Evening journal., 1892-05-25
-cHAsrLY 30 FELLoMs.

CHASTITY BED FELLOWS.
An Experience That shows That War ns
Welt as nofei Life slaS Produce Them.
n IS said that hotel life causes one TO
have strange bed fellows This is equally
true of war as the following narrative
told TO an EvRNING JOURNAL reporter by
Colonel i ID Davis cashier of the Second
National Bank of klSton. Nd. viii show
iie said
"li was after the battle of Antietam
The fight bad been fierce one and our
regiment, the Fourth Maryland, was In
The thickest of IT, Several comrades and
myself We're ordered 90 the rear as we
were disabled for the time being We
were ON our way TO Frederick City and IL
was the same journey during the pro
gress of which ! met Rev H. Snowden
Thomas who was ou bis way 10 the bat
tic.hcld with "a very comfortable hearae
80 he used in transporting his wounded
brother.
"Onc evening q comrade by the neme of
Alfred Brown and myself. crept into q
small outbuilding along The road TO rest
ourselves after d tircsome tramp. We
crawled into the loft and stretched our
bodies comfortably upon the hay We
were just congratulating ourselves upon
being able to secure such comfortable
quarters when we heard the tread of two
troopers outside
They stopped under the loft window
and began a very earnest whispered con.
versation We did not dare fo move for
fear of hetraying ourselves lou see
the country was fun of Jolnnies' and
we were not ln condition TO cope with
mon in good health and wei armed.
What made matters worse we could not
hear a word they were saying
"ln few minutes they moved OH into
the darkness We came TO the c0ncM
sion That they were Rehs who had seen
us go into our hiding place who, not
feeling ablc Go capture as alone had gone
OF for reiniorcemcnts
"As soon as they were ont of herring
turned TO Brown, expressed my fears to
him and said
we had better get out of here before
they come back
Il agsce with you was his reioinder
"We crept ont cautiously and mad,
our way Go o large barn That was ON ihe
same estate We climbed up into the
loft ID was q very large one, and. much
/ 90 our Satisfaction we found well filled
hay mow at one end of it We crawlcd
up ON tho hay and made ourselves as
comfortable as we We're in the loft
whence we We're driven boy One two whis
pcrers
can went wen for time and then
/ Che trouble began. The place seemed Go
/ be alive with rats They fought and
/ tUmhled and squoaled like fends We
were kept awake until nature was com.
/ pletely exhausted and we slept like hogs.
when we awoko it was broad day
light We looked about u.s. We were
no longer surprised that the rats should
hold such high carnival for there on Inc
hay within "a iew feet from us were two
dead rebels Poor emociuted. waf-wom
fellows, who had crawlod ihorc only Do
die of wounds and want 0f attention
Their hands and feet were eaten away ly
the rats and they were far from plea
SAINT sights io look upon.
We did mot say much Death makes
ON men brothers We forgot Che blue
we forgot the gray and with the Phari
see were glad thal we were NOT one OF
these Nevertheless we were heartily
glad thai we did not know that the rat.
were making such feast on the Hosh OF
two such CHASTITY bed fellows
"Wc leii the barn ut the FIRST favorable
opportunity and reached Frederick titS
m safety but over and anon our thought
would revert 90 the two men who had
fought their last fight only Go becom,
the prey of rodents