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Show FOOLt' UY MOSBY. J TlietanfaUrrtlXlffrrtlUUflt tl) rml I'aamnrtl anI MJr lUlit "The mm with the coolett nervel ever tuVnU iManel A. K. Helfcrt, who tfM luaremlnUcmi ml, "was Colonel John H Moabr X was n MgU priTAto at Harpr-r's lerry when thit place was capture! by BtonewnJl Jack-sou Jack-sou In 1SA2 After watting fcr some time for our excltausjis wn were ordered down to Tnlrfat Court House, Va,, wltere we were on tin lookout for Mrvby. One col J, clear night In February, 1SW, I wad on picket dnty on the War; reutou roftJ, I hal t o. I was VA.klng iny post Atmiit an tlw Joulilf quick, trying to kwp wann, when 1 htrd n troypof caviilry iotiiln down the Warrenton ma I nt a qalek tmt Tiny were itop)il bythtnnn on tort on all right, and then ctttuedowu on lay lnt Wlien tlwy came close enough r mo I halted tniu. "Triemaa with tho cnnnterln,' was tho answer to my challenge. "'Ono timti diiinomit and alvanco rlth tho counterKlgu,' was my next coin manJ. "A well drewed ofT.cer dhmonnted and advanced tothe jwintof niybn joint jo-int and gave the conntenUn 'Jaiualovt 'Oonntcrtisn correct I ahtmted. 'I'SM OU. "rheruwero about three hnnilredof thetujn motley crew In n j-corui&s but thorwere n jolly lot, tinging, talking nnl laughing They pafttod on, ami In due time I wis relieved and roou ym sound Offlrep. "Uirly the t ext morning the n argent of the guard roned mo up and told mo 1 wis wautet at henlquartcrn. In clnVgo of uu orderly I went When I got there the Man who was en potono was aheid of me Ho wis nshcrvd into tho pretence of Ueneril Alexanler Hayc, our commaulliig ofllttr, and wi.ett Iiocamoout I went In Yon ha 1 ott tw o at lut nltfhtr dcinnndcl the general "Ihnl.shV "Tell me about the troop of cavalry thst paswd jour post "I told hliu what had happnetl "Well, he paid grimly, 'you did it,1 and ho dlttnlMed me. "I dlscorurcd prottyaoon that tho tnen I hat pAnrttdwero Moab)'s command, With Mosby at their heal. IhcyluJ titl Jen through tho tntlro camp, taken tho tint of one of tho general olllcrs, mounted It on niunlonnd cecnpcil with It to tho Confedento lines, 'How did ho get tho iwtMword? We found ont that afterward. At one of the outpoitawas the rawest khM of a raw recruit. While Ite was on picket duty u man dressed in n captains mil form, with tho roduihef theofllcerof the day Across his breast, approachl him. Ho challenged and thuoClecrro-epoudeJ thuoClecrro-epoudeJ ' 'Olllcer of tho day with the counter-sign counter-sign Advanconndgite th ountirlgn. 'The oflloer ad ranrwl un I gato a wonl which was not the correct one "'That's not right,' sail the sentimd, 'and you can't pa. "After cvnihUnble wrangling, the ofllcer Instate 1 that hli wonl waa right, liu exclaimed Angrily, 'What wonl havo jongotJ Tlieuuu iwiIJ, Tlte rrrgeaut lailui," and nobody caii poMultliout it.' "Thecfdcerwaiuiollitr tlmu Motby blniMilf, Ho lkid all be wanted, and, waiting fer night, got Ms iou together nud luodo the auccewaful nld. Tor cool nerve it beat anything I ever heard of.M New Yoik Herald. |