Show I A SiriNPlASTEll I I nm n 25 rent Ereenbnc nml or nil I I no1noyl t o ono of tlio unredeemed but I have hall such vurlcd experiences nod I was abla < u < lu to mild goal the day Itlch Island wa ovncuntcd I ft < I must tell about It for I wnn Ice much a mibjcrt of Unito In my day at gold and silver find lomls are now 1 vrng sent forth fresh and rlfp from YntUtngton 1 n payninstcr In the Army of tlirflototCM on the Virginia icnlnTila still hp delivered me Along with a lot of Inrior note to ftctiptaln oho o-ho Flftli IcnnNyhnnln cavnlry Iho cop tn placed the IAq notes In I a letter which lie wrote big wlci fvtvct 1 JoNla sit Jettcr In which lie toW her ho WM going the next day on n TAU up the peninsula And that If nil went will ho tnluht clect In llchniond that she mmt keep up a bravo heurt and that hovould lio home noon Vipers he FcnKxI lilts letter I raw tho inns cles of his mouth twitch nnd his bravo cc Uuo eyes moltn Unit I snngglrd tp within for I knew tho bravest wero the cnilcrcst nnd ho was wishing ho could go with One letter IJut there were o Lraycr men In the war than tho rcnniolvnnlarii nod I knew thAt Iho or tile Le would lie nmo nnd do what wits right The next snornlog westartcd all nsod got alongie fn Until about tijir inllci beyond VII ainsburg and just at the fork of tho foods Iva were olaca1 Iy the advance guard of Shlnnlcra South Carolina cuv silly Vo find only 40 men In our party nod tho rebels were numerous Iho cap nln Now ho had bcttcrretlrc So lie turned b horcr ordered u retreat and tho non ished down tho road firing as they ro traded Wo went Inlo a Dow poeltJon b hhr the college wnllho college find becn burned iiudns tho hot lend spattered against tile old English bricks I bliul crcd and every time the status oC Ixml loletourt wan hit I felt os I everything Peered was being desecrated salt I could linust hear the llrlllh lon growl While I was made for circulation I was lot on protection and when charges wore inado galoot me I fat I would ta ground Into In-to pulp before I was withdrawn Out enemle were reenforclud and Iny captain tcclng discretion was the better part of vnloi again retired and dashed dow main street Ileforo he had COM two square n bayonet was thrust through Ilia thigh and ho was inado u prisoner In n vtry Share time I O exchanged for a bag of loliarcu and boar nn ally mid ust uclnto of armed rctclllon A shinplaster ms no nlTectlons or nttAchrucntsyou know I was put In what was called a pocket by my rebel owner but It Eccuicd to mo like a rnu ban I was presented to his sister nnd then I I vas taken to tho parlor In Htchraond and lint In Foracthng I had never heard of b foro elory pitcher I hail gOt curiosity to know what a glory pitcher was Pay and nIght I kept my cars open to try to that out and on the Fourth of July I tilt for they tookiuo out and filled the pitcher with punch and drank General George WhlnglnboaJt n1 I hmrl them ly time when General Wnfihlnetou dlud thcso pitchers wcro lutula cf china with a plo for uf General Washington being taken up to glory on their Bides Every 22d of February and Fourth of July they were xmd for punch I I had bwn sound money mon-ey I would IIUTO known flint a sinter the pact Ln flow Mrs Patron of Iortlind Mo had ono of thho pitcher but I was of mushroom growth knew nothing of traditions and really cry Ito about myself my-self Vcll I niuauulu prisoner In foil tary contlncment 10 1 Itichmond until evacu ntlon day came I wns Sunday and burly en cm1 glol grand glorlou4strallo to flits last day of thoConfcderncy a smile like n martyr Waves on his dying face and imturo every tree and flon cr Was bursting with green lent Unit IjlosHoni sLruiglinn to b free and I thought tho tearful eyes of lay dmr ladled should folio com fort and remember re-member that they to find been prison bound and now wire freeing themselves I hud grown to love tile lady In whoa r I had been she who so pure anti brae and I 1010 unhappy left some evil 6 hould befall her nnd her llttlo children I law her kiss her husband goodby ODd caw her hand her jewels and valuables to an old Stale who promised 1 do his beet to protect her I In n abort time the city 0tl was In flames and water cut off tile I gas liomodctroytd nnd dArknris reined host ho-st were full of Union eoldleri Dud I army followers and the desolation of that Uoubcwas beyond anything I can describe Suddenly 1 heard my friends coming down stairs nnd I felt my dear ladys bait white hand pick mo u 1 from the glory jar smooth luo out and rolling Undo Harry a faithful old clave olIn raid Uncle liar ry this ohnpllcr cam lrm a fight In VVlUlnuifiburK lllcbard gave It to mo antI ant-I have kept It oil this while I Rat they have established n sutlers store across thu way I you are not Afraid go und ECO I It will buy mo Homo cundlog for I It will we will not lie quite a forlorn Undo Harry grabbed mo with his UK old bliek hand and raildl God knows Mite Mary you always was good and God gwluo to take cam of you and yourn und vva and us Afccrdr I aint gwino to como lack dout deni candles icufiln dcynlnt got none And ho brought back three end tbD light they died was like the glory of Ooda light In a dark place She lit one und mado u i < utrol of tho hone from garret tp collar under the beds and In the dojets would blow Ie out and In 1 few hours reconnoiter again for when they were gone where would nny morn eOID Crnm Flat Slid know that unto the upright there nrlscth light Into In-to darkness nnd her bcautUulfsJiU I Ki allied bet t Kh in the lolOtrs stop l took In tile Union Urn or und I 11 IFal l my lory pltclicf I and all tho exciting news I Jterzfsand mxt ta hear from ttvo doctor sing the I pen raU und jny gay ouig Jady Although air exchange Is no robbur T > 1 fet jaalons and InJnfL I > 1 Shortly rfter this il refined from bud n ice A small boy putninustaclioon th face of the fiUitesmaii which adorns mo 1 Irumme plnlmo un the InsIde 01 b shish and after 1 Lrlcf and eventful career I title tpcngitl tit and Lollo In acnbinet 01 curlofitlo not eating Cj cents what b I one ut iwpoNow York Mnl end lit I ls |