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Show . JOHN ALLEN'S ONE LIE.. Til Mlulltlppl Cooj.rmman'1 FnnUh ment for l'artertlng tb TrntU. Congressman John Alton had tbo floor says tho Washington PpsU "You kno I novor told but ono Ho In my life," salt tho Mlsslsslplan. "That curpd mo. I was back In 1803, a day or two attor.thi socond battlo ot Manassas. I was 1 small, baro-tbotod soldier boy about fit-toon fit-toon yoars old, marching with Loo's army towixn Maryland. My font bocamo so soro from marching over tho rocks that I had to fall out of lino and becamo soparatod from my command, and, consequently, con-sequently, from all commissary stores on which I could draw. Tho country had boon so of ton raided by both armies that It was difficult to got any thing to oit. I was vory hungry and thought I should s(arvo, wbon I suddenly spied a houso away from tho road, which socmod to havo boon missed by tho soldiers. Tho family was just sitting down to a good dinner and at my special request thoy Invited mo in. I do not romotnbor ovor to havo enjoyed a dinner so much, , and not knowing whon I would got any thlmg moro I tried myself and ato a very big dinnor. In fuot, I took on about throo dayj' miens. I loft this Uouso and had gono (.lout a hall a alio when I saw somo nicu-looklng ladlos going toward a, hospital with a covered basket. I was suro thoy had something for tho sick soldiers, sol-diers, and, whilo I did not fool that I could oat any thlngmoro thou, I thought I had hotter mako somo provisions for tho futuro and that I might got something some-thing to take along In my bavorsack. I was timall for my ago, and a rather hard-looking hard-looking specimon. You would novor havo supposed I would havo dovolopod into tho spcolmon of manly beauty you now soo boforo you. I approached these klnd-hoartcd ludlos and, putting on my hungriest and most pitiful look, said: liddlcs, can you toll mo whoro a poor soldier boy wh6 has not had a mouthful to oat tor threo days can got Bomothlng to ltoop him from starving?' "You should havo soon tho look ot sympathy on tholr facos as thoy said: 'Wo must not lot this poor boy starvo,' and oponlng tholr baskots, in whioh thoy had two pitchers of gruol, thoy bogan to food mo on gruol out of a spoon. Now, whon I was a child they usod to food mo on gruol when 1 was sick, and I dUUked it abovo all things oatablo; but, having told tho story about my hunger, I had to oat it. Well, 1 novor was so punlshod for a story as I was for having to eat that gruol on my dinnor. Hut I havo of ton thought that may bolt was a fortunato thing for mo. It broko mo from tolling stories. I havo .novor wld ono slnco." , |