Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-05-21

"S WI" "u,'"ci ~ tIio Sl'at
burrows inc ShelIS hau pIoughcd,
cli,hocH ;n tno renee ana started to run
WIN al ms mlEnl toward Mr. Tier
son mouse wlllch was hall mile
distant i Tic Ilad scarcely LETT the gar
uch fence, however when another
sncli came tearing through the shrub
Dery nc mad Just passed and burst
cIosG 10 ,nc mousse Inc mother hearI
stoou sun Tor an lnStant-and there
was cause Tor IT, one OF the lying
fragments struck poor Charley and he
ieil p TO lhc ground with cry OF "oh'
mammal! Down IN the cellar the
hoticr heard the cry OF her wounded
Doy, ana IN a moment shc was kncel-
ny py ms sue IL was SAD SlghI Tor
lhotncr 10 TOOK upon Inc cruel
piece VI IRON WIN us ragged edges
hau Stlipped great piece OF heSh
from 'hG DacN OF ms ankle upward,
co'hPlclciI SeNcr'hS inc cora ana lay-
lhS pare lhe bone; iie was lying up
on ms race ana thc DlOou was already
slaih'hg inc green grass where he had
I"lleh' speaking words OF chcOurag-
.ich'' sue removed MS Shoc ana lhc
i'"SiiichI Oh stocking, ana hastlly
eou"u up 'ho Wohnd WIN StripS torn
rom hcr clothlng' In thlS way sho
S'nuhcncu inc now ol bIood and
quie'Ga ms iearS' through she could
not al'cVlatc ms pam
-. NOW 'harIcy, must 90 up to Mr..
IIerSoh myself Tor II Sholl may
Strike inc mouse ana lhcn Mary and
hODDy VIII be burned. III put YOU
Dcllhd that t"ec' ana you VIII not be
III much danger
"Bllt you'll rum mamma, won't
your
ana inc tears tricKlcu down Char
icy cheeks, though he tried very
hard TO Keep them back. The tree
was large chestnut ana It's generous
trunk Afforded Il prelly ample prolrc-
tlon y agalnSt the shells, two OF which
had struck near by while Mrs. Cages
was binding up the wound. Arriving
ut Mr.. IIrrSon 5, she dispatched him
III great haste To lho tort, while she,
with swift iect, returned to Charley.
Becky and bcrty fIerSon, aged seven
teen ana eighteen, with true girlish
heroSm, returned with her notwilh-
standing the bursting shells. On the
way they passed several negroes shelf
cred behind stumps and stones, and
MIS- HaJcS valhly begged them 10 fol-
low her and assist IN the removal of
tho wounded boy. They found Char
ley pcNind me Tree ana ho Sald, "Oh,
mammal l III so glad You We come
back. W lie could not walk at all, and
ne was WeaE from pain and loss OF
blood. 50 ms mother and the two
girls carried him in their arms as best
they could. Down the hill, half blind
ca ny the smoke ana stunned by the
awful explosions, slowly moved the
strange procession. lhey wadcd the
little stream in he hollow, stopping Il
moment to bathe Charley ) face and
hands, anu carried lhcir burden up
the null to Mr.. Persons house.
By this time MIR, l'icr'on had reached
the tort ana the ilrIng ceased. Ihc
other children were sent for, and in
Few moments the rcgImenta! surgeon
and hospital steward came gaIlopn%
down tOeNpresS their sorrow at what
mad happened and to render assist
ance. The surgeon prollcrcd services
were most gladly accepted. When he
was ready to examine the wound, the
mother sald:
NOV, 'harIcy. 1t VIII hurt You TO
have the wound dressed; but it must
be done; and You must try and bear
II. II VIII soon nc over.
"l'Il try,' said Charley, "if you'Il
be sure, mamma, and not let my leg
be cut oil.
She pressed nun To her heart, and
assured him with loving words that
there was no occasion for so serious
an operation.
"SlnS to me, mamma! Sing 10 mol"
"Why, Charlcy-l-l--don' t believe
| can sing now," she faltcrcd.
"Iou must, mamma, you must
Please sing to me Just the same as y0n
always do and I'll keep awful still"
And he reached up and put his arms
plcadingly around her neck. There
was n silence in the room as the little
''"N'N' l''o'''''' ~ i''N tAi'h9' ~
quest. Then the mother closed her
eyes and tried to sing. Her voice was
tremuIous ut first, but by Il mighty
effort She expelled from her mind
every thought save the remembrance
OF her love for her wounded child; and
sho was soon able to sing to him al
most rs swectly and softly as if in her
own quiet home. The boys arms
gradually relaxed and he lay back
again quietly upon the blood-staincd
bed with his head resting half upon
his pillow and half upon his mothers
lap. His eyes were closed, aud his
pallid face had lost something OF the
roundness and fullncSs which marked
it in the morning. The mother was
bending over him with one of his
hands IN hers. On the other side of
the bed sat Bcrty Pierson flaming
Charleys face. At the foot stood the
surgeon and the steward. Clustered
around tho room were half dozen
neighbors looking on with sympathet-
ic, awc-strlckcn faces.
When the mother began to softly
sing the song she knew he loved, there
was solemn hush in the room, and
every eve was filled with tears. Even
the rough, old surgeon, as he cut away
the bloody bandages, was seen to turn
away his head and hastily draw his
sleeve across his eyes number of
times; and the steward was hardly