The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23

you, and in which you are described
rs belonging to the Rebel armyY'
Il should reckon | did. Didn't l
write it and put it in every blessed ar
ticle | thought we Rebs, as you call
us. could get and make use OFF,
| looked at Colonel Buchanan and
saw pallor slowly creeping over MS
face.
DO you mean to say, sir" he asked,
that this prisoner did not voluntarily
meet you people, and of his own free
will Hgrce to sell and deliver thn arti-
cles mentioned in that paper" The
witness threw his head back and
laughed boisterouSlv. The old Colo
nel's face changed from white to an
apoplectc red and he again rappet
for order. and said sarcaSticaEy.
"Please restrain your merriment and
answer my question: remember this
is a court room, and not theatre
"Beg pardon. Colonel. but If you'd
seen how the old simon treml'"a
when I showed nv six-shOoter under
his nose and told him I'd blow out his
| brains if he didn't sign it. you'd want
| to laugh. too. The SiX-ShOOt"r hadn't
nary a charge. but he didn't know
| that. You see. the way we rot hold of
| him was this: Some of our boys live
in Baton Rouge. and they know the
| old fellow has ALWAYS been considered
! y bigger Yankee than old Greeley him
| self. When we saw him inside orr
| lines, near the Ferry, where We
| learned he had been to visit some sick
relative. we made up our minds we'd
got pretty good thing. We knew he
was rich old cock, and that his stor"
carried one of the biggest stocks Of
| goods outside of Orleans. I decided
that | could scare him into signing
most anything, but it was tough work.
| | thought at one time I'd really have
to load up and give him flesh wound
TO make him ante up. Then just as
he had signed the paper you IankS
SWOOped down upon US"
do You mean to say. on your oath
on your oath. sir" said the Colonel
imperiously, that the prisoner did not
send word to YOU that he would meet
you at that Ferry and furnish YOU
certain information and contrahand
articles for certain sums of money!
The Young Confederate jumped mp,
and balancing himself on his foot,
cried out with the most intcnS" scorn:
"And you call this y Yankee court
of Justice! Couldn't any of YOU take
trouble enough to find ont what kind
of u man Won woro trying? Why. any
child in Baton Rouge could have told
YOU who old jew IsaAcs WIS. and
twice he's had ron" round his neck
and been nearly chokcd into KINGDOM
Come by our boys because he wouldn't
tell where yOu'unS wcrn cnmn"d-and
all the old fellow would say was,
Hang away Conldn't Won find ont,
| through some of yOUr smart witnesses.
that my own capture was due to the
plucky old devil, who was brave
enough and lovAl enou"h 10 Won YnnkS
To send word Ia your Captain Ivy his lit
tie son when ana where he had agreed
to meet us In spite of my oath TO him
that | would shoot him down like a
dog if he hrcathrd Il word to any onc|'
And tn" indignant Southcrnrr sank
down in his chair. wiping the pcrspira-
ton from his face.
That the dramatic part of this start,
ling drnoucm"nt was partly arranged
by the lawyer has always been my
conviction. He knew from the first
that he had sure cas-" and hc had
been greatly nettlcd Ivy the sharp
words and rulings of President Buchan-
an. At any rate, the effect was all
Mat he could have wished. Never be-
fore, in his long military career. had
the old Colonies pride received such a
blow. His boast had bc"n that he had
/ presided over more than fifty court
martials and had seldom had his find
ings disapprovcd. as he claimed to
10 /. al
military law.
! The room was cleared and the Colo
mel. after a few words of explanation,
added, "Of course, the case will be dis
missed ut once and the prisoner re-
leased. | desire TO confess to YOU gen.
tlcmcn that for my part fear have
allowed my prejudices to influence my
| judgment, and that | have been nearer
than ever before in all my military life
committing a very grave and serious
error. We are none of us too old to
learn"
After adjourning the court. the no.
bic old man went into the adjoining
room, shook hands most heartily and
| cOurteously with the lawyer, the Con
fedcrate Captain and the old Jew, and
said that none of them could be more
pleased than he that any suspicious he
may have had We're found to he false.
AS I was arranging my papers, some
one touched me on shoulder. and
looking around encountered Isaacs'
Swarthy conntcnance. He said, i'm his
broken English: II see you are a
| Mason" Answering in the affirmative,
and learning that he was one. I asked
why he had not made himself known
before. "Oh, no." he said. mot while
| was under charges, but now | am
very glad to know you as one. I want
| yoll 10 brlng g." of your army
friends and dine with me next Sun
day" handing mo his card. accounted
his invitation and had an experience
for the first time of dining in the fam
lily of wealthy Jew.
He had invited n number of his
| friends. and the hoard was presided
over by his only daughter. the most
lovely Jewess I had ever seen. She
was tall and graceful as swan. with
a clear olive complexion through
which burned the glow of perfect
health, and she looked Mt me with
eyes which, even out Of the dim haze
of years. I can SOC distinctly to-day
deep wells of melting brown, modestly