The National tribune., 1890-09-11

Is. Mary did not tell u.s. but the neighbors
did, that when the trouble came OF she was a
bright and intelligent girl Of TO- who had fully
profied By ali the education 70 be had at that
tiEse, and AZ her age from the district school.
% Ia May, and as long ~ / could in june,
1851, was going 10 the public school al Haiues-
vile Store and there We held q k,Bd OF ex-
change for lhe dissemination Of information.
Everyone told what he OF she had heard out Of
school hours, aud, have no doubt good deal
thai they didn't. Before the first Of June so
far as any book learning was concerned. school
had tccGne z farce. Teacher and pupils did
nothing bat talk about the war. gntil one day
Lieut. HaddisteF, from Bunker Hill, rode up 10
She scbOol-bOnse in q carriage with another
gentleman aud lady and took hiss ada Crater,
the teacher, way 10 MaTtiushurg and married
her or sight because be had beeu ordered of
70 Richmond. This was the end Of our school
FOR many a long day.
q stAid a. home and 7 an Of the opinion 1
wasn't Of much use II least I was told 50 often
enough 70 believe Il. IN fact, il took up all my
sine % run around the country aud hunt up
war news
% You must remember that the Virginia
country girl Of that remote day was not a poor,
pale, washed ont doll in taFletau, silk stock
1Dgs, GainsbCT0agh hat ard Parlsol-not 20
any serious extent. She YVES strong q arm.
swift Of foot. seifreliant, brown ~ a berry,
hearty and happy in her sunlurns, freckles and
bare feet ii she wished % ride 20 a ncighb0r's
Ehe went TO the field, caught her own horse.
mounted h.m at Tie most convenient stump or
fence, End with the most primitive Of brides
TOee away, oblIvious of danger and graudiy
superior 70 tie eGeminate luxury Of = saddle.
We bow gan % hear that the Yankees,
UnceF Geu. Patterson, we're a. ChamLersburg.
and soon after Col. Jackson. C5l. Echo.l aud q
nnm5cT more came and camped partly on our
farm and on that little hail where You see the
COWS grazing. j WEs picking cherries when
they came past the house. and got out Of the
tree 10 sit OF the fence and have good look.
Pretty soon Capt Kirke Hammond. whose
mother lived ~ Falling Waters Mil, came
along. We were well acquainted, and seeing
KY tin pail, be Sid:
%" AoIie, give me some cherries; I'm 80 dry
! can't tell the truth
lie was on horseback, and as held the
keitle out 70 him tall, grave officer rode up,
saying:
a. Little lady, would be greatly OBLIGED 70
yoa Tor few cherries; / an exceedingly
thirsty
So handed him the kettle and noticed
that Capt Hammond touched his can and
moved 70 one aide. The stranger ate a few
cherries. then took handful aud rode on bui
before be dc 50 He raised his hat made me q
beautiful bow, and thanked me- Now. no per-
WI Ai4'- GAEA ah4e'l tAflG +laL 10 OF MADE bow
u me before, aud II anybody ever felt called
upon - thank me for anything don't recol.
lect q 50 ] fell in love With that tail, grave
oigliEed officer ca tie spot. III an hour after
learned That hC was tie man who was 70 BE-
'st0ncwall Jackson some day, and that he had
wife Old enough 10 be my mother ! va.
heGrtbrokcu f0r half az hour, and then ] trans
ferred my affections 10 q battery officer because
be bad red stripe down AiE leg and called rae
his pretty little girl and that love lasted till
be told me has own pretty little girl wa,
three years older than me.
he Confederate soldiers were all around
D. Iow; but VIC were rot much disturbed. be
cause guards were placed everywhere we asked
for them. spent much the larger part Of N,
time Oui 10 the camps among the soldiers. anC
took mg mothers boxing Of my cars az uigh
with great fortitude, as thought the fun NOR,
than paid for the punishment
Directly came the news that the Yankee
were &C Hagcrsto8n, and next that they ,yer
al Williamsport Then Col jackson sent
party Of cavalry down 10 the old toll-houg
woods this side Of WllliamspOrt They coul,
see tie Union soldiers o. the north side Of IN
Potomac ana, Of course, ] was crazy 10 Sc
them too. NIth an awful lot Of persuasion Boi
and induced mother 10 let Us drive down I.
The dollhouse, and one Sunday morning w
went. We found Capt. AadeEbush, who, wbe,
We told him who We were, lad one Of his mel
watch our horse while lie took US 10 th
dollhouse and showed us the Yanks. Ou
folks on picket there expected 10 be fred OF
any minute, aud moved about with grea
eEDtion.
They would only Jet us creep up back o
vac lol-Agusei get Oh the porch aud look ogel