The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-17

Hai e. stei, ~ ! sa a. down against a tree
d few yards, on thinking W z, VIZ" 81.
Unit, lie died md ,hen w9 lying w q t ie
\ nWoke the iiiaff;wns dead, /, but some other
| fellow had gotten his shoes. s.,..., a. !,
The neral Eofsths may pe ioul.u ~ -
| 8llteral Interpretation Of tho maxim 1iotsso
wait for d deud5 mans shoes. &5 vs. I,
| Disappointed at my new shoes contin y
ued my weary Walk along 'le ioaa syn
hunting for my battery. AZ last c can, e
TO a pickett composed Of Lonis .i'Il.
troops Underline ndhoia ~ tleid OIL u
ncer. When started to 80 through the the
picket theySstopped me and carried mo
to tho officer WHO inquired sharply VINO
1 was and Why was away from my
company. briefly answered Ills questions
nn1 insisted upon being allowed 70 go
on and join my battery. Thnreupon ne
commented to abuse me, calling me I,
slllrl 5nnd nS5.darnn company y man.
Remembering 3nll / had zone through
that blessed morning, and losing my tenn
per, which was not hard to lose In those
days, / give him back some OF his own
language with the result That I WIS
soon landed In what lie called his guard
house, which was tho corner OF n worm
fence, with Ia Louisiana tnfnntryrnar
standing guard over me- or course irayeu
and spluttercd, but the officer was not
ut all moved by,it, and the Guard Lean
ng on his gun looked ut me with an
amused expression in his Loulsiaith eyes,
Standing guard last night. sick MS q dog,
hauled to the fight In an ambulance, IN
the hottest sort or battle, all day, left
behind with one gun as nylcnrlous sncrl-
fec, almost captured running for my
allfe and shot at like a rabbit, nearly
drowned: again IN the power Of tho
enemy, though unaware OF It, under ntc
K OF the artillery of whole army from
across the river, wet as II rat and chilled
through, nothing to eat, cheated out of a
pair of shoes, with my feet ontthc ground,
and then cursed out by q half French
field officer for a Company Q man and
landed In tho guard house. All this came
to me as ! rat miserable and sick and
hoineslck on&a rock In that fence cor
ner with the man looking down ut ME
with that amused smile on him. I Won
dered for II while what on earth Virginia
ever seeded for, and sincerely wished
that i was back home going once more
to school,
After while, looking up the road be-
You'd that exaspcrating half French field
officer, saw n battery OF artillery coni-
ing toward us. AS it got near. i thought
1T looked like the Rockbridge Battery,
and as it cameEnearer still. 1 recognized
Mt It's head my gallant Captain Poague.
stood up and tried to get by that guard,
but. Of course, he would not lot me.
succeeded, however, In attracting the at
tention Of Captain Poague, who recog-
T1lzlng me, rode forward, and dismounting
from his horse give mo q most cordial
and enthusiastic greeting. saying hat
Inc had feared TINT / had been killed or
captured with that gun left behind. The
Louisiana officer was In sight and hearing
ard coming forward, asked Captain
Poaguc II was one of his men. The
CAPTAIN owned me and gave some account
of the gun leftgln the wheat. field. Where
upon the officer came up to mic aud hold
ing oft his hand begged me to take It
and asked my pardon for. the mistaxe ne
had made and the indgnity to which he
rae subjected me- OF course. II vas all
right, ana when Captain Poaguc told RE
to mount up on the caisson, which was
contrary to general orders. rode off
with the battery. feeling that was a sort
OF young king. On the road I was tnscn
from my hard seat by my friend, DR.. X
F. Baldwin, surgeon Of tho SThlrty-thlrd
Virginia. and mounted on his horse be-
hind hinlSI was carried to our camp high
up in Rock Fishs Gap.
That night there was a severe storm
In which we laid out with hardly any
SHELTER, and the next morning was sent
back in an ambulance to IA hospital, from
which I was rescued by the never-to- be-
forgotten kindness Of the best OF friends,
the Colstons, Of Hill and Dale, In Abe
marie county.
r. T. BARTON.