The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-05-12

lMl y PAGES On the remo.s' p'.
tations Of the South. the sti
ring events Of the Civil War were sti
fresh subject Of conversation Ion
After thsy wsrs all but forgotten
the citfes. But when, with tho d
struction Of the Maine. came the poss
billy Of war with the Spaniard, the
were relegated to 4 place Of minor In
pcrtancs BY the suddenly arising ques
ton. What ought the South to d.
blowsf 1t was I question that mani
Of the younger men promptly an
swered by declaring their intention tt
volunteer the moment opportunity
should be offered them; but Of the
older ones. those who had fought and
lost In the cause Of the Southern Con-
federacy. there were many irreconcil-
sbles who bitterly opposed any South
erner's taking part 1T amt ouah
wah. Let tn Nawth do tn nghtin'."
they said.
OF the latter party. ~Majah~ Billiard
was undoubtedly the leader In Parshall
County. All day long he would sit In
front Of his ONCE and argue the mat
ter with any and all corners. invaria-
bly, concluding with: I'VE agreed At
Appomattox. sub. tub lay down ouah
ahms an quit nghtin'. an I'm tee-to-
tally against takin' 'em up again. just |
cause tn Nawth needs Us now" And /
upon one occasion he turned sharply
to 4 silent listener. seated near his
elbow. and added: TN bet q boss
I you All with me on that. amt you.
Little Samr
Little Sam. an infant" who stood
six feet three In his stockings. blushed
from the roots of his tow-colored hair
down into his collar at being thus IN
expectedly called upon by SO great q
man to express an opinion. and In his
confusion stammered an answer that .
was only half articulate.
Yes. sub. that's bound tub be yo'
way O. thinkin'." the major went on.
bringing his cane down on the floor
with thump, 20 daddy died In my :
aims, sub; caught him when he fell, :,
up thah 'mong tn rocks an Yankee :
guns at Gettysburg. He was as brave =
q soldier as evan lived. sub. an a gen =
deman. an so know t no son O. his :,
can evan put on tn uniform O. tn man :,
t killed him. Amt that right, subj" -
But Little Sam made no answer; he
had quietly risen and was walking B.
away. look of trouble on his face. dr.
He had never seen his father, for his
mother had been a widow three bl
months when he was born. but at his "a
home, hanging beneath a shot-torn wi
battle-fag Of the Confederacy, was
the picture Of q man in gray, a man jui
with curling brown hair and fearless .
blue eyes, that told him what manner =
OF man that father had been. And
from his boyhood up. 1t had been the
dream. the hope Of his life. that some
day the gray would again be matched i
against the blue. so that he might q
avenge his DEATH Growing ND shy z
Ind Imaginative as a girl almost daily II
had be gazed at his fathers face and "a
pictured In bis fancy long lines Of ~
yray-coated men of whom he would IN
'e one. stirring bugle calls. and the E
lands playing Dixie" the wild .reb- n
!" yell, and a fierce charge. before Y
which wavering lines of blue would
reak, scatter and disappear Always
was Northerner against Southerner. "a
low. however. foreigner had er ii rs
he lists, insolently throwning =
he gauntlet to America, and he re- !.
snted 1t as insult to himself. as in -
lit to the South as well as to the =,
orth. and. his bosom swelling with "
ride 1t thought of the mighty power ~
the two sections united, a strange ~
nsation Of friendliness for his coun-
ymen In the North found Judgment
bis heart And this feeling daily
ew stronger, until he could no longer 'wh
ncy himself aiming his rife at VIVA
'rthern foemen; instead, he would you
mt shoulder to shoulder with them w
ainst 4 common enemy. But now ed o
ajor Billiards. words had given a troul
de shock to this pretty picture: they wv
ought 1t home to him that everv al ulate
II Of the Union must wear Tho frr,or, ma tt
le- Nav
md could he bring bimse,r 70 Is It i
uniform Of the man who had killed M
father, he asked bimsaIf q. 'I-v
liked away. Though a man IN &C., tn u
stature, he was. nevertheless. a w
In heart and mind. and so he pom In So
co the matter for days and weeks BE
hout reaching an answer. Finally cause
took into his confidence big, Sam burg
ousin somewhat smaller than him an
but whose ten years seniority time.
sed him to be distinguished as tho lips.
er- Ton
Iawi hawi havr, the I.t+.r ,ar. up In
rood ma tured ridicul.. a. 49,. didn't
It's been maxim you look 30 hang way
fun . month past, is tit l thought ne ga
a. All cause somebody cut you out wore
o sweetheart. I'll be Jumped I'D WI
didn't. Now look ..bash 3D. "ain't
went on. seriously, IF you want dom
80, don't you let any such stun as IN
stand In 20 way. That OIL wah soutn
fought out long time ago, an 1t make
Il evan be fought again. Why7 ment
lie the . nothin' tub fight about An
AL In tn South don't want tn an In
'ahs slaves again, do WEI Nav Sam
ldn't be bothered with 'em. An that
Nawth = not pesterin' US any. 30 Eve
aon't want tub 60 out o. tn Union. answe
cont you worry about wearin' tn "Om
orm o tn man I killed Uncle Jim: in exc
a. done In faiah fight, an aftah "B'll
ie Jim d left his mahk on more Tom .
ne iank. I'll bet An don't you do It,
attention tub what these OIL foqies killed
nne OIL men an all that, but they "As I
ped tn clock when Lee surren- minute
ID. tn Spantahde need q Itcktc, sor 90,