Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-15

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In fact, She had sold our bottle corks for
Hour thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars
81 the FIRST issuc We niterward bought two
umbrellas and Il cofkscrew with the money.
Well, | did not scold Julia. It was Ger.
tainly no fault ol hers that 1 was walking on
the lower shelf Of her cedar closet told her
to make a parcel Of the things, and the first
time We went to drive I hove the whole shape.
less heap into the river, without saying mass
for them.
But let no man think, or no woman, that
this was the end Of troubles. As | look back
on that winter, and on the spring Of 1863. it
seems TO nc only tic beginning. got out
on cruiches at last; had the Office transferred
to my house, 50 that Lalarge and Hepburn
could work there nights, and communicate
with me when | could not 20 ont but morn.
ings | hobbled up 10 the department, and sat
with the chief, and took his orders. All me /!
shall soon forget that damp winter morning.
when we all had such hope at the Office one
or two Of the army fellows looked in at the
window as they ran by and we knew that they
felt well and though would not ask Old
Wict-as we had nick.na the chicf-what
was in the wind, | knew the time had come.
and that the lion meant to break the net this
time. made an excuse to 90 home earlier
than usual rode down to the house in the
majors ambulance. remember and hopned
IN, to surprise Julia with the good news. only
10 find tha, the whole house was in that ouiet
uproar which shows that something bad has
happened Of a sudden
What is it. Chloe 2n said |. as the old
wench rushed by me with bucket of water.
- Poor Mr.. George. | 'fraid he's dead
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And there he really was-dear. handsome.
bright George SchafT-the delight of all the
, incest girls Of Richmond he Law there on
Aunt Eunices bed on the ground floor where
they had brought him in. He was not dead
and he did not die. He is making cotton in
Texas now But he looked mighty near it
then. The deep cut in his head was the worst
/ had ever seen, and the blow confused every.
thing. When NfcGregor got round he said
it was not hopeless but We were all turned
out OF the room, and, with one thing and
another he got the boy out Of the swoon. and
; somehow it proved his head was not broken.
No, but poor George swears 10 this day i,
was better it had been, if it could only have
been broken the right way. and on the right
field For that evening we heard that every.
j thing had gone wrong in the surprise There
we had been waiting for one of those early
+ fogs, and at last the fog had come. And Jubal
Early had, that morning, pushed out every
$ man he had, that could stand ; and they Law
; hid for three mortal hours, within | don't
+ know how near the picket line at Fort Pow.
hatan, only waiting for the shot which Iohr
8 Streehts party were to fire at Wilson's Wharf
!, as soon as somebody on our left center adj
vanced in force, on the enemy's line above
Turkey Island stretching across to Nansemond
1 am not in the war department. and | forget
c whether he was TO advance q, 6atBete or b,
c eehelon of infantry. But he was TO adyane,
; somehow and he knew how. and whcr
!, he advanced, YOU see, that other mar
u lower down was to rush in. and as soor
k as Early heard him he was to sur
| prise Powhatan, YOU see. and then
IL Won have understood me. Grant and Butle
le and the whole rip of them woud have bee,
n cut oil ftom their supplies. would have had :,
d 6eh, battle for which thew were no, pre,,o,ed
o with their RIGHT made into nev ,ee an,
r. their old left unexpec,edlv adv,,ced =, =,
ID oblioue angle from their center. and ,von,,
a no, that have been the end of ,bema
st We'll. that never bappened. And The reaso,
il never happcned was. that noor C,eo,o
& SchafI, with the last fatal order for this ma,
e whose name forget the same who was after
~ ward Killed the day before High Bridge !. nm
dertook to save time by cutting across benin,
re my house, from franklin to Green Streets
n You know how much Tine he saved = the
2 waited all day for that order. George told M
" aiterward that the last thing he remembers,
ID was kissing his hand TO lula, who sat at he
Re bedroom window. He said he though, sh