waved his cap TO
show us he was alive
The reserve charged down On the
thicket to rescue him. and the rebels
charged down on them, and the racket
brought re-inforcements from both sides,
and there was right then and there
one of the hottest little fights of
the war. We got Sandy out but it
was a tough pull and the captain.
swearing mad over the way the engage
ment was brought on. Sandy hasn't q
pension because he couldn't say he was
wounded in the line of duty
TAere is queerer case than that right
here in town, said fellow who ranked
hiuh as a Sherman hummer. Il was out
with Corporal X. one day on little scout,
aud we were a couple of hundred yards or
SO in advance of the company when we
spied some lovely magnolias. They were
near ornamental fence built around q
rather pretentious place. and Jack, Happy
Jack we called him, said he must have q
flower
He climbed first to the fence, then into
cluster of trees, and was reaching for q
magnolia blossom when pop went q re-
volver or rifle, and Jacks arm dropped.
He made no remark, but swinging himself
down by his left hand said: Some sneak
of guard over rebel property shot ms.
Let's go for him. We weEt toward the
house rapidly but quietly. and found no
guards were on duty. We were further
assured that there were no men about the
house, and that there was no one there
who could handle rifle on pistol the shot
could not have come from there.
But Jack assured me that he saw the
curl of smoke very close to a certain VIM
dow, and when the company came up we
searched the house We found no signs
of men or arms, and a rather defiaut young
lady was so horror stricken over the event
that we could no more accuse her than the
serene old lady in the parlor the com
Portable looking colored woman in the
kitchen. We left the house, and was in
structed to take Jack to camp We had
proceeded quietly for half a mile when
Jack, who had been in brown study,
burst out with i wonder why that girl
shot me2'
w hat makes you think she shot your
| asked For answer he drew out of his
haversack revolver. with one chamber
empty. / took that from a harmless
looking foot-rest in her room. She will
discover in due time that somebody took
the pistol, and am curious to know what
she will do about it, Why didn't you sx-
pose herr He made no reply, but before we
reached camp he made me promise to keep
his secret And l did 4" but why did
she shoot him2" asked the MissOurian. Il
don't know. She don't know. She has
toldiJack SO probably a thousand times
But do know that he can not get pen
sion on the empty sleeve that came a. .
result of the shot because he won't swear
IN the facts -