Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-06

Bascom Truitt came dove -
main street of Darley wearing
long, dingy overcoat and
blowing roll call on an old army
bugle. Under mis- arm was tattered
Confederate fsg.
"Whats up today?" Kenner asked him
as he came into the Office and stood
towering over the stove.
"Nothn' but a meetin' O the veter.
ans of our camp-the Joseph K. John
ston, sir. I'm gon' up now to stick
the flag on the gate at the courthouse.
We intend to see about who's goin'
to the reunion in Atlanta next spring:
tLars a sight O. the boys that want
to go but caynt raise the sf.ads. Well
chic in an send tie most GeSerVin. ef
our women folks go hungry this Win
te1I Thar Was d lie ahoat in The
newspapers awhile back that some j. .
ger Went off after the war an got !ich
an come back home jest in TIME to
buy lis old master a suit o clothes an
pay his Way to u reunion. Ef thar was
a man in OR camp that I'd 20 that
away, we'd senG in IN tar an feath-
ers. an on ~ rail at that"
"Ch come off. Ras kenner laughed.
as he looked around at George and
Hillyer at their desks. "rhat'S old
Yankee ARMY oNercoat you got on
right now. You've had il dyed with
logwood. but I'd know it by hat long
cape
"Yes. that's what it is" admitted
Trnitt sheepishly. The Yankee that
owned it dice! at my house While l WIS
off in the war. 1t was the only thing
he left that was any account. an my
women folks had fed an pampered i'm
up with all they could rake. an serape
In the nei2hborhood. Eoin without
themselves beca se he was so bad off.
After he died they put this coat away
In camphor to keep the moths out Of it.
The blame carmen, eat up quarters
Wuth year fer ten year. an ever Win
ter had row with NY women folks
Reca'se wouldn't wear it, Finally,
l agreed eft they nd dye it SO none o
my crowd nd fergit the wer WAS over
an shoot me. ia put il ON. My w2ncA
folks tuck me up. but they woulln.t
make Il fortune r,tn.n Il eye honse
This drafted thing has spilled twenty
Sunday hhrs fer NE. l.orfe,' day,
when " ut in the meetin house oui
of shower G. rain I left streak y
black ink from the door to the amen
corner
"Whar did you git that bugle:' Ken
ner questioned. Il know you neve,'
blowed it in the army
mo: Tired l.angSton had it when he
was bu2ler in our company an he give
to me to use in orr veteran camp:
he said his boys hadn't sign " fe-
spect fer what it had been thron%ll, an
used 1t to call the dogs to go possnn
huntin'. He s.;id his Sals tiei !, gras
ribbon ab 3ut it an hun" it ~ on tn.
wall but the boys wo,:ldnt les L stay
thar. They treated his canteen iest IL
q bad They toted it about with moon
shine whisky in it till it sprung a
ieak an then they hung it up on a
tree an shot more holes il. L. ! reckon
am sight. toin' reS' flag an
pugie with Yankee overcoat ON, hat
they tell me the wars over"
reckon you went through the thick
OF 1t. said the cotton hrver teuta.
lively.
got as much fieht as | cared fe,
AT haEers creek" answered the veter
an. our boys was about starved :,
oe"ta on snort rations. an we bac
jest cot hold of Il lot O. fresh beef who,
we got the call to arms. Our co,one
told us we'd better tako Some -, ~,
beef with us. an me n another felle,
was a-hllln our knapsacks When tn.
feller all at once said to mo uoo,, :,
here. LAS, TIE ODDS is agin us an,
hain't a-son' to let no buecoat ra.a,
me with paSsie O raw haaf i, ~.
;napssck. an he thowed tho No.. ~
j down. l followed suit. Jest tho, 3.
all the hurlyburly o gittin, raaar :.
man rid in with a big basket -, -.
to sell us. We wanted the pies on; PFC =
wanted money; we didn't haSn -