The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-15

O1ly one.' The soldier spoke
quite meek. an SO they paid for it, an
Sylviry an me we driv the rest home,
But not till she had asked the two Off
GERS to come up to the house, eat sup
per and stay all night, which they did.
An that is what got us into mischief,
for when the soldiers went to bed they
left out their clothes for the servants
to put in order, an as we hadn't none,
Sylviry an me done it ourselves. Ole
was a slim little fellow. an one was
bigger, but net to say a big man Syl
vlry brushed and brushed. and at last
she said: 'Trudy, / am going to put on
this uniform! s., when she had done
that was young, too. an full of
dlvIlment-I put or the other one. No
one was up but Is two, 50 che said
'Frudy, what il we wus to go over to
brakes this way and make him give
up that money! Well, we didn't have
much fun them days, so started. Syl
vlry slipped an oil pistol in her pocket,
an I took the handle of an old unbrell
that had been broke off an looked
some like a revolver-in the dark, any
ways.
THE houn's come hoWlin' out when
we hOllered 'HelloH at Brakes, an,
when he followed, 'VIry, she told him
that we was a couple of boys from the
camp an we was hungry. He went in
an fetched out two round ashe cakes
as hard almost as bricks, an I rec'lect
at 'Viry stood clappin' 'em together
like cymbals whilst she talked. We
had seen into the house when he opened
the door, an there wasn't anybody
there but the old woman, an the
youngsters. Some of the chaps had
come to the door an Drake he struck
q match an held it up so he could look
at us, when 'VIry told him he must
give up the money he had got for the
sheep, OF go with us TO camp. But
when he'd seen our uniforms an cur
arms be took'an handed it out. Well,
we started nearly on a run for home,
laughin' fit to kill, but we laughed too
OOn We was rattlin' over the loose
rocks just above the duff sprin6-you
know whar it Is-when some one cried
Haiti an a ball whistled over our
heads, when we KEEP on. Then We
stopped an saw a soldier comm along
after us, pell nell. When he was
most up to us, Viry throwed the corn
bread at him, fust one cake, then the
other. The fust one hit HIM in the
face, an in tryin' to dodge the other
he slipped, an fell. Then we starteI
TO run again, but we dropped before
long, out Of breath, an be got us
cap was off, an' oil her curla
IN an we was so tickled at scarIn'
Drake, that we's both etlll laughln'.
An We laughed agin, an laughed more
when we seen that young teller's nose
swelled an sylll swelIIn'.
He made US tell all about what we'd
DIN dom an he laughed, too, when we
showed him u pistol, an I think yit
ned let us go, but more soldiers came
up an be Couldn'G. They wuz blue
an they put US under guard
while they went TO our house an cap
rured them two officers (Rlthout any
.OTltchee), poor f~elttrs, an the whole
camp besides. SyIvlry was awful mad,
an told 'em hat her father was q CON
federaUe an too much of a man to try
Car a couple Of girls, an ehe SAID
40 WAS she a reb, an glorIed l n 1t.
Well, they lee Us go home an dress,
an then they took us to the highest
military post, an made Us take a oath
Of allegiance to the United States gov
eminent. | took lG easy an ready,
but 1t took longer fur 'Vlry. She had
II many long talk with that young
caprein, an The swellin' had time to go
out Of mas nose, atOre she took
1t. The war was most over, then any
ways, an me an 'VIry both kept our
Confederate uniforms"
DO you know where she is nowF"
she lives aG Chicago; she married
that young captain. l seen her when
me- an ZlmrI went & the Worlds Fair.
| hain'G never told nobody in Pretty
BOO settlement ylT, but him an me
wus go ekeered as a couple of rabbits,
an never went TO the fair out day.
We lost 'Vlry an we seen some men
standin' az a dor with ]petJtcoats on,
an z N he said that he'd like blame
well TO see what was III thar, SO we
went IN, an we e a curious thing
but we found 'VIry again, an she
anghed an, SAID rhaE we'd seen what