The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-04-30

cry left the line and went to the house
asked the lady of the house If she
had any more meal. II noticed she had
been baklng). She said mo" and turn
ing round l noticed in the old fashion
ed oven a cake baking. Not waiting to
see whether it WAS done or not l took
the lid off OF the pan, seized the cake
and was gone with it before the two fell
lows whom found sitting in there pa.
tiently waiting for it when I went in
knew what had happened. A day OF
80 alter this. I was detailed to forage
and was ordered by Captain Fisk to ge,
horse and cart. ! started out and the
first house | came to | entered, found
the entrance to the barn in which
found what l was looking fora horse
and cart. took the horse and ordered
the family to find the harness for me
| When they saw the horse which | was
about to take one of the young girls
came to me CRYING, and pleaded with
me not to take that horse. She said
they would give me any one but that
Her sympathetic words moved me and
l led the horse back to tue barn, she
giving me another. Having the horse
| tiled to hitch him to the cart Here
was my great trouble. Being a sailor
all my life, my experience with horses
was very limited. l knew nothing
whatever about the harness nor where
any part of It belonged, Not even the
collar, SO therefore could not take the
cart. found saddle in the barn, put
| it on the horse and started off Even
though l had not the cart in which to
carry provisions, | obtained enough on
| this trip to keep the company supplied
| for several days. | remember well hav
ing two hams, one hanging ON each
side of the horse
AS rode along that day I was fol-
| lowed by band OF rebels. A comrade
was with me and when we saw the en-
envy were near us he took one road and
| I another. They fired upon me several
times. The horse in his rapid speed
came to a rather deep ditch into which
| thought would go head first, but the
old fellow jumped over, continued his
course, and reached camp in safety.
On one occasion, shortly after my re-
| turn from picket duty at Goldsboro,
was ordered to don my best clothes and
report to Company a." This l did,
not knowing what the reason WAS.
| When | reported twelve of use were
| lined in front of a very fine dwelling
out of which came captain, and TAX
! ing the guns away from six Of us, he re-
| moved the bayoncts and ramrods. load
ed our guns and handed them back
While We were there six others came
from the Jail IN company with a poor
| young man whose misfortune it was to
be shot. Led by the mournful music Of
band and the usual company which
attended such marches, we left town
for spot not far distant. where the
| victim met his death. Such a sight l
shall long remember.
After this We left Goldsboro ard
started for Salisbury While marching
along, one of the cobbles being little
sick and thirsty, left the line of march
and started for a little house near bv,
| to get drink of wafer. l went with
| him. After he took the water he felt
very weak and unable to continue the
march. | saw that could not leave
him, so he remained in the house for
| some time. Our line of march passed
on and left us far behind. He began to
| feel little better and we started again.
We thought we would take short cut
| through field and overtake our army.
Charlie. az my comrade was called, be-
| gan to feel pretty tired and weak again
We came to an old farmer in the field
who WAS busy ploughing and ordered
| him to give us his horse. o. course e
did SO. Charlie got on and rode or
| quite ways. We rode along until dusk
and by this time reached house near
the road where we concluded to stay
| over night. There was, | we'll remem-
Der, an old man with white hair and
two or three old ladies' sitting out in
front of the house. We had our supper
and then sat out on the door step to
chat. AS we sat there the old gentle
man picked up something and asked
me if lost it. | said "No." 1t looked
like a piece of an old sock. He threw it
to one side and no more attention was
given to it.
The next day before leaving we made
trade with this old man, giving the
horse we had, which was very fine
one, for one worth Just as much to us,
but not bali as valuable to the farmer
as ours would be. We started off early,
travelled all dav and by night reached
We halted and asked the owner of the
dwelling for permission to stay all night
He kindly offered us bed in the honse,
but we preferred to remain outside,
anda. After being there some time, my
comrade noticed that his money, " hich,
he said, was s75, was gone He seemed
very much agitated and | asked him
what he had his money in. He said it
| was rolled up IN an old sock. When
he said this, at once recalled the Incl
dent in front of the old gray haired
mans house, when he asked me if |
lost the sock, and concluded, of course,
that it was Charles purse" l told
Charlie 10 take the horse, ride back to
| the house. and he would find his money.
1t was dark night and long way to
60 at such late hour and amid such
/ dangerous surroundings. and SO he said
he would rather lose 1t thad take the
chances OF such a dangerous ride. |
offered to 90 and went. There on the
selfsame spot where We had sat the
night before lay the sock. / returned