The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-11-04

During the war he was ordered home
to assist in gathering up some desert
ers. One evening about dusk he was
out into the country in quest of de-
serter who had been off the layout for
year. He was very hungry and very
weary. He called at house by the
roadside, and there he found woman
just taiSfrg from the spit n nicely hpoil-
ed chicken. The SAVIOR of the fowl made
him ravenous. He had n Mexican dol
lar in his pocket, which he had carried
for years, and to which he was much
attached, but he was bound to have
that chicken, and he pulled out the dol
lar and proposed a trade-the coin for
the fowl. The lady said that the chick
en- was for a sick friend, and that she
could not sell it.
But" she continued. ''Ill jump you
for it."
What do you mean?' said Buck.
Il mean that we will see which can
jump farthest from this doorsill out
into the yard, and the one of us that
beats shall have both chicken and dol
lar"
"All right; that suits me exactly"
said Buck. The dollar was placed on
the dish beside the chicken, and his gun
was leaned against the wall by the
door; and Buck slung his arms and
made a tremendous leap of over
twelve feet. He recovered with diff
Guilty, and when he turned to the door
there was the lady with the cooked gun
in her hands, with the butt against her
shoulder, and finger on the trigger.
Now, you can fiirt the gravel down
that road, young man, or I'll make buz-
yards food of you before HI can
SINCE a gnat." she ordered.
There was shoot in her eyes and
"buck and BALI in the gun. So Buck
''fiirted the gravel" his bosom swollen
with impOtent rage and his mouth
overflowing with eloquent profanity.
By this time it was dark. Over in
field Buck spied a ginhOuse He went
to it and climbed into the loft, lay down
on the floor, and soon was fast asleep.
After time he was awakened by
voices down below. He listened and
made the discovery that one was a fe-
male voice, and a moment later he real
lied that she was relating the Jump
ing" episode to her companion. who
gave vent to peal after peal of laughter
There were the chicken and his dollar.
which he could see by the light of the
tallow dip. Peering about he saw his
gun also. There was a big hole in the
floor of the loft. and just as the man
took hold of the dish to eat the chicken
Buck plunged through that hole and
seizrd his gun. Before they recovered
from their astonishment Buck" roared
out: Madame you just fiirt the gravel
back home, and as for this gentleman
he and l will flrt gravel to the office of
the provost marshal. He is the deserter
l Lave been after for a week"
There was shoot in Bucks" eye
now. The woman left. Buck" recov-
cred his dollar ate the chicken, and he
fore midnight surrendered his prisoner
to the provost marshal. 1t was worth
a Journey across the continent to hear
Buck tell the srory.-Louisville Cou-
rier-JOurnal.
Her Motto.
An amusing relic of the civil war is
in the possession lof Il young woman,
into whose fathers hands it fell some
years ago with other effects Of Il South
ern relative.
At the time of the siege of Mobile
the women of the city were busy for
many hours making bags 10 be filled
with sand. The young ladies in one
popular boarding school not only made
such bags, but decorated them with
notices in silk or worSted,
The relic referred to Wa, one of the
bags sent out from fhis ~chool, and
bears in faded blue the unpunctuated
device, "God Save the South from Har-
riet Brown"
OF the 100000 wage earners in this
country A per cent, or I,oOo,0tt are
Co. ,S,Na,