Show f VETERANS CORNER GOOD SH SHORT ORT S STORIES TORIES FOR THE OLD SOLDIERS A well larned liberty A nervy rebels Dk raf lh when caught in a tight place urie drave little colonial Colon li I 1 maiden ITH big tin trumpet and little ra red drum marching like sol diers t the h P c children h I 1 I 1 d r e n come its this way and that way v aythey they circle and file my aly but that music of theirs Is 13 fine finel this way and th tint thit it way and after awhile they march straight into this heart of mine A sturdy old heart but it has to succumb lo 10 the b e of that trum t and b beat bat at of that drum druml come on little people from cot and from hall this heart it hath welcome and room for you yot ail it will sing you its songs and warm you with love As your dear little arms with my arms intertwine it will rock yoa away to the dreamland above oh a jolly old heart Is 1 this old heart of min and jollier still la Is it bound to become when you blow that big trumpet and beat that red drum so come though I 1 see not his dear little face and hear bear not his voice in this jubilant place I 1 know he were happy to bid me enshrine his memory deep in my heart with your play all me but a love that Is sweeter than mine goldeth my boy in its keeping today and my heart it ie is loney onely so little folk come march in aid and merry with trumpet and drum well farned liberty the greatest act of daring that I 1 remember to hive have seen performed by soldiers of the confederate armies said gen G P 51 turner to a chattanooga news min man was performed by a couple cf ef men who now stand high in official life in the lone star state one Is 11 P mabry the adjutant gendral of tex and the other is 1 john E U love I 1 who la Is now sheriff in one of the texas counties near dallas the name of which I 1 just now fall to remember at the time I 1 speak of springfield waa was invested by a federal army of under gen freemont the confederate force a comparative handful was quartered at camp calp harbin harb not tar far from Cass ville under gen mccullough the confederates bad had no knowledge of the strength of t f federal forces and having been app ched by some small federal divisions mat were evidently la tended to incite an offensive movement by the confederate forces a general attack on the federal lines was meditated I 1 was then a we p private avate sacre secretary tary to gen mccullough and being constantly at headquarters waa was conversant with all movements in contemplation before making the attack gen mccullough deemed it prudent to have accurate information as to the strength and position of the enemy and called for a couple of volunteers to go through the enemy lines into springfield and secure the desired intimation there were plenty of volunteers for this desperate undertaking but the two who were selected were it P mabry captain of a company in n the ath texas regiment and john R inep captain of G ga n mcculloughs McCulloug hs escort company mabry was of new york birth he ile had been sent to texas to manage a branch mercantile establishment but when the war broke oat he donned the gray shouldering a rifle and marched foria forta to the music of dixie love v as a southern born man doth both were in the prime of young manhood filled with visions of glory and tame fame they ac I both dressed in civilian clothes they had no great difficulty in passing into the invested city and they found accommodations it U the residence of col parks a man of wealth and of southern sympathies with this hospitable residence as their headquarters the scouts oon accumulated what information wis needed and at night lay down tor for a good rest kremr atory to the di difficult M undertaking of getting back to mc sic headquarters the next da day Y ther were negro servants in tho t he house of col parks who of cour course s e were sympathizers with the tede federals rals an and these negroes betrayed the scouts with I 1 he result that as they lay in parate ee rooms they were awakened by the sound of a martial tread the clitter cl itter of accouterments couter cout ermente ments and words of co command 7 1 mand phiny out from tho the windows 1 th the I 1 coat MW saw he by soldiers with the captain of the corn com pany pounding on the door and demanding admittance capt mabry already dressed made at once to the front door which be he threw open he stood face to face with the federal captain surrender derl was wm the command he heard 11 all right he responded coolly he ile put his hand band behind his back aa though to hand forth his weapons to his captor but instead his arms shot forth a revolver in one hand and a bowie bowle knife in the other and with the quickness of thought tho upha the knife was sunk to the hilt in the tho shoulder of the federal captain who sunk stink to the ground leaving his knife where it was planted the nervy mabry sprung forward emptying hia his revolver point blank at the nearest soldier in his pathway killing two ot of them before reacting the gate and himself received a bullet that curiously enough struck him on the thumb and ranged upward under the skin to the elbow breaking no bones brave little Colon lil Mit lilen now that wo me are hearing so much about the old colonial das and e Is to be a soc society lety nt the child children ot the ro revolution tho the story of what a little colonial quaker girl did should be ol 01 ln Int cret when the revolutionary war broke out nanny marten was 11 years old she wae was left alone in her country home with her old grandmother one day when her father and brothers othere br went wont te to town some rough english soldiers came ti the house looking for money they searched everywhere but could not fini any then thay they told nanny she must go down to the barn and tell thi thim m where it was one of 0 the men took her roughly by b the shoulder but she turned bravely and faced him 1 I will go with thee ehe she said out but thee must not touch me the man stepped vick and she followed him to the barn the eald come girl tell me where the money la Is hidden bidden 1 I do not know answered nann nanny firmly the led her under a beam from which a rope vaa was hanging tell me where the money Is or ill hang anu I 1 ou 11 unmoved fhe she answered 1 I have told the truth I 1 do not noi know 11 the officer told one ot of the men to sill the noose over her bead head bhe turned and looked bravely in hia his face thee must not riot touch me aad and it in did not the officer said come tell me quickly or I 1 will haap han you it if I 1 cannot tell while hile living I 1 surel cannot tell it if I 1 am dead then turning to the officer she said thee knows I 1 have spoken the truth and furthermore furt it if I 1 did know I 1 w woul au ae not tell the men saw them th could not ex the brave girl so they went away nanny marten lived to be an old fornai and her children and grandchildren al ways loved to hear how mother and grandmother wae was brave enough to tac a british officer and could not bf b frightened by hie his threats A strove flattie against odd oct OCL 14 1806 marshal davoust won 1 noble title by scoring storing a victory comple complo to that of napoleon at jena Dav orders from his chief wen wert to cut the road to berlin and proven the be prussian king from re enforcing prince hohenlohe Hohen lohe at jena on th height ot of sonnenberg at Auer stadt the column ot of 23 encountered prussians led by the king and th tilt duke of brunswick As at jena a fol fo favored the french brunswick ap pealed to his men to clear the road ti t berlin with their bayonets and lei le them against cannon show ers of 0 missiles tore through the intres I 1 id racks ranks the duke and two marghab mar 1611 with scores of their braves t om t the he king and prince willian dashed forward at the head bead of the re serves the prince ell fell wounded and thi king was twice unhorsed then da boust finding his hi center firm and lt it fiant strewn with fallen enemies launched forth hia his right to seize th berlin road that IP he ile ordered 1 I charge from the centea at a dingi I 1 blow he captured 22 guns in battery in despair the king ordered the arm to retreat and countermarch arch upon jem jent to unite with he bernadotte i with his corpa corps da dannee rinee ot of men had bad meanwhile penetrated to the br lin road between Auer stadt and jena I 1 so the fleeing b of the king ol 01 the march as they supposed to tin succoring campa camps cf ef hohenlohe Hohen lohe ran up on the fresh bayonets of 0 bernadotte tei men davoust lore bore a charmed life at auer stadt which cost bin hirr killed and wounded in the wild ild storm that struck down ung ling and princa S and duke and marshals he moi boci d I 1 about unscathed although his uniform orm I 1 was pierced many times and hia his b body ody I 1 guard was in the end a annihilated affiliated a there here Is no strength in tor dagger on n even the truth ie Is weakened br atar ap a 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