The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-06

meriliy as he worked; and in a neu'
hard by, a little slip of a elri sat
on log milking a COW.
"AS Col. Smith approached an
ola hound that had been sleenin !,
on the porch sprang to his feet and
made a rush for the gate. The wo.
man, startled from her reyerie
raised her head from her folded
arms and seeing the approach of
lhe rider, hushed the dog, and as
sue hastily adjusted beneath her
ZIP oonnet the long locks of black hair
that fallen over her face, she raised
ip. the latch of the little gate and
stood expectautIy,
Madam said the Colonel. mcan
you direct me TO the dwelling of
Mrs. James Drane -
Ter thar now, sir, light and en-.
ter" The Colonel dlsmounted from
lis horse aud throwing the bri1Ie.
rem over post of the fence. stem.
ped through the gate. STANDING nv
tne sue Oh the woman, with hat in
nahd, he told her that he bad been
captain OF the company in which
neF husband had served as a sol.
oler OF the Confederacy. AS he
spoke, he saw the hand that restpd
on the fence tremble violently. ami
the Woman's form swayed an If II
would fall; but she controlled her
sell by grand effort, aud as she s
removed her bonnet, and looked him [
ln the eyes, she said f:
"Oaptlng, air Jim hidden thar 4
at tother en- er the lanef If he air n
yer needn't be afeared ter tell me- fl
cause l kin STAN it, enjoy don't i
kill, yer know! Il
When Col. Smith is dead. and bo il
reads the history Of his life, as it is
recorded by omnipotence, he mas
De aole 10 appreciate the con1;ctin0
emotlons that swept across his fac.
uitles at that moment; as a man. !:
he will never be able to aualvze /:
them. LIE had not been afraid
when that fendish conception. the !:
crater, had belched its volume of
destruction into the black night. mr.
tlme and time again, lie had gone iiv
20 what he thought was inevitable CHI
ueath, With steady tread. and AM
with the spirit of man in his he
olOod but no, as be stood before rio
Inis woman, and looked upon her tio
gladdened face, pale and livid. as il chi
was, oy long watching and anxious VIII
waiting, as he heard her. In the Co
humble, pathetic vernacular of her sol
station, talk of JOY when he knew anl
nat he brought her widows weeds. sell
10 felt that he must either run-or of
weep. Va
"Madam," lie said, "may L come the
nto the housef l have mucb to oS :
ay to yOu.'
ohe tottered, as he spoke, but wbi
'lthout a word, turned and led the n
'ay lnto the house. who
ana there, in as gentle a way as Lon
Is posslOle tor man to perform drn,
sad an office, he told her why he wav
40 sought her. AS she heard the him
DRY OF the charge she sat rocking Pot,
lightly, her hands tightly clasped' is or
ID resting on her lap; her ewes orv
Ied upon the hearth, her face like vas
IA she 49, 'no S'ofy haq been cups
= =, 80 0e, anu NIthout utter the
9 u word, went out, across The the
'rch, to the little gate, upon which ss ri
9 rested her folded arms. and corn
coping her head upon them. she Sine
'od Tor some moments, in the at linz
ude IN which, as the Colonel ET;
Dught, she bad so often stood. A.
;, , "uu Jug Ior the ab- OF cC
.Vho, - this
,ra 90 uas sno le-entered the house, of Co
! q 80. III uer carriage at th
quiet In her mien that aston. Pm n,
ed her visitor; her face seemed and I
nave softened, aud to have lost pioL1
ny OF the lines with which il had
u marked. The heheart.sickness of LFr
q deferred was no longer tor.
ng her. "Capting," she said. as
seated herself in the little cane Editor
ling-chair. "Yer war with linn n =
"a be war killed, en- waut yer -, -
tell what yer reckon | oughter V" ~
When jim war here, these neht
= uSeter look down ON him. en- last L
him pO white trash cause lie session
lt have no schOoleu, en- didn't adionr
no nlggers, but Jim en- me, we 80 :.
rt keer bout what folks said o~ !"
J, cause We knOWed we waI'nt lt adlo
hucks at larnen, Ell We war DO home
;, but now, as Jim es done gone stored.
lid down his lite for his country, th;no
Is and seems ter me, ct our sou
thar, en- that little chile. VIC ms
eer at is a milken, es got a rite WING
rn schoOlin', cause their paw about 1
ed fer his country. 'COrden to thir,v 4
ight, if Jim hader tuck en- run. Sixteen
lder been different, but when have All,
led for bis country, he made deDot. o
hlldren the ekals of anybody's farms Al
reu, even ii ther paw didnt of SEM
no uiggsrs, en war pO' white end of
. estimate
r voice was loud aud of an received
pitch, but while there was that an avera
9 tone which carried 70 her seven b
RS mind indubitable evidence sand df
lely grief, aud profound al farmers
b wonderfully controlled emo This cot
note Of exultatiou rang clear local me
'ough it all. "n hat does il change
y thought the Colonel; but aDd ner
'zt words made it clear. lioo. aD