. Recollections of a Rebel surgeon, and other sketches : or, in the doctor's sappy days . ddle of the other man. It was evident that threepersons had fired, and that each of the party wasa target. The captain took a squad of men and went upon the mountain-side where the shots came from, III RECOLLECTIONS OF A REBEL SURGEON. and in a little cabin they found an old, gray-bearded man, and two strapping mountain boys,of some eighteen or twenty. They were bush-whackers, and were by the rules of war, men found secreted in the cabin a minie rifleand two small-bore Kentucky rifles, the ca
. Recollections of a Rebel surgeon, and other sketches : or, in the doctor's sappy days . ddle of the other man. It was evident that threepersons had fired, and that each of the party wasa target. The captain took a squad of men and went upon the mountain-side where the shots came from, III RECOLLECTIONS OF A REBEL SURGEON. and in a little cabin they found an old, gray-bearded man, and two strapping mountain boys,of some eighteen or twenty. They were bush-whackers, and were by the rules of war, men found secreted in the cabin a minie rifleand two small-bore Kentucky rifles, the calibersof all of which corresponded with the bullet-holesin Bogles shoulder and in the horses head, andin the saddle, and all three rifles were still warm,showing that they had just been discharged. That was proof enough. Without judge or jury,or the form of a trial or investigation, the oldman and the two boys were taken out—some-where—I didnt go; I was busy dressing Bogleswound. But one of the men told me that the oldman never said a word, but manifested thestoicism of an 112 A FROG STORY. A FROG STORY. Said the Old Doctor on this occasion, seatinghimself with his usual make-yourself-at-home air: While the army was around about Tupelo, Miss.,after the battle of Shiloh, and General Hardeesheadquarters were at Tupelo, one afternoon inAugust, after the days work of the board ofmedical examiners was over, I remember thatDrs. Yandell, Pim, Heustis, the members of theboard, and myself (I was secretary, you I told you), were sitting in camp talking andsmoking. There were other officers of the staflfpresent also, as all of the officers quarters werenear together in a nice grove; and some one ofthe party, I have forgotten whom, but I think itwas Major Kirkland, one of the engineer officers,stated it as a fact that a toad would swallow coalsof fire, and that it would not hurt him. He couldnot explain it, he said, as it would hardly do tosay that the toad thought t
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