The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-04
"Douglasville. Ca Sent. .. $50.

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await your coming with pleasure. 1 viii
not write much as we can talk face 10
face better than we can through the
medium Of the pen. am proud Of your
photo and I must say that II does not
res emble the boyish face of one I thought
was so cold in death. want tic know
what day you Will arrive in DouglasviIle
as live in the country and want to meet
you here when you arrive
Yours most truly,
"LOaN u. POPE"
| Sc on last Saturday mo -nin,z. October Il.
| Pope received a telegram from Chatta-
! nOoga, signed by Mr. Coe, telling him
ti.at he would be there that evening".
great many people had heard Of the
| correspondence and the telegram. and
when the .. m tram came quite a
! crowd was present 10 $40 the cd Yank
and the old Johnnie. Their clI-iousi:y vas
certainly gratified in the manner tooin
certainly gratified and in manner TO
convince them that the var vas over. for
such hugging and crying between men
who We're total strangers to each other
has rarely been seen.
It was queer sensation which the men
experienced when they met There were
/ % people, men, women and children. at
the DouglasYille depot to see the dead
Hank.' Pope's brother-in-law was the
first man 10 greet him.
rs this Mr.. Coe?" he asked.
1T is" was the reply.
/ Mr. Coe. this is your friend. John D
/ Pope"
! The scene was effecting. The Confedsr-
ate put his arms about Mr.. Coe and burst
into tears and Mr. Coe did like7s.ze.
Meanwhile, the crowds surged W to meet
/ the Ottumwan. When Mr.. Coe stepped off
/ the train the crowd shouted. there he
Is Two dead men meeting" 'IIurrah
FIR Coe and PoDe," and other similar
bursts Of enthusiasm. Children crowded
up and caught hold of the Yankees coat
! tai. men and women passed close to him
/ IN order TO touch min. If 0erchance tEev
could not shake his hand "Our Jim was
decidedly the hero Of the hour. H. was
eSt cried TO the best carriage in the citv
and driven to Mr.. Pooe's farm reside ice.
three miles from the city Mr. Pops lives
a life Of ease. anti though not itch. he is
| a well 10 dc cotton planter and his home
y.
The story had been told to all the farmers
about and the next few days the Pope
/ domicile was crowded with farmers. who
came and went in punches of a half
dozen with their families, many coming
for and 10 miles TO see a Give Yank who
I was dead" They urged Mr. Coe to STAY
and visit them and f he had carei 20
! accept their hospitality he could have re-
NAMED all winter enjoying their boun,ias.
One little incident among the many that
occurred while there. was shortly after
his arrival. and had started from the sta
ton. Just as they were leaving the town
/ limits, Pope sitting on the right Of Coe,
/ thompson, the brother-in-law, on the left.
Coe being in the middle. when Coe spoke
up and said: Mr.. Pope. since my arriva!
here I notice that everybody calls you
John, and up in Iowa where I live. every
body calls me Jim; now. under the cir
cumstances that you and 7 have met. It
don't seem that they should have any
/ more right TO call you John than I have
and I want 10 call You John and you call
me jim He looked at Coe a second. ard
| with his right elbow resting on his knee
and with his right hand holding the reins.
dropped them. and swinging his hand
| around. grabbed Goes. and says, jim
how are you2" and Coe did likewise
Then again. on the second day. just as a
carriage had driven in the yard with an
other load of visitors and Mrs. pope had
come out on the veranda notifying then
that dinner was ready for they had g
dinner every two hours or al each arrival
she says, Mr.. Coe. I've got the fever
too. and am going to call you Jim also
So ever after that the formalitfes were
thrown away and it was John and Jim
and when Coe presented the new book.
for the old. Mrs. Pope. with great big
! tears in her eyes. ran back into her OWL
sleeping room and getting some old linens
brought them out, and taking the books
wrapped them uD separately and carried
them back into her room putting then
safely away while both made vow tina
they should read 10 each other ever
night before retiring. and 50 it went OF
day by day while the visit lasted
Mr.. Coe returned yester lay. bringing
with him his two books. also a rcltfoli
[ that he had written many Il letter on /;
! his parents and friends years ago. TIL
, two books We're replaced bv tv3 as fin
books as could be procured in Chicago.
handsome book for Mr.. Pope and Testa
ment for Mrs. Pope.