Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-12

What the Yankee Soldier Did to Ma
Good His Escape and How He Made

What the Yankee Soldier Did to Make
Good His Escape and How He Made It
The Star writer had been invited by tn,
old soldier to put up the funds to liquidatt
his larynx with lager and the invitation
had been accepted, and The Star man join
ed the old soldier at a table in the corner
Il suppose" said The Star man, "tha
you have had some stirring experiences:"
Some few, reckon" he answered mod
estly.
What was the lveliest scrap you were
ever imp
"Durin' the war. do you mean?"
"Of course"
well, I didn't KNOW" he said thought.
luliy. You see, just after the war mar.
RED a red-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 in?"
"Chickamauga, and that was hot enough
to make it feel cool down below, if l ever
go that way" he said
You ought to have gone to the grand
opening of the National Park on the 10Th u
Il would liked 10 have gone" he signed
Dut m not what used to be and can't
GIT around like used to could"
We're you hurt in the fight?'
My feeln's was.'
mat was rather new phase of injury
The Star man.
No smiled the old soldier; "I ct the
up afterward."
Tell me about the Chickamauco nv
perience"
Well he said, christening the BEGIN
ming OF his story by emptying his glass on
IT, was a private in a Maryland regi-
rand and picked up two chaps from an
ono regiment. and we organized to do a
iIttle ngatlng on our own hook 1t wasn't
lons I'll they got in behind us and cut US
tn ana 'neh we struck out along the ridge
tlyln, to git home again. At this time the
fankees 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
l had to go it alone, because there wasn,t
any stcppin' then. The woods was full of
reDels, and l lodged along in the thickets
tlli at last l run up against a johnnie
through him.
=. he was cryin' fer water, and just had
10 give him my canteen. While he was
dr.nkln' could see he was about done for
ana ai asked him If ne wouldn't swap
cloIhes with me so 1 could git away. 1
tod him the Yankees was gittin' lamblast-
ed everywhere. and that If 1 had gray
UNIFORM on 1t might be better for me- His
coat was hdngin' on Tree close by whore
ne iell anu where he had likely fixed him.
SCI as sharpshooter. and he said there
was an Old pair of pants in his hayersatt.
IN about two minutes l had shucketl
nyseif out of a nice new blue suit and had
on his Old clothes and away 1 went. I
mad made up my mind to git in with the
Johnnies and help lick the stu.tin' out of
me Yankees till had got in a good place,
"hen was goin' to shake the sang and
go IN with my own. 1t wasn't long till
rad chance. and just as regiment went
en- charge up a hill l went sailin' along
too. dead sure we would go right through
the crowd and 1 would git lost in the
shuffie
'i'ut it wasn't to he We hadn't gone
forward more than 200 yards till them
blamed fanks poured such shower of
scot into Us that every reb in the rcgi-
nent, inc!udin' me, turned tail ard went
down the hill again. 1 never was so skeer-
ell m my life. and l reckon l must have
run seventeen miles before 1 stopped and
l would have swore that the entire Union
army was after me. l was skeered so that
l forgot clean about ben' a Yankee, and
just went ahead with the Johnnies. and it
was three weeks before I got back to
Headquarters, and l reckon l wouldn't
fave done it then. bat lied about KNOWN
the country and they sent me out i spy
and ! didn't come back any more That's
how it hurt my feelins SO, and it makes
me rad every time think of it even up to
this tina"
Tha oh solder sighed at the thought
and at the emptiness Of his glass, and The
Star nan raprei OH tire table and held up
two fingers at the waiter.