Macarone And The Deserter

The amusing war correspondent of the New York Leader, writiiig " from tho front," on the Pototnae, or Jame, saya: A little further on I oamo to a reliable desertar, who lay on 4 eand heap scratching himself, ïheso deserters are very nice fellows. As I spprouched, he rose and anhited. "Jess' came f'm 'tother side, Giu'ral." " What do you want ? " said I. " I'ra powerful dry," aays he. I called an orderly, and bade bim fetch some whiskey. " Now," says I, " how's things over on your side ? " " Wall," aays he, " pretty bad. OM Loe he ain't got no men whatsomever." " I guoss you lie," Bays I. " We feit bis line, the other day, and it didn't feel good. Yöu raight just as well teil the trutb." " Oh ! " gayg he, " I was only speaking figuratively-like. Ho ain't got no men to fipeak of - fifty or sixty thousand, luebbe." " H'm, that's enough," says I. " Yés. ooly tbey ain't good for noththing. They ain't got no ammunition." " They keep a d - 1 of a firing," gays I, " for mon without ammunition." " Wall, yes," says he, " that'B what's ran the blockade. Thar's a power cf ammunition runs the blockade." " Short oí rationa," says I. " Dreaf'l phort," aays he. " We didn't got only a cracker overy three days." " Why, I killed a lot of you up yondor a while ago with thcir knapsacks full." " O, yes. That's what thoy got f'ra tho Shanaudoah Walley. They gct a heap of food up yander. Fact, they has all they want to eat, jes now." H'm. You'r bound to suit ain't vou?" saya ï. '1 How are you off Cor ordaauce?" " O, our ordnanoe s orfl," says he. " Yes,". Bays I, " I s'poge so. But, ycung man, I've got an ordnaoca, too, about offal ; nd I kept it pretty well clesred out of these lines. Now, you'd botter clear out. I go in for treatiug my ftillow man well, but when it come to rebols, and lying desertara, at that, ] cau't eay I see it. "VYhat do you expeot to do round here?" " Wall," says he, "I kinder thort I'd go North aud pluy Uuion refugee. l'm lold it pays fust rata at Lineóla meetiu's." " Aod how are you coins to eet to the Nor'.h?" ■"- " I s'peot you'U aend me." " Do you ? " " Yas} íf you doü'í, I'll jes' go back ag'in to oíd Leo, and tell him all I seen iu your liues." Thia ia what I cali a good gpecimen oi a rebel. He went iu for dictating bit own terina. I sent hira up to headquartere and bad biui hatiged.