Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-22

She recalled the time when hsr con,
before his departure for the army, bad
been there at that same hour of the
evening, preparing to look after the
little garden. She glanced at the
vel! where he used to come to I'll bis
watering pots, in his blouse and with
his long hair.-his beautiful hair
which was cut off v hen he became a
Znuave.
Suddenly. she gave a start. Ths
little b OK gate, that which gave &C.
cess to the fields, WAS open. The
dogs lad not barke1 nevertheless
tue pc rson who had just entered crePt
along the walls like a robbrr. gliding
steal,h,y between the bvc.nves.
"How are you, mother?
Her Cnrstian stood before he,, his
uniform ali in disorder. ashamed CON
fused, his tongue thick. The wretch
had returned 10 the district With the
Others. and for An hour hsd been
prowjuC about the house, awaiting
n,s father . i, n,vJure to enter. She
.isbeL TO scoid hun, bu, had not the
courage. 1t WAS 70 long since she
hal seen him and a,u orAce! him BE.
u le. he xA%c her ,ucl gpo1 reasons.
f., lIewas weary Of Ag.rll, OF the army,
ui living always tar away from his
ia MY ; then, the discipline had be
come more severe. aud hs ccm,aies
c,,leI hlm "HIusslan because Vt his
| AIsat,an acceut. She believed every :
thug he said Size bad Oh y to look
At him 10 le Iieve hln. Whl- t&lkln
they had entered the hose. lhe
awakened Youngsters rdn, haretoo'eh
and in their niyItgoNns, to kiss their
b,g brother. His mother o.f cred him
some,eins to eat, bnt he WAS not hun
cry. liz was only tMrsty, Terrible
thlsry, and dl'nk hns" drAnsh's Of
; water on top Of all the crer and waite
yi.e to which be bad treated hluseI II
} since morning at the inn.
But .om- one VAS walking III the
,,u,tyarl. TWAS the blacNsulth re-
turuln5.
"Cnrl-tia \, here comes your father
Onick, hlIe Yourself that | may have
l!fne 10 ta' to hun, to explain t'
llm.
pn-heh hin behind the hngt
..nce stove, then resumed stNln!
,s!,h lrem 5.ins "A ends, Uniortunatel,
Ionav4's chechi, had been lrt
npon the table, and 1t WAS the first
thing Lory saw on entering. The
iiao,her's palor, her enoarrds'm 'Ht,
tnrni.het additional evidence. HI
understood i everything.
"Cnri.t,an is here = sail he. in s
terrible voice, and, taking down hl'
saher, wit h frantic movement, hs
rushed toward the stove where The
X,uave vas conc. aled. pale, sobered
leaning against the wall Tor fear o.
falling.
The mother threw Lersel: between
them, crying
"Lorv, Lory don't kill him wrote
, to him to return, that yon needle him
, at he forge
+ She clung to his arm, dragged Der
, self along, wept. Ia The darknsss o.
T :hc!r chsmbe the children began cry
ing on hearing those voices so tnil oI
anger and sobs, so changed that they
no longer recognized them The black
saith t,aused, and looking at his wife
said +:
"Ah, You were the ,.nse o. his
} com,og back, were Won? 80 far, ~
good; lot INN 60 to he'd Tomorrow W
! vii see wha, | bava 10 do
!, The next morning Christian, on
, awaklng from a heavy sleep. full oi
nightmares and terrors without cause,
, Iound himself again in the chamh-r OF
his childhood. Through the little
window panes, framed with lead an
almost covered on the outside with
blooming hop vines, be saw that the
san WAS already warm and high. Be-
| iow the hammers were sounding on
!, the anvil. II mother WAS At his bed
side; she had not quilted it the whole
: night long. with such fear had her
. husbands apger filed ner. Neitber had
be BLACKSMITH been in Id Unt!l
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