Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-24

"but, aunble, we must not Steal, 8nc
you know we cannot afford an1
chickens. for they are hundred dol
lars pair now"
"Dat's no stealing, chile" sale
uncle Pomp; "what body takes nov
is only the wars appreciation like
An de people, who bruDg old families
like us, TO desc here doins, mus ansel
de consequenches. l amt fnin' nc
fault with dem Yankee folks. Dsy
means well, no doubt, an dey mus sol
mighty sto for us, a comm down, an
fittin' an KILN to don make us free
but dey dom understan' dat quality pus.
cons don like to be shot, an have tc
sell dere pritty t'ings."
| "Yes," added aunt Crecy Ginning in,
"what dey wan to free all de honory
nIggers for de Lawd's sake? 1t makes
some of dem too imperent like. But 1
1 done sometime wonder Missy whether
our sick solger amt one of dem North
ernors in disguise"
'Oh, suntie, don't" said Ellen, shud-
during. for poor child, true to the
traditions of her time, and personally
! having suffered, and lost so much, it
was only natural that she should feel
very bitterly to what she considered the
cause of all her tribulations.
"Where am ~" again the weak voice
| asked from the bed, and for the first
time reason shown in his face.
They hurried to explain and the long
lost name was discovered.
al am Louis Randolph, Captain in
the 23d Virginia Regiment"
"Den," said Pompey, well up In the
family history, 'you am Missy's own
third cousin. Your Rrandpss was
brothers"
"Ellen Carter" he exclaimed, 81 saw
you once when you were little girl
years ago, but why are you here and
alone?"
"Never alone while 1 have Pompey
and Crecy," cried she affectionately,
"but am glad to see relation once
more"
With four .people'so interested in
each other, ther stoywas soon told, and
Captain Randolph then related his ad-
ventures, which had all come in his
memory now. In a skirmish, some
six or seven miles from the village, he
had been wounded, and his men over
powered by a superior force, had scat
tered. After riding awhile he had be
come unconscious from the pain and
loss of blood, and his horse with won
derful instinct had brought him here.
He then eagerly inquired for his noble
friend. But although Louis Randolph
had no more relapses, he was very weak.
The months drifted on, and he was
still unable to join Lee in Richmond as
he had hoped.
The Spring of "sixty- five" came, and
with it, the hopelessness of the cause
dawned upon all. Shock after shock
thrilled the country. and even pene-
trated to this remote little house. The
terrible battles around Petersburg, the
of Richmond, and finally
the surrender of Lees army, and the
end had come.
The war was over but now in this
most disastrous period of his country's
history, Louis Randolph could not be
utterly miserable, for he had learned
to love his gentle young nurse, and she
too felt that he was far more to her
than any cousin.
The faithful Pompey and Crecy saw
with Rladness a protected future for
their darling child.
They were married In June, as Louis
was anxious to get back to his home in
Florida, where he hoped something
had been still left to him. The old
servants insisted upon accompanying
them, for as they understood freedom,
it simply meant to serve their young
mistress more faithfully. ''Selms,"
the noble horse, also went with the
party, as they each reft they never
could do without him.
And so these cousins, who had lost
so much, had at least 10 nd each other.