. . hard on you. He replied: l Well, I expected it. Then, with a ray of hope, he added, I wish youwould ask them not to takethe corn in that barrel onthe stoop, for its everymorsel of food they haveleft us. A number of the boyshad already taken some toparch. I volunteered tostand guard till the marchwas resumed. To each onewho came up I explainedthe situation, and he cheer-fully retired in good the bugle sounded, Iresumed my place, but hadnot gone a mile beforeChaplain Raymond, of theFifty-first Illinois, rodepast me with
. . hard on you. He replied: l Well, I expected it. Then, with a ray of hope, he added, I wish youwould ask them not to takethe corn in that barrel onthe stoop, for its everymorsel of food they haveleft us. A number of the boyshad already taken some toparch. I volunteered tostand guard till the marchwas resumed. To each onewho came up I explainedthe situation, and he cheer-fully retired in good the bugle sounded, Iresumed my place, but hadnot gone a mile beforeChaplain Raymond, of theFifty-first Illinois, rodepast me with a sack of cornon his horse. I had knownhim before the war, andoften met him in the army,and admired him for his zeal and christian enterprise. I askedhim where he met with such luck. With apparent glee he replied: Why, back at that house I saw you leaving as I rode eyes were sharper than yours. I found it in a barrel on thestoop. Assuming an expression of utter astonishment, I said, * Ifit comes to this, that a chaplain of our army has got to rob a poor. HORACE W. CURTISS, FIRST SERGEANT, COMPANY G, AND FIRST LIEUTENANT, SIXTY-FIFTH. S64.] CHAPLAIN RAYMONDS KI-PKXTA: old COUpk of their last bit of food, I think onr cause will He quickly demanded an explanation and I gave him thefacts, IK- said the boys told him that no on« lived there. Turn-ing his horse, he rode back ami emptied the corn into the barrelfrom which he got it. That evening some of the boys cdheeivedthis a good point for sonicfun, They hunted up thechaplain and told him thatafter he had returned thecorn the adjutant went backand took it himself. Thisraised his indignation tosuch a pitch that, althoughhe avoided profanity, hepushed me to the verge ofsheul. And then, to insurethe explosion of the mine,the boys came and told methe scheme. (>f course, thenext time I met ChaplainRaymond I tried to placatehim by pleading my inno-cence. Whether I suc-ceeded or not I neverknew, but he always seeme
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