The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-10-16

received full satisfaction
"Egad, sub, but have been told
that my remarks were trite and to the
point, and l reckon they were. We
met early next mawnin'. My attitude
was the same as befo', subtitle same
as befo'-that is, it was cain and de-
termined. with feeling that l should
conquer. To do the adjutant justice,
he toed the mark, but there was a
great difference in our demeanor-a
great difference in my favor. We were
about to place ourselves on guard when
the adjutant stepped back and said:
"'COlonel Bunker, am here at your
service-at your service, suh-but as a
man of honah wish to make an ex-
PLANTATION. At Glendale you waved
your sword FIVE times around your
head and called upon your brave men
to EDWARDS. was under the idea, sub,
that the tactics called for step lively,
and hence our dispute and this meet
ing. Last evening looked up the
matter and discovered that we were
both wrong. 1t was six waves of the
sword, Colonel Bunker, six waves and
determined to conquer or die
Shake Hands and Forget II.
well, suh," said the colonel as he
slowly pushed the ashes Off his cigar
with his finger, 'as we were both
wrong and as we were both men of
honah, the only way to do was to
shake hands over the matter and be-
come reconciled. I was pleased and
yet not quite satisfied. was deter
mined to pink the adjutant, sub, and
pink him on the right shoulder, and !
felt that I had surrendered a privilege
The credit of calling him out was
mine, however, and could observe
that l had gained point or two. Fo'
weeks later was full colonel You
can draw your own inference, sub
your own inference. observe that it
is now O'Clock in the evening. 1t Is
my usual custom at this hour-that is
at 3 o'clock in the evening"
There Is no reason why his usual
custom should be broken in upon, and
after 1t had been duly repeated he
gracefully crossed his legs and mus
ingly observed:
II should have killed Colonel Hop
son, suh--killed him stone dead at the
first fire but for an unlocked for in
terruption At the battle Of Manassas
I had three horses shot under me-
three horses. sub. A year later one day
while conversing with Colonel Hopson
on the incidents of the battle he turn.
ed and said:
"'Colonel Bunker. allow me to tip
my hat to you, sub. You had eleven
horses shot under you at Manassas,
and vet you took it as matter Of
cose You are a chevalier of old. sub
a chevalier Of old"
"'Only three horses, Colonel Hopson
only three replied.
ELEVEN, Colonel Bunker
"'Three, Colonel Hopson.'
And thus we disputed, sub. The
colonel had somehow got the number
of horses at eleven and wouldn't give
uE, and Of co'se l stuck to three. The
result was that | called him out He
was a brave and gallant man, and he
was on hand in minute. He chose
pistols, and I felt 1t my duty to re-
move him to another sphere Of action.
Killing Too Many Horses.
"a brave and gallant man, sub, but
he was killing too many horses for
my credit. We had taken our stand
and were ready for the word when
the enemy suddenly attacked our Gen.
ter. General Lee sent an aid to find
me and to order me to hurl my regi-
ment into the thick of the fight, and
he came upon US at the critical mo-
ment | was about to shoot Colonel
Hopson through the head, but orders
from the chief were not to be disobey-
ed. As / turned away l said:
"'Colonel Hopson. our affair is of
for an hour or So
when we have beaten the enemy
back he replied.
But 1t was not to be, suh-nOt to
be- sighed Colonel Bunker as he rose
up when we had beaten the enemy
back-when my regiment had perform
ed deeds to live in history forever-I re-
turned to the field Of honah. Alas, |
had no opponent. Colonel Hopson had
fallen in the thick Of the fight, dying
as soldier should, and there was no
one for me to shoot at. And egad, sub,
he probably went to his death con-
WINGED Of the report of the eleven
horses-the eleven horses shot under
me at Manassas! Too bad, suh-too
bad, sub! It was an utter waste of
eight horsesw'
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