The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
bryan, The 1imcs-D lspatcl, s out OF 'ls.
line, tt is hot bccaisa otir faith or OIL our
doctrine has changed. 3
a Black Mans Wit.
lflnd tie folloWIng Imam eXcllnNEe. !.

S1Ve find The following mar, exchanged
,fIe late General John 81 Gordon niId
Governor Gambler OF Georgin, wero tu-
9ather II, II hotel i'll Atlantis onto when
| Governor Gambler asked tito General &c
HE hid ever known Of n Willy darcy,
I"Ycs, !" snid tho geliernl "onc. ,it
General Robert u. Lee was fiEEttlhg
Grant III the last days All old dark Y D De.
siegcti l,nad1unrtors eth REQUESTS % SEQ
|'the gln'rnl.n1l ITO was turned away away e
dozen times. But ono day lie succeeded
I'M reaching the guard Immediately ~
| front Of General Lees tent and almost
got intos the tent itself before lic was
stopped. rho alteration which followed
was overheard by General Lee, WHO CALL
| cd out, "f.et that man como IN! Ihon
EintU the tent came the fellow q raw !.
| hunpd stumbling grny-loaded gnarlcs
old darby WHO scrnned tho ground with
HIS foot and kept turning his hat around
lncrvousyin his band "a 4.
"a" well, wllcro do you helong?' demand
cd General Lee.
~" r h'longs to y'r company, gln-ral'
returned the darky
$s"fN q, yo,, don't. declared the general.
sharply. Everybody in my company mas
boon shot, How IS It that YOU haven't
been 2
."rhe darby scratched his head, Then
from his twisted mouth came n confl-
DENTAL whisper well, Yo' see Gin rnl,
Its this away. I aih't been shot, Gaze
when dcys n,figll goin' on always stays
With the gin'rals. !"
That does not Sound like" General
Robert IL. Lee. we doubt II General Cor
don has been correctly quoted. II he has
been. he has gotten old General Lee Ice
mixed UP with Fltz Ice. x
Tho story as 1t has been always told
liz Virginia Is as follows: When 1Fitz Leo
was making his canvass for Governor 'l1l''1,
ana when upon the platform at q public
meeting III one OF the counties near
I.ynchburg, lie was told TINT an old color
cd man wished to como up and shake
hands with him. He said, 'All right; let
him comc,'and the old darby was wa so soon on
afterwards brought forward and intro-
duccd to him.
Old Uncle Ben, for that was his name,
snidsto lTitz Lee, that he had beensin tho
Confederate army from. first to last, with
Ills (Ben's) young master Tho general
asked him to what command his master master
belonged. Uncle Ben replied Long;
streets, The general then suggested to
Ben that he had probably seen some hard
fighting. Uncle Ben said. yes. no had
been III many battles."And which az you
think was tho hottest one" he was ASKED
by Fitz Lee why, responded Uncle
Ben, gettysburg was by long odds the Inc,
wust ever seen, and he added 'e1, to 81
you tile truth, general; at Gettysburg
ruined like a. dog, where did you run
to?'. Inquired Frtz Lac. II ran to the
afest place / could find, !" said the old
fellow. 'And where was that?' SAID his
good humored questioner. Il ruined 10 70
where the glnerals were" promptly re- re-
sponded the old man. s 81
This ready rcsponse-thls unintentded.
Joke on tho generals-brouGht forth peal
orllaughter from Fltz Leo and tho crowd
OF people around him. The story. was was
oft on repeated as ono OF tho incidents g
mat campaign General Fitz Lee, him
self, has delighted to tell it and to give
Uncle Ben credit for his sagacity In seek
ing a place Of refuge on the field Of bat
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