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Show A TJATTJSRY HOUSE. "I ain't nn Ilar," said the rrtoran to a circle of comrade at a campflre, "and 111 trll yon abont a horw wj aad In our battery We wa rendy- j rnolng at a place which wasn't nothln' but a Mndb.ir, and hort ea was ahlppwl out there (rom the North. Many was shipped but few wa landed. Tin Illark l'rlnce. the tuned out with moro'n threo hundred, and Jutt two beoats lived liv-ed out the voyago and wan landed on tho bland. Our captain, ho froio to one of 'em A wall-eyed, lop-sldwf brulo he woa-thn horse, 1 mean but the captain taw something about blm that lookul promising aud ho undertook under-took to edurate him "W was drilling hard every day, going thro' the manual of tho plcco in tbs land, and we had a boy for n bugler who was trying to sound the calls revelre, stable call, boot and taddlea and all that. Tho boy mada some progress, but this 'ere horse be learned fatter than the boy, and In three days the horaa knew that 'stable call' meant he wat to be fed, and 'boott and taddlea' meant he'd got (o go to work In the sand, ao whit does he do but pull nway from his halter and go oil up the Island whenever ht hrara the bugle go 'Hoots and saddles.' "llut the Cap, ho got on to this trick, and so one day when he Intended to mount and give tie a drill he told tba bugler to sound 'etable-catl.' The horte woke up his appetite for a square meal, and you could see how mad ao was when Instead of a feed he wat jt to work flying about with the Cap on blm. "I was watching him, and I said to tho boy, 'You look out, that horsell get even with you!" The boy snickered; snick-ered; but In a minute, as the Cap wat riding paat him and pulled up for a second to awear at a number one man for not handling the sponge-stalt right, the horse he let fly with both hind feet and caught tho boy right In the Jaw! That youngster didn't anund no more calls right or wrong for n month, I can tell you, but the nrit day 1 could aeo the horse waa sorry, for now be didn't have no atgn of a warning whether It waa to bo dinner or drill. "Well, wo got over to Louisiana and the battery was all horsed up, tlx to every gun and caisson, but that bone of the Cap'a (for they atuck together) could double discount every other beatt In the crowd It glvo up nls trick of dodging drill, for he'd learned to like 'em, and It wat better than a clrcut to tee blm and the Cap flying up and down the line when the gum was In battery. They waa a pair, I tell you! The Cap wllh hit tougue and tho horse with his heels, both ready to let fly at any roan or beast that didn't come up to the scratch. Rom daya wa boya would awear they wat a pair of devils together and ought to be dismissed th aervlce. but generally we was mighty proud of 'cm, and al-wayi al-wayi watching out of tha corners of Sir PULLED TUB LANYAItU. our eyes to ace what they'd be up 'o next "The first fight we waa In a aboil 1 bust mighty ncsr the Cap, and out of I the saddle ho went Jutt by tho con- cuttlon. lie warn'l lilt, andswore r.t I ins to go back to my gun when I ran to pick him up. llo waa trying to mount, but the horse wouldn't let him, and wo could aee the beast hold up one fore leg while ho sidled and awung about ou what waa left. And I then the Cap quit him and called th guidon-bearer to let him have hit horse, which the bearer was darned glad to do and run back and get under a caisson. "And after the tcrlmmsge waa aver where do you suppose we found the Cap's horse? Why, at th field hospital, hos-pital, with the brigade surgeon drcav Ing bla woundl Walked right back there, so the surgeon said, like a bounty boun-ty Jumper, and held up his leg for treatment Out that ain't to remarkable remark-able when you think of It, for he'd teen the men go to tick-call every day, and, of rourte, he could aee the band-agca band-agca and smell tbo ether. Bo there ain't anything to remarkable about Ibatl "Hut what gin blm bla great reputation reputa-tion waa what happened In anothor battle a little later on. He'd got all right by that time, and be and the Cap waa plunging about aa usual while ha waa In battery and the enemy'a guna was making It hot for ut. Wo waa all doing our part noble, the men working tho guns bard at they could and tbe Cap swearing aa bard aa be could, wberf we got a volley of musketry among tbe gun detachment where I was number three roan, and tha number num-ber four man went down, ahot thro' pull tbe lanyard when ho fell, and th Cap waa alttlng on bla bone right In rear of the gun, while tbe reat of ut bad all Jumped clear of tbe piece at the sargeant called 'Fire I' Tbtr was confusion for an Inttast, a. -A Urlt Ut I ' ir i (he situation ati( know the tin g i . i uoue 11 tprani like llghtnn,. gni.lrj the end of thl Uny rU with ,. trnh. swung ronnc so as lb be out of thr recall and pulls oft that tun' it waa the tbot tbai Nive4 the dr! It killed the command Ing omeer of the enemy, hit adjutant general and three aide nd yet aomi folks tell ?un a bone ain't human!" "Do yon suppose be la alive today?' naked one r the heanra. "I alnt no Ilar." said tha veteran, "and I Won t undertake In say whelbel bo It or not William Ward Carrulh |