The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-18
A STORY OF WAR TIMES.
A star. of War Times.
nY MONTGOMERY NJ. roI.soA

StGry of War Times.
Ef MONTGOMERY NJ. FoI. SOM,
From the Atlanta, Ga., Constitution.
Poor old Widow Ioring, \ hard
time she had OF it. Her husband, a
rowdy and the bully of he settlement,
had given up the ghost some years
prior to the breaking out of the war,
and left her with five sons and one
frail daughter, to the mcrcics OF !.
cold and cruel world.
AUNT Nina" we were taught to
call her, was auauni aud gri11lcd spcr.
lmen OF n cracker woman, uncouth i'm
dress, unculturcd in speech, but IL
trI,er, Drawer heart never upheld the
honest dignity OF motherhood than
the scared and oft .rici.slrickun heart
OF Aunt Nina l.oriny
She had had trouble when her hus-
band wils alive. She had spent many
Il slcrpless night when her ncglccti,ll
lord w;l> indnlging in the Wild or.ies
OF the crossroads grorcry's bis.,rs,
carousal. Every time the owl would
hoot from lis perch in the great pine
tree in HE lonely woods her heart
would lcapanh s.c would expect to
hear the rough "liclloI' ut the u:lt,.
from some drunken compan;on con,.
to tell l,r th,,t rl,.n.,.r r... ,.;,,,, 49,.
l..,I,. L,.. 'N "'''' "'''e'' VI
10y ''''''
Not ''n;requently she would he
greeted instead witha kick ut thcro,,,h
shutter. and +, d,m,,d to ,,,o, i,
coupled wi,hmuttcrrI ,.nr.ns vhan,i'',
old lun,, cnua Ln,r. ,lrn,,L "''''' ''e
1, was almost !, hn,.arnIN,, ,'''" 81, ,o Ann.
'NIimo whan t,Ia,..zn,. ,,'m '';,l. .., "''I
laid dow, -, t;s haJ .nI @ IN IT, -, ~ ~
She WAS n.,r, ,n rr;s,.r 1 ,o NV, ",''e
1t wa, n ,,ar,;:l r.Iinf IN han ",'',' "" ,..,i
that sh. Ind The ,oor ro,,.,,,,,;nr ~:
closing those L,,rnI o,..s v,hnn ,I'
a.hcu nul;or nj ,I,.n,h si,,,,,I,ai .', ~,
the srnrs nna s,,iotrl,s nn a .n.', h".
brnrd,l i,r. nnd ih. .,,,,,,,. ,;,,;'''
OF the shirt of n.nr. n, In ',dm,I,n'i
those i.nturrs 90 lon, ....,r,.I ' a,'i ,,
lurrow.d bv wurrin, ,ossinm. '''''
OF the bovs, ,l,orr wn. vnnn, Ll.,
hale and hearty ,hr i,r,an 'i III,
iutIpr. when ti,si Amt Min. l.,,.,.l
with him ,t tha ,,,tv ,f,n, ,,,. ''',,l,
ing ami loo. rolliu, ,i,v On low, ,o,
Nncl, camn nov, :, .,c,,, ,.,,,,,,I,. IL
very mIch reserved anI nl,mnSt ] "i"' ;n
dustrjouS. Riley ust,lI .mI .,.,,'.
der. like his mother in inr,, | hnt III. H.
his fnthcr. ~ wild sort nj i.IIn, il, ,l;.
positjon H,mn cam. in,r,h n..,,,,,,,
ihe boys I'm, R,,,v wn. ,,l,l., ,I..'.
he. Iiump WA. a biorEh.,daI <, ,nm;I i
sort OF ind fon, oi ,rn,,nin, fnr MI. MI.
and tshim, in ne, 1;r..n ~ 'l''is 40, o'1's u.s.
blurI swnmm hml; of ~, ~. I;t,,., I ' ,.am "'s
tntion was r,lln,l AMI +jn,, i,.',,
wns Ii,tin Dirl. @'' '''e''
need rnt toll vor ,l,+ .,,, t,,,
wr.,ls and ,he i.nn,.y. ,,d ,,n, ,lnoi.
berry lriars rornr.I Ma ,r..,,,.r M .'''a ''.,rt
nj th, r,.l.n,.iu,,n,nn,., ,;,..,.,,'' i,'"
and h.rrrns F,l.n,.,., 1..,i s,.',',!.,,
on, w;. in haart n,nJ l.,,l ;ar,,,I ;,,''
farm ri iortv orrns nnh J.. ',I,. hnI ",,i.; ~
vntpl i, s,,.r,I ,.,nrs il, ,,,o ,in,..,,',,.
r,n,.r fashion I'm, ,i,., H., ,,.,,;,',e',i;
the Irish ,li,,h.r who cI,,ll.,n,.i I'm
;or /, .,iru,r ,nu.. sr J.,,. Lo I'na,, ,'
ian, iii. ;,,,nnr, nn.. .nj .,,' ',si', n,si". ~,
thn f.,,,, !,nI ,i,a r,,,'';,,', ~, w.
,hit,l.ss nul brnwljn, romnaninns @
soon ,morml l;sns,n,','. H. t''i.u', 1910
,,on,.i,. " '''N '''' ~
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WILL. Mo;'l'', L. ~. 'r1!'s o' S"e'to WIN
,',., "'.'',i ~, s''e Ma.eiru .'i"I h,'f''i. son.
t'''.' ,.'c .'t':s "''h WHICH siie "at'fe'
~. vi 49, ',.., IT.. u,,
p;, "I', ha1 w." Il, M". ] ,o,''s '''el'' nnGN h'''
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81 iilioSo'''eiS' o,'. ''ie'r tiirf sn'it-
.ess career sr"'he" 20 m''ita'e asaih-t
them' ana 'hey generally rtme "u' ut
4
oill corn enough l"f pfr'ia; ana
t.'e !fiio" co" u.s. ana 'he
sLi'nsy p".a,oet WERE .iataty c!''i'i TO
ne e,,'srIehcy o' s!lh'-'''o,''iI ouI tlie
l"ai' HANKS Oh ti'e 's" b''h'!rs OF h2ne
an" nt'st'e' known rs l'ihey. "oo"s
looteis, i, ana soihel''''eS mistaken
"'s >nvasthol... n,aS ,,, ,h. ,,,, y, ,,o ..o.,.,
,,,th,r ,r1 .on.',,., w." ,'' o' ~. soo"
of s;,,.r ~ ,,., M,,'.i, .,, IGoA''S ;' s., s''p
came :, war % amm, N;,no ~ ',,e a,',, mn. MI.
s,,,m n,j wo,.. .Ia oia.I' ini''t ;n '.,' i'ty L;
LIrn's t;rs, n,;inrn, 'o ~ ,,r.', o,' nu ";,.o'!
cintt, n.. "' .I INV, nn ~ ~, "a St..s '',he"
dc iai far"" "s r.,"',u ''l'a tme satohs' sur
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;ra !, ,ro,ny m w. n ,Io ".n , , !".;n urn
nfI,o "" ,',r ''T',c i',t urole
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