The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21

tit-E E1NenrfG poSl1oCs on Munson'a
End Upton's Hills. soua miles north
o. Call S Church. and in sight of Wash
iaEton. and had taken POSSESSION. our
resiinent picketed mile OF two be-
iona and We're very close 10 the en-
en-. 70 mucn SO that the nrst night
~ we're ordered not to build any
mes nor 10 make any light. and. as
well keep IS quiet as possible and on
the qri vive. ss We might be "rufhed"
n the darkness
1t was dimcult for US TO accurately
divide the hours during which one or
two out Of each fo- comraces-in-
arms. we being mus grouped and de-
Iioyed. had to remain awake and on
ogty. The night was lovely ana the
heavens beautiful. with the myriad
stars and considerations undimmed by
Lunas bright rays. In one 'group.of-
fours' were J. II. l.. W. X I and
Two others Of Company G. All re-
NAMED awake until nearly 10 o'clock.
and then proposed that only ono
would watch the next two hours
while the other three would sleep. ana
added 10 the one who was TO as
sumo the first vigil. You see those
four large stars with three in z line
emo another three just below. and I'll
ia sort Of square made by those large
four stars" Les We'll. that Is
called Orion You see j, is about two
hours high now when that sets or
soes down you wake tic next boy to
take your place" "All right" The
night wore on slowly but surely Al
ter some hours the patient watcher
sezsd hxed to Orion and then made
discovery in astronomy. He erept
~ L. who was snoozing away limo.
crntiy and svestly. as were the oth-
~ two. End after bestoring 4 vigor-
oEs "chunk" or this joker. said TO him.
2 accents Wild "DogRone you them
stars don't set. they have turned
around and are coming back. get up
and take the post: I've been watching
more than four hours. Ill bet"
IN a previous paper. mention was
made Of the nne peach orchards and
ths untouched fruit that hung 20
teinp,inEly IN the midst thereof, ac-
cess being iabooed because both the
fsnks ana US" would shoot al anv
one venturing in among those trees
We felt something like Tantstus to gee
these lucious peaches almost at our
tips. 70 near end yet so far" All the
other trees had been Invested OF their
toothsome Offering. and now these for
hidden remained 70 tempt and tanta-
lie SO one day the same J. II L.
UPS and laws as how he sure was
trees Ysnks or no Yanks" or he
starts and disappears In the vlcinaee
OF the peach orchard he had selected
Tor MS foray. II was not long ere the
pop. pop. bang. bang. OF 1.-The guns
the enemy were sullenly firing caused
US TO take notice and TO conjecture
10 how L. would come out in this
scrimmage. After Some delay we grew
anxious and one OF US said. ri go
Of rah a
ran Home distance and then spied L.
making his way back. but apparently
lame. R his walking was peculiar and
slow. nut when he ran TO the peach
cover = called out. John, are you
wounded" he was told In reply. No.
but I've got my pants legs full OF the
finest peaches You ever set tooth
in" SO 81 was l. had tied the bot
toms of his leg mutton pants (as
of that day. and stuffed in about
bushel OF great big red peaches. HIS
entry into Company C was a triumph.
and as the peaches rolled out at the
bottom OF his "britches" a cheer went
up as we were glad to see him safe
and welcome the fruit.
Ono night when we were posted on
Upton's Hill we were warned ;nat
the Yanks were right at US and had
tricked and killed picket BY creep
ing on him and ringing a bell TO de-
Jude him into the idea that stray
COW WAS moving about We had read
such Indian tricks in Coopers novels,
ard there were on the alert so as not
to let the varmints carcumvent US
- Pathfinder was about 10 calculate.
Thus il was that in the night. in front
Of the right of our company, then de-
ploy ua IN fours. a t!nkling bell was
faintiy heard at intervals. the sound
became more distinct after awhile. and
slowly drew near to four OF our larg-
est boys on the right who were post-
cd at p fence. beyond which was a
small corn field. Suddenly a glare
reverberating bang" awoke the
echoes and those of US who were
caught mapping Ned a had opened
fire" on the suspected Yankee bell
ringer. but q below and a thrashing
around in the corn disclosed the iden-
tity of the midnight prowler to De OF
the beef genus. much TO the chagrin
OF the shooter. who had TO undergo
the usual amount OF chatting
Another night number of Com
pany G. who were of the reserve"
secured sleeping quarters In large
barn in which was a very large
bin or chest Not many days before
this two little children HAD crswied
into this big chest, in which was a
quantity Of bran. and the top closed
down fast. as the hssp caught over
the staple. The poor little chaps were
thus imprisoned and found next day
dead, suffocated by the dust made by
their frantic efforts to escape One
of our boys said. Well. that is very
ritiahle still they are out OF trou-
BILE now-in a year or two more they
would have been in the army.
Near here was another farm house
where quite a collection of beehivag
promised lang sweetening" for our
Tye-coffee. wherefore 1t was not sur
prising that one night when the moon
was out of business member of the
Rife Grays' visited this apiary. roll
ed one of the hives" in an ollcloth
and borrowed it,
You will note that Company al
didn't do the-thcy were afraid of