Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-09-05

Quaverlng OLD voice.
Bsa. bil; black sheep,
Whar you lef yo' la-a-m?
Way down yander in de valley.
She was roused in the morning by the
trampling of horses. the jingle of spurs
and bugie call on the lawn below
Maum Betsey. who had kept faithful
watch all night by the girls bedside,
reused at her startled cry. Its de so
jers. honey" she said drowsily. II clar,
furgot dat Mars Capen done cha'hged
me to tell you dat he done got his orders,
and he'd to march de fust ting dis mawn-
in"
And so upon that day Glen took up
life anew with an added burdon-a Sc
cret, awful burden that weighed upon
her girlish heart. All through that fa-
tai month, in which the March winds
clothed the woods with beauty. the days
went by in that old house. wrapped in a
mist of fire and blood and carnage No
news of the outside world reached them
No communication stirred the pail of
dread and anxiety which had settled
down upon them. but at night they could
see the red light of fires blazing against
the quiet skies. and shuddered in their
beds when the sullen boom of cannon
shook the earth Not one word or line
came from the absent son and brother,
and to the anguish that was whitening
her mothers hair Glen dared not add
one pang by disclosing this traitorous
disloyal. nameless feeling that had grown
up in her heart OH that she could
crush it ont like Il poisonous thng-this
strange madness which had changed her
from u careless girl to an anxious, sud
dened woman The old rooms and the
quiet wood where she often wandered
to escape her mothers eyes seemed to
mock her with memories of things that
had passed away forever
1t was one day late i'll April. when she
WAS returning from one of these ai,nless
rambles, that she saw body of horse
men moving along the road before her
They might he Il squad OF cayalrymen
like those who had passed and halted
many days before, she thought. uncon
sciously quickening her steps But no
they wore the Confederate gray, a stra9
CLING disorderly band. torn aud tattered
with rukenpt hair and boards Many
OF them reeled III their saddles, with
songs and reckless laughter. but she felt
no fear of them She put her hands to
her month. trunpetwlse and shouted;
Nv hat news: Has Lee surreuderedT
And the leader. swaying heavily over
his horses neck shouted back with an
oath
mo, miss, aud he'll never surrender
Hell never surrender they all yelled
i'll ii wild chorus, ~ they put spurs to
their madGened horses and disappeared
N a cloud of dust
When she reached the house her
mother met her. with IA new light on ber
stricken face, and led her gently in. and
there upon the sofa lay her brother pale
and worn and wasted indeed. but sound
in body and limb ut is all over. Glen,
he said, springing mp to meet her and
clasping her in his arms: lit is all over
and Lee has surrendered. He broke
down IN burst Of sols
And now a strange hope awoke in
NAtSh diisA itNCN ~
with the spring. and blossomed with the
summer flowers that opened this year to
shed their petals upon many graves: but
when the autumn came and the wood
dove moaned all day in her plaintive
tones and the wind awoke in the pines,
newspaper. the first in many weeks,
founds its way to them. 1t was ont Of
date, but still welcome. and Gen went
to the open window to read it and there.
in a list of the dead, she saw his name.
She was alone. but she did not cry out
or faint. She had never been guilty of
anything 80 weak and womanish but
once in her strong young life, but she
stepped out upon the lawn, though il
was raining heavily, and went like a
wounded thing down the long dark ave-
nue. of moaning cedars. "He is dead, "
she said to herself, when at last she
reached the great gates and stopped;
dead. and he will never know that
prayed he might come back to me-that
no matter what happened he might
come back-that he might only. only
come back"
Through all the wind, and the falling
rain, and the darkness did he hear that
despairing cryl For he was there, clasp
ing her in his passionate arms