The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-14
he Wind and the
Whir!wind N&
BY r. y. HILL
ropyrigh,, 1906. hy Daily story Pub. TO-,

~ THAT terrible night OF Sept.
sth. l0Jg, at Galveston. ] Glanced
10 be the means OF saving the life or
Dr. Pierre AalliCur, an old and prom
iu-nt physician OF New Orleans, who
had been called to Galveston the day
before IN consultations WAS resi-
dent ~ the Crescent city myself, and
the striking face aud figure of the
old gentleman were familiar 10 me.
welt. young man" he said tn me
the next day, what can | do to show
my appreciation for your herosm
last uight?"
Nothing whatever, doctor" | re-
piled, unless, ns far as the ethics OF
your profession will allow, you will
relate to mo the strangrst incident
connected with your practice.
After a silence OF several moments
lac said, As it happens car do that
very thing, ns all those immediately
connected Herewith are dead.
when the war began had
though only graduate OF four
years standing, largely lifted the
burden Of practice from my fathers
shoulders. hut the war fever entered
my blood, aud went forth as sur
gcuu In New Orleans regiment, the
colonel Of which was lirury Lespard.
1T is not worth while for me to go
into details regarding that cruel
struggle Sullir" 1t to say that no
regiment ON either side made NOR"
brilliant record than did the one un-
der lrsward's command. hcforo the
close OF "a hr had been made II gen
ernl officer, his old regiment forming
part of his division.
cone dark night, with the enemy
close In front and battle imminent,
Il young man dressed in citizens
clothes wua captured within our
lines, but Ia one of his pockcta were
found cards hearing tho name 'Cnpt.
Francisco Laurru, tn L. ;. CHvai.
ry.' When charged with being II spy
he vehcmcntly denied it, but refused
to ray what brought him there, and
requested to he currlcd before the
general. Den. LrspHr,l refused to see
him and ordered him to Ice shot the
following morning unless he gave Il
satisfactory account of his prcscnc"
within our lines That night the
Young man wrote Leopard II note
but the general had gone with his
wife aud daughter several miles t.
the rcnr and the messenger fnilcd t.
find him until too late, and the sup
posed shy met death as brave man
should as the beams 81 the rising sun
kissed the tree tops. His last re-
quest waA that his body he sent Il
his mother who was near by with the
Union forces. and this the general
granted.
Gen. Lcspard occupied - room III
farm house near the end of our
lines, my own being Just across the
passage. Soon after dHybrcak on the
morning following that on which
Can't. Lancra was shot, old Timothy
Gen Lcspard's body servant, rushed
in upon me, his eyes hulging in thelt
sockets, and stammcrcd forth that
his mister was dead In " momen,
was beside the bed and found that
the negro had srok-u but too truly
Aa | bent over the dead man In the
uncertain light ! observed small
piece of paper upon his breast he
moving 1t and finding II to be q note
| carried II TO the window and read
1.-The young officer who WAS shot
yesterday, at this mans order, wa
his son by nm octoroOn slave girl
lie was murdered by his fathcrl lie
was avenged ny his mothcrl'
II placed the note in my pocket
and returning to the bedside discoy
cred and removed the dagger with
which Gen. Lespard's heart had been
pierced.
Timothy l said To the negro
who had been watching my move
mcnts, some Yankee has managed
to get inside our lines In some way
and killed your master, ! suppose be
cause he had that young man shot
But IL would be best that no on,
should know how ne died; and 40 you
and ! will keep tho secret between
us We will remove every evidence
OF the way In which he was killed
| will announce that he had heart
disease, and we will bury the secret
too deep to dig up
81 have looked upon many n deat
face, but never one on which wa,
stamped such an expression oi