The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-26
WELL.FED PRISONER,


L. rv.s . v.rv had raw tha. ri, admit
tndx.N cons,,e, u aInost a mfracle
frat ! turued out A we'll AZ did.
n was n The close ~ the Civil war
when cnt Yhis w,cked vet Imaginable
prank which T shall never forget.
waa mn more than fen wears old
when tho town ~ p rave A Grand
festival IN honor nj the returned pa-
tr,ots who hsd fouybt 40 val,antly and
succassful,v for onr countrv's cause.
Evory w,rnor IN tho c.untrv hus;ed
hese,f IN MAKE the reunion one Of gay-
CIV oh the pood things the farmers
wives nranared and carried TO the
old town hall where the festival was
h.ld Thev were arranged on benches
IN tho basement as though "a taunt the
hungry Looking bovs on the outside
Fer much tn our anger and disap-
nointmant oil, wera admitted free of
charge hit hovs-poor neglected bows.
There we were to the number Of
dozen mr. mora peen,rg cantious.
Iv tbronsb ono II Tho basement
w,ndows which fortunatelv was
mime . nsne nj sl.ss II was an
tira1v too tamnt;n. nv 10 IN GOO the
aavera, coLos stand,ns next IN the
hrotan w;n dou evrosad IN fu,l view
ana within our sroen c.L. was q hx-
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10 soor w. Jailed he'll, ,a-mm
E,nding rovssi, olono : hoson To ~
More NV nrison The room was darb
upon first entering ,t-so dark 7 waa
Obliged to walk with nv hands ex-
tended before me and with slow and
uncertain stem lest T stumble and fa,,
1 had not gone far. however when I
suddenly came 10 a halt Nv obatruc-
ton was nothing more than q hoard
supported upon barrels, Running NV
hand along its surface 7 discoyered-
what, Or wss dreamineo Tho ho,ra
was ,adanaed witt tho GOOD +birgs sor
the festival, Tbero wore caLa, ~ oI,
descrintion n;ea NJ ausv Lima ooot,ss
cold meats frp;t and IN ,act Most
evervthinr bove lilo posoro oom,d
sullv roo,;,a wv 800 so.tn ~
haonn samnI;ns thon, ao.h ~ thotr
turn Oh bow ds,ioious th.v nara,
The numnkin Mo. tasted hotter fnor.
hans hecansa thev wsrs sto,an, ~
anv had ever ate before. ana Tho
doupbnn,s waro avon bottor th.n ~
ones INV prandmotber used tn maro
on Tbantss,vino
II w.. shomafu tho u,v r,u.u-
ated tho lovely niea and caLss ,or sna-
ipg nathan Lnifo or ,o.l, r.a, ~,
anoers IN Tho host odvontoaa n,ithan.
nitv for the now innocsnt ioa,os who
h.S I,hou.a -. 80, Ell. i,
tho faast 7 must have Ioonod .nu,ioai
standing there INV mouth ana hands
fuu p,anctnp burredlv At tho door
and acting altogether like a hungry
little waif stealing his dinner
Realizing the constable would soon
discover his mistake and ralease mo
7 beoan 611;no NV noolot. WITH ro
newed enegy for wanted the boys as
we'll as myself to have a share of the
feast,
Meanwhile, the marshal had cblckled
to himself, and started
strolling about the grounds. in search
of more boys, But none were in
sight, for prof1ting by nv capture thew
had fled away. So the constable
walked about smoking his nine Then
he walked into the room where the
ladies' were serving dinner and remark
ed to a group standing near him, with
an Indifferent gesture of his hand,
I've got one O. them boys that was
stealin' through the winder in yonder
"Oh! OH" shrieked the ladies' in
despair, while they wrung their hands
with wild lamentations. Take him
out, quick! The provisions, Don't
you know? The provisions! We've
got all the provisions in there! oh,
lear! Oh what shalt we do? What a