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A FEW WORDS
ON
FISH HUNTING
Being the
Reminiscences
of a
Nature Fakir
Join Keodrick Bnx
o ' lngliL, fcjr j'pu l. ij .
' It mistily pHon ttiat the presi
dent misses a p'lnt," said the Postmas
ter, a the Nature Fakir association
y inhered about the o3re store. "And
I knd o' thin niayhe when he seems
to it s vll done Intentional. He's a
s.r.it le-iever in amendment, an' ye
notice whenever he say or writes any
thlnr. he leaves a limp-hole for tarkln'
on a few footnotes In rase the other
stile Kit too perky."
- hut's he left endone now?" asked
the Captain. "I'm a putty close ob
FMir, Joe, an" I ain't noticed nothln
uii'! r th' canopy he ain't tackled."
"You ain't as good a srfoo'.inlier as
ye tl' Ink you he. Cap."" returned the
Pustnmster. "If ye was you'd ha" no
lle oil that when he skinned them Na
ue I'aMr he didn't teith on the
hsM'.t o' the worst offeudera o' the lot
the ft'.iita that lies sl-out fun. The
w t.i!. Is full of eiii "
What they d-Ha In the wood?"
ar h'-d SI YV otheri mm, wf.il a wink at
trie (' tain. "Ouniiin' for shad?''
" Well. I didn't mean It that way
f.-.: 1 the Postmaster. "I r.fvt-r heard
i f a folVr rhasln' fWh through the
tm forest ;tri a cut?. lc TMK'.l
well hvnl ::; ants wrh a hutter
r.et '
Yi 'to a Jot to learn yet, Joe," said
t
. C.-ii'.-iin with a stuile. ' j'ick by
ir. n.' ye ll he t ..riii" a Iit'rl cJ-li-;.'.!'
:i It-fore ye git through. Preai
ye i a t remember the freshet In
the I illv siltiej When tU KeIlOt'-C
onrtVwt-d her h.n.ss a' rsNt d old
sera-t h with the surroundm' cuuri
f y ?"
"I've hum Oil on It." said Joe.
I a.n't there when It haii red.
"Well I was," said the Captain,
I ti II e It was great soon. I
ma
an
as
workm" on my grandfather' farm up
(tout twenty mllea hat k o' Sx ka
mm kruetar. It had he-en a iitttty hard
winter, an It con.e on us a.! n a
sudliii. It was so cold that )er e
could take a rake o' Ice si' w It up
Intti thin sitces an' u" cm f.ir win
dcrglass. We gland thirty two win
il'-rs an' a dosen hutlted fiame with
Tii -an raised vi.eis an summer
Lnsh under 'err.. Iih. bgnsh. Hat
ha' a'c't what 3 started in to lell ye
Winn the sj'UHK mine, an the Know
an' he up In the mountains oejun to
g-t Tirtatlous with the bun. we gut a
frr-htt fur fair. 1 don't like to hrag
tfil.e, hut the fiid that ctiine )
the I1 ntihactit "
TS.eujrht je said It wis the Ken-
r.ebcv?' iDterrujited the IVt!niajter.
" 'You re Kettln" very ihuuKhtfiit
am t T' retorted ih Cai um "Well
tu: titne you re an riKit. J' 1 waa
faiK:n' of the Kennebec. What 1 was
satin', howcter, u that the flood
that come Ji'n the J'nohfcot. an' the
one tl at lauehed old nsan Noah an
hi fauiliy on the s ;.s o' pfttertty
ati t kneehlKh to the torrents that
flew ilon the Taiiey tt tlir Krt.nehec
thai H'ring I oeer sw not hlii' like
It 1 i f i re or In- Talk ahoitt them
mm
Tit ai Yeu Homi."
