Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-12
THE LITTLE TEACHER.

hNFfoN HtN Wrought atll AHf tA IiEf~~AbN
Of firmurss which seemed 20 linger about
her mouth.
Among all the sorrows left by war IN
that desolnte little town hers was the sad
dest. At home had heard her story The
old home 10 which She lived. alone with
her mother, had been one Of gayety aud
wealth The uuly sister Of three older
brothers, she was tie pet ct a household
which for miles around was noted for its
hospitality
Among the many visitors who were al
ways welcome Ia Tie house wa, Paul Bran
don. one 81 her brothers college friends
Coming az first To see tier brothers, he
had found "A greater charm, aud suisse
quent visits vert made rs love under the
CLOAK ~ friendship Where there were 10
many eyes, thedi-gui-r was som perceived,
and long before pau hud even admitted 10
himself that he came more to see Mary
than her brothers the little maiden had
been mercilc,sly teascd IS tile whole fam
fly, But though they tca~rI, Paul had no
lack of silent encouragement. ana one dry
when he left fir hIs distant home, he left
as the avowrd lover II Mary Martin
When the bctrothal had been made pub
lie, aud after several, more pratratted yiS
its 10 the Martin home had been nude u.s.
Paul day was st Tor the wedding III
the meantime more potent spells hld brtn
at work than this little everyday tlle 81
romance and before the time for the wed
ding came round, line 81 isty ouci uris.leti
between the tNa homes. the Martin boss
had marched Is De front, and Paul iad
enlisted with the enemy
There was 10 direct break between them,
but when her youngest brother was
brought home from tho first great battle.
dead, with his rumpnrys fiug wrapped
around his EudN aud The JOS for the great
victory was elopnrd by death. IL Il sisters
anguish she felt that her lover wa- more
than an enemy, aud IT, cNuid but accept III
silence the letter which camy q him
through the hrr, from the Eomr whore
he had Lrru ever welcome written rs the
bier ~ his dearest friend Ana after tine
letter WAS sent Mary stt down and cried
her EYES almost ont hut never wuverrd
from what she hal Written
50 four Ioug years pts-rl Once. IN Int
tie, Paul Hud Arthur Martin mUt. hlad lo
hand And the comrades III neither ever
understood Why they tiHuChr,l uHl ;8rura
pale thnt once Ia ull their lighting Il wl~
In brra,twHrk attack. aUi hy an instant.
but ucit consent, they ~praug back uui
turned il opposite directions,
When all was over uud the remnants
came marching home, there were three
green graves ia THE on CeIufr rs ald three
soldier hro'hcrs lay sleeping -'lg by ale
And before tie winter Ha1 passed. the
fathcF JOINED ~ ho}s. ana Mary ana her
mother were alone
II was then tilHt letter came from ihr
north asking = Paui might come lie
pleHled earnestly, hut with her sorrow
fresh in her memory size felt That SHE could
not give her Hand asfass Those graves, ami
no answer ever went
II Is then that Hr,t remember her ~
she would 80 hy ~ her daily walk e. aud
from her school. She bad begun the bat
tie for life hrarely and had opened "A school
and those who had known her ia better
days admired her brave little heart, and
her school was soon full
II was With all the enthusiasm 81 a 10y
Of eight Years that loved her md on har
almost daiiy walks tpthc cemetery | WI,
her constant companion Tho entrance 10
the confederate hnryIu2 grounds was I'm
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