The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-13
The Cornorsl,s story.

When the Old Soldier Club had been called to
order by the veteran, says the Detroit Free
Press. he announced that Corpl. Buckskin,
whose real name was Boosgene, would nsrrate
one OF his expeEieRces-thst experience, in fact
which had made him corporal.
The corporal blushingIy pulled the soap box
he was sitting on out in the middle OF the floor
and began:
at happened down there on the Potomac. :"
| he said, lone day when there wasn't much
| going on-a sort OF between meals affair, but
not pleasant while 1t lasted The enemy had
us hauled up tFenty-pound smooth-bore gun
and thought We would have some fun dis
lodging them, There was a small frame
| house not more than 200 yards away
but we couldn't reach it and
they couldn't. We got the gun in position in
some bushes, with low heavy tree right over
| IL, and blazed away once without much damage
and while we were loading the second time,
thinking we had it all our own way, they made
a rush. about fifty Of them, and got into the
| house. Then they opened on u.s. and though
we had got the gun so it covered the house and
had It all ready to touch off III be blamed IL
they didn't make it so hot for US we had TO
skedaddle. That is to say, everybody did but
me, and went up the big tree and hid in the
leaves. didn want to be there a bit, l
tell you, but there was no help for it; l was
freed and nothing short of providence
was going TO save me. Rugged the
tree close and was scared half to death,
until they let up shooting, and then l got
cooler ana began to look around and figure
on getting away. The cannon was right
under me, almost within reach. setting in the
sur as harmless as a baby on a fence, and likely
70 remain so as long as the other fellows we're in
the house and our fellows we're hid in the bushes
out OF sight, waiting for night to come on or for
something 10 turn up to change the situation.
In the meantime was doing deal OF thinking
up that tree. l was hugEing a limb so tight
that after while something in my pocket be-
gan TO hurt me in the ribs, and reached in to
see what 1t was and found a sun-glass some of
the boys had picked up and had traded me for
jack knife. had the uncomfortable thing
out In half minute and was going to throw it
away, when all OF a sudden noticed the can
non down there in the sun all ready to be fired
II only anybody could set match TO it.
Thinks l to myself what's the good of
limb as quiet as could and got close enough
to the gun to get focus on the touch hole
II was most too far away but held her on the
best could for about five minutes when bang
went the cannon, and, as I'm sitting here I
tell you, 1t blowed that house clean over and
run OF noles and didn't leave a man that could
run. Nary man, and before anybody had
time to move on the other side our fellows
jumped out Of the bushes and yanked that can
non under cover and kept it there. The Jar of
the shot knocked me off the limb and broke
II cured 1t pretty quick, and l didn't com
plain"
Corpl Buckskin's story excited some doubt
In the minds of few of mis- listeners but when
he pulled a big sun glass from his pocket and
showed It as the identical glass, the testimony
was considered competent, and everybody came
forward and congratulated him.