The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-14

August IleY will pnY Nou hand
somelN"
I'll may he posshIe hut whore am
to get the money for & telegram and
Il Ticket
surely won can borrow somewhere z
Il don't know "A man in the county
who Has It."
Then 70 to the young euminandant
of the post here Tell him the facts
rel him that a widow Of brave
Confederate soldier is about to bg
turned out Of her home because she
can't pay the taxes levied by this in
famous negro government Ask him
TO loan You the money for he tc|e
gram and the ticket
The preacher seized his hat aud
made his way az fast M possible to
lhe camp The young captain heard
his story with grave courtesy.
Certainly, doctor he said "fA
loan Nau the $40 with pleasure |
wish coAid DO more to relieve the
distress at tbe people Believe me.
slr the people Of the north DO not
dream of the aWfu conditions Of the
south THEY are being fooled ny the
politicians TN thank tiod when | am
relieved of ibis Job and aeI home
What has amazed me is that you hot
headed southern people hare stood II
ihus far DON'T know q northern
community thut womb have endured
H
oSh caplaln tilc people are henrt
SICK " lloedNbed rhey surrendered
In GOOD faNh ql,ey ennldnH fore4ec
This II tBes Mad
r0e preaelWr paused, hie ewes greN
mNr with tears, aNd ne Looked
tho,ahfelS out on the Blue mountain
rcas tbal loonlcl raugr after ranEp
ia the distance until the In4t bad tops
ware ual IN HE clouds
"lf General l.pe had dfcuuted Of such
H4 inlamY hoing forced on ihe south
two years after his surrender ts ibis
uticmpi ta ug,kc tho old daYes tho
rulers or their masters, and to DESTROY
the tugln saxon civilization Of the
south, be would have withdrawn his
ARMIES into tht Appalachian noun
iAn Wild aud fought tin every white
Wau IN The south WAS eStcrminated.
"The confedereY went to pieces in
q day. not because tho south could mol
longer fgllt, bnt hrcause they ware
fighting the flag Of their fnth.rS, md
they were tired Of it, They went back
to the cid Hay They expected to lose
their slaves and repudlnte the dogma
pf secession forever Rnt they never
dreamed Of negro dominion az negro
Of negro epnallty ana
amalgamntion, now being ramned
down their Threats With bayoneis.
They never dreamed Of ilc conlsca
tion Of he desolate homes Of the poor
aud the weak and the broken hearted
More than 2OO.n0o southern men fought
10 the Union army in answer 10 Lin
'nln'S cnli--even against their own |
flesh and blood But If this program
lad hren announced. every one Of the |
!0ONop southern soldiers who wore the |
ilue would have rallied around the |
iresides Of the south 1hs infa'ny !
Vas something undreaiNei save ~ the |
'oulS Of a few desperate schemefs ~ ,
who waited their oppor- |
afity and found # in the nation $ |
,lind agony over the death Of mar
yred leader
The preacher pressed the captains
rand and FASTENED TO tell Mrs. Gasion
4 his plans. He found her seated.
'ale and wistful, ~ her window look
ng ont on the lawn. now being parched
nd ruined siurr Nelsc was disabled
nd could NO longer tend it
Charlie was irving gao Kiss the tear
way from hcr eyes
Mamma dcar you mustn't orS any
lorcr
If eaui help w. darling"
"Thev can't take our home away
rom u-. tore down tlc sign they
allied ON the deer and Dick burned
np
"uut ihey wil' do %, Chirlie rhe
leri0 viil ~oi IT at auction re1f veel. .
ud vr vli nnr0r hayc h0mo of mi .
Nli a-1in"
chari'e 1urkr bor0lci fo the dror
nd Showed lhe nresnNo-