The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-08
A Fanieah Anniversary War Story
BY RANDALL PARRISH
COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY A. C MecLURc & co.

as II Is dark. I've got TO marry CAL
vert Dunn" Her voice choked. her
handclasp tightening. "And-and. Joe.
l know Ill he miserable. for | believe
he Is a ~cowardly brute. 1t has been
little things that have so prejudiced
me against him. Look how he dashed
you across the face with his riding
whip; how he shot that poor dog be-
cause It failed to retrieve to his liking;
how he sneered at me for binding up
the poor things wounds. What real
man would insist on a girls marrying
him when he knows she would almost
give her life to ~escapeY"
Does Massa Calvert know daty'
Il told him plainly enough. and he
only laughed. He said | was q child
and didn't know my own mind: then
he e~ndeavored to frighten me. Father
and George both think so highly OF
him they will not hear n word spoken
against him. l simply had TO talk
with some one. Joe. and let out my
heart. That's why ! came out here to
you. / tell you. all the slaves In the
south are not black. and | reckon it's
just as hard to be born free and then
sold as any other way. l might have
learned TO like him IL be had only come
TO me as n man should. But. no. he
ignored me entirely und appealed to
papa and George. telling them OF the
danger l was In here aud of how valn-
able the two estates would be IL joined
together. That's the way they have
forced me along to the sacrifice. I'm
sold for the price of the land"
Sue sprang to her feet. her cheeks
burning with swift Indignation. Il
should have fought 1t. fought IL: but
all that Is too late now. | am going.
Joe: there's no use talking any longer.
and so ! am going TO smile and look
happy, and no one but you will ever
know that l am not. I am going to
have you and Amt Diana with me at
Fairview just rs soon as | can. 1t
will be a comfort just TO have you there
TO look ut when my heart seems like
breaking. And he'll break 1t. Joe: !
know he will"
She was gone. vanishing almost as a
shadow might.
Pore little lamb. Pore little lamb"
the old negro kept on saying over
and over. AN she am right bout 1t
too: dat Massa Calvert am not de Kind
fer Miss Jean"
Then he passed out also. and ! was
left alone within the shed.
My interest in the situation thus
oddly disclosed. awakened very largely.
] must admit. by the extremely at
tractive personality OF Miss Jean and
the deep. pathetic appeal In her soft
voice. left me momentarily forGetful OF
my own unpleasant condition and re-
quirements. I burst not follow the
retreating negro. nor did ] feel. Judg-
ing from the bitterness with which
both he and the girl had referred :,
the Yankees. that this particular color
ed brother would prove very much in
clined TO assist one wearing my uni
form. That / could In any way aid
the young woman out Of her present
difficulty would have been a prepos-
ferrous thought: interested | was. yet
l had sufficient trouble on hand OF
my own. My wounds by this time
gave me very little concern. and my
mind was sufficiently clear and active.
Except for some accident. escape ought
not to prove SO very difficult. although
it was true l should be compelled to
travel through the night. largely by
instinct. knowing almost nothing re-
garding roads. direction or where
Confederate pIckets might be encoun-
tered IL only possessed some sem.
blance of a Confederate uniform the
adventure would become much more
simple. for in the confusion which
must have followed the late engage
ment there would be many scattered
soldiers of all arms wandering about
seeking their lost commands.
However. the FIRST important and VI
tai consideration was food. but that
as well as all else must wait the com-
ing of darkness. The sun had already
disappeared behind the grove OF trees
IN the west. There was n Dire burning