The morning news., 1898-11-22
KNOCKED OUT ALL HIS GALLANTRY
A TarheeI BugIer's Lesson to n Negro
WOman's Escort.

WOman's Escort.
A bugler of the First North Carolina
Regiment tried to instil a little discipline
into member of a neighboring regiment
yesterday morning, that drew forth eX-
pressions of satisfaction and endorsement
from all who witnessed the incident. The
bugler, a fine looking young fellow OF
athletic build, wasted no time or words in
getting down TO work, and it is probable
that the man he dealt with in such a sum
mary manner will be more careful next
time about the way he keeps company
with undesirable acquaintanees.
A private was walking along the shell
road coming toward the city, with ne
gro woman. He was acting very gallantly
and had relieved the woman of a basket
she had carried This he was consider
ate enough to carry for her.
The pair walked by one of the booths
that stand alongside the road. AT this
booth there were two or three North Caro-
lima men. One of them was the buSler.
His blood began to boil at the sight of
the soldier walking along with the woman
and carrying her basket for her. He
turned to his companions and suggested
that they give the soldier a licking. The
suggestion did not meet with the appro-
val of the others, as they thought they
had no right to interfere. This did not
occur to The bugler, or, at all events, he
did not stop to consider il. He made up
his mind that he would himself give the
basket-earrying gallant a licking, let the
consequences be what they might.
By the time the bugler had decided upon
his course of action the pair he intended
to break up had gotten some yards up
the road. He started out after them. In
answer TO his call to him, the man with
the woman turned around 10 see what was
| wanted The bugler told him 10 drop the
basket and leave the woman. The man
seemed inclined to demur, and the bugler
started toward him.
There would have been considerable of
a mix-up at once had the private been
of the sort that will fight. He was not,
however, and the bugler had everything
| his own way. He 'cussed out" the sol
| der in good round language and then slap
ped his face. The man did not seem to
| be anxious to resent either the language.
or the blow, so the bugler followed it up
with two or three more stiff ones. Still
| the soldier showed no signs Of desire
10 offer resistance.
put down that basket Put 1t down, 1
say" Bin, biff, the bugler struck him,
| and down went the basket Now, turn
| round and get back TO camp. You are not
going to walk in town with that woman.
| Turn round 1 say. Now get back" The
| soldier ODedlently Out tefuCNduliS tui
| and started back. He had the air of one
who had been shamed to about as great
| an extent as one can be before his fellow
| men. He skunk along with the cowed and
| craven look of whipped dog. Double
time, - you," said his inexorable tormen-
tor. Obediently the soldier picked up the
Guickened motion.
| Arrived at where he had left his COM
panions. the buger stopped, but the sol
| ~ IN
direction of his camp. He did not pro-
ceed far, however, before he turned across
a field and made off toward where the
car line runs. The bugler saw him as
he slipped behind a house and at once sus-
pected his design. off he started up the
road to intercept the man when he had re-
joined the woman at the street car cross
| ing.
! He was not mistaken in his surmise of
what the man was up to. Sure enough,
ne arrived on the scene just as the two
met again. The soldier did not seem to
! be much crestfalen, after all, as he was
| even able to appear again before the Wo-
man before whom he had been beaten by
the North Carolinian. But there was more
| trouble in store for him, as he readily saw,
when the bugler walked up. Much the
same proceedings was gone through with,
the bugler again indulging in forcibe Ian
guaee and sending the soldier on the back
track with a kick and two or three good,
| stiff punches.
81 can't stand anything like that" said
the bugler Now there was that scoun-
drel disgraclng the whole corps by walk
ing along an broad daylight, with that
woman, and carrying her basket for her,
too. 1 didn't do enough to him, but he
was such a coward that couldn't hit him
hard. He wouldn't even try to put up a
fight"
1t is the duty of a sentinel to arrest all
| parties to a disorder taking place near his
post, but one that stood near where the
first encounter occurred seemed to enjoy
the thing so much that he did not make a
| movement to interfere