Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-28
brown eyes assumed a watery cast

Yes. dear lady. this Is a cruel wal
and invokes much hardship on many
OF US though am glad to be enlisted
in such a cause. I am married. and
left my young wife and two children
back yonder in my poor little home
in the hills OF Tennessee when l was
drafted into the army.
Il don't know how they are getting
along since came to war. l am q
poor man but l managed to make
them q comfortable living on my
little. farm there. I am sending them
hall or my pay and most Of the 9TH
eli half. and the wife writes me that
all three are getting along nicely.
though by reading between the lines Of
her letters / can tell that she Is hun
cry and there are no shoes on my lit
tie babies feet.
It's hard on me and hard on them.
is this cruel war: and II is causing
gray hairs to come on my young head
Stih | am proud to be in the fight
and ! reckon the good Lord will take
care Of them If can't"
! looked at my buddy" hard while
hc was shooting that stuff to the
lady, and l wanted to laugh out loud
so BADLY that thought every minute
! Would pop. He is only 1s years Of
ago and wasn't drafted: but Is a vol
nnteer OF more than a years service.
.ln& he never made love TO n girl in
hiS life, much less being married.
us face at the conclusion of his
ma fativc bore the expression OF a
dybg calf and he shifted his eyes to-
~ d me without any change. I sure
Jy eanted to plug him one.
= he kindly old lady leaned over to-
y1fd him and taking one of his hands
idShers. said: You poor boy; you
g pinly have my sympathy and you
ha much more TO worry about than
II most Of these fellows who have
~ her wife nor child. Give me
ron wife address. | want 10 write
Mher."
10y friends expression changed. He
y to admit he had no wife or else
q e across with her address. There
mo other way out.
broad grin was on my face. !
dn't help 1t for, thought I, "old
you are in 1t for fair now: and
glad of It because you had no
ness spinning such n yarn to that
old lady,"
pt not so. My friend reached over
the table and getting n piece OF
r and a pen wrote: Mrs. Lloyd
on. Musgrave. Tenn"
len he went on to tell the lady
be handed her the address, that
appreciated her interest in his
ily very much and that he was
his wife would be very glad to
from her.
then gave me the wink and we
led to leave. AS We got 10 the
fof the stairs the lady called him
and invited him to dinner the
pwtng Sunday. which invitation
8 z&.aaa:lh accented.
VAwonder II there Is such a place
as Musgrave. Tennessee" he remark
ed to me without batting an eye as
we walked down the stairs.
Il wonder II there Is such a person
as Mrs. Lloyd Burton in the city Of
Musgrave and the state OF Tennessee"
I replied and then I said: you should
he ashamed Of yourself for pulling
that kind of stunt on a lady who Is
really and truly interested in soldiers,
yourself included"
He snickered and said nothing.
Then after we had gotten up the street
n little ways he recited this couplct
without cracking a smile:
"A little fun now and then
Is relished by the wisest men,"
shall not go in the community
club with him any time soon. for fear
OF meeting the dear old soul.
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