The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23

under breaths not entirely Innocent Of the aroma
OF ths extract Of corn, we all exclaimed:
"0n tiptoe we went round the camp, kneolinR
in doop' puddles here. and sprawline broadsido
until finally we camo TO a low dueout in the
face OF an embankment wall, which had been
NAL cave, many feet below the ground, an old
soldier OF Burns's regiment sat on a rude bench
The arst impulse Of all Of us, excepting tho
Colonel, was to consider ourselves sold, and
hurry back quietly and unobserved to the solace
host had his own ideas Of outraged dignity and
discipline, TO say nothing OF overwrought nerves
the dugout. with a vigorous soldiers oath. shout
you, sir. Phwat do you mean by mind.
tapsf Then turning TO the ,oflcer Of tho day,
who WAS IN the party. be, added, 'oficor, put
therei yes, keep him there until he knows better
then TO mind shoes afther tepsl Put him In the
EEif@Lt t@ N Sim ! In sf Siis a aeal t to p shGss t as,on sst Sda
OF the midnight scare, the excited Colonel looked
upon the shoes, even, as accessories in crime.
great deal of fun in the trenches at Petersburg.
was a fellow recruited in the big bounty days
Elmira. He was from Canada, and TO take his
own story oft must have been sbanghaied into
the army; He said that his home was near the
he went out one night to have good time with
the byes.' The next morning he woke up, under
told that he had been enlisted to serve the United
States. He accepted the situation philosophi-
pocketed, and all, and settled down to soldiers
faro and hard lines at the front, determined to
take revenge for his injury out of the enemy.
always happy. and scattering sunshine around
him, but in the trenches under fire he was a
some device to hr-t the Confederatcs across the
lines. He search a out tho best places 70 get
vented little shells, which he could ire out OF
his rife high into the air to drop down into the
ensmy,s camps and explode, They may have
they struck. and at any rate they were very an
moving visitors, and tho idea tickled their in
commotion in the enemy's lines he would yell.
IN a sing song tone Of triumph ,9w.ow. johnnie.
figures for the Confederatcs to Are at.
and when they struck it with their
aye dH5s mind +, NV ow SSSf' fSis; shout. Of ' ooarss,
amused us all a great deal at first, but We did
not take kindly to the sort OF warfare he was
So / remonstratea with him and tried to dis.
10 get square with some one. His cry could be
heard on the outposts day and night, and 1t be-
9f%s a %slr for en %a isFr aSd m mnsg a we poo an sout iss s's;
have lived through ordinary battle dangers, was
requiem than that wild Trishnan's demoniaoei
yell. .Ow-ow Johnnie, dye mind Ow-owr
But the last time that / heard 1t / laughed
till l cried. At Appomattox, after the surren-
der. / saw him with two filed %canteens Of strong
one in his right hand and a pint tin cup in his
left. treating. the thirsty, h~alf.famished Con-
federates and drinking their health. AZ every
new and happy meaning. the old refrain.
The celebration of victory and tho sober
ing up lasted him for two or three days. I
strolled through the bivouac ono morning Just
as he was coming to-, Spying me, he rolled over
in his blanket and called out:
Colonel. dear. what happened lately, at all Z
"'They say it is all up with the Southern Con-
federacy,' said l; it's dead
"'BeGobe, / thought it must be somebody big,
Grant, or Lee. or Jeff Davis. Sure. such O foine
wake 1 never saw, even in. Ireland. Ow-ow I
Johnnie, good-by, dye mindi Good-by, Johnnie.
Ow-ow! Ow-ow ="