The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-07-24

TON. ! am the only one ~ the orig'nal
five who escaped unframed. II ~ sad, but
IL is The fortunes Of war"
"Keruel I've f1llercd 20 through 'hick n
thin; I've ~ every tine az yer side, n m
sorry can't 90 WI yO1 this time Sum,nin
might happen. We know
"No, no, Tom stay with your dead friend
and sec him dcccutly buried, nurse Ned I'M
til be is able % 20 home There Is no dan
ger. Tor the enemy are all out Of the immc-
diatc uCighborhoOd. a wounded friend mas
sent for me, and must GO
The wounded veteran Of the Hornets
Nest" could make no answer. Those eyes
| that had long been dry grew moist with
tears, and wrinsng his ColoncIs hand he
said:
They're all gone but you an me, Kernel,
n next IL II be- old Tom. ButI won kick.
GoDd.b bye
Lnlec left him aud with his guide mounted
the horses he had ordered, aud they began
their Journey ca every side 81 the road
little mounds Of fresh earth marked the
last resting place Of some brave soldier,
who wore either the blue or gray.
Shiioh's stubborn fight taught both North
and South Il lesson They learned that
there wero men Of metal on both sidcs.
They were brothers Of the same family and
equally brave.
Luke could not roprcss "A shuddcr when
the grOaus OF some dying wretch IN the
brush al the roadside reached his ears.
Afar Of in the wood could be seen torches
moving about They seemed the lights OF
ghouls or ghosts who lowered over the field
II the slain There still remained many
dead yet In the wOpds who had - be gath
cred up, and those lights belonged 20 the
scarchcrs Of the slain. The forest, which
but a few days before had been the scene Of
such pandemonium, was now silent as the
tomb The intense darkness, broken only
mere aud there by the ghoulish-likc lights
that fitted about, seemed 10 cast an ap-
palling gloom over the battle field, magnify
Ing instead Of decreasing It's horrors.
Are you acquainted with this country"
Colonel Mason asked Blackhawk as they
passed beyond the outlying pickets
Eyes, massa, has been all ober IL many
"A time Vars ago | lived fur week In
desc woods"
"In the woods. Were you "A runaway"
Dom talk bout dat, massa; IL am all over
now"
Blackhawk, won't you explain that mys.
terry TO me, AZ which you have intlmatcd
time and again? Who are you, Who am /
For feel that you have my past history
locked up In your breast"
II will tote yo' soon, massa, but not now;
no time now" After "A few moments 81
lcncc Luke said
4" BIackhawk, where were you during the
battlcrn
Right in y, massa. from fust 10 last !
fought all de time ana Kill um; cDer 80
many Tho chucklc Of infinite satisfaction
which followed tins sent "A thrill Of horror
through Lakes frame, and he almost
loathcd the colo blOOdcd, hcartlcss African
In order 10 change the subject he asked
"Dd you see Lille Ncf,'
eyes, massa; ! saw Miss Lille on de
berry fust day ob dc fight. She came 20 u
house VIVA all de folks dun ran Off, an I
was dar 10 shoot rebels. ny m by some
rcbs came in wid her brudder ~ she made
me hide my gun De shOotin' could bc hecrd
down hcah, an ali lowed "a dar war aw-
full big light crgoin' on. Massa Albert war
Ia "a heap % trouble bout dat sccCsh gal,
Elsie Morgan, who couldn't be found, but
by n by she came wld her fathcr-an' l
wush Td my gun q kin 'um, but promise
Miss Lille won't, N won't. Den dar war
alot ob soft talk N kssin' tween Miss Elsie
n Massa Albert N be go away wild all de
solers 10 fight AN both o de missus follcr
10 take keer OF do wounded.
81 got my gun an wen: 10 de woods ter
fight, and | spent two days "a shootin' men |
hated. 1 didn't know zac;ly which'd
whipped, when / meets dc lcc-lc Mssus
Elsie comm fur dis chile. She say fur
mo 10 come To "A lone cabin In dc woods an
go dar wild her lknowed IL, eos II war dc
cabin stayed IN many, many Vars ago I'd
been dar since an a. had two beds and
cheers dar. When | come dar found Massa
Albert ~ in on one bed wild big shot In
his side, an Massa Colonel Morgan on
anudder wild rifle bullet through i'm
Elsie Morgan war dar tcndn' boff ov en-
an cryin' all dc time Miss Lille AK um
sumiln', and dey all say yes, den she wrote
de cttah for 4 fotch yc."
Luke asked his guide several more ques-
lions in regard 10 the wounded men and
Lille, but Blackhawk seemed TO have sud
denly grown morosc, and either answered
by negative Rrunts or sullen silence.
For some strange, incomprchcusiblc rea-
son, Colonel Mason found himself nervous
and trembling. II seemed as II the vail Of
the past was about 10 be lifted, and no was
10 gaze upon what he had so longcd 10 see.
Could 1t be, oh was H. possible that that
dark mystery would soon be- eXplalncdi
They ran two or three narrow escapes from
small parties Of thieves and army vandals
who were proving about the battlefield |
numbering the wounded and robbing the |
slain.
"Dar am do cabin,n Blackhawk ut last |
said, pointing through tho woods 70 "a light |
which shone like "a star
They spurred their horses on aHd In few |
were at the door OF the lonely |
cabin In tho forest Colonel Mason dis !
mounted and, followed 10y Blackhawk, went |
toward the miserable hut
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONCLUSION.
A solitary taliow candle dimly lignued the