Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-03

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,ng. pied from Mozart, which had
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Of home, sitting a. his mothers feet,-and
the charm was not broken until . rough
blow upon the back recalled him to his
senses
"Mau. what are you doingi The gen.
eral may be awake. If he should hear
you, abr
1t WAS sentinel; and even this guar.
dian Of tho night afterwards confessed
that he had listened, entranced, to tho
rsvshiug music for long timc before he
had thought Of his duty to stop it.
On the following morning an orderly
came to the spot where Jonathan had been
eating his breakfast, and informed him
that the general wanted to see him at
headquarters.
Poor Jonathan turned pale and trem.
bled. lie know that La Fsyette was very
strict, and that in those perilous times
even slight intractions Of military orders
were punished severely. As he arose to
bis feet tho sentinel Of tho previous even
ing came up, and whispered into his ear:
"lf it should be about the music, JON
athan, don't you be alarmed. Not soul,
save you and me, knows anything about
it. l can swear to thatl So do you just
siy it wasn't you. Stick to it, and you'll
come out all right"
Jonathan looked at the man pityingly.
"What my mothers son tell lie like
thati 1t would DO the heaviest load /
over carried--heavier than I ever mean to
lcarry,tN I have my sensss"
He pen went to tho generals quarters
"a tcht, pitched In Commanding site,
pvreooking the whole line he had to
guard. La Fayette was pacing to and
fro,sad and moody, W though his thoughts
were unhappy.
"Comrsde, who are your
Jonathan Miles, General"
"Last evening heard music down by
the rivers bank. Were you tho must
Giant"
1T was I, General; but l knew not
what did. l meant not to disobey your
order. sat and I thought of home, and
Of my mother, and"
The general started at tho sound of
that word, and the shadow upon bis face
grew soft and ethereal.
"Of your--Mothorl And I thought If
mine. 1t was a theme of Mozart's, and
MAS my mothers favorite. If you will
DO 50 kind, &. bring your instrument,
and play FOR me that strain here in my
tent. 1t will do me good"
In the after years-even to bis dying
hour-the man loved to tell that story.
Though he would never urge the truth
upon any man in consideration of so
mean Y thing ~ the benefit that might
result, yet 10 could not put away the
thought that the sweetest and most blessed
memory Of all his soldiers experience
might have been lost to him had he
grasped At tho opportunity to tell lie
Oh tho one occasion of all his life when
lie might, to some, have seemed most op.
perfume and prohtable.-S. o., Jr., in
New York. Ledger.