The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-05-02


she offered TO give up her room to the
young soldier. for 1t was larger md
tighter.
so they carried him In and laid him
on the little bed In Cynthia's room.
1t was Brother Paul himself, though.
VINO lefa her TO nurse his friend and
Joined me In caring for the hungry SOL
oiers The young man slept when the
doctors left him. and. sitting there with
ner sewing. she looked up from time to
time at bis pale face Her tender
heart was touched as she watched. him
lying there wounded unto death.
$50 young" she thought. land SO
sorely wounded. Yea. and viii proy
for him. AND sine went down on her
knees by the bed-her own bed-all her
guiieless heart going out In o plea for
mercy. Then the young soldier opened
MS eyes and. dazed with sleep. thought
the kneeling figure his sister.
| $50 you have come, Alice?" he said.
putting his arm around her neck.
"Nay" she exclaimed, starting up In
alright. ut is 1, Sister Cynthia"
When l went in the next afternoon,
he was lying with his eyes closed,
smiling to himself sometimes as one
In reverie. Cynthia was bending
over her sewing and did not look up
when he greeted me. God forgive me
for 1t. but ] could never look on Henry
Pendleton without wishing he had
been born my son. There was O tax
Ing way about everything that he did;
just the way he wished you good morn
ing was enough to put you In q good
humor all day.
We had SO many wounded soldiers
left with us that could not let Gym
tl.ia be long out. but she came back
even before I finished little sewing.
Sister Cynthia" he said as she en-
tered. II am going to ask you to do me
little favor. want you to write q
letter to my mother for me-"
"Yea,' she said. half breathless from
her walking.
1t was brave letter, making light
of his wound and full OF CHEEKY plans
for getting leave ee absence. lis
tened to his comforting love words Us
he urged her not to come back into the
eneEnJ's country. where it was danger
GUS. 1t sounded new and strange to
me, too, and did not wonder that
CynthIa's hand shook. Poor lad, how
pale he looked as he lay there! I could
not help smoothing his pillow as
went out.
Cynthia came down after awhile to
mail his letter. and hunted me out.
''Sister Caroline" she said seriously,
"did you ever see my motherY"
"No. child" answered, d little hurt,
N x N M A. Z
these 20 years, and loved her more
than IL had begotten her in iniquity? :?
She turned away q few steps and
then came back.
"Sister Caroline" she said, "ycu
have been a mother to me, and
haven't loved you half enough" And
she put her arms around my neck and
kissed me. suppose was a foolish
old woman to fold her in my arms
and weep over her as did.
She went back up stairs to the
wounded man, but Brother Paul had
come in and was talking to his friend.
Cynthia walked slowly on to my room.
paul" she heard him say. 'splay for
me; am sad lying here"
did not know then that music was
the tie OF friendship between them.
had never seen the violin, for Brother
Faui had played in secret the beautiful
but ungodly songs, and as for Cyathia
she had heard only the little organ In
the meeting house that Paul said was
cracked, and, poor child, 1t was no
wonder that she fell now under the
spell OF that ungodly mus.c and heard
things she hdI never dreamed of. 1t
was like getting glimpses into new
world, where all the beautiful things
were you had ever heard or seen. But
there was pain mixed with the pleas
ure. and It gave .You sort OF yearning
as he changed to q song to somebody
he called Annie Laurie. am an old
woman and hate ungodly music, but
stood there with one foot on the step
and listened like one in O spell. How
much more it must have meant to Gym
THAI 1t isn't strange the idea came to
her that in some way she had missed
something in life, beautiful and spir-
ituai something altogether desirable.
She sat there with her eyes fixed on
one cloud that was golden still In the
gray twilight and prayed to God for
the unknown something. So I found
her when I came to see why she was
late to supper-Cy Cynthia, who was ever
prompt in the least Of her duties.
The next afternoon we were In the
workroom down stairs when heard
Brother .Paul's step. Cynthia looked up
at the door twice, then, after he was
outside. got up suddenly and ran after
him. wondered much, for among us
men and women have no needless COM
munication with each other. heard
her call his name, and he was Just at
the window when she came up. breath
ing quickly. "a;
Brother Paul. she said, s'do you
know--Annie Laurie?''
s. "Yea, he said, turning quickly.
why 2" , q, 81 sssI' s 3s
\ L .sIs she very beautiful p
.sYea,Y he said. very, And I could
see q curious smile on his lips anu O
light In his eyes. did not notice that
Cynthia caught her breath quickly. /
was 80 taken up with the thought that