The National tribune., 1893-08-03

IcS, &uu SOG up Qulbe Iepuuoioh "
it, added another "There was Joe Holan
of our company and John Stewart of Co. +
The boys found Stewart down by the whar
at Memphis one day in the shade of an olt
, deserted steamer, crying as if he'd lost
$40 dog. They felt awful sorry for him, 70
he was evidently in great misery. The,
approached and tried to comfort him, askin
him what was the matter, that he was cry
ing so He didn't answer for some time, bu
at length he blubbered out;
"'I could steal that steamboat, but cam
get it in my haversack! Boo-hoo!"
"It's my opinion that what we did wasn'
rightly stealing" quoth Clint. Anyway
if it was, it couldn't have been a very ba(
sort of stealing"
That's the way I think" chimed in :
man whom they jocosely addressed a
Lieutenant Corolins John T. Jones'
"Now, Ike Pugh and got into scrape il
Little Rock that would be considered terri.
bic now, but was regarded as nothing but
smart at the time. While we are in the
storytelling business l might just as well
| RELATE THIS LITTLE TALE.
1t is just one of a thousand adventures that
happened during the war, but it serves to
show how the boys furnished amusement
and progender for themselves at the expense
of the Little Rock merchants.
zone day Ike Pugh and I, being deliber-
ately tired of soldier rations concluded to
get few things in the eatable line down
town. So we watched our chance, slipped
| away from camp and started toward the
city. Many schemes to get hash without
cash were considered and abandoned as i'm
practicable, but We finally decided to play
crazy racket.
We robbed farmhouse of 90 feet of
clothes line, with which Pugh tied me Sc
curely, my arms being pinioned tightly to
my sides. About eight feet of rope was left
loose for Ike to steer me by. In this plight
he led me into a small restaurant and
owner of the place.
"'Just look here what I've got on my
hands, said be, in complaining tone Of
voice. Here the Captain has gone and
saddled a lunatic onto me, and must guard
him till he gets to the regiment and sends
detail in after us. can't in any way keep
the fellow quiet; he will move around all the
time. And if he once gets loose, why, good
by Isaac Pugh!'
What regiment d'you belong tor
"'Twelfth Michigan answered Ike in his
most truthful manner This fellow went
crazy two weeks ago, and to-day we brought
him in to a doctor to see what could be
done. The doctor said the case was violent
and incurable, and for us TO watch him
close, for if he had chance he most Ger
tainly would kill someone. He ordered us
to be very careful of him, and we were
going to take HIN back to camp and lock
HIM up, but the blame cusses that helped
bring him in had skipped out. SO the Cap
tain had to leaTe the crazy man in my
charge while he went out and got a new de-
tall
"All this time ! had been walking round
and round the room, looking fierce and
uttering divers gruHts calculated to scare
the immortal soul out of our victim. Wait
ing till there were no guards near / slipped
the rope over my head, grabbed cheese
knife, sprang into the air, gave vent TO am
Apache yell, and declared that
Now, l viii have me revenge! Prepare
for doom, for Pm going to open you from one
end to the other. Whoop! Hoy-yoikty- boy
yoy!
out of you'll yelled Ike, jumping over the
counter.
"THE TERRIFIED LANDLORD
was out in a second, whereupon Pugh
slammed the door shut and locked it. This
rather brought the man around to a realizl-
ton of our scheme, and when, facing about,
he saw me drop the knife and hug half
cheese 10 my bosom, and Pugh began 10 cram
sandwiches into his pockets at lightning
speed, he regained his senses at once and
completely. Uttering a vicious oath, he
gave the door gigantic shake, and yelled
'Patroll Patro-ol! Thieves in the shop!
Pm robbed! Guards, gusrds!'
SeizIng long string of bologna sausage,
Pugh broke for the back door of the restau-
rant, and |, with my mouth full of pie and
still hugging the cheese, followed close be-
hind him.
"'Guards, Patro-ol!' screamed the land
lord, tearing up the street. Guards, guardsi
Look ont for the 18th Mich! Helpl Stop
thievesi'
"Pugh and l made bee-line for the camp
of the 18th Mich, for we heard the patrol,
aroused by the defrauded landlord, putting
like steamboats,, on our track, and we didn't
want to lead them in the right direction.
They soon got too close 10 be comfortable
for, bothered by our plunder, we could not
run extra fast. Then ensued some of the
neatest manuvering and most skillful dou-
bling that ever happened in the Army OF the
Tennessee. But the patrol were tramping
close on cur heels in spite of our intricate
movements, so we came the old game of
hiding by till they got past. Then, without
losing a second, we streaked it out for our
own camp of the 61st, into which we slipped
unobserved
We were never caught, and I am sorry
t. say that in spite Of the unwarranted
manner of our proceeding we suffered no
bad effect from the eatables, not having
even Que salutary avengng grippe. / don't
know how it was with the landlord. As we
used TO remark, il was bad on the bakery,
boys.
But like We were saying, our offense was
not so great as it looks, viewed in the light
of the present times, for those people were
making 100 per cent. on their investment
cheating the soldier out OF the little that
was paid him. What wonder if we took
some revenge now and then? Besides, we
OF Co. H always made it point to take care