MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES. 



but arrived too late; he' followed him to Nashville, and from Nashville to 

 Chattanooga, and from Chattanooga to Atlanta — but he never could overtake 

 him. At Atlanta he took a fresh start and followed him clear through his 



march to the sea. He arrived too late 



again by a few ^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^fe^^^^^S, days; but hearing 

 that Sherman was ^^^^^^^feS^^^^^^^^^^^^^S going out in the 



his beef, he learned ^^^^^^^J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ Sherman had 



ahawked and scalped, and the 



Indians got the beef. They got all of it but one barrel. Sherman's army 

 captured that, and so even in death, the bold navigator partly fulfilled his con- 

 tract. In his will, which he had kept like a journal, he bequeathed the contract to 

 his son Bartholomew W. Bartholomew W. made out the following bill, and 

 then died : — 



The. United States 



In account with John Wilson Mackensie, of New Jersey, deceased.... Dr. 



To thirty barrels of beef for General Sherman, at f loo $3,000 



To traveling expenses and transportation 14,000 



Total $17,000 



Rec'd Pay't. 



He died then ; but he left the contract to Wm. J. Martin, who tried to collect 



