Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-14

..HM EM ANNAH AaMAH4 DaWAAs /
arhs Htaid, mine own heart beating,
To the time her proud palse beat
Life hath ~ e rsgai natsres
4 Juna sun shons hot aud glazing % 8
los brSUa house, that stood very near 3
y Baniy road, in one Of the farElng qlatrieu
ofNsW hampshire. Nota tree nearer man
- 6sxl field, Mhish By The way Of CON-
Dlimeat vas called Hthe orchard" but q
- -stsegllng morning-glories and one
oftVo Gpunky estors known TO The mis-
urea Of ahe house as F0hina oysters ina
bavauadeFths window, told that even here,
s-ean din, n-undorstoOd yearnings
nief beautiful objects. Near the broad,
Rst doorslole, three yell9W-haired chubby
children were making dirt pies, not one
az tkem old enough 10 walk the two miles
thai lay between them and the district
geRaol house. Inside the house . aickly,
Discouraged locking woman Was trying 70
eoxE an obstinate baby Of half a year old
a 40 e deep. uPoOr Mrs. PiummerP' as
tie neighbofs called her, viii 40 hands but
her eRn . 80 E ehoreI-Was Il any wonder
-tkat the hios were helping themselves TO
tks remains Of the slovenly breakfast that
the milk things stgl remained whore her
husband left them before sunrise; that The
sa5mpt she had made 81 washing only
amounted to Q most confusing litter Of tubs
sud eoiled garments, and hat In the midst
ofita u, obliged 10 sit down by the scream
ing cAild, she had only heart enough 10
darn discons0lately the heel Of an old
slooking that ought to have gone 70 rags
Anolths ago.
Fraaees Hummer, and John, her hus
band, had been married six years, and
egerTbOdy agreed that they had had 3
AID row to hoe" To be sure, his father
haa lea him The old house, the riokety barn
hehf1d IL and one or tEo acres Of rocky,
eeudy soil; but even this Was not ell paid
FOR. and IL ID had been, II wouldn't have
beeu worth much, for, IS John said, There
wrsn'L an aore Of pssturiRg on it, aud his
pssr CIV had 10 pick Ep her scanty living
most anywhere. But they married young,
and full Of hope, they thought the work Of
a building up o modest fortune would not be
too hsrd for them Somehow or other they
did not get along we'll they had bad sea-
sons; the farmers cut down the wages Of
thsir hired men, and when the children
began Ia come 50 fast the wife grew weak
end sling, and John found IS the years
vent by, they only made out to get . poor
LIKING. The spring Of 1861 had, however,
looked q little better for them, for John had
secured 9 small farm, two or three miles
from home, to carry on ct the halves and
he koeed hy autumn to have something in
his pocket HhereWith to help to pay of the
mortgage. But in Bpits Of this good for
tune, Frances, IS she sat rocking the cradle,
thourht her husband had seemed anxious
and Silent for the last few weeks, and her
mind, sluays forebOding, grew troubled
with Q sense Of some neE grief TO befall
them. Tha stocking dropped from her I'm
gers, and L vas soms minutes before she
discovered that the child hsd at last Wor-
Red into 9 restless slumber. She got up
ueariaily, and attempted to bring some
order out Of the chaos that rsignej around
her. Perhaps you think she and her hus-
band were rather weak sort Of bodies but
Hyou evsr tried to get your daily bread
OF from eigbty-tWo Rores OF New Hamp-
shire rocks, with . house and four babes
Cor capital, you viii have q little charity
for thai species Of weakness.
Hour By hour the morning wore away,
and although the noisy children trooped in
ous eder The other, woke the baby, and
undid 9 great part Of her work, shll, by
noon, which brought dinner and her hus.
bard, things did look 3 little civilized
Nom certainly di3 not bring 3 large
amount Of dinner that day, bat, looking
across the Fat she saw Johns manly form
and g glow passed over her thin, salloW
-face, for in spite Of their romEnsic sur
roundings these two people loved each 9TH
er as DO not many husbands and wives Who
live in stately dwellings. She took up the
salt pork snd potatoes, lifted the baby into
high chair, and when John escorted by
the three dirty pie makers, ceme into the
Eichsa, be locked IS Il he thought she had
doas about IS ven az q woman could do
Who had nothing to do with. But still she
noticed the cloud on his face, noticed his
careless answer to the children, and once
AoetEioe detected q long hard breath, Rs if
be we're making up some desperate resolve.
She tried to speak Of il two or three times,
but something sealed her lips,snd be saYed
hef the effort.
Fanny, our company, the Stark Rides,
= ere going toWaf." EHf#
c. sac saw & al ina m0ment-the picture
Of her husband IS she had seen him years
ago, bsfore they had ever thought Of being
married, above his fellows on the muster
in height yet STOPPING Low his proud head
in acknowledgment Of her timid bow. And
az thgna sncfhe7 ace1o took It's place-thst tall
figure, in Che old familiar uniform, lying
stained with dust and blood on . fer of
battle ground. She looked ready to faint,
but still he went on with his story.
al knsH L q week ago, Frsnces-kneW
sc when the Governor called out the regi-
ment to which We belong, but dared not
tell you"
sfE5 sofd from the pale woman By his
side-only one wild thought in her brain.
Could she net hold, keep back this man,
her one earthly hope, from what seemsd his
certain death.
1--we 20 to Concord Saturday" land 10.
day Il Thursday, thought The stricken Fe-
mani
81 a6t arst I d~stermined 1 wouldn't 20.
epuldnt g, but when went to the com
pany meeting last night, and the squire
vsT rad The Presidents call for help, my blood
boiled, and my hand went up with the rest.
aod only knows, Fanny how hard i Is 10
,1ssvs you and the children, but don't dare
20 BEL coward. Why, Fanny 1 could not
ever show grandsires old queen's-arm to
boys again, II I turned my back TO my
C1ultFJ ncH.
his great voice tFembled, and the Wondsr-
ing baby caught a tear on its grimmy little
hand but there wGsnfta line that looked like
ALTERING in that stern face. The Rifes tearJ
feel like summer rain, but the words Of her
husband ihliiled her, for the true blood Of the
true old state was In her veins, and it shamed
ahH now that esea for a second she had
ef60ught Of holding back her dearest and best,
nht0ty called. Had she not listened when
Aharsad4 hoHthe Massaehnsetts-trOop were
mas1acrsd in,BGt,more, how Ellsworth was
shot down ike a dog, and didn't she know
-thsffhisWu var Wouiddecide whether Il was 10
b. freedom or slavery for her children BE
was All she had Of strength Ia the world; bat
FIR is sake she would hold him rEck. She