The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-28

"TOmOrrOW you snail Ue HdHScu.. AAec
was not amusing to hear, and he had ieft
his Tinder-box at the inn. In the morning
he could see. through the iron d grating ge OF
hurrying out of the town to see him hanged.
He heard the drums beat and saw the Sol
d:ers marching. All the people were run
makers boy with leather apron and snip.
pers, and he galloped SO fast that one OF
his flew fh anq seder r gat oohnx
Halo you shoemaker's boy! you a, NEEDN'T
him, lit will not begin till come. But II
you will run to where / lived and bring. me
my Tinder-box, you shall have four shlll-
ings; but you must put your best leg lore
most 49,
The shoemaker's boy wanted to get the
four shillings, so he went and brought
now what happened.
Outside the town a great gallows. had
been built, and round 1t stood the SCORERS
and many hundred thousand people. The
King and Queen sat ON a splendid throne,
opposit~ to the judges and the whole coun"
Gil. The Soldier already stood upon the
ladder but as they about to put the
rope round his neck, he said that before
poor criminal suffered his punishment an
inne lent request was always granted to
pipe of tobacco, and it would be the last
pipe he should smoke IN the h t% The The
Soldier toox his Tinder-box and struck fire:
One-two-three!-and there suddenly stood
all the dogs-the one with eyes as ;s big as
mill Wheels, and the one whose eyes were
big as round towers.
Help me now, so that I may not be
And the dogs fell upon the judges and
all the council seized one by the leg and
another by the nose, and tossed them all
down and where all broken to pieces.
Il wont"' cried the King; but the biggest
dog took hold him and the Queen and
hrou Of Then q
soldiers were afraid and the people cried
Little Soldier, you shall be our King, and
marry, the beautiful Princess!'
So they put the Soldier into the Kings
coach, and all the three dogs darted on in
front and cried, "Hurrah:'' and the. boys
whisted through their fingers and the
out of the copper castle and became Queen,
and she liked that wei! enough. The we'd
at the table, too and opened their eyes
wider than ever at all they saw.
Jefferson Davis.
My hero, Jefferson Davis, who held the
relns Of government in that great struggle
of a-'64, when, though defeated brought
a strong man in every sense Of the word.
His great genius and lofty moral charac-
ter have never been questioned except by
these Slanderers, his brother enemies out
slue the Dixie borders.
M omy with his g h menal ana ana moral
gentle strength, could have held our south
so long against such odds. Jefferson Davis,
d lance or had his name emblazoned Oh
nistory's pages! Though numbered among
earth's mighty warriors, he was also a true
by his enemies he followed the law Of the
gentle Nazarene, who babe him do good
With his matchless eloquence and kingly
presence he graced our senate hall, a per-
rect model for his own colleagues and those
of succeeding generations, not because he
was southerner, but because he was
man!
His rigid discipline. his valor and discre-
ton proved him born leader of men,
Those noble Mississppians, the gallant
heroes of the day and will live forever in
the hearts of their countrymen.
Ever true to his principles, he, in the
could heartily endorse it as the best
measure for his country's good. His faith
army met with the best success and many
Of his best measures are now enjoyed by
us-alas! by some with thankless learts!,
ing officer OF his rank. brave even to reck-
lessness, dashing against the Mexican army
with his handful of men, but with the shock
lion |. III u''oe' '0'' anu TIC ie" 'eS'''eSS u
A certain officer made plan to form the
charge, SO that rushing into it at the upper
and open space they would be surrounded
with it did great execution.
Always first in the charge was he; at
the front of his column in the midst Of the
storm of shot and shell, he must have look
ed like the spirit of battle!
Jefferson Davis was born in Christian
county, Kentucky, June g. 1903. While yet
babe his parents moved to Mississippi.
where most of his youth spent on a
farm. At the age of sixteen he ap-
pointed to the military academy at West
Point, which he entered in September, 1924.
In 1923 he was graduated and entered
vice with the rank of lieutenant until 1888
1t would be impossible to mention many
of the glorious deeds of his eyentful life
in this short sketch; it would also be
less, for they are written in fadeless char
acters on the hearts Of the sons Of the
south.
much against his will, he was elected
president of the confederacy at Mont
gomery, Ala, February Is, 1861 None
but master hand could have governed
our southland in those dark days of pow
erty and almost despair AS father fight
ing for food for his starving children. did
our chieftan fight for his country's inter-
eStS.
At the fall of the confederacy he was
taken a prisoner to Fortress Monroe, where
he most cruelty treated but like a
grand old oak which has stood the storms
of centuries. his dauntless spirit did not
even quail. Was he traitor? Let not that
word be whispered where southern blood
flows!
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