The National tribune., 1898-05-05

enough to pc devilish, unit had rope NIT a
moose on de endt, which | nodiced first thing.
! hat gotten to keep sharp lookout for such
things. My flesh creeped When l saw dem.
dried to think vat hat sdirred dem up all
at vonce, but couldn't for my life recollect,
for effervthing had been kong on all rigid
for seferal days.
g De man NIT de rope-a pig, ugly prute,
NIT red hair unit vun eye-says:
Ga You're a Chew, aind your
{" Yes says |, vas porn dat way
"' Veil, says he, we're kong to hang you
rigid off Unit he put de moose arount my
neck unit pegun drying to throw de udder
endt Offer limb.
''Vhat for?' I yelled, drying to pull de
rope off my neck. / aind done nuttings.'
:" Haint ell p said de man nit vun eye.
You hook -nosed Chews grucified our Sailor. ,
Why, you red-headed WOOL, said /,
ketching holt off de rope NIT both hands,
dat happened more as ], 800 years akO.
Let me GO"
90 ton't care if it did, said de vun-eyed
man, getting de endt of de rope Offer de limb,
we didn't hear apeut it till de Chaplain tolt
US dis morning, unit den de pOys said we'd
kill eifery Chew We gone ACROSS. Ketch holt
of de endt dere, Bowers
"De udder vellers arount me laughed at
de Dexans SO dat dey finally akreed to let
me ko if I'd promise not to do it again,
holler for Chef Davis unit dreat all around.
Id vas a WOOL thing but id SCARED me vorse'n
an'thing else, unit | resolfed to ket oud of
dere unit ko we're de peoples read DER Bibles
unit de NEWSPAPERS. y
" How did you manage to keep Gen. Cur
tbs posted as to the number of rebels in front
of l-ol Won nouI1pjt al
be running back and forth from one army
to the other"
go, dat vas easy enough. You see, Chen
eral Curtis vas advancing, unit de reppels fall
ing back most of de time. Dere vass cabins
effery fiddle ways along de road. All desc
hat krate big fireblaees, built of smooth
rocks, which dey pick up Oud of de creek unit
wherever dey gan find dem.
'Td ko into desc houses unit dalk NIT de
people unit biay nit de schildren. I'd sit by
de fire unit bick up dead coal unit mark on
desc smooth rocks. Sometimes Pd draw
horses unit wagons unit men to amuse the
children Sometimes I'd talk TO de oft folks
apout how long dey'd peen in de country,
now many bears unit deers de man hat killed,
how far it vas to de next blaze, how de roads
run, unit so on, unit I'd make marks on de
jam of de fireplace to help me understand.
De next day our scouts would come in
unit see de marks unit understand dem yOost
as veil as if I'd wrote dem letter. I'd
fixed id all up NIT dem before l left CAMP.
/ kin draw ferry veil nit a piece of charcoal.
I'd make pictures of men vat would make de
children unit oft folks open der eyes. Our
scouts would understand which yum meant
Pen Mccullough, vich yum Van Dorm, which
vun Bap Brice, unit SO on. Udder marks
would show which way each vun vas kong unit
how many men he hat NIT him. De reppels
neffer dropt on to it, but dey game so CLOSE
to it vunce or twice dat my hair stood on
endt.o
That curly mop of yours ID have time
standing ON end" ventured Shorty Il
should think it'd twist your neck off tryin' to-"
well, something's gift me a queer feeling
apout de throat yum day ven | saw reppel
Colonel sdop unit look ferry hard at long
letter which I'd wrote dis way on rock
"'Who done dat? p he asked.
go Dis man here, says de olt woman ''He
done it While he vas gassing NIT de oft man
unit vooling nit de children. Lot of pesky
nonsense, marking up the walls hathaway
Looks like very systematic nonsense,
said de Colonel very stern unit sour There
may be something in it. Did you do ths?'
said he, turning to me.
Yes, SIR said /. hat pad habit of
marking When Pun dalking. / always done
it, efen When vas child. My mudder used
to often slap me for sboiling de walls, but she
gould neier preak me of it.
Humph, said he, nod ut all satisfied NIT
my story, unit looking at de scratches harder
dan effer Who are you, unit What are you
doing here?'
. toldt him my story apout puying Meg
sigan silter tollars, unit showed him lot of
de tollars I'd pought.
Your story AMID reasonable, said he
You hain't done pizness enough to pay you
for all de time you've spend arount de army
I'll put you unter guard till l can look into
your case.
He CALLED to de Serchent of de Guard unit
ordered him to dake charge of me. De Ser
chent vas dat same tirty loafer, Pob Wilkins, :,
dat hat de droubles NIT. ply Wilson's Cricl.
lie kicked me unit pounded me, unit put me