The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

T laid The barrel across his head and left
him there, when / might have killed
him
And here" said the excursionist. re
moving his. travelling cap, is the scar
you gave him
An here's the max of yo' bayonet, -
said the engineer, weighing his thumb
The two men shook hands The tour
list returned TO his sleeper, but came back
again presently with q half dozen friends.
The Yankee produced well fllled cigaT
case planted himself a the side Of the
engineer. and asked him to tell how ms
hair happened to be white.
"Wefl sab" said the engine man. 1T 5
that dam silly that have neNah told 1t ~
stP,lf Won lnust-vou could not refuse an
old comrade, said the YANKEE, laughlhg
heartily. az so-,n ca r,e v,rg,n,,n
whose accent must nov be imagined. I
went home TO rest Untl nv hand could
heal Our place MIS- 4 long way from the
railroad. and when left the. train ! hired
a saddle horse and started out to the
0lantation. 1t was dark, rainy night.
The result of the battle of Gettysburg
had saddened me. but now the thought
OF seeing the fox and friends at nome
gave me Measure that could not be
r)arred even by the sad news of the de1th
OF one OF our neighbors-
This man-thfs dead man-and I had
been plavmates and fast friends. in boy
hood days. but, as we grew oiGer' we
fell or rather grew in love w$n the
same girl. l can't say that J blamed nm m
q b,st TSy,eo 7 yfent away TO war and saw
him staining by her side upon the station
platform q didn't seem quite an even
break. He was To stay there and listen
30 The qnuqc of her voice. While / heard
the roar or cannon. He would sit by her
side in the summer twilight. while ! slept
out in the rain and helred make history,
md the thought Of Il put a hardness IN
my heart that had S0ftened Oh v az tAe
news Of his death. Il was pleasant, now
ever. 10 reflect that had faced the enemy
had walked in tina shadow of the
she'll and lived TO come home to her,
,vToiIe. he poor devil. had been kicked by
Tomorrow he would be planted. and I
should be there to see how she took i
and console her. as he had done wfrsA
answered my. country's call.
1t must llare brse1 nearly maSn-s'St
when ! ega4Ared 4 lo.9ely lame mat led
mast ShA principal huryinS ground IN tle
Observation-Disclosures. Lo-ang over me mig
STONE fence, I saw . naw-ma1a grave aEld
dseiEeed g,ot tnlac il was for my -lsigJa-
'1The rain had ceased. The moon, sfloae
dInlv brllirlL1 the clouds Suddenly my
horse soopo5d VIII his head high. gazing
OVER irto the graveyard. spllrre1 him.
aud ne started forward. but St5Dpei once
mare RAISED his head and err3r-ted.
Il listened but heard gotaifls; l3o}ssd
Easi saw nothing but whiEA slabs eleam-
ing. atsoss-lilSe. .a the night. I spurred
ard Whipped my lorse out with anot1eI
s,-iAI ss,DrT Ia Whtrled round and headed
fEoe otlarr way Putting him about.
lr.sJ;s.d over the low wall and saw some
fr,5ne vvllqte rise and faM The scared
morse rrsrnblei under me- but I urged
hsgn ca To where ne flah c.i,ppei first.
NnW the white object rose again My
cod 1t was from the opea trave-S7ft5
t-777T7e rj-fo, I ma}A no diNnbt. For st1e
first time sn my life my blpsS ran cnld.
7 sat IKE one Taralv2ed 50 glle sa1dlA,
ara ely fhe whce lhing r,ss end fall.
Again I urged my frghbsned r,prsa. but
aF site slae I brought him IN 10 -ila
scratch ha wilt-1eS1. sn7rted ecr1 dashed
pUav S7iaCy7a tais muddy lane. could NIT
% round and ne would mt 60 riier mo
rripalr fun object In rilits Way we worked
fal-wrrd aud back cflurnilE ti1c mud. hlt
erttir7g no nearer rome 81 iaFs. i'rr5gT--
AGED aad dfsz1iefsd determined to pull
dorm Inc ffeA fence on my riglt and
PASS through she field
"As I r-ssned my horse toward shs> fsTlce,-
he refused 70 90 or - sake his ewes frogn
slha grave WIKI q Wild. uneRrtlnlr cry.
such as I had never heard FINN a tl1TSa,
tbs. rsoor animal sank trembling 30 the
esagen, cut eitm with my riding Wllip.
l1rourcn7r him II his feet and swung inco
tho eSayidle acai1. looking over fi7is wall.
I saw this thing come right up 'ort of the
grave There could be no Tnil-ake NOW.
for the moon was shining almost full.
saw 1T put out its bends upon EITHER side.
as thoaieh " were trying to lift itself up.
The white arms seemed TO beclspn 20 me