Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-05-05
THE POTENCY OF PIE.


made his famous cavalry raid through
Mississippi, the women of the state were
.noechless with indignation at the ruth
~ Invasion of their sacred soil. Not a
toar was shed as the Roman matrons
hnckled on the armor of the home
orards-old. lrUy haired majors" and
Hoolonels." who had mustered with flint
locks and young boys just in their
teens
Al who could ''bear arms went pour
ing forth with impetuous speed and swift
l., formed in the ranks of war The in
raders were beset front, flank and rear
hvan undisciplined but pertinacious foe.
The willy generals march was executed
in deux temps to avoid the harassing
enemy which he dared not halt and dis
rorse Many bluecoats from the inva /
mo column were picked off by the way
side. and every straggler was gobbled up
nv the ubiquitous home guards They
sont the wounded Yankees to the nearest
bosnital A number were taken to Co
lrmbus. where a Confederate hospital
had been established under the super
vision of the Soldiers Aid society. Rle
societv was composed of the women of
Colnmbus. who had organized at the be-
ginning of the war. The hospital was
fnll of sick wounded Confedcrates,
INIT the ladies made room for the "hated
Yankees" as a Christian duty.
Torelieve the crowded hospital dozen
Confederates were removed to the house
of n dear old lady, who made them com
Portable on cots in her parlorS. This
dear ole lady had three sons in the army.
Her husband was on duty with the
home guards.
Her carriage horses were III the artil-
lery service, and a pair OF plantation
mules pulled her carriage.
Her spinning wheels and looms were
manufacturing gray jeans, and even
while she slept her fingers moved, as
when awake she knitted socks for the
soldiers.
Daily she drove to the hospital and
went through the wards, followed by
her negro woman bearing a basket of
homemade dainties. which she dispensed
10 the sick With Christian charity she
extended her ministrations to the Yankee
ward She could not love them-they
had invaded her home and shed the blood
q her kinsmon-but she could return
good for evil" 1t required, however,
nOsmall effort on her part to divide with
the enemy's sick the dainties SO hard to
get in the blockaded south. She did SO
because it was a duty. but her heart was
not in the work
There was one of Grierson's soldiers
scarcely man in years-who lay on his
cot in the delirium of fever. The kindly
black face Of the nurse who bathed his
head was strange to him. but he smiled
feebly when he looked into the gentle face
of the dear old lady who bent over him,
and he called her mother"
AT that moment the heart Of the dear
old lady surrendered, and she took that
Yankee boy for her own.
Never was invalid more tenderly
nursed, and never hung life on more
slender thread. She watched him from
DAY TO day and administered with tire
less hand medicine and liquid food, He
fingered days and weeks. his brain
clonded with fever fancies and the flesh
Shrunken upon his bones.
One morning there was CLEAN Of in
telllgence in his pale blue eyes as he
looked up at the kind, earnest face Of
The southern woman, and he whispered,
Water" After few sips he contin-
ped Il Thought you was mother. but
guess as how ! won't see her no more"
lie closed his eyes, and the dear old
lady sent at once for the surgeon. The
doctor felt his pulse and remarked, His
Vitality is very low-we must try to
onlld him up with stilqulants and nour-
shing liquids"
These We're obtained, but he refused
positively to touch the whisky, as he
aad promised his mother never to do SO,
ne said and had taken the pledge. He
swallowed the beef tea with reluctance.
tae fever had gone. aud with it nearly
all the life that was in him.
ihe dear old lady looked sadly upon
ne Smaclated form and sunken cheeks
u the poor boy. She forgot that he was
an enemy and saw only mothers son
Sr1long strangers and sick unto death.
uef soul went out in a great wave of
"Inpathy to the invalid.
~ vain she tempted his appetite with
sach of the liquid foods within the for
maia allowed by the surgeon. She could
aot persuade him to take stimulants,
AuU his vitality continued to sink daily
20 her question whether there was
anything that he would like 30 eat he
answered Pumpkin pie.
out The doctor said it would kill him
In "A hours.
h. pumpkin pie" became the lads day
Aug ana night long paint. Itmade the
az Oh ladys heart bleed TO refuse it.
lo,. Doclor' can't you save the poor fell
low" she asked.
Am nc doctor answered gravely, Mad
N ! am afraid all your work has been
sr yam tie cannot hold ont much long
I bo,, 4'er The doctor had gone. the dying
~ opened his pVps and Y,bivpnp visit