Show VETERANS I COJINEB 0000 SHORT SKETCHC8 FOII THE OLD SOLDIERS racy 515 55 lIoIkomuTIo Cam satus 1 Imoullo AUII 10Po Uonn anl CySisiss lIaldono In a lv ctory5ttoo Indull I met at Chlekn I moose I hadnt I seems him alnco r Wo lookeil l ncroM teL the trench and tir J Ms bullet made h I Y me wince QJVjp Hut we both ihook t hands In friendship medE friend-ship 05 hearty n > t > could boo Though bo haul inarched with Sherman and 1 bad marched with lee We walked ncro i the battlefield where onto tho bullet flew And tho green sail bending graaae felt the fall of crimson dew And wo talked Iho wholo thing over where the flag was waving free How he had marches with Bhcrmnn and I had served with Ice I The drums had eeaned their beating wo laW no aabrra shine The hair about hit forehead fell ni vnowr white ns mine And 01cOl seemed to call ua oer Ibo fur eternal scot Where Iho mon who marched with Sherman aro In camp with thono at Uo Ve parted l eyes grew mlitr for wo know that nevermore Wed meet until tho roll call on the other peaceful shore I Dut both shook hand In friendship aa hearty aa could be Though ho had marched with Sherman and I had fought with Ice rank I < Stanton Tli C 010 ln Irrinonlllnn At 10 oclock In thn forenoon the valley val-ley iinldenly narrowed until MO had no choice but to take tho path leading between be-tween two fircrowned rldgea We had sUhted the Indiana the day before but Ibo night had paised without an alarm tad Ibo morning had slipped along without light ot n warrior Had tha savage figured out that tie fifty 01 us guarding the ten wagona of clothing and prntlaiona were too strong for them and that our keeping HO well closed up and on tho alert mado hue capture ot atrngglcra Impossible Halt tOniC the word from the head of the column and two men were pent head to spy out tho lay of the hand They found tho path only wldo enough ftr Slum wagon leading downward nid > way unlit It crowd a creek and was lost In the gloom beyond Not n bird unit from the brnnchei not a rabbit ikurrled away In alarm There was the Hence of death along She path Toot by foot with ears bent forward and nostrils dilating the hoe of tho acouti moted on and their rider had the vlgllanco of men whose liven might be muffed out at any moment No danger along the palhno danger lurking at tho croialng of hIm creek So tho scouts reported ni they rcturnei to tho column and the captain had Jut opened his lips to give tho order to march when n wolf camo runnlnguptho path and dashed through the column There was fine In his eyes but yet his tall wna down Sheered whispered an aid veteran and by Injuns at that That wolf lion bin turned out ot his lair br the reds An nmbush down thar to wipe ui out whispered a aecond The captain shaded hits ces with huts hand and peered down tho path for a moment Then ho quietly aald Turn the wagons about and keep to tho fiat till wo strike another path I ont hurry dont about Corpora French strike up Dixie Innd and you boo all Join In the chorus In leo minutes wa wcro out of Ito mouth of the gorge and marching away to the east on time larch plain again antI ai no marched every trooper aang the chorus of the lIvely tang at limo top or till voIce What la I ILT What did mIte captain see down there woo allied from mm to man Tho captain saw nothing 110 was obcjlCK an Inttlnct ono of those Pit moiillloua which lometlmra stop a man In time to prevent a terrible IntO edo The men Jctcd and acing but now and then ono looked back oer hits shoulder and gate time Ho to the jest on hIs His No one had nocn an thing Ko uno had beard nn thing Mlloa awar they found n Hater If longer road and the fort was reached at las without tight of an Indian Arnuiu the mOIl table they Joked the captain for backing out of time gorge and adding miles to his luurncy All nn account of a scared wolf laughed one Anti scared at luis own ihidow III that added n second The captain had no reply but to himself him-self ho wondered If ho boil not been overcautious It was monthi lamer when a captive aquaw told him a tale All night long ai the wagonguard lay sleeping the hostile Indiana wore com lug up by dozen and scones and going Into ambutli along the creek rtueo had dug rlfloplta they had piled III loge atd dlonea they worD hidden tin thor the cedara until over 300 of thorn lay waiting with bated breath for the train to enter the trap When the lout wagon dn Cite las trooper should I have pasted n certaIn pot the algnal wai to be gIven to open pre Three hundred Jet of llamc 300 t ullct seeking living target There tould