. . d people of Lavaca werehaving some kind of a cel-ebration, and in the even-ing there was a grand ballfor the dusky beaux andbelles. The officers wereinvited and all of themwent. They had funenough to last a the girls were bedeckedwith cheap finery and jewelry in flamboyant style,and the young genimenwere fixed up to was one tall, good-looking darkey whoseclothes were worn andshabby and none of thegirls would dance with of the officers riggedhim out with a long-tailedlinen coat, a white handker-chief
. . d people of Lavaca werehaving some kind of a cel-ebration, and in the even-ing there was a grand ballfor the dusky beaux andbelles. The officers wereinvited and all of themwent. They had funenough to last a the girls were bedeckedwith cheap finery and jewelry in flamboyant style,and the young genimenwere fixed up to was one tall, good-looking darkey whoseclothes were worn andshabby and none of thegirls would dance with of the officers riggedhim out with a long-tailedlinen coat, a white handker-chief and a bright red neck-tie. Then he sailed in, and from that time on he had his pickamong the ebony damsels. Day after day we watched and prayed for the order thatwould cut the cords that bound us to Texas and to the sick and disgusted, our impatience knew no had scarcely settled ourselves in Camp Irwin until rumorscame to us that we were soon to be released. These increaseddaily in number and reliability/ but for a long time all proved. tfUEL rwiiHFLL,(> t A K T E K U A si B K-S E K G KANT, six r\ ^FOURTH. i865.] CHARLKV l;AKKK S STORY. to be grapevines. The weeks dragged wearily by, as we swelt-ered and fought mosquitoes, deluding ourselves with that hopewhich, long deferred, maketh the heart sick. One day Captain Charley Baker, of the Sixty-fourth, whoi a member of the brigade staff, returned from Lavaca, whitherhe had gone on a skylarking trip. Knowing that he wouldbe bombarded with inquiriesfor the latest news in re-gard to our discharge fromservice—as everybody waswho visited Lavaca or di-vision headquarters at Vic-toria—Baker concocted aparalyzing story which hegravely told to a crowd ofopen-mouthed said that while he wasat Lavaca, a boat arrivedfrom New Orleans. Oneof its passengers was an of-ficer having the custoclan order for the immediatemuster-out of the entireFourth corps. A severestorm came up during thepassage. The ves
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