Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-22
OUR CAPTAINS JOE.
How He Stuck by His Master to the Yer
 Last.

 None of us in Company B, excepting perhaps the licutenants. knew where or when or how Captain Brown found Joe, Inc negro who acted as his cook and body rryant. Tho rank and file of us first saw him after tho fight at Cold Harbor, and he Sas then attending to his duties as if ho aad filled the position for a year. Never was n dog so devoted to his master as Joe was to our captain, and this devotion So 1vcrcamo his natural timidity that he would follow us into battle to bc on hand n case Mars Brown was hurted" As NC crossed at Frcdricksburg some of the men looked in vain for Joe and laughiney ieclarcd that hc had been scared on, put while we were being slaughtcred Tn iroht of Maryc's Hill and as the captain went town with n bullet in his leg Joe suddenly appeared to bear him oil the field and shout in indignant protest:
 II list knowcd Mars Brown would git shottcd if hc fusscd around obcr yerc, but he would fuss!'
 When night came after Joe Rockers battle in the Wilderness, there were l3 men missing from Company B, and the captain headed the list. The army had or icrs to retreat, and some of the regiments | of our brigade wcro stealing away in tho darkness toward Ely's ford when We dis covcrcd that the woods were on nrc, and half n dozen of us deserted our places in tho ranks to hunt up and save our com raCleS If not past saving. It was Joe who | told us of the connagration in the under | growth. He had missed the captain and had been looking for him, but tho smoke and flame and Confederate bullets had driven him back into the lines
 | Right dis way-right along ycrc- right between dc flrcs!" he kept shouting | to us as he led tho way.
 l We had n dim idea of tho line we had | held for several hours and then been driv- cn from The dead and wounded covered the ground In tho thick smoke and tho | darkness of the night we stumbled over tho former, and now and then We stopped at the appeals of the latter and dragged or carried them out of the line of flame which was weaving about like scrpcnt's trail and roasting every livirg thing which could not crawl out of its path. Thcrc wcrc other parties searching the forest, and We wcrc flred upon by friends and cE- cmics alike. but we followed tho slave through all dangers till ho dropped to his knees beside our wounded captain and held n cantcCn to his lips. We woro only in time. Not 100 feet away was n sheet of rcd flame half n mile wido driving along hCfOrc the night brCCze, and wore | captain up and stumbled away with him.
 II jist knowcd Mars Brown would ait hurtCd aGin." explained Joe as We hurried along but hc would keep right on an git into dc thckCst of dc fuss! l was comin right artcr yc, but got lost in dc smoke and was all mixed up wid de Twelfth Now York
 Our captain was nt the head of tho com pany again when Grant went down into ' flI.srns-s fn SfriEte I nsa n I,snf hhlnXy In that first day fight We held our ground, and twice l SAW .Iuc bringing the captain hot coffee which he had made on bit of firc amid the huzzinG bullets. Just before dark We made an advance of n quarter of n mile, provoked counter attack and wcrc crushed hack in confusion to reform half a milo away Scorcs had been killed and wounded, but the living could not name them. We were among those de- tailed tO remain and bury the dead and carc for the wounded, and when morning came We began the grCwsome task. Com pany B had been dccimatcd again, and again the captain was missing. Joe, too, was absent, but until noon we hoped he might turn up and give Us news. After monday. and when we had cleared n DOT ton Of the field tO which WI had bccn as signed, We cntCrrd the thick woods to ouI left and sought for what we dreaded tC find. Where the hattie lines had rcstcd all day We found some of our dead. From thence on la the point whcrc we had been checked we found other dead and two ol thrcc wounded. IL was near ono of thu wounded men that we found trail o bluUd through the bushes. some on' wounded above the hips had staggcroC along. and the blood had dyed leaf anc twig as he went. We followed it to th' point whCr' We had been checked and thcr rolled back, and in the corner of an olC field grown up with hricr and bush WI found five dead mon who had been killc( by the explosion of n shell, and our cap tain was among them. Thcrc wcrc flv who had bCcn killed hy the shell. hut thcr was another who had died from bullet rNccivcd far away. Tho sixth man wa JOC, the black skinned and devoted bod . servant. llC had set out alonc at night t find Mars Brown. In his wandcrings h had been wounded three times. Afto rcCciving the last bullet Inc had stagccrc' on and on. clutChinE at tree and bush | hold himself up, and his life did not g out until Inc found the object of his search He found him dead In his own dyln moments he had passed his hands owe the captains fac and body tn make sur , that no spark of life remained, and thu the brandy and water in his CantCcn wa of no avail Then he had strctchcd him sClf nt his masters feet and died, and | hlS last brCnth smilc of eNuItatton Ina come to his dark facc and was still pain ed thcr, as We looked upon it.
 NJ OIAn
 The keeper was walking along by tn elephant, leading the kangaroo. and th elephant stopped, blowing dust into tn tigers cage. in order to address a few rt marks to the kangaroo.
 ''Oh, sayv" he called to that ma supial. whats that thing you'y hitched onto yourself:'
 The kangaroo looked at his tail a m' mcnt and then took a squint at ti elephants trunk.
 That's all right" ho chatteret That's my trunk. I wear it there so won't tread on it." and the royal Bel gal tiger rolled over and howled Han ilton (Out ! Times