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rr tMwmmmmmm iiin". JjmKM - ' :- ,
Dorothy,
hlkn whRacottairr anion Ih Iras
Dorothy llvva with IwrfmUTi
"MkM amh tra bkMMMii ami tmnejr
III ruuifoM and ilatir liok altar.
Who. Rtiirnlntr rriHn lull, ol titling lb nit,
kUrlaliu. a l aiwt ll fair daulilar,
ikifulliy. r.
My H.va. d yua baar?
I poolil not lo wUIhmm oh.
Through lhnuxurl aw Huh! rtiHrln ,
Taatiaiul tolh tan! and her nowsra,
flat su4 fbritt amsla "math lh toranoaai
wwt,
And ll bamm fail uiinn ! In hrr.
Tka- ansa In my. In ihvlr a a swsat way.
Immlhy. thr.
My !. il4 Iwait
Wsmaltt n4 lti wlinuul yoa.
Tha finunuil lllar rn hy lti trMa,
Noil their IknwIk In th an spring lw
Wltll tha tnUii walks un lha lawn. ami call
, to hla ntoia.
ta hrr hlitnen nasi, abova In tha rarm:
The blnls on thalr pan-ha mhl rut leaf
hi re haa, -
String whI ting, with I ha ltHtrtn- laarst.
To Dunttliy. lar.
My hn-a. tl ru heart
Wa would not live without you.
Through lb vtaa iwlnad amlga. a form ah
Thai l nobis, nilh manly lwnty hi portion
With a Hash oa har -he Ilka pink sweM asa.
Hha hide not bar glrllah anuHluu.
II lai4 has hand, aa ha rauwla a!.
Oft oitwvil '"I f davutluo.
ifcirolhy. dear.
My v. do you baarf
t eanonl liv atlhom.you.
Ualaa A. Khali utk In Unod nonaakaaplng'.
AN INCIDENT OF 1865.
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'Indeed, niaruruA. 1 ran bridle and
ddl that littW dun pony, and b
back bow before you eau aa Jack
Robinson. " '
"But ui child, it I auch a mad
freak fo go encli a dbtance. and alone.
ton. on that atrav non. and for what!
)ul.T one green poacb wan Keen on thai
tree.
Yea. onli one erven peach.-and per
jbapa aoiuebody has got it before now.
but Hotliinn ventured, nothing have.
and I am ("ing to rule tueiv tiiw alter
noon and look for that peach and briii)
it to you." So Mpoke tle young jtirl
who was bent on taking the rule lor
bidden by her prudent mot lief.
ThMt wot (lunna the miunier ol M
followinir the d'mmdroiw Hood in thul
riHrt of tlie MUauiiDDi vallev. We had
fathered utmwberriea under the water
otuetiiiiea wading out to Uie ImhIk ami
aoiuetiiue paddling ont in a flotilla ol
eanoes. We had liaa dewberrtea aud
blaekberriea uatbered by the more
heroic members of the family. wti
were not in fear of the moccasin aud
biuewater anakee who1 entwined them
aoivea anion? theee briar, feaxtina on
h Iwrriea. All the other fruir wa
mined l tlio overllow. and it o Imp
pened tiiat eome one had discovered a
living peaoli tree, Deartng wie loriom
DTen nench. In a deserted iilutitation
c I
garden five niilex from the home of out
heroine. Tin tree errwoo a anon a
link, elnvnted above the overllow
Now, in Juue. thin peach uliould have
ripened, hence the longing to pluck it
and rive it to the mother who had
sighed out that very day that she should
o enjoy Home peachea.
The irfrl had the dun pony aaddled
with a man ' naddle and rope bridle.
and donnins her ridinir ekirt of env
copper colored dimity tliat had nerved
many yearn aa the numery winnow enr
fjrfrr. and the tuan'a hat coQiiettihly
triuuued with an aigrette of white and
blue crane a fentlieni. sue waa aoon
mounted and cantering gayly down the
graawy road. What a loiieaome road it
waa too. Tliere waa no travel In- that
day, ml come atraggliug aoldiera going
from eaiuD to picket station. The nlnu
tat ions were deeerred by nesrroe. ail
the Ions line of dine "qaartera" with
wide opened doom and swinging wi$
dow sliuttera looked lonenomeat of all
lonesome' tliinga In nature.
The gnus waa knee dep to the dun
pony; aa he cantered throngli its green
a h cIommI hi lib wake like the waves
of a calm emerald sea. asleep tinder the
hot glow of that June day sun. Tlie
senna weeds grew as tall as tree along
the leveesand where fences had beeij. j
giving out" a fragrant odor from their
leaves, beana and swufy yellow faced
nOwln. lilt" LHm uriun wni. unw
with tlie great army of rampant cockle
burr; uot an inch of soil to be seen
anywhere after that spleMdid irrigation
of an .nlnnldy falmloiiHly fertile Kind,
and there being no cattle to trample
the weed and to crop the hprlwge. lt
grew and grew into this wilderness ol
unbroken green. . J lie uieitcuea ooues
of much valued stock drowned were
even now agisting to luuke thin rank
luxuriance over their once nappy tonige
grouiMl. Nothing Is wasted in nature's
storehouse! However true this is. there
waa not the "survival bf the fittest;
l.x mnA liorilx ttere fertitiziilU this
rich earth, the people deprived of beC
milk and iMitter. ana uie senna
and cockle burrs were all hi their glory.
