Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-10-09

linz events of the Civil war were still
..sh subject of conversation long
,or they were all but forgotten In
~ cities. But when, with the de-
.,nction of the Maine, came the possi
fnitv Of war with the Spaniard, they
ro,s relegated to a place Of minor i'm
,,tonce by the suddenly arising ques-
Kan What ought the South to do
,bould the controversy really end in
blows? 1t was a question that many
the younger men promptly an
|,rered by declaring their intention to
volunteer the moment opportunity
.hculd be offered them; but Of the
,ldar ones, those who had fought and
ostin tile carise Of the Southern Con-
tederacy, there were many irreconcA-
lilies who bitterly opposed any South
sner's taking part. at amt ouah
vah.. Let tn Nawth do tn flghtinT,"
they said. ia. r.. n',sss
or the latter party, -.Majah" Bullard
Mas undoubtedly the leader in Parshall
county All day long ne would sit in
front of his office and argue the mat
ter with any and all comers, invaria-
Gy concluding with: "We agreed at
App0matt6x, sub, tub lay down ouah
aims an quit fightin', an Tm tee-to-
taly against takin' 'em up again, just
Pause tn Nawth needs us now" And
upon one occasion he turned sharply
10 silent listener, seated near his
elbow, and added: "Ill bet hoss
h you all with me 'on. that, amt you,
Little Sam"
little Sam, an tInfant," who stood
six feet three in his stockings, blushed
from the roots Of. his tow;colored hair
down into his. collar at being thus I'M
eipectedly called, upon" by so great, a
nan to express an.opinion, and in his
confusion stammered an answer THAT
was only half artlculate. 4 ~
"Yes, sui, that's bound tub be y1i7
way O. thinkin'," the major weht oh,
bringing his cane down on the floor.
with a hump;.yo' daddy died, in MY
aims, suh;'I cahghtiliim when he fell,
up thah ''mong,ffi' Rocks an'S:.Yankee,
! guns at Gettysburg He was as brave
soldier as evah lived, sub, an a gen
teman, an SOL know It no son O. his
can evah put on tn uniform o, tn man
t killed him. Amt that right, sub q
But Little Sam made no answer; he
had quietly risen and was walking,
away, look Of trouble on his face.
He had never seen his father, for his
mother had been widow three
months when he was. born, but, at his
home, hanging beneath a shot.torn
Oattle-fag Of the Confederacy, was
the picture of man in gray, a man
with curling brown hair and fearless
blue eyes, that told him what manner
OF man that father had been. And
from his boyhood up, it had been the
dream, the hope of his life, that some
Gay the gray would again be matched
against the blue, so that he might
dVenge his death. Growing up shy
and imaginative as a girl, almost daily
mad he gazed at his fathers face and
pictured In his fancy long lines of
say-coated men Of whom he would
oe one stirring bugle calls. and the
Oands playing Dixie" the wild "reb-
'et yell, and a fierce charge, before
wnlch waverlng lines of blue would
oreaK' scatter and disappear. Always
was Northerner against Southerner.
NOW, however, foreigner had entered
'ne Lsts, insolently throwning down
He gauntlet to America, and he re-
'elted 1t as insult to himself, as in
out 10 the South as well as to the
North' and, his bosom swelling with
g.'ue at thought Of the mighty power
VI 'he two sections united, strange
'enSation Of friendliness for his coun-
@ymen in the North found lodgment
ID MS heart. And this feeling daily
s'e" stronger, until he could no longer
,ancy himself aiming his rifle at
sUt'herh foemen; instead, he would
ASnt shoulder to shoulder with them
sainst common enemy. But now
,aIor Billiards. words had given
,uue shock to this pretty picture; they
S,Ought 1t home to him that every sol
blue.
f.
anu could he bring himself to put on
Ie UNIFORM Of the man who had killed
40 iather, he asked himself as he
"a,Aed away. Though man in years
uu stature, he was, nevertheless,
SOy IN heart and mind, and so he pom
a't .v,eu the matter for days and weeks
%''uout reaching an answer. Finally
'ook Into his confidence big" Sam,
~, vouslh somewhat smaller than him
.a " out whose ten years seniority
a. uu'eu MIN to be distinguished as the