(From the Charlotte Observer humor column durinf the Great IWeThey outage)

The Blue and the Gray had a reunion at Gettysburg in the 1890s, and an old Southern colonel was finally prosperous enough again to attend.

Near the door, with a tin cup, was an elderly Yankee who was missing an eye, a leg and an arm. Each day when the colonel passed, he dropped a $10 gold piece into the cup.

The fourth time this happened, the Yankee said, "Sir, I can't help but remark upon what a kind, forgiving Christian gentleman you must be. You know that I once sought to take the lives of your countrymen, and probably am responsible for the deaths of at least a few of your comrades, yet you never pass without putting a generous gift in my cup. I am overwhelmed by your generosity and forgiveness."

"Oh, no suh, it's nothing like that," the colonel replied. "It's just that you're the first Yankee I've ever seen that was shot up to mah satisfaction."