New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-18
NJ y dear girl how can

girls say. Up 81 Louisville Ave
AWAY away my hat. little further down the
line gave away my coat. Then my
vest went. hen my shirt. Last Of Al
- shoes z " only got nv pants & q
That Was as far as he got. The girl
left for parts unknown. You see SOL
diers are generous. ca verify
Il was about noon when the boys
reached Lytle, &c. The sergeant ordered
them of the train and then followed 4
four mile tramp to the park. There
were two dlsagreeable things about that
march the dust and the s1joshing" Of
told vomiteer's. 3
90 I had q good house when II left
left left s, good house when I
left
The above continually came from al,
sides. @ it was wicked!
Us that the only thing you fellows
know down here 6,
Shot followed shot but at last the
rockies were in their quarters.
The first night Harold Henry assick.
IN fact he had already joined the .svom-
iteer brigade.
He rolled out Of his tent and wandered
into the wood get air, as he after
wards expressed himself Then some
thing strange happened.
Number one, two io'cl lock broke the
silence. ss8,s
It almost frightened him, but he
thought of the guard.
Number two, two o'clock ALI well.'
There was another pause.
Number three, two o'clock ais
we'll. y
This was unbearable. Number three
happened to be near him.
Get out, you fish, ali 8 not we'll Siek's
g midnight mule! Can't you hear me.
yomit2 O.! for a doctor or some pills
or ror anything hut pain like
this
The guard laughed. Yes he did.
"Why, my boy, that's nothing. We
.uns aire IN tn Harmy nauw. Pills! What
d'you want with pills? Hey2 Pills.!
Why here they give you sugar pills for
everything Twenty five boys from my.
company went to the doctor in abody the
other day. They kicked about short RAJ
tions and the doctor gave them pills.
Pills, mind you! Why they give you
pills for a haircut in the army.
Then the guard laughed again. He
turned anu began to walk his post "in q
military manner" 55ss
About q week after this Harold asked
the first sergeant for permission to visit
Chattanooga. He had been feeling bad
ly. It would beso good for HIM. He
wanted to see something Of the country;
to buy a few things 70 find out where
he was at, ct cetera. Maybe, also, he
harbored dark thoughts Of vengeance at
the dinner table.
ssNo, 2 was the answer. He could not.
have a pass.
Harold happened to be one of the few
in the company who could .muster up
money He decided to have fun .sjjust.
for this once 2
He went to Lytle and attempted to
board the train. The provo stopped
him.
IF you have no pass get off the plat.
Iform.''
..What good pass anyway
g You must be arooky, the way you
talk. Get of. Orders are orders
This kind of dishsarted him but he
soon found an old farmer withsa mule.
.say, old man, how much to Chatta-
nooga?''
Wall, ali reckon 'bont two and half.
All doan know bout my mule thouhg.
Purity ticular now fur she goes. CIT y 81
roun' th' provo alright allis peryidin'
ther old thing doesn't buck. 4 lay
doun an die fore it a run when i'll wind.
blose q flea in'ts eer: Better ride to
Rossyllle, 70 mile from here, and take
TIL dummy there fel Chattanoo Co.'S
yer eighty -fves cents all told y
The agreement was made on the spot.
The farmer ept on talking about that
mule with all the out ard insp iirat ion Of
q political mud Singer. There tiisiil't
seem to be anything particular Won
derful about the animal but srhapsI
there ssassa bond Of YIN pathy and IN
Outstanding between the two. As1ss.sthe1
it was the mule OF the conversa iois that