THE WEST SHORE.
thirp f'-r m t .iriw f d)V rtioLS and at the ex
, ,, ,.f t!.a tin." Uv Uo 1 ft; but I always no
t,.vi. mt on l:. of tLii kin 1 we were en
ffcH r! I y a vvwiA that had cot ton m the
,f rvirv. Mty Mil geD. rally from Indiana. I
j 03 1 draw your own conclusions. It is most
hlh, h..'ur, tUt tU niM w ere of the kind men
tm:,ll in o record of that little feast long ago,
br- f4f Ihomh'I tramr were fed on twelve mis-
rl ! !;tt! ar;l a to crackers, and when the
iwuHitii-l" Ul 'Men their fill, there were gathered op
M ural a l! of the cracker, and hid away for
future j fuUtinn. Some of th same crackers were
iMor t rny tc'mi-ul I recognized them by the
(W ,,:h" ar.d th iUn "II. C." stamped on
ttch civil x. They rare' fc ua from I)ui8ville, and
t;;ad thno hundred and forty-six years before
Cl.mt I m A aware uLtil then that Louisville
m ufh an old city. Some of yoa will remember
tho jtjrc cracker; they were not bad to take
afu-r to or tl.rv dajV inking in water.
It occurred to WclU and me one day, while down
in ivrgia, that wo wotiU liko me honey. We had
ton !.Mh;g nothing but butter and maple molasses
U n on our hnt bincaiU for o long a time that oar
I jf'tit' rnoltrtl hi lintt t) ordinary mortals, would
U ton a Uthrno diet And we, not unlike our
raouwp brethren, for a change. Well, we
M it, jut hie. the mugwump did-over the left' As
uiufcl, (Urg, U,w jUht where to go. He said that
kt a UlIMxik, t,4 to from the ramp, there were a
M of to gum in the rw of the houae, and, of
c..rCllr,Uilh honey, ruefully towed in beauti-
T . "n ,'ur,'"w for "The be
d-lmo I'nion to, and and anxious to bo
-H- of th,ir deliciou. .WHla by Yankee sol.
dm. -H-lieve,! it, Ml did everything
'"ilhiUlf of a dog tent, we
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pipe, and three or four long-eared, yellow-legged
hounds lying near him. My opening of the gate
aroused the beasts, when they came for me; but the
old man lit in among them, with yells and kicks,
which drove the dogs off.
I was asked to come up on the porch, which I did,
feeling anything but comfortable, fearing that the
hounds would scent George, and go for him. My
fears were not groundless, for I had been seated but
a few minutes, when I heard a loud crash from the
rear of the house, which I knew came from Wells.
Instantly every one of those infernal beasts darted
around the house, baying as only a long-eared hound
can. The old man and I jumped to our feet at the
same time, and followed the dogs; and as we turned
the corner of the house, an awful yell came from the
vicinity of the smoke house. On reaching the local
ity, we beheld George, hanging by the seat of his
pants, which had caught in the paling, the bee gum
laying on the ground, and a million bees swarming
about him. It seemed to me at the time, that there
were a hundred hounds, all baying at cnce, each try
ing to get a nip at Wells as he hung suspended from
the fence. The old man yelled at the dogs, while I
ran up and broke off the paling, which was holding
Wells fast, and let him drop to the ground.
Wells jumped to his feet and shot one of the dogs,
which sent the others howling around the house, and
George and I took to our heels for the woods, not
slacking our speed until we were pretty well on to
ward camp. What did we do with the honey? Left
it behind. It was sour grapes to us.
It was down in the tar-heel state, that the empti
ness of our commissary became alarmingly apparent
I refer to the commissary department now, and not to
the fellow who ran it, as he was always full. But, as
I was going to say, owing to the depleted condition
, th0 issary of everything but soap and mo
lasses, these were issued to us in double quantities
eBpecially the soap. The molasses we could use, but
ha to do with the soap was a vexed question. We
net to make soup out of it, but as few of the boys
rl ,m 8t,0mach8' we 8ave that UP. and as a last
resort, fell back on foraging. This, we knew from
Pat experience, would not fail us, if the commissary
rchi ,8tarted ut one morg ahead of the
marching column, to pay the H
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We Mt , b u Bl nome t0 receive us.
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buu-lar n the rnn,l " . .
. oauuie, ana with a rope tied to the