San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-06
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Good Luck of a Michigan Soldier on
His Trip to Louisville.

Detroit Journal.
Comrade Perrine OF Petoskey
was a soldier in the Fourth Mich.
gan cavalry, and drew his first
saber, with other Announcements,
at Detroit. He cut his name on
the inside OF the belt Immediately
on drawing it. Months after, at
Munfordville, KY, he went out,
with three others, to forage for
chickens, but various raiders had
cleaned out the roosts, and at last
they had to content themselves
with a fat sheep, which Perrine
was to carry to camp on his horse.
The animals legs were strapped,
and then it was trussed up on The
pommel Of his saddle with straps.
They rode merrily toward camp,
until, on passing some timber, out
of which a side road issued,
squad of Morgan's men fired on
them and set up chase. There
was only one thing to do, and that
was to "git," and they got, under
whip and spur. The other tire.
foragers rapidly pulled away from
poor Perrine as the heavy sheep
made his horse run lop sided, and
the Johnnies were gaining on him
fast and shooting from the
rear.
Perrine made mp his mind that
he didn't like mutton, anyhow,
and. and getting out a jackknife, he
made pass at the strap which
held theIsheep to the pommel.
Now, he, had strung his saber to
the pommel also only on the other
side, and when he slashed the
strap it was the sling strap of the
saber he struck, and down went
the weapon with a clatter. The
next, however, hit the right one,
and down tum bled the sheep. H.
was galloping up a slope covered
with tim Der, and just after he had
unloaded his saber and sheep a
line OF men in blue rode out OF the
timber and opened fire on his pur-
suers, but Perrine didn't stop I'M
til safe in camp. He learned, how
ever, that his rescuers were part
of the Fourth Kentucky cavalry.
That's the part OF the story which
dates back thirty.three years.
On the day Perrine was to start
back home from Louisville, week
before last, he was sauntering
along street leading to the Tenth
street station. He was wearing
the badge Of the Fourth Michigan
over his heart and presently
came to man leaning over a gate.
The stranger noticed the badge
and hailed him, saying: "Hello,
comrade, you belonged to the
Fourth Michigan cavsrlry, didn't
you?"
ayes, did," answered Perrine.
"Well," continued the stranger,
''my neighbor has saber that be-
longed to fellow in your regi-
ment. The name is cut in the in
side Of the belt, and is l.. B. Per-
rine, and IL my neighbor could
find him he would send the saber
to him."
To make a short story of it, ex-
plantations followed, the neighbor
was hun ed up and Mr.. Perrine
proved his identity and brought
home with him the Identical
weapon which he had lost so
many years ago. The men be.
longed to the Fourth Kentucky,
and when they stopped Morgan's
men and sent them whirling
down the hill, they picked up the
saber, while the comrades gath.
cred in the mutton. Perrine hasn't
got done wondering how it hap
pened that out of 10000 soldiers in
Louisville he should have been
picked out by a stranger as the
person to supply information about
himself.
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