The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-05-26

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; Being the Story of a Happy
!, Decoration Day.
BY MANDA L. CRoCKER.


Gent Govt
iaH HeIle gong, too"
Winnie Egerton, Aunt Helen's gllest.
paused to glance back over her mink
shoulder knots at . noo+ fo,,.o :, -
standing in the centar oF ~ " s'as
she asked The oInstion ~ 49,, as
pursed uD her noun m,e,lr;a, nosoess
Whispered. O NOD IooTir rouatS ato
at Miss Erertnn 0oN's sH"isn1
All" Thn halr
marion of NJ ouPPIe9aeu eNcla-
with a solemn ah W. THtn ~ VAS met
Aunt HeIan 80 ~ sHe he"u Wy
down the stens Sose''e' 'heS went
1t was m he occas,on - e
Decoration 5s,, nnS ~ ~ lie ilst
was on nafri3ticoii1. a. g. oieai Pioph
brave de6nrted NJ n tso' Eir Nv
shy little sontberr o;,, ~ ~ my, my tns
the sbr,Ht fr WY n We WIN
in the exercises '"N'is par
Miss burlington had coma north Of
the close OF the war 10 motn bar horae
with Aunt Helen' ond ar *, notn9
better than she WIN +ha SnT,- 800
niece did not iotn the nower.,aden
ranks in memory of the nations dead
Then, this northern annie know of
something else; a stranre-iookine
~mound-that is, strange for a garden
hidden away in the farthest corner be-
hind the big s~yringa.
Yet it was there. fashioned nv Niss
Geuie's own hands, a memorial to the
brave but mistaken lover who fell at
Allatoona.
Although he had turned in misled
duty from the stars and stripes to the
palmetto, he had been royalty loyal to
her to the last; for had he not
~staunched his wounds with his coat Of
gray hnd kissed her picture as he faint
" said: "Goodby, little sweetheart; it
IS all over with me now"
Ahd no one ever gave it a thought,
either why the girl was so partial to
fray gowns trimmed with blue, and
plue soWhs 't!lhIneq with gray; that is,
~ 9he hul Aunt Helen' she had fig
uteH IT out AFTER the uneTrlng arfth-
Icy ol d "orhahs heart. and under
S'" ~"
2t'toH5 WIS wrong, MISS Genie was
To"L ~ say, put ne was true as
w 'te"' 81 /" what ne oeeIned DUTY
m - a. ~. I,[, Sale 4t|aEa looked SO
ccnrIS S " ltrtt sue Salu ms that one
ma re on her rono '"e """Uo" y al
and IN on So No. l o away |le INSANE
hrothorbnod nnGer t,o l." IA Tai on u n5l.eu e.
n3n,nory ~ bondcnraa ~ ~ tas ~ ~,
She habitnaiiV Worn b1I7ae @oNalu'
AZ heord what she eai3 y n,1soJ w.
neat figure In the middle Of me el,nny
m0rninp room ana tW.o r,ietv a,,as
looked yyistfuTv after tba 5irnHroo 800
ladies. "Oh, YES: heard hnt auntiee
will keep nv secret. know
A thankful confidence lighted I'm her
countenance as she turned aw-y to
finish the busting. for Miss Genie was
4 real EbeneZer In the Burnham home
BY and by she nut on n broad
brimmed hat. something after the stvle
OF sweet southern days and pleasant
plantation custom. before there was a
confederacy, and went out alone in the
soft May weather.
The spring had been tardy and the
old-fashioned roses We're still in great,
sleepy buds, the last few kindly days
Of warmer airs not having been suff-
Client for their unfolding.
i}ut the plunly Hlacs, white as milk,
ana purple as royal attire. were still in
bloom; besides, there We're oceans of
pansles and Nlo!ets.
The lllacs are fke-conquering
plumes," she said dreamily. holding her
nushed cheek close to their wealth OF
fragrance. and the pansies have such
innocent earnest faces'-looking down
loNlngly at them-"but the oil but open
roses here are most suitable" and she
kissed the daWning beauty of Sharon
ana me great douple Whte.
Gathering n basket TO the overlooking
OF the 'all-but-open' treasures and q
sprinkiinE OF pansies and taking a wide
shaIioW olsh ana some water, MISS
Genie timed her rect to an ole south
ern melody of childhood days-his and
her3-anG marched slowly down the
garden path.
The birds Warbled little ender notes