Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-12-09

become moist during the last recita-
ton. 1T goes without saying that
indorse everything you say about the
St Louis ladies. God bless them, but
you will find tnat my man will come
under the wire close second.
1.-THE way of it was this: One of Shell
by's captains, III just call him Bell
had squad of men from Shelby's brig
ade with him on recruiting service to
pick up new men to replace those who
were laid away with marker over
their heads, and to pilot them through
the lines to fill up the declining ranks.
boil was a regular daredevil, and
when he undertook to do thing he
most generally got there. He never
counted numbers when he went into n
fight, and it was the only fault he had
as leader, which no argument of
Shelby could ever knock ont of him,
that he went into every engagement
with that insignificant squad of his as
if he had the whole confederate army
at his hack.
"One afternoon he found himself in
Saline county, somewhere in the neigh
borhooa of Arrow Rock at point on
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sharp turn between the bluffs, with a
narrow channel on the Saline county
shore.
''He had his men concealed in n
scrub oak thicllet close to the edge of
the bluff, and when the Fannie Lewis
showed her bow around the bend a
salvo of twenty-five guns twenty five
was the size of the squad) caused ST.
multaneously the tinlsling of bell in
the engipe-room and the waving of n
white rag on the hurricane deck.
"'Head her in shore and heave out
the gangplanll,' shouted Shelby's cap
tain, and in few moments he and his
squad wer, aboard.
Erred Dozier, the commander of the
Fannie Lewis, met Bell ut the head OF
the stairway. asking what this peculiar
maneuver meant
lis this transport in the employ OF
the federal government?' demanded
Capt, Bell
ait is,' replied Capt Dozier.
"'Well, just hand me the keys oi
your safe suggested Bell, with sig
ni6cant motion toward his hip pocket.
what do you want with my keys?
Il tOoh you tOE bOlulGIS, dIlN
not for highway robbers
"'Never nnind what you took us fol-
or what You call it; "a rose by any
other namn," you know; want tho
keys
''Bcll took the money out of the safe
rolled it into q wad and careIessly
thrust it into an outside pocket o
his gray tlouse, and then, following tht
prevailing custom of closing success
full business transaction, invited al
hands to join him in drink at his eX
pense.
Pulling the outside bill from the wac
TO pay tho damage he unintentionally
looseued tho next one to it and left til,
corner of an X peeping out of hi
pocket
''Dozier, who stood next to him, saw
the opportunity of his life, and with
dcxterous twist of his thumb and indie,
finger transferred the bill into his owl
pocket
.'Thc war was over, and, like that o
many others, Bells occupation wa
gone. He had never surrendered, bu
followed his brigade into old Mexico
md only then returned to his nativ,
btate Wnen MaSltullan 3 pdnuer na(
been lowered with him into his imperi
al grave.
tBeips country home did not offe
him safe refuge at that time, and hi
confederate money would not pay cur
rent expenses. Without cent of any
other money he was wandering up ant
down Main street In St Louis, trying
70 get something to do In some @f th'