(I1..I ii- III SoutU MuerlkT - I lie
us:i't a h'lt ketful o' lui'k aiongKtde o'
the ur that f!,,Wl.,i ih-mn the Kill
111 1. -i . .tii wet -II ta tli e .-t
MS !. ater tlmt ever .inn- out
the ms V.e an 1 1 .t:.-t:.f l.ei' tuil
In ti, li' id plow in wlit-n II conn', sit
luftjl. we rail.-.ed what w happ'-nln'
the Witlt'T a uit I' inn tietk. Th'
old iViail as uiwerful old U 'il.T for
a i,',,a- if !o )iur old. ait' he lutui to
li e un' "Come aioi-.s: inn , Kit
ntio.il Tour t!4 giai'irther net s
an' IP iiu ye bioi.e. It's a lectle
tii kwamp) to do no more woik to-
.ho ' Si 1 1 limbed tip hi bat k an
I ut!iulille of his sh''uhleis. an' tti
o'.J lusn struck out lf bume. W lu ll
we (tit theie Ihe atter hat lis up as
ti;lt an Ihe second fl.xir, an' 1 tell ye
gi s-.it'.uiii putty glad when she
et i- tl.inblu' In the bedroom luder(
iit-i..' ihe winse for our ll'tle saint
v p .
L V
Is
'-A - 1 r
9 "
S" i- .. I n Jvit liltS Ian led sale. 111' old
man dove In ?aln sn' swum ner In j
ti e hen honied, an' toned It ta k an'
fastened It Hh a roj-e to the hrUk
(hlmhly, so s wouldn't lose nuns o'
the poultry, after hl(h we sH dou
itu' ;iayei peentK kh until dinner
time, (irandtnother 'd had the sense
to move the kitchen glove ups'slrs, an'
enoiiRh klndlln' to keep the fires
foin', an' for three days we fed on
siiIiik chicken. I never thought I'd
sett tin- day alien Id hat I'tw'uu
chicken I" eat, but on th Ix-Klnnln' o'
th' fourth day It sort o' made me tired
to have It lirniiKht on th' tahlo arin.
an' I said so. I aness I must ha' hen
ore o 'them sidled ) oiinRsters. becatia
as soon as I said that grandfa'.hei said
he nuessed he'd go forajcln' for a little
variety,"
"So he lock the rat boat. s'pone,
that ye kep' In the cornfield, an' oent
nuhsin'T" put in the Postmaster sar
castically. If I was romancln' I might say that
he did." said the Captain calmly. "Hut
seein' as I am tellin' ye tiothln' but
what happened I'm Roln' to stick to
the facts. He took the door o" the
doe's closet off the bluces. fastened a
couple o' bed slais an' thoic pins Into
the sides for oars, lanched the door
through the winder an' rowed off to
see what he couid find, i'.iuieby he
came bark axaln aud s.-iiJ they wasn't
no:hln' In slRht, an" he guessed ae'd
have to Mick to chic ken until the wai
ters subsidized. The words was hard
ly out o' his mouth when we heard a
terrific ftoppln' poin' on out In the hall
and. I fforry, when we went out to
see what It was, porhed If we didn't
s'-e a bus: In' fci? amr.;on swinimln'
around Jt!t over th staircase, an'
tlthtln' Ilk- the dickens with a cou
ple of plrk'nl. Th' old man bust into
a tU o' laufihter. when he sees the
finh itn" tuinins to grandmother he
says. I euess ye must o Jert trie la
d.ior on'n. Ma." ht? sa)s. 'The house
la full o' B-h' An' I Rorry It was. I
never such a lot of 'cm, or so
many kinds o" "em all to encet. There
as pirk'rel, an' tamnion. an' ttnut.
an ban, an sturgeon til! ye eouldn t
count' etn, an' every mother's son of
m as iiiiii 's a hornet because they
ct.nilda't Kit out Ye free the old farm-
hoiife had acted ji-st like a Bet, an'
"The Old Man and
after they'd itiim in the back diir,
through the kitchen Into the parlor,
they couldn t find their way bark
They was kctclnd Jet as surv as If
they "J swum into a net. Tbe only
trouble w.8 how we'd ketch, 'cm cur
st Ives All our tackle aas down
stairs, but my grandmother was a
mighty lnentle old lady conndertn"
her eighty seven )cats. an' il didn t
take her long to fn matters mis e
had all the fish we could eat She cut
l-n one o- lb' pillars, an' threw a
half a dogi'D feathers i n Ihe siirfc.
