. Letters of Major Jack Downing of the Downingville Militia . ce, an made for theKernels room in my nite-shirt to see how he wasfeclin. I came pretty nigh bus tin my sides alaughin, for there Linkin stood up on a cheer,lookin for all the world like a treed porcupine;his hair stood on eends, and he was a shaking hispistol around as if he meant to shoot. Ses I, holdon, Kernel; dont fire. Lets see what this rumpusis r,ll about before you shoot. Stantin, wasin Linkins -room, lookin like a spook in his whitenite-gown; an Im darned if the critter warntbizzy trying to git on Linkins trowsers! He gote
. Letters of Major Jack Downing of the Downingville Militia . ce, an made for theKernels room in my nite-shirt to see how he wasfeclin. I came pretty nigh bus tin my sides alaughin, for there Linkin stood up on a cheer,lookin for all the world like a treed porcupine;his hair stood on eends, and he was a shaking hispistol around as if he meant to shoot. Ses I, holdon, Kernel; dont fire. Lets see what this rumpusis r,ll about before you shoot. Stantin, wasin Linkins -room, lookin like a spook in his whitenite-gown; an Im darned if the critter warntbizzy trying to git on Linkins trowsers! He gotem on after a fashen, but his legs didnt more thango half thru em, an there he stood kinder tangledup like, lookin awful sorry about somethin, as ifheed wanted to issue a bulletin an couldnt ? Allthe while the noise kept growin louder, an finallyses I, Who on arth is that makin such a tarnalracket ? Its me. Its me, ses a voice. SesI, who is me ? are you Union or Secesh ? ImGinneral Wool, ses he, an I want to tell youthe noose. Now, we didnt no more expect to. * I MAJOR JACK DOWNING. 81 see Ginneral Wool than we did Jeff Davis; butsure enuff, it was Mm, and he cum thunderin in anbrought his old cane down on the floor with a ring. Ses he, Norfolk is ours, by . I wont put in the swearing part. You never did see such achange. Linkin jumped down out of the cheer,and ketched the old Ginneral by the hand, andcum pretty nigh shakin it off, while Stantin tookhim rite in his arms. Wen the story had all beenheerd, and Linkin went to look for Ms trowsers,there was Stantin with his legs in em, holdenthem up by his hands. Ses I, Kernel, Mr. Stan-tin will get to be President if you aint kcrful,for I see hes got on the Presidents I seel that, I thought Stantin would looked awfully struck up, but sed hed no ideethem was Linkins trowsers, and he backed out ofthem quick. The next day there was great rejoicing in thehull army, and we all cum back to Washingtonin the Miamy. Ive
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