Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-07-19

By WILLIAM LIGHTFoor vIss.

By WILLIAM LIGHTFooT vIss-
CHER.
sSCopyright. 1905. by Daily Story pub Coz
SHERMAN.
- 1u yhhsaged as the mountains face.
before the bosom OF the storm. that
The, the t Epnarl e and rugged forest growth.
Use Use among the rocks, where Nature
Her Widest sd watch and ward. Yet, with
ana IL kindly soul, amid wars fiercest
1real ns sherman = thou hast done mighty
And Won thy country's highest need
Tom Lansing and Lucie Bell loved
eacn other, but they had talked on
every other subject that they knew
awning about, and on many Of
winch they really knew nothing Now
they were strolling around the euues-
e =, statue Of grand old ".Tecumseh''
sherman, in the moonlight Of May.
Neai tnem lowered the granite facade
q the treasury, yonder twinkled the
llgnts OF the White House, and away
! az the apex of a triangle, doomed in
ihiall1-llght, mighty giant in gray, the
monument on i1t to Washington. Heavily
#aeep and dark was the new spring
dress Of the trees.
olt there he said. For with his
handkerchief he had switched away
the Dust from block Of stone where
stood' IN real bronze, one of the sol
dlers that, at quadrangle corners,
guard the Leader to the Sea-,
AS he seated himself beside her
ne said Il have written this and I
want you to tell me if it sounds like
poetry = do not know IL can read
it by this light but I will try |
Inc scamp knew it by heart, but
ne read it as if it tried his eyes. 1t
was the verse that is printed above.
beginning:
..Gr ri''n:v as the MOUNTAINS
1t may be poetry she said, ''but
| should think that you might devot .
your genius to something better than
apostrophiziffg that old invader who
left monuments to himself more aw-
fully eloquent than this, all through
dear old Georgia, in the chimneys Of
burned homes. l would find better
theme If l were YOU
ihat is very we'll said, Lucie.
Now let me tell you story"
"Do"
'SOnce upon time
That's a good, original start"
Shall l tell the story?'
I'll not say another word"
once upon time, when famous
warrior was leading his armies
through a beautiful land"
why don't you say Sherman In
| Georgia, at once?''
Thought you promised not to say
another word?''
. oh! was only trying to help you
simplify Matters
All right. When Sherman was
leading his legions through Georgia
Following them. you mean
Following his legions through
Georgia, there was a handsome young
captain Of one of his regiments 2
The story grows in interest"
A handsome young captain of a
cavalry regiment had remarkable
pisode. A cavalry brigade had cap:
lred the town Of Roswell, on the
-hatahoochee,, at the extreme left OF
The army, and Roswell was simply a
,own of cotton and wooden factories
The exigencies of war demanded the
burning Of the factories and they
we're committed to the flames, but
that disposition to make Of the thou
sand or more pretty girls Of the con
/ federate looms became a serious ques
ton. Gallant old Tecumseh was equal
70 the occasion. however. He ordered
a regiment of bold sabreurs to the
!. front and directed that each trooper
and officer should take pretty maid
upon an improvised pillion, behind
him on his steed. This was done and
the unique cavalcade proceeded from
Roswell to Marietta, the regimenta]
band playing the air Of "The Girl !
Left Behind Me-" the refrain to which
Ee troopers sang with the words
5& lue girl L nave DeHluQ me.
So far from being terror-stricken
'.le girls were soon in a jolly mood
lung to their cavaliers and were
laughing in great glee as the process
son entered Marietta, lovely little
oity that nestles on the southwark
slope Of historic old Kenesaw noun
!. ain. ~,<es -. 1!is.s:
.The girl that rode with her arms
bout the waist Of the handsome
young captain was the prettiest one
Of the thousand, and they were near.
" all remarkable pretty southern girls
who were periodically working Ito
elothe the soldiers of the south.
Moreover, she was OF a good family
Of Georgia and had held some sort
ST official position in one Of the fac.
tories Of Roswell. Besides, she had
relatives in Marietta who dwelt in an
imposing mansion amid a. grove Of
sumbrag eous trees, where rose vines
elambered about the galleries and over
trellises, here and there, on the gar.
dened groupd is. =