The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-22

ven. and IN which you are utSCA4ueu
as belonging to the Rebel armyl
Il should reckon l did. Didn't
write il and put it in every blessed ar
ticle / thought we Rebs, as you call
us, could get and make use OF
/ looked at Colonel Buchanan ana
saw a pallor slowly creeping over ms
face.
"that this prisoner did not voluntarily
meet YOU people, and of his own free
viii agree to sell and deliver the arti-
cles mentioned In that paperF Inc
witness threw his head back ana
laughed boisterously. The old Colo
ners face changed from white to an
apoplectlc red, and he again raped
for order, and said sarcastically,
please restrain your merriment ah0
answer my question; remember THIS
is a court room, and not theatre
aBeg pardon, Colonel, but If you'd
seen how the old sinner trembled
when / showed my six-shooter under
his nose and told him I'd blow out MS
brains If he didn't sign it, you'd want
to laugh. too. The six-shooter hadn't
nary a charge, but he didn't know
4 that. You see, the way we got hold OF
/ him was this: Some of our boys live
/ In BATON Rouge, and they know the
old fellow has always been considered
. BIGGER Yankee than old Greeley him.
! saIf When we saw him inside our
lines. near the Ferry, where we
i learned he had been to visit some sick
i relative. we made up our minds wed
4 rot A pretty good thing. We knew ne
4 was n rich old cock. and that his store
i carried one Of the biggest stocks OF
goods outside of Orleans. / decided
i that could scare him into signing
most ANYTHING, but it was tough work.
I thought at one time I'd really have
To load ND and give him a flesh wound
: ~ make him ante up. Then just as
he had signed the paper you 1anks
swooped down upon us"
"Do you mean to say, on your oatn
On your oath, SIR" said the Colonel
imperiously, "that the prisoner did moi
send word TO you that he would meet
ron AT that Ferry and furnish you
, certain information and contraband
articles for certain sums OF money!
The Young Confederate jumped up,
and balancing himself on his 1oot,
cried out, with the most intense scorn:
.And YOU call this a Yankee court
If Justice! Couldn't amy OF you take
trouble enough to find out what kind
Ia \ man Won were trying? Why, any
child in Baton Rouge could have told
Won who old Jew Isaacs was, ana
twice he's had a rope round his neck
and been nearly choked into Kingdom
Come by our boys because he wouldn
tell where you'uns were camped-anu
all the old fellow would say was,
Hang away Couldn't you find out
through some of your smart witnesses
that my own capture was due to the
plucky old devil, who was brave
enough and loyal enough to you Yanks
to send word to your Captain by his lit
4 tie son when and where he had agreed
4 to meet us, in spite of my oath to him
4 that ] would shoot him down like 9
4 dog If he breathed word to any onei
4 And the indignant Southerner SAM
Il down in his chair, wiping the perspira
4 ton from his face.
That the dramatic part Of this start
X ling denouement was partly arranged
+ by the lawyer has always been my
" conviction. He knew from the frs
that he had a sure case and he hac
been greatly nettled by the sharI
words and rulings Of President Buchan
an. At any rate, the effect was al
that he could have wished. Never be
fore. in his long military career, haC
the old Coloners pride received such
blow. His boast had been that he hat
presided over more than fifty court
martials and had seldom had his find
ings disapproved, as he claimed t.
know all there was to know abou
military law.
The room was cleared and the Colo
mel, after few words of explanation
added, "Of course, the case will beds
al missed at once and the prisoner re
I'd leased. / desire to confess to you gen
tlemen that for my part fear | hav'
he allowed my prejudices to influence m.
Of judgment and that | have been neare
to than ever before in all my military III.
n committing a very grave and serlou
be error. We are none of us too old 7
to- learn"
or After adjourning the court the nc
BILE old man went into the adjoining
ul room, shook hands most heartily an
is courteously with the lawyer, the Con
ng federate Captain and the old Jew, an
or, said that none of them could be NOR
IN pleased than he that any suspicious h
may have had were found to be false
at, As was arranging my papers, som
Oh one IOuCIeu lie On the SAOuNCAt al
at looking around / encountered Isaac'
en- swarthy countenance. He said, in hi
broken English: 81 see you are
he Mason" Answering in the affirmative
he and learning that he was one, aske
why he had not made himself know
he before. "Oh, no" he said, mot Will
/ was under charges, but now | al
ne very glad to know you as one. ] war
to you to bring some Of your arm
j. friends and dine with me next SUI
IT day. handing me his card. accepte
he his invitation and had an experierc
Mt for the first time of dining in the fan
al NY of q wealthy Jew.
He had invited a number of n
w friends, and the board was preside
ig, over by his only daughter, the mos
ed, lovely Jewess / had ever seen. 81
was tall and graceful as a swan, wit
ng clear, olive complexion throug
ed. which burned the glow Of perfe'
ng health, and she looked at me wit
] a eyes which, even out of the dim ha7
eg. Of years, l can see distinctly to-day.
civ deep wells Of melting brcwn, modest
to shaded by long silky lashes.