Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-06-11
SHE TURNED
TRAITOR
And Was Glad Of II
By GERTRUDE S. vARNEy


tation-or. rather. farm. as Il would
be called in the nortb--in Georgia and
the only girl in family of seven
was so bitter rebel that Bob. the
youngest. said I'd better organize a
corps of amazons to help repel the In
vaders.
Father said that IL Yankee soldier
smiled on me I'd drop.
do you mean TO say, pop, that l
would ever love man who had come
down here to aeprive us of our nber-
ties and take away our propertyT
II wouldn't trust you. Kit. II he had
sense enough to fiatter you. and more
especially II he should enlist your sym
pathies."
was so mad at this that went out
to the barn. fearing that I might say
something disrespectful.
The invaders kept coming nearer and
nearer TIL at last we had them all
about US like pestiferous animals, or,
rather. like flight of locusts or grass
hoppers eating up our diminished sup
plies and burning our fences for their
campfres II hated them before /
now both hated and dreaded them. Il
wish" said. they had one neck and
I could che. , their heads of with an
AK as would XIII q chicken" Pop
only laughed at this.
One morning ! was on my way TO
Aunt Mary's when. crossing q stile,
looked rig''t down into the face Of a
Yankee asleep. He was very pale. and
noticed that he was handsome.
There's something defenseiess 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 girl. So ran back to the house
and. taking pops rife that stood In
corner behind a 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. seeing
a girl confronting him. he was going
to sleep again.
Wake up. you horrid Yankeer" I
called. You contemplate, blood
thirsty
He opened his eyes once more and
moved slightly. An awfully panied ex-
preston came over his face. and be
put his hand to his side, | noticed
blood on his clothes and knew be was
wounded. The words Poor fellowr'
came up again. but checked them on
the tip Of my tongue and said fierce
iy-at least l tried TO say IL fiercely:
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 sitting posture. supported
by one hand on the ground-thsngh l
saw 1t hurt him dreadfully-and, look
ing me In the eye. said:
TT would be better for me to be
killed than captured. haven't q
load In my revolver. and II had l
wouldn't shoot girl Fire.
heard some one behind me and
saw the Yankees expression change.
I turned. and there was pop. lie
had seen me go out with his rife
and had followed me. He took the
weapon from my hands and. seeing
that our prisoner was wounded. sent
me back for couple Of the neigh
bors TO 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. He had been chas-
ed and shot by our men. Having dis
tanced them. he had tainted where !
had found him. Later be had sunk
into a siumber.
heard the men speaking Of him
as a spy and debating whether they
had better hang him to tree or mott
~ the Confederate general command
lllE Tue iolNCE An fidk ttEfon Va aA-
capture. Finally one Of the mer
mounted a horse and rode away.
was told he had a long ride before
him and wouldn't be back before
evening or perhaps by noon the next
day. The Yankee was put In room
upstairs at the rear Of the house. A
man was put on guard at the FROM
door and another one In the rear. un
der the prisoners window.
OF course We weren't 80 inhumar
as to leave the mans wound unat
tended to, and rode over to a doc
tor, who cnme and dressed IL Mothe'
gave me some corn pone to take up Il
the man for his dinner. and whel
| she went out about something durfnI
the afternoon l killed chicken ans
made him some broth He was yer.
grateful to me and said II was tn
only thing be could have eaten. wa
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