The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-10-31
{ lie Demprrat- STA,
BUCK
His Adventure In Ssareh Of food a..
The Last Cnplcasan,pe.s

The Last Unplcassn,De.s.
"When | was ~re,nrpi,.
upon u furloush during lLs n"als
part of The war; sad Cn ,"''er
nan Buck kil:pre. of Try"ert''
Washington Post reporter :" 10. ,ns
ell up VI Il little calm on The puQ,
in Louisiana about night. Tha 'o5l
occupant OF the cabin Was W.
~ man She refused 10 Ia, nv we
main during the nisht mr. IN
me Anything to eat. hal give
gold dollar in my pocket Will, %'S
offered To pay her for a cbiIi
which had just been cooked "eh
vas smoking ON the table S Sau
refused TO sell the chicken y, o"S
price, but va willing 10 wape, W." wy
chicken against the dollar lin, am'
could beat me jnmpin! | 10 m, '%o
the first jump, starting from 'I ,%s
log doorstep. y"
'"oN q survey Of the yprv
short woman who had banlerpd u.
for a trial OF my activity, and tbos
surveyed myself. wa. n Io"a
legged cn-s, and | pu, the dnIIs,
on the table by the chicken
then took a post on on the dno,,
step, swung my hand, 10 and +,
plumbing for my flight through
The air. Then | lit ont for the ,91I,
e>t jump OH record. BY the finn.
| hi; the ground and turned To 81.
The woman follaw she had sbut lbs
i, or and fastened II on the in,ilp
The only thing | could see WINS lLs
nuzzle Of \ double harrplec sbol.
gun, supplemented by A firm tp.
male voice admonishng me ia
move out, and to move quickly. /
moved. There WAS somelhipo
about that voice and that yun tbnt
inspired me with the IDEA TINT il
would be unhealthy for me TO In.
ger there longer.
at wa now dark, and goinga
halI.mile | stopped for the night
at a gin house, under which sloOl
a grlst mill no longer in use,
placed two or three plaHkS on tnh
0f the hopper, some seven or eight
feet from the ground. and crswled
up for a nights sleep. | had not
Leen there long when | heard a
peculiar whistle, moi Tar away,
which waS responded to in a oppO,
lite direction. Pretty soon The
parties, man and woman, met I'm.
der The gin house and took seats
ON III" Tram" Immediately beneath
me. | soon learned from the con.
v~erSallon that the man was living
in the woods t. ESCAPE the con.
script officer, and that the woman
Vas his wife, who had brought him
his supper, While she was spread.
ing The meal for him she was chat
ting pleasantly abont the incidents
OF the day, telling him among 9th
or things ow she had won a gold
dollar franz u simple Texas soldier
on his way home on a lurlough,
and how he 'hirled the gravel
when she shoWei him the gun
empty gun, etr. | had become III
lensely interested in the cOnyerss'
ton and was trying my lie I to get
Il glimpse of the couple over The
edge Of my scalfoid. Leaning leo
lar The scaifold tilted, when myself
and The whole thing came righ!
down between them. They did
not wait to investigate the cause
of tile crash, but lit out, leaving
the chicken, bread, milk and Other
eatables, 1 gobbled up The pile
and crammrd it into my hager,
sack, went of n short di-tance and
ale until | was filed. Nexi morn.
ing | was wei ty miles away, with
a full stomach aud Il light heart,
hitting The ground only in high
places as | headed Tor Texas"