The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28

n; angry when e Joe protested. He grew 80 angry.
dJeT together 1t Of old
firing II when an officer ran in and gave him a
Tremendous swnre padding With the Nat OF his
scene IN the circus. and Joe enjoyed It as
| thoroughly as no could under tho circum-
stances. by night all the foragers had disap-
MIL The army had gone into camp at Denhem's
marched toward Mi Till s hHs' joe ha
| done hundred times before. and finally seat
sa ns.l Sm the near On ar old sch9o-
f knew I r ws wef Dn tss Kill h
kept his seat. and the Twentieth Army Corps.
cSomg comma by Gen: slocum. passed In review
pelore him IT was an imposing array as to
num9 ers. hut not as to appearance. For once
and an, for al. SO far as Joe was concerned, the
Eating mist settled down. The r road was s more
assy P in WSs n nod the
dinrs. its Gathering horsemen and it's lumber
They snlashcd through the mud. cracking
thfHir lS2kes and singing snatches Of songs.
subject Of many a Jest as the eood-humored
lump down. johnny and let let me n' Kiss Kiss you
ridcsi""h hhy' II you are tired. get UP behind and
.h. Run and get your trunk. Johnny. and get
Hes Is ab b;nshwhacker boys. 1.-The bats his
IWhere's the rest OF your regiment.
II there was another one Of 'em a-settin'
on thG fence on tother side. I'd say we was sur
These and hundreds OF other comments. ex-
clamntions. ana questions Joe was made the
TARGET Of. and il he stood the fro Of them with
panorama seemed to him to be the outcome Of
soma some wild dream. That the Federal army
resnn after ali a had seen IN tho n newspspsrs
about Alto Conied9rat9 victories. seemed to him to
n TO- RI r., im;possibility The voices Of the men
stantial; 1t was surely a dream that had
sStripred war Of its glitterng trappings and its
of a dream that tackled on to this procession Of
armed men droves Of cows horses. and mules,
Of but tea had S a sa5
II pontoon train. nor did he know that bat
t tenn wer" a part Of the baggage Of this in
BUTT all passed after awhile and then Joe
disco,X;crc,l that he had not bcen dreaming ut
way home through the. fields. Never before.
TsfnsS ws on tho PaSHaS aPd
ms were empty. liarbert was going about as
busy as eyer and some OF the older negroes
younger oncs. especially those who. by reason
Of their field work. had not been on familiar
followed the Federal army. Those that re-
NAMED had been informed by tho editor that
Sy s ay na that ne pI rs bh the
passed away and all was now.
In Il, corner OF the fence. not far from the
his shoulders covered with an old. ragged
Who is that lying there ?" asked Joe.
:. Il my old man. sub
Is ' ssh mf nas b Tss BIN he
., was n ntaEe sight and ptiable ending
tn" old woman was made comfortable in one
q the empty cahins. She never ceased to bless
him ali the credit for that Was done
for her, Old as she was; she and her husband
haj followed the ft.a army for many weary mile
oiI woman found m the humble cabin; Wv
ing around the printing office. talking to the |
e,,iltor. Buttertly cane galloping up ridden by
seed YOU %aI put i'm Out in uda s swamp dare
Mars Joe. and den l seed some or dc. yuther |
T saS a" Spf d Md ds% ianfse
nm Git i'm. SO tuck i'm down de river and !
here he is. He mayn't Le e fat e. he wuz but
and it happened that Mink became Que Of the |
he b"ash small farm Tor his 1 own nam and 1p pros
percd and thrived
But this is carrying n simple chronicle too
far. 1t cannot he spun out here and now so as |
to show the great changes that have been
healing Of the wounds of war
the liftin. IN Of II section from ruin and pov-
crty t" prospcrity-thc moulding Of the beauty. |
he c2praEe tn: energy. and the strength Of
uplifting of y low!y race All these things |
cannot be told Of here. The fire burns low |
and the tai o !. ended.
The plantht on newspaper was issued little
whilc longer. but in II land filled with desola-
ton and despair its editor could not hope to
see it survive. A larger world beck oned to joe
Maxwell. and he went out into 1t. And it came
about that on every side he found loving
hands to guide him. He found new associa-
lions and formed new ties. In a humble way
he made name for himself but the old plan |
tntion days still live in his dreams.
THE ENID