The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-26

as ls Well KNOWN,
Mcclellan put his
main reliance in
the Nineiy-ninth
eAll the world knows how we
hustled our batteries 10 the heights
ana how We pounded away at the
Johnnies and how they pounded back
AZ Us. Then Mcclellan gave the word
f0f the Ninety-ninth, with some unim-
portant support TO charge the enc
nays eft, and with a wild hurrah. We
upped and atted EN- ] was running
at the head Of my company across the
valley--tovard them. Of course. when
4 felt sudden sharp. stinging sensa-
tion I'D ny side. and the next moment
lost consciousness. When 4 recov-
cred found myself in a clean white
bed, with q kindly dark face bending
over ne and pressing a glass Of some
cooling beverage to my lips ! don't
mean to say the face was pressing the
glass, at course. you might know that
It was the owner Of the face to whom
I was Indebted for that charitable at
tention. heard the old NANNY say:
I reckon he'll drag through now, Miss
Codelia. honey
Ah'm mighty sorry 10 hesh It,
said a soft. musical voice All wish
all the Yankees were at the bottom Of
the Potomac. Aid have poisoned him
if All had seen him befo 20 nursed
him
u looked in the direction OF the
voice and | saw one Of the most beau
tiful girls my eyes had ever rested
upon
I thank you. madam for your
kind intentions, ] said. sareasucally.
She tossed her beautiful head with
a disdainful expression. Misuhrabls
Yaukeel she murmured Then she
got up, and with queenly air swept
from the room.
Il didn't see anything more Of her
until the next day. ] tried to put on
an Interesting look and pathetcally
begged her to tell me how the battle
had gone
1--WE licked you out OF 20 boots.
she said, iriumphantly Yo can make
up yo'r mind that ne are going TO
keep on doing it, too. All came in
here to see how 20 we're getting
along
Il was kind Of you-noble-gen-
erous.' I said. I appreciate it beyond
: measure r.
Hold 20 hosses, she said. An
don't wont any OF that sot talk from
any Yankee. was going to say that
Am not going 70 have yo' loafn'
around here any longer than All have
to.
She was still reyiling me and all
I Yankees when We heard a sound Of
I grun voices below. and almost direct
4 y the tramp Of heavy ieet and The
elank Of g saber coming up the stair.
Ny little rebel screamed and shrank
into a corner of the room as a me
ment later three q mr. men entered.
and with shout Of Joy discovered
me.
Have they been a III treatin' or
sbusin' you. loot? asked my trusty
orderly. Smith. when his transports
of delight had in some measure abat-
ed Say the word an ven smoke the
whole eaboodle out The blame reba
f deserve it. anyway
The girl screamed again. Smith
4 certainly had a ferocious manner Of
I talking. I begged her to be calm.
however, and assured her OF my PRO
lection We miserable Yankees DO
not war upon women. / said. Smith.
j have received nothing but the most
uniform courtesy and kindness at tho
hands Of the inmates OF this house
owe my life TO this lady
Il looked at the girl as ] spoke. and
I thought that she seemed remorse-
full As my men raised me she es-
capped from the ro5rn, the last That
saw Of her then.
Il met her IN Baltimore twenty
4 years later She was the most unre
+ constructed woman ! ever saw-and
the most unpleasant / ventnred to
remind her that was the young ON
Ger whom she had Hospitality enter
tanned after Antletam- ] remembered
her directly.
All remembah you puhieetiy. sub
she answered al. rememhah that
All wanted to poison yo' Ah'm sorry
that Ah did not Yo wouldn't have
/ been carpet-baggln' around Aeah L
Ah had An neglected an opportu-
nifty Then sac turned her hack on
me.
Then what do you mean when you
said that the war had brought yon
happiness7'
I was exchanged into the commis-
aariat IN consequences Of tilat wound.
did pretty Hell there and WIS able