The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
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A Story For Memorial Day
By ARCHIBALD BECKER

~ must put a dug ON Jim Trevors
grave" said a civil war veteran on
Memorial day when half q dozen gray
boards were decorating the graves OF
their fallen comrades. Jim and en-
listed on the same day and went
through the fracas in the same regi-
ment Jim was good soldier, good
| fellow and d pet Of the petticOats. He
was captured at the battle of Chicka-
manga and taken Into Gs0rgia. where
he was kept until we. advanced with
Sherman's army to Atlanta, About
the time we were passing his way ne
managed to escape and Joined u.s. |
remember we'll when he came into
camp dressed up fit to kilL
Hello, JIM said. I thought you
was dead
".No: got taken in By the Johnnies.
I'll tell you how it was. said ne. ana
he did
when he got away. which he did by
| burrowin under d WALL he was
mighty sick lookin' chap. His clothes
was tattered and torn. and good deal
of the dirt that he'd crawled through
| was stickin' to i'm. He was covered
with lice. and his hair hadn't been
combed since he was captured. In the
mornin he found himself in a wood
along one side q which was wall and
OH the other side of the wall was
plantation or. rather. the garden ad-
ioinin, the plantation house. Jim was
50 hungry that he was ready to risk
| most anything to get his teeth on d
hunk o corn pore or SOnepln IKE
that, so he jumped the wall and was
maxim across the garden for the mig
ger quarters wheil side door of the
house opened and yollig girl and
Confederate officer stepped out Jim
| darted up tree which ne happened
| to be near.
1.-THE couple came Saunterin' along.
the man talkin' for all he was woth
about somepin. the girl lis enin When
they get under the tree wiitre Jim was
hidin' lhey sat down on bench
The Teller was maxim love to the girl
over from camp to ask her to marry
| him for the last time. for General Sher
man was comm and his command had
been ordered eastward to more IA
vorable point to make stand She
said before she'd marry IL Confederate
she'd take up with the worst Iookin'
Yank in the Federal ARMY
Jim felt very slick at this. consid-
erin that 50 far as clothes. dirt YER
min and general appearance went he
would make a good candidate for the
girls preference But what pleased
| him especially just then, was tindin'
out that he'd struck the home of Union
sympathizers What the girl said made
the Confederate mad. and he went off
in huff.
1.-THE girl sat where she was. pokin'
the dirt with her parasol. evidently
feelin' sort O. stirred up over the mat
ter. Jim was afraid to let her know
he was up in the tree above her for
fear he'd shock her. so he concluded
he'd wait till she'd gone back to the
house before he applied for food and
shelter. But bad luck would have it
a bird settled on one of the branches
and began to twitter and chirp. Jim
wanted to ring the little things neck
The bird kept on twitterin. and pres
emily the girl looked up; When she
saw Jim she gave shrek and would
have run into the house if she hadn't
! been paralyzed with fear: Jim dropped
down in front of fer She gave him
one look and went into. d dead faint
Jim couldn't blame her. for he was the
measiiest loOkin' cub in Georgia
when she came to herself she
found Jim on his knees before her
lookin' like a scarecrow. and she faint
ed again. When she got over that she
began to realize that the scarecrow
hadn't hurt her. and she got used to
lookin' at him.
You ought not to he SO shocked at
me SEEM you told the gentleman that
before you'd marry a Confederate
you'd take up with the worst lookin'
Yank in the Federal army.
Jim had a funny way with him,
and when he said this the girl couldn't
help laughin', She asked him where
he had come from. and Jim told her
all about himself Then she took him
to the house. but she must have been
still uncertain about him. for she wait
ed for him to go fust. Jim was mighty
polite about it. for his shirt tail was
hangin' out of the seat of his britches-
that is. the place where the seat ought
to have been. But the girl wouldn't
give in. and Jim had to go fust. walk
in as If he knew what he was show
in, and every now and then he heard
giggle.
Jim was given bath. fine tooth
comb. suit of the girls brothers
clothes and bang up meal. When
he came downstairs all done up. fine
the girl looked at him with her eyes
wide open and asked him If he was
sure he was the scarecrow that had