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Show "THE TWAIN SEVEN SHOOTERS." How They Were Lost in War and He. covered in Peace In his book ot war remlnlstenies The Twin Seven Shooter Cien Jlundersnn of Omaha tells an interesting interest-ing storj of two levnlvtia When spring tomes, (ten Manderson one perfect daj Is sur rise I to see Hie baltullou lefurm again after parade is over mil dismissed 1 his sudden devotion de-votion to dill! Is not exi lalned until he Is called Into the center or the hollow hol-low square und presented wllh the beautiful wvniHins which urn the theme or his storj They stand m In good stead very orten and ramlllar-ItS ramlllar-ItS with them does not breed tontempt ot theli powci A few months later den Muudeison Mes north un leave ostenslhls on r trultlng setvlce but In teuills to pur ticlpnte In the momentous Hiough iillandliiliani inmpalgn Tills duty jerronmd lie turns southward oniu more to tejiln his regiment at (hat tanooga Hearhlng Stevenson Ma he makes in ariuiiMiueiit bj vv hie li dipt Keels who has been wounded Is tn go rorwurl with the baggage train while (ten Miindirson hurt lei to ( hat tunoogn In the saddlt 'lhe (leneral plated his prized seven-shoteis in his trunk Some of (Jen Joe W heeler s trooers swiep lown und capture Hit bugrugt and for jenrs the seveu-shooters seveu-shooters uie lost to their soriowlug owner One Is returned lo him twenty nnd the other liventy-elght jears aftei tho war The llrst one to find lis way back reaches tho lienernl after he has become u Hulled Slates Senator Ills name attracts the attention of an Iowa Major who raptund u seven-shooter lu the South during recnnstruitloii dass 'lhe levnlver heals uon Its ban lie the fact of the presentation and the Mujoi writes to Identity the ownei The i suit Is that in u shoit time the seven- shHt.i is i i in i , t iiiiiim, s I ossrs.lon Th. lee.ni It .1 II I, , nvnlvil ,s thus d. si i ti, in tl I nik IllintS light v u lipsi after thi lavnllj told In th H mitihli voiles Th. t ongress Is 1 1 s. sslon mid a diear) debate drags us weal) l.ugtli through the hours Mv viiwnlng pies enee In the emit,, .immber would only add emphasis to thi dullness then and I go in the iiuiimiitie room to en gage lu the usjnl employment nf a Congressman s spare hum thi data tlnn or replies to the tudltss let tils fmni every itlreiilou on ivny lometv able soiiJh t Then coin, s a iiiessen arr and this his message The . ompll-ments ompll-ments if Hemtloi Pugh or .vlnbnmfl who requests th. plniir of seeing you In lhe marble mum I resiaintt qulikly to me call and go to the loom or slmpllcltv anil hcuuti thai is one or the .hill attractions tin It i thi ktciii while dome N'eni at hi ml an time men two or them well known ii me the third a stranger 1 hu"tcn io greet ms tolleugut and then shake hands with wmmth of greeting wllh lhe gtntleman I huvi amwn lo renpetl and like It is Hen Wheeler omv a dashing i avail s lia.br In forensic debate nu nuthnrllv ou naillamentnrs law and an all around leglslaloi whose mm hint pen Is smely as mights as hln vigorous sw onl I am lutrotluttil bs the einittls Senator inigtl la his islet mid mnstliu em ex Confederal. Col lleev.s of Mabamn I greet him with pleasure for he bears upon lilm those v Idem es which rommaiul r. spiel lloth up iHnrami and spteih deihue th. Mnulherner and the son btaatl a cents fall pleasingly on the ear II. snld ! think sir I nan souu thing Hint nine belonged In sou nnd will give II to vou with plensuio f.o 1 nsiiiiie renin the Ins. ilptl.iu on II su will prla. It hlghls 'lie produces tht long lost molm nnd tells Its storv He bought It mil Its itiinpnnliiu from one or ll.n Whiel ers lroiers who sail he lainuinl It at the battle ot Mission Itldg. I mlldls suggest Hint at Mission Itldge lhe .aptures wen on the other sld. He -mile I in. piles. . lit mil sail lint lie .a red mile at the time ot pui.liase whenrt It tame so Hun Ihel might lie his He hat uirrlt-il them through the war until a terrlbl. w.iuii I hid .lis nl. lei him fiom rurlhti 11.11 .hits flir the war he had loam, I one lo the Hln HIT or his counts and from hint It had betn . aptiued bs eom. of our Irooiis I tol 1 lit lit or the itlurn of that one lo me eight suns b. r.ne W. exrhengo lenilnlm.iups or Hi. gieat struggle We ..impure experleiites llnemles In war we me rrltnds la 1 eat t |