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Show SAFEST PLACE IN BATTLE. General Fitzhugh Lee Relates Incident Inci-dent of Darky's Chivalry. (New York Commercial-Advertiser.) Brigadier (Jeneral Fltehugh Lee. U. S. A., retired, is a pood story-teller, and has no shadow of intention of maintaining silence should the yarn happen to turn i the laurh on himself. Mayhap the one subjoined has found its way into news-paier news-paier columns before, and if so those I who havp read it will kindly excuse, skip or reread. . "While I was campaigning for the governorship gov-ernorship of Virginia. Mid the general with a premonitorv chuckle, as ho patted his paunch after a goodly dinner in the Hotel Inglaterra, Havana. "I used to meet iota of old confederate soldiers who bad campaigned with me. 6r with my uncle, Robert' E Lee. and after my speeches at various points I usually held a sort of Informal reception. I guess t got more votes shaking hands than 1 did moving m v jaws. One . vening at Lynchburg. Lynch-burg. I think it was, a gentleman said: " '(Jencral Lee. there is nn old colored man out here who says he knows you first rate and be wants to soe you. Says he has walked a whole lot of miles to meet you." " 'Show him in,' I said, and in a moment or two an old ngro was ushered through the crowd to where I was standing. ' I recognized him at once, and with no li.tlc astonishment, afneo I thought he bad been killed at Chancellorsville. He had been my body servant and was a character. " 'Hello, t'nele Eben. said I. as T insisted in-sisted on shaking hands with him. 'Why, the last time I saw you was at Chancellorsville Chancel-lorsville and it was mighty hot wgrk. I thought you were killed there Where did you go?" . , i . "The old maij shook his head solemnly and replied : ' , T " 'No missa jenol. I mos tnought I was killed dat day. tho'. Dat was a scan lous fight, sho's you're bohn.1 . -Well, but man,' I queried, 'where did vou go; to the rear?' "'No, massa jcnel: no. sab. pc 1 wahn't no rare dat cr day Dey was bul-lets bul-lets mos' evcrywhars. I jes nacnally went to de safest place I cu d fine.' "-Behind the breastworks?' "'No sail. Dem Johnnies wouldn t let dis. ole 'nigger In. Dey was hoggin' all dem dirt piles fur dey own sefa No. eah. I ..' nachally hunted de safes place. -" -Ob. well, tell me where that was, can't you?' . , , T "'Amongst de jenels. Massa, lee. siho'lv. Jos' among de jenels.' " Lee said the roar that went up could have ton beard a mile, and the heartiest hear-tiest of the laughers were the half-d-en. southern "jenels" who happened to be present. - |