San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-05

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as did to the man | loved she often
said in confidence to Diana, land shall
be punished more and more" And the
pale huntress seemed to give her cold
smile of assent.
We Go such odd. mad things when we
are young and i'll love. especially if we
are unhappy. am sure that Mrs. Bar.
ton would have sent for the doctor tc
prescribe for poor Beulah if she had
beard her talking to the moon in little,
low murmurs, interspcrsed with soft
sobs, but no one heard her and the habit
grew.
You are up there, so high above the
world" she would say; ''you can see
Reuben. All, if you could tell me what
you see!' Aud one night the silent
moon could indeed have told her a
thrilling; tale, painted strange picture.
Far 70 the southwark her silver light
flooded a battlefield red with blood. All
day they had been fighting, the blue and
the gray. No matter what they call the
battle in history or how it ended we have
only followed Reuben there for his loves
sake. The fighting had been furious, gal
liant, on both sides: they We're all Ameri-
cans-the dark eyed. black haired, dash
ing soldiers of the south: the cool,
strong, light haired, gray eyed northern
men.
The fighting, orderly at first. had be-
come a wild turmoil. The men were
fl Gting hand to hand: officers whose
horses had been killed under them were
on foot, sword in hand, covered with
blood, dust and %urpowder; hideous
sights were 10 be seen everywhere;
wounded men. bleeding at every vein;
crippled horses struggling to rise; mount
ed men vainly striving to prevent their
horses from trJmpljug on fallen com
rades; dead men fallen forward i'll their
saddles, borne into tha thjascst of the
fray, their hands fr0Z. n t. their sword
alltS.
The setting san was merely red rim
beyond the hIacke>t westward woods
when Reuben Utmost stumbled over an
o3Ecer in Con!>jerate uniform lying on
his back upon the ground. The next
moment mounted c.Tairyman dashed
past aul STOPPING low il his saddle
struck at the poor wretch with his sword.
Reuben r0r~iod the bow with his gun.
The rider Wis gone, glad perhaps that he
had not carried out Ills purpose, which
was only Il furious impulse Of the mo-
ment, not the cOldUloOdcd and cruel
thing it seems Is it IS written. But
Reuben, who had Il tender heart, could
not leave his enemy there to be trampled
upon, and began to drag him toward the
nearest ClumD of trees, half way across
the space thai lay between. He heard
the ping" of bullet. felt a pang in his
left arm and did the rest Of his work with
his right.
AS the two men fell together under
the old pine the sun vanished, twilight
fell \ retreat had begun. In ten min
utes the great plain WAS deserted by all
but the dead and dying. Even the
wounded who were able to move had
often away somehow. Reuben was not
suffering much. His arm was benumbed;
with his other he managed to place the
Confederate officer in IA sitting position,
his back against the tree, and taking a
Task from his pocket put it to his lips.
A faint voice lifted itself.
Sir, you are very kind, but you may
need that yourself," he said You also
are wounded"
Plenty for both" said Reuben. A
little later. revived by the draught, the
Confederate officer was binding Reuben's
arm, shattered above the elbow.
II am conscious, sir" he said, that it
was in aiding me you received this
wound Ycuar amagnanimOuse enemy
AS ne SPOKE peculiar expression, the
promise OF a smile that was not fulfilled.
passed over his mouth.
Reuben had seen it before; it awakened
a memory, as a glance, sound, per-
r,..-e often will. He WAS once more in
Mrs. Barton's large dining room. He
saw before him the table with it's dishes
of salad, its gold and silver cake, its mac
caroon pyramids, its shapes of cream and
jelly. He saw the Mulberry bellies in
their evening dresses, the Mulberry beaslx
chattering, smiling, looking pleased with
themselves, striving to please the ladies.
Beulah, in her blue dress with tea roses
at her belt, SO absorbed in the converse
ton of young ~ dis that she had no
eyes for him, d. ."erything else van