The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-11-14

40 VIC S0SCS VAS VI OuE UQeu WIS aD-
sent for over two weeks and the con.
clusion was that he had been killed
In some skirmish or that he had taken
French leave. But in the end it ap-
peared that one Of his squad Of for
ayers had been severely wounded and
that he had remained with his wound
ed acquaintance until the latter was
well enough to be moved, when he car
ried him to the road along which he
knew the Union troops were passing
and reported all the circumstances to
the commanding officer of the regi-
ment. This officer in due time made
report to our own regimental COM
mander and the soldier who had been
marked absent without leave was re-
ceived by his comrades as a bully
boy"
Sometimes" said the Sergeant, "the
regulation hummer was in the rear.
He seemed to know when the rebel
cavalry would attempt to cut in be-
tween brigades, and he was nearly al
ways Just foolin' round whenever
anything Of that kind happened. Of
ten hummer on a mule would give
notice of a movement to the rear and
would ride along with the intercepdng
regiment to see the work we'll done.
Occasionally force moving in this
way would come upon a group Of for
ayers watching at a crossroads for
the enemy.
"One night corporal came in late
and reported that he had left Ser
geant White FIVE miles back. sick as a
horse. Without word, another SER
geant who had just come over from
headquarters left the bivouac and was
not seen or heard of for two days. He
went back to his sick friend, helped
him forward just in time to prey ent
his capture, and after numerous adj
ventures brought the sick man into the
zone of safety. He never said much
about how he saved his friend. It was
enough for the boys to know that they
saved him."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
How Lincoln Franked Letter.
When the army was encamped in
Virginia, near Washington, in 1862-'633
President Lincoln franked letter,
LET 1t Go. A Lincoln for a youth
full soldier named Frank King, of Fond
du Lac County, Wisconsin, and the
envelope is still held as a sacred treas
ure by the family of the soldier lad,
who lost his life at Gettysburg. Cap
tain Thomas Jones, Of the Pension Or
fee, related the story in this way:
1T was no easy matter to get let
ters home to the loved ones during the
War of the Rebellion. Paper and en-
velopes We're hard to get, and stamps
were almost as scarce as diamonds.
Soldiers who were fortunate enough
to be near Washington had their let
ters franked by Senators and Repre-
sentatives, and you may imagine that
our lawmakers were kept busy with
their pens. President Lincoln was
even known to help the boys out occa-
sionally. On one occasion Frank King,
private in Wisconsin regiment, en-
camped near Arlington Heights, got a
package of envelopes, and, with
friend, Harry Dunn went to the White
House and asked Mr. Lincoln to frank
the envelopes. 1t was easier to see
the President then than it is now, and
at certain hours of the day soldier
could reach him as easily as could any
of the high officials.
"When King called and the President
knew what was wanted, he asked.
Why don't you get your Congressman
to frank these envelopes? l am very
busy, boys
The folks at home would like to
see your name on the envelopes, Mr..
President was the reply"
Mr. Lincoln smiled, and taking a pen,
he wrote on one of the envelopes the
foregoing order. He carefully blotted
it, and handing it to the young man
said, Take this with the rest of the
package to your Congressman, Scott
Sloan. and tell him that I said to fix
them for you. If he refuses, and I
don't think he will. bring them back
W Iue. "dAI yOu OOJS " Uc DIdFc
soldiers and shaking the hand of
King and Dunn, he babe them good
by"
The Gray Haired Veteran.
The boys in blue! How proud We were
When first they marched away;
How prond we are, mid scenes more fair,
To welcome them to-day!
They're still the boys with earnest hearts
That years can never chill;
Boys ready still to do their parts
And do them with will.
Yet time, with transformation strange,
Has touched them in his flight.
The hair once brown begins to change
To venerable white.
And so, fate's irony anew
Asserts gentle sway;
Since they who were the boys in blue
Are now the boys in gray.
ashington Star
Eggs Are Sensitive.
IAN egg in the process of hatching,"