The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-11-14
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KATE'S SOLDIER.

"Tf were only man"
Kate Barclays eyes flashed with asplen-
did resolve, a fine blaze of courage.
"If you were, would you not do just the
same as now-sit still and wish something
elsa ?"
why do you judge me so unkindly, Ma
jor RossS
The lips began to pout now, little tenn
per to blend with tho courage in the fine
eyes.
Because you do not do what you can,
even now. II you were not my cousin, |
should not speak to you 50 plainly. AS it
is. it yexes me when | hear you wishing,
morning, noon and night, to be and do the
impossible and yet never trying to think IL
there is no better use for the money you are
wasting so carelessly in satins and laccs.-
How much was Madame Ferrara's bill last
quarter?'
Money won't fight, and Government pays
the solders-better, heard you say so yes
terday, than any is paid in Europe
Yet, by giving little more than Govern
'mcnt gives, | think you could hire some one,
who would not 60 otherwise, to fight for
you
a man whom little more money would
induce! A man who would 90 for money,
and would no, 90 without it? Why, such
a cowardly soul would get drummcd out OF
the ranks after the first battlc!'
Major Ross smiled, calm, meaning smile
such as always provoked his cousin for it
seemed to her like an assertion of superiori-
ty.
You Just look at one side Of your qucs-
ton Kate, aud then jump at your conclusion.
| know man who told me yesterday that he
would 20 to war il he could afford it; man
who is neither cold nor cowardly. lie has
sister, girl of fifteen. They arc~Orphans,
and his mothers dying breath gave her to
his care. They were well born, but they
had fallen into poverty, and he resolv-
ed. that his sister should have the educa.
ton Of lady. She is at school now. II he
had the means to leave her provided for, be
would enlist but what il he should die.
and that poor, undisciplined child should
be left alone in the wide world, with no
means of support, no protector. no friend?
Could he answer il to his mother when he
met her in the country which souls peopleT
Kate had listened with breathless interest.
Would be fght well ? she asked, musing-
ly.
NO man better. There is not drop OF
cowardly blood in his veins. lIc is the very
one would choose to stand beside me in the
front OF the fray
If he were sure his sister would be pro-
vided lor in the event Of his death, you think
he would SOH'
Il know il. His whole heart is in the
fght now. II he were sure that she could
be secured from future priyation. or friend
lesSnes, his name would DC ehroiieu 'o'mor-
row.
Kates face glowed with eager resolve,
lie shall be sure. | cannot give my life
to my country. ought not to shrink from
giving every thing else. That girl is an or
phan like me. She shall be my sister. l
will undertake. the expenses while her broth
er is away, and il he dies, she shall share
dollar for dollar with me all that | possess
Major Ross looked at his young cousin al
most reyerently. lie was just beginning to
sec below the happy, careless surface OF her
nature. But he made no comment on her
resolve.
wait here he simply said, Il will bring
you your soldier
| In half an hour he returned. lie brought