The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-01-27
UNDER THE ROSES.
THE TOUCHING STORY OF A GETTYS.
IUEG GRAVE.

THE TOUCHING STORY OF A GLTTYS.
guEG GRAVE.
Chicago News.
II was September, 1887, when
Ohio dedicated lis monuments 10
It's dead al Gettysburg, lha, | first
visited the place made famous by
the terrible battle Of July, 1853
After The old soldiers had gone
back to their homes | spent few
days in company with Il friend
looking over lhe old battlefield
and visiting places Of note IN the
adjacent country. Ore day while
we were driving along quiet road
few miles south OF vt'ysburg
our attention was called to grave
among a elump Of rose bushes only
few feet from a farm house door.
Learning thai there was bit OF
history connected with the solitary
grave, We alighted and passed III
at he gate 10 read he inscription
OF, the plain, old fashioned head
stone. Directly after we entered
the yard, an old, whit e.hairea man
who had been resting in his easy
char on the vine covered porch
arose and leaning on his s'aif,
walked slowly down the boarded
path t., the place where we were
standing. Aher giving us a word
IF welcome, he sent his little
grand daughter to bring us chars
That we might resi- in the cool
shade while lie related The story
of he grave among the roses.
He was so young anG so lalr,
poor fellow" he began in sub
duel voice. "You see il was when
Lee was relrealing from Geltys-
bnry and the troops were all luck
cred out. The boy under the roses
there hal been wounded in The
shoulder, bnl lie was a plucky lad
and kept up with his regimen, un-
Ill from loss Of blood he tainted al
my gate"
"And you buried him," | said.
"Ye', | buried lim with my
own hands. Them was eXci'ln'
times, and all of his comrades was
in too big a hurry 10 stop TO look
alter them thai dropped hy The
way"
"Bu' why did yon bury hlm in
youl flower garden = l questioned
cnriously.
II am a.comin' to that" he SAID
without taking his eyes off the
long, narrow grave. II got TO &c
back mo,e'n year before that
10 make a beginnin'. You see
: ma'am, my oldest boy, my Benny
vas a soldier on the other side
once. He went out about the frs
and fought with the best OF them
away down in Tennessee for more
han year. One day there was
skirmish in II bit of woods, jus
outside of the Union lines--a 'llttl,
skrmish' The papers said -nothin
+, wa, gained an nothin' lost. Onl,
ore man killed and he a private,
but. na'am, that only one wa
y our Benny and we felt The loss wa
n a mighty big one. The captain
d who took the boy away from hom
!. wrote back hat in the has'y re
treat The bndy was left on ih'
/, field. A few days after we got hi
). letter another one come That wa
e written by a woman. In j sh
10 told us about The cavalry fight o
her bit Of ground.
10 "A!ler lie horseman had gallop
D. ed off she went over TO the snip {
!. woods TO see if she could be of am
70 use TO The wounded or dyin'. Thel
n. was no sucn there, bat right dow
70 by the little brook that ru
4. through her yard she found o,
So Benuy-dead. Her men lolt
n was all off in The Sonhern arm.
to and it was a long walk to he npa
esl nelghbor's bu' her heart ache
n for the poor boy lynn So cold an
as slill on The hard road down by ii
re brook, where he fell; so with IN
ve help of her wo little girls, she dr
OK a grave III the soii earth OF NJ
garden, and for The sake OF I'll
he mother who would never see HI
an again she buried our boy rig
YER among the sweei-smellin llowel
!" 80 when we found the DO
ne ne Southern boy fainlin' al-onr Gal
~ =" we carried him into the house a,
70" dressed his wounds and gave hi
waller to qnench his thirst. !
w was too far gone to speak, bu'
!" looked his thanks and tried
=" -. press our hands in token OF VIII
~ :. he felt. Once when he was adyj
~. = his face lighted up beautiful, a,
:, We was sure we heard him VIII
per 'Molher!' Wife closed |