The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-29

! thought he might leave some little /
trinket for me 70 remember him ~ III
ransackcd the room he had occupied. !
looking into bureau drawers. into
closets. any place the ingenuity 81 man
could find 70 hide any thing ] even
looked behind the pictures hanging on
the wall. Then / went all over the
house from attic 70 cellar. Not thing
could find. Then recalled his words:
ls'If You are shrcwd enough 20 guess
where il is.r and went AL over my
search again Al last ! gave il up
"A pretty way 70 TREAT me-" ! grum-
BLEED. after taking care 81 him %
long vowed that II ever should
see him again he should tell me
whether he had really left any thing.
and what it was
| News came Of terrible fighting Il
the front Stragglers. broken-down
horses. mules. wagons. ambulances
from which now and then a CHASTITY
face would look out. kept going by day
after day for several days. The yard
the barn. the kitchen. were full Of men
The first day they drank up all the
water in the well. Then regiments
marched BY almost as fast a. when
they were making their forced march
south. They passed on BY the house.
: but stopped on the crest Of the hill up
the road. There they began to dig
with spades and shovels. and the next
|, morning when looked out there was
a long line OF FORTS and the YANKEES
flag dying above them; and. great
heavens, the black mouths Of cannon
!, frowning directly down at us
While was looking heard some
thing rattle far down the road
sounded like emptying . barrel o
stones into another barrel Then an
Z other rattle. mingled with = constan
dull booming. All the morning IN
= sounds kept coming nearer till at las
could distinctly hear the loud report
= Of cannon and the muskets all fired
once. i noticed great str In the fort
above. Horsemen were galloping BAG
:, and forth: new guns were every mo
= ment thrusting out their ugly mouths
. and men were marching and counter
: marching. could hear their ofiiceE
u shouting gibberish AZ them which the
r must have been Indian or Chinese I
y understand. Then more soldiers passe
~ the house from the south. tired dust,
Dr. orimed. some Of them running. SON
Il ,wounaed and tottering along slowl,
Te All passed IA = steady stream behir
ae she Tort
e. suddenly = hor-eman dashed up
I'd the house-he was all dust and dir
ana III borse was covered with foar
en- ~. .hraw b;mself from the saddle M
m came ~ ~ The yerandaL
TO C:ood gracious, the Captain.
n .Come away from here II once
DE said. :. our men are retreating: we a
yo;no ~ make 4 stand behind 4
he works You are directly in rang
Re Quick. the Dire Il liable to open
ng anv moment
Then there was = scramble 70 snaf
few things. One took q lam
ne another 4 pitcher. another a pho,
ia graph album II seemed as II eve
no body took the most useless thing to
found All except me were hurryi
re- down the walk to the gate; / sfaid |
hind. The Captain was trying
~ make me hurry. He was stamping
ny and down on the veranda and throul
an the hall. almost crazy At my delay
go ..Come. be ouick,-s he said. a. sha
LET - II he were the General himself.
.Captain-- said. hesifating-
In "What i it?'' he asked. inpatient
'ur The hostaeer'
he "Whaf hosfaee,--
THAT YOU LEFT when you went ava
We. I couldn't find IL Must We leave IL
:" He looked Il me : moment n II
i'd thought had lost INV senses: then
burst into laugh.
i've Inever could stand 70 be laughed
4. and Just then Il was particularly I
lad noxious. made ND nv mind that
he should tell me what had hunted +,
70 and tell me then and there
ne. .Never mind that. = he said. seei