The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-29
.rHE LATE WAR.
STORY or VERY EXACT MAN WHO
COULD NOT Poss BLY, TELL A


We stopped at iarm>house to gel
a drink 81 " t.r and rest the horse i
bit. and us / saw the door was held
BY a canno shall lying against 1t, ]
presently asled the old farmer:
"Ysn were in the war, Of courseg'
yes | DIT from fest to las" be re.
pliel. "fou mean tn, late war, |
suppos'
Eyes"
chats the one mean. | WASH,
in the M xicsn war. NOR the war II
1872. nor yet the Revolutionary wal,
| could lie about il and deceive you,
but | won't do il. Never toll lie in
my life"
"WeIe you 10 many battIe,?'
"Over q hundred. could lie about
il and say over 200, but I wod't. /
never exaggerdte bout anything"
Ever woundsd?'
Fourteen times. sir.
"Is that possible?'
Reckon IL 10, sir. Some Of the fell
lowssiround hero conll tell you they
had been wounded thirty or forty
times, but that isn't my style. / was
biz Just fourteen times, aud I don't
propose 10 add 10 The number"
-You were lucky not ~ lose q leg
~man arm
Yes, I was. coul,l lie TO you
4 say ! bad, but ! won't do 1t. |
be d liar"
What prominent battles did yon
BE part ini"
You mean the last war;
"Yes."
y Because that's the only wsr / was
er in. / never tell thing ! can't
ear ". What prominent battle,
y Iiui,
Yes"
sAll OF 'em OF course. That Was
bat enlisted for Ito be in all prom
snt battles. | could lie TO you and
want In any Of 'em, but l
mt do il. ! never hal an, thing TO
with liar
'.Mhat was your hardest fghts"
Fin the last war;
.Yes."
Between The Yanks and Rebsi"
.Yes. liz.
IL coulIt hardly sav. Some folk
build s.y this or that one was the
Rrdest, but | WAS brought up by
ligious mother. and [ cant be de
|ser. Isimply ft and DC 10 each
!, and when ! got through |. han
Of the boys take q towel and
be and wipe The blood r."
'Y0u must .hsye killed great
my Yankees Whit do you place
b numLer AFT
"Yankess 10 The last war;"
sYes."
EMO. In The Revolutionary wary
ssNo."
well. at about 5000
@Noalf
That's what / said, stranger, Some
"a the fellows around here claim 10
have killed FROM Z 900 70 10000. but
I can't do Il. Il goes agin the grain.
7 souldn't look you 10 the face and
81ny over 1900"
aDid the Union soldiers kn.w
bat q terror yon wertr
aUnion soldiers in the last wary"
aYea'
.war u tie rebellion
That's the one
Il reckoa they did, sir. ! cpuld lie
you zn.l sag reckon they didn't,
10 know you want IL straight Ny
ther lies huritd right across the
BAD, AMI Ia lock purity telling lies
the sh dow his tombstone"
.were Won ever taken prisonerg" ]
kked, after q shirt silence.
"Prison,r Of war;"
"Yes..
I'm ihe Mexicin war;
@No: in the last war"
aF.ver, cir. Svme Of our fslloss
around hete are allus telling hos
many times they acre taken prisoner,
bat | won't lie 10 you. You look
honest, aud I'm going 10 tell sou the
truth. A liar may get along all
right for lev years, bat he's tripped
up At last /"
"Yon must have come ont Of The
war co:onel. at leasif'
This last war;
"Yes."
80 / lid Yes. I won't dcceiye
You. could lie and say / didn't,
but you'd sion NJ my son-In laws NJ
the road and find out the truth.
Tween horse~ihitf and . liar !
pcrfer the thief. lts much more
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