The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-06-14

anu wien lie were uOle L udIulN y
knowed myself I were so changed.
The next night | went away mp the
river and crossed at q ford but couldu' t
git the countersign and [ had ter
crawl through their pickets. 1t were
mighty tickiish, [ tell you pard but it
/ were a-Taining and / got through all
right ard | were covered with mud,
and II the morning l were the dirtiest
cuss you ever see. The next day ]
/ got 10 Charlottesville, and sure
enough the brigade Of Johnnies We're
+ there and | made out | were lame and
h0bbled right into camp. / were such
a sick looking cuss they made lots OF
fun Of me- and one Of the officers ask
ed me whereI come from.
-" i come up from Jeemes through
Richmond on the keyyars, and | wan
/ ter list kase the conscrip piers are after
Wet uns, but they lowed at Fredericks
burg I'm too lame TO tote a mu5kit,
but [ had to cook for daddy when
nanny died, and | was right smart
of cook, too [ says.
: You're sure you can cooke he
says.
g L was just agwine to ak you uns
to let me cook
"'Well,' he says if you choose to
cook for this company, you can
And | We're all right pard. They
took a fancy to me and treated me
first rate, and cooked pones for 'em
and | got along all right
Two or three days after that, when
| were busy about the cook-shed all
alone, one Of their men comes and
says: Sarge
| dropped the kittIe [ had in my
hand, pard, and says: 'WhatE
"'You're a sweet scout you are he
says, to be taken unaWares like that.
Do you know meH
No | says all Of u shake.
You don't? Now try right hard
and see If you don't know me
And l looked at him pard, and I'm
id if it weren't crazy Ike.
. Pick up that kittle and be right
here at taps tonight. It's going to
rain. You can get back through their
lines
Il were SO dumb founded, pard,
that | had to shake myself together
to see that [ were all there, and at
taps [ went there and Ike were there
and says: Take this to Gen. Hooker
and tell him I'll be over III less than a
week and he give me a big wallop,-
and tell him that Adams has been
caught and tried on drum head. and
Is to be hanged. Go at once and get
back as soon as you can
Well, pard, | scooted through their
lines again, and when | struck our
pickets ! told the captain Of the guard
to put me down at Gen Hooker's
headquarters right away, and he took
1t III and sent me with some cavalry.
and we just went a-b'ling and We
knocked the old man up. He sent ont
for me and | went IN and saluted him,
and he ripped open that there wallop
and In 1t were as pOOty map as yOu
ever see Of all the land about Ereder-
icksburg and Charlottesville.
Any verbal message, Sergeant ?
says Old Joe
No, general l says, but he told
me to tell you that Adams were
caught.
And the old man says with snick
er And yet you say, sergeant, there
IS no verbal message
Certainly not says, only that
there wallop.'
How was Adams caught?
/ don't know | says.
"'Well. well. we'll l am sorry to
hear it. Why would he take that boy
with him? Do You returnE
Right away sir
/ "'Good luck to you, Is there an
officer with that cavalry outside?
Yes, general
" Send him in here
"And ] went ont and called him in.
i pard, and he saluted Old Joe, and Old
Joe says to him: Lieutenant. put this
man at the Ford as quickly as you
can; never mind the horses And
/ then he says to me: Let me hear
from you, sergeant, in less than a
week and we went a-b'ling for the
Ford again, pard, and | got back to
1 Charlottesville afore daybreak the
wust tired man you ever see Ike
hung around the cook-she5, but didn't
say a bloody word to me that day, but
at night. after taps he come down.
He We're affecting mighty blue, l tell
you, about little Adams, and he told
me they had been a-working together
ever since the war opened. | felt like
a pudding head. pard, when he were
telling me, to think that didn't know
Il then that they were couple of
scouts, and | see through Ikes play
| ing crazy. You see he didn't want our
men to know what duty he were on.
| asked him how Adams were caught,