Show UP t I Iel A VETERANS STOUT I fl Alt I That t moment 11 wall illy nnlnpplc f Theo d gentleman lad been telling of I 3 ltnf 11 I I I Us capture nl the Inltlo of CMckamauiot I of the Hems charges mid countercharge I of the manner In which tho enemy closed I down from three nldm upon its decimated 4r regiment and alonliellml It to umlcr I hatwas nlyunitrI moment Then Jio looked Into tho irnito flni tat n time without fpraklntt Ho was reviewing I events of Iho most eventful period of his 11 lifeThey I I They hijrrlcd m to tho Polar of their = Isthl Ir Iv v t I army continual thU oftcncd kindly 0 It old gentleman thrown Ktiard tirouud I tw f telling thooQlcrr i In chargo to shoot r I 1 4 I I t prisoners who should try to make their I ft I 07C had been fighting from early In tile i I rnernlng until Iwo ment Ilul which I was nlmt tile middle of tile afternoon and had 1 begun bIo I light nntl vrns Unhlml no you may Imatfno we hud n 11 I feeling of I nil Frenonoss soon after the cunni was placed over us Did our entertainers celebrate ocnt tendering cMtolho ei I banquet with tOol IN Nut that I recall Wo lay them tho Ualaneo of tho cliy nil night nml I until nearly evening tho licit day Vfuru anything win dnno In our behalf unleM It was to put tin a now guard Tluit ncnlng I they man i till nufd to tire Hull ton M Cup of ml1 and 0 Chunk oC N w for awh nine and gave its It ll chance 1 prepare our tm n bouquet after n fast of 49 iKiun daltic ling n wallow of colfeo and n few blhs of hard bread tilicl Well H9 I think hek I MVIIIS tonic A I that nothing I have vcr mtcn hinted liot ki I tcr tol ilia ctn1 1h null rlv Ist con of that flint lunqnct after our capture I Y No wo didnt hard Kiasta nor was there an orchestra or biloa club to supply linn I A quet muMc My but how good flat jnunh Al n If It was witless ignrlci cream lew cicn It Hives Just pbiin luilt f cooked i unslflcd meal And lie hnnuir lord mil I those southerners know how lo mako 1st eon I cnnlA As soon all tile Rural was oyr they or dcrcd Into fnilfilit ws bound for At I Linda I remember tliut when lie order cumo I was In the full enjoyment of holdIng t hold-Ing tho rind of mychunl it Ircon In my I mouth I was them when I fell u lccp I but nan ic ono when I nnoko I shall never I forget thafuilliiK of poverty tho sharp dls ii > l > lntmcnt w hlch cumo to me w hen f hu III dlsixnery wan ainde that tile scoot moixl was gone I chldcd awl Felt for going til I sleep 1 and running tho rh > fc of losing HO i V lmlou n poAnn Am I remember It was about mm when wo reached Atlanta They told ui to Bet out of tile earn Then c two long freight train lonili of us What sorry looking crowd wo weliil Them bed I been not chaneo to wash slneo tlw pht I races and hiniht were alnu t ni Mock M A tho slave who stood About gazing openmouthed open-mouthed at tile quiOT assortment of raged Yankees Men women and children 1 whlto and black gathered J nliout t1 In largo number A iffy pretty girl pot quite close to us ns wo were BTowllno about being hungry and unwashed I I thought Fho wa < i c for iti 3Iaybo oho was I ehlhl of I Unloulit and I IIII I to A3k her If nho wouldnt gut tH a luouthftil of food You Ought to have Pilen herl I Ice I on touch Noor 1 null or u IIC hat No you Billy Yankee beauts not to wo YOUP In1 JIyvi Is with lonfrtrat I wish ho had killed all of IOU Itopl looking for Sympathy older what Iw could of that girl I Slid U an jintty at to achesi but gracious what I little rvbcl nho wan about as one of my girl would havo ban under tho KIUIO clrcum > it 0 U hOI I crlm I ml Ihl wcr Unlollcn ther Woull 1m n of them An old man of 110 nlxvd ui IV clean to the prisoners and quietly asked n Stand of them I liny would In looil r l 0 enough to 111 A Whllo they were In fnr better trim fur eormamllilng than tnulni 1 11 their vocal organsi n lender of tho squad 1 110 asked tho old Ktntlcmau wliat lie would It Anything Kcntlemcn anything that 11 11 you aru In tho haUt of hinging to your army rat tho north Im ui hung for I I I ronl jiatrlottc songs as jou am for fond 0 Jly good wlfo has boo to brlos 3as whal I f i l wo hatoeooknl J will 0 hero Mm lletm give him Itilly Hound the I Falto boys wild sergeant Then their clear young I ohxs Yang out i with tile door old WHIR which I imcr hear wlthuuMhltlklng of tluit Atlanta MVUO i 4 At It only it feet wing but when the I I uroind verwi Ugan nil if thono 1001 prig oners NNIIO Clould Fing unit I art know most of lig could bills In tho days wero swellIng swell-Ing tho chorus Wo all forgot our hunger I A and our Ile Ire to clean up I our unhappy i State and along U nOr before Sing It uipililj pleaso ulna I again f I pleaded tho old man and I was repeated After that canto Jho Star iVinglcd lin I ncr1 Whllo this wm Jiclng renrtentl I wiw many a filed In lot throng of eltlren onlookers on-lookers 1Jo Its sairnful look and Ntomo icrioiw I saw fears nn the chI or rev III I I i land old l triendneiucnilitIlllvktoluicLnel 111 Our and larticular when a pompous joiinghecoml I HeuteluiDt tile i guard too gave an order to I stop tho mu sic hoiaid No 1et them sing Its the a Hweete sound ITO board for more than two years 11 say stop It1 responded tile ulp with shoulder strap I At that momenta general officer Told I up lbo old limit ient up to him and re I juried tho order of tho lleuleiuut and asked that It li countermnndnl I 1 It shall lie I lt them Ring It docs I them good and 1 dont hurt us Tho llou tenant has lieen doing guard duly too long Woll let him go to tho front when I lio am her different mu > < c Mario ho will like that better I dldlt I und thc general liaml tapped r I cork leg with his gloved liamlWhat I What of tho old gentleman n ho wantul I I Panic United gtutm Songs Oh ho I inies was tile happiest man In All Ills wlfo ramo up with a Uvket of prol I dons Her corn braid pickles and ctjoknl I rloo were awfully good I guess yo ails lud lietter keep yo vlttllesforwo alls wild n Georgia homo guard whc mcn and Atiorat i2elmen womclllon up t i IHISS to tho I prisoners broad and moat Well boo nlut that too1 said 1 tho old k Union mnu and ho started to hunt up tb J ono legged general again but betoro ho got back uu order luul tieen given to more over I t two trains bound for Itlchmond Dan > tile nod other towns notell for their ho tel for the accommodation tit ouch nO wo I tviiuo stopped at Dam tile moroatlllch I luond and IIcllo hie and many of then r thero yet As I wild rt tho outset tliat I Jay IIplet Icmcnttho time I they rrabbeil in at Chlckaniau a J A I Vitreous In Chicago Tribune |