The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-15
a SOLDIERS YARN.
Beating the choss >,ory ke~~rd-pesd
sunser. ComiaE B.~k TO prsii.

suaners Coming Bs~k 80 Drill
The strangesi experience evsr had
was a. old PORT William. on Governors
leland. in New York Harbor. over
twenty year ago. vas = Sergeant nj
the time. married. and with nv young
wife had been living on the lower end
o. the island, tu; The commanding off,
Ger concluded 10 tear IL down. and |
was 10 select the best rocms O! the non
commissioned officers quarters in the
then u~noccupied fort VIVA; with my
usual military duties and the fatigue Of
moving and placing thing. To rights. l
Wa pretty well tired out when night
came and slept like 4 log Nv wife
was worn out. TOO. but did not sleep 80
sound a. no; 20 o. disturbed yer
night BY wha; She called ..the funniest
noises. tina, sounded just Ike thunder. y
but | paid little attention 70 her. think
inc THAI il WAS omit the noise OF passing
steamboats, or the wash If the water on
the shore. Il nigh; hsve been two
week, after | had settled downfall one
night | awoke suddenly from i sound
sleep with tina, peculiar feeling o. dread
or uneasiness upon me which ar.scs
from Al unknown cause. and has been
experienced oy nearly al III Is
John. DO YOU hcar u now asked
nv wife. when she discovered | wa.
awake; Ut sound. Ike some persons a,
work below
Listening for I short time. l recoC-
nized familiar sounds, and had | not
been positive that the doors were
locked. with the KEYS hanging on = nail
in nv room. | would have sworn tha;
the bat,erie, We've manned by expert
enced gunners. The quick tread Of
the men a. they dragged the guns III.
the ring Of the hammer. the handling
of the shot that lay piled IN readiness
for use. the return If the iron wheels
over the rails - il va, run out Of the
port was perfec; In every detail. only
lacking the words Of command and
the report Of the piece 70 complete the
illusion.
A. listened the uprUar Increased in
volume unuiIt was impossible for uSto
hear each other voices without raising
them e = high pitch. The guns were
served with what seemed incrcdi-
bic rapidiIy and the very walls. mas
sive n they Were, trcmb!cd under the
heavy artillery IN continual motion.
while the balls were rUllin. from one
end Of the easement, 10 the other.
striking the sides with heavy thud,.
Unable 10 stand TIN. state Of affair,
any longer. | arose and lighting my
lantern. took the KEYS along with a
loaded revolver. and desc, nding the
stairs a. lightly - possible, reached
the doors. The noise Al this point was.
il anything, more deafening than when
l left my room.
Cautiously inserting thu key into the
lock | cooked my sIX-shooter. and
throwing the door open suddenly. with
raised lantern and weapon presented.
entered the nearest easement to find II
unoccupied, save by the grim old gun
and the shot stacked in their usual
places. IL was the same in every bat
terry | entered. Not a Footprint di--
turbcd the thick dust upon the iioor,
o was there 4 iinger-mark upon
either the gun or shot. The tompion>
We're in place and no carriage had
travelled over the rusty rails. Con-
founded even still more than | was
before. ! returned 20 my room. and
was disturbed no more hat night.
The racket, however, commenced
again the following night and
was kept up with Slight intermiss.On
for a month. NV accounted this singular
disturbance was met with jes;s and
laughter from my fellow-soldier>. which
they modified. II il true. when | cor
roborated il by nv wife. hut then only
so far a. 70 declare that Il Wa, a scheme
on our part 20 get removed FROM M
comfortable quarters 70 one Of the new
quarters then about completed. Neti!ei
AZ their taunts / vowed tina; If ever the
noises commenced again | would hay.
other witnesses 20 them. and | did not
have long ~ wait. for about our month
after ] was awakened BY the phanton
cunners. This time | passed out over
the draw-bridge. and. going To the
mems quarters awakened a Sergeant
by the name OF Smith-poor fellow he
with me twenty q and Is
now in the insane ASYLUM a. Washing
much against his Will made
him accompany me 20 the Gene. After
standing listening 10 the racket until
Smiths face was a. white - q sheet.
and he was trembling from head 10
foot. | threw open the door. Smith
declared that for 4 moment he
saw the gho-tly crcw 4; their places.
but / could detect nothing. nor could
discover am cause for the disturb
Some months after leaving the island
| learned that during the Mexican war
an artillery company drilled with these
some time before they lef: for
Mexico and that they were nearly all
killed in battle. suppose it mus; have
been a freak of theirs 10 have their re-
unions in these easements and practice
with their old friends, the guns--MtH-
neapollS Tribune.
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Cure; no morpSia no poisons- Only TWEEN
ty-sve cents St Jacobs Oil cures pain
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