St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-06-23

and strong, nftd II he mad not br0ced him
self; and there she hing lifted from the
ground.
SNOW, I1want to see my boy" said An
dy, and gently held him up, and, for the
first time gazed upon him-gazea upoh
him with eyes as clear and full of satisfac-
tion as theys~ere on the blessed Fourth OF
July last, when, with his companions. he
stood on the ramparts of yicksbur - Il
His mother and siss.srs ALEC come around
him, and there wasia great time. q They ali
kept looking at him. He was older and
tanned. There is scarcely a person old OF
young in. the whole North who does not
know the exact color of the Vioksbnrg tan
It is said that the rebels were worse tam
ned. which, is likely, since Gen. Grant is
= tanner.s. Andy's clothes We're so clean
THEY seeMed new, and the blue cloth Was
very .fhe: The Women thought his beard
Was 30 ftihnf; fof II Was 8aty little
bun,sh afotind his mouth. fhey tould hot
keep their eyes off The bright; round but
tons on his blue vest, aiid his shining pat
ent leather sword belt: Els hair Was o;it
50 as ia make him look like General Bogan
His father was proud, he knew his boy Was
bands1nier than he had expetted. After
! the first few words Susan said little, for
she began tt hurry up the slipper; but Une
could see W tbs g!mtist IT lisf eyes. ,hdsr
thu lashes, that She had PLEASANT thvaghts:
Then they had i gdol slipper: It eltSuld
hate been good, for they had Begh prsbaf-
Ing @ictuals for seteral days: E*tryttiing
uti ths table,, atd attuhd the house looked
as If ,liets ,aa sbeen wedding. II was
very nearly 4 Wedding. .s%:ss.'Ss .5j1~E
E" As soon ns slipper Was dser; The old man
coihhishsea. ! He spoke of tho wickedness
of the war, of, high taxes Of the oyer
throw Of the Constitution and the ruin Of
the country. Susan and the women tried
to get him to talk Of Something else, while
Andy interrupted, anu 'tried To; explain ;
but he would listen t8 tvthing, and talked
till he had nothing more to say. He made
out terrible cass: rhen Andy said j: ..
II see hon this business is, dak. Some
Of them lawyers up 70 the country seat
have been Learning you these things. And
new let me tell. you, though they sduHd
mighty big, thar's scurccly a word O. truth
Ill 'em from one End to the other.''
n '*Whats this, what's this % said the
Squire. ,ot:Do you mean to call yotr fatllct
a liar II? Say, 6ir, aiti l 4 liar AIN a
liar ?'''l +. tjH3.st I'll !" ;>-.l i: scns;
ErAndy's bunch Of beard began to work in
ia curious way, and he waited little before
he spoke. a:.5.I = h" H.. {. ..,: -. =
'who talks abda. liars, but yourself: {:
Sha'n't tell you what the army Would
say if you talked like that among thetn ?
III tel! you They'd say you was ID
traitor; and if you didn't Happen to have
first best friend by you, they'd string
you up: And I'll tell you, too we think a
heap more of an out-and cut rebel than ne
do Of the traitors at home, who when we
strike the rebels lick, help them to strike
us back - 'jti. = #; 80 Il = .:.:s.,,,.
"'"You get out OF my house. II you are
my own son you sha'n't insult me in it..
r*e done with you-you shan't hive none
of thy property-not a haircut Of thy
hottse-I'll have nothing to do with you!'
1 = 4 - =.
'''TlAat suits tre if it does you. Susan, pick
III, *hat things yJu want hox v, and leave the
rest for atidthet time: Wen 70 to Bob
Reynolds. Hes a good ! Union man.
Your dads aCopper, l know: You'll hear
different story one Of these days, dad,
mind 1 tell you.'' szs ,:eu.at- s... ~
"You may 60 to tile devil fdf all kefs' y
Andy bucklei on his sword and stood
waiting for Susan. She was running
around taking care Of her things; her sis
ters in law were helping her; while Mrs.
Cliffored tried to soothe her husbatd: He
! would listen to nothing his son had turn
ed cut to be Yankee nigger, and it must
be he waited niger wehth-he Wouldn't
1 las. 49,, .
speak to him, and he never wanted to see
him again. -7 = .~.' @,',- .''} }.ei:: s.':'.'
The hoiist, lately SO joyful, had become
q house Of mourning. All the women folks
cried. and the baby, seeing something was
wrong, cried louder than any body else:
~ Al last Susan ~as fead5; and crying, she
lett the house with Indy ;:and they went
away through the lane. " I'M addition to
this trouble, Susan had anotllgt, Which Was
on account Of piece she had just got in
the loom, and she had thrown the shuttle
only few times to sec how it would look:
Her father in law had planted q patch Of
cotton for her and plowed it, and she had
hosd, picked, gotsit einned, and spent al
most all winter in spinnits and coloring
She was going to have piece Of check fer
dresses for herself and baby. Now she did
not kn,w what would become Of it. Per.
haps the old man would cut il out Of the
loom. 80. .s..., ..s
They had gone quite o distance, when
Mrs Clifford came into the porch and
called her. :.
''susan, you forgot your pocket-hahd-
.kerchief.'' '5@s's 5t.'t2a<f1 s'3;s@ .'>'f2 T.
She went back, while Andy waited. She
was gone leng time. Once she, came out,
l lingering, then hastily went back. At last