The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-08

Johnnies and how they pounded back
at us. Then Mcclellan gave the word
for the Ninety ninth. with some uninl-
portant support, to charge the enc
my's left, and with a wild hurrRh, We
upped and atted 'em. | was runnins
at the head of my company across the
vallsy-toward them, OF course. when
l felt a sudden sharp, stingings Bensa-
tion in my side and the next moment
l lost consciousness. When rec6v-
cred / found myself in = clean white
bed, with kindly dark face bending
over me and pressing glass of some
cooling beverage to my lips I dbn't
mean to say the face was, pressing the
glass, Of course, you might know that.
1t was the owner Of the face to whom
was indebted fer thatscharitsble,R
tention. heard the old msmmy say:
I reckon he'll drag through now, Miss
Co'delia, honey.
Ah'm mighty sorry to heah,- It,
said a soft, musical voice TAh wish
all the Yankees were at the bottom of
the Potomac. Aid have poisoned him
if All had seen him befo' yo' nursed
him.
81 looked in the direction Of. the
voice and saw one of the most beau
tiful girls my eyes had ever rested
upon. .u 20.
81 thank you, madam, for your
kind Intentions said. sarcastically.
She tossed her beautiful head with
a disdainful expression. 'Misuhrsble
Yankee!' she murmured. Then she
got up, and with a queenly air swept
from the room.
Il didn't see anything more of her
until the next day. ] tried to put on
an interesting look and pathetically
had gone.
We licked you out of yo' boots,
she said, triumphantly. 'Yo' can make
up yo'r mind that we are going to
keep on doing it, too. All came in
here to see how yo were getting
"1t was kind of yoa-noble--gsn-l
erous, l said. i appreciate 1t beyond
measure. T.
"'TIold yo' hosses,' she said. All
don't wont any of that so't talk from
any Yankee was going to say that
Am not going to have yo loa6n'
around here any longer than All have
to-
She was still reviling me and all
Yankees when we heard sound Of
gruff voices below, and almost direct
ly the tramp of heavy feet and the
clank of a saber coming up the stair.
Nv littJa rahaI onraamod and ahrank
into a corner of the room as a mo-
ment later three of my men entered.
and with shout Of joy discovered
me.
Have they been a Ill treatin' or
abusin' you, loot?' asked my trusty
orderly Smith, when his transports
OF delight had in some measure abat-
ed. Say the word an wen smoke the
whole caboodle out. The blame rebs
deserve it, anyway
The girl screamed again. Smith
certainly had ferocious manner OF
talking. | begged her to be calm.
however, and assured her OF my pro-
lection. We miserable Yankees do
not war upon women | said. Smith.
| have received nothing but the most
uniform courtesy and kindness at the
hands of the inmates of this house.
l owe my life to this lady.
Il looked at the girl as l spoke. and
thought that she seemed remorae-
full As my men raised me she -
capped from the room, the last that
saw of her then.
81 met her in Baltimore twenty
years later She was the most unre-
constructed woman | ever saw-and
the most unpleasant l ventured to
remind her that | was the young ON.
Ger whom she had Hospitality enter
tanned after Antietam. remembered
her directly
All remembah you puhfectly, subj
she answered 'Ah, remembah that
All wanted to poison yo' Ah'm sorry
that All did not. Yo' wouldn't have
been carpet-baggin' around heah ~
All had. All neglected an Opportu-
nifty Then she turned her back on
me-"
Then what do you mean when you
said that the war had brought you
happiness?'
Il was exchanged into the commits
sarist in consequence OF that wound.
did pretty well there and was able
to marry the girl left behind me-"