The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-22

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tAa tahle Gcg moment Then he tool
AE, 1Oa's hand ana Gays, God bles
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Tn gean9 along wiSn Joe
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sasy aaa hy ME 9as aays, Hengy.'
mAyw Aa .tern@se0w w&As@ Rcing b the
wax MAgh@ w. wfll never GAeh In the
White river og seshew grapes Of wild
cherries ar these hills together any
nora nay hA. ana thene shouldn't be
any shadows between us. Henry aays
he, Tets 80 10 Martha, Won ana me,
ano ask her which she thinks the
most Of. like as not says be, she
alnit caring very much FOR either or
us
'Ait. Henry smiled at that and took
Mr.. Ioe's hnnd. Then. arm In arm.
they went up the path. and there
wasn't amy shadows between them
after that--there never was any more,
-MF. Joe and Mr.. Henry found Miss
Martha In the meadow back or her
fathers house. and Mr.. Joe explained
what they had come to IND ont.
Nov. Of course Miss Martha knew
very well what her answer should be.
but she pretended not 10 be interest
ed. 30 she glanced roguishly tlrst at
one. then at the other. the sunset
creeping Into her cheeks aud the light
OF al the stars creeping into her eyes.
Then she plnckad a daisy ont of the
clover and said she would let the
daisy decide. And with that she pulls
on the petals. saying. Zoe, Henry, Joe.
Henry. like thA8. And the last petal
was HenRy.
~4R lee dsdn't aAg y word He iust
hook NJ. Hsnry's hand IA both os his
! nainnAA than he esoaead the meaaHow
md wAa& ASwFn tAs. road laaviAg Mr..
xangy snkslng and huAasng Aass Mar
has hand and Mise Martha gazing
a3Eer Mx. Joa. all the saalight and the
stasilghk fadiAg oSas Of her face and
syea And the mart day we were all |
~ to town to sae the soldier boys |
march on to war.
Il never saw any brighter sunshine /
u any bluer sky than there was that |
lay. Old General Beasley was on bis
white horse. galloping back and forth /
md waving the sword with which be
ought with Sheridan. and Judge Sin
Ileton climbed on q box and made a
peech to the soldiers. exhorting them
0 bring glory 10 old Lawrence county. +
Presently the captain spoke, and
be soldiers put their guns on their
hCuldels and they were on down
he road. Mr.. Joe and Mr.. Henry
Tere marching side by side, and as
hey turned the c0rner--Mr. Henry
lanced back at Miss Martha. She
uttered hor handkerchief, and be
faved his cap. and in his eyes was
great happiness.
+But Mr.. Joe never looked back; he
ist kept his eyes to the front. And
here was meadow lark singing some.
here down By the river.
Miss Martha received many letters
ON Mfr. Henry, and she used to come
own the path and sit IN the door right
here you are sitting now and read
lem, but | could tell BY the way she
ghed when she finished that the let
rs from Mr.. Henry didn't satisfy her.
"onebday she says to me. playing
ith the strings Of her bonnet, 'Auntie
ecky,' says she, do you ever get any
tiers from Joe, Auntie BeekyY
Then she pulls the bonnet down
'er her eyes, but ! saw her cheeks,
Id they were the color Of a gunac
az In October that red. 'oh, Auntie .
ecky,' she said, i wish there never |
ID been any daisies In our meadow !
i'd she covered her face with her
lnds.
80 the weeks and the months went
/ with nothing but war, war, war. ]
Ut one day Miss Martha burst In at I
. door all excited, and she says, oh,
1ntie Becky, BIT down. I've some q
ing important to read you.'
1T was a letter from Mr.. Henry, and
wrote about big battle down In q
lba. The letter wasn't written for Q
ore than two weeks after the fight,
r Mr.. Henry had been wounded and !
ls In hospital. 4
Mr.. Henry called 1t San Juan where g
was shot lie wrote that when be n
me to himself after being struck he t
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