Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-05

his boys had entered into an arrange
ment 10 exchange courtesies-he storm
ed like an enraged alderman.
Sergeant, return with this soldier
to the lieutenant and tell him 10 let
him go back TO his friends across the
river and then report 30 me at once"
When the lieutenant reported the gen
eral said to him: Young man. you
l have been guilty of mean act do
not say that the men did right to
make the bargain they did, but after
1t was made 1T was infamous to VIC
late it by making prisoner OF that
soldier You may go back to your
/ regiment. l will ask the adjutant TO
send me soldier to take charge OF the
picket"
The next day both lines of pickets
/ were drawn in and the two armies
started on that long, hard march to
gettysburg. Among the prisoners taken
| by Cutters brigade OF New Workers..
fennsylVanians and Indianians the first
day Mt Gettysburg was the husky Viz
| ginian General Cutler sent back TO his
friends at Fitzhugh Crossing. When
lie caught sight of Pap" Cutler. as
ms old regiment called MIN. that
evening. the Nirginian shambled out OF
! the ranks, saluted him and said: a
don't reckon, general. that YOU will
send me back to my friends this time
out want TO thank you FOR doing SO
that other time. In my joy at going
back | forgot to thank You" Some of
| tie Union pickets who had visited and
dealt with the Virginiau recognized
him. He didn't go TO sleep hungry that
night, and the next morning, when the
| prisoners started North. HIS haversack
| was filled with rations selected from q
dozen different Yankee haversacks.-J
~ Natrous in Chicago Herald,
|
| IincoIn's Foster Mother.
Abraham Lincoln was or S years
| old when his father. Thomas Lincoln
removed from Kentucky to Indiana
| where, in year or two. his wife died
! The year following her death, says .
writer in the Christian Union, MIR. Lin
coin returned to Elizabethtown tc
search cut, IL possible, former neigh
Dor and friend Mrs. Sally Johnston
whom, upon inquiry he found still Il
widow, and to whom he at once made
q proposal OF marriage.
On entering Mrs. Johnston's humblS
dwelling, Mr.. Lincoln asked IL she re
membered him.
Yes" replied she, Il remember you
very well, Tommy Lincoln, What has
brought you back to Old Kentucky
Well said he my wife Nancy Is
dead"
Why you don't say SO
Yes said Mr.. Lincoln, "sne died
more than a year ago, and | have come
back to Kentucky to look for another
wife. DO you like me, Mrs. John.
ston?"
Yes replied Mrs. Johnston, al like
you, Tommy Lincoln"
DO you like me well enough tC
marry me?'
Yes she answered, Il like you
Tommy Lincoln, and like you vel
enough to marry you, but I can't mar
ry you now"
why not" said he
Because | am IN debt, and coulC
never think Of burdening the man
marry with debt 1t would not be
right"
What are those debts?" said he
She told him OF the sums (which,
said she, II have all down here in my
| account-bOok."
On looking II over, he saw that heI
debts ranged from 30 cents to dollar
and a quarter, and amounted In the
gross to something less than twelve
dollars-not a very startling sum ever
in those days OF small things.
He succeeded IN putting the little
| book IN his coat pocket without attract
| ing her attention. and went out, LOOKED
up the various parties. and paid OFF al
| the sums according to the memoran
| DUN, and returned in the Afternoon
with the acknowledgements OF pay
ments In full. On his returning tbs
account-book to her, she exclaimed
why, Tommy Lincoln. have you gon,
and paid off all my debtsT'
Yes" he said; and will you marry
me nowF
Yes" said she. and they were mar
ried the next morning at o O'Clock. Mr.
Haycraft, the narrator OF the story
was present at the ceremony.
The Little Girl at Gettysburg.
Twas Gettysburg's last day.
The dead and wounded lay
On trampled fields and ridges battle-torn
Among the outer posts,