The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-06-03

wounded Barnard seated himself on barrel
under wagon shed and looked with sad and
weary eyes over the drcnchcd fields.
The intense excitement had been followed by
reaction which plunged him below the sur
face Of q gulf Of gloom Ia the hour OF we'll
won victory with bis enemies flying, with his
terrible rival lying dead between the muddy
fuTows, he was vastly more wretched than be
had ever imagined be could be.
In his heart there was no feeling Of exulta-
fion over the man he had just sent 10 his ac-
count-there was scarcely gratitude that be
himself bad escaped the fate his hand had dealt
out 10 another. His Uppermost thought was OF
Jasmins grief over a kinsman slain almost
under her rO0f-tree, and the impossibility Of
his ever approaching her again and encounter
ing her burning scorn Of a man whose hands
were stained with her relatives blood.
He tried not 10 look in the direction where
GaHnaway was lying; look toward the house
he would not he got Up and walked over TO
where one Of his boys whose skull had been
shattered by q charge Of bnclzshot, WAS lying
under blanket, and attempted 20 tx his mind
upon the words in which be would convey the
awful news 10 the lads grief-stricken parents
in their home on the banks Of the Sandusky
But in spite Of himself his eyes wandered after
a group that was tramping across the muddy
field toward Gannaways corpse. lie saw the
men lift the body with the strenuous effort
AAhA AAHst p rlEiAlr AlANtnnaIA IaAAllEH Otdl
bOdy-the most cumbersome Of all forms Of
bulk and weight-and begin labored tramp
with il toward the house.
] His FIRST thought was that he would give the
world 10 know how Jasmn would receive the
news Of the casualty; his next that his place
wss by her side, helping her bear her grief, aud
doing what he could 10 alleviate IL and his
next that he ought 20 20 away rs far rs p0ssi-
bic, 10 avoid distressing her with the sight Of
one who had done ber such grieyous injury.
Now. for the FIRST time, i know what Is
meant by the horrors of war" be said "Did
not pride forbid / could cry aloud how heart.
sick ] am. Would that might not see another
I shot fired"
Grinsted broke IN upon his sad reveries:
I've just been out looking Up that cannon.
and the teller that kept popping away with II
AZ II he was paid BY the piece. ! Was right in my
/ guess the bullet went fair and square through
him, but il didn't kill him. II bored the upper
part Of his left lung. aud the chances are that
bell get well, IL bis constitution hain't been
sapped too much by the terrible amount of bad
whisky he's punished during his worthless
life. It's our old acquaintance Atkins, but he's
a changed man. Ever since he's come 10 he.
been scared nigh 10 death, and done NOTHING
hut whine aud pray. Bcmmo see, what's thai
rhyme about the devil being 50 good when he
was sickf"
When the devil was sie1 The devil a monk woulS
when lhe devil eOt well the devil monk w,u
. he"
answered Barnard.
: Yes, that Cts bis case exactly. So long a
hes 80 near eternity that be can smell th,
birthstone irom his future home he'll be a de
fout CHRISTIAN man, but as soon as be gets wei
he'll fall from grace like a wOOdchuCk out o
an appietree The only way 10 save his sou
would oe 10 shoot him while he's wounded ant
Fcpehtaht Hell backslide Just fast as h
recovers. lie almost makes me Presbyterian
Tor he seems elected 10 be damned
; The approach Of SQUAD Of horseGnen gallon
, lug Jadcd sieeds through the peltiBg raii
attracted their attention. The possibility q
Their being enemies reused Barnard at once on
: OF his detected mood and toned his nerves fo
I action. He and Grimsted studied the new
I coinerf earnestly, and at least were relieved b.
! the certainty That they were their own men
who had been scouting in the neghborhood
> They bad learned from loyal citizens acting a
b volunteer scouts Of the approach Of the raiders
, and had hastcned 10 the assistance OF tbei
! comrades. Naturally they were disappointoi
/ ~ arriving too late for the fight, and. eager 4
learn All The details, hastily remove saddles am
brides from their smoking horses and mingl
WIN the Others, who were going over the bat
tloheld searching FOR the fallen.
= ne new arrivals changed The current Z
< orimhied's thoughts. He walked 10 where
group was drying their dripping clothes by
Where Is the buglerpD he asked
saw him over there by that clump Z
eiaers lev minutes ago" answered one OF tb
men, helping drag wounded rebel out Of IA