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Show M BLEW HIM INTO THE UNION Only Way Old Darky Could Explain H His Presence Within the H Federal Lines. Of nil tli 'j '.owns In tho union, Wnsh- InRtnn stands preeminently as tho H forum for civil wnr reminiscences. At tho capital of tho nation, and boo- H Kraphlcally at n point mldwny be- H tween what woro In tho civil wnr H days tho warring bpcIIoub, tho old H soldiers federal and confederate H moot rm thoy como nud ko from every H section of the union, swap stories as H they used to swap nowspnpers and H tobacco on tho lines, iiml hold genlnl H sessions whtla dlscusaliiR old times H and trials and experiences. H Following the decoration of tho JH KrnvoD of tho 2G7 confedornto soldiers H In Arlington cemetery, two old- H tlmors, ono n confederate, tho other H a union veteran, met lifter tho curo- H monies nt Arlington, at which both H had been present. H When tho union veteran's tlmo H camo to contrlbuto a reminiscence, H ho H "Well, of all tho surpilses that I H ever saw during tho whole war, the H biggest and funniest Individually was H that irf nil old colored servant of a H confederate, ofuccr, who had tho mls- H fortuno to bo blown over to a point H near tho union lines when lien. H (irnnt's crater or mine was exploded H nt Vlckabuig. One of otir olllcuiu found tho old mini as wo rushed for- H ward, lying stunned und bruised, but H not killed, nnd said: "Why, what H in tho thunder nro you doing over H hero?" The old man looked about for H a moment bewildered at tho blue Hi uniforms, pulled himself together, anil H answered, hlowlj : ' 'Kmo Cnwd, I H dtmuo, boss; ylsteddy 1 was In do H confederacy, but blots do Lord, sum- H thin' busted Inst night, and blowed H mo plum Into do union!'" |