The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-05
The Veteran 5 Story
A Southern Cul Tucked Him.
and the Result
BY JAMES D. MoREHoUSE
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.


GUS story In itself, and illustrates the
fact that there is no rule whatever for
love.
When was in the service, with that
force which was opposing Stonewall
Jackson in the Shenandoah valley, l
was sent down TO an outpost stationed
at a little town some twenty miles
south of our main army with a mes
sage to the colonel commanding there
| While waiting for some written com
munications the colonel was getting
ready for me to take back young
girl came into his headquarters and
asked for pass. She was as trim a
little body as l ever saw. bright red
cheeks and auburn hair-something
one seldom sees In the south. She
struck my fancy the moment / looked
at her. was standing behind the
colonel, who was writing at a pine
table. The girl said she wished to go
north TO relatives in Harrisburg. Pa.
The colonel wouldn't give her pass
to do so. She was about to turn away
disappointed when tipped her wink.
You must forget I'm an old duffer
and picture me as boy OF twenty. full
of the old scratch. i thought what
pleasing episode it would be for me to
escort the girl north. When l winked
at her It was to convey information
of plan ! had conceived to help her
out. Then / rushed forward and
throwing my arms about her neck
rave her smack. She didn't resent it.
why. Mag" cried. How In the
world came you hereY
She caught on at once. 81 came
down just before the war opened. and
I've been trying to get back north ever
since"
"How's the folks7''
Pretty well. Mothers in poor
health"
why do you wish to 90 north?"
ITO do something TO make living.
A girl can't earn anything down here"
Colonel" said. II wish to intro
duce my cousin. Maggie Allen"
Luckily she had not given any name.
The colonel shook her hand and told
her that since she was my cousin he
would most certainly give her pass,
I vouching for her. told him that
we had been brought up together as
children. and knew that every mem
Der of her family were strong Union
sympathizers. He wrote the pass and
in a little while gave me the dis
patches. then the girl and started
northward on twenty mile ride on
horseback.
She was the most delighted girl at
the trick had played you ever saw.
Her eyes fairly danced with mischief
She couldn't talk about anything else.
We rode along for matter Of ten
miles. when. coming to fork In the
road, she said that II l didn't mind
waiting for her she would Ike to go
and say goodby to an aunt of hers
who lived half mile up the diverging
road. had been riding twenty miles
south and still had ten miles to go on
my return. So told her that IL she
would excuse me / would walt for her
under big tree at the fork. She said
she wouldn't be gone long and started.
I dismounted. lay down at the foot OF
the tree. lit my pipe and pretty soon
fell asleep.
When awoke looked into the face
Of "my cousin" standing in the midst
Of a dozen or more Confederate sol
diers. She smiled at me and said:
'T'm sorry to return evil for good,
but the truth is I'd been trying for
some time to get up into this region
with certain information I'd been
gathering about your army movements
for General Jackson. These gentlemen
have been waiting for me near here
and l Just rode over TO deliver my In
formation and tell them that you were
here with some more Of the same kind.
Please let me have your dispatches"
Inever was so completely done up in
my life. couldn't do anything but
give her the documents, which she
handed to an officer. They debated
what to do with me and finally con-
cluded that as prisoner / would only
be an encumbrance, SO after holding
me for a while they let me go on.
| left them, vowing inwardiy that
some day ] would make that girl pay
for the way she had treated me. But
some day didn't come till after the
close of the war. | was retained in the
service and in Virginia for while in
1866. and one day, getting a leave of
absence, | went over into the Shenan-
doah valley to hunt her up, found
her at her home on tobacco planta-
ton.
The most satisfactory vengeance a
man can vent upon woman is to
make her love him. then jilt her.
was quite fun enough Of bitterness to-
ward her to play that game on her II
could. pretended to think her action
toward me very bright and declared
that instead of making me hate her IL
had only drawn me toward her. This
had good effect. and she seemed to
feel sorry for what she had done,
though II was in the line Of her duty.
played my game 80 well that
succeeded completely; not at once. for
I made several trips to see her. Then
when the pear was ripe prepared to /
take my revenge. After some delibera- !
ton I concluded simply to drop her
without a word of farewell
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