The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-07

7 SAID I AM CARL FkKIBKR0.'"
well. they say you disgraced your
self. Suppose you tell us your version
of 1t. I've heard you deserted, but l
never thought it so bad as that"
Halliday winked at the others, and
Freiberg hung his head. A German
American, he had come to the United
States year before the breaking out
Of the war and had enlisted in the
Federal army. Fifty years residence
In his adopted country had not eradi-
Gated his German accept.
we'll, / tell you" he said. II always
been ferry much mortified by dot mis-
take. suppose it will stick by me SO
long as liz. Yeu-see, 1t yes dis way.
Affer the pattle of Shiloh We sat down
before Corinth. made. coffee, pitched
bur tents und vent to sleep The next
morning the men learned that We was
going to lay siege to the blaze accord
ing to military science. and saw one
man planting tree before his tent
"'Vot you do that forr L asked. You
think We stay here long enough for a
tree to grow up?
81 guess it viii haf time he said.
I've going to take the town py regular
approaches laid down In the books
Zone day go by, anudder and anud-
der, and by and by get tired The
men vos getting sick, and the Weather
vos getting hot, and We vos getting
mighty impatient Of doing nottings
One efening ven vos on picket duty
the sun shone down on one OF the pig
guns on the parapet of the fortifca-
tons Of Corinth. and l didn't think 1t
looked like gun. 1 think get closer
to see. SO moved forward, and kept
a-going and a-going. Then saw some
Confederate cavalry coming. and 1t vos
too late to git pack to my picket post.
Deere vas some high trees near py, and
I climbed one of them.
"The Confederates kept coming clos
or, and l, peing afrait they see me.
kept climbing higher and higher till
i reached the top. conld see right
down into Corinth and vat you think
7 see? 1 see nottings but a few scat
fered tents, and on all the parapets
Vas Quaker guns.
SPY this time the sun vas settina.
the cavalry had gone py, and thinks
go back to camp 1 vas coming
Gown from the tree when heart men
talking below. l listened, and heart
q man say: Here's a musket. And
vat is this? "Freiberg" on the stock.
We got him. He is up in the tree
Then l heart the officer Of my
picket post say. You deserter up
dere, come down l came down, and
they took me pack into our lines and
to the coloneIs tent. and tell him
deserted from the picket, and dey
found me up in tree, waiting till
got a chance to get In the enemy's
lines. toIt the colonel all about it,
and he said You miserable deserter.
do you think to impose on me With
such cock and bull story as that
Ii dere wasn't strong force In Cor
inth,. With real guns. you think We
you'd be sitting down here Waiting for
GIL u ekEuhQuit- 4d8S ulAA away,
and tomorrow court martial viii be
ordered to try him."
''Oh. that's the way you disgraced
yourself. was TIT" interrupted one Of
the listeners. How came it that you
weren't shot?''
81 tell you. Hans Berger. who
came .ofer from Nuremberg With me
in the same poat and enlisted in the
same company With me. vas on quart.
He gif the udder quarts viskey and
make 'em drunk. Then In the middle
Of the night he say to me- Carl. you
SIT Il stole out Of camp and try to
60 north, but II vas so dark that ! go
south. Ven ] see dawn coming
climb a tree. Getting up above the
udder trees, I look down on campfres
burning. One man vas piling wood
On each camp IRE. see pehint the
breastyorks and wagon train going