Fought Each Other

 FOUGHT

                 EACH OTHER

Two Old Soldiers Meet After Many Days.

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

Discover That They Were College Chums Before the War.

  Two old war veterans got together in Judge Newkirk's office this morn-ing. They were on opposite sides in the civil war. They had been college chums previous to the war, but had failed to recognize each other on meeting.

  The estate of Elizabeth Baldwin was under discussion. Col. Bradley M. Thompson was on one side of a table, and Eugene Baldwin, of Mississippi, sat on the other. Mr. Baldwin happened to mention the civil war. Col. Thompson asked if he had been in the war.

  "Yes," said Baldwin, "on the confederate side."

  Then they began talking about the war, and soon found they were both at the battle of Gettysburg. Baldwin spoke of being at Hagerstown and seeing some Yankee cavalry soldiers in the streets who lit out when they got after them.

  "I was one of those Yanks," said Thompson, "I was in command of the skirmish line and I sized up your men, and decided you were too many for us, and told our men we had better get out."

  After a little further discussion, Col. Thompson suddenly exclaimed:

"What's your first name?"

"Eugene."

"Were you ever in the university?''

"Yes, in 1860."

"Why, are you Eugene Baldwin, that little round-faced fellow? Why, we were in the same class."

"Your first name is not Bradley, is it?'

  And the two old soldiers fell to shaking hands and telling about the whereabouts of old college chums, and and when last seen were deeply en-gaged in reminiscences.