Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-04

and give no tongue,
The officer in command saw tn,
little gro2p a women on tie porch
The moonlight shnne trou The stree
side and hisl2Aiehtod ihora. t1ralnl
: the rusty black o. most Of the gowns
honedyed GIoQrning-aN tha, coui,
be come al IN those awful davs II
RichusorG-iGJo soft shadows. sS1v,
5 which their faces sAoae aEee!tc. HI
sew lhs waUlaN&s head In The window
too, He knew who lay uYon the BED
OF death @lta.a this chamber. He had
3 helped 10 h.IgE him back from lht
troni sew raj days before tie biz his
lips for 5 moment apa then. ashamed
Of his sUsoI2oa, his voice Tans harsh
"tta agIE 4@d saaer the battery salut.
ed The WaC1ea and passed On, while
from the HiHdow OF the great drawing.
room, opposite the room Of the lint.
ptchsrs and b2ndaEelearcrs. a slender
boy stared ard stared after the dis.
appearing guns, his eyes full OF envy
and yeSGt.ous tears IS he stamped his
foot IN futile protes; ana d~lsappoin,,
menL
The noise made by the passing can
noa soou died away in the distance.
Stiffness supeTyened as before; work
1Ts whispered together, realizing that
some Of those passing upon whom
they had looked would pass no more.
and that they would look upon them
never again Upstairs The means OF
me "ounded man had died away; the
only thing hat persisted Was the fear
fni laundering of the distant guns
around heleagueTsd Petersburg. With.
In The drawl1g-r0om. the boy walked
up and down Testlessly. mutterins 10
himself. evidently nevving himself to
desperate resolution.
q won't 90 It," he said. 81 won't
stay here any longer"
The door at the other end was soft
ly opened, The great room was but
dirsly lighted by candles in scopees on
The wall: the great chandelier was not
lighted for lack Of tapers, but a more
brilliant radiance was presently cast
over the apartment by the advent Of
old Martha, She had been the hs,v,s
Nanny" and the boys fathers
Nanny" as we'll. and no one dared
to speculate how much farther into
the past she ran back
is DAT you, Mars Wi1fred7- said
the old woman. waddliag into the
room, both hands extended. bearing
TWO InRny-bTspched candlesticss.
which she proceeded to deposit upon |
tbs handsome mahogany tables with
which the long drawtng-room was fur.
nished-
Yes, 1t Is ], Aunt Martha. Did you
see Beaton's battery so oyg"
-Lawd hub Eou, chile, All done seed
so many guns an bosses an soi3ahs |
a-gwine by All don't TEX no notice oh
en- no mo- Peahs LAX dey keep on
a-passin' fo'ebah."
Wen, there won't be many more of
them pass by" said the boy in a clear
accent. but with that soft information
which would have betrayed his South. |
ern ancestry anywhere, and before
they are all gone /. would like 10 Join |
n of them myself"
Why. ny POI LII lamb" exclaimed
Martha. her arms akimbo, -dat All
ksSs%1 ~IES ~ = Is d1ltlS.& rs iUufl
gwine to de fght!"
The boys demeanor was anything
but iamb-Iike. He made q fierce step
toward her.
Don't you call me lamb any
more" he said. Its ridiculous and
Nanny Martha started back In
alarm.
"Psahs mo- lax a lion d be bet
ter" she admitted.
Where's mother?" asked the boy,
Diminishing the subject as unworthy
of argument.
Il reckon she's upstaihs wild Mars
Howard, sub. To' bruddah-
4 want TO her right away" con.
tinued the boy im~petuoasiy.
Mars Howard he's putty bad dis
ebenins," returned Martha "Ah bet.
tab go an tell her dat you want her,
but All danno's she'd want to leah
him.
We'll, you tell her to come az soon
as she can. I'm awfuily sorry for
Howard. but it's living men that the
Ccnfederacy needs most now
@gas. sub" returned the old nurse.
With a quisziesi look out OF her black
eyes at the slender boy before her,
"Dey suah does need men, she con
tinuad, and as the y~oungster took q
passionate step toward her, she deity
passed out OF the room and closed
the door behind her, and be could
hear her ~pondsrous footsteps slowly
and heavily mounting the steps.
The boy went 70 the window again
and stared Into the night. In his pre-
occupation he did moi catch the sound
of Q gentler football upon the stairs.
nor did he notice the opening OF the
door and the silent approach OF d
woman, the woman with white hair
who had stood at the window. The
mother OF d son dead. q son dying, and
a son living. No distinctive thing that
I'M the Confederaey. Almost any moth.
er who had more than one bay could
have been Justly 90 characterized
She stopped halfway down the room
and looked lovingly and iongingiy al
the slight graceful figure " hes
youngest SON. Her eyes filled with
tesrs-for the dying or the living d,
bothf Who q say1 Gha weni
toward him, laid her hand on bid
! shoulder. He turned Instantly and 81
I the sight of her tears burst oni
quickly:
Howard isn't worse. III her for
{ moment forgetful Of all else.
The woman 8huolr her haAd