The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-08
were my mother and this child

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turned, kissed her and left. Sh
felt impatient with the dreadful
turmoil and sorrows of the wal
The poor mother dying alone, per
haps, and the child wanderin,
through the country! Why wa
there no one who could get it right
In the meantime, Dora had hid
den her basket, locked the door
and kneeled down by the side o
her bed. She was praying with al
the strength of her little heart t.
God to help her. And on the othe
side of the mountain, in solitar,
house her mother lay alone, he
hands covering her pale, worn face
while she, too, spake to the sam,
Friend, who had been her Friend il
whom she trusted all her life.
Down the valley galloped the lieu
tenant-a stranger to them both
prompted, he thought, by a casua
likeness of the child to his sister
Yet was there not some One whC
heard their prayers and made o
this man the agent to answer them
The One could and would in His
own good time set all this Turmoil
and all others right2 Et fs1 At-
At the end of the day Lieutenant
Graham opened the gate Of the farm
house. Mrs. r. with Dora, hurried
to meet him. Hf a'iu
Tknow by your face you have
succeeded" she said. r3if. .Er
"Yes; the general is the most in
exorable of foes, as far as men are
concerned, but he has wife and
children of his own. Here is a per.
NIT and an order for a guard to take
the child through the pass"
The officer himself rode with the
guard into the gap.
Goodbye my little prisoner
You viii soon be with your mother,
and 1 hope that you will find that
she will not need the medicine you
are carrying her." he said as they
parted.
Dora's eyes were full of tears.
''You have been so good to me"
she said, dropping Spots reins and
holding out both hands, "I wish 1
could do something for you"
30, be good to the first yankee
who falls into your hands, you
little rebel" he replied, laughing.
There is sequel to our little
story. Mrs. Nettley, with her
removed for surety to her
brothers plantation in the eastern
part Of the state, where they re-
mained during the war.
After a skirmish which took place
in the neighborhood, Major Net
tley's house being spacious, was
taken as a temporary hospital, to
which the wounded of both sides
were carried. Dora and her mother
were busy among them, doing what
they could to alleviate their suffer-
ings until the surgeon had dressed
their wounds. ,es-r; ,,-.
There was one young man Of
about twenty who was wounded in
the leg. Dora, as she raised his
head to give him q drink of water,
met his eyes. They had a strange
ly familiar look.
What is your nameF' she said,
as she took the cup from his mouth.
"Felix Graham"
"What regimentr'
Ensign, Fourth Michigan"
Dora ran to her mother, fairly
stammering in her excitement. Ga
"He is so like the lieutenant at
the gap, mamma! And the same
namel And 1 promised: promised !
Mrs. Nettley in her turn grew
and excited. She went
to the commandant when the time
came for sending the wounded
Union officers away. Ai 2
"There is q young man among
them," she said, sswhose wound will
probably prove fatal If he is moved.
[ owe a debt of gratitude, as I be-
Iieve, tc one of his family or at
east to one of his name. If you
will leave him, / viii nurse him as
and well as / can" oi
Mrs. Nettley was awoman whose
were usually granted
Felix Graham remained in her
house for two months. o 5E9hi a3l1
Four years after the war was over,
our old friend Colonel Graham
formerly lieutenant, came home
10 Michigan from San Francisco,
where. he had engaged in business
after his discharge from the army.
It was his first home coming, and
here was great rejoicing and gather
ng of all the Graham clan, big and
little. - juoa1 q ~ '...-'-' =, ''.'' q
"But where is my new sisterp'
be said to Alice. ''I wish ! could
nave got back in time for the we'd
ling. To think Felix went to Vir-
yinia for a wife after all" 3--o}
'Here they come,'' said Alice, as
steps were heard on the porch with
,ut, and the bride with-"He's
,omei he's Gomez and sunburned,
,ame in a shy, chubby young girl
him. Her eyes were
,rown, and oddly honest and frank.
Jol. Graham, his hand out, stopped,
ei4 III .dgg Il
aWho? Dora?' he said, "Dora2''
eyes, Dora" she answered, / kept
nv PROMISE" laughing mischiev-
,nsJv. "You told me to be good To