The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-24

A@tr0uble was brewing tor lena ana lne
I%6ome Of Fundelwinder. Another tpoch
Rwas to be made by which all TIME
WAS to be computed in that nelghoor-
hood
& Sherman had cut loose from At
lanta, and was OH his famous march
& to the sea. As that famous or mia
ID Ymous general neared the borders OF
the State, extravagant rumors pre-
ceded him, of his atrocities, his
bloody butcheries of women and chill
dren, rapine and house-burnlng-aD
those soul-stirring stories that go
ahead of a conquerang army. All
these narrowing tales came ike a
great wave over the country, and lost
nothing in the repeating.
# those savage Yankees ever came
that way. what would become OF Bud?
D They could neither expect to hide him,
nor run him out Of the country-slm-
\ plv because he wouldn't 60. He would
III be sure to be killed in some fracas
n with those devils. Since his recent
v battle with the officials IN Columbia,
Tena had much higher opinion Of Bud
than she pretended. Buds conduct
was just "outdacious," still she mad
g secret pride that he showed so much
SUNK. She told Polly one day, with
that heroic courage Of the Dutch Fork
woman, that, while she loved Bud to
distraction, she would rather see him
dead than for him "to hack Or show
the white feather.'
So it was with bitter anguish that
they planned and worked for Solomon
never giving a thought to the tatLer
and son on the firing line. They had
become accustomed to the dangers
and viciss;tudes Of thtse latter two.
They still hoped that Sherman would
60 some other way.
But one fatal day came the news
that Sherman had crossed the SaVan-
nah river and was heading his way to
Columbia. The Fundelwinder home
wasn't a half days march from the
citv. Letters came from the father
and son to look out for Bud, IN the
event the Yankees should come near
Yes, look out. But how? This was
problem for Tena, and for lena
alone. Night after might did she lie
awake aud study and plan for Solo
mon.
But Tena was fertile of resources.
Great minds rise to great emergen-
eies. and Tena' s was master mind.
Now, one of Buds absorbing pas
sions Of life was red jacket or waist
coat. We call it now, in the oaroar1e
see. a vest. If she could only hunt
up enough red flannel to put sufficient
filing at the end of her piece to make
Solomon a jacket, the thing was done.
For Solomon would walk through hre
for a red JACKET. The matter was
soon arranged. Polly went to work
gathering up every fragment OF red
flannel ON the place, even cutting a
width out of her own Sunday petit
coat to make up the deficiency. Yes.
people could make nice cloth out OF
old pieces Of flannel in times OF the
war.
As the news came, everyday more
..exciting, from the father and son,
to tswatch out for Bud Tena's ex-
ertions became more strenuous. Now,
here was Tena's plan to Solomon:
"Now, Bud, if you will 60, like a
good boy down in the calf pasture,
next to Hemiter's, and stay there
during the day, and come home at
night, then you will have red jack
ct Of the most violent hue Of any
that ever come out Of Dutch Fork.
Bud took this readily, provided ne
could take Watch with him. This 1t-
tie corner next to Hemiter's was al
most unapproachable. 1t was wet
and 5oggy, and the calves seldom ever
ventured far, and if Bud would just
90 out into that little wilderness IN
the calf pasture when the Yankees
we're about the thing was done IN a
nut she'll. Bud was put wise, ana
the red jacket was held up to him IN
fiery colors.
Day by day they could see the
great circiing smoke from Sherman s
horse-burners. as that army grew
nearer and nearer.
Tena bent all her powers and ener-
sies to get a yard and a halt OF red
flannel on to the end Of her piece tor
Buds jacket. He kept his silent re-
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