| Show I 1 U vat THE HOURS once mee mild sleep I 1 aw the twelve sweet bours along gay sisters tc 18 hand in go hair and faces 81 th kold gold blana dumar as n ight and wearing wt warl rl atara stars fl awers uk but the secret lorely I 1 M murmured kb oaty powers issuing an occult command 0 these air fair wanderer to a mournful bend nut tut ino with ear earthward thard browa brows soaked blue jeb jeens Is williams A twenty sixth ohio veteran writes reminded of a joke on blue 1 I ua am asana williams although there Is no rord acord of it wll wil ams saw service in the tte anny my I 1 waa was at camp morton morgan mado made his ind a when john through indiana and ohio A orce force ot of 1500 aen men belonging to a dozen different regiments was hastily organized and hurried oft to hamilton obi we arrived two hours after morgan were sent to cincinnati and fr from there up the ohio river but before we caught up with morgan he vu was captured by another force and we cane came down tha the river to cincinnati and nd returned from there to camp morton when we were organized before the tart start from camp JI morton orton col john coburn appointed blue jeana jeans william adjutant of the mixed bom nand mad and williams went through the campaign or routine as the boys it as adjutant on the return trip while at cincinnati one of the boys who had a great contempt for confiscated blue jeam jean blankets and tho the man who was at sister a later date governor of indiana waa greatly inconvenienced he spent tho the right night in the cars without blankets or overcoat and was thoroughly chilled when the sun came out the next saturday morning a stranger ap feared at the residence ot of mrs sallie prince and requested permission to go into the cellar and see if he could iad find a relic he had left there in the tpring spring of 1863 he ile stated that he belonged to the federal army and that a nephew of his bad had died in the house it being at the time used as a hospi til tal by the union corces the stranger farther further stated that at the time of die his nephew nephews a death ho he had concealed something of value in the cellar airs mr prince readily granted the rn quest and at one proc cede ei I 1 bilth m ith him to tie the collar cellar on entering the place the man took a tapeline ta pell no from bis his pocket and making several measurements pointed to a spot in the rock tall all at the same time saying to mrs prince this Is the place will you allow me to make a small hole in the tall 1 the permission being given the man at once made a small opening from which he ho drew out a tin snuffbox snuff bot bov opening the box he poured out the contents and coin counted ted them after he bad finished the caunt he said to mrs prince that it wai wan all right there being nine twenty dollar gold pieces making just ISO tle stranger through lea leafless fles L li a then faints across my dream a voice was borne the forma forms you first beheld behe lil a ao blithe of mien look thu thus to eyes that hope a glory caters chile alle they that walk funereal and forlorn though still the same by differing eyes are through phadona of anguish and cold mist of 0 tears 11 nir n i morning bright and warm williams put his feet out of the car window to N v am rm them the warmth was wa very agreeable and he settled back sin in his seat in tho the position of a man with his feet on a table he lie looked comfortable for table but the boys resented tho the unmilitary act tho the train stopped tor for water and as it started again agair some of the boys on top ut the can cart caught up the rope brorn the tank and as the cars passed turned tae vater water on the boys at the windows instructing them to wash up tor for breakfast when blue jeans feet ramo rame in line the boys at the rope asking no questions pulled the valve wide open and drenched him from head to foot thid an uproar col co burn ordering the guards to arrest the men who had turned the hose on Us lis adjutant realizing that somebody had blundered the water boys disappeared from the tops of the cars and no one could give the colonel or the adjutant any information as to who they were or what became of them mr williams was made cc inter table and before the journey was over laughed at the incident as joke when bo he was a can candidate didatO r governor some ono one told the story on him but the way in which he atooli it helped him with the people 0 0 0 gold hidden in civil ww war thanked the lady and stated that he was going to atlanta ga and that he would return in a few days when he would have so something methin else iso to divulge mrs prince was mas so surprised at what was passing before her eyes that sho she was almost paralyzed many people here reme remember raber the time when the house was occupied as a hospital during the war but few of them have any faith in the unknown eer putting in his appearance hero here again soon it has now been nearly forty years since the money was hidden according to the statement of the party who unearthed the tho treasure and 1 azo ale believe that he came i frases prases slon of the knowledge ot of whereabouts of the hidden gold by finding a paper among the effects of some dead lead federal solder giving a description of the place of its concealment parties who have examined the place where the money was found state that there Is to a small chamber in the rick wall and that the imprint of the bov bo la is clearly visible where it had remained so many years tullahoma Tul lahoma tenn exchange people never find a conscience they ere tore found out joked with gen leggett the wheaton reception the other night light eald said the captain called up a 4 good many stories of the old cam daigna when wheaton was serving 1 on I gen logans staff gen M D legge was as well known in sher naas talks army for bis his temperance notions and his religious scruples as as 0 0 howard in tho the eastern army ny he swear but he was u anif and violent in speech arid add banner inner as many of the hard swear sw erE his W liked him but they never 1144 about him or with him as they did d irith sherman his ilia su superiors and ELI subordinates know that leggett could not take a joke an I 1 they wen were ahen captain chaille page if 0 the twentieth illinois cracked a 1 at his expense this nag as in january 1864 on tho the march ch to it was a bar hard march ch on everybody and as leggett awed our regiment he looked like 4 nan man who he needed comforting capt page se who bad had tho a IL canteen loaded to muzzle with whisky sicy asked gen att as the latter rode up if ho he owa good joy not like to have a drink of pring spring water leggett eald said that noth ilig 8 would suit him better and se lifting hg his canteen strap from gan forces good leavire gen force waa was a nota le figure fied but tan tall he well formed nned and dagni h hal had very large so feet al and la 12 n tho joked a good deal about out them heat eat ot of pressile Pres sire battle fae he wa was nn an im 1 figure there e and bo he waa was aldaya OB there ere was hard fighting 0 oi 01 1 rode ln ont ot of atlanta he inn tatu his command and where tho the to I 1 vlas were flying thick add and fast 1 anel tie vie coolest man in the brigant bri sade gaft his shoulder handed the canteen to leggett who raised tt it at once to his lips the look on leggetts face as the whisky went into his mouth was in describable he lie spit it out without a moments hesitation and holding the canteen mouth downward flung it at page shouting you infernal drel drell what LO you mean by offering me whisky I 1 can t and I 1 wont excuse cuse such impertinence 11 page made a imp to eave save the whisky that was gurgling out of the canteen and then begged that ho he might be permitted to apologize ile said with extreme earnestness ness why general lhnn I 1 said spring water I 1 supposed you under stood that I 1 had a ery fine article of whisky that Is what we call it t all through the division and I 1 will venture to say that Is not an other man in our corps that doea does not know what spring water means in the army vernacular therefore I 1 thought you understood the situation leggett rode away and aft afterward emard complained to the colonel of the Tent twentieth leth illinois that ho had been insulted by pago chicago inter ocean but his horse was greatly excited and pranced this way and s nd that one of 0 the men said to a comrade 11 bats the matter with forces horse looking at the generals feet the other replied he lant used to w working ork in shafts 1 force passed the jok joks without a lemarl A wise wife always feeds her husband before asking him for money |
