Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-03-04
to this strait. Fatality is but another name

to this strait. Fatality is but another name
for Providence.
The soldiers waited for lull in the shrieks
then put once more the question:
You tell nowg Where is your husband
No! Den you git ten lash more. Always
ten lash till you tell ..........
A storm of incoherent denial, angry threats
sobs, and screams, was the response. One
OF the soldiers drew her skirts over her head
again, and gave another pull at the cords tha,
hauled up her thumbs, while the other stood
of and measured out his whip. just then
the door opened, and Captain Sprowl looked
in. ...,.
How are you getting on, boys?' The
question was accompanied by an approving
smile, which seemed to say, see you arc
getting on very we'll ..
:, We whip her once. We give her ten lash,
She no tell
Very well. Give her ten morc' .a
The widow struggled and screamed. Had
she recognized her sons voice Mnifled as
she was, he did not recognize her. Nor was
II surprising that, in the unusual posture in
which he found her, he did not know her
from Mrs. Stackridgp. He stood in the door
and smled while the soldiers laid on
Make It n dozen, he quietly remarked -
And smart ones to wind upr SO il hap
pened that, thanks TO her sons presence, the
screechng victim got two smart ones ad
ditional
Now uncover her face. Ease away on
her thumbs little. I'll question her mys-
Good Lucifer 2 exclaimed the captain, find
ing himself face to face with his own mother
Twenty-Five lashes and the torture Of the
strung up thumbs had proved to much even
Tor the strong nerves of Widow Sprowl-
She fell down in q swoon. Lysander, furi
Gus, whipped out his sword, and turned upon
the soldiers. They quietly stepped back
and took their guns from the corner lie
would certainly have killed one of them on
the spot had he not seen by the glance oi
their eyes that the other would, at the same
instant, as certainly have killed him.
You scourdrcls you have whipped my
own mother
Captain they calmly answered, we
opey orders
Fools !--and Lysander ground his teeth,
- you should have known
Captain, they replied, if you not know
how should we know? We never see dis
woman pcforc. We come. We find he,
taking provisions from de house. We say
She take dom to her husband in de noun.
tains. We say, You Mrs Stac!tridge Z
She say yes to everything. We not know she
lie. We not know she steal We not say
You somepody else We opcy orders. =
We take and whip her. You come in and
say, Whip more We whip more Now
you say to us, Scoundrelsr You saw
Fools' We say, Captain, it was your
orders we opey,'
Having by joint effort at scntentious
English pronounced this speech, the broth
ers stood stolidly awaiting the result while
the captain, still gnashng his teeth, bent
over the PROSTATE form Of his mother
Bring some water and throw 0p her YOU
idiots !! he yelled at them. Would you see
her die?
They looked at each other Water p
Yes, that was what was wanted They re
mcmbcrcd their practice Of the previous eve.
ming. One found wooden pail The othc,
cmpticd upon the floor the contents of the
tin pail the widow had borrowed They went
to the well. They brought water. To
throw on her. Yes, that was what he said
And together they dashed a sudden drencb
ing food over the poor woman, as if the
swoon were another fire to be cxtnguished
These fellows obeyed orders literally "a mer
it which Lysander now failed to appreciate.
lie swore at them terribly But ne did not
countermand his last order Accordingly
they proceeded s. ocally to bring more wate,
Lysandcr hid got his mothers head ON his
knee, and she bad just opened her eyes to
look and her mouth to gasp, " her there came
another double ice. cold wave, binding, stiff
ing, drowning her. Too much Of water hads,
thou, poor lone widow!
| Lysander let fall the maternal head, and
bounded to his feet, roaring with wrath. The
brothers, impcrurbablc, with the empty pals
at their sides stared at hi,u with mute won
der
Captain, dat was your orders. You say.
Pring vasseI and trow on We pring vas.
scr and trow on. Dat is all
But l didn't tell you to fetch pairu's =
This sentence rushed cut Of Lvsander's
soul like a rocket, eliminated in loud, cx.
! plosye oath, and was followed by shower
Of fiery curses falling harmless on the heads
Of the unmoved Teutons. They waited pa
then answered, speaking alternately, each a
sentence, as if with one mind, but with two
organs.
J
house atire. You say, Pring vasscr' We
prlng little. Don you say to us, Tam you Z!
why in bel! you s,hopT Andyou say, Ven
! tell you prng vasscr, prng i'll say sthop
! Van time more to day you say, pring vas
SER and you meyer say sthop. You sag,
| Trow on We trow on. Vat you say we
do. You not say vat you mean, dat is mish.
take for you
TE1E CHANGES WROUGHT BY wAR.
In a new novel" Cudjo's Cave by j..
I. Trowbridge, weil.known contributor 10
the atlantic Nonthly--occurs the following
passage.
How many beloved good for nothing"
has gone from our streets and firesides, to
reappear far off in vision Of glory The
school fellows know not their comrade the
mother knows not her own son.
The STRIPPING, whose outgoings and incom.
!ings were so familiar 10, us us--irnpusiye, fun
loving, a little vain, little selfish, apt to be
cross when tho supper was not ready, apt to
come late when the supper was ready and
waiting, and make you cross--Hho ever
guessed what nobleness was in him His
country called and he rose up patriot. The
iauSuc VI maiShis, 'he baldSHlpS OF camp
and bvouac, the hard fare, the injustice that
must be submitted to, all the terrible trials of
the body's strength and the souls patieut en-.
durance these he bore with the snperb
buoyancy Of spirit which denotes the hero.
Who was it that caught up the colors, and
rushed forward with them into the thickcst
OF the battle, after the fifth man who had at.
tempted it had been shot down? Not that
village loaftr who used 10 go aoout the streets
dressed so shabbily? Yes. the same fic