The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-12

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rf.tHro -iamred On tho rover, where ~
49, fIo 900 tpvs. wearing hlie and gray.
standing IN , rcd ground and shaking rod
hsrI- lsfore he black mu,zls ~ . field
r,e,e Tie csnnouois aimed po,nt blank
a, 'hs Observer bur we are confident that
NJ. curiosity will 10 superior IN his fears.
He y o brave The cannon for tho purpose
~ arriving NJ the test. Ne notice mat
Jo.s vore lesRiner. notwithstanding that
he vas moi, q zousve. They may he q
,nlec-sm. an anticipation 81 the martial
a. ces ~ forty wears later. hut they lock
f-s' rate. and u is oar opinion that infantry
and an pedesi ranr in eastern Virginia
olrl' 'o have either lecginss or india rub
be- boots We recall q piece ~ humor that
Se have read was standard and standing
IN that momentous time. The humorist
used p, 60 about in camps or other crowded
army CIRCLES inqniring Has anybody seen
a falisr with q dark blue coat and light
blue uan's2" We notice here on the cover
that Louis wore pants Of dark b,le. in
shade of color the same as his coat, IL was
contrary 70 regulations and the Joke, hut
We suppose that the color scheme in cover
DECORATIONS il necessarily circumscrbad
II : plain from his musket that Louis was
in the infantry. and no less plainly do We
sAe that Andy. with his boots and spurs
and low dangling sabre. was a trooper:
indeed. IL will ne found that he and his horse
Erehy. a most intelligent and afectionate
animal. were almost as much n piece
as the Siamesa Twins or the Two Headed
Nightingale.
The cover really renders IL needless 10
tell what IL in the story. We made a mark
at one poin. in order to warn the reader.
Lonis vas ~ years old when South Carolina
seceied. and Grace Arlington. his friend
Andy's sister, who could play the piano
AID sing very we'll the reader is cordially
requested TO believe thisl. was rs. Louis
had been visiting the Arlington plantation
IN Virginia and was about TO return home
20 his fathers farm in Pennsylvania. for
war seemed to he looming. and Grace said
TO him, "pouting' in a pretty manner as
abe spoke: IF you fight against us Ill
think you real mean" She said that. but
land here is where our warning comes
I'M there is nothing in the story sfterward
10 show that she meant IL. Grace knew
more things han the piano. She knew
what charm may be thrown into ~ironies.
and she never thought Louis mean. not
withstandinG he went away and fought
against the Confederacy like a tiger. Both
boys enlisted when Fort Sumter was fred
u~pon-when. in the words Of ihe story.
there came the shot which, as SOM writers
have said, was heard around the world.
They met repeatedly and on a number
Of battlefields and remained firm friends.
though on opposite sides. through all the
stress Of the great difficulty. Don't kill
him! Don't. pleased" This was the cry
Of Andy at Bull Run when a South Carolina
soldier was about to stick his bayonet
into the Union boys breast" There is a
picture illustrating the savage thrust and
almost illustrating the generous vocifera-
non. Any boy who sees this picture. after
beholding the cover. will be bound to 90
In for the who'll book.