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Show SAVEDJIERCALICO. "Jo.- Mh'.lir'. Heart Tnelil ! I llll (llrl . Taar. During the civil war thero wa a town In Tennessee that becama very familiar with both tho union and the confederate armies Sometimes the town was uml.r control of ono and sometimes ot tho other Tho town had an equal number of union and confederate confed-erate sympathizers, who named tbo principal .trcts Jeff Davis and Lincoln Lin-coln streets, tho people living on these streets taking this way of expressing their attachments llach army, aa It passed through tho town, took from Its oncmlts all It could got. Sometimes the soldiers mado mistakes, and took from their friends Ono day a detachment detach-ment ot confedcrato cavalry followed a detachment ot union soldiers through tbo town. Tboy entered a store tho proprietor of which was a southerner, who had hidden from the union forces No ono was In the store but a little girl of 2. who had frequently fre-quently P'tyd southern airs when southern soldiers wcro In town, to cheer them On one of tbe shelves of the storo wcro several yards ot calico, which had been promised this Utile girl for a dress This was quite an rinenilva dress, then, for calico was sold at II a yard, and was not easy to get even at that price Wben tbe soldier took this calico and tbrsw it across his borso and rodo away, tbe little girl cried so hard that a young officer heard her. lie hurried Into the store, but the llttls girl could not tell ! Jfrr sho cried. A neighbor, a young WLJsaBWt 20, hurried acroat the ttreet, I glrj JJjJid tho officer that a aoldler had and toE& n0 calico Intended for tho llttk ken laalA01 Tno oinccr callf J bo men tlrlt dJsaUtVtl ' He demnnded that tbe man to'll.'jefrd taken tha calico should Ira- whohfl!'ly brlnB " t0 hlm' A burly racalitill Rot 0lt '''" norse nai1 loollnK roldlcr IH '' banded tho booty to hit ofll-tshsnuKI'Oi ofll-tshsnuKI'Oi w,tu a uow KIV0 ' t0 luo ter, wUllrl Sho could hardly believe lltt'l, jSVd fortuno when tho held tho ber g:awaUn bor arms This young officer cullco JSf tho celcbratod Oeu. "Joe" tecamB er Outlook. UheetJB |