The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-04

unteer aid-de-oamp and Strengthening
up pulled his hat down over the back
Of his head and tried to look military.
True. his hair was in his eyes, but his
military training had only been for one
morning, and Jakey's hair was always
in his eyes. Doubtless it would have
required months Of training from q
drill sergeant to get it to growing any
other way. Approaching the fence, he
climbed it and sat with one leg on each
side Of it.
"Do ye know me, me boy?" asked
Ratigan.
"Does I know one o. them signal
lights on tn mounting?'
''Oh, Jakey," sighed his sister.
"Well, me lad," pursued the corpo-
raj. laughing. "Who am I?''
"Rats.
II see ye have good memory. Rats.
It's quare ye should have remembered
that. " And the corporal chuckled good
naturedly.
"Mebbe y remember some un's
name"
"And who is that?''
miss Baggs."
Certainly I do" said the corporal
somewhat startled and confused.
II sor her t'other day." .
eye don't mean it?''
Reckon I do
"Where?''
"She war a-rottin thet ole critter O.
hern, goin no tn like shot from squir-
rel gun"
upon me word!" CALCULATED the cor
poral, evidently much interested.
Reckon she war up to somep'n.''
"What makes ye think so?" And Rati-
gan changed his position in his saddle
uneasily.
"Waal, when we uns met her.
"Oh, Jakey, please don 'tsay we uns, "
interrupted Souri,.
"Waal, when we met her outen tn
reach O. you uns (Souri gave despair
ing look, but said nothing) she talked
peart nuff, n she knowed me, too, but
when she passed me on tn road t'other
day moth O. tn Union army she only
stared at me through her google eyes
u Y
"And what do ye suppose that was
for?''
Reckon she war in hurry bout
somep'n N didn't want ter stop n talk
or nothin."
ibid you speak to her2''
II asked her ef cd give her love ten
Rats when sor him."
Corporal Ratigan's Irish good nature
triumphed over his desire to reach down
and give the boy cuff. Jakey's ooun.
tenanoe was solemn. as usual, and did
not break into smile in response tc
the corporal's embarrassed laugh. BE
opened the gate. and Ratigan rode
into the yard, followed by his troopers.
They refreshed themselves from a gourd
which hung in the wellhouse; then, fill.
ing their canteens, they rode away.
But Souri, and Jakey were destined
soon to meet one who was Of far more
consequence to both than Corporal Raf'
gan. The next morning while Sour
was setting the house to rights she heard
the beating of innumerable horses
hoofs Going to the window and look
/ ing up the road, which stretched north
ward for long distance, in full view
abe saw column Of cavalry approach
ing:
! Before the head Of the column had
reached the house the whole Slack fam
lily were standing in the yard gaping
Two. regiments passed. though eact
seemed like an army. for cavalry ocou
pies three or four times the space Of m
fantry. Between the SECOND and thiri
regiments was gap Of few hundred
yards. In this rode an officer especially
noticeable for his youth and manly beau
~, attended by his star and escort. On
approaching the Slack cabin he motion
ed to these to 60 on, and wheeling hil
horse from the road unattended rode ~
to the party Of lockers on. Jakey. VIII,
was standing on the fence, gave .
spring and was caught i'll his arlns
"Aha, little brother, we meet again ;
But there were others to engage fht
speakers attention. Dropping the boz
to the ground, he disnounted and wa
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