Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-06-04
A Tennessee Love Story.
Written for The Rsps5lie.)-

City. She has . daughter of her
own now. who should, Of course.
be called tile Granddaughter Of the
Confederacy. bat probably .isn't.
That, however, 10 anticipating.
The daughter Of cause 30 long
dead conId not have been 80 yonne
and beautiful. She must have been
he child Of . Memory. that gross
more beautiful with each year ana
knows : new yonth With each snc.
ceeding generation.
She was very beautiful the day
that Howard Pearce saw her. He
sat on the window ledge of his Sec
ond-story office--he was o young
lawyer from the North-and looked
down on Company K, Tennessee
National Guards, lined up at spa
rade rest" He knew their Cap
tain. Saunders, who also was q law
yer and whose Office adjoined
Pearce's. It was annual encamp-
ment time, and K Company was
about to go to the grounds at the
foot of the Ridge.
sOrder-Harms p commanded
Captain Saunders.
'Carry-Harms 7
'Shoulder-Harms Right for.
'ad, fours right-M'ch =
Company X moved of up the
street. AS the last four swung in
to the column, there came a chatter
Of hoofs upon the pavement, and q
girl rode past the company and took
her place at its head, saluting the
Captain gravely and with ceremo-
ny.
what q beautiful girl 2 Pearce
She wore q gray riding habit,
with a double row of small brass
buttons leading up to two black
stars on the collar. On her sunny
locks small gray slouch hat rested
tilted lust the least bit over one
eye. She rode we'll.
Pearce leaned so far from the
window to catch a parting glimpse
of the girl in gray that be almost
fell. The crowd had dispersed, and
the young lawyer returned to his
desk. 1t was q warm day toward
the end of July, and he was not
sorry that he had no business on
hand that must be rushed. He re-
flected that as almost every one had
gone to the camp ground, there
was no reason for remaining in the
Office, which the little breeze thai
stirted outdoors carefully avoided.
Evidently, the girl in gray had
gone to the camp ground. And
with Saunders. But Saunders wal
married happily married, Pearct
hoped. Anyhow he was glad thai
Saunders was married.
That evening he sat before Cap
tain Saunders tent, with the Cap
tain, his wife and Miss Moore-th,
girl in gray. TO the east Of th'
camp ground the ridge rose in ,
gentle slope. To the southwes.
seemingly towering just over then
was the mountain.
Pearce's heart beat faster az th,
thought came to him that 80 year
before white tents had marked th'
foot Of the Ridge a. they did tha
day. But then they had stretched
for miles north and south.
Captain he said, turning Il
Saunders, 'it 10 easier to get mp th
Ridge than it was once. There or,
no men in gray there tonight
NO. the Captain replied sbu
the sons Of some Of those men ar
there pointing to the compan,
street in which blue clad fig
ures lounged. Loyal? Witkou
doubt. Listen! 7
The bands, which had united TO
the evening concert, had just stracl
mp 'The Star Spangled Banner.
When the air was recognized,
cheer arose from the tented wood
Hear that!' said the Captain.
Wait said the girl in gray.
sFor what?' Pearce asked.
'They viii play Dixie afte
awhile
Then they viii YELL she said
looking at him with bright smil
and nodding confident, sYou'l
see-or hear
And he did. When the nationa
air was finished there was a brie
wait. Then the quick. stirrin,
notes Of Dixie started the wood