Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-21

away to the Yankee lines. Sorry fur yo', cap. and sorry fur tie rest of 'em. fur our huN crowd has Lin wiped eff the face uI the airth''
 "H0vo wc It,n dyiv9ted:'
 Regularly cleaned out, cap. l don t believe a hulGlcd of cur men got away. 'Coriin to what them doctors say, yo' cant pull through this. Do yo' want to leave any w,Vl with me-
 No, " whispered the captain after :. l moment s.thou&ht
 Not even fur the gal: She Won | bear no gruG2o when she hears yo' a1 dead. "
 Tho captain shook bis head and closed his eyes. Steve moved away after q few minutes to look for other Confederate wounded, and two hours later the off cer's dead hody was carried out with others to make room fer the wounded. When morning came and the dead
 wero Eathcl9d fur burial, Steve BTayton found many that h. conld identify. In deed full half of his own company had
 been wiped out. aul among them was Ike Baxter But great as was the Con federate loss, that of the Federals was severe. History has said of that first real cavalry fight of tho war that it was ter ribly brief in duration and appalling in its list of dead and wounded. II was al most night of the day following the fight before the last of the TCderalS
 moved off and left the field. And how changed was Rest Haven, and what a misnolner the title which had been given to it ill the years of Icace. Gin ders and ;.;hls showed where the h0useS had stood. Across the plain. iuTrowe3 by shot and saln aHl hoof it's snoy white carpet HOW sp"t;.icd auej llotrl!, by thousaul nlood stains, thsy h:s} l.. long trenchts and cu,, :-d il t}2.'
 Trees had been cut down, Jus
 rooted, and over acr>s of gTo,., NJ. strewed the wreck of Lat io.
 have but few more ,:so5 to writ,
 My stony has not been all romano and it is with a feeling of scllj Imesa il. part from thule of my characters VI are wit. us in the flesh tuday, and whose hands have h,ll in l1iu2 within the last twclvemonth -At the opening of my story Wi1chgsto. };;a q 3s,ribcl as Q quaint cid town. That vas ttE2 of it a quaint old town of quaint hJuSes anj streets and people. War wrecked il again aul again. Every street and square and alley witness, a GJath grap- ple Every huilGj"g which escaped the flames was marked by ball CT bullet. A few months ago I looked in vain for trace of war. Here and there quaint old house still stands, but the town is full of the hustle of these rushing days. An, but there was a trace of war after all. Up in the cemetery slli1tcd by the Berryville pike found grave after grave in which soldiers slept their last long sleep, each name engraved on the stone, and behind them the pitiful spot over which all may sorrow, but no one weep the resting place of the unknown"
 It was many days ere Kenton or Mar ian or Mrs. Baxter walked ill the sun shine. In the case of the latter perhaps it was better that her mind grOpcd i'll the darkness, and that t was months be- fore she could realize her widowhoCl. General Custer kindly sent her on to Washington for treatment, and for wee ks and weeks she kept calling out:
 Ike said he'd go fur help to captdr' the Yankee. 1ut be hain't dun come back yit. lke.s goin to be great ossi- fer and hey a sword and q prancin cit ter, and I'll hold up my head with any of 'em. "
 Where is Uncle Ben? Gone to his rest years ago, but he lived to sec the end of tho war and to enjoy for season the haven of rest which kind hearts created for him.
 Thero was d marriage in Winchester about two months alter tho battle of Rest Haven. They called it q military marriage, because more than 50 Federal officers attended, because Federal chaplain oficiatcd, because a Federal band seren@ded the happy couple. Who do you think gave away the bride? Cen eral Custer, who became q groom him. self only few days later. Royal Ken ton had recovered from his wound, and the keen edge of Marian s grief had Teen somewhat dulled by lapse of time and the excitement of her surroundings. It was better so. kenton was not held fer exchange under the circumstances, nor did any one wish him to become rene- gade by joining the Federal service. After the marriage the bridal couple. accompanied by Uncle Ben, went north and there remained till the close of the war. Steve Brayton was asked to go- nay, almost commanded-but he replied;
 ''See yere, Yanz, Eve bin thinkin and thinkin, and I make it out this way: sorter owed the confederacy q grudge fur the way it treated yc,, and hevln paid it off and squared the debt l orter go back. Thar won't be nuthin said about yo' arter the war, Eekase yo' was actually driv out, but the boys would rub it in on mo purity heavy to the day of my death. I'll jest surrender over again to this Yankee army, wait to be exchanged and in due time become good Confed again.
 And that was the course he followed and when I shook hands with him i'll Winchester last spring l was proud to give him his title as lieutenant. Did the match please Uncle Ben? Hear what he says as he congratulates the bride;
 'sNow, Miss Sunshine, yo' all has dun gone an married Mars Kenton, an 1t does jest seem to me dat ar wallSin found on aigsl Hull But when was tied up to dat post an 70 was stanaln dar wid dat big tiissolver, an de sojers an goriflas was gnashin their .teef, s'pected do Lawd was so fur of he