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t,fiemyStory in Independent PreyedOn His Mind.in2o.,ntilatUlS*(lSIT OPPRESSED HIM VERY MUCH.uLbwTwtift'|)itlJohn Wisdom’s Buoyant Soul trFound Solution for the Ques- ”WWhat He Would Do Witha Million Dollars, Easy—ButaCrnsnu-jinbend11aJusttheSame. ticnne■rv“Lawdy sakes, mistah. but dat dere story 111 de Independent some time ago 'bout what a fellah 'd do if lie had ah million dollahrs done set me ’bout crazy. Fust, I laughed til I almost busted an’ den the thought growd on me an’ I kep’ thinkin' an' thinkin’ 'bout 't an' las I had a beau-Tclt;ocitiful dream. Ah went up t' my room tlie other night an’ ah set there think ,lf‘ in’ 'bout what I would do if ah did have a million. Party soon ah fellPlt;01SIfcdishheasleep, ah guess, fur 1 dreamt ah was asittin’ at. a table an' three fellows1' wuz countin’ out de monev. Wen devlatceireoeiii-si-P'tif(blt;tlVaia:ot •Psititlblt;would get fifty dollars in a pile dey would shove it all over t’ me an' I | wiul put it in my pocket. I had jes taken a han’ful from one of de guys wen the fambly cat jumped up in my lap an' woke me clear up an' I found | dat instead of holdin’ de long green tape, all had de anamile by de back ob de neck. Well, ah was so disappointed dat ah couldn’t wok fer twore I days.John Wisdom, w’ho says he was,(j the pride of the 104th O. V. I. culinary |(. ed department during the civil war, thus poured out his soul on the eve of the lle departure of local members of the^ regiment for Salem, where the annual•in reunion was held today. John was lt* greeting his friends during the day e' with extraordinary cordiality. It vv' might be well to add that he carried 1SI a little red book along that he show-rs ed to an exclusive circle of acquaint-!(Poltroflances. Nearly everyone wrote some-at thing in the book.ht Ise goin’ t’ Salem if de good LawdCioldlt;tireki80 1 lets me live,” spoke John, ”t’ attend one of de greatest meetin's dat vouof ebber seed. De boys dey like to see ,s der ole cook once in a wile an’ dat's ut why 1 go along. Y’u see dis here 11 question ob what wud a fellah do wid a million plunks comes in right now. m 1 when i’se wantin’ t’ go so bad, an' K‘I almost petterfles me, especially aftah 1S dat terrible dream. Lawdv, mistah.II1.1 it was somethin’ terr'ble. I often 3 wished dat you aint printed dat dere ,e story. It made me tink so many un-pleasunt. tings.John explained the reasons for his1.1 undlminished affection for the bovs a' of Company E, most of whom were e l recruited in this part of the country.P'siglc* *(i*1 -Dere's de cupta’n, Mistah Sheppt(nlt;iiwbib(t(trfiiPditcIfirb(ciC(CiPlt;PotwKnapp,” said the one-time cook, I n I used to prepare de victuals fer him 13‘an’ say what fun we used t’ have. j • n' I Den devs J. W. McClymonds, you -v know lie’s a special friend of mine, n and jes’ got home today. II. H. Ev-p' erhard, Peter Scharles, you know KI him, lives out hear at West Brook-° field, J. C. Haring. March Walker andI Jacob Snyder. Of cose day’s others n too, but ah can't think of them jes ' now. Say, mistah, but we had de sportheah at de las’ reunion. Oh deah,‘ say, but dey was som’thin’ doin’ them ‘' days, an’ if I gets to Salem as I'm H prayin’ I will, dey'll be some moreII I fun, now I kin tell you.”It was suggested that there was no s reason why John should not be able 1J to go right along as he looked hale and hearty and was still quite young.1 Young,” said John, “young. Why,^ man, Ise done gone passed my seven* I ty-eighth birthday last Christmas.14j.Vow, does yus call that young?”He looked around for everybody in hearing to say “No, of course not,” but they only smiled.I)'insiwHut it aint so much ’s how ole ah fellah is ’s how ol’ he feels. Wy, Ifeel jus’ like a young colt.” John ac-;|centeil the words is” and feel” withmuch force. Then he laughed loudand long.“Yes sah,” said he, “ah was twenty* ’I nine years ol’ when de boys picked r|me up down dar in Crabb Orchard, Lexington, Ky„ an' I followed denitchim(Xmluotwrorf(1,ever aftah dat, you kin bet youah life. 11 Wese went through de Cumberland (Jap an’ on Strawberry Plains an' through de rest of the wall an’ den I comes heah when de boys come back from de wall an’ 1 nevah regretted itonce. Well, dere’s a man Ise jes got to see. (Jood bye.”avlt;of1«When last seen John was showing the man his red book. He got toSalem.tilhiintliitwthaieuw
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Massillon Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1907
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