Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-12
Told by Southern ColoneA.
washington POst.)

(WaSh1nStOn 1OSt.)
He was such a pleasant looking olo
chan. with his twinklng ! lue eyes and
his little gray goatee that seemed 10
twinkle too. that it was the most natural
thing in the world to nod to him with
| word of greeting in the lobby of the New
Willard.
He RESPONDED with great cordially, and
in few minutes the two chance COM
paions were chatting as If acquaintance
of years standing
He was an old soldier, 'of the Army OF
Tennessee" he explained, somebody OF
others brigade, "Hardee's division"
"Hardee? Cold-blooded, professional,
| wasn't he? A Hardee's tactics sort Of a
machine soldier?"
.He was a soldier, all right" the col
onel replied (of course, he was colonel!);
"a soldier through and through, practice
as well as theory. But cold-blooded! Well,
hardly!
"IIe was a big, fine-looking man. broad
shoulders and tall, more of the appear
ance of what one imagines French gen
eral should be; and he was most en-
thusiastic and devoted admirer Of the
gentle seXi
"When we were in Kentucky. you re-
| member. the campaign of 1862, the general
| would insist upon kissing all OF the pretty
! women-the wives and daughters OF the
Kentucky farmers. Now, the women OF
old Kentucky are beauties, you know, and
the general was having the time of his
life But though the ladies didn't seem to
object the husbands and others, the
males somehow failed to see the fun in
it. And at last one fine day when the
general had impressively bestowed his
salute upon the rosy lips OF blushlnS
bride, her youthful husband strobe from
the room and presently produced two
very ugly old females, with the remark,
Now, then, general, if you kiss any, you
must kiss all round And the general
did. and never heard the last of it,
General Polk was another fine-looking
, old fellow, with all the manners and af-
liability Of grand seigneur.' He had
been Bishop of Louisiana, still was, in
fact, though in the army; and every
body loved him. He was West Pointer
and a good soldier. and as brave as
lion Did you ever hear of his adventure
at the battle Of Perryville? No? Well,
it was late in the evening; in fact, it
was almost dark Liddell's brigade had
just come into action, and as they came
forward, the general observed a body of
men, whom he believed to be Confeder-
ates. standing at angle to the bril-
gade, and firing obliQuely into our people.
Dear me- he said, this is very sad, and
uSC De stopped, anu uc III ACu ACuIu "
send the order by one Of his young men,
but all of them were absent on different
messages. SO he determined to ride hin-
self and settle the matter. He cantered
up to the colonel of the regiment, which
was firing. and shouted at him in angry
tones what he meant by shooting his own
friends.
'.The colonel answered with surprise
don't think there can be any mistake
about it; am sure they are the enemy
:. Enemy the general exclaimed. why,
I have only just left them myself-cease
firing, sir; what is your name. str?'
e My name is Colonel ----. Of the In
DIANA answered the officer, and pray,
sir, who are you 2
Then, for. the first time the general
saw to his establishment that the fellow
was a Yankee. and that he was In the
rear Of a regiment OF Yankees. He real
lied ct once that there was no hope for