The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-07-27
ouK WAR CORRESPONDENT.


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from some soldier ., The ftonl. Whst
tvo or three dsilie, eubbed together, aud
sepi . regular oUrr,popdeS. dosp, there
su great deal OF bos,tiug sod brsssins
snd br.ssins sboui "en,erprise The
core. poudeut he'd . soit soap oi II Ihsi
is, be tspt beyond The dagger line, snd
soi bis reports from the sttsgglsrs. ooe'
10 while be act straight goods. bni 10
The msloriiy OF cases bis facts got Lin 10
10 trouble - soon ~ they we're Published
II uss si,sr Aut,t,m that "fvd" came
dovn TO D. He represented combine o'
Chicago sud Cincinnati. and be VI" se
mskss ueu departure His iastruc.iort
we're 10 "miI 10. and get bis i.cis while
the sneny's bullets were singing over HE
head. had been detailed at division
head dqustters. and ubes 'Yed. rporiee.
be vas reported 10 our chief OF orderlie'.
10 be cared for and broken TO- 'elt sor
~ Tor the boy - for boy he Was on sight.
bad dropped the stick and rule shou'
der u usket, snd had figured 10 weekly
newspaper ss "Our Oec 81 Jusl Correspond
ept,"sn 90 there wn. bond be seen us.
Here Va boy less than 90 years old, pale
faced, timid OF nerve, aud ready to Jump
ont Of BIZ, boots at the tray OF mule. but
aiih q determination to oil the place
sssispsd 10 bin We looked him over q
minute then said
Say. bub. you'd bett,r go b ok home.
You won't fod nobody down here 10 sing
you to sleep at night. Oar newspapers
up North must be hard up to send babies
down hers to cit the news,
don't know how I'm going to come
out, but rn going TO bave Try h 1t,
stoutIy answered "Yed "
Ohiye sref Wsll, it won't take ye
more'n . week to find ont that this Is
neither % orphan asylum nor nursery.
Mebbe my old woman saved our last nurs
ing bottle, though We hain't wanted it fur
ten yesrs. II she has. III have her send
it down.
10 a way .Yed' was turned over to me.
When he bad told me bis story. / was
ready to put him through 10 any way pos
sible. He was the sole support oi sn inval
id mother aud cripple sister, and 1t was
either take the place At the front or walk
the streets OF Chicago looking for work
II was doubtless predicted ct home that
be would make . failure Of it, and ! used
to wonder how they came to give him
show. The first thing Was to leave him
alone till be got bis bearings aud could
settle down TO camp life. II he'd been
bit rough in his ways, 1t would have been
better for him, bat be was anything but
roupn. He neither smoked, cheved.
drank nor sw1 re, and be bad voice like q
airl. 1t wssn'ts week before the 0en
dubbed him Sissy" and be could not
walk through = company street without
someone yelling st him:- You there.
Sissyp Aint 1t time for you 10 take snoth
er dose Of soothing syrup3
The boy would come back with anxious
face and tears 10 bis eyes, and l knew that
nothing on earth save the thought OF those
helpless women at home kept him from
running away. On the other hand, bis
8rst letters gave satisfaction. He bad
good descriptive talent and way OF put
ting things as be found them, SO be suited
oil around. He had determined from the
fret to be "in it, 10 the case of fight,
and one day he said to our chief
have got to go out on the picket line,
and put myself under fire. Ayet have
not even seen Q REBEL
80 you are ready to 60 homer queried
the chief.
OF course not.
Well, III tell Whst'll happen. You'll
20 ont and hear rebel bullet sing over
your head, and you'll take to your heels
and never stop running Till you reach Chi
csgo. Good by, Sssy. When you git
six ieet high and can say damn IL With
ont o;nshing ups lung, come bsck and
see US.
But there Was . surprise party 10 store
for several OF as. Aswe we're 10 camp,
with little doing around headquarters,
four or FIVE OF us we're passed through TO
the picke,s to put Yed" under fire, ]
dor, think be got . blessed wink oil
sleep durine the previous night. and l
know that two long letters were written
ready for msiling TO Chicago. lps that
way With m,ny soldiers. liz big. burly
farmer or logger, who has enlisted to
6sbt and TO take bic chsnces, breads bis
baptism, one can't crltic.zs m outsider
with see eningly no more coursge thsD
girl. Oar cbiei vent along 40 see the
fup," IS be expressed 1t, and when We
reached the Federal picket We found him
croucbed behind q log, With thin stream
Of blood running from bic bead down over
bis cheek. His csp WAS lying on the
ground beside him, and 10 sssfieved
tones be eXplsined:-
Damn them Johnbies over there, bot
they don't know what good manners isl
I,m ont OF tobacco, and | didn't know but
me some for sugar i stood |
up on thi, log 10 yell out TO EN-, but
bsdp't got ny moutn open before one o
them plunked h my head Durn bis
hide. bat be rshed my scalp snd made me
limp ,eo feat. and Ia like TO be shet up
io = coro crib With bim iur about two
ninitsl
We bad SC eye on Oar Co'rsspondent,
and ne .ss tbs, be vent vhiter than
,uov ., sistt oi The blood Jast s the
antsk.A M. .vnl.p.tion !