Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-11-23
SHE TURNED
TRAITOR
And Was Glad of II
BY GERTRUDE S. vARNEy

broke out | was living on small plan
tation-or. rather, farm. as Il would
De called In the north-in Georgia and
the only girl In family Of seven.
was so bitter rebel that Bob, the
youngest. said I'd better organize O
corps OF amazons 10 help rcpel the In
vnders.
Father said that II Yankee soldier
smiled on me I'D drop.
do you mean to say. pop, that |
would ever love n man who had come
down here to deprive us OF our liber-
ties and take away our property"
Il wouldn't trust you. Kit II he had
sense enough to faiter you, and more
especially II he should enlist your sym
pnthies."
was so mad at this that went out
10 the barn. fearing that ! might say
something disrespectful.
The invaders kept coming nearer and
nearer till at last we had them all
about us Ike pestiferous animals, or.
rather. like flight Of locusts or grass
hoppers eating up our diminished sup
plies and burning our fences for their
campfires. II | hated them before
now both hated and dreaded them. II
WISH" | said, "they had one neck and
I could chop their heads of with an
M as ! would kill chicken" Pop
only laughed at this.
One morning | was on my way 10
AZ t,Ro I
looked right down into the face Of a
Yankee asleep. He was very pale. and
noticed that he was handsome.
There's something defenseless In one
asleep that takes away luminosity.
was about to say "poor fellow" when
thought OF what pop had said about
woman's weakness through her sym
pathies, and made up my mind
would show the family that was Of
some use In the struggle even II | was
only a girl. So ran back to the house
and. taking pops rifle that stood in a
corner behind n door. without saying
anything TO any one went back and.
aiming the gun at the sleeper called
out:
Wake up
He opened his eyes. but he must have
been very much exhausted. for. seem.
girl confronting him. he was going
TO sleep again.
Wake up. you horrid Yankee" l
called. You contemplate. blood
thirsty
lie opened his eyes once more and
moved slightly. An ayfully panied ex-
preston came over his face. and he
put his hand 10 his side noticed
blood ON his clothes and knew he was
wounded The words Poor fellow"
came up again. but checked them on
the tip of my tongue and said fierce.
| ly-at least tried 10 say II iiercely:
Get up You are my prisoner"
He now began to realize that there
was something serious for him In the
situation. was pointing the rifle
straight at him. II was cooked and my
finger was on the trigger. He raised
himself In n sitting posture. supported
by one hand on the cround-though
saw 1t hurt him dreadful! and. look.
ing me In the eye, said.
1T would be better for me TO be
killed than captured haven't
load in my revolver. and II | had
wouldn't shoot girl. Fire.
heard some one behind me and
saw the Yankees expression change.
had seen me go out with his rife
and had followed me lie took the
weapon from my hands and. seeing
that our prisoner was wounded. sent
me back for couple OF the neigh
bors 10 come and carry him TO the
house. When we got him there the
men searched him and found papers
on his person giving the location and
strength of the Confederate forces In
the neighborhood. lie had been chas-
ed and shot by our men. Having dis
tanced them. he had tainted where
into n slumber
heard the men speaking OF him
IS spy and debating whether they
had better hang him To n tree or mott
~ the Confederate general command
ing the forces In that region OF his
capture Finally one OF the men
mounted horse and rode away
was told he had n long ride before
him and wouldn't Ice back before
evening or perhaps by noon the next
Gay. The Yankee was put In room
upstairs NJ the rear Of the house A
man was put on guard AT the front
door and another one In the rear. un.
der the prisoners window
or course we weren't so inhuman
as 20 leave the mans wound unat-
tended to. and rode over TO n doc
tor. who came and dressed II. Mother
gave me some corn ponc TO take NJ 10
the man for his dinner. and when
she went ont about something during
the afternoon killed chicken and
made him some broth He was very
grateful TO me and said IL was the
only thing he could have eaten. I was
mighty careful TO get rid u the re-
mains OF the chicken and washed the
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