Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-12-12

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SUGAR." lie EXCLAIMED.
knew tho people at homo would not forget
u.s. but no boxes came. We learned after
ward that they were only three or four
miles away, but that didn't help us then,
and We didn't got them for several days.
1t was bitter cold. Only two days aftor
Christmas three or four men were frozen
to death on picket, and 1t WINS almost as
cold then, but even worse than the wealth
or was tho notion Of feeding on hard tack
and salt horse, which was about all wo
had, while the people at homo had turkey
and plum pudding. In tho morning,
though, there seemed to be no help for 1t,
and whilo wo didn't grin We thought we
had to bear II.
At noon, however, there camo little
alienation. One Of the men-I remember
his name was Hagcman-came In from
picket duty with the bones Of sheep that
he had kicked up In the snow. Some gucr-
rillas had been along there and had killed
and eaten tho poor brute and loft tho
bones. They had mighty little meat on
them, but they were full Of marrow, and
We boiled them up. There was Dutch
sergeant in the company Who'll had potato,
from Tho ouartarmaster. en- wa Ind soma
soup
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