The sun., 1901-09-15
RENFREW tND ms FLAG.
The Confederate soldier VII. Took the
STAR and iiars TO n south Sea i,Ia1d.

From Ns Lousriiir '.0nrtsr-,IuErHai
During tI' past fnV week ten Ba-il Duk
and Gcr John 2 Da-tic'1an have h~~u over
,h.lmei vi'I lett ,rs FROM Old Don'-isrir -
assInr What th~v b. new ~ thc ~trr, 81 Henry
,lty Nerfrey. an N-toufed~rlt" Who carried
avtv 'Nc last Nag ~ the tpuf.d"racv and
escaped VITA II & tie Navigator Islands
I.s'r.V VA. supposed . .sy been Z member
of "a" second Kent icky under teen Duke \
T"H'rtfr cDl"l On G-u Duke q learn the
facts lu -" c's'
40. stli ttr General -Rrnfr"V's name
has slipped my memory ! thoroughly be
ev" the t-Ith of "a" story The fact tht
hls diary shows him - have been Ia both "a"
second aud the Fourth ksutIoAy IL = point
tlrt gpc, ftr t'ward ct tbli-hing the nutheu-
ti.ii ~ "a" tile u ~ N"re simply cook sd-
up yarn ta" ,utHpr would never hnv. thought
e. I4i h.u iu t,p regiments
The matt .r uf which naE he took must be
. ~ uuc"rt'n Nuu know. "" DID on
g"d.rsts- we're - busy that "" could not
TII3 hd, hr, adr G,s Rrri1reu rr"6,si, ".r,i s"t
hi- ,ompau. las. q, most ot IN" companies
hat some r'uh."'m nr r"nhon
have 't.A 81 g. -"N "rsi oi nv men and
tlrV say that they remember R"nfr"N per
fc.tlN IT, cam" from ~um"Whcte near
NtiSV Ir'm What tHoy It'll me he va,
il. reporter 'h.n hunted up one ~ the
men who Ng- priva'" under cen Duke
aNeufrrv' exclaimed "a" Did soldier
"Of cour." I remember R'ufrew lie was
pre- Il tuo finest fello~- in the army, When
anew hin ," va, sh,u' y years Old and ia
and Mosara,r were mates They wrre all
'o,l~s" graduates aud naturally drifted
t"sc'h"r u ,n- compsny They messed
VA a brave soldier Bay!e,, now lives
iu Cincnrau J know that R-nfree was IN
that last msr,h a. one & President jefferson
Davi-.- --curt Most Of that last command
surrendered IL Mount sterling Some Of
,h"m. however, iIird t" Worh Vest 10 Join
1. ..UN.s a l.
-ight oi R-nfT~W ksvl"ss Il Cincinnati
could tell all about hlm
Inc story j. to IA" effect that out IN the far
Navisatgr l'ies nosts an old Confederate
Nag That Ia. mover been surrendered And
nov all over III" country old soldiers are
rousing themselves and overwhelming cen
Duke With Inquiries concerning tao story
ui he Young heutucki1a Who hra,cly bare
that nas, then willingly eIpetriated himself
followed %, sud tneu. Tor twenty Nv. more
u foated proudly unsutren erred before hs
ugt on q little inCifc island
lt"s hur"d In a rocky hradland " that i,r
l~i" ~" h"s =" that, ri~iug, hi iao' would
look tow lrd the east. toward the Land Of h.
youth and III, love Ana over 'hr gray. 81
~" dead soldier Fosts tho tatt.rsd h.ftIr
fas "a" tar, and hGr> f"r. which H. gov.
tul"rahi" n, NATIVE Whu trfrrnd.d h..u
TAXI carr ~ "a. srsv"
capt Mart "a schuyler formerly captain
~ th" S''v.nth OHIO tavalry. h-ought tack
TIA" story from IA" Philippines VI, 'yid o.
600 capt Nll"n. also ot he Ssyrutl plf4
I ~ Sohu'lcr met IN" native and from him
I"atn"d the story of IN" nHg Tho u4tIrr
told hirI that many y"ar> ago an American.
Who >sid hc had drif'"d along the Western
Ipn-i NJ N'uth America ,ft'r passing through
Mexico. >"ttl-d ~ tn Navigator Islands and
IN'i tluu". Tying NFfur,' hi, hut % tpuf.d-
rr1i' ha''l" TaE. which 10" saii VS. carried
hN ~" 'HNtitN escort thai travelled viii
i"Ter,nr hINi- tu tho last -iag,'s 90 hl- rlgu
lruri Richmond b"fur~ h.S captur. o., ~"
! "d"fHl~ Tie rN-~ulii'r ssud tht' us had
H~VuI-s. with The rag which Nr loved too
N'U tp t~fWif LIn t. liN" again ut,dsr tho
' nii"d state rgg ~" American r"flg'~
i,N~i h Isolated lifr fut ,ssr. d,in. ttT..
v"arS as' ghd l"HvIus his nsg To 1T native
lri"nd Nuh a." Injunction that h~ never
psri With %
,apt schuylcr Cu,lly got tho native.
trtmi--Inn q" rNsuiu~ the dead Au"r.-
N iicattug THAI tho "N-tonfedcfs's ~a-
li~nrv clay feutr"N a msu.l-f ~ .ther
D." Second ur Fourth keuturky cavalry
~ ln'h. ~ ~ tuu'cd"Tat- army IN -oiH"
ullt~. hr rfrtr-d tu col Ba.l ruke tl~
, 'iot"l and tsUt John n '..''eman -
hi- tsIia'n ~ u''"r- - col n'rry tIt.
nor aud CAPS har' J.nkin- q. BE ,rlous,
and captain r~.r~r'lv~ly He vfrt~ ot
h'rnsrd hayl-s> and bAllss Nosttov~
his Chums ln uu' % tho disft.s hrt frev
referred 90 l.ng-h 90 ths lasi dafs - the .
tohfsdefarN 1h.u followed ~ STATE .
m~rf that he VA Nth th~ la~' hniN - 'f- .
gan rsd Curf~d.fat- -oidt~f. that ".o.r'rd Z
M that uh-H hutr's surrender a. agfvsd
uppu ~ vr'sr 'onk ~" rag ffnu ne sisf H
u shuut o.. body hTd ..ratrd .
9Th Tho ir'sttiuh = fsk'ns ~" nss 20 snu' 4
foreign lAut