The National tribune., 1893-07-27

fun going away he added, hastily, max
ing his allusiOn to bushwhackers all the
palmer By his confusion.
"'I rather think that we can haul the
most of it, said Jellison; the roads are
pretty sound, amt they?'
"'Oh, yes answered Gen. Wood, whose
feelings toward us had seemingly under
gone a complete change, the roads ali in
fine condition, sab, and if necessary / can
guide y pahty on yo' way. viii asce'tain
if can be of any fn'Gher sehviee to you !;
that is if you won't decline a southn gen
tleman's hospitality err
"The old fellow then went mp to the house,
soon returning with a polite invitation for
Us to stay to dinner, ciyility which we,
ever-bungry soldiers that we were, made no
hesitation in accepting
g I soon got immensely tired of scooping
corn so upon the preiext of seeking drink,
undertook a little private examination of
the enemy's works. Skirting the house, 1
entered the back yard, and a glance showed
me ] had a promising field before me- A
huge pile of apples lay against the mansion
at nearly the center, fanked on one side by
q long row Of bee-hiyes and on the other by
barrels of cider, intssyhich the apples were
no denbtst0 be converted. The cellar door
was open, but / decided to leave that
corner alone. A chicken-pen occupied one
angle OF the fence and a smoke-house the
other, and as paused in indecision as to
which offered the best chances for loyal
forage,
A sTIFLED sQUAwK
from the former told me there were other
soldiers equally as thoughtful of their own
welfare as myself
- bit an apple and approached the smoke
house. After troublesome time with the
locks, finally found the door unfastened,
and profting by the owners generosity, 1
entered the building.
Shade of Sancho Panza! At least a hun
dred hams and shoulders Of noble proper
tions hung side by side to the groaning roof,
slabs On slabs Of finest bacon piled the
shelves, and innumerable sausages, stuffed
in the intestines of the hogs whose meat
adorned the walls, cOiled In and filled and
Oyerflowed dozen mammoth tabs!
was terribly astonished, but didn't
lose my bead-oh, nsI Twas used to scenes
of slaughter. So / accepted large ham
with thanks, and was on the point of beat
ing dignifed retreat when old Wood him
self intercepted and collared me- He had
been watching that smoke-housei He first
attempted to shove me into the building and
lock me up but solid belt over the head
with the ham changed his notion, and he
began to vel:
Sahgeant! Sahgeant! Come hyah. III
call foh The - Yankee to settle yo' hash.
sub; but by - I'll nevah 90 to Bolivar
with him. he hasn't got enough men to take
ne, sub. Sahge2nt! III have him punish
you, an then when the Home Gua'ds come
we'll clean yo' all out, yo trifin' trash
Wen teach you how to come down heaf
robbing and stealing from yo' bettahs. sub.
The Sahgeant II punish yo', an then I'Il
hang theSahgeant, sub, hghah than Hanlan
SahgeaDtl Sahgeant!'
"Icouidn't make the old scalawag shut
mp, and couldn't get away without usins
violence, and / didn't want TO do that. Be
sides, / was badly ham-pered with 20
pound chunk Of pork. Sam Jellison heard
The yelling, and with couple of jumps tn,
BIRY LITTLE SERGEANT
was on the spot
Is this the way you Yanks treat an
hon'able gentleman, sui? 2 shouted the rebel
Ia high dudgeon; is it. sub? While my
sehvsnts an preparing dinnah foh yo' an(
yo' coz zbdly thieves, one of yo' slips around
and tries TO steal-to steal, suh-the mea-
/ have put away fob the Winter I've caugh
the r..scal in the act. See he has the mea
in his hand yet, and. sub, l want yo' {,
punish him severely for it,
"0ne swift glance of his searching eye
gave Jeliison the history of the whole affair
then, lifting his finger threateniagly, h
advaneed upon nae.
Put that ham right back in the smoke
house. he thundered, in the quick, decisiv
tones Of a man born TO be obeyed.
Bat, SAM / demonstrated, 'fhe oil,
4ercw-bslt has got dead oodiss of then
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