The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-03-04
WORLDS SHORT STORIES.


10 give luminous mother; the other. 20
encounter that French officer who had
rallied the men under whose Ore Tnun
ton fell A new legend now began 10
circulate among our troops. aud II was
that when he and the French officer
came face to face once more there
would he weeping In France.
The war went on. mud through II
went the exnct picture Of the French
officer on The oue side aud the bodily
reality upon the other. until the battle
.f Toulouse WINS fought In the r..
urns srut home niH~arcd these words
severely wuund,ri. hat not dangerous
,. l.leulcnant Richard Doubledlck."
Al midsummer time ia the year IsIl
Lieutenant Richard Iloubledlck. now a
iruwncd soldier seven aud thirty years
~ age. came nome Ia England inva
.ded He brought tho hair with him
near his heart. Many French ulncer
had he secn since that day. many
dreadful uight. Ia H'ar'hlnT with men
aud lanterns for his wounded. had h,
r,licyed French orireru lying Disabled
.lt the mental fixture aud the reality
Ind never come together
Though be was weak and suffered
rain. be- lost not an bnnf In getting
Inwn 10 PRONE 10 SomHre;shire
where Tauuiau'r mother lived ~ ~,
sweet. compassionate words that uatu
mlly present themselves 10 the mind
puighi. he WAS the onlt son ~ his
mother aud she was widow
10 was SUNDAY evening aud the
ady sai ~ hes quiet garden window
r,ading ibr Bllilc trading a. hersclf IN
trembling voice thai very passage ID
10 1s hive heard BIN ted H. beard
tbe words. "YuunE man say unto
thee anseF
llr had 10 iiass the window. and the
busht dark eyer Of his dehnsed time
secuted % loak ~ him. i;sr heari tnld
bsr WIN be- was size came e. the d,,of
luioly lud fsli uirsn BIZ nrck
lie ,avrd me frum ruin made me
human crniute. WIN the from igfalnt
rud shame q '',si fsfr,sr iir.. him
AZ hr viii ne wiz
ne Wili'- M. Hdf answered -
Snow h. Ia IN heavenl' Then she pite-
.u.t chcd. ~Bui. oh. lny darling bog.
my daring hoy
Nrvrf from the hour when Private
Ri.ham Doubicdich enlisted NJ chat.
ham bad the private. corporal. ser
FtauL scrgeaut major, ensign Or lieu
tenant breathed ais right name. OF the
name " Mary Marshall or word Of
tic story Of bic lite. Into any ear ci
,cpt his reciaifnrrs
But that night. remembering the
voris be- had cherished for two years
Tell her how we brcame friends II
will COMFORT hef ne Il comforts me. he
related everything. Il gradually seem
81 10 him Ne IL In his maturity be had
recovered mother. Il gradually
SEEMED 10 her AZ II IN her bereavement
she bad found SOP During his stay
Ia England. the quiet garden into
whirh he had slowly and painfully
crept q stranger. bccame the boundary
Of his hes5r. when he was able 90 Join
De regiment In the spring BY left the
garden thinking was this indeed the
Ont time be had ever turnel bis face
toward the old colors with a woman's
bIsssingl
tie followed them 40 ragged. ~
sCaucd aud picrcssi now, that they
would scarcely hold togrther-- 10 Quatre
Bras aud i.lgny. We stocd beside them
10 On awful stiffness % many men.
shadowy through the mis-, aud driEzle
Of vet June forenoon. on the iield "
Waterloo Aud down 10 that hour the
picture In his mind u the French OH.
or had never been compared with the
reality
The famous regiment was Ia action
early Ia She hattie aud received H. nrst
check To- many an cventful year when
nv Hf'H W tHWs wv " HH'f's W
90 s,euge tim aud left behind Il no
such creature In the world Of con.
s.'nusuess ~ Lieutenant Richard Dou.
nDdlDk
Through pits Of mlrc aud pools ot
fHIn along deep bitches. once roads.
that were pounded aud ploughed 10
pieces by ARTILLERY heavy wagons,
tramp u inen aud horses aud the strug
sic oi every wheeled thing that could
oruy wounded soldiers. iolted among
thr diving aud dead, 70 dlsngured by
blood Md mud ~ 10 b. hardly recog
nizahle for humanity; undisturbed by
TIE moaning % men and the shrleks Of
horses which. newly taken from the
Peaceful pursuits of life. could not en-
duro the sight ~ the stragglers lying
h1 the wayside. never 90 resume their
loi'some journey: dead M 20 any sen