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Show Tho Dead Alio. "Did ynn ever ron a rlnnd man walking walk-ing abontf qneriftrl a Griswold street insurance agent of a friend the other day. i "Of course not." "Well, there is a ease of it. See that man on the corner." "lie looks pretty lively." "Yes, but he's legally dead. Let me tell you about him. Wo served in the same Oluo regiment in the war. At tho battle of Grovoton, which took place a day or two before Second Bull Run, he was detailed as a Bltirmislier. Tbo Confederates pushed forward, and as tho skjurishera wero running back to tho lines this man stopped for a moment mo-ment on a little knoll. A shell came tlirough a gap in tho Confederate lines, entered the base of tho knoll, and when It exploded ho was lifted twenty feet liigh." "And torn to pieces?" "Wo thought so, and a thousand men saw tho performance. Ho was picked up by Uio Confederates, sent to a hospital hos-pital and then held a year and a half as a prisoner of war. Our captain reported re-ported him dead, ho was carried down tho rolls as such, and even now the tangle has not been straightened out. When taken prisoner the Confederates put him down as James instead of John, and that helped mix matters." "But was he badly wounded?" "No. Ho did not loso a drop of blood, but was simply stunned, and it was six months before his hearing was fully restored. He has paid a chum agent over $o00 to securo his discharge aaa Uuion soldier, but he has not got it vet." Ictroit Ftoq Press. |
