The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-19
In the Enemx.s Hands.

A Washington Star writer had been IN
yited by the old soldier to put up the
funds to llQuidate his larynX with lager
and the invitation had been accepted, and
the Star man Joined the old soldier at a
table in the corner.
you have mad some stirring experiences
estly.
ever in?"
...Dprin' the war. do you mean?"
We'll, l didn't know" he said thought
fully. You see, just after the war mar
fleQ a reu-headed woman with a hundred
and forty freckles on her nose"
mean military fighting" laughed the
star writer What was the hottest battle
you were IMP
"Chiekamauga. and that was hot enough
TO make it feel cool down below, if ever
90 that way" he said.
GU ought to have gone to the grand
opening OF the national park on the 18th. 70
a., would liked to have gone" he signed,
put i m not what / used TO be and can't
git around like 1 used TO could"
Were you hurt in the tight?''
My feelins was"
That was rather a new phase Of injury
- DO you get pension for that?" asked
No" smiled the old soldier; Il git the
up afterward."
Tell me about the Chickamauga exper-
fence"
Well ne said. christening the begin
nlng or his story by emptying his glass on
II, i was private in a Maryland regi-
ment, and l got separated from my com
mand and picked up two chaps from an
ONO regiment, and we organized to do a
llttle nghung on our own hook. II wasn't
long TIL they got in behind us and cut us
on, and then we struck out along the ridge
tryln TO git home again. At this time the
yankees was gittin' licked like seven kinds
OF sin, and we wasn't feelin' very good
over II. We hadn't gone more than "a
quarter of mile till both the buckeyes
81.
cause there wasn't any stoppin' then
me woods was full of Johnnies and I
lodged along in the thicket till at last
l run up against Johnnie layin' in the
pushes with bullet hole through him -
re was cryln fer water and l Just had
10 give him my canteen. While he was
drlnkln l could see he was about done for
ana asked him if he wouldn't swan
clothes with me so l could git away I
Iold MN the yankees was gittin' lamblast-
Ell everywhere and that if I had a gray
uniform on it might be better for me His
coat was hangin' on a tree close By where
ne zen and where he had likely fixed him
ser as a sharDshooter, and he said there
was an old pair of pants in his haversacl<
IN ABOUT two minutes l had Shocked
my ser out OF a nice new blue suit and had
on MS old clOhtes and away | went
had made up my mind to git in with tho
Johnnles and help lick the stuffin' ont Of
the yankees till had got in a good place
H MiGn Vas gong to snake the gang and
60 IN with my own It wasn't long till
had chance, and just as a regiment v-ent
on charge up a hill | went sailin' along
~ ~ uedu sure we would go right through
shuttle AZ '''0
But it wasn't to be- We hadn't gone
tJJlmaId more than 200 yards till them
planned yanks poured such a shower of
snot INTO us that every reb in the regi-
ment, lncludtn' me, turned tail and went
down the hill again. l never was so skesr-
eu IN my life and l reckon L must have
Tun seventeen miles before l stopped, and
MouIu nave sworn that the entire union
army was after me. l was skeered SO fhat
forgot clean about bein' a yankee and I
Just went ahead with the Johnnies. and 1t
was three weeks before 1 got back to
neauquarters, and l reckon / wouldn {
nave done 1t then, but lied about KNOWN
the country, and they sent me out as a spv
ana dtdn't come back anymore. That's
now 1t hurt my feelin so, and it makes
this time" ~ ~
The old soldier sighed as the thought
gnu at tne emptiness of his glass, and the
Star man raped on the tabie and helm m
TWO myers at the waiter