Show A joi DOWNIN DIXIE was wab ene one once a time a very vry nice ais aim ame age JIs lab lan aln iaB ergeant sergeant who while abilean Ab ilein in command of 1 api apt a picket eket don down in the She nahdo nando sk valley 9 became aware that bat there waa wag a girl in the habitor ha bitof passing luite quite quitt AAI ail while abile he was on post pelt very pretty girl indeed ware wire all thre three ot of thi ih e miss mibs jeffs jeffa s dark dare of hair bair bright cf if eye tye ril rii nil keen of f sit ir they knew the rule if coquetry from alpha to omega better than hey they aled and toek teak an interest in ob serring their practical effect fatir 74 bleir family lived juht just within our lines and vere verk veri were nit neutral itral that is to say they had two A br athers TI evih T I h aasby and used to sell meals mcc fmc gaz fcc ac soc in virginia generally means r to our officers and soldiers at about itei lost times their real value all the th t ivr this horrid war would ouid ceabe cease friends natural modesty having been overcome with great difficulty be he speed tily ly became bl e i tame iame quite intimate not to say gay gallant levith the young lady and her other two au hi he ile he had not seen been a 2 white elte eite female in three months who hid bad not riot y w ae scowled oiled or spat at him but cne she abe threw a brick a it ort sort of thing which jacb though amus araus aric iba enough at dirst first grew tiresome by when he met two good looking femi feni mba mrs es who did neither be was fas fag fascinated fascinato cinat e d though he took his meals at their house bouse pit jit at fifty cents each and made h hm ms lugn if ron gon f orally ar fally faily agreeable to the best of his ability our sergeant er gert gent never forgot that be bad command of an unusually large picket sent gent out purposely to giva glia t mely vi arning warning of an expected raid on ftfe station and never left the road without i a force too stron stroh strong to be cut off by a ras rss ipA valry dash before an ala aia alarm rm could be given not leave his bis men alone after dark ia for all the beauty of virginia aeter keter declining several invitations to pass ith lih uhe the tv ening a few tew claya ilaya before the time of his hib return reburn re turn lurn he be received a most molt pressing invitation to tiling his bia men and anti partake of a dinner pre pared by the mm miss jeus jets iI they rhey had becaver so to BO to un flke jike like the usual coarse mercenaries tuat really neally rhey fiey must mint accept will come I 1 know 32 who could resist such euch a speed accompanied as it was wab aritha with a blush and alook a look rh ieh teh woud would have brought gen on his a marrow bones x uj ij Bp I 1 cant lea iea leavette leave the road unguarded my are do 0 never mind that the read road in bight from here hert why cant you ou leave one man nan tj aad pd bring the r reat rest e a t up there is BO no 1 I danger anie anic in jn the raid mald lle lie of the day to t be eo so pouch Pl uch afraid of this is northern hern bern courage ati ehl kig with a sniff highly derogatory to the aforesaid Nort northern hern bern production W bof Q c course it was wag the old a tory story of campion i and aad doll Doli delilah lah lab and thi tho speech sith with a little more more mare wheedling produced an acceptance of the invitation and the sergeant arter efter taking a 0 rf o abort leave of the family in the paron aada fiad a g and affectionate aff one of alles allas jiff jeffor i the euliff irs ire effected a retreat flattering ant it that she should take bugh euch an interest in me be he bub burthen But then to ask afe the men im blessed it I 1 I 1 cala caia cadee see seg through it anyhow aad and then he fell tell fulsto into a brown study from orom m bich he ke was waa startled Bt aruea arUca by IL whisper aiassa A lassa massa sergeant ri tb started looked around and had harfrey 14 ha har if drew frew his revolve dut nut seeing teeing but jeiven ie le darkly in in angle angie of the W fence he thrust it back again hello liello nick 3 ou oil imp of dark darkness nesi nosi he n cried aioo rogn 0 izing t one of the hon hou hone le l e servants of the s I 1 jati uron upon whom he had bestowed devoral 3 1 small favors fator astep step here sergeant Serg gant dont doni let no one see you eu and I 1 will tell you som eom ehin efin 1 and anxious cor cot cortan fab tab ensued inter eased er sed with considerable cursing en on the part of the military gentleman at the end of bich which A he ne sergeant took his hia hi way to the tead of it ite lie hc post in a study far browner tn an that trod from which he had bad ao so recently emerged at precisely noon the next day a look lack into thi the dining room ef of the jeffs jeffa woula would have dis eclo ecio cia cla ed d the sergeant and with ith one exception exceptions the entire picket ui aider der his bis command sitting eat fat at tho tha table th ir arms arma stacked in the hall inking ah onset before befera which the the dinner va fahad like chaff before the wind passed suddenly steps were heard beard on the plazza 4 tD ont disturb yourself said one of the poin gain to the