Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-29

Yes" as soon rs the money panic was
known 20 the hswkers. Some Of the live
liest of the crippled ones thon hustled into
the barrack, and one by one they returned
and counted out their last fiscal symbols
and sat down on the grass TO enjoy their
fruit. Those who could not join certainly
felt no better for looking on. Among the
latter was famishing lad whose wits had
been turned by his suffering, and when he
saw some Of the men eating oranges he
reached out and seized one from a basket
and began 10 devour &c. and that without
question or bargain or pay. The girl with
the musical throat looked startled at the
bold act, but soon smiled and continued
her cry, "Nicc fresh oranpcsI' But the
girl was only helper of the real owner,
md now swarthy, hard looking Hun
stepped forward and held his hand out to
get the proceeds of tho sales. He counted
the money and then the oranges in the
hands of the men. and as he saw there was
difference ne demanded something from
the girl in a jargon we could not inter
uret The girl began TO weep, and just
then the famished boy, unconscious Of ev-
crything but his desperate craving for
food reached for another orange. He Sc
cured one, but the old Hun grabbed the
basket, gave the girl a rough shaking, and
then, after placing his goods beyond reach
of the soldiers returned and attacked the
boy The lad was too weak TO stand, but
he clung to his prize, and the brutal hawk
or wrung the slender wrists to make him
let 60
There were some strong, cool men there
who could not endure this sight, and be-
fore 1 could see just how the melee opened
the soldiers had raided the whole pack of
gypsy peddlers and gathered up every scrap
of edibles, overturning the baskets and
beating Off the owners, some of whom
fought like beasts i could never see any
glory in the black oyes and bruises of
common brawl, no matter what the OcCa
sion, and was only sad spectator here.
At the beginning of all this business had
taken "A parcel of keepsakes from my pOck
et, and. Just to make sure for the TWEEN
tieth time that had no current values
about me, ran over the pile carefully The
torn stamp was in the lot and caught my
attention and, with flood Of memories, il
bore my thought away from the present
scene. First, Lucy's letter and what was
she thinking now of me There were two
heads bending over it now. for wounded
somrade stood so close that he could look
into my hand and was studying me as in
Bently as | studied the stamp. What his
thoughts were | never knew, but they were
equally distracting with mine. for we two
mad not yielded tn the passionate drift OF
he crnwd, and when these broke out upon
Jeddlers we alone were cool. We yAinly
legged them To- stop, but their slogan was
In words;
Down with the foreigners! They have
NO right here! We dout fight just TO keep
mp the country for them"
The men werc mad, and the rage mnSt
work itself out Moro than one hilly
v W0unted man had his hurt opened afresh
In the rough and tumble encounter, and
al OF them retired shamefaced from their
lgnohle triumph.
said to my strange mate rs held out
she torn stamp, Had this been good !
would have paid for the boys orange and
this trnuhle. Tears were in
his eyes, and saw that he was q man Of
He turned away, and the |
figures on his Cap, which had not noticed |
before, gleaIned In the sunshine, aud at |
once branded themselves upon my vision |
---s'ia2ud N0ls. -
| left the scene with iuy companion, and,
the quicker tn drop the unpleasant affair |
from mind, prnp0scd that wo two exchange |
one Of our erutGhes. Such things arc relics, |
and mine had Gnino from Washlngton's |
old home. White House, Va, and my &c
guAintanoS's from Winchester, in the val |
ley. We tried them, and were both suited, |
but he had carved his very neatly with sew |
sral deSiGns and with his full name In old |
English--'iJooph Pennington. " This too, |
was tmnGferred nystically to q place Ia |
my memory aud stood out boldly beside |
those characters had seen on his cap, 80 |
that the legend now fixed there was, "Jo-
seph Pennington, l49nd Vols" That |
evening my furlOugh reached me, and i |
was on route for my homo In the Empire |
State before midnight
by first act upon reaching an abiding |
place was 70 write To Lucy in New Eng |
and, and then began to count the hours |
nntil time tor rvply. Days went by and |
ran into weeks yet none came. A second |
Iettsr was written to explain the Wilder
ness case and my inability to dispatch an
athar until nachpd home- All this wsa
% no p1eck and Anally gossip reached me
N 2 rpundabopt way shat LuGy had taken !
up With q daShins young fellow, an adj |
who bad sent q substitute 10
battle - Aght In his stead. The sequel 20
lhiE gossip came ipst before left home
again Tor thA trDnk Thia was . packAgp |
Of letters returned--my glowing camp let |
lers pf lRalrs. And Me frst TO meet my |