The National tribune., 1886-04-08
KY NOV $50 and e.

TIL next time" he said to himself, "hut"-
and an hour later ST placed i'll the Chaplain's
hand a letter. 1t said
KY, Nov, 1900 and 81.
DEER ANNIE: We was pade off to-day. dident
git vary much only little more'n ieven dOilerS.
They give me jest the saim what privit gifts and
line CorporiI. l think its almitey mean don't
yew. And the sutler the boys calls him Skinner
he takes the hide rite off he got purity nj half
my money. He sed / ode it TO him fer checks.
Checks is what the boys gifts from the sutler wen
they aint got emmy money to bye pixies an sar-
deems an things. 1 CESS the suter puts down too
doers on his book evry time a man byes do!lers
worth of checks. Then it don't take more N min
its to spend the checks. You hav to pay 10 sents
fer a peece of cheese that amt emmy biggern post
idge stamp. That's the kind of a man the suit
Ter is. Shorty he gives the kurnel lots of stuff
but we cant all be kurnels fer thar woodent be
ennyboddy to Xix the rebbles. Now Annie this is
the furst money ever urned fer myself and jest
wanted to cend part of 1t fer yew To git sumthing
thattle always make We think of 81. Yew may
well have it cause if we doant line afeerd the suit
Ter will git it. Take this $500 dolers and bye a
wiring to ware yer finger. Yew no witch finger
that wiring and what yere warm it fer jist tell EN-
nun of thare bizness. We has sum awflie hard
times but lime gon to stick by the star 5tranged
bangor rs longs thares rag OF her left.
The rose is red the vets blew
Sugar is sweet and bully fer yew.
Always yourn ST KLEGG.
That night, after ST and Shorty had gone to
bed, the recollection of how the Paymaster's
clerk had treated him ranked in Sis breast.
He felt that the great law of compensation re-
quired that he should in some way get even
with him. AS he lay thinking over various
schemes for revenge. brilliant idea flashed
through his mind He thought he would ask
his cOmrade about it,
"Shorty, wake up a minit!"
And ST rose up and shook his bedfellow,
who was already snoring in the first sweet
sleep of night"
"Whatcher want?" said Shorty, with his
temper somewhat ruffled at being so rudely
aroused from his slumber.
'.Tve got an idee " said ST.
"Wall, don't let it git away" said Shorty;
cause We don't have many of 'em to spare"
Much obleeged t ye, pard. But say, hev we
got any o them little pediculuses? Ye know
what mean you calls 'em graybacks."
81 reck'n So" said Shorty; "but s'posin'
l hev, wat of it?"
"Lemme tell ye bout scheme I've got in
my head. Ye know that smart Teller that S
clerk fer the Paymaster?"
"Yaas"
can We know how he sailed into me cause /
kicked on gttn' only privits pay, and cause l
couldn't write fast enough to suit him? | s'pose
he haint got any sand n was in hurry to get
back to the rear agin fer fear he'd git hurt"
"Yaas!"
wall, cuOIbyp nC uOu u lOOh II nS u ever
seen one o them leetle bugs 't makes things
so lively fer US. I'd jest like ter corral q few
of 'em N go up ter the tent whar he's sleepin'
N see f can't turn 'em loose in his clothes.
I'm goin' ter try it, anyhow"
BY this time Shorty was fully awake and
entered with considerable enthusiasm into Sis
plan.
THAT III be tip-top, 81, if We can make il"
he said. III see what l kin do fer vel"
So 81 and Shorty stripped off their neither
garments, lighted candle, and began the
search. We need not dwell upon the scene.
1t will suffice to say that they did not have to
hunt great while. They secured dozen or
so robust and healthy specimens, that seemed
to have good appetites. ST carefully impris-
Oned them in q piece of paper, hurriedly drew
on his clothes and started on his mission.
"Be keerful we don't git ketched," said
Shorty "ye know there's guard there n
they'll think ye're tryin' to burgle the Pay
masters moneybOx."
Fortunately the night was dark, and this
favored Sis infamous plot. He crept cautiously
up to the rear OF the tent occupied by the Pay
master and his clerk. A light was burning
dimly within, and q guard was lazily pacing to
ana fro in front.
ST raised the canvas and peeped under. The
disbursers of greenbacks were lying upon cots,
one at each side of the tent, with their clothes
at their heads. ST could distinguish the Ma
lOr S uniform at one col anu ne KNEW the OIneE
fellow was the clerk-the man he was after.
Il s'pose he's got his shirt on" he said to HIM
self, "but it'll do jest s we'll to put EN- inside
his britches They'll git thar all the same"
81 carefully drew down the clerks trousers
and in an instant the work was done. He re-
turned the garment to its place and quietly
slid back to his quarters.
Guess I've got the bulge on him." he said,
as he entered the tent, where Shorty was wait
ing to learn the result of his trip.
Fixed him, did ye Sir"
"Bet yer bottom dollar / did" and ST told
him all about it.
"Sarves him right" said Shorty. "He thinks
he's heap better N the rest of us, but he Amt.
He'll have bout thousand of m in a couple O.
days"
"Ikinder wanted ter stick two or three of 'cm