of the autt r. so s Ihe fish would take
'cm fur flies, an' heti ihey rl for a
snack, alte'tl li an ovt-r ti e toji step an'
1-.. p '-iu In with a t'liiarcase f-.st
etird oa to the handle of a wanrln
pan. t'u lop o' that a ha!f o' tlurm
nice fat part : Msi s ltnktn for a place
(o l.lit Tew in the Wlli'lel an' dlui'I-td
.i.s:i .l till ll'.e f ! o' (be Itt-d
Will, sir I never lived so hijih In ail
my life as we tl.d Ihut let k. limiij
(aihil d 1 . 1 H 1 :'. g 1 sriii inut her Imi aue
shtf an the lust cook In Arnitii.ik
conntv, an' she livtd tip to her tep-
t-Ttlmi thitt week I call tell ye Site
rua.ited. b-:ie. and filej theni iltiI
uJs'ta an' the a she didn't serve
lip SHItilllotl. pike. tltlllt ail' l'UMI
ain't bet n Invrtited t l TU' on!) thing
we missed was our pie for breakfa-t,
an' I lell e It come hard fer awhile
llulu' Wi'.hoUt II When (I'll !si a
thing ail your life, an' U s suddenly
cut out It cits tin jour tiervc a lu
tie -
p'llflailt r.'ffec," put In SI
W 1. the! sitnin "I sli d think d ha"
liilssi d o"r coffi e mine 11 the pie."
"We Would hv," s.ild Ihe caiti!o.
Hut ve see grandiather N'ln' a flint
t las sw iuiuit r - he d teen a I- kVi t fur
.'il )e;rs of his life, an' tiit he
ciMiii.Il I Ut 111 lite watier t it tt 1 it- ui.i
he tlnve dn IistiiH S into the klitht-n
111 kwutu t- wiitie ttie conee wsn.
gr.ihtietl a anful off the dn r,
smtini thimisU Ihe bai k tl.mr in'rumii
up with It spuitcfin' like a porpvie
tit.thule the hi'Ue Ji-sl under the win
ter whi le graodmoibt r was si.: ik'
W4itiu' lor it Of course we had to
d'j milhotit liliik an' avisar, but after
u oii.le o' trialn o' pine coffee e
f:,:t In IAe II. an' ftoui that Ui
this I wini never used milk 111' smr
In imae. an' as far at I ktioa, neither
hits in y jiaii'.lfa'ht r an' uiy g'and
liiothev."
"I hope Ihey te very ael! an eu
Jii; in' gifcul heal h," said Ihe Viiusa
trr, Ulnoiiiilv .
Tlrt rate, thank ye," ta'd '"ja C
tiln chitrfuiiy.
"Are they sin! llln' r.t tie iw.U
floor?" said Kl Votheropon.
"Oh no." replied the raptIn. "At
the end of the week the waiter Stib
si'llied, an' thlncs resumed th"ir ratt
eral couise. but y never see suth
place as the first floor when the list
drop o" that frcahet trlkled out the
back dor. It was rhock full o' flh
We a as putty nigh onto a we-k plk
In' m up. I guess there must ta'
b'-en t'JO sammon aveiagin' cUht
pounds apiece to tb parlor. Tka
if Js-
SW.W ( 'S. I (t-. O-T '
"The House Is Full of Fish."
mclodion was teeraln' with trout, an"
the way the Jass an' sturpeon was
strewed all over was a (aulioa. We
made ecouKh out o' the haul to re
paiT the vthole houtse, an' pay fr
paintin' th' outside with the trim In
three different colors. It aa a Rreat
experience, Joe, an' It has learned n;e
never to cant no doubts on the storie
fellers tell about a hat happens when
they're out fishin'. I reckon that
If a thine like that has happened to
me, other extryordinary things In the j
fish line may happen to other foika" j
"Ail of which is very eddicaMn'."
observed the Postmaster. "I3ut I don't j
. 'to., ,. la.. 1 , .1
. -V -VU-III
Me Baggtd.a Thousand."
see what it s got to do wt& th pint
we wvre ttiscuosin'. You said ye'd
gone gunr.in' In tb woods for f.h,
an' t. i to date we ain't heard anything
l;ke a buili't whirtin' through ihe
air."
