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A hull followed Q batch Of seoriss Of indi-
vidual sxpsrisnoss. Baoh man seemed 70
be satisnsd with what he had told. But one
Thomas. with his fest In the window. doubted
the statement made By the man nearest the
Aphon.
you ere not Q very old man. said the
Thomas. -aad don't quite undsrstand how
you were 10 three wass.-
Il Am not responsible for your inability to
understand replied the man with his hand
on the bottle. But viii tell you the story;
and In order that your confidence may not
be trapped will cay In advance that while
was In three wars never fred . shot.
Il was 10 whom ran away from homo to
enlist IN the Confederate Army. I had q
swostheart who challenged ne to do Il.
reached my destination by rail the next after
noon and from that point took passage on
steamer to Q city from whioh began my
journey on foot to . command that was some
where In the mountains and thickets Of
Arkansas.
my purse was not what you could have
called plethoric. Tho season was midsum-
mer l begged rides In wagons. and once
him loose. I acknowledge I have thus been
q horse thief
Il reached the front q very sorry-lookins
recruit. MY entire outfit was either worn
down or In tstters, In this plight enlisted.
At tho close OF the first days march l was
ssnt to the hospital Soon after. thanks to
pursuing enemy. the hospital was captured
Then I found myself siok prisoner In the
city from which began my tramp to the
front. A lingering fever followed, Then
was released. but I WAS required to take tho
oath Of allegiance 10 the Government had
started olt to help break uu. l went back
home II was moro than Q wear before
was anything like my former self Before
psss to the second chapter will ask II you
believe that was ~ IN the CS9federate Army''
The Government, Of which WAS now
part. had ordered . draft: Rather unex-
Believed Believed that S / p' would r pas. % he necessary
ia9n i::ss BY ;hss ea' . s DsSSss ss@s .amsa IaS
HsnS S.:.S srRSs: Il. Sssmnssap s' a sworn E:
assigned 70 company of curious loo king
place. for the Government | had tried to
bust up. He cost me. or my family. $3.50 ID
Government greenbacks ls there any one
presens. who doubts that was In the Union
A discussion followed. A ballot was taken
and all but one voted that the man VINO was
telling the story had besn a Union soldier i,nn
he can have one In the army, they said,
You know the spet We had with Spain In
ises, / tried 70 get into that fracss but
out 70 a few OF my friends that would give
any man 500 who would enlist for me, not
as a substitute exactly. but just 40 that !
money with friend. as was going abroad
I was kept on the other side much longer
than / expected When ! came back the war
was nearly oyer snf N the aeCgmYhlsti99 % hst q
During the present summer Of 1901 have
gone It to my p"tSSs tSs q ty Hs psrt sys @est
east. Some Of them have come to know.
not by name, not even 70 speak to. but be-
ing az lust about the same place.
Of Records | saw q crowd. 4 man had been
81 so.s BY h:% a: me. 5S0snfS'S :aS A
An ambulance came In due time and the
MAJ man IVA x ,Ss Sya aoW don RnoR
things man does now and then without
T reached n: hospital Just .ftsr tha3
10 know me lust a. knew him. BY our daily
meetings did him some little favor and We
became very chummy,, went 70 see him
daily while he was In the hospital; ne told
be had received at San Juan HUI. He had
fought In The Spanish American War And
ne Rad fought IN the Union Army In the Civil
War v Hs was tie man who received, nv
500 and fought In Cuba He would have
enlisted anyhow. ae he told me. but he hap,
With the money | had given for a represen ia.
tive in the spanish -Amarican War And
that. why say was in three wars.
What became Of the girl2- asked the man
who was still dlsposed to doubt-"she for
whom you ran away?
.She married lawyer In California who
went 10 ConRrsss a. Republican ana voted
the South. hang him" was the reply.
After which u was voted that the man
who told the story had been In tbree wars.