The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-02-25
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.


OF course it wasn't long before every soon snos'
one o. The boys knew Ben's past record "' ioS vi
ezo, e4,,+ +o tipisb and thew were rather the who'll
shy Of the unsighty creature. But soon safety VAIN
Mnuch Of their coyness passed away, but "nen ""y
many there who helped dance to the ue'i 10 pe
.spt act mnsc furnished by Ben and old Tue very II
meck vet at other times they stunned Ben 'e' IL w"
up tn Size end of the war. Now the writer 'aoe an"
,aS not ,,e,,ber If Ren,s Command as loving tou
he was in the Fifth Maryland, and Ben magic s'l
.s.d IN ,l,o siv+b and rnu,b of what he volcano Of
i; i,i, ,,o, ,,,S ro+bered from, MANY The boy
MID o,,,r,Sas WIN aIso sarved in tbe of the cor
Sixth And the dear old boys of the Sixth pech a"n
do s,v that manv a Ipdicrous scene han Ben play
pened at guard mount at such times when lia'eIe''
croolo3 oes, mama yas drawn IN the Lat talk the
g. ,,,,I... drtr For SCOT Pan would dreds Of ii
.,I,,a,s oo,,a botwea, two other boys On Now, Sc
the lonely beat, always at the outskirts of h'i'a''e
a woods up and down some weird ''on vi VII
streamlet ringed along either side by Souuer a'
a hecvy growth of pine cedar, when 'o'c rom"
their beats would be about hundred and extreme
SIT. v.rds lono and the nickets would myself h
boo % ,oat eaob othar at tho end If their will drop
b4 PIT Aha om,s;no mar, o.ne AZ and to do
.,rori ,oo,nt ,yben anv ono If tho bovs years and
,so had = horror Of Rar,s frightfnl ewes aud is sa
were dra"h 10 go next 10 ben' 'neh lneS Pleasant
whisHerngs would be heard: Say, Bill,
Jack, what will you take to trade places
OF course, the fearless always apple HUN
to- AID many times bargain would bc-Single
1nad- when old fear naught' would hnce
richpr Of plug of tobacco, or, perhap
fhalt ii the poor shaKy wretchs grub woul t,,., -.
he mped into old ''fear naughts" have. G,IIozguo
sack u.s. the c0bieS
all fnruat a stO tolI mo- latH I
year ago by lieutenant of the old Sixt'" ""S' 0"E"
1t 8 lovely night and the lofty pin
partJ hid the deep blue sky, where t mus @''4o'
stars trembling, and slender cresce ''9o
had arisen. Across the dark lea <'<o
Werd re that grew in profusion all up |.o'
Gown the lovely rivuet. Crooked ey-
and comrade had met once, but on ,o.
once. Ben had asked his partner for 80 NV
chew c. tobacco but the comrade had -
to give him, and the bringing sentry iELkTON
;aginea chat Ben had looked daggers at hi
from lis awful peppers, and he dare be Congratu
met Ben again that night in that we. made to Elkt
aoca y; all the and brilliant love off building
the night could not dssipate rance and apr
sens of awful fear that oppressed BIZ town. Thus a
Ben tnd come to the extreme Of bis and changed ir
Emanl times, and at last getting lone indica
qalls to him to know why he did is abroad in f
com down, and crooked eyes kept otto advance the
she line toward the frightened soldier. On his part fur
iall rightful yell rent the hrity, and the CE
air, d that frightened wretch enterprise has m
ecam, wrung up. And when the corp land for Offices h
hast rd ont to ascertain the cause investment e,
cur, right old crooked eyes was cOnvu,n march on
,rvith