The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-03-01
A ROUGH REcEPTIoN.
FIRST MEETING OF FEDERAL OFFICER AND
TIE WOMAN WHO Is MS WIFE.
"Tell us about your southern maide


Tell us about your southern maiden.
captain"
ut is nothing 10 tell" sad the cap.
tain, blushing slightly. On their way
from a soldiers reunion knot Of old
comrades. in-arms had dined at the same
hotel, and were enjoying their cigars
and swapping stories with equal relish.
If you will have the story" continued
the captain, Il submit"
I'VE were in Georgia, marching ON
victoriously, and l was detailed with
handful of inca TO seize, search, aud
hold place. half farm house, half man
sion it was, that lay near our line Of
march and was supposed by the COM
mander of brigade to contain something
contraband-I never knew what, for my
orders were simply to take it, search the
place, stay there two days looking for
whatever might turn up, and then re.
join the command. The place seemed
quite deserted ct first, but ~ we neared
the house an old woman, o regular Aunt
Dinnh sort of contraband, came out and
met us below the steps.
"Wha' you uus wan.?' she asked,
suspiciously. Oh, we just come 10
make you a visit Ireplied, as dropped
off my horse.
"'Done better go long. Nobody ain't
home, an we's not detainin' now
Without paying much attention to
the old womau's tall, l stepped W on
the porch, and though che tried TO de-
tain me, pushed her aside and put one
band againt the half-open door, and le-
ceived II shock that will last my lifetime.
Slam! the door was jerked wi open.
and right against my creek was placed
the muSzle of big navy revolver, and
as saw the trigger jerk aud th ham
mer fall said my prayers very q ,ickly,
for thought it was all up with me, it
was done SO suddenly. tell you. boys,
when that hammer fell with IL dali tht d,
aud nothing happened for second, it
kind Of stunned me. Then grabbed
the revolver, and for tho first time real
lied that it was girl that Lad trie SO
desperately to shoot me. She struggled
viciously. and 1 am afraid l hurt her q
little, but thought she might have bet
ter luck tie next shot, and was not
quite ready to die then. She was very
pretty, but she did hate Yankees aud
some OF the abuse she heaped upon me
really stupg me, for hate to be abus ed
by any woman, and especially by pret-
ty, high.bred dainty one as she wss.
Bat tire abuse was not the worst. Lad
barely secured the revolver and freed
her from my grasp. when she picked up
pail OF dirty water. with which the
black woman had been scrubhing, and
just doused me with it from head to foot.
1t was horrible. Dirty, soapy water in
my eyes, face and beard, everywhere, all
over my uniform, and trying to run
down into my boots. And then the wo-
man laughed at me 50 scornfnlly that for
II few minutes, while was gettil clear
of this mess, did not Interfere with the
boys. who had made both women plis-
oners. When l finally recovered my
temper made plain statement of tho
case to them. told the young lady
Miss Honey the woman called her-that,
while l did not wish to harm them in the
least, they W ,nld both be kept pris oners
, unless they promised not to make any
J more such unpleasant attacks upon US.
They fually promised. but would neither
of them speak 10 any of us, or do the
: slightest thing for us, as long as we were
there"
} "That's not all, captain" broke in a
} friend.
"There's not much more, Two years
after the war l was down in that country
buying lands for some Northern people.
The place looked just the same as when
/ was there nefnre Nj. Temple la ! re-
turaed from the war minus an arm. and
Honey was iursing him, Their saves
were all gone except that same o. wo'
, man, aud they were having hard rut
to get along, Temple had l'nd 1 wanted
, aud bought it, after taking my time
! about it, and Honey is my wife now.
, promise you fellows that if any of you
! raid my Dearborn avenue home now you
will receive a much more gracious re.
, c, ption than dill the day took pos
, 5, ssion Of that Southern h' me.