Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-02-26

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mellow voice. and blended sweet1y with
1t was little Jennie's childish treble.
He sat upon the deck Of the little
steamboat gazing around on the bright
waters or the Tombigbee NJ the sun
danced on them, gazing intently, and
smiling absently 10 himself.
He was a man OF about thirty. and his
right coat sleeve was empty and pinned
upon his heart.
Little Jennie leaned upon his knee,
staring him intently In the face in q way
that children have. She pushed her
broad brimmed hat back from her eyes
50 that she might stare the better. The
hat was q queeriy shaped palmetto
structure, for this was in '63. and clothes
were Mt premium. She was the child
OF one Of the passengers, and between
her and the clerk quite friendship had
sprung up.
"And did you sure enough meet your
Julia here ON the Tombigbee?" asked the
child, stro<ing the empty sleeve with q
plying touch.
"Yes," said the clerk, reused from his
reverie and smiling down on the eager Lie.
tie face; 'I have often taken her rowing
on the Tombigbee before the war. when
! had my other arm"
"How nicer" said Jennie. aHow niceI
And in n gumtree canoey'
"Well, wasn't particular as To the
Kind ~ canoe ao 4 ,vas ! c.no. y -
he, smiling.
"And your Julia amt named Julia,
but Mary Jane, after all, /" said the child.
"Yes," said he, ssbut she's lust as
sweet as If her name was Julia. though
'twouldn't ft in the song 90 well"
mo, you couldn't saw. Il rowed INV
Mary Jane 90 true.' 'Twould make the
song too long legged"
"True," said he, laughing. ssbut that
makes no difference. think of her
while / sing it, 30 that it seems as If IL
was her name"
"Well, MIR. Perkins. said Jennie. .stel]
me why haven't You married your Julia
If you've been rossing Asa azoun6 in
your gumtree canoe thess ever 90 many
years.
"You see" said the mate smiling, .smy
Julia couldn't make up her mind that
she loved me till the war broke out and
/ volunteered; then she said directly
she'd marry me, but twas too late then;
1 had to go OF to fight"
"You had both Of your arms theni" in
terrupted Jennie; "you was born with
'em?
''Of course, child. Did you ever hear
OF any one born with one arm? Nature
don't ever make no such cobbled, lop-
sided work as that"
'Well, IL you had both of your arms
then, ! don't SEQ why she wouldn't have
you"
BLESS you, child, everybody had
plenty OF arms then; that was no in
ducement to take fellow. But, as !
was saying, when abe found I was going
off to the war and might ret killed. then
she found that she loved me.
''She'd rather marry you than that
you should get killed" said Jennie.
'sYes, l think she ought, after You rowed
her around in the canoe"
"You are right" said Perkins. laugh
ing; 'but twas too late 10 marry her
then. We agreed that III ever got back
safely, when the war was over. we'd
marry"
'Tell me now, how Won came 10 lose
your arm" said Jennie.
"'Twas In one of the great battles
around Richmond that year. / had been
in many fights before. but This was
about the hottest. The enemy were
bound 10 ret the hin ON which we stood
and we were holding On desneratelv
But mt Last the bovs becan tn waver and
give way. Than our colonel came ont
TO the front. and the rest of our off;cers
followed him. and they ran nm and down
the lines cheering nm the men.
/" Steady. INV bows sid the old colo
mel; keep pouring il Into them. Steady,
Re-enforcemants win soou be here
Never let it be said that the line broke
where the Alabaunians stoodr
"The whole air seemed black with
shot and shell. <. piece OF one graxed
the colonel's cheek, and the blood kent
trickiing down his face, but he didn't
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