The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-01-28

black coat In front OF him glittered
! his war sword atop ~ the rusty blue
Uniform Of a Major General In tho
Union army. over against the wall
isant largo protrait OF the General
done In oils few years ago In front
| " hiin was his cabinet. in which shonc
many war medais and decorations. The
sheriff appeared unabashed
| He walked up to the veteran and
said.
! Il am very gtd to sec you. General"
! And J." said the General cour-
| 'eously, "am glad to sec you. Did YOU
receive the letters I sent you-the one
from Mrs. Longstreet2"
Tie Sheriff said that he hadn't TO-
reivcd any letters from Mrs. Longstrecs
ana the General thrust forward 4 tclc-
gram. II read AZ follows:
! GAINESVILLE. ia. Jan. rs My soul i.
sorrowcd by your troubles. Am wiring
| The Attorney General OF New York that
WI raise tho money among the ragged
destifute and manned veterans who fol
io~ed Lee TO pay the amount demanded
II New York of1cials will allow suflcien'
! time. We are not writing into our his
tory the story of degenerate descendant t.
OF heroic lives. The republic whose bat.
tics YOU fought will not permit your
degradation. HELEN u. LoNGsrkEtr.
The Sheriff remarked that this must
oc the widow of Gen. Longstrcet and
the General said that it was none other.
| Then the Sheriff drew himself up tu
| his full height and said:
II am sorry but must serve you
with these papers"
The General accepted tho papers
which contained the announcement OF
his arrest In q civil action The Sherifr
then announced that the service of the
papers would cost the General s5.25.
TO whom does this money go?" asked
| In" veteran.
/ lie was told that It went to the county
and not To the Shcrlff's office. Under
thcse circumstances he said he would
paw II. Whereupon he lifted up his
voice and called.
| Eddy, oh. Eddy
Mss Eleanor Earle wilmerdins,
, the Generals housekeeper to whose
presence in the house objection Is
. raised by the Generals son and wife
entered
Get s. somewhere" she was or.
dcrcd
While she was out. Mr.. Hays entered
with bond from the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company of 80
Cedar street. which guaranteed the
Generals appearance In court, The
, premium on the bond was 5000. I, Is
said that the Generals friends raised
the money. Mrs. Sick.cs. according to
| Officers OF the company, had nothing TO
de- with It,
IN III
there except thc Generals. lie filed in
tho blank space with a oold clear sig
nature When he had fiourishpd to the
end he turned to the Sheriff.
"iiow's that" he said for AN old
man OF 9S?"
Are YOU %, General" askca tie
Sheriff
Next October" said the Gettysburg
veteran tersely and then Miss Wilmer.
o.nc returned with tho money. She
hdi number OF coins III her hand and
IN the darkness of the room she tripped
There was shower Of money The
sheriff his bond clerk. his lawyer aad
secretary wero humping heads the mex:
moment m tac Generals rug Miss
Wi.nlc-dinC :oid them not to mind.
They're Just pennies" she assured
them. but the pennies were all retrieved
Miss Wilmerdins gave the Sheriff II
50 bill. two dimes and a nickle. lie
pocketed them, arose and said,
MY business IS now ended. GooLDy
10 YOU, General. wish you all the
luck IN the world"
"i never had a better friend than
you, Sheriff' answered the General.
III You Will read the papers this
morning came back the Sheriff. you
vii! see what kind words ! said about
You"
The Sheriffs party then drifted into
che QUITE: darkness. On the steps they
were Photographed again. Fifth avenue
stopped TO admire. When they had
rounded the corner bound for the sub.
way. Stanton Sickies and his mother
came up and were rebuffed