Show THE OLD OLE AT sumter A war Jurl dent vit alaci tion friend and anti po poo iho newspapers and magazine ore are full of war but thero aro fow r of thorn nry ary belter better than this one told by til old soldier at a it now york dinnon bablo ho ijo other m a a a wi wilier iter in tho world whua when D iro icings begun I 1 in Chai loston harbor the tenth inny army copa co vc pa pi rondo mado n buddon sudden dash and dro 0 in tho thin line lines of i aich tho the southern officers had posted on tho natam ostern end of morris island 1 hon lion daylight camo every overy pun gun walh h Reau beauregard regard could bring to boar upon tho new tt ork boym to min shot und and eliell there enough inon men there but 0 wivi a of ammunition and so ft mulo drivon to dolk cr or tho the ammunition tho only road w m its tho the smooth bind P ind be boach betch along tho the bay and tho di disturco dis tunco stanco mas within emy of fort and blatter o 0 guns co col ored till tho the w m ay to tho sand hills behind which was wai tho the federal camp lamp I 1 nm am doa tho the incident as it ap P feared from the shipping in tho the bay and what called attention to it v m aa as tho ho t sudden ii malting alting up tip of 0 ovely cry gun on tho aielo of sumter looking Lookin ff to tho cause causo of tho i furious mno cano 0 body woe mas surprised to BOO soo a mulo mule tearing waring up tip tho the boach beach in tho direction of tho now work the arx or was la biting ing tho the lash on rand that mulo mule had its care oars laid straight back and wag was making its ley legs po go occasionally a shell would touch tho boneh bound up and explode and tho mulo would then hoel hosI tuto tato and try to turn b bick tok but dut tho arh driver or would lay tho cowhide on with renewed ml igor gor then tho the mulo mule put on another spurt until at last it became entirely demoralized by tho explosion of n ten ton inch shell under its belly bolly the di 1 or got off his boat took tho the animal by tho the head whirled it round once or twice and started it up tho the bench beach more fort sumter ind and named flamed battery wagner belched and thundered and still that urged his mulo along though tho the ray wa ws swept by at least thirty guns at last ho reached hia his destination but ho he could not baay there and in a moment ho he w m aa its turned around and exhorting horting the animal to do iti it 10 lov ol 01 best tho the mulo mule dl di I 1 not need to bo be told to stop out outs for in its roar rear were roar and racket and about its ears cars were i ing sand and crp tron which seemed to stimulate sti mulato ita its fleetness Hoet noaa dott dou n that hard bc bacch eh how flow tho mulo mule tho the light cart wrt bobbing and swaging and tho the arm rising and falling aa a ho he dealt out lash after lash at last they near tho friendly shelter of the sandhills sand hills in another minute they will bo oaf safo but just tho the neared tho the to turn nido a shell camo came screaming from sumter everybody E could see the hugo mahs of iron aa it ro ired through tho the mr it truck the beach directly in tho the roar rear of tho the mule and w m ith a bound it overtook it and exploded with ter dolence when tho the shell exploded it circle of i hid the mulo mule for a moment but when tho the broko clcil cleared ed IrS Iulo had his onra cars 1 laid ild back and with head down and loga lashing wildly oat ift was making kindling voon of tho the cart w m aich had been badly demoralized b a fragment of tho the biell presently the dri er or is seen limping to tho the mule in n second the mulo mule is free from tho cart and with tho the arii cr or on hia his back and a farewell whisk of lila his tail tall disappears a behind tho the coca of tho hills tho thousands of bo s in blue unite in a long and hearty hurrah tho eail sall ora ors wal 0 their hata hats and shout them bolies hoarse and hark harki tho th southern boldi bold lers ors hao hai 0 caught tho the infection and uro cheering too |