Arizona republican., 1898-04-18

1 hands, sped past the OlQ negreSS. l was Nell Tarleton, trembling no long CT, but wild with eagerness to save he l baby brother.
 Come back, honey! Fo' de Lawd' sake, come back" gasped Aunt Dru silla, as she snatched unavailingly a the small figure, which rushed st swiftly by But Nell only shook he head and ran the faster. Farther ant farther behind dropped poor Drusilla until at last she lost sight of Nell al together. Then she threw up he hands and sank despairingly upon ; log.
 Dat ends it all,'' she sobbed; boy and gal bofe gone now. Whatn Mars' Tah'leton say when he comes back An poor Mis'i Boun' to kill hel daid when she hear dat Nel1's gone too"
 On through the woods ran Nell-hel mothers agonized face ever befor: her, and the determination to save little Hal strong within her. A jagged stone cut her bare foot, but could moi stay her even for an instant. Now she saw the roofs of her fathers house illuminated by the spreading fire, ani now again the shells went whistlins over her head. Rabbits and squirrels scurried madly past her, escaping from the advancing troops. She heard the sound of many footsteps, and the sharp banging of the federal rifles On the rising ground before. the house black figures hurried to and fro-the van of Buffers army. But she die not stop. What were the enemy tC her when Hal was missing wounded by chance bullet, perhaps, and dying in the fields
 With a roar the house caught fire and a shower of sparks scared into tht air and fell among the trees. A bulle pinged not foot away from Nell, bur she heard it not.
 Hall Brother Hall" was the sons her heart sang, and she needed nt other sound.
 A branch, shorn off from its par ent tree, crashed down upon the he roic child and bore her to earth. Sht crawled from beneath it, her shoulder bruised and torn, and with sharp pain. in her ankle that told of a seriou. strain. She could run no longer, bu limping was still possible, so onward she limped.
 aL iooI lAC IdWu was I6dCu0u, dul Nell felt a heavy hand descend upo1 her aching shoulder.
 Hold hard there,'' cried a voice What in heavens name are you do ing here?"
 The child looked up into a rough bearded face, begrimmed with powder yet not unkindly.
 ''The baby" she whispered, hoarse ly; i've come back for baby Hal" The bearded man let the swort which he carired fall back into it sheath.
 "Oh, you've come back for tn, | baby? Come back through the she'll and bullets, eh? My girl, you're reg | ular Joan of Arc!" No, sir, I'm a confederate. Ant I please. won't you help me to find tn l baby?"
 The big soldier caught Nell up il l his arms.
 ''Why, your poor little foot's cut, he cried, "and your shoulders bleed | ing, too. This is awful" | Don't mind my shoulder, MT. Yan kee. Let me find baby.' | The federal officer put his spar hand to his mouth, by way of a speak ing trumpet, and shouted in stentorial | tones: "Has-any-man-fo -found-a-
 baby?"
 i From the right came an answerin
 hail, and a soldier came running ou
 of the darkness.
 | "We found a colored girl and
 baby over there, sir," he said. 9Th girl had been knocked down by som
 burning timbers from the barn." l Two minutes later Baby Hal wa
 cooing, just as if nothing had hap pened, upon NelPs lacerated shoulder
 Poor Phoebe, badly, though not dan gerously hurt, told how, in flying blind
 ly from the federals, she had bee
 struck and disabled by a. falling bean
 And as the story spread among tn
 federal soldiers they gathered aroun Nell, cheering her so loudly that Aun
 Drusilla, sitting disconsolately upo
 her stump in the woods, heard the uI
 roar and wondered what it meant. | Not long had the honest old negres
 to wonder; for presently ther
 marched through the woods a guard (
 honor surrounding the federal office
 who carried both Nell and the bab
 in his strong arms.
 70 chile! chiIe!' erie dAunt Drusill;
 as she gave Nell her very hearties
 hug-"yo' done give me a pow'fl
 scare. But it's all right now, press d
 Lawd; an dem dar Yankees amt s
 bad after all" Philadelphia Inquire