windoal ita its only socie bocie of the I 1 wont sergeant wll wil with th a ten zer aez gla gia r c e I 1 beb heb beeta 1 I best hest he st tp pi came on the tle stalio tair calr up them we thee young ladies looked unta unea uneasily illy ully around but the sergeant nev r stirred there was waa a stir via vla krin yin the hail ball hired fired by a sudden rush of abon abot twenty twenty five of ashbes ashbys cavary cava cara ory fry ho bo made ell cli entrance w with I 1 th an utter diere g it d 1 6 otibe t t b e proprieties of life and tha the presence of atthe the ladles ladies i you you yon may aa a well give yourself lf up qu etly elly auld luid the sergeants conquest to her a oner aid and mo his followers fol lowers lowera who were consulting in the cortier cor tor kier tier to which they chev hd hwd retreated Mtr ati my always treat thelt priC Bra well aad and we have conr weli weil well darned if I 1 ever saw moth sueh sub sun perfidy ll 11 rafil the th sergeant throwing his hig hi kat hat froia from abe tb window in a rage rae olve give we lae five minutes to collart karet laret lf ll 11 ald aid eaid the tbt sergeant turi luri klag ilaw w botao 4 3 of the troop troon ad and ill wl yow yoa yo ht d all right alb ay my boy bey be r take six do young la lad iad 13 brother hee in the th most go goed good od nat nitric bcd red flitting down and aid pitching Pit ehing ebing into the dirner din dic ner lile a half starved dragoon aa as be he wag wai I 1 an unceremonious example which wasim was waa im bated by his followers albeard five minutes were pasted patted a tramping trampling was heard outside darn those bosses exclaimed lieutenant jeff with his mouth full of cornbread and boiled chicken theres no guard there tom go down and see if it ge gating ting unhitched i tom filed ailed his bis mouth full of or the same lame ar article ticla picked up his carbine and started to go out lle lie looked bick back as he reached the door keep me some fedder tedder lieutenant iam lam I 1 an what the deuce Is 19 bangi bang blue wreaths of smoke circle into the room and sluggishly roll up upwards ards ardt tom pitches heavily forward with a bullet through his bis brain never more to rise while several ME dilca of ihl ibe ibe two hi indred and ninety eighth regiment emerged from the smoke and walked over over him bim their n muskets uskela at a charge and at the saine saint time each ot at the pic pit bets keth at the othet other end of the room produce d his revolver and marked kd af his bis man to trouble you to sur tur surrender render gentlemen ll 11 remarked the sergeant Ber geant with a condescending sc ac wave of r his hand band toward the be se ceib you see you barnt got all our arms 2 i just my luck died the lieutenant I 1 liere here I 1 am taken prisoner before I 1 have half eaten the only orly dinner I 1 have cave geen teen for fon forthe the last month dont let me later interfere fere feri interrupted the sergeant with a native palt pAit p eness take you to camp at any tim tiran the lieutenant I ikea ikea ked kea at his men and andi n inked winked they grinned back their response but the ser sergeant bant was oblivious and the meal I 1 proceeded I 1 all at crice its process was int erupted by dropping shots chota anthe on the road the galloping gallopin got of horses and the hurrahs of charging cavalry T the ante 11 lieutenant tenant eu pricked up bis his eari eara and anil winked wi ed t to 0 his men I 1 I 1 1 I reckon sargeant sergeant ll 11 he be remarked to his i captor taho rho who iem yem a uta nei as coo goi gol as a that the tables are ch changed aDgett again those trots are ar our boys boyo there theres co no mistaking that neise noise j j he wm y audien cessation 1 i of the the heavy boom of cannon I 1 so near the houe boue that the win windows doirs rattled and the classes glasses danced upon the table the found was waa repeated d and followed by a heavy toley valley from infantry what the deuce is that he exclaimed starting up in great agitation our boya boys had no heavy car cai carnon non tion 31 1 I knew know it redi rera aked his captor i sere serenity vity but our colonel tho thought eglit them such I 1 handy things to have around that be he posted t two 0 pieces ces a and ind a few men merr last night in the brus brush where the road borka forks and I 1 rather guess they flaey have given ashby particular hits fits the lieutenant dropped into his seat and made a taint faint attempt to swallow geme seme more corn bread but it was no n use bowly he laid aside bm hie knife and fork and rose from the table etith the air ef of a man who had bad rather lather more than was good for him take us sergeant sid bid id be resignedly and be he did I 1 lake take them muo women heists hoists darkies and all ail a if their fate was the usual ons one the contra i lasas wasas anta anna afta the he horgea went to the I 1 pot post bat iak ils its s acme om t did the rest were somehow iest lest though envious people bald eaid the line effi officers cers of the all got nw new horses aleut about that time iti me J the ladie ef of course took look the oath of allegiance and we e discharged for our great republic does cob cot ro t war OB on bomel |