The Detroit times., 1914-06-13
Copyright 1919
The Bobbs- Merrill Company.

Dave.
And. a little while afterward, who
do you think walks in the house, en-
tirely unexpected? Dave,
My! My old heart got stuck III my
throat and nearly choked me 10
death. Dave laughs like a tiend and
pounds me on the back, like they DO
lchildren that are strangling.
Now you better, daddy he
laughs at last. setting me up careful
in chair. What was II? Meat or
ItobacCo?"
What do you want here ! says
beating up the kindest and most un-
fortunate daddy in the world SIT
down." and he sits down on top OF
Ime nearly BURSTING rTc- oPefiT lIN
right back where you came from, you
Johnny Reb!'-just in fun, or course
was so happy!
81 won't" says Dave. Il amt OF
age yet and you got TO keep me I'll
| am You can be arrested and sent
TO jail for turning out such nice
Ison."
Come along" says Il. We'll all
be there sooner or later, anyhow
the way things are going. It'll be a
fine place TO keep a little boy out OF
mischief"
Little boy!" says Dave, lifting me
as easy, and carrying me around the
room on his shoulder. Now you be-
have"
He slams me down in chair and
hugs me.
Take notice" says he, that |
won't be crowded out of house and
home by no secondhand female by
marriage cousin"
who told you about herr" asks l.
Told me? Everybody alone the
road from Virginia to here. Ben
Order and she are good friends"
Now. you don't say So" says |.
good bit surprized at that 81 wonder
where she and Ben met"
Il don't know" says Dave. but he
thinks she's a noble woman!"
Dave laughs at that, as IL he knew
the sort OF nobility that would APP
peal 10 Ben But | says:
cor course She's little bit rebel.
Ben's a good bit secessionist-when
there are no soldiers in blue uniforms
about That accounts for It."
81 expect they sit together on the
top rail OF the fence, like a couple of
/
talk about the war--fx II all up their
way"
It'll the soldiers come" laughs !,
then they take to the woods. Well
Davy." 7 goes on. like | was distress
ed. she's here, the secondhand by
marriage female cousin, can not tell
lie. and therefore and henceforth
and moreover. can't keep you.
l mr. VI or
Dixie" and turns him around like
! was aiming him south.
Amt the secondhand female
cousin by marriage rebel?" asks
Dave. You"
Ayes" says I.
Under this Union roof! Phew!
WHAT"
Just female one" smokers T.
Down in Dixie they're more tightly
than the male ones Gosh--they kiss
and run their sweethearts off to get
shot. They hug their brothers-and
push EN- in It, They make redwhite-
and-red flags out OF their clothes and
climb poles to put EN- up. II II was
that way up here we'd lick EN-. But.
as II ain't-theyll lick us. II IL wasn't
for the women Virginia wouldn't have
seeded But they got after the men
and pushed EN- clean through It. II
| hadn't got out between two days
| they was going TO push me into
something. | don't know what IL was.
Some OF the boys say they smelled
tar WE'LL hate tar except on an
axle Gosh | saw three men hang
| ing to trees as took walk north.
ward in the moonlight | was so
scared that | forgot to go back and
kept on here. | don't want anything
10 do with female rebels They
! brighten me They're too reilly. They
amt satisfied with just speeches and
singing-like the men. They want TO
see and hear the real boom a-laly'
booms I'll just keep on going till
get TO Washington. I'll bet Father
Abrahamll be gladder 10 see me than
/ you are. He's glad TO see most any
one that's tightly like me nowadays.
| guess they've all gone back on the
poor old man, and he cart lick the
south without help. And suppose
get shot full of holes-it'll be his
falkland how'll you like the wind
blowing through a nice son of yours
-wool-all on account OF second
I hand cousin p,
I'D rather have you alright" says
II, and we both laughed hearty, at the
joke
Say, dad" whispers Dave. IF we
can't get shut of one another, maybe
we can get shut Of the secondhand
cousin by marriage Not?"
There's jobs for her all through
| Virginia" says Dave hospital. sew