. . entyyears of age. who quite charmed her guests by her vivacious con-versation. She was arebel and had a brotherin the Confederate army,but that did not prevent atleast two of the officersfrom being- hypnotized, soto speak, by the magic in-fluence of her graciouspresence. So it was thatwhen they arose to taketheir leave, Moores ad-dressed the young Zeke was famousin the regiment for his lux-uriant and reckless use ofpolysyllables. He neverused a small word if hecould think of a big one,and the more syllables ithad the be
. . entyyears of age. who quite charmed her guests by her vivacious con-versation. She was arebel and had a brotherin the Confederate army,but that did not prevent atleast two of the officersfrom being- hypnotized, soto speak, by the magic in-fluence of her graciouspresence. So it was thatwhen they arose to taketheir leave, Moores ad-dressed the young Zeke was famousin the regiment for his lux-uriant and reckless use ofpolysyllables. He neverused a small word if hecould think of a big one,and the more syllables ithad the better. Whetherthe word fitted or not wasof no consequence. Manywill recall his graphic and unapproachable story of the battle ofChapultepec. Miss, said he, in his blandest tones, while from his eyesbeamed melting glances, would it be applicable to your appro-bation for me to call upon you this evening? Mister, she replied, Til be obleeged to ye if yell pleasesay that agin? 41 Would it be ap-pli-ca-ble to your ap-pro-ba-tion for me tocall upon you this evening ?. HI HAM SWARTZ,SERGEANT, I OMPANY E, SIXTY-FIFTH. LS64] MOORKS AND BELL ON THE RI*N. 625 By this time she was able to catch the drift of his question,and she answered that she reckoned it would. At dusk, Moores and Bell sallied from camp and steered di-rectly for the house of the charmer. Some of the boys kept aneye on them, and a scheme was concocted to give them a having been granted by Major Smith, who had a keenrelish for a joke—when it somebody else—half a dozen,some with swords and others with muskets, slipped out just afterdark and surrounded the house. With a loud clattering ofswords and guns they shouted to the Yankees to come out ofthat and surrender, and be quick about it! The two guestswere instantly thrown into a violent panic. Scared is a feebleword. Leaping from their chairs they ran to the back of thehouse. Bell sprang through an open window, while Mooresdodged out by a door. T
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