Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-04-19

his dead love and kissed 1t pa~sslonASoly'
n he waited for the battle he might be
killed. and then May was right, there
was no one else who could do this thing
But the shame of i'll the bitter, intol-
erable shame! Men would say, and
saw with apparent reason, that ne had
deserted coward fashion! de, WIN
jackson, through whose veins no drop
of towards blood ever ran! He would
be false 10 his country when 1t needed
Jim false 10 that flag he loved and idol
lied as he loved and idolized the mem
| orv of his motherl he would be false to
the oath he swore before God and mar
10 fight for the Union until the end;
he. who had never consciously broken
his highest word, would do this thing.
II was too much to ask. too much TO de-
mand of him, and burying his head in
his hands he prayed the cup might pass
from him. -
Carries brother, Mays ban
MAYS husband, Carries brother!
1t a through his brain ike a q
refrain of torture. Could he refuse TO
sacrifice himself 1t was true he wa
asked TO Law himself on the altar, and
with his own hands he was asked to teaa
out his pride, has loyalty, his honor! But
could he refuseg Could he refuses II
was MAYS husband and Carries brother
who would o-who would drown before
his ewes in the foul waters Of crime and
shame unless he jumped in 10 savei
Could he refuses Could he refusel
, To give his life for the man who had
brought this misery on him would he
! thought. have been 50 easy. But TO give
! himself. his honor, his word, his loyalty;
: IL was very, very hard! II was character
istic of the man that he spoke nor
4 thought no word of curse against nus
: bruther-in-law. To him the supreme
9 decision he was called on 60 make was
n ALI in all. On the one side were his pledge
. 10 his mother land in the still night he
: seemed 70 hear her words again, his low
r for the sister and his love for his dead
/, on the other were his honor, his loyalty
his pride, his plighted faith! No wonael
when he rose from his seat and WalKe'
down the long line Of the ivouac N
n should have staggered as n who ia
~ AIKEN strong drink. For when tn
morning roll call rang out Private VIII
m lam Jackson was absent. A hurre
8 search and a yet more hurried cour'
m martial followed, but Gettysburg wa
but n day off and men had too muc
m 10 think of 70 spend time in wondt
he over the absence Ct one. His friend
he mourned for a brief space, but many {
N them died in the angle or along the tn
n lines of blue which charged and repeue
nd Alternately. and the desertion was 10
m gotten save and except for a brief par
oranb in the note book Of the adJutai
as of the regiment
Dt. That May should weep and laugh
,e, abe felt the strong arms OF her broth
b, around her once more, and with q
tul childlike faith she always had IN hi
sbould know it was all right now "
lint natural. II was natural, too, tn
.aS she should send for her baby, and WI
he the air of a queen bestow1ng the me
cbeished of all decorations hid tie L
lie one ont for Will 20 take. lie h
never seen the child before, n he "
conscious as she looked mp at him WI
her dark blue eyes-this little Car
with the other Carries eyes-a
laughed at the grave sOrrow worn Ia
that bent over her, Of a great ave
love swelling in his heart. God "
good 20 VIII Jackson. Already ne I
his sacrihce had been accepted. 1
deem lines which suffering had gray
ON his countenance with her h-m
touch attracted Mays attention, but
vond exclaiming. Why, Will, how
YOU lookr' and supposing 1t came tr
this awful war" she thought little
il. Her brother, as he answered
gently, smiled somewhat bitterly.
He had reached his sisters nous alb
10 o'clocl: in the morning, and Cha
Farnham did not come back until Z
ner. at 8. Wn.u he saw his brother
law he flushed up rather uneasily,
while be had known nothing Of Nj
letter he i~nstincuvely felt someth
ne was coming. After dinner he prop
70 take Viii around TO the club, and
ma, latter went gladly enough. In a h
corridor afterward VIII noticed
ie 70 Charlie was hailed by two or three
nag who looked decidedly fast. One OF q
in particular, a Mr.. Cochran, Mr.. j.
q 70 son felt a sudden dislike for. The
the was tall, well dressed, with ablondeI
itsies tache and a sufficiently pleasant 4
heh' ner. but he had shifty eyes. About
iOr mast 9 the two went home, where
IN III saw NAV for a few moments, and
an then bid them good night. As she X
Lor her brother she whispered, You pl
ne ised,7 and he satisfied her with a
aIter For all day long May had pleaded
.Bnty him that he make iteasy for Charlie
: as many women she had called in a p
was of which, when it came, she was gem
lv afraid. The two men went into
I nIe library, lighted their cigars, and asCh
many walked up and down the room some.
-ro1sII vii at Al the table abs,
VIII l.- aads ON The bIo+tipo u,d.
duty, eCbaslia~ he said AT last wit
e0os looking up, when your sister {
died / thought there wa nothing
nched - - IT, and 7 ave her .
long - Ven two and little CARR