The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-11

.F.-.btI Day anu StI4 80 III
..sr, war. from the frozen
Maine 10 the pearl sneIiei
e.oriIa. the fate Of a thou
~erc sealed. Bat not one
... tories Of those Thousand
raj.arly pathetic a that Oh
.-~..a.-Dld bog. Carroll Conan
.. ..r this story.
slice youngest Of SIX b~roih@IS'
+..r. fondly called them thc
T-u club, for every @VchIHS
their chairs around
colonial fire place ana can
...4 tJ tell them stories OF ils
when their grandfather cut
from the dense forest ana
..- old home. ana Of the sign
...- deed for til" land bought
... Indians, ana later. % the IN
rs. Then, 100, tN@y wanted
lilly stories Of the gfandfalhcE
...- Of the revolution.
.-. home was IN the mountains 81
I%'aroliha. and Indians still came
-a. heights around 10 Duy 'n''}'S
-...T store. Ihey had no near
..9Er. ana Werc the only people IN
mites who mad a carriage ana a
Therefore, the Halt !5p/e"
"- n real necessity III inc l'1iS
e. evenings ana not noon hours
meF.
as n evening IN AprIi, 1891,
the club was holding It's Ilrst
air meeting on the lawn before
..8t log house that they were
..i"i by 4 ElSlt0F. II was ool;
-'1. Of AshoFIlIe, q great 1flehd
.|eudtHi guest OF the fanny ana
.rH t.EfltflITl1I nt1lN nt-1iiN 2Ittl-
.f welcome when they recognized
r. colored boy who sat on tha
F.. edge OF the circle, enjoying Ihe
tales led off tn C0IoneIs morse
leu Cameron was Immediately
t on for one Of his stories.
time his speech was OF unu-
interest, and When II was ilhlSfleN
,tuent surged in the breasts or
members, for it was the story of
NOT of the past but of the pres
-ute moved about the house until
lat dawn that night. Mother and
Girls we're getting father and the
r.adv to leave next day, to go
,. their country Was calling. 1hcy
2uin" Immediately to AsheVllle.
Mr.. Conan vas to take charge
company. Col. Cameron was
e father into the hills in search OF
men to answer the call to arms.
Eli the confusion OF heart aches
tears. no one thought of twelve
,-lII carroll till the time to say
! bve. Then he kissed his father
. ANA over as he hung around his
k ana BEGGED to 60 too. But faith
foId him that mothers baby
.ln't be 4 soldier, and then went
-,~ l,,,1o tho Inn, lHal fA11n-N--
down the hill TO the main road,
.ol the grass and lay down on his
to crv.
little later Col. Cameron came rid
I.ieurely along wondering which
elton would be best TO take, when
heard the sOJs in the grass. and
out:
Who's there? What's the matter?'
{ the sound of this voice Cal broke
almost v~icifcrous yelling. Col.
heron got off his horse, fastened
to the fence, and sat down by the
of his little friend.
began to comfort him by sayins
t his father would soon be home
using such consolatory and prom
language as n usually does tC
hlId. But this did not sOothe Cal
he finally SObbed out that he
luted to be a soldier and fight as
udpa did"
this the COlOnels eyes spanked
he told him that he could be g
her. He could drill every day or
4upjtS ground behind the smoke
.-e. me- could wear gray clothes-
] give him some brass buttons IOi
coat. He would also cut him
. 81 ..rF., cK,n.N, =, rec
he could be his first lieu,
amt and stay at nome ana guaro
.nor ana his sisters. Calls eyes
~ steamed, and every trace OF sal
drunk up by the sunshine OF III:
H We Strengthened himself up. ahc
.E"a very strong ana Soldlef!y.
.-" '"olnel remounted his horse
UnI CARS hand WITH a real com
..E grip. and said:
-laF the gray SUIT by the llIhe
urn. Ahd III nave n u alu tIe
..'.S and SlNe you q lesson III grill
. "-- colonel, replled Cal' ana lit
-0l"i his officer.
The next week when Col. cameron
10y" back he found that little Cal mac
lSe. his mother into making :
Jeans suit, and he cut the but
ID IS off his own beautiful uniform ti
t on CARS. He had the gun as NJ
81 promised, and when the III Wen
Nm they had a drill behind th'
"a" house,. As they stacked arm.
T. 's.u,run eyed the childish figure
tl .s.s-I 50 noble in the light jean
Il "Aai said:
Promise me, Carroll, that your
N.r. .-..4l:- 1,,+ ~ = FnIA ~ I
'+-uh al nv heart I Will,' replied