The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-23

~"Your daughter 10 an obstinate young
simplston who II about 10 do this entire
nsighborhood N irrsparabls injury. I
have come here to tell her % expect
10 consume every minute sf the time
that it will take Strong Martin TO drive
you from here to my house and to come
back Tor me in an effort to convince
her OF her own Stiffness. II ] fail, it
will not be because the Stiffness does
not exist, but because her egotism and
her obstinacy will not let her be con
WINGED. There, miss, did ever man
young or old, dare to address you in
the language of truth before,
Martin is waiting for you, Am
brose. He is a patient man. No one
knows better than Your daughter how
patient he 10, but his beasts, not being
infatuated with an obstinate girl, are
not nearly 10 patient. Your place is
waiting you at the Sans Souci table to-
day. old comrads Here. There now,
we're coming. Martin; coming just as
fast as two battered old war hulks can
be navigatsd. I"
Side by side the two old men passed
from her presence, leaving her standing
Sbore motionless in her stony resolution
not to yield to the outside pressure that
was once more being brought to bear
upon her view Of Strong Martins war
record
She heard the slow, even thud of her
fathers crutches on tho brick walk that
stretched between the house and the
gate. Gould he forgive him? She recall.
ed the red anger that had swelled the
saber cut across the governors left tenn.
Pile And hel OF what childish, unsta-
BILE stuff those two old men must be
made. Only she was firm, consistent,
right
She stopped and carefully gathered
the black shavings from the matted
floor. Such a tiny little house! Every
particle of litter showed so conspicuous
ly. She hung the velvet skullcap that
the governor had impetuously removed
from her fathers head with his own
| hands on the back of the chair She
was glad they had come for him. glad
he was going to have pleasant. work
free day among the Strongs and the
| Chamblisses
With what gusto her father and the
governor would tell their war stories
| Already their.war experiences were be.
| ginning to be staple yarns for company
entertainment And Randal-he. too.
| would have something to contribute
And Liza was so proud of him. SO in
ordinately foolishly fond of her hus-
band. who had fought on the losing
side She alone would not be there. She
must have got grain of sawdust in
her eye when she was putting the scroll
saw away for the day, for when the
| governor stalked back into the little
room she was rubbing her eyes vigor.
ously with her pocket handkerchief
| MARY Colyer, come here. "
| The governor must have mistaken
that one small. trembling young woman
for whole regiment Of evildoers, his
voice and his face were so solemnly Sc
we're
She came and sat down by him on the
hard carpet recliner which constituted
the most luxurious article of furniture
( in the cottage He opened fire on her alb.
Il
ruptly:
Are you prepared to arrogate to
yourself all the virtue. good sense,
sound patriotism, consistency and JUS
tice that ought by rights to be divided
among all the white adults of this en-
tire sections"
Mamie looked at him with wide eyed
resentment:
"No. sir, you know ! am not. l don
know why you should come here with
such strange questions -
Are you prepared to say that you
have suffered one 1.-THE Of what every
woman with whom you were most init
mately associated during those four ter
rible years Of the war suffered? Look at
my granddaughter law. l bow my
head in reverence to her heroism She
gave her only begotten son that her
country might be saved. She cast her
all Upon that one die, and-lost. But
she can forgive. Look at Eben Martin s
widow, bereaved, her home shattered.
her heart almost rent in twain. She for
gives. Look at that patient old hero
who has just hobbled from your pres
ence on his wooden pegs. He can afford
to forget and forgive. What have you
lost? Come, let us have it out honestly
for once. What have you lost besides
your temper? And I'm here to give you
first class opportunity to lose that
afresh. "
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