The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-20

accumulate provisions a-olg the roads
where they expected the union forces 10
pass and everybody seemed 70 think that
the militia wanted pie We soon got on
to how they were being fed b. the peo-
pie and We would make a dash and get
10 the pie first. Morgzn's men were
not very wen fed and the way We COB
bled the pie was 3 caution I never ate
SO much pie in ali ny life as I stored
away on that trip
Captain Shields was present when Col
Bean was telling about the pie and he
said that called wildly 70 his mind when
he secured something good TO eat. He was
with Lee when he went down into Penn
sylvanIa On his memorable raid He said
after the fight at Gettysburg there was
= little quiet and Longstrcets command
70 which he belonged was camped about
three miles south OF the city Some Of
the boys in his company were wounded
and he went 10 the field hospital TO see
Il he could do anything for them
The boys had not much TO eat for
several days" said the captain and those
who were not fatally wounded told ms
that they wanted something nice 70 eat
more than anything else I got onto
my horse and rode outside Of the lines
about half mile and reigaed 10 IN
OF a nice farm house. The farmer walk
ed out 70 the gate and enquired what
7 wanted. He could tell Of course 10
which army 7 belonged and told him
that some Of our boys were wounded and
wanted something TO eat. He said he
would see and vent into the house
1T was only short tine until that
man came back and he had a great big
loaf Of wheat bread baked IN one OF
those old ovens that people put on the
hearth and put fire under and over them.
The woman had cut a round hole in the
loaf Of bread about the size OF q saucer
and filed It with fresh dairy butter.
The man had the bread tied up in a
paper and the woman carried IN her
hands little jar OF apple butter.
NOW. don't you forget that was
pleased. I wanted TO show them that I
appreciated their kindness and ran my
hand into my pocket and brought out
some Confederate money and offered to
pay them but the woman told me that
she would De honest and tel me that
they were for the union and against
me but If the poor soldiers were wounded
that was different and they were only
TOO glad to help them and I was vel
come for what I had received and they
would take no pay.
Then the man spoke up and said he
would be honest. too. and he told ne that
he would take my money for the things
had gotten IN minute. but the fact
OF the matter was. he said. that my
money was not worth = cent there. He
"a me 10 take the money bac- with me
and when I got home I might De able
70 buy something with f.
The wounded boys cut that bread and
then spread II over with thar fresh but
ter and apple butter and I want 10 tel
you that it was good, for 1 tried piece
OF il myself. Some Of the boys were
so delighted with it that they actually
cried. That was a great feast to the
men who had been eating pork ard hard
tack and practically eating nothing
for the last two days. I tell you we
had some business on that trip anEwe
did not have much time to forage for
grub The most stringent orders ever
issued TO the Confederates against strag-
Cling were on that trip
7 VIII never forget that farmer and
his good wife and that big loaf Of wheat
bread and the dairy and the apple but
ter"