, 1881-10-30

lu the winter Of 1sss.-'S; was commandan
Of Fort Tr7,mbull, ut New London, Conn. A1ay
be our life there was moi SO brisk us life ut ' tn
!: 'front.' still; it WIS hri~k enough, in its way
ones brains didn't cake together there for lac
Of something to keep them stirring For on
thing. all the Northern atmosphere at that tim
Was thick viii mysterious rl,inors-runors I
the effect that Rebel spies were Hitting every
where, and Ee1tin;, ready to blow up our North
ern forts. burn <,t,r hotels, send infected cloth
ing into n.1r tow,ls and all that sort Of thne
You remember it, All this had tendenc,
to keep It's awake, aud ktock the na1i
uonal dullnes5 Out Of garrison life itt
sides, ours was 4 recruiting station-whcl
is the sazue saying We nuan'1 any time to waste
i1l DOING, Or dreaming, fooln: :truuud- Why
1lth all our watchrn:ness ~ per cent oi Il day
recruits would leak out Of hands AMI tsiyt
Is the slip the same night. The bounties were
50 prodigious that Il recruit could puy Il senrine
S-sM or 500 tn let llis, escape, and still hav!
enough OF his bounty-money left to constitute :
fortune Tor poor man. Yes, as said before
otir life WAS moi drowsy.
Well cue day lwas in my quar1crs alone, doing
some writing when
A PALE AND EAt;GI:n I..l,
of II or il entered, made q neat bow, and said:
81 believe recruits are received herel"
Yes"
win you please enlist me- sir2"
Dear me. no! You are too young. my poy,
and TOO small
A disappointed look came into his face, and
quickly dcepened into an expression IL de-
spondency. lie turned slowly away. as If to go:
hesita1ed, then faced 1ne again, nnd sad, in a
tone which .ea1 to my heart:
- I have ho1nc- and not friend III the
world. u gnu e3tid only enlist me-.
But OF course the thing was out OF the ques-
Ion. and said SO as gently Us l could. Then l
:old him to sit down by the stove and warm him.
self, aud ndded:
- Yar shall have something TO eat presently.
You are hungry
He did not answer: he did not need to; the
gratitude iii his big soft eyes WIS more clt,-
quent than any words could have been.
He sat down ly tho stove, and went on
.rit1nE. Occasionally, ! took a fnrti,-e glance
at him. ! noticed that his clothes aad Shoes
although soiled and damaged, were OF good
style md material This fact was suggestive.
To it added tho facts that bis voice was low and
musical: his eyes deep and melancholy: his car
rlage and nddress gcntlernanly; evidently
THE. I0ois CHAP WAS IN TROUBLE.
As result, was Interested.
However. beeame absorbed in my work by
and by. and forgot all about tho boy. don't
know how lun.. this lasted; but 1T lergth hup-
pened to look up. The boys hack WIS Inward
me, but his face was turned in such NAY that
could see one OF his chce!ss-:1sd down tllat
cheek = riIl of nosclesS tears WAS flowing.
God bless my SOUL" said to myself; II for
Rut the poor rat was starving Then / made
amends for my brutality by saying TO him:
Como along, my lad; you shall dine with me; /
am alnne today"
He gave me another of those grateful looks
md happy light broke in his face. At the
-9}1ja h rhoip .hsot-
Until was seated, then seated himself took
up 1ny knife and fork aud-wcll. simply held
them, and kept still: for the boy had inclined
his head and was saying Il silcut grace. i
thousand h:llloved memories Of home and my
childhood poured in upon me- and sighed to
think how fur had slrifted from religion and
its balm Tor hurt minds. its comfort and solacc
and support
As our mea. progressed observed that young
Wtcklow-lsohect Wicklow was his full nan,e--
word. observed that he was boy Of good
breeding; never mind tho details. III. had Il
simple frankness. loo. which won upon me. We
talked 1nai1.ly about himself and hnd np ditli-
Guilty in getting his history out Of him. When
he spoke of his having: been
Eo1:N AMI REARED IN LOUISIANA.
I warmed to him decidedly, for bad spent some
region OF the Mississippi, and loved it, and mud
NOT been long enough away from it for ihy in
1srest il. it to begin to pale: The very names
good 1hat stecrcd the talk in directions that
would bring them OUT BATON Rouge. Plaque
Carre. the Stock Landing. .Carrolton, the Slea1n-
ship LANDING. the Steamboat Landing, New |
t1rleans, rchonpitouias street, the Esi,lanade, !
1h. ki1t DIES Ho,ls En1nnts the St Charles Hotel
the Tivoii Circle. the Shell Road, Lake Pon1char-
1r:,i;l: and it was particularly delightful uc1o
heal: once mort nl the L. +. Lee, the Nuichcz, !
kenuer. and other old familiar steamboats, 1t |
was almost rs good as being Daek there these
taa1ncs SO <ivldiy reproduced in my mind the |
look OF the things they stood fur. nrietty, this /
was
LITTLE wIcKLow:s HISTORY:
When the War broke ont, he and his invalid |
Rouge. OH 4 great and rich plantation which had
been in the family for fifty years. The father
Tas Union ulatI. He was persecs1cd in :,Il |
'orfs of ways, hut c!ung 10 his principles At
aat- ono night masked men burned his man
'ion down, and the family had to 1ly for their
lives They were hunted from place 10 place,
and learned all there was to know about poyer- |
y, hunger. and distress. The invalid aunt
found relief n last: misery and exposure killed
min beating upon her, and tue 1hundcr BOOM
ing overhead. Not long atterward, the father
Fas captured By armed hand: and while the
t.a.ng Up before: his face lat this point
l baleful light shone i'll the soutas eyes, aid he
sad. with the manner OF who talks to hitn-
elf: III l cannot he enlisted; inatter-I
hall find a way-l shall find Il way.'l AS soon
IS me IA ther was pronounced dead the son was
houEs 1t 4ruula q, hard with hin.
That night he crcnr 10 the riverside and hid |
near = =, plantation lanuiny. by and Dy
wan out and concealed himself jn the yawl |
hnt was dragging 1t her stern. Before t1usli.h1 |
Re f'e bout @ reached r. The SdocS-l,andlng G41d he
'hleh lny between that point and the house nf |
a uncle of his in Good d-childrrn street, ii, New
iue being. Isut his uncle was a Union man. |
10, and before very long he concluded that he