The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-17

ideas Of Uric 5 venom against Bud.
!: was all to spite her. Oh. it was
grudge Of long standing. Uric, in
their young days, had paid court to
the charms of Tena. But coming
from big meeting, away down at the
Piney Woods church, they were all
riding horseback, as was the custom
O. the day, and while they were still
in great crowd, Uric rode up and
Nasked for her company Then and
there she kicked him, and he rode
away amid the filters of the girls and
the boots of the boys. Tena says she
didn't intend to kick him for good,
but "he had gotten so biggetty," she
wanted to take him down a button
hole or two." But from that day on,
Uric could never bide Tena. How
ever correct or no this version Of
Tena's in regard to the spite and :ha-
tired Of Uric Slice, it was neverthe-
less fact that one day in fall Of the
closing year Of the war, an agent Of
the enrolling Office in Columbia rode
up and summoned Solomon to appear
in Columbia for duty within ten days,
unless exempted by the conscript Off
Ger. The good-natured agent volun-
teered the information, that such ex-
emption was exceedingly doubtful, as
every man was wanted at the front
that could "send bullet or stop
,cne.''
TO be sure, there was commotion
in the Fundelwinder home after that.
Tena abused the whole enrolling force
and gave the innocent deputy ton
que lashing that no doubt lasted him
to his grave, not forgetting, however,
to pay her respects to Uric Slice for
playing such an onery trick. But
.Gena declared she knew something
was going to happen, for that morning
the old rooster had jumped up on the
steps and crowed three times, and that
the guinea few up on the front fence,
right fernent the door, and cackled
and cackled until she had to shoe it
away. Polly said that morning in get-
ting out of bed, she put her left foot
on the floor first, and she hadn't done
such fool trick in the Lord knows
when, while the tired mother spoke
something about dropping her dish
rag.
Tena, after her outburst, saw it was
a condition and not theory that they
were up against, and said if Bud had
to 60, as that "conscripter allowed"
why he must have new clothes, and
that right away.
Tena was a righteous soul. The
milk of human kindness was strong
in her makeup, and even with all OF
Solomon's infrmities, he was theapple
Of Tena's eye. She loved him for these
very infrmities-that sympathetic
love which the parent has for the af-
Aicted offspring, and which is often
taken for partiality; the tender feel
ing that the strong sometimes show to
the weak. She often said, with tears
in her eyes, that, while she knew Bud
could never realize or partake Of any
Of Iahe higher joys Of life, still she
believed that he never transgressed
the moral law, nor committed sin,
and would pass through the pearly
gates unehallenged, while many, with
wiser hearts, would fall short Of the
goal. This was good reasoning IN
Tena's philosophy, and she may have
been right. Who knows?
The tenth came on Tuesday, and all
was ready. Bud was rugged out IN MS
new garments. His hands and feet
seemed terribly in his way. His ca
naeious haversack was filled to the
brim with Tena's Dutch oven bread
fried chicken and doughnuts, with a
few simple extra wearing apparel
and a huge cake Of homemade soap.
With all this strapped around MS
shoulders, Bud was ready for the
fray. Polly had gone out to put the
ola horse to the one-horse shay,
thoughtfully stuffiing under the seat
some fodder and a few nuoolns OIL
corn for old Bob's midday feed: A
blow line was also thrust in, by when
he might be tied while feeding. ; MRS.
Fundelwinder had told her first oorn
goodbye, and had gone in the b;;E. back
shed to weep a mothers grief. Polly
vas bearing up bravely, and was just
preparing to bid final adien' Then l
7,bo ba6 heen on the lookout