The National tribune., 1903-10-01

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solomon kosenpaum continues HIS story
OF adventures IN tne heo RIVER expedition.
After sumner the next evening. Rosen-
r, III. -.
'"'-' went o"' oi '''' p'i'" " i''' ''e IVY >
anu resumed his story
Il vas vaked up de next forenoon py de
ambulance tearing along like 4 railroad
5r,;, 7. ,,,,,, aIo, ofor do ,,ts
ui"'' va, P',"f"s '''v"s o,''
anu against de suuiiips' s'"eh my he''u
out through de curtains. and yelled to de
driver.
...U,Id IN dar.' What de deffiI makes
Won drive so vast? | CANT sleep. Chen
oral Smith fold me TO lie down in de am
bulopce and get little rest. Triye slow
err. Won kiuky.wooled son of an eclipse
Giant do it. Boss answered de triyer
DE CheneraIs orders is strict dat l must
keep up nit de infantry, and I'm a-gwine
TO do it. if it kills de hosses Ole A. Us
poys is awful marchers.'
.Bretty soon one of de staff officers
come 70 me nit horse. and orders from
old A. !. to pilot his leading brigade along
to de blaze where I thought dere vas d.
easiest chance to 60 Offer de works O,d
A 7 cbo;ned rs in n yew minutes, as vas
his custom. He always wanted to pc right
on de ground where de hardest vighting
vas. De brigade vas yoost double
oyickinr into line for n sharge, When We
hoard do roar of de Eastport's guns She
vas dc niggest noat in Admiral Portprs
fleet. and old A. ]. swore harder dan effer
eco ahead. dere! Come on nit me. Get
Offer dem works in a holy second. What
arc vou tagging forP Dem blasted sailors
will ne into de town before you are Get
n move ON YOU. Won planned mud crushers."
"De poys rushed ofer de glacis in vront
of the works. and Offer de works demselfs
like a blue whirlwind When We got inside
ve gould see Offer TO de riffer. and dere.
coming yrom dat side, we're de poys of
Cbcncral Ki)by Smiths Tivision. who had
come I'M on TRANSPORTS. Dey we're running
like wild to get ahead of us. each rechi
mpnt racing to ne de Wrist to put its vlag
ON de Courthouse and de University
puiIdins. Some of de reppel poats in de
riffer we're burning. and de others we're
skipping off up stream as vast as dey
gould. nit de PASSPORT sending long shots
after dem. She vas of too heavy draft
TO venture further up. All de reppe,s in
town we're running as vast as dey could,
or surrendering.
81 rode ofer little vays. to where a
LITTLE hill made safe shelter from de
shots yired Mt de works, and saw a lot of
yisky saloons had peen located dere. Sell
ing yisky and gambling we're de principal
nizness in Alexandria during de var.
az saw two men run out from one of
do viskv-choipts whom I thought | had
seen ncfore. Each had n demiiohn of
visky and a pox of cigars in his hands.
Dey we're not going away out in de cold
world mitout some de main comforts of
life. I soon recognized dem as acqiaint-
onces of de day pefore-de Ratchet faced
Major. NIT de tobacco Juice drickling from
little Creole Gaptain. ,..r
"Tbere was YOUR chance to give them
their come-uppance." interiected Shorty.
"yVbat did Won dop" e''.-'
"AIv yirst impulse vas TO run dem down
and shoot dem in DER cracks. but, den,
Pm n Chew. and hate TO hat plood-guilti-
ness IN INV hands IT'S against efery
Cbew,s brincibles TO shed blood. Pesides.
dew hadn't killed me: dew only cafe me a
very mad scare. I couldn't gonscientiously
do more dan dat to DEM t-9sf e
"Greot Scottp ensned the astonisbed 81.
"SoI your principles will be the death of
mo yet !" said Shorty "They break out
in the most unexpected places like ague-
hi;stars Yon mean to saw that you
wouIdn't kill them because they hadn't
actually killed Won? Well. 7 never"
"Rrecisely. De Scriptures saw an eye
for nm eve and a tooth for a tooth. Keen
;nsite de- law and Won are all right. I
rolloned over to we're I gould head dem
off at do mouth of de rayine. and as dey
came m nontinp I called ont TO dem b,eas-
ontlv as 7 cooked n pig revolver:
Good morning. cbentlemen.. Vine d aaxy
for !, LITTLE RIM into dc country =
"Dev stonned nanted looked nm at
mo dronned deir loads and fumbled
oround for da;r histols
"sNone ~ dat bleosa, said T bleas-
,n+Iv lacking ofer my revoIfer T'm n
ChaI hnt tno,y how to shoot Sit down
;s bord vork rnnning mit n load such a
vor,n morning Take seots chentIemen.
r;aht yoro yonr orn tno,y II ;s n little
rat bnt ;t,s yarv soft /,
q, ,,as so noli+s and hold nv histo, so
..o.5rd ot Az could not refnso but
5.n,,nod r;nht doun in ID mud Old
ua5p ur .nd Locked and svoro and
ap
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are some very parucuiar 'f.enus III VI MINI
1 snouiu tNe ~ heep uei.i anu I'm mn "a ~,
Oh gem hiSseii' lily '"h way Il YOU II ie'
me:
10 mt as You o!ease' nv yeleu pach
us ne rode on, !,ere YOURS. io, Got ee'i..
ioi near ua,. chehlieiiien' saiu "
DE MAJOR aho 'aplaih. ne C"eherai
says oar you peiohg 10 me- ana may 40
NIT YOU as l please.