The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-13
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with fear and trembling hands tore 1t open, reading the words:
 -- Captain Churchill Montrose badly wounded in yesterdays battle. but not fatally"
 In a second the bonny eyes looked first up to Heaven through a mist of tears, and uttered a prayer of thank fitness that the beloved was still spared to them-then down to old Zeke and the little ones. The eyes had grown clear and bright and strong now, as she told them he was not fa- tally hurt. Turning to old Zeke, who stood with such a rapr expression on the old black face. that at first he failed to understand what directions she was giving him. When he was able to comprehend that she was tell ing him of her intention to start in an hours time for the battle field a hundred miles away, he looked at her in a dazed way, saying with a smile | beaming over his face. Now young misses, just wait a minute, kase Pse got a git de cobwebs out of dis old Hinky head ob mine. den kin tell you what we gwine to do." And with the freedom Of a long trusted and beloved slave he unfofded his plans. He, with three of the best men on the place. and old Jacob. who had been | the carriage driver in the Montrose | family for thirty years drived old Misses and Marster many a year,11
 would take the heavy comfortable coach. put in a cot with plenty of pil-
 lows, and bring young Marster home l jist as easy as if him was on a feather
 bed. Now. honey, you Jist stays right
 here wid de chilluns, an gwine to
 hay Betsy Ann and Mary James tur
 bring thar pallets right in dis room
 and sleep dar on de floor right by your bed. Den I gwine tur hab Bro Jones, his sons Bob, and Allen, tur bring thar
 pallets dar in deisbig front hall, and
 right dar dey gwine tur stay till wees come back and, if any of dem rapscal-
 lions from de Yankee army comes
 along, dey better says de prayers fore Allen and Bro Jones done git through
 wid 'em; kase dey sho won't be able to say nonearfter. You des stay right har, and you gwine to be as | safe as an infant on his mammy's | breast. I know Bro Jones got more
 ligion dan he got sense, but what am
 lacking in de sense. he got um in de fighting qualities"
 So after many hasty preparations by Mrs. Montrose, assisted by black Nam
 my Nell, Betsy, Mary Ann and oth- CTS, who had heard down in the quar- ters of Marse Churchilrs being wound
 ed. the little party set out.
 l The hours Speu py on leauen wings,
 to the loving wife, and impatient lit-
 tle ones. and it was not until the twi- light of the fifth day that the faith
 full watchers saw the old familiar car-
 riage winding slowly up the beautiful | driveway. Mrs. Montrose ran down the | steps with her large. lustrous eyes full
 of tenderness and love. scarcely able to keep back the rising excitement. | Uncle Zeke how is he?"
 -~"Dar now, honey. keeps quiet, all is
 gwine tur be well wid young Marster,
 he just done fainted, he ain't quite his-
 self yet. but we gwine to nuss him
 and trust de Lord"
 With the tenderness of a mother for
 a little child. four pairs of black brawny arms lifted the cot and carried
 1t into the home. tears were on all
 their faces, as they quietly went back
 to the quarters.
 Lord a massay have mercy on our
 souls" said Bro Jones, as the mourn