The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-11-28


idi4 k opeHed Die i4ter, ara ~ a
momeat ay eyes fied with teaks It
YVES passea from one 10 another 81 The
i confa until az lsad seen 1t, and those
stern warriors Who had passed with
stonenl Jackson fhfoueh hundred
! aaAtles wept ike little children. Soon
sufficiently recovered my SELF
/ possession, read th letter as de-
Tense 81 tie prisoner. Il was is these
words
DEAR Cow md have always
bee8 poud 81 Won. aud ince vosir
connection with The Confederate army
nave been proadet "a you than ever
before would not hsve you do any
thlnB wrong fer the world; but before
aoa Edvefd, unless you come home
wemust dis ] Last night was aroused |
by little EGdies crying called and /
said' WHAT'S tho matter, Eddie 2" I
and he said: & Oh, mamma. TIM 80
hungry and lucy, Edward, yanr I
darling Lucy, She never complains
but she Is growing thinnerand thinner t
every day. And before God, Edward
unless sou cone we must die
YoUR NARY
Winning 20 the prisoner I asked:
" Mhat did yon ti0 when you received
Tins letter2" He replied: III made
application for . furlough. and ii was
rejected again made application and
II was rejected; Q third time I made
application, aud il was rejected; and
That night, az I wandered backward
and forward IN the camp, thinking of
my home, with the mild ewes OF Lncy 7
looklng up to me, and the BURNING
words Of Mary sinking into nv brain.
! was ne longeg the Confederate sol.
der, but was the father Of I1iov and
the husband of Mary, and i would j
have passed those lines If every pu1, III !
the battery had fredupon me- / went i
70 my home. Mary ran out ID meet i
me- her angel ARMS embraced me. and Il
sic whispered, o, Edward, i am 80 \
glad yon got furloughP She nnust b
have felt me shudder, for She tnrned o
pale as death, and catching her breotb
T every word she said, Have you
lome without your furloHgh ? oh :
Ward, 80 backl 60 back Let me
nd the children GO down together to
he grave, but Oh for heavens sake.
aye the honor az our nanel And
iere am, gentlemen, not brought
lere oy military power, but in ODE
renee to the command OF Mary. "a
hide the sentence Of your court. "
Livery oiheer at that court-martial
slt the force Of HE prisoners words.
Seiore them stood, In beatic vision.
he eloquent pleader for a husbands
nd 8 fathers wrongs; but they had
cen trained by their great lender
.opert 2 Lee, 70 tread the path ri
MY though the lightnings flash
'orched the ground beneath their feet.
nd each 90 his turn pronounced the
er1liet-" Guilty. Fortunately for
umanlty, fortunately for the gonfed-
iacy, the proceedings Of ths oonrt
ere reviewed by the commanding
aneral and upon the record was
ritten- +
HEADQUARTERS, a NV.
inc finding OF the court III anprov \
i. Inc prisoner is pardoned, and Y
~ report to lis company 7
n. LEE, General"
During the second battle Of Cold !.
nfbor, when shot and shell were fall- 1
q Ike torrents from the mountain H
Qua, my attention was directed to d
e iact that one Of our batteries was n
ing slieneed BY the concentrated fire II
the enemy. When I reached Tire N
.tteifF every gun but one had been hi
smaptled, and by IL stood 4 SOLITARY g
soldier, with blood streafn. n
from liis side. As he recognized me, &
elevated his voice above the roar of 8
tue and said, General, have one Ii
eil LET, Tell me, have / saved the Is
nor of Mary and Lucy?" / raised
mt Once more 4 CoDfederate I,
ali went crushing through Tie ranks ii
the enemy, and the hero sank BY Ill
gun To rise 40 moro ST