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fiieul i In the pocket of a curious risent, which conceals the beating of Lieu'. P.’s heart, was fonncl a carefully prepaid document, incased iu a neat envelop In il;c couie of a hurried persual, the following lines occurred, which if my memory serves me, were written by Sir Waiter Scott:the ia 'lee;potunic'agivalicminloctilltinTtCOiOl» J •The heath ibis night must be my he*l, ‘The bracken cm tain for my head. jMy lullaby the wnnder'e tic-nd, p 1Par, fill”from Jove ami thee, Susau. | *-11 c. To-m of row eve moi j *hlly laid, _ bclt;My vesper song, thy wail, sweet maid, ;-;UIt V ill not w a kerf me, Susan. , au,A lime will come, with fenUeg fraught. J vs li For if I fall in batlle fought, iThv hapless lovei's dying thought, j (!ablnil) be a thought or. three. biisans ’ And jf refcnraed from cou^ueiod ioes» j How hhtely with the evening close, ; SUlt; Hovr sweet the I'nnet smg1 impose,To my 3011 fig btide and me} Susan,But to the facts. On Saturday rooiting iast, at about eleven o’clock, while Cob Morrow, of the third teg meat, wasjatsiiig near the quarters of company G. . af the Montgoramy Guards, a spruce little th soldier came tripping towards bun with a genteel “good moirow” and a polite lip ofa DJilitan cap,'•Gan 1 have a word with you Coi one),” said the soldier, with an arch lock j tis and a cunr.i ig shake of the prettiest, of; orbeads, “can i have a word with yon, sir?” ' “Certainly, replied Go). M, “Who are you, and what is your businessV’“I haw been Bjb Williams, of company G,” be said, comyany G, of the Montgomery Guards, but, I urn not comfortably bunked, cud my associates arc uot as pleasant as they might be. I want to be transferred to the Hamilton Guards.”‘■To the Hamilton what?” said the Colonel—‘-To the Hamilton Guards, sir,” was the reply, this time with a deep blush, «Dd a Ueniblitig of certain parts of the body. Quite a pause ensued when the Colonel assuming Ins fiercest look turned to the soldier with bis sGnter.ce: “It ismy conviction, sir,” said be, “that you are a female—you. are too broad here, too long beta, too full here, and entirely too shoit all cvei ; you area woman, and must w be sent home.” At this jucture the sol- sir'iior 1 n 1-Ct intn fpftl'K Allfl he£r.O*ed the Colnrhy81!cierthislbctcle!ai01VIb-It
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Beaver Dam Argus
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 14, 1861
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