The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-09

convent school at s., where 1 stayed
/ three years. He wanted me to stay two
more, but couldn't. for he was so lone
/ some l study and read all the time.
and that is just as good
On the remainder of the way to church
they chatted on various topics of inter
est TO each He found her much better
informed or science and the best lftera-
ture than the society young ladies with
whom he has constantly associated.
In the afternoon she played on the
little cottage organ, and they sang II.
hymns together. His was a smooth, soft
| baritone voice. and accorded well with
her clear. mellow soprano. They had a
jolly time singing, talking, bandyIng
railcry. and jokes. He spoke no more
about his love. After supper they sat
on the piazza in company with her IA
Their and Miss Julia
Il say, young man, what was your
dadGy's name? Was he III our army?''
His name was r. J. Blair. Yes, sir,
he served the Confederacy He was
killed few months before the close"
What was his regiment and COM
2anv?'
He was in the til Georgia Cavalry,
Company l. He was colonel of the regi-
ment when he was killed"
Il thought 1 saw a look of Joe Blair
in your face, boy. Years ago We wus
laik brothers. Joe and me. He married
and went away TO Virginny. / never
seed him ag'in tull the war broke out.
l cotch him IN my arms and hilt him
when he wus shot; bullets ratified down
on US laik hail, but I didn't mind 1
downed on one knee to make him easy.
The blood run over my arm and along
in branch on the ground. an he died
I'm my arms" The old man rose and
passed out into the moonlit silence to
battle unobserved with the emotion he
could not restrain.
Day in and day out Dada and ReueI
worked side by side. He spoke never a
word of love; in subtle way he taught
her to love him, by high and noble prin-
ciples he gently awakened her soul to
respond TO his. He saw many phases Of
life represented in her. She could talk
was ever eager for wider knowledge. She
worked in the field, and yet she was a
womanly woman, high-bred and gracious
II a rush during haying time she drove
the two-horse rake. She could not have
been to him more lovely and commanded
more respect had she been a Boadica in
a gilded war chariot
Her patience and Christian purity
made him ashamed of his hasty temper
and his habit of using profanity. In
short, she made of him a better man.
From time to time he told her much con-
corning himself. his college days, his
devotion 10 literature, his travels-he
had Travelled much-and the comradeship
that had been existent between his
father and himself. His mother appear
ed to have had nothing 20 do with what
was pleasant in his life, for he made no
mention Of her only as interfering with
Or ordering his concerns. She. in turn,
cOnf1ded TO him what she had trusted to
none save her father. her scrubbed !
stories She gave him some manuscripts !
10 read. They were simple little stories |
Of country life, rejecting her purity of !
heart. as soothing to the mind as the |
nurmur of a brook to the tired ear, as 4
delightful as the ozone of her native |
Hills. Recognizing her talent, he en- i
outraged and advised her, giving her the |
advantage of his experience.