The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-07
HEBRON BRIGADE
cHArrER l.
DAMON AND PYTHIAs.

two young men AnC girl. She law lux
urously back upSn the cushions i'm the
stern sheets the bller ropes hanging loose
~ from her slender white hands. her soft
blue eyes fixed teHderly upon the fine face
Of the oarsman nearest her-a youth whose
1.-THE. agile form swayed slowly to and fro
in harmony with the swing OF the long
HIGHT SOULS. The wooded shores, the rural
beauty of the scene, passed unnoticed
Something of absorbing interest kept "all
eyes in the boat Stroke and bow were
in animated if not actually heated discus
sion and the darf brown eyes that earlier
in the afternoon seemed ever seeking those
Of liquid blue before him were now turned,
sometimes to port sometimes to starboard,
sometimes over fhe squared shoulders,
flashing on the man in front-a young ath-
lete with eyes blue and hair and skin
well nigh as fair; as those of the girl at
the helm. He OF the stroke scuIIs on the
contrary. was tassny. almost, as son of
the tropics. His head was crowned by a
wealth of dark brown curls, tumbling low
and uxuriant about his neck and brow and
temples. The Iasiles of his deep, dark eyes
were long. thick and beautifully curved.
The shape of his face, in its perfect oval,
-.
The mouth. lips. seeth and chin were al
most perfect, and: among the four score
young fellows prGninent in society of the
Western metropolis there was not one to
deny TO Paul Ladue the palm for physical.
st least facial. charm. Ever since his
coming among them, four years before,
there was hardly n girl in all their circle
In the bustling city that had not declared
him simply lovely"
Refined. delicate. even effeminate was his
face-One to delight a painter What it
lacked was strength and will. A physiog-
nomist would have turned from ii speedily
10 study the string, virile features the
square jaw. the fam set lips of the stall
wart fellow at his hack. 1t required no I'M
usual power Of dTyination to tell that he
and the silent girl were brother and sister,
and that between them sat, despite the
heat of argument. a beloved and cherished
friend.
You'll never dh il, even if you muster
In every man nccth of the Ohio, Fred
said he of the dxrk. flashing eyes. "Our
people will fight tn the last man-and then
the women and children will take it up
Fred Benton shook his head In dssent-a
sad smile on his face. For a moment he
ceased rowing ami, bent earnestly forward:
You. at least. can have no sympathy
with the South after the wrong done your
father. Paul. and I'm blessed If l can un-
derstand your taking up the cudgels for
Alabama as you DO"
The color deepeced in Ladue's face For
moment he mate no reply, but the light
shallOp seemed C.bound forward. spurning
the foam from her sharp, white bow under
the impetus of the supple strength he sud-
denly threw into the SOULS. Benton had
scored a hit-"a .palpable- hit" The eyes
OF the fair, SLENDER girl suddenly brimmed
with tears. TheFe was something of re-
proach in the glat.ce she threw at her stall
wart brother. Yell as the story was
known, people rssrely spoke of Ii to the
Ladues. Four years old though it was. it
still cut deep. ash no one of their little
household could fefer to it without mani
fest emotion.
1t was some tine in 81 that the editor
of a leading jourEal received a letter com
mending to him .sne Francis Ladue. who
purposed settling N the city and going into
business there. T{esehtly Ladue came, and
with him his little family-a fragile sad
faced wife, a slenler. big-eyed boy of six
teen, and two yong children. Presently
too, marked copies OF Southern papers were
received, and IittIs by little their story was
told TO an indignsn Mt and sympathetic COM
munity. Natives of the South and resi-
dents for years oE beautiful old Southern
metropolis, they had been banished from
the home of theis love, driven from State
10 State, forbidden ever to return. anC
compelled finally to seek refuge anon.
strangers in the cold and distant North
and the head and front of their offendin;
had been that Iadue. ST., owner of thu
finest bookstore IN the gulf coast. stood
charged with hafing sold to an old Gus
toner one copy *f "Uncle Toms Cabin.
and when the stole was searched by wrath
full. slave-holdiT.S felIow-citizens thre
more copies weBe found on a far bacl
shelf. "secreted, "<said the committee. ''un
der stack OF Found Volumes No Law
had been violatedi The book was poison;
blow at their peculiar institution" ant
that was enougls- The business it has
taken Ladue neatly quarter of a certur!
to build up was Filmed in day.
Nor could the sympathy and cordial wei
come of his new: fellow-citizens begin t.
compensate for Ele loss. Ladue was sh.
and reserved. his wife a semi-invalid, am
Paul a sensitive nlant. The lad was sen
TO the best schoel. where. so soon as hi
story knowSi, the other youngster
gradually ceased from troubling, an
sought in crude. clumsy. boyish fashion t
give him comfor' 1t was long before h
seemed 10 thaw cut at all, but Fred Ben
ton. a near neightfor when they passed int
the high school. was the youth he FINAL
tied 10. and thea: this strangely assorte
pair joined forces, apparently, for goo
and all Damon Fand Pythias they Gale
them, for after :the first six months O
shyness on LADIES' part they became in
seParable. One ,vas rarely seen withou
the other. yet taey were utterly unlike
High school fntshed. Ladue was needle
assistant in Els fathers growing bus
ness. Benton hafs begun his study of la'
In the office of :the famous old firm c
which his father 5yas the head. But befor
either had cast lss first vote the long-hel
aided conflict betEeen the North and Sout
the slave holders rebellion. so called-ha
bust upon the startled land Sumter ha
fallen The President had called first fo
1000 men to defend the capital, then fo
10000 volunteers TO prosecute the war.
For a moment shere came no answer {