The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-10-08
Doetrp,
TOLD IN A FARM HOUSE,
IRON Appleten.s Journal

Gone to tie county town, sir, to sen first load
We lived Il the log house yonder, poor as ever
Rosehsn there e @as baby and was. only nine
teen
Conrad. he took the oxen. but he LETT Kentucky
How much 151ig we thought Of Kentuek, couldn't be-
Came rom the Blue Grass country; my father gaze
When He rode Sorph with Conrad away from the
Tennessee.
conrad lived in 0Io-a German he :s you know-
The house stood in broad corn fields stretching On
INC old fo 5s6 made me ueoone they were kind as
But fiad i 6Gan e. longing for the Hills Of Ten
nessee.
Oh! for a sight Of water. the Swallowed slope Of
Clouds that hangs on the srnnit, wind that never
But tbs e EVIL land vent stretching away to meet
Never ' aTit from north to south to rest the weary
eyti
From east to west, no river to shine out under the
,7o.,f III make shadow in the yellow afternoon:
only the GREATNESS sunshine, as l looked out, al
oDIv ~ s-5tle, rugtle' as walked among the
corn.
When fell sick with riuiug, We didn't wait any
But moved to1i away from the corn lands out to this
The T Inssl sl It's called, sir-of there's Hill
and now I've grown to like It next best to tie Ten
nessee.
was at work this morning. Some one came riding
over the bridge and up the road-Farner Rouf's
Bareback lie rode; he had no hat; he hardly stop
.sNorgan q men are coming, Frau; they're gaop
ing on this way
"I.a sent to warn the neighbors. He isn't q mile
He sweeps Up al the horses-every horse that he
Morgan. Morgan the raider, and Morgans terrible
with uot1ie-knires and pistols are gauoping up
the glen
Tho lad rode down the valley, and stood stil at
The baby laughed and prattIed, playing with spools
Kentuo OK Was Wa Out in the pasture conrad my man.
Near, n ~S Sorgans men were galloping gal
Looping on!
Sudden picked up baby, and ran to the pasture
.Kent 2ai' I oaued-..Kentuck." She knew me
led her down the gully that turns of there to the
And tied h5r to the bushes; her head just out
Of sight.
As ran bac to the leg house. at once there came
The ring Ct hoofs, gaoping hoofs, trembling over
Coming ssi into the turnpike out from Il White
Morgan, Morgan the raider, and Morgans terrible
men.
AS near they drew ana nearer, my heart beat last IN
But still stood in the doorway, with baby on my
They came. thew PASSED; with spur and whip in
haste they sped along
dred strong.
weary they looked and jaded, riding through night
Pushing ia east to the river, many long miles
To the bofdor strip where Virginia up into the
And ford tie Upper Ohio before they could stop to
rest.
On like the wind they hurried, and Morgan rode in
Bright We're lis eyes ike live GOALS as he gave me
And was just brsatbing freely, after my choking
When lie last one Of lis troopers suddenly drew
his rein.
Frightened v,as to death, sir, scarce dared look
As he ASKED sit ' Tor drink Or water and glanced
gave him ma. cup, and he ssd-twaa only boy,
Faint ana Worn, with dim blue eyes; and he'd
sailed on the Tennessee.
only sixteen he was, sir-a fond mothers only
on and away with Morgan before his life had be-
The damp drops stood on his temples; drawn was
the beyish mouth;
And thought me Of the mother waiting down in
the South.
Oh. pluck was he to the backbone, and clear grit
r,4I ,5 1900 o. ILs trnoner but the big
words wouldn't do.
The boy was dying sir, dJ ing, as plain as plain
Worn out By his ride with Morgan up from the
Tennessee.
But when told the Iaddis that I too was from the
Water came in his dim eyes and qutvers around his
do YOU know the Blue-Gfrass country" he visit
fully began to say;
dead away.
had him in4he log house, and worked and brought
fed him, and coazed him, as I thought bis
And when tie lad got better, and the noise in his
Morgan's men were miles away, gaIoping, gallop-
ing on.
"oh, must 60" he muttered, Il must be up and
Morgan~Morgan is waiting for me! On, what
But heard sound Of tramping, and kept him
Eack from the door
The ringing sonnd Of horses boots that had heard
before.
And on, on, came the soldiers-tho Michigan cav
And fast they rode, and black they looked, gallop-
They had 1ollaSed hard on AIorgan's track; they
had followed day and night
But Of Morgan and Morgnn's raideTs they had
never caught sight.
o,,;1 ~ -4,r+,,J 4f,r,,y,r, 4bOre s,7-r7.
For strange. wild men we're ganoring over her
Now here now there, now seen, now gone, now
north east, now west,
Through river valleys and eorn-land farms sweep
ing away her best
A bold ride and long ride. But they we're taken
at last.
They almost reached the river by galloping hard
and fast;
But the boys in blue were upon them ere ever they
And Morgan. Morgan the raider, laid down his ter
rible sword.
Wen, 1 kept the boy tin evening-kept him against
But he rsstao weak to follow, and sat there PALE
When it was cool and dusky-youn wonder to hear
But stole down to that gully and brought up Ken
tucky Befe.
kissed the star her forehead-my pretty, gentle
But 1 knew that she'd be happy back in the ole
Blue Grass.
A suit OF clothes Of Conrad's, with all the money
And Kentact, pretty Kentuck, I gave to the worn
out lad.
guided him to The southwark as well as knew
how,
The boy rode of with many thanks, and many
backward bow;
And then the glow it faded, and my heart began t.
swell,
AS down the glen away she went, my lost Kentucky
Belle.
when Conrad came in the evening the moon va
shining high;
Baby and we're both orying-I couldn't tel hin
why
But a battered suit Of rebel gray was hanging Of
the wall.
And thin cid horre with dropping head, stood il