"That's Ikium1 I ain t come to
that part of my story yei." explained
the captain. "You're one of thera fel
lers (hat wants to git through tie fore
jour finished, which ain'l a thurroway
o' doln' business. No, I ain't cever
through ti'.l I'm done. I was goln" to
say ttat as sixm as we was able to ro
outdoors on tullable dry land, tt look
srtt r the hoises an' cattle, we found a
lie 1 aurpristn sta'e o' affairs in the
v i, Tht y was mostly tall pines,
t ie kttid ve n, a. e mttsis for schooner
i f in th.i'iu t'.avs. uu' li nt Is now us. d
fur telegraph poles an' flae staffs The
wattr hadn't come u; higher a half
way to lini tt'ii if (in. but wherever
the) had N -n under water there was
a couple 0' I'.sti of one kind or an
eiliT cnucht on the sharp nti i'.it s of
cveiv btitiiih, tint far out to be
kcli bed held of by an body ilmbln'
the trt-e. nn' loo hih up to be
r. 41 l.i d I) hand, or with an ordinary
pi-!e, so we t ad to sl.iH't Vui to get
t 111 off I guess the old man an" m
tu tift ha hacked a Ihoosai.d tit 'em be
lure we get through
So ve see. Jie. ntiw that v.'ve give
me time (' tlntsli ihe stmy, that tt hat
boliiethiu' to do with the pint we was
discussln", an" thai there is cases
whfiv when yt- say the w..tls I full
o bohciuieii shitotln" for sammon, 01
iron! or some other li-.l.abitar.l of Ihe
ti.-. i. v ' ain't so far out o' the way
e't.-r ail"
" I J ti nil h '" ejiit'tiiated the iistmas
ter with a shrug td his shoulders
if I was a Justice o' the i'act, an'
wan called uiin to give ye tine for
that story. Id give ye ?u )tar. gol
rturtif d If I w ouldtl t "
"IVv ii.t-itti to say vr d.iub: my
word' tlemundi-tl the tai'tin
Au." swl Jt, 'I thin I dotilt one
o' vin.r wer.ts l'v ry dod gaslcd
wind o' the bumli Is a g'o4 one, an'
In ci Umiiin -c!V tl lino by trpt j
Ij', -ie inttpie. but whi n ve put ' m to
Relher'"
lli-e the HislllWJster paused aud
shook l is hi ad dubiously.
'When I put em (eg.thcr, w hl T"
iiiMs'eJ the t.;lu.
' Th') re meenace lo public mor
al. t' .id ihe tttQiaster. "aa a
s-eh ii. iif ti be ladivtcil
fj
V A
fi"jii I !
jail
onc or civil w.
omt Bminicenc f Those Ateg in
Camp in tK AO'S.
"The sonts i(f the ci!l war
fitir In the camps by the eoHW-Ta
wefe cot a'l war sotiss." said the
coioiiel. "I remember (me of the (rlui
favorites, and It was well orth a!
to hear tbe cho;us of it as it was
unjr around the rii.liroi in the I
everniiKS oeioie laj. i ne came -u ii
was jne Cottage by ire Sea, and it i
gives me a honiesb k feeiin now Jut i
to tl.liik of its awellicg chords and
loii(-dran notes"
"Ta'k about being homesick," sjke
up a Kentucky man, as cid cor.feder
"Heard It! Indeed It Was One ef Our
Sonjs, Too."
:e n.id:e; who dea:'.y U.
SL.l a g'i!-:;i with the f..
if kl lil.rio; r ?l3;er.t.
m !
T&ik about
tn-iag toir.e--;ck! I as a printer cf
!ar OMt he- im Carnp IXiuuias. and
i we hd a t-.-nK which ore f us had
jaritn u to the :i;us.c of 'The Cot'ave
J cy the Si-a. KDd its refrain w a some- j
j thine '..ke th'. :
j "An.! iur b.yal t,r- i ..!; .
i At ".-.r-.p I . ! rt. t'ttmp 3i-..; hy
i lake.'
j "1 here Wi a sor.c which ran ail
I through ihe sotith ju.t t-eftire the
I war." the major contir.ui-d. "and i'.
j a as taken up by the Johnr.ies and
j sui.g and whiss'ied and hummed uct.l
jit seamed almost like sjiniethir.R es;-
j ria'.ly written for us. Yet it was but
i s love tone. lrei.a' iK-rhapa yoi"ve
; heard it."
l ..." w ,!f l'A i'rA
I "Heard If lud-ed. it a or.e of ' but he a spy He J:dnl te.
