Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-08-14
HEALED AT LAST.
The War Wounds in the Hearts of
Two Lovers.


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.,And vou c,noct mo 70 trov.I o,or
nina n,;,a, IS | h,;.,
n'"o ''''eS VI n,o'ul lo'"' penn" 'n"I
ue"S anu IN 'nat fa''Ie-trap' a gen
tleman said dlscontentedly surveying
the conveyance provided for him BY an
oblioinc countryman rosidipr NOW tho
station If +bo T;raini. roiInar ,.haao
'"''""' ""'''
away ''"'h H"u recently uelo>Ileu the
stranger
"Well. faint as cf thar was much 10
choose from. mister was IN. .p.,,or
.If ,ou,,, ut,a =. .,.r
~" W Il N''"U " wall '''' c'tlhA
.,o sage hlou' happen along But
oIe,> yore soul sab, ole Buck Il carry
You thar ef YOU only give him time
enough. An Ircckon the buggy won't
break down tween this and the black
smiths at the crossroads. Thar's
string an rope an a lot o. nails under
the butiler-robe. an little Pos, bcre'U
manage to mend the damage ef 50 il he
that thar's q rock to pick I'D long the
roadside
MAY | drive. boss" was the hest
tating prayer, Of little Po>> short for
'po>>um), as the dilapidated vehicle.
drawn By a spawned blow horse. cot
under way. Looking down with
amusement at his excited petitioner,
Bark,dale saw a droll little darkv. cos
tuned in meal bags, hatIe,,. and with
plated twigs of wool. who. when the
rope reins were relinqui,h ed into his
hands, assumed the post OF charioteer
with dignity inefable.
Bark,dsle forgot Poss and every
thing besides. a, the oyermasteripg
power OF early association took po,.r,,
sion Of him. Ten ear before he had
left the neighborhood through which
they were now passing, at the outset Of
the wal between the States, and during
all that time the history Of il places
and its people had been almost .
sealed book to the wanderer in many
lands. He had faucied himself weaned
from his sentimental love for old Vir-
GINA; but here he was c~raning his neck
tolook at the ancient landmarks. recall
ing rides ending at thi. point and pic.
mics at another, H. cheek, flushing and
lump coming into hi, throat like the
v%eriest school-boy home for the holt
days, The country was beautifully
green. and as old Buck plodde1
along there wa nothing 10 do
but TO resign himself 10 memory and
anticipation, while the spring wind,
laden with fragrance from the bios.
soming woods, blew over him refresh
ingIy.
Al last Cherrycote Farm was reached
but before they could enter it. little
Poss jumped down to struggle with an
old red gate of such persistent inbo,pi.
tally that Barksdale himself could
only force it open by half lifting the
gate post from the crumbling soil
Barren acres" he said. With a sicb
CHANGING over what were once prosner.
Gus fields Of grain. Grass orew on tho
roadway. and a multitude Of little bine
sta flowers were crushed beneath tbei,
wheels. Emerging from a hi of nina
woods, he caught sight of the cables ~
the old house. They at least were nm
changed, half vailed from sight br
Virginia creeper and wistaria. Jasmine
and roses. His old room was that one
with the window oyer wbiob - o Io
branch of a mulberry tree its foIia~o
so thick that neither blind nor curtain
was required. As Barksdale gazad ho
saw, coming from the shrnbbory aro,nJ
a turn in the road a cavaIinr n.y. ,r;dim.
a mule. This was man seom;nnI ,"ihns
tween thirty and forty years o7j he
once clear cut features oyargrown VII
flesh. and wearing i. Ionc brann a'nI
Of liberal nronortions III tnnm" " W
belt q triae nnwieIJy wa. mniiae' a.
his ewes were 81 or 80, ti,,o
sea, in tho s,ddlo oron D,us' ms
steed wa Of tbs nresem, nuosu nv
class, admirable PHn rio, I,en'iaole
sisted Of a na;r of nnr,uroI con-
tucked into snurrod oaraIrv m
a nondescrin, sboo,;n" ianto tV"'I' anu
sun and rain w;,h ".n'1, iaheu py
hat n straw sho,sin" parhr
mannfac,nro a., ~ mais' Vi nome
Rarksdalo HE hrows i.,;. oight oi
in a momen, ha NH, nhluirihgiy
tho ]an,;nno RI onaigeu uoNh upon
..Ianna oL1 KEEN VIII h'il.ary dash.
;sn,t nns';hinr, 'e'i'"' nc crieu' I'll
..Hal13 exo,.mo,
t~,reoms,r ~ tne o'her, simni'
~eou IN a tone that meant much,