, 1890-10-05

and the oommssary took charge of 1t
Pardon my going into detail this way, bu
when L see a bureau just painting for pri
vAte information | like to load il up, anc
only wish that the American people
would Join me in this ~praiseworthy en-.
deavur.
Tho liquor was extremely rooky, l
guess; but that neither here nor there.
The silence OF night gathered about the
sleeping -encampment, and tired nature
soon yielded to overpowcring fatigue. Al
was silence along the misty line OF slumb.
ering forms, save the near by crUnching
and grinding of provender by the jAded
horses or the distant report as some faith
ful picket discharged his duty.
Then all was silent again.
AEON the day breaks, and with it a
wild, mellow howl from enlpany g known
as the SparkhnR-and bright in-its-liquid-
light company; also the teetotalers. This
was calculated to be sarcastic, because
they had painted every Southern state a
bright red barring Texas, and that vas
too big for their stock, so they run out Of
paint.
well, these fellows we're all extremely
full, aad they went on to state that they
were glad OF it, They had been heard to
speak ~LIspIragingly of the rebellion sew
eral times, and 10 say also that If they
were home again they would be almost
willing to let the colored man break bis
own fetlocks 10 such style as ne might
deem proper. They SAID a great many
things about the Inconvenience OF being
chased and shot at for two days running
10y an infuriated toe nj $l3 per month and
6nd ones self.
Later on We ascertained that the
liquor had been secured by incendiaries,
who hod stolen two barrels out of three,
and almost out from uuder our noses.
This verv naturally iDfuriated our off
GERS, who had had only one or two big
drinks out OF it so far. preferring to wait
a day or two in order that it would have
more age. | tasted OF it myself once, so
| was told by friends who held my head
all the day afterward. l couldn't help
thinking at the tims that if this sort of
HOUR was geneoal in the south. piracy,
treason and the use Of cuspidors in the
sanctuary ought not be rocked npon so
severely as they would where a less
malignant style of run was in general
circulation
We'll, to make a long story short, Mr..
Census Burro, [ was selected TO guard
the remaining barrel hat night 1 put
il up on a ~trestle, locked the doors aud
laid down alongside the trestle in my
blankets and waited for day. | kept
awake for probably an hour, though it
seemed to me like a year. Then the
crickets sounded further and further
away, and that was all, for | was tired.
Oh. sir. | was indeed very tired. |
WASH doing regular guard duty. recol-
lect. BuTro, but sort Of volunteer police
duty.
Along about | o'clock, | should say,
| was woke up by a sharp pain in my per-
son, and with 4 shrek of agony which
was heard distinctly by loyal neighbors Of
mine IN Montreal, who said it reminded
them Of the shrek made by Freedom at
the time when KosciuskO tell, | stood in
the middle of the floor wrapped in my
own sad thoughts and an army shirt
which did not extend to the close OF the
war BY any means.
As [ darted away from what seemed
to DO the sting OF an overgrown hornet,
such as one might run across while ram
bling through Satan's preserves, | saw in
the uncertain light the retreatiDg bit Of
a " inch augur. Then | could make
out dimly a large collection OF augur holes
ulrlIluuNtu hIbuuI uNNI Ibt hOOlf tNl
IDENTIFY 10 a vain search for spirits, and be-
low | heard the football of escaping sol
diory as they Tell over each other in their
efforts 10 escape.
The whisky was saved, and in one Of
the battles which occurred soon afterward
l think it won us the day, for our colonel
was so i'll natured because of the head he
had upon him on that dav that before any
one could pacify him be rushed IN and
killed quite 4 lot OF the enemy. thus weak
ening them and turning their flank wrong
side out. which We took advantage Of, and
it gave us the victory.
But | have never been the same man
since ] was so horribly bored. | never
feel sure OF my victuals unless of the very
coarsest character, and | suffer great pain
at tunes. What | cannot understand is
that so many people regard the whole
matter as mirth provoking. Even quiet,
sensible old people who are not at all iriv-
give themselves up to paroEYsms of
when | tell my sad tale. Why
should old silver haired people whose
bloom has been rubbed of for many a
year let off a peal of laughter because my
is weather beaten q the night
air whistles shrough my thoracic ductsp
II have put in all the testimony that
need to. l think, regarding the
case, and have swore to everything that
my attorney has besought me to swear TO,
For six months my right hand was in the
air all the time, it seemed to me, and my
neighbors all have been real good about
swearing to things. | have changed
works with some of them that way. swear
ing to their things, you see, where they
old comrades like, and they swearing
TO mine in return.
''One man-Ill never forget his kind
ness to me-swore hat he was at the
lugur when it struck me. He gave the
date and everything. all the circumstances
regarding the case. and said that after
midnight they had invested some 1000
luger holes in the floor and extended
hem into the atmosphere above, when he
called upon to act. He said he took
the auger with a heavy heart, but made a