The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-30
New York World

did you hear that"
| listened and after n moment it came
again some one on thestreet sounding the call
OF Boots and Saddles on bugle. 1t wasn't
well done. but it had something of the old,
familiar ring something 10 make the blood
leap faster
II couldn't help but rattle about. " said the
sabre, as the notes died away. It's quar-
ter Of q century since I've heard those notes.
and yet it all comes back 10 me in a flash.
hear the commands Prepare to mount
Mount and once moro | am jangling along
side of troopers leg
DO you remember when | got your"
asked.
"Of course DO. I was hanging in the
kitchen of farmers house Mt Brandy Station,
/ Va. and you bought me for two silver dollars.
That was so soon after the war that hadn't
time e. rust. You can't find many O. ). A
uelt-plates around these DAYS. reckon:n
They are very scarce WHAT you story:n
That of a thousand other sabros. You've
heard Of Stuart. the Chevalier, AS our boys
used 10 call himy Well, ! had the honor to
make that famous ride around McClellan's
army with him. This was my first active ser
wee. | belonged 10 a captain, as you can see,
and he knew how to handle me well. You re-
member when Stuart was killed? Well on
that day my captain was beset by three troop
ers at once, but we won victory. The very
first dOwn-strOke he made cut one of those
common sabres slick in halves, and at his first
point was driven througha troopers body.
I'eh Makes me SILVER 10 think Of IL. Poor
Stuart / saw strong men weep like children
that day when they they heard Of his fatal
woundng. Ever up the Shenandoah Vslleyi
YES"
well, after time my captain was trans
ferred over there. and [ was carried up aud
down until / knew every crook and turn of
the highways. MY captain WAS killed over
there in a skirmish. and q second lieutenant
of cavalry somehow got hold of me- This
was promotion backwards. but | soon found
out that ne had strength and skill. II wasn't
over three months, though. before he was
also killed, and from then on had dozen
owners. / was in the cavalry. infantry, and
artillery by turns, and | always got around IN
time for all the big fights You've heard OF
Fitzhugh Lee"
Yes"
And Wade Hampton"
"Of course"
well. at different times Iserved under both.
The night General Jackson was killed at
Charlottesville wasn't quarter OF mile
away. Wasn't that terrible blow 20 u.s.
They kept the news from us as long as they
could. but when it became known some men
looked white and scared. and others Ind tnelr
faces and wept. You were at Gettysburg, Of
course? Rather hot work there, ell? When
Custer drove ut US. thinking 20 get hold Of
our wagon train had the honor of giving
one of you 'uns' q slash across the face
which made him homely man for the rest Of
his life. You men under Custer followed US
over the mountains. Lands but didn't 1t
rain a. Lee began to fall back? We turned
on YOU two or three times and left the road
full Of dead; but our orders were TO fall back
TO the river. Did you make the Wilderness
campaign"
- es
What a place that was "for two mighty
armies TO grapple. | had got into the infan-
try again and this time a major had me. he
was among the first killed. and before nool
the captain of battery had me bucb9I
around him. ! changed owners three times
before Lee finally stood at bay and prepared
TO dole out the blood Of the Confederacy until
the last drop was gone. All those were grim
and eruesome days In and around Peters.
burg we're bareiooted captains aud ragged
colonels. and there were days when even u
brioader could not get full rations. Outside
of the army there were those who could see
the beginning Of Che end, but we in II never
gave up hoping. II was hope and fight. tight
and hope and even when the calamity came
we couldn't comprehend il. We always be-
lieyed Uncle Robert would ind way ou'
of it. but the day finally came when he b. d
done all that human hands could do. Apo
mattoxl All, it hurts. and yet why should
il? We had done better than the veterans Of
Napoleon. and when We laid down our arms
not cheer was heard from your leglons.
You felt how it was, and you had only kind
words. Ii was always Nank, and Johnny
with Us at the front. aud II the politicians
had kept away we'd never felt the bitterness
that came later on. Oh, well, that's al IN
the past. aud what's gone is gone wouldn't
have said word. you know, but that brele
woke me up. and for just minute seemed
H. hear the old III vi vi again and to fes !
the exutaton OF a cavalry charge. m Quad.
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