La Junta tribune., 1913-01-25
SHE TURNED
TRAITOR
And Was Glad oi Il

D. ofRrRupe S. vAaNev


broke ou, ! was living ON = small plHn
tstion-or. rather. u farm. o. Il would
he called In the uori'--is Georgia snL
the only girl In family Of seven /
was 80 bitter n rebel thxt Rot. the
youngest. said III ls.tt~r orysnbr q
corps Of smazons to help retsi III. IN
vsdcrs.
Father said that II n Ysnkee soldier
smiled ON me I'D drop.
do yon mean I" say. tng. thai !
would ever love man rho had some
down here 10 deprive Nv ~ our libcr
ties and take away our property
4 wouldn't trust you. Kit. II he had
sens. enough TO hattsr you. and mor-
especially II he should enlist your -,m-
pathi-s ''
was 80 mad At thi. that I weni out
to the barn. fearing that ! might ,py
something disresTectful.
Tn. Invaders kept coming uear-f sud
nearer TIL nj last Ne had then aIl
about Us like p~-tiferous sninai- pr
rather. llk. hight of lo'usts or yrrs.
hoppers eating MP our diminished sup.
plies and burning our fences for their
csmpnrc., II hated them befurr
now both hnted aud dreaded then
Wish" | said. they had one ne,'a sni
I could chop their b-sds on with sn
AZ ~ would XIII chicken Pop
only laughed ~ thi.
Arn' Mary's when. crossing y stI'r I
looked right down into the face -
Yankee asleep. lie was very pale and
I noticed ihaS h. was hands,
There's something d-fens.!~ss in one
asleep that takes SWAY animo.it1 I
was sboui io say poor f-i'"w' NHru
| thought Of what pop had said about
womnns weakness through her sEm.
pnihi-s. and made up my mind
would show the family that l Va =
sorn. use in rh. struggle even II ! was
only n eiri 80 | ran back 10 tn. hUn-..
and iakin. pop. rim. that stood .u
corner behind door. without saving
anything to any one ! went hnck Hud
shining Ia. sun Mt the -iesi.~r. called
out
Wake up
He op~n-J hl> eyes hut he mus have
been very much exhausted. for. ,sa ns
n giri confronting him. he wss s1ng
to sl.--p again.
''wsk~ up. you b"rvid vsSA~~-'
called. You cont-nlptib'~ bto-A
thirsty
lie oI~n.si his eyes onc- m"r~ and
moved slightly. An awful lined eI-
preston csm- over his faHr and bs
put his hand to his side noticed
blood ou his cioth-. and knew he va.
wounded The word, ''F"ur fellow
came ur again. but ! ch-rAri ih~m ou
the tip of IA, tongt,. aud sid A~rrv-
ly-at least Tried to say o. n-rc~ly:
Get up Nun are nv prison.
u. now i-'san I" r'allI. tIBt th~rv
~ss something serious for him In the
situation. I wa. t,oipiing fh. ride
straight NJ him. II was co,I-i md nv
finger wss on the trigger ii- raised
himself In n sitting posture ,upIort.si
by one hand an the ground l,uvh I
saw II hurt him dr-ndfully -HHd. hook
Ing m- In The rye. said
1T wo.ii i- better Tor tu- To b.
killed than captured I har-nt 0
load Ia IA, revolver. aud n { had l
wouldn't sh"ai = girl. Fire
heard ~.ne one t-hiud ne sad
.s~ the Nsnk~-, oppression hsnxs
! turned. and there wss pop Tie
had seen me So out With h, rtae
and had foil.w--i me H- tuak The
weapon from my hand. sud >seIns
that our prisoner va. wound,-i. srnt
m- back for , cdnpl. os the ne,gh
bor. Z" come and csrr, him to The
house When Ne vut bim Their. The
men searched him and found paisers
on his i~r-on giving the io atlpn sud
strength ~ the Confederate furc~s 10
the n-lghl-rho.i. lie had been chss
81 and shot BY our men. Having dis.
ancsd them. he had fsini.d 81 here !
had found him. Lister h. had sunk
Into a slumi,rr.
I heard the men speaking ~ him
~ n npy aud debating whether they
had t~f'~r hang him To- n tree pr mott.
Z, III. Confederate r-ncrni command.
Ing the forcs In iha, region II Nj.
capture Finally one ~ the men
mounted = horse and roi. away. I
Was told he had hong rid. l-.sore
him and wouldn't br back lefvs~
evening or perhaps 10y noou the mex,
day. The Yankee wa. pn' In q r,ss@n
upstairs ~ ils. rear of the house A
pnn WIS iut IN guard n, the fr,,nt
dcor snd wn"'h-r one In III. rear. IN.
der the t'~i-on.rs window.
W coursr Ne weren't 80 inhunsu
~ 10 hare the mans ~ound nnae.
tended 10. sn.i I rude over 10 = ,ios-.
tor. wh" ~ me and dr~~s~si H. No,hee
nvs ~ aotss corn Ipa~ 10 take up b
~ 0sn f~ bic dinser. aud wheu
shs wsat cwt stsNst somethins durtaa
~ aftssssos ! killed Q chtcten -
oa1s Mn ssos besth. He vas v~ey
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