The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20

seed some mighty .guare doin's up yander en-.
run,d right 'twixt dc lines, an It got SO. dat
mighty nlgh ,ev,ry day do Yankees an our boys
passed. er chillun. .Marso Jack wuz in dar ovo'y
chance he got, an him an dat ar big Yankee
de stock right now-dey'd git ter projickin' an
tryin, tel. duck one, amer. an l tuck notice dat
dScSSish'. " To' dat a.'e dsy' ID m @nrs 'twi i,a'd dc o iin as
swnp an, trade an, laugh an Taik an take on
Huh. much he look like bcin' raised wild
Marsc Jack" snortcd Aunt Candacc.
Jack cNEo or %i ic do dc O qnS what shr wsnt ter P take M%rso
d&t worry y!os99, kazc he'll be safe wild dat big
NO he won't, nccder." exclaimed Aunt Can
dace.
How GOMEZ, asked her son.
"kazc he amt gwine, dat's how come"
Plato shook his head significantly. rs n his
mammy's decision settled the whole matter.
Of his mistress and Miss Floe to allow Jack to
be carried off by the Yankee army.
Dr. Iruden tho surgeon, was also worried
with a problem, he could not fathom. and puzzled
ny a, great many things he could not under
stand. The problem was not very serious.
interesting. Why should these Southern Ia.
dies. who, his instinct told him, had very bit
ana especially against the Union soldiers. be.
tray, such interest in Capt. Jarvis OF New
hoIkf And not interest only but genuine solic.
ltudc, that they sought in vain to conceal.
The surgeon was n young man, not more than
% or 30 years old, but he had knocked about n
fool. In fact, he had n pretty good knowledge
OF human nature and II reasonably quick ego
FOR symptoms
He cared nothing whatever for such preju-
diGcs as the ladies surely had. They were natu.
raj and inevitable. They belonged to tho or.
was their absence In the case of Capt. Jarvis
That worried him. Ho could see that. these
concerned. and that his presence was tolerated
only because he could be of some possible SER
vice TO Jarvis.
While dressing Jacks wounded shoulder.
which, under the circumstances. was IL tedious
operation. DR., Pruden noticed what beautiful
best she could, and in that way her hands were
very much In evidence. lie observed, too. that
these beautiful hands had q trick Of stroking
the wounded mans hair, and once he saw such
sure, of the fingers that he glanced ouickf- at
in9uisitive that Flora blnshed in spite Of her
self, and IT was the rosicst Of bushes. too. for
she instinctiyely knew that the man suspected
that, she had fallen desperately in love with n
Yankee Captain In the course of a few hours.
Tnen she was angry because she, blushed, and
DR.. Pruden, discovering these signs of mental
perturbation. was vexed with himself for being
the involuntary cause of 1t all.
But he was none the less satisfied that no had
surprised and discovered the young woman's
secret; and h wondered that i should be so:
y, ms "ith hiS Olllt llGu lIt ITtllltSI
little romance imaginable. 1t was such n queer
little romance, too, that he could not repress a
and deftly applied the bandages. Flora saw
the smile and, with a woman's intuition read
its meaning; Whercupon; with ready tact. she
instead OF herself. the object of 1t, so that when
Jacks wounds had been properly dressed DR..
ness toward him was in significant contrast to
the tender .solicitudc she felt for the supposed
Capt. Jarvis.
The surgeon paid small attention to this, MS
he told himself, and yet 1t was not n pleasant
experience. The careful way in which Flora
study her face. and the moro he studied it the
more IT impressed him. He thought to himself
little romance turn out happily.
He would have been glad to talk with Jarvis.
but that was out of the question now; to:mor-
row would do, as well. So he sat in the library
tobacco in an old cigar box on the table and
heard the Twentieth Army Corps go tramping by,
with the dull roar the November wind made in
the t%rectops outside. Strangely enough. it all
place. After n while he leaned his head against
the cushion on the back of his chair and closed
When he opened them again night was fall
ing. On one side of tho fireplace Plato sat
prone on the floor. On the other side sat O'Hal-
from side to side. The big irishm an'T was lean.
ing forward gazing into the fire, his elbows on
What time is i'll" the surgeon asked.
" 'Tis long past yure dinner hour, sor," re-
piled O'lialloran, strengthening himself.
Plato aroused himself. drew n pine knot from
some. place of concealinent and threw 1t on the
gloTing bank of Goals.
Mistress say yo' vittles wuz ter be KEEP
warn, in de dinin' room, sub, y said Plato. "Dcy
ringcd de dinner bell all 'roun' you. an mistiss
come In ter AK you ter have some dinner, but she
low you WIZ %slecpin' SO SCUM she din want ter
We'll" replied DR.. Pruden. "a bite of some
thing wouldn't hurt. that's a fact. I'll go in
and see how Jarvis is, while Won have il fixed
for me-"
for the surgeon to go there. for Jack was still
asleep. The candle had been placed on the
and the room was darker on that account. but
it was not too dark for the surgeon to see as he
entered the room that Flora was sitting over
she had been holding Jarvis's hand, for he saw
her make a quick moycment as be entered, and
confirm all his infcrenccs and increased his
wonder that such a complication could arise
here in ,1 the very heart Of the ~, rebellion; as i
his hand, on his patients forehead.
. LILO In9w long have you been awake, Jarvis''h he
Not long, replied Jack. "IIow did you
why I heard you swallow" replied DR.. Pru-
Jack tried to laugh. but he found that his
chest was very sore. and the laugh ended in n
groan.
Don't try to laugh, and don't talk" said the
surgeon in n professional tone. You nre out
of danger now, and yom ought to DO forever
grateful to your nurse
You mean old Aunt Candaccl' suggested
Jack with dry huinor.
DIR. Pruden stared at his patient with wide.
open eyes. Tin surprised ut you, Jarvis" no
ssid in n tone of rebuke. ~ mean Miss Kill
patrick OF course. Go TO sleep now; your head
Is still in n fiighty condition.
Whercnpon Dir. Pruden went out OF the room
into tho library again. Soon he was
to the dining room. where. contrary to his en-
pc cations. he found Mrs. Kilpatrick presiding
at the table. Naturally they fell into IL CONVEX
sation about tho war. but both observation-disclosures
prcjudices,, and, the talk turned out to he SO
pleasant though there were critical moments
that had to be bridgcd over with silence that
DIR. Pruden thought he had never seen q moro
or u more gracious hostess.
".
At early dawn the next morning O'Halloran,
nilntnl by pinto. wont inln .Inrk'S room fnnk