not have been twenty trooper alive utter that first volley At the end itt five minute every man would have bien dead and tho red demons scream inc with glee ai they twisted off belt Kalps A frightened wolf betrayed heir nmbush Tho train took another route and was dyed For an hour or more the Indian watched and waltd none daring to move for fear of he raying his presence At lait all ral hoed that their game had etcapnl from I the trap nnd sullenly and nolsvleml Iho 300 moved down the path up tho I rile l Into the cedar where their pollen were herded and without ahout or CUff or sound to bo heard ten yard way they mounted and rode away and the ridges hid them from view IIU Ilf for 0 Irlrnil Pr ldent Homer T Fuller of IJrurr roll gO Springfield Mo announce bathe bat-he haa reecltrvl n singular proposition train a wealthy MaiMchurelta man whose Identity ho would not disclose The man offers Drury a largo sum of money If It will eerily the truth of n war Incident which li alleged to limo taken place In Missouri anti equals the lory ot Damon and Pthlai The president announce that the college will accept the offer and requeta the indent to help him sccuro evidence If lIch a thing really did occur Tho atorr III I that In hue early part of tIme war n detachment of Confederate troop In Mltnourl took about 400 Union irlsoncri Twelve of thcfo prisoner were lined 1 up and shot without provocation provo-cation by the Confederate officer Upon Up-on hearing ot thIs act Iho commander of the Federal regiment drafted twelve prltoncr to be that In retaliation ks ho line wn being formed a joung man named William Lear uteppcd forward and nikcd pcrmlnslon to take the lilac of ono of Iho condemned men who was his friend The roque l won granted anti Iear was given tho mInce of hits friend IIse f Hi Cnnon More than twentr years ago we heard a preacher In a lermon declaie that lnco the opening of Shuts century the cannon hal nor ceaicd roar That II theme had never been n lima during the century when there had not been war somewhere Ho hIlt watt a wrong lIeu to call thla tho centurr of peace Wohavowatched event sInce that time and haa neer teen online when there wan universal pence I war rages soul where and when one war is I brought lo a close another flame out These ore not nlwal great war but they ara war all tho Mme Today there li war In AhlIlnla Central America and whAt may be designated aa wars In entral Asia and Farmoia Tomorrow the panorama will change some of the old scenes will disappear and new one will burst on Ibo vlilon In this war ilslory li I made It is I doubtful hero ever was a time when tho changes were to rapid ni nt he present time The Increased faclll Ilea for Intercourse nnd tho perfect moan of transportation nccolcrala both Jiauuht and action Aa an Illustration Illustra-tion of this wo petal to the Invasion ot tho Transvaal TLo scene paucd quickly quick-ly I A few day only elapsed between Its beginning nnd end No such thing could hate taken place fifty pearl ago Wo hmo no war of Judging ot tho future fu-ture but br the past was time taring ui an American orator but In tIm light of modern event the Judgment must be by tha very recent pait Judging by that past there II I little probability thai the lame la I near when tho roar of She cannon will ceaso to bo heard Nuulhtrn la r IntMnt At one of the engagement In Tennessee Tennes-see a Confederate captain was detailed to aupport a battery Tho Federal i troops made a fierce assault and carried car-ried oft one of the guns Tho officer was furious over tho Ion of Shut gun and aware that hla men ihould charge and recapture It Ono of lIme prhaiei who now lives near thIs place gold oak here captain If the confederate government mast have n gun I propose no chip In and buy one A hungry Confederate br tho n moot mo-ot Johnalon walked Into a farmhou while the family were tented nt Ito titppcr table Tho farmer had bt > nan n-an much troubled with aoMlcr that he concluded not to Invite tho man to par take ot till meal with him but to make nmicriutlon raid to tho Confederate What la I jour name Takcablto replied tho noldlcr > What repented mIte farmer Take iiblte Thank said tha soldIer a you Insist I bellcta I will cot something and Bat down at tIme table A slim specimen at North Carolina left the rank of his regiment while pausing through Front Itojnl and up pronchlng a lady landing on her porch made Ito followIng comprihenihe re ijueif Miss will yosm please glue mi a drink of water I am so hungry I dont know where I am to sleep tonight Warrcnton Virginian |