The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-28

IsS mus uOtIlIS tHt
 grass beautifying the gardens, scent.
 lnts- in happy unison with other blos-
 so;zss- thea Blue also was he uniform
 of ske young officer standing at the gate
 ie'iatE,S from comfortable mansion to the garden, and bluer still the trustful eyes of a gentle maiden encircled by his sfaswart arm and leaning her goiden head upon his manly bosom.
 ifss sun was setting, the blue of the
 western sky became blue and gold set
 with garnet and pearl, and the golden
 haIz turned richer and deeper in tint
 as the other sunbeams from above
 mingled fraternally with it's shining
 Strands and kindled red fires which
 hurz,nd like embers in those tresses of chaDgef,il hue.
 N was their parting. for the regiment
 Ws's oil for the war, and Capt. Falconer
 u:,s one of it's officers. He was a young man full of bright ambitions. prompt to cSs'ey the call of duty, holding within his sztaswart form and active brain t'Sss possibilities which, in our coun- try make every man possible hero, every heart an altar upon which may hintlle and burn brightly martial ardor and 'he sacred patriotic flame. There wssc millions of them in 1861, there are n,iaioSls more now.
 Eicah Pritchard was the judges onlr daughter, unspoiled by her fa- tbsrs wealth, unhurt by the insidious Yo!lisa and gayeties which destroy the wonn1nliness of so many in her class. Hcr dnep, true nature did not take kind ly tss Batteries, the buzz of insects, the ghfinr of butterfly wings and ways. Therefore she was still the child of na- frus- unspoiled by the thin veneers and rEsToc 9arnish of bright life. Of medium sizs- well rounded in form, with flea. tures regular and attractive and soul 'whirh bad not forgotten how to look fortsd from the blue, the celestial blue, or hnr eyes, she was sweetheart of whom the young officer might we'll be proud.
 AEs upon this evening as they talked | saf'fy of the possibilities before the de- | parting soldier. not then so we'll com prchended as later, when taught by i ssf1fs experience, the blue skies faded | to gray, the west to a deep blood red, Paliug later into the prevailing twilight | h''aS the blue uniform of the man and | the btpe dress of the maiden seemed | tn fade into the same tint as darkness | dcspcned, and to harmonize the picture | gray mists arose into which the soldier | vanished when he at last kissed her | vslre1 lips and bade her farewell. The fronTs were to start by the night train | tfroEa the nearest railroad station | several miles away, and as her hero ras's into the gray mist and the dark Dszss, two blue eyes left behind became impcarled with tears and there arose frDfn the depths of a tired and saddened heart an eloquent prayer in his behalf. A little later the grays again faded out of the upper sky,which changed to the deep biue of night, with stars shining against the soft background like dia- 1nonds upon cushions of velvet. They shonc upon the young and untried soldier riding thoughtfully along. shonc upon the upturned face of the girl he left, kneeling white-robed be- side her snowy couch ere she retired to think of him. perhaps to kiss him lov- ingiy in her dreams.
 Blue skies again-this time arched ovsr a southern landscape, beautiful feiis in which blue violets grew, slopes covered with rank foliage and forest glades. Reaching for long distances herc and there long lines of blue in motion, undulating like sinuous ser pepfs> >theirscale the guns and bayonets whis.ir giistened in the summer sun. Above them here and there the glorious flag Gpon which stars of promise shone in d. small Armament of blue, as the larger stars shine and smile in tho axrre sky.
 Not far'off, along the opposite slopes, soug fines in gray. some sheltered be- hi,rt tow earthworks, some moving ainow in sinuous lines. along which glis- 1sncd the same sinister steel scales