j aur sotics. too," said Ihe colonel. "The it.e tr ? tim. but that is what he ta
i bands used to play It. and il was a tend.-d me to do. I t.-.k him out 5b
j favorite around our carniifieew. Then ! the eight, and told him they wrre go-
i e
had a lot of echo-waking, tnii:ie;i.
j like The Swt.rd of Bunker Hill.' 'The
I Old Arm Chair; -!y Mother's Pib'e'
j sside from the song cailed out by ihe
war I would give a gid d-al to rear
again one of the plantation or.g Im
irovisfd by ai'me of the fi:st "txir.t ra
bands' thai came ir.to out lines. It
ran skim thing like this:
" 'si. il r v ti.iii. sp si. .V I ..-.
I m t...m,t l.i -:n n m y'
S.-!! 11. ttiitli sn sii lis.
i Hti- I at.
II mv miili- sit' ss-t'i-
Cor tit tmi.-n I .1 ss-.ti.t-'.w '
l-V I tay.-, th.- Kits (t-.tii Ir ku-tis l.- t"
"'Then harness up )our muli"
struck In the rx confdt-ra'e and the
two nniviittl the wild ar.d wand.-ruig
meltHiy tutit ther. liiietsiK t-d with
whoops ant turns siiih as plantation
darkies alone know hew lo IfcV-ul.
"I renii luber." sid the (olomd. after
the slngir.g had t-nd-d. tinh v. : :ar.s a
little (tut of breath ' when Tramp.
raiiui ttatili' fi st sti-uk the fro::!,
and whi n you rnui.!n l k p the urv
j.likets oti .iutv f-iim hut: :c: r.g It
'Marcl.tng TlitTivh (IniUli' was retvl
ndfiit Not one if the war son.: at
nil. as it. an) s'li ;hm- but P. dot t
tt.e fi--t to ket pins t.n.e as no vi'.her
t vine liiS-s "
Put now the nii.fi .1. i ale J.v.-ked s
ll'l'e sad and the cviotirl h'eitst
tt n t.it id s!l the smi.o if nuitli
or fnii'h tht-re w e-t- ni.r-.e Ht(
pront he.l in I itv. s.wii'ig "11. e l!
lie l!;-r.in of tie KepuWic. i!e f.'-rv
S', il of "Mart land. My Mr!nd"
TM ih m Wilt'eil to fit the i.id l!ee
n.sn l utie. wss it a'l like a pir e t.f
ii.sj ii i:nn. w;fr Vda C ?;. in
Chii s'i Jo-.ttitat P. 'h ve'erar: acre, d
Uioti lh.it. ar.d then the two mi.ktd
the rsiutiift In slit i:ee ai d itif until
the
irr.
..,e!
wire
b.
I'M
h! in the
A Letter from Sfrtl.
If njioit tn' I. tie. a must ir tert sting
dot uf.n t.t h.T be. 0 fo .nd vi ttali. a
I. ti.r ffi.t Sit it tmy Sc:d. ::fi a
at the l.siir.mt c 1 ( the col war. a-k
ll'.i; the ltt;at pu;..M. O.-.r .'i.' J.. te
rHe his sao'd lo the Ki.i- ii cajse. At
that tir e iv.i it ter.t ioe.-i.au gcaer
a'.s hud u-i( reviJ th.nstivt. aJ
'.he X. eiei tiitu (.uotiei in! ws no
dtiut.t le-.t to .- help v.. f. I t the
Ira.t-.ii.m it UlTtii'o aud c h.r I s
t;h ana who h l(wil tt 1 coon' lo
I hr revulaUoU At tt (oi.tej out. J-li
Ihe iiiii)l Vadeis tn l-i!i ir Hi
the vlill wai oi Arrti tiisu lAvu
Record ef an ti(i(.
William K Suii'-U. S.it hu.aa bv
With, Is alxi.it to ciuth li '.e is f..'i
pf'.h v. i as s!i;ici inteti4t-fct t-f the
N-tst.iisI gaixtea In A a.h' t-g '.eu lie
aays te tas scived ihe f edei s4 g :
rueul to the saute H.. Ka 'r l!.
b) ether of t'S en'ilw).
CAPTLf"3 A Y.
