The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-12-23

must have happened TO MIN.
All his iollity was gone, he mad lost flesh,
his ROSY color had faded, and he had aged
several years to an appearance. Nv ny,
nntarily; "how Is Johnny; why is he
not with your
"Yonny has enlisted" he answered,
and despite heroic efforts the tears flood
ed his eyes.
ENLISTED! Johnny enlisted Why,
Johnny will never MAKE fighting man y
"Oh, va, Yonny can tignt. He yip
the school bully. He vip the 1onkers
bully. Yonny is strong like u bull.
But vat shall we do midout onny! his
mutter, his sisters, L, meinseif, Vat shall
| do midour Yonny?'
"Wnere Is he nowT
AT Peekskill INIT de soldiers. He hat
TO drill every day. Life has gone out hit
me, Yonny was der best son hat ever
SENDER kiudest kind to efery one
but IL ore kind nit his family. That will
| his muuter du-fhaC will mis- sisters
That shall do midout Yonny?' he again
| lamented.
Have you no more boys"
MEM"
"That is too bad. How many girls p
Like dis" he answered, holding up
the fingers of both hands so as TO indl-
cate a declining scale Of ten. Zenen, ze-
| men. and ali LOT him. Alb, better as they
| LOT me, better AS they LOT their mutter,
better as they LOT anytlngs. And he lois
them Ieven better as dey LOT him. AND
he enlist and mein life has all gone OUT
| init him."
When | came to inquire about the on.
kers man, being now deeply interested
learned that he was quite well 10 do
b. hnA tnr al
and did considerable business. 1t was
not at all necessary for him to drive one
of his wagons, but he liked to do so, and
the wife and daughters being of the help.
| full kind, he was able TO get away when
ever he pleased, an 80 mad pushed hii
| business in every direction TO quite re
mote villages.
The day that the company which Yon
4 ny had Joined was to embark was q gal,
| day at Yonkers, and by this time wal
so much Interested that resolved TO Wit
/ ness the parade. think the entire towl
must have turned out, and when the com
pany commenced TO march, the ringing
OF bells, screaming of whistles, footing o
horns and other barbar0us devices mad
noise enough TO have raised the dead
During the parade / could catch only 1
glimpse OF Yonny, but by crowding dow
to the end Of the wharf beheld him sur
rounded by the ten weeping daxen haired
sisters, and the weeping haxen hairet
mother. The Yonkers man himself ha,
fought bis way on board despite all op
position, and almost believe, had 1t beel
possible, would have accompanied th'
volunteers TO the seat of war. uie
The abundance Of good things thrus
upon Yonny soon attracted the attention
of other Young fellows on board, and b.
was promptly called upon to divide. Til
family had come prepared for this also
and the distribution of the good thing
among the high spirited, ciamorou
youngsters served to divert the sister
from their sorrow, which was becoming
TOO depressing for Yonny, despite all IN
fortitude.
When the steamer pulled out into th,
stream the Yonkers man was still
aboard, but there we're plenty Of Willing
friends on the lookout for HIM, and tvs
or three boats shot alongside In cage
haste to bring him ashore. The wheel
OF the steamer gave two or three warninl
turns as father and son INDUCED In |
long parting embrace. As the old MAI
hurried to the gang wav somebody shout
ed, )" come along init us, Dinkelspiel, ant
we makes Major GENERAL of you"
Il In happier days ne would have Joined
in the laugh which this raised, but b,
was too sorrow stricken. They we're In
deed fearful family, and they hurriet
nome as soon as the steamer had depart
!, ed to hide their sorrow from the half riot
GUS crowd.
In June we went down to East Hamp
! ron, on the Lorg leland coast, one of tn.
places where fears of hostile Spanisl
fleets long prevailed. This was quit,
natural hpcanaa in former tfrnna th