The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-20

MISS MARY
from the current novels of the day.
and In made distinctive by Miss John
ston's mastery deiineation or the
character of StonewaIf Jackson, AT
the beginning OF the strife Miss john
ston describes him thus. a AWk-
ward. inarticulate and peculiar man,
with strange notions about his health
and other matters, there was about
him no breath of grace romance or
pomp Of war. He was u~ngenial, un-
calmly. with large hands and feet,
with poor eyesight n Il stif address.
The facts that he had fought very
hravely in Mexico and that he had
for the enemy a cold and formidable
hatred we're for him; most other
things against him. He drilled his
troops seven hours a day. His dis
cfpline was Of the sternest, his cen
sure "A thlng TO make the boldest Of
ticer blush
a blunder. a slight negligence. n
disobedience Of orders-down came
reprimand, suspension. arrest, with
an iron gertrude, a reientlessness
quite like natures. Apparently he
was without imagination. lie had
but little sense OF humour and no
understanding Of "A JOKE. lie drank
water and sucked lemons Tor dys~
pepsia, and faneied that the use OF
~nepusr had caused n weakness In his
left log lie rode a honed nag
named Little ferret. he carried his
sabre in the oldest fashion, and said
"ohlikpt' instead eff @ab4igue.2 He
found his greatest pleasure ia going
tA mo preebytertan church twice OF
pnaav ana "a nIa4er meetings
throueh tbr ueek. Now and then there
voc a s,lsar, m bta eve that promised
snrocth{nv hnt tho battles had not
hae,n ana his soldiers hardly knew
what IL promised. one or two OBJ
sarverq clstnea that he was am bilious.
INT tbeae were chiefly aughed at. To
the brtgade ~ large m. seenld prosaic,
tcdions and strict enough. perform
!. ing MA duties with the eXattitudc.
. ,nonotnny and oppression Of a clock.
keenine All MANS With The secrecy
!. Of me scnplchre rarely sleeping. ris-
ing at dawn. and recurring his staff
10 do likewise praving ri all seasons
ana demanding an implicitly of obe-
> d{enoa which tnteht have been In or
, der Vim some great and glorious
! canaan some fdalized NAPOLEON. but
/, when seemed hardly the due of the
/ 1afa nr,fAsaor If natural philosophy
= ana ARTILLERY tactics at the Virginia
> Mui+arv Institute True it was that
a. uarna,ss Ferry where. as Colonel
r -. T~aeYs6f, ne .3ad commanded
= untn Inbnstonfs arrival. he had be-
= gun TO bring order Out of chaos and
T 10 weave from a ~high-spirted rabDie
~ volunteers a veb that the world
& vas 10 a~eknow1edye retnarkable; true.
9 Ton that ON the second Of .July. in
10 s,ua1 AFFAIR with Patterson Mt
! Failing waters he had seemed to the
! critjrs in IN ranks not altogether uu-
innosing I{a emerged from F4alling
Waters Rrieadler-General r. j. Jack
< gan and his men. though with some
mental reservations. began to call hin
e sold Tack Tire enithet implied ap~
. provaI but approval hugely qualified.
e 'rhev might have said-in fact. they
ala xav-1that every fooE knew that a
~rag, ,nan co,,la fght,
Graauaqiv ,be military genius Of
,ha NAV 10 unfofded with wonderful
nover ar The mar, OF tho author, az
ba loads his army from victory to
!, victorv ana win a comparative hand
ful Of men harasses an army of thous-
ands Erorn Fool Tom K he
hncnnaa "Ola lack and as ne fay
n So daa,h~hod General II r Lee
80 ht,, ~ rnos.age tbat he must
$500 49, ,a1 Jacksny,1 have lost
e. ~. ~ hnt tbat ho fLeel
varia taso Vie rigbt army" In the ac-
,annt ~ +ha betrle Of Sharpsburg
, I'm IT, ~.,tns. .~rhnr Stnne~
III Ia-hS"r oann along ne front.
- naItlng Ieaden rain
20 " an s9oad$r God ia over
IT, an ~ecoirnd him With A
80 and nth1,eiasm that
1e Va shp ~ 49, So wiId ana
80 "a natn"r mon +hnn had
-" "a 80 grow'n ia was stone
+" u ras s,nnuu.u Tack
va, -. ia al a. those
son. & ~ ~ ramaa no, ron
uaN'av -"e9' -. v.nu1a 6ta for
o,nraaas hrethrenf
ghe ""It''si ~ ~ fer stnnawan
lAttpi ., !, 4.f.aIs NJ ,.oIcas fnr