The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-01-18


Nearing Winchester. a sentry demand
ed the young lady's papers.
II have no papers and need none.'
she answered. II am ut home now.
am Miss Ellingham. and am going u
Belle Bosquet. My brother Is In Gen
eral Jackson's First brigade"
The Federal captain who had escort
ed her opened his eyes ar this and said:
II am sorry to release you. Miss
What's-yo urname. You might have
more chance for enjoyment IL You We're
10 remain north. | mean" he added.
catching a dangerous gleam In Ger
trude's eye. that you must find II dull
in the south. with no beaux nor moth
ing"
"Our beaux are in the field. where
they belong. sir" retorted the girl
haughtily.
The captain bowed CALAMITY and
made his adleu. Then Gertrude asked
the gray CARRIED sentry where General
Jackson's army was located at the mo-
ment.
''Lawd bless you. miss. nobody
knows. lie mought be in Richmond by
now or he mought be in Washington.
They do say as how letter come along
once address TO 'Glneral Jackson. Some
where. and he got IL at Woodstock.
But that was way back two weeks
ago"
Mrs. Haverill. the coloners wife. had
an anxious and busy time OF IL In
Washington. Seeing little OF her hus-
band and that little NJ moments when
he was overworked and morose, she
found c0ngenial distraction In the com
partnership OF Edith Haverill. Franks
wife. for what the fugitive had told
Kerchival West M Charleston was con
firmed when the elder Mrs. Hayeril
went 20 New York aud found the I'M
fortunate young woman suffering IN
silence. full OF loyalty. courage and
gratitude. hut In reality knowing no
more about Franks whereabouts than
any one else did
AZ the warm insistence ~ the uaver
Ills. Edith came on 20 Washington and
took up her home with them. Here her
tened him after his father. so that the
name OF Frank IIaverlll should still be
Familiarity spoken IN the household
Then the two women. like 50 nR ny
others both OF gentle birth and OF
lowly station. but above all sisters In
affection, engaged In the work OF min
isterlng 10 the sick and wounded sol
dle-s who filed the wards OF the i'm.
provised hospitals in the patent office
building and elsewhere
AT irregular intervals during the year
Edith had received sums OF money
from an anonymous source. carefully
concealed. but somewhere In the army
She knew IL, was from her husband.
but the only time any word ac-
companied the envoy was shortly after
the birth OF her baby. when a brief
loving message filled the young
mothers heart with JOY and gratitude.
This communication afforded no tan
gible clue ms to the writer's where
Rbouts. but 1t was the means OF set
ting on foot systematic search on
the part OF Colonel Hayerlll. who be
meath the mask OF Spartan indiher-
ence had in reality rejoiced Mt hearing
or his sons resolution TO make atone
ment by enlisting as n soldier. as re-
ported by Kerchival West after the
farewell secret Interview at Charles
ton year ago.
knowing that Columbia college. New
York city. had furnished large mum
Der OF recruits to the local volunteer
regiments al the FIRST call OF President
Lincoln, Colonel lIayeril directed his
inquiries among such OF Franks
former classmates as he could locate
IN the army lie was successful 90 the
extent OF ascertaining that his son had
taken special pains Ia cnlisting, TO
avoid any possible eomradeship with
those who knew Of his disgrace
Under mn assumed name he had In all
probability gone south and joined the
Union army OF the Missouri
With sinking heart Colonel Haycrili
thought OF the unknown dead OF the
great battle Of Shiloh. ON the far Ten.
nessee. And then. remembering that
all evidences or his sons existence In
80 far IS the anxious young wife and
mother I'm Washington were concerned.
had ceased some months back. he only
shook his head when Edith and Mrs.
HaverilI asked him daily III Inc had
learned any tidings
The colonel mud his wife were none
the less fond OF their southern wards.
Gertrude and Robert Elingham, now
that Of necessity they no longer stood
toward them In loco PARENTS
Whatever stern military aloofness the
Federal military officer may have felt
obligatory upon him was compensated /
by new tenderness on the part of
Mrs. Hayeril, particularly toward Ger
trudc, whom she regarded as the limo
cent victim OF a most unfortunate po-
litical misunderstanding This feeling
Gertrude reclprocated and equally with
out suspicion OF resentment