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Show Tlio lies TV unlit Iji.I. BlncothodenthnfMajorUeneralUtifns Ingalls sumo gool w ir stories hivu been started aliout this famous llgliu r, who was Ixmi nnd raised in Dninmrn, Me , nu 1 bis rouipenlorui In ntuis. An lllus-trntlou lllus-trntlou of tho general quickness nt rep-arteo rep-arteo and down oust humor Is his gou-1 iiaturtHl retort on Ormt iibotit tho ) el low dog It was In the spring of 18SI, just nlsiutonajoar befnro tho full of Itlch-inond, Itlch-inond, when Ueneral Grant tin I n group of bis officers w cro seAtod ono ov euing by tho cheerful blazo of a lingo campflro. All nt onco (Irnnt, who had lcn nb-aorU-d some mluiites In meilllatlc n, turned qnlekly to his qnsrteriu istcrrcu f ml, nnd iiolutlng to u jellow dog which lindnieciuiMiiloiltholittirthroiiglimauy n t mnpiiigii nn 1 now lay at lit imisU r's feet, suiHiziiig, jeioosely nslveil, "I snv, In galls, do ) on Intend taking that dognlong with jou Into Itlchiiiondr" "Yes," w is tho quick response, ' fur ho bclont, to n mighty long Hied breed " A roar of laughter followed this sally, and th faie of tho grim commander relaxed into a broad smile Lew Iston Journal. |