Cut bono. f- i--": 5
Tlie only four looted beast .tliat was
In tliat section of country fu. months
waa the dun pony, and he waa left be
hind by some dixgusted soldier who
was traveling along in tlie mud just
after the water receded into their
banka
vTh dun 'pony happened to fit Into
the laudacape (or uiudseape?) at that
period. ; He harmoniied with tlie hue
of the prevailing mud. and no doubt
thought he made a "symphony In dun,"
and he stuck fart in a bug. so his sol
dier master made a jump for terra
flnua, or an adjacent bog. or tree, of
something besides mud. iioga ana 'j""K
wires, and there tlie my waa. I dou'i
remeiuliei if lie nlUI InmaeH out in
deed. I don't think h had snfflelent
strength in hi" skeleton iiame to make
the effort to (Mill: o I wipjaa the win
sboue flereely down srnue day, drying
tlie mud about the Banks t( the poor
urate, and then, perhaps, soro good
Samaritan helped him sotuo. I don't
know, though ; titers waa no one about
there but the lady of the house, a
younger lister-in-law. two young girts,
two litUe children, one a baby, and a
nnail neoro berr. tKBM W "J H
He, the poof, must have bad horse
sense, and got out somehow; leant wise,
be shambled up to the kitchen gallery
to sniff at the eorn meal and potatoes,
and be ahared ; the frugal family ineal
and partook of Avery Island salt, and'
be most bar bad eotue Arab blood in
pit ancestry (f write aDceatry, 4f;ar
render, tteeaiuw 1 don't tiilnK at this
time he had any blood In his body to
write of), for, after partaking of the
family salt, he never dVtwrted the fuui
U y "Nobleaae oblige;" wiis hla motto.
Very differeut, IndeeJ, was v this
plebeian and eolore.1 creature, from tlie
high stepping, bobtailwd, aornl, antin
coated cikirtuge hum thut held arched
nej-ka and more arched tails, never !
seeming prouder thnn when trotting j
out for the lust time through the stuble ;
gatv prancing anl onraeoling. under
the sent of tlie burly negroes wha www
on their way to readout and the "year
of Jubilee,"
IKjubllesa, Prince and Albert sniffed
afar off the fragrant fodder and t:ie
plentiful forage of the Federal camp,
their stable stall being quite empty.
Who that haa a atoiuuch can blame
them for wearying of green fields and
pasture and hankering after Uieir
"fleahpot."
Yet I cannot fancy the humble dun
pony turning tail on hi ba though
poor friend, and comforting himself
with pride and dignity and champing
the bit, while bestrode by another in
KWte of a greater degree; And when
nne iwineiiilvra thut t ho sorrels had !
etwt golden dollars In plenty, and the
dun had cost not even a 'thank ye.
sir," there Is n text for a sermon on in
gratitude In horses. : V
He seemed nrond. indeed, when the
young lady fixed herself finally to her
aaitlxfuptlnti In Iter niau'i saddle, itnth-1
eriug together tlie voluminous folds of j
tlie copper colored riding suirt in tier
hands to prevent their hiding ooiuplete
lyher muall steed. With a shake of
tlie rope bridal and a wave of the hand
toward thf group on the gallery she
started on her quest, s
Alas, and alas!: why slum Id "The
beat laid plans of mice and men," and
maids also, "gang aft agleer
The garden waa reached, and in the
orchard of defunct fruit, trees, amid
the billows of noxious and tall bull
erawes. tliere, too. atianl that one liv
iug green peach tree, but no pinch
was there, look ami peer as she would,
fooling heraell a dozen time with a
reddened leaf, standing up In her stir
rup, handling almost, eaeh leaf upon
tlu tree, until tot the sun had already
set. However tlie old deserted dwelling
hniiaw looked, as she recalled the recent
tntvedv enacted there in all Its horror
jurt as she bent her plumed hat to escape
the bendiiiR bouglis of a low branched
tree, slie had almost thought soineoooy
tmlioil hip; bur im It waa only the
disturbed brauchea closing behind her.
"Yea, this la the very window the
boy Jumped through after shooting hi
poor old father, and It la wide open
Why. 1 can see clear through, even
into the hall where lie fell and died Ave
minutes later. They say the blood
stains are there yet Poor old man!
what a sudden, oil. wuat a uorrioie
death by the Innocent hands of his
young son! What a stricken life now
and alwuy for Uie boy. liia motuer aua
his sisters." .
These reflections were more terