The Hickman courier., 1868-07-04

EhhA Shnc ueafo oe WAS sOouuco, 91e
said she reckoned he was more scared
than hurt, and that anyhow she wann'l
lgoin' down among them patriots TO gsl
tull of-of-insecks No, sir, not sAe
Now, fellow citizens, some Of you may
doubt the above, but it was nevertheless
so. But, fellow -citisens, the following
incident had great deal TO do with Che
above action of Lisa Jane.
About three weeks after Thaddeus
had left L. for the seat Of war, . Sci.
low By the name Of Skyes--Bill SyFss--
had commenced cuttin round, or coartia'
Elisa Jane.
Now, fellow -cit;sens, l know yoz'lI
growl again when / tell you that hs
didn't have = mortgage on old DGssn-
berry's farm, which be threatensa 70
foreclose If Eliza Jane wouldn't fafry
him, or that he didn't hsxs -hireling in
the army Watching chance 70 kill ThRd-
deus but can't help it; III tell tks
ffil.n2 lust as IL happened. and ~ ycr dual
ike Il, csn--lesve Il alone, that's al. No,
fellow citizens, he (Sykes) wasn't like
the above, but I'll tell you vha. he was:
He was one of those festive cussex1.fs.
markable for their agility displayed In
leaping the inducement held out 70 pa.
triots to enlist by the best government,
etc. That's what he was fellow-citissns.
Aud such good Rymnsst was he that
he thiowed . bxck somerset with the
affections Of Eliza Jane, that is, a. far
as Thaddeus was concerned. Yout bet
But, to return to Thaddeus. Fac was
wounded you remember, st last accounts.
But hcw was be wounded2 Was hs
wounded 10 the conventional manner,
while charging through Ere and shot,
smoke and shell, the stronghold Of the
traitorf Did he fall leading his msn in
the very jaws Of death, or up TO che
muIzles of the assassin's guns7 Did
he fall pierced by dozen shells while
planting the spar stangied banner on
murderOus rebel fort7 No, fellow -citi-
Gems, he didn't. I know you'll growl
again, but can't help it. He fell while
in the act of unhitching his team from
his wagon, which wzs 30 full Of news
paper Correspondents, preachers aud slsE
officers that he conldn't pull EN-; fell,
fellow-citizens, with his thigh broken BY
q kick from bis of lead mule. Asd
thus was he found By the minions Of the
arch -fend JEFF. Davis, and carried into
captivity captivity worse than death
All fellow citizens, who does not re.
member the ghost horrors Of the Libby
and Audersonville Where Union pa
triots were slaughtered by the thousands
and buried in the back yard Where
the corpses of Federal soldiers we're eft
exposed for days, and then taken aWsy
but to be picked and seLt Of to the rebel
armies Ah fellow citizens il is too
terrible to contemplate. (But ss l said
before, this is is neutral political paper.
Three years are supposed to elspss
since the above.
Sykes, by uUtiring energy and strict
attention to business, has acquired
considerable amount Of stamps at the
ls-Ping business.
Thaddeus, who has been exchst sasl
is on his way home, in blissful igno-ssees
Of the state of affairs there.
He (Thad.) arrived in l. st last.
Did be, fellow citizens, act according TO
rule? Did he go to bis Elisa Janes
home about dusk in the EVENING" Did
he stand at the gate, and. looking down
at the empty sleeve OF his breeches, heoi.
tate whether to 20 in or not7 Aud did
she, from where she was sitting all alone
on the porch, see a crippled, battled
soldier at the gate, and did her woman's
instinct tell her that, notwithstanding
the dust that covered his blue uniform,
that it was her long lost Thaddeus
Nary time, fellow citizens. / know you
will growl again, but can't help it.
No; he didn't 60 there in the dusk %
the evening, but waited until next day
about dinner time. All better for him
had lac never returned from that loath-
some rebel penl That night, while 70.
lsting his suferiugs, he learned the per.
6dy OF Eliza janet
The next day at noon found him at
old Dusenberry's, trying to unlatch the
gate with bis crutch, with Eliza jams
standing on the porch watching him.
Did she, citizens, st the sight Of
bis wasted form, rush to his srms, con.
Tess all, and ask his forgiveness No,
not she; but she hslloed out to some ir.
side that there was one of them Lincoln.
ties trying to breske the gate in Whsrs-
upon Sykes himself comes out 70 the
gate.
Then, fellow citisens, followed scene;
recrimination on recrimination. Thad.
begged and pleaded, and Eliza Japs
sassed and ssssed At lsst, finding soft
talk useless, Thsd. opened on her; be
called her everything but lady; ard
she retorted that any man that would
fght for . nigger was no better than .
nigger, etc. At this point, Sykes told
Thad, that if he didn't git up aud gle
soon he'd help him to. What, fellow.
citizens, did Thaddeus do Did be cf7W
himself up to his full height, and turn
temptible Sykes1 No, he did'at; but
he stopped down aud picked up . stone
and let fy at Sykes's head; but Sykes
lodged, but the stone bit cid Du9eS.
berry (who had come out) square in the
stomach, whereupon Sykes lis into the
war-woru patriot and nearly belted the
head of him kicked him out into the
road, and throwed his crutches over into
the pasture lot. and left him to get them
the best way he could.
This, fellow -citisens, is, am aware, .
rough way for yarn to turn out, es-
pecially tor one who had fought for his
country's fag but can't help it,
A great deal of blame may be attach.
ed to the fact, that those imps Of Satan,
those plun6erers, thieves and murderer;
those vipers known as Democrats, had
gained the endaney during Thaddeus
absence. But ss said before, as this
is purely literary paper, and that moth.
ing Of political character 10 allowed ie
its columns, I'll have to wind up freu
pure indignation.