Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-04

Neit's 'tt tAAie7lA'7 N''N
his neck
Conner lay silent, his right eye fastened
upon the rifie-sight his dusty army SHOES
crossed behind him. one yellow SOCK had
slipped down over the worn shoe-heel ana
laid bare a Iust-begrimed ankle bone
Suddenly Conner $ rlle cracked 'he
echoes ratified and clattered away through
the woods. a thin cloud of pungent Vapor
slowly drifted straight upward, shreod,hg
into filmy streamers among the tangled
branches overhead.
Get him asked Alden after Sileiiee
Nope replleu Common. 'el ~ az
dressed himSeI TO MS l"'e target '0i0S'
the river
Hello. johnny.
H. yank.
How close?'
Hey?
How close?
What sonny
My shot' YOU 1901.
Nv n.y. sonny '"''eu o''0N '''e ~
crate IN "uected surprise was ~"
shootin at me.
bang. Went Cohhor Il"e "E"',' y w
rlSlNe cd'caI answered. n'I'' anu nc ''''
ed furiously TO Alden
on. let up Salo the young leiio"' IL .
TOO hot Tor IhaI
Common was SpeechleSs Win rage anu ne
hastily damned announcer car'r'use l,''o ms
long not riHe' Out Aiue" IouSeU himself
brushed away persistent n.y. ana crep'
up 10 the edse OF the PIT again
Hello, Johnny. ne shouted
That you, sonny replied the cohleo-
crate.
Yes; say Johnny shall we call II square
until o'clock
What time is IT, replied the cautious
confederate; "all our expensive gold
watches is bein' repaired at Chicka-
manga"
At this taunt Conner showed his teeth
but Alden laid one hand on his arm and
sang out: ITS o'clock. Richmond time;
Sherman has just telegraphed us from
your statehouse."
wall. I'm that case this crool war Is
over" replied the confederate sharpshoot-
er: Wen be easy on old Sherman
"See here" cried Alden; lis it truce
until 4 o'clock?"
"AU right, Your word. Yank"
"You have it,
"Done," said the confederate coolly ris-
ing to his feet and strolling down to the
river bank, both hands in his pockets.
Alden and Conner crawled out OF their
ul-smeillns dust-WaloW' leaNlhs 'ho'r
rifles behind them'
'Whew. It's hot. Johnny sald AIa'h'
pleasantly re pUl'eu oul a S'',leu PIP .,,,
blew INTO the stem po''Si'eu Clle DOW WIN
.r,S 80 ''.'. - -. 80.
iiV' -, -. &c. f.,,,,
his ~a,,rod % mir of string and q rusty
ms, r''nrou' d ''' oi S'''''s' anu ''''
tn T%o oorfoder,to riooran also sat down
-, his s,do If tbo stro,rn nufinr uxuri-
o,si,. ON % F,,oraot corrcob nine Alden
,,,a+cted hin, a.l,snce sucl,ina the stem of
his own emptv pine After a minute or
two Conner dug up a worm from the roots
of "a beech tree with his bavonet. fixed it
to the hook flung the line into the muddy
current and youatted eravely on his
launches chewing a leaf stem.
Presently the confederate soldier raised
his head and looked across at Alden.
What's yewr name. sonny he asked.
Alden replied the young lei'o"' oi'ei-
~
Mines Craig observed the cohieuer-
ate, "lla' Se"' ',s.'''',''' ". VI.
Two Hundred ana SIXTEEN Ne" horN'
what's yours, Mr.. Craig?
"Ninety-third Maryland, Mister Alden.
quit mat throwing SUCKS III ''e "''''l
growled Conner. How do you spose III
goin' to catch anything
Alden tossed his SUCK BACK INTO 'ue
brush heap ana iauEneu' --.u.,
How your TOBACCO O'''s i'' ''''''''
out. .-.-,- =,
( dem
First rate replied the youth
After a silence he SAID Is !, ~.
you bet said craig Iuh'o'"s III Ms
/ pockets. He produced heavy '"lS' o,
] Virginia tobacco laid it on log haoSeu
| off about three inches with MS she''''
/ llnjSe and folded it 80 in Dig Green ~ ca
/ more leaf. This again he ro'leu lH.o d
corn husk. weighted it with po''9ie' 'nen'
/ stepping back. he hurled II INTO the ar
saving, Deal square, yank.
,rb. tobacco fem at Alden's feet. He
,icl-ed a. mn measured il carefully with
/ bis c1,s, l-Dife and called out: 1.-TWO and
| -. ,,,.,ie What do YOU want.
Z -, -. ~ ,oeroeo"
'''',r ',.> ~ vt, ,,r,i,, Don't stint
I s,,. +,,.o bisc,,its As he was
about IN hack quarter from the third he
80, ,..,,,, -, ,-Iance over the creek at his
90 ,r,taro v.,s mo mistaking the ex-
pression i'm his face. Starvation was
-, ~, o,srv feature.
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