The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-09-24
CONCLUSION

Wien the Civil War began in
ie8l. ana Kentucky was full of
huam Northern and Southern SYM
usIhlHers. Aunt Matte decided
Nhe mmmlnd 30 80 home. what
eeeF he8 weleunae might be when
So 81 there. II was three years.
he@ever. before she and the chill
afem manaaed % set as far as
hgnnnd Once there. they were
umis 80 miles from home. but in
Mehmanna they had 90 stay. be-
easse al1e cts was IN a state OF
aseee
fsn April Ind. 1855, the Fed
nsal tss0ps took Richmond, and
Alnaf half the city was burned
Is she nFuund. Il was during that
aalai nlaht That Aunt Matte saw
hms fmshsF again. after II years.
~ was wlth the army which was
everlasting Richmond.
n Ilsr Own Vivid Words"
AGAIN. the tale had best be
saken 80 Ia Aunt Mattie's own
v4sia words.
pxppa vas All bloody. and his
umsgaFsn maa spatsered with blood
sa8 dlff one II his arms was
MsN. ana somebody had tied up
- slump wlth 3 dirty white rag.
fanpm mu3l have been suffering
fegfshle. bat ~ didn't seem TO
80 amy mind 90 H. lie had
k nn rs lace like a man who
hsl neen everything and lost his
falth = everything. including the
AlmlaA1y.
~lia pafasd ne on the shoul-
- go says. very calm and
ualeg llka. Martha Ann. we're
flmsahad mew. The war Is al.
m0af owas. We've lost. Co
homa a. YoaF mother and sis
smsA wheY'li - needing you
Nnmn ~ kissed me and went
- afI We wma killed the next
aaE. - leans cat later"
Ii mas inevitable. with two such
tasanalliies ~ Aunt Matte and
tsan@eal Ulysses - Grant In Rich
n a 80 same time. that they
nhmd have q run-sn with each
es8NF s.nsaaF or later. II came
sfaf mhen Macmillan. Aunt
8ffes go. then q boy Of eigh-
aeem maa pleked up On the streets
weafana . Conlederate uniform
whem Auns Matte heard he was
IS fta1nfg she marched herself
smAa klsan8k headquarters and
asn hlw ana the whole Union
m4 : 1alklnR 90.
Wea ean't arrest my son.
- emlH : eAlld.~ shs wound
&C. - 1ssA 81 Grants lesser
k@m Distinctions h that he was
Nshahar shs oaiy person in the
wa eveg ~ have the hast word
Nsh Aant Matte. IT'S classic re-
Ans wma Aladasn. the Confed-
eke AsaaF IS gull of children"
03Mni malaaaea haastle's Sen
49, AfaNllnIlsan was turned
end Allowed 10 wear the
sNfpfas hexauae. IS Aunt Matte
wn that 81 50 naked. No
kAT haa amy clothes OF shoes or
Nmthlng Else an the winter no
kMaH h@a anFthlna We all Starv-
- aasa neaFiy fgoxe 10 death be-
a Thsi was the winter I saw
NH wlna II as bright red. just
AN & FAIRS. bul eold. II swept
gAts eAfusah. the whole city.
saw s wlsh ~ own eyes. Il
w@ gHss H@th ~ December, 1868.
Never $50 forget i a. long as
aM# hgWNsh Ii scared me SO bad
fh anals aled then and there. "
Am4 Matte and the children
aese elIt heaalnE toward home.
a 4 taaA them 81 the summer
- Use b 81 thefe. Coz they walk
~ every asep - the GOO miles To-
N Cfeek. ne family planta-
M 4mf IA tn time they had
anM ~ eAt They were bare
4@ssa and they hadn't seen a
ssat IS maney Ger over two
kNafM
uea nnig knows hoe they had
Mammmsa b keep alive. The
mEsels was thai Trey had sur
ssNea ~ eli the hsdFasglsd lit
- axeap that finally turned
$50 - aasas 81 Willow Greek.
80 llmpma 40 The long read.
wsN - she treat dooE.
Xhames weFe nearly as bad
HNfe a. Ia the cities. The house
wm asmt@t Quilted. bat the wom-
81 felk slill bad q roof. of sorts,
NNNf iheAr heads. q few turnipS
Mkfe ia tae Femains of the gar
sm AsHA THERE Was stiil one small
bsgfsi - eoFu- meal in the cellar.
hmaaa kaaie--L~aves Town
Ns*eftfeless. things looked
mNhsY aafk and stayed that way
naiA heip arrived II the form of
= HtMiN KsAaein from New Jersey.
80 hsssht supplies and hope
q WslioM Creek
Attna Asiile promptly set her
eMN ta hina. ard worked assidu-
NslN 81 undefuine hiS emotions
$40 aaale THIS strategy sue
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