Stokely Donelson Hays-- Part 3: A Good Story

There was a good story about Stokely Hays and Andrew Jackson.

Hays was serving as a private and on sentry duty once when Andrew Jackson rode up to him, stopped and handed hays a letter.  Hays read it while the general waited, then handed it back to him.  Jackson then rode away.

A nearby officer watched what was happening and afterwards called out to Hays, asking his name.

"Hays, sir," was to reply.

"You seem acquainted with the general."

"Oh yes, sir.  He is my uncle -- that is, you know, my uncle up home in Tennessee."

The officer asked, "What is he here?"

"Oh here he is the the general, sir."

Then the officer asked why hays was just a private.

"Well, sir.  That doesn't make any difference to him.  So long as I am here with a gun, he's satisfied."

That Old Jackson!  --Brock-Perry