Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-08-29

he was just vanishing over the brow
Of the hill when they came Gathering
along the dusty road. Heavens! Would
the broomstraw hide his tall young form
from their searching eyes7 With her
arms about her mothers waist Glen
strained her own sight to watch him,
while sob rose in her throat. Maum
Betsey. with her fat arms akimbo. stood
at the corner Of the house. alternately
watching the disappearance of her Oldest
nursling and the rapid approach Of q
squad of cavalrymen as they drew nearer
and nearer in cloud Of dust.
"My Gawdi Miss May. it is de
Yanks, sho' 'nuff, she gasped, with her
eyes starting from her head. 81 clar to
grashus. dey's . stoppin', and dar's dat
boy Nelse hangin' on to de front gate
an talkin' to 'em, like as eff his black
hide 'ud tu'n bullet. Wisht dey would
pepper him onct, ennyhow. I'll give him
Yankee Doodle when gifts holt o. him
again. see ef don't"
A new fear pierced the mothers heart.
Were the soldiers about to enter this de-
fenseless home? But no; after u brief
consultation with Nelse the party
wheeled across the road and entered a
grove of live oaks Just opposite the
mansion.
Nelse hung on to the gate with out
stretched neck and starting eyes until
the last blue coat was out of sight, and
then dropping of. sped like bullet up
she avenue and around the house into
Maum Betsey's wrathful presence.
"Lawdyw he painted, nimbly dodging
q cuff which she directed at his ear. "Is
you seen dem Yanks, nammyy'
But before Maum Betsey's ire could
burst forth. Glen left her mothers side
and turned her stern young face inquir-
ingly upon the boy.
What did you tell those men. Nelse?'
she asked.
"Lawdy! I amt done tell 'em muffin,
Miss Glen. Hope l may die. ef l did.
Dey up an axed me who lived here, an
l tole 'em jes You an ole Miss, an
Missy-an' me an mammy-since all
dem yuther niggers done ruined off,"
"And what did they say then?"
Nelse writhed under her steady eye.
"Den dey TUX an aged me war dere no
gen'lmen bout de place, an l tole 'em
ole marster he done tuk an died To- de
wah--an'-an' dat was all"
"And you said nothing about your
young MASTER"
"Lawdy. Miss Glen, hope may die
ef did," his black body twisting in en-
phatic denial. "You jes go an AZ 'em,
ef you don't b'lieve me. You jes 60 an
az EN-"
But Maum Betsey was no longer to be
kept out of the conversation. "You
look heah, Niger" She had managed
In the heat Of the discussion to grasp the
wary Nelse by the shoulder and was
pushing him before her to the kitchen
doorway, near which they were stand
ing. "You jes lemme ketch you hang
in on to dat front gate agin, projeckin
wild Yanks. will your An il ever heah
. word out o your black mouf bout
Mars Frank gittin' away I'll skin you
like . eel. boy. You heah me, don't
your"
AS the pa,- disappeared Mrs. Helen
lifted her anxious eyes to her daughters
face. "Glen. do you think he told
them" she whispered.
II am afraid he did, dear, but moth
or. don't give up so. They must have
learned it sooner or later. They have
made no move as yet to search for
him, and he is out of their reach now, or
soon will be. He knows every foot Of
these woods and hills, and there are
plenty of doors open to him. He will
not lack for food and shelter. Besides,
we can still communicate with him, and
they will surely not be stationed long
in this out of the way place. What q
mercy he escaped them"
"But, oh, my child! think of the fear
full outrages these struggling bands of
soldiers have committed through the
country. Oh. i'll had but been wise
enough to have sent you away. and kept
only Missy with mer'
SNOW, mother, listen. am not
afraid Of . whole regiment Of Yankees