Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-11-30
never! never! never! never!"

dog. All of her energy, hate,
and bitterness was thrown into
the word. Her lips quivered; her
cheek put on a sudden whiteness.
| / was prepared to see the cary
ing-knife hurled across the table,
or a dish of gravy dashed into
my face. She could utter only
the one word-never. After the
whirl-wind, there was a shower
of teams. Then she regained her
composure.
"You outnumber us but you
can't subdue us. Never! never!
We are a superior people. We be-
long to high-brow race. You
are a set of mean sneaking Yam
KEGS"
MY brother correspondent in
formed the lady that he had
lived in the South; had Travelled
! from Maryland to Savannah, Mo-
bile and New Orleans many
times, and was we'll acquainted
with Southern society in all its
aspects; and that the people OF
the South could lay no claim
to superiority, unless it was in
the following example of the
Notwithstanding the sys-
tenn of concubinage, end selling
their own children into slavery"
A blush overspread her fea-
ture. She knew that the asser-
tion was true. But, notwith-
standing this home-thrust, she
continued. I'VE are not half so
bad as you represent us to be.
You Yankees, from Massachu-
setts and Vermont, who go down
|South, do nothing but lie about
u.s."
Il am not from Massachusetts,
madam" said my friend. Il am
a Pennsylvania Dutchman. was
born in Lancaster and am well
acquainted with your friend,
James Buchanan"
"Your Pennsylvanians are the
meanest of all Yankees. You are
an ignorant set. You live on
Icabbage and saur-kraut. You are
a mean, stupid set of thieves as
lever lived. General Greary's
|men stole all of my cabbage. |
hope both of you will be captured
and put in prison. | hope you
4 will get shot if YOU will stay here
tonight. will have both of you
Jon your way to Richmond before
morning. There is brigade OF
Rebels up in the Gap"
Eve are aware of that and dc
not doubt, madam, that you
= would hand us over to them il
, you could, but we will keep oul
eyes open"
1t was somewhat hazardous
to get dinner so near a large
body of Rebels, with no Unior
troops ready at hand, but the
flavor of roast turkey, afte1
weeks of camp fare, was not tt
be resisted under the circum
: stances.
1t would require much space Il
, give a full report of our "tabl'
talk on that occasion. 1t wa
/ rare and entertaining. But tn
/ dinner over, and our bill pait
!, to the satisfaction of host ant
| hostess, I said:
i, II hope you will be delivered
D from the horrors Of war. | O.
/ not wish you to suffer, but | d
| hope that those who have causes
| the war, who are now in arms
S will be speedily crushed; am
lwhen the conflict is over, hop
e we shall meet under more aus
i, picious circumstances"
81 The storm of passion had sub
: sided. II beg your pardon, sill
|you have treated me like a gen
Y tleman, and have acted like
Y FOOL" she replied, extending he
l hand, and we parted goo
friends. There was, after all,
S tender place in her heart.
| Just so years ago this stor,
happened. It is true. I wrote
: just to show the young genera
| tion how things were in thos
e days. I was in several battles
: i belong to Company A 4th Mort
S Carolina calvary, 59th regiment
: I was also in the war three an
1 one-half years.
I will be 81 years old in FeE
i lruary.
i EN-. INGRAM.
81 Ellerbea, N. C.
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