H C 4 Ca", wt j t ,c
M s Acta"
w.t !). .r.'- l';4. !'
tffr.r !a lj!rl tffk. A'k,
it w ut'iul ti ?.d j: ;-.! f
f.ai '.'; :'i or l . '";.-.,-"')
by a l.'j'tir '. t . .s t
fay a w- vr ta !svs fc-'g
r'ied V.?,: wit os i;V
tiirs t I ."!' ar.d sW V-iti
Wou'd get rj Cr.T TT!n, Sft 1 S"i f-W
occst'n a cii.rs.-i s1 tysif j-va-'.ed
it, .-?r lu'onatt ?' l-t a r
ont In the fj'iui.tj bf-ifred fs-J try Tor
g"t afnjet?;icg In t'r.e ti"-,r or fowl
'.rf t'tt m cfcalge He f.tseis'o. ar.4
we r.t f. sed g'hr'-d a i;."y
eah r.a.1 a sa'kl. ax.4 'e rrr.nf
j to afrp. tf we iiv tr.a r'.-!,r.g
jthfouc!) lh wfAK1, eu:;. Ci'lf:
away. Frrn the 6ir'.m la J.'.c!i
t ;.:." e tr.at . tu
g-j&e around tv.e j-S'kt j- I hat 41
ir.y mi k to my eora.-ade. cj ro'i
that 1 b!iev-d I wou.i take that fol
low !a H had t't dowa Ir.'o a de
pression by th:s ti3o. and inlier.Oy
lad nvt seT ts I turw-d my i-" -e
and put tira on tSe r-uc, ar.d ty tie
t.'m te ca:i-e a::n :r,'.o s gv.t I w
le thaa P-0 jar is frvra ti-n. al
mn'.rr.arided tlm to hail H n'n; 1.
t"3-Eed amard. r5e toward c . aid
tbcj he cas.e haiiJe-S rr; a ;js
I hoiked at It, ard riv 'ta-' it was
genuia. wph (i-r, F'.o' at
tached. I af k"i t ; ra hy he wit
aro'ind the j iket p-tt. He p-? a l."
cor.fusd at this, atd did t-t a
a'jraiory ar.swer. I tVa toil h!-2
that I would take Ma lark lo Cve
pKRct j-rt and tr. lietj-er.ar.t ..ot-
eriand by r.aniel nruid do as he j
pi'-av-d about passing Mn out. "Ats j
e put to the (-,,t th heu'.eaatt ca.j
out to the riai. tr k the ;a. r 1-f wi
at it. turced to its ar.d sa, 1: "Taie
this n aa to P'-ie t heid iarers as
qijitk is you can get 1.1 21 there-" We
took hira to headquarters, nor. U3 set tie
tri'.er in Natioir.ai Tnl iiso. atd whea
1 S'.ee.e saw hi-n he rxii: Au rrsv iL,aa.
il was lit kirs; for jot: I d.j-'t t'r.ir.k !
i There was s-:-n:e 1 r,fe n.ark ca ti-t
i f thit the t r-r? oi Ce (r;';i,-:
i ndi1'!! :od . -t-wed t-i- in ire
ra -f his a-v! ? -e found c-":;.; te i - '--c.a;-9
of mr a-iry, ai the f.--. zz. 1
turaNer of runs S'e-'e orVrd us to ' :
take h!m to our re ei rectal guard j '
house. I had jteea tii-: tcaa fr-?-jesCy i :"' ' .'
MimJ ..... Tt. -'-- v' t "V-'e I. 1 re'-.
:." s
toue
lini WtiteaJ5
r.e
cj tJik w.
r.'.er.
He fet-Cjei to t'Lp there
I pa-! of the tir.ie. We haj a Ca;-t-
1 V-'hiteman in the r;!niert, a brxier
to the sutler. When t.hl feiicw tad
t-"'n o'itjf.H.-J in our guard house to
or ihee ii Cap:. Whiiec-aa cs
to ttw and at-ked me if I at-'t ta
1 guard at the guard house. I toil hiaj
s that 1 was. Ed he said . "Take that
I fellow out and ghe him a cha-te to
, run They mill kep hitn anl fa'.tea
, Mm dp to or three nn-i.ths tad thea
jtum him Joow. and thtre is
ing to fcacg tiai. and that be had t-et
ter ran. tut he wouldn't do it. and I
was very glad after ward that te didi't,
as they hsr.c.-d him In a short time.
