Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-07-20
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"a eu.a
la0o ~ the balmy days "only to know the
Md Constitutes of pleasure and repose.'
icbs H,rordered ''in gardens of fragrance
q, ",sant in fortresses of security" but
III ,leasure seekers, we were now
If the monotonous round of I'M
Uni DAYS. and former delights grew
lp% n Gentle Mrs Gray and Miss Har-
cu =, the invalid whose thin, scarlet
It qs ,'ahs and bright eyes told too plainly
hest y Dresence of the destroyer, the quiet
lyR ssar and the somewhat pompous
ami .;or with his little blond wife, made
; = StS n mOur party.
i've "Some one tell story, please cooed
y M pretty blond, tossing aside Hero
. " Trsbin." "Who ever knew live
teB@ d ,roy' she laughingly asked.
o n n y promptly answered Mrs. Gray.
eupr sTow delightful Do tell us about
SLIM lin; who was he!
ne nTheonly true heroism that ever came
y % -rder my immediate notice" said the
@A sHlo woman, "was displayed by a hero
!, abon hue-a strong young Hercules,
"-s Tbo though rough and untaught, pos
~- sssed a grand nature
eyes." assented the sentimental ma
"~{ Mn "Often among the humblest flow
a.. A N we find the rarest OdOrs."
'eria Sand" resumed Mrs. Gray, "among
ee he busy workers, with hardened hands
imh and toll stained faces, we find great
TRAM sbarts. During the late war" she con-
lone Snued. "my father and brother We're in
aH Wbemmy, and the overseer being drafted
INTO service my mother, my sister and
M myself were compelled to leave our
i o. bautiful home in the city and go up
, b n be river to the plantation to manage
nvt best we could the affairs of that place,
sa a0ur people were trustworthy and
nl lind, so we had but little trouble. A
ng few weeks after our arrival at the plan
" aiOn our hearts were saddened by the
,m', death Of much loved servant. Rachel
nd II was her name. She had nursed my
uts mothers older children, and we were all
thu very much attached to her. Rachel
" 4tdMddenly, of heart trouble, the ply
is adan said, and her little children were
Va Eed for by good old granny. Albert,
. y the husband of Rachel, was field
~". land and a reliable man"
ova "Of what time do you speak,
"This was in the spring of 1864. The
Tsnsmissssippi department was under
hecommand of the Confederate General
E. Kirby Smith. The struggle east of
the Mississippi river had drawn from us
for the chivalry of the great southwest; the
sons of Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
iN and Texas were scattered from Gettys-
one burg to Vicksburg, and a diminished
The force composed of the fathers and hus-
vu Oandswas left to meet the gathering foe
l., that threatened, with General Steele at
NV Little Rock, and General Banks at Alex
ral andrla, La. The COnscript bureau had
a, cleaned the fields of the last Of the
he n bearded grain and nothing was left
ol- but the flowers that grew between'-the
On, Boys too young to go.
" Then new order came, and the
ror uen slaves were impressed and sent to
,os Ihe shops as laborers and transfers in
4, The various departments, to fill such
81 places as they could, in order that for
I'd every slave so employed a soldier could
N Nrelieved and go to the front. The
D burden of feeding and clothing the army
devolved upon the women of the south.
y Uheerfully and with untold sacrifices,
dd they DO their part. Our people did
ii OteScapc the impressment law"
nh "Excuse me, but whom do you mean
y our leopleF" chirped the beauty
{ nom the I!ammock.
N we called our slaves our people, -"
responded Mrs. Gray with a smile,
They We're impressed into service and
SenttoShleveport, La, to work Among
Ne men was one who had been married
oaly year; he objected to leaving his
Mte and baby. Jake was his name.
II whlle they were discussing the ques-
aon among themselves, Albert presented
himself al the dining room door.
Good mawnin, mistis, he said, dof-
ing his Lat, AN skuse me fo' 'sturbin
yer brekfus, but Pze akin favor dis
mawnin.
| AN right, Albert. What is itT
SKed my mother.
/ "Yer see, mistis, as how Jake is
pressed along wild tudder niggers an
JAKE he got a likely wife an mighty
antic boy
II "'Wel9
ALBERT hesitated and scratched his
Woolly pate.
4 know my mother said sympa-
ueucally, L know all the circum-
"ances, but am powerless.'
amt blamin yer, mistis; de Lawd
SHOWS amt er blamin nobody, but I'd
luther go i'll Jake's place an let him
say wild hees wife an boy
n Why, Albertr exclaimed my moth
w. You can't mean It'll How should