Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-27
we hadn't but just said A. There was
Al. I.fl .l.I..I., A. .,

hard bread ! tell We we pinned after
onions and such truck worse'n them
old lsr'clitr> IN the hymn book did,
well remember how one day Char
ley Bis, WIS ruain'out that old hymn:
The way Isul u'N. ms IL opens 10 view
An hrutul ,, the rpluJiu' Red sea,
So none nos unrG uns Hak ~ the onions and lceks,
And dnii tia scout garlic 20 me
|. Chapm stepped mp, rs solemn rs "A
clam, and threatened 10 punch his
head.
stop THAI blarstaa tune!" says he.
I'm nigh ghngt ready 70 desert for a
! head Of c,a. Up, and ! caut bear TO
/ hear onion, W.aIe li-It Of
There WIs one colonel had a pgi-
mcut in caulpaiong OF us who was the
greatest hand touag the mrn you ever
sra lie wa rs pcruicilty as an old
| maid and as nOtiunGl as an old bache.
Ter He sep tlc mCn up 70 drill rs
Ihough twas salvation, and inspected
them within an inch of their lives,
and called that discipline; and pr.aps
il was.
But lac done worse; he KEEP Scttin
traps for to kctch the men nappin'.
1 He'd travel outside the vilcttgs and
pickets SOS TO see ii they was awake
and alert, and if they wasn't. then
they had TO take it,
Well, as | was Sayin', sc were new
to the business, and to be spicd on and
roarcd at and kctchvl nappin' made US
all pretty snappisl, and Cool himself,
who was ordinarily as clever rs could
be, was stirred up.
iii fix hIm!' says he, II night,
when We was ta!kiu' ii over by the
fire. wait till my turn comes
Sure enough, the next night lac WAS
on yidette duty. and lac hcerd Il noise
in the bushes, Up went his musket.
WHO goes thereF lac roared.
Officer of the day" says the
colonel.
Il know no officer Of the day out
side the lines, throw w your hands,
dismount and surrender yelled Cool.
IL tell you I'm ui,iccruf the day, y
says the colonel. muddcr'u "A yeller
hornet.
Il know no Officer of the day out
side the lines; dismuunt or fire" re
peated Cool.
Well, the colonel r'ared and sput
tered, but Cool never lowered lls gun.
and finally the colonel had TO dis
mount and come along toward Cool.
Il tell you, you blockhead. lmCol
Blank, officer Of the day"
Cool cocGed his gun and leveled il
at the fclier's head, sayin' again;
II know no officer of the day out
side the lines; give up your side arms
or ! shall shoot you through the
head"
Wen. tie colonel RELY b'lieved
Cool didn't wcO'nize him, so he handed
over his size arms, and Cool marched
him in cicar through the camp 10
headquarters. an handed him over 10
the general.
/ tell You Mister Blank got q charge
% cold SHOT in the line o tongue lash
in that time, for the general was full
o steel; but Cool got promoted for
bravery
Wien we got to Port Hudson. one
night before the battle we was lyin'
round on the ground. and Cool he was
stretched Uut on his back, sort of tilt
ed up against a little stump, fast
asleep. | lay about twenty feet of,
and we had u lie goin', soft | could
see him iayin there like a big log,
mouth wide open and big feet turned
toes up jest though the want nothin'
goiu on.
Pretty soon | heard Zip zipl' and a
minnie bullet just took of the toe Of
one Of those great army shoes, and
/ then buried itself in the stump close
To his ear; just shaved it! He riz up
/ a little.
What's coin' ONT" says lie.
why" said /, there's some bull
lets u-iiyin' round here, and one nigh
about shot Off your car. You'll find
ii in that stump"
lie looked around, as quiet as Sun.
day.
well. I'll get a leetle out o their
way sars hn, and with that rolled
over about foot 10 the left, shut his
eyes and was suorin' inside OF three
minutes.
After fap battle was over we had To
stay on tllu.yld pretty much all night.
When we begun To fall back next
morning there wasn't any way 20 gJt
20 comp Lgt through u Tl'nc that the
oucuya ,uus E,sgl-aud lAoy kept
rGin' ui u. into another world prgDy
s9gv as }n #mUt Through the gul,y.
We Carl at ialr EIoug tho wound
Oh. sp t''g ,-pt INTO the bushes the
n.,l lhrr gH.l. and there they had ia
in GIl before VIC could 90 after
Oh aab lr'~I era out. il was hard,
bot tIba.s W,U
But ro csf,1nt let 'em lie There an
through llai hot day, with no water
aud DUibia .y s,guuh their wounds,
30 a0ual I'D. rhine wg got leave TO call
for "a volunteer 90 go over 10 en-.
Now LalE.iNt Is and that ravine
there wn, about forty rod, Of old
iig'd, as baIg as "A brick, wight in tie
euomy's range u WIS q pretty smart
risk To run o. cross tlst Held. with
water and cotton, and We uIl knew H.,
but the word Tor a volunteer wasn't
out of C0pcn's mouth before old Cool
JumPrdUp
"Iil 20 SIR says he "Lshayeut
got nOiuggu JE8ucy1 IL home, and he
grinnud 80 he Siagtcl orl with ten
cantccns full Of water sluug onto him
aud "A bundle Of cotton uuucr his arm.
Cool says /, tryin' to act MS
though | biicvcd he was certim sure
to get there. You be real economical
about d~istributin' that water, because