He was only ! vears old. ted they
oS'-re-d to !: i rate bio! if he would tell
who hei; him draw the 1 iat It has
always ln-n my opinion thai Pill
U hi'er.-.an. our sutler, was the cats
and th.al Ca; .. l.r.eman kow st. ad
for this rvson w r.'esl him killed,
ieanng he would sv.w-al on his bro'li
er. My rwoIVc.'on is that the spy's
r.ame was Ikhld. though I am not sure,
but am sure tha.! he d e-i game
On April V fallowing this lacideat
I tjki.i j.r..or;er at Maik's Mills.
Ark. ai.d it'.ir e were taken a c-.in-ftleratc
off (ter it-Ie up ar.d asked tf
ihtrv were any ef the Seventh Vie
snu'i cavalry in tbe sj-a! Sme f.tl
s.i;.t 'Ys'' (Tier,, is always a fvvil on
s,ji h iicea-lurs 1 The ns,ft tiei ate ;d:
-VA'e tro m ii g In hang very s.-n of
tht-'u 1 I i-v csurht oce of our c a v;
st I.'.' lv !; v V Ian wiritir at.d b'..r.C
h'.m" If be had known that I was th"
tv.iii w h. a,'- iT-l t-.tfi the-e woa'd
p--f.t.a 'v have Jn.-n -.hi-.g i.icg.
t.d I Would have l-een Ci l.'.er of a
trio 'ion Nit-.!:- ti s I ma te n;sc'f
al-tit a s 'i '! aa ! ror.H. and fe'-t
sKvut the ! cf a k'.:;' . I w' i
i;.t dwi 51 on th- ho-iws i f eJt t r.e
in ii'e We fi f--t tak.a t "aa-p
P.-rJ Tel. ;-'- w:f !kra to '! ''.!'
p-isoii neai A is'in. a ".4 what was b-ft
of my tvld if I" wr-v n. ;.f 1
In Ii-.r.!r at i".a' e .n,. Ui. ; I
brv u s V :
t-e r w t -1
diM an
to N w ( if a: -r
so ii 1 starved
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Ne Wonstee wnpso
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Ci"uwee fee Papa.
Ttilasofct, ?ii isn't kscr ytir
gecc-a;Jy l-'isa at a.'l tvtig!;:.'" sa.i
G-rs-.a. Sr. -W ten I was jcut h I
could acwer jrac'.k-U every s;e
tioa In the book."
Well, i-a." retfwte-J Cur.stfl, Jr, "I
g'j.rs yon tad t-te".'.:g'it frstm
to trip yea ith yoar tw; wixi."
Important to Motrvesess.
FTvarr.' cirri ly 1 v.-ry t.itt'e o
CAjjTohi.V a '.r a.'il sr rt::r-!r I r
aid chi.'-E, aid -e ttat it
lt t'se P.-r Ovr : Yrars.
Tie K.ad Yt-a Have Aisiti Pitijtit.
Wired
"Pol;criia3. arse-st tr
tat tr.aa f JT
a-4r:tig la the strew.
'I tut teard t'ss swear'3' a-.cy
"Put te's gvmg to la a rjlou'e I
an slvut to lofirra tiat that t.s
daughter tis ek';-e-i with, the chauf
feur II tll'U linlHM ISl.IXVIt.Httl.
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A.i '-.rcis s .1 tif-.v i i-., 5 nr. tit. i.i'.
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snvi t Htc lUrHi.-!i (!. s(v'"V-i o the
V. .2. ti.Znm.il ot C W.rU. cwt U iuiU
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I' .if I a; lCi.l' V ti SVTV..11 srsl
Ilk.' Iki 1 if w,id ! ai.'w-rt.U
tVvo 4 l'i, jir.ijti ut t!ut thki-v of
I, K'tl trl4ilstlOl ir(. S3 ! th'.-ju
r-i'irt'v , ; ;if.'i-4 by J i J u;v a;.i -. .:
f sCKlti I v t1.' Vt. j lx'.yu.nj ot t;v
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(ieiv !w b- y t'i? (--uu u--, it-ja.
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vtts'.v, au 1 i it slv ly aJAV-t I 1 j -i" .
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