The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-06
THF WAY OF THE WORLD.

| "Ups and dowusR Well YES
life is full of them, and one man il
his time plays many parts. Nc
truer line than that was ever writ.
ten." The great steamer had swung
out into the stream, and quaint Ste.
Genevleye looked wierd aud spec.
trai IN the moonlight. The night
was glorious, pleasant breezes
swept across the river.
The speaker gave his chair a fur.
ther tilt TO the rear, bit nervouslv
at the end of his cigar, and contin-
ued
"l'm an old man, aud all nv life
I'VE been given to observing. in a
quiet way, the ups and downs of
families among whom my lines have
been cast. Pm in talking mood
tonight, aud ii you are not sleepy.
and care to hear it, III tell YOU
story. Glad TO hear it, eh Well.
here goes. Of course | will change
the dramatis personae
AT the close of the war. an ex.
Dfticlo of the Confederate army.
who had begun at Manassas. and
ended at AppomattOx, returned TO
ais home at Vicksburg. He had
away from there as Can.
ain of a company of volunteers,
md on his return, he thought it bis
lnty to call upon. the families of
hose members of his command who
lad been killed in battle, aad speak
indy TO them of their dead, In
ulsuance OF this melancholy duty,
Q came, IN time, to the name OF 6
ames Drane, noted upon his list
Killed IN charge through s
In Virginia, in the earlier {
avs OF the struggle. He remem. i
cred Drane as ne'er do we'll kind y
creature, with a vapid, spiritless s
'rt OF face, and with a slouching. d
luttiing way about him that no 81
Mount or drill could overcome. ii
9 had answered to roll call before Il
le charge, but when his name was W
iIled at night, comrade reported SC
at he had seen him tall on his
ce, shot dead among the stalks of ii
g corn. "Pve heard Drane say,D al
marked this witness, "that he Isl
d a wife and two children at to
me-" Remembering this, my Of mi
er-Pll call him Colonel Smith be
lde inquiry at v, aud learned ho
at the little farm owned by the tn
anes was situated in the hills. sb
out twenty miles from the town. 70,
ged by q sense of duty that wi
born OF an enthusiastic esprit tel
corps, Col. Smith went forth on do
errand, aud as the sun was set. fol
3, he rode up to the gate of the cal
le home, where dwelt the family die
him whom bis list showed, ssdead ow
be field of houOr.n aid
The senses of the Colonel had the
u trained by four years of act. no
service ia warfare, to rapid anal toll
aud bis conclusions were, as a en-
|, quick and correct. AS he ne,
led from the public road into out
lane that led TO the house. he w,
IN, With one comprehensive to !
Ice, the details of the scene be- ( es Z
him. At the end of the lane. INV
facing the public road, was an two
bic little structure, built of be
anu elay the roof was of his
b clap.boards, aud a mud chin. chill,
was built, in a very primitive own
!, at one of Its gable-ends. At tras
front Of The little house, from n
to ends was q porch, before ever
b, some kind Of q go1rd vine in I
been trained to climb a trellis. hear
OF dried canes. The house of \
by fence Of poles. thou
bly, heWn from the woods, aud ton.
70 posts hy means Of raW-hida ly II
lgs. At The gate stood . wo. NEAR
her bead ana face we're bid hsr 1