The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-21

tended it to Seth with an inconsequent |
remark: "You used to be great smok-
er. can recommend that weed"
"Durned if you can, SO far as I'm
concerned"
Seth folded his arms virtuously across |
the bosom of his worn blue check shirt |
and glared resentfully, while Strong |
composedly bit of the end of the cigar
and lighted it for his own consumption.
Presently, through his clinched white
teeth that held his cigar immovable:
$50 it is what the uniform stands for.
What does it stand for, buddy Seth?
Really, now, it would be much more
sociable if you would smoke too. Won't
you change your mind?'
"Much obleeged to you.
Seth stiffened his backbone into
still more rigid angle of resentment be-
fore resuming vehemently:
"What does that uniform stand for?
To us it stands for injestice, cruelty
and oppression, and, oh, my Lawd
Almighty" with despairing outward
! sweep of his long, lean arms, lit stands
fur all the pure cussedness that the die
tionary is got words fur and Seth Mar
tin amt
"That is something to be thankful
for, for we have graver things to dis
cuss this morning than uniforms, either
blue or gray. After all, there's not
much choice between the men who arc
inside of them But the blue stands for
success and the gray for failure. For
the first time in his life Strong Martin
is on the winning side"
Seth's protuberant blue eyes grew
yet more prominent, as he clasped his
hands about the elevated kneecap Jus'
then doing duty as a hat rack for hi
brimless palmetto. He repeated Strong
: words dreamily:
1.-The blue stands for success and thu
gray for failure? | don't seem to ketci
ON, Strong"
"No? Nothing more natural. 4o'
have been Theoretically sealed out yon
t der at Sans Souci, and you don't know
II vet how badly you are whipped. Nv
IS come to tell you. Practically the war
o over. brother Seth. The mutterings 20
:. hear are from spent storm. l may .
1t left here to keep things quiet, or l ma
J. be ordered away by 8 O'Clock III tn
IL morning. / wanted to arrange for I'll
safety and comfort of our mother an
S. sister. and the rest of them, in case SON
he one less interested in them PERSONAL
III should be left i'll command at tn
point.
IL 81 don't know as you can do an
IL thing for 'em. don't know as they
&c let you, in fact. Ma and Liza are tole
~ able bristly, you know"
10 "Tell me about them"
er The soldier in blue and gold lace &
ne lore sat down close by the rustic
OF homespun and tatters and laid a cares
OF ing hand upon his shoulder The pa
ITS of a mighty yearning took sudden a
re- full possession of him. All outward
Id visible signs of hostility between thu
ag two counted for nothing at that suprel
ed moment. The smoke Of battle that u
OF rolled in a dense, obscuring cloud
his tween Strong Martin and his past !
for lifted to grant him clear backw'
nt' glance at the rough, Imprinted oV
wn seer's house in the Sans Souci quartz
ard where his father and mother had rel
ear ed in smiling content with their
Or humble and obscure as itwas. a lov
r. vision of himself and Seth, contend
r. in all boyish sports in the grass
an ouarter lot. came to him helpful
nth Seth. always gentle and generous III
contest; he, turbulent and ambitlc
3 Charlie. amiably neutral, and Il
be pretty, arrogant, spoiled, the housei
idol. After all, the essential elem'
ade of home had been there, but he
1er- not recognized It,,
he "Tell me about them, J" he sald az
to- with softening in his voice, land
eral other one. Miss Colyer, the profess
ebel daughter. Is she with my mother
sister yet?' ,
ain, "Where else should she be? VIII
there to look out for her, poor
ice, one? Her old father the onlies' II
eted she had in the world, only the
Lord knows whether he is livin or q
| his She'd rather know him dead than
aunt him inside a uniform like yourn.
cog "Hold your tongue, Seth Ma
You are a sentimental fool.
my The officers brows contracted
you nously. He abruptly vacated the
he had drawn up to Seth slae
ather walked over to one of the front
dows, where he stood leaning ne
against the easement, staring mo
out over the early morning stir
ng is encampment. 1t was impossible to
lutte the current of Seth's biting scorn.
I IN eyes, she would, Miss Mamie W
ludi- Her and sissy are the bravest sold
y the know of. They are just wrapped
'adiiy the cause, Strong Martin, and the
that amt ben true to the gray
it 30 hat to hang his head before thef
g the spunky girls. They're grit to the
litary bone. You may find shirks and co
which among the men-that's me-an'
4. may find traitors-false, black m
,ollec- traitors - among the men, mo
4 you that's ready to lift their hands
bbish- the very mother that sucked
tin' l that's you--but the southern Y
* you rings true every time, sir. she &c
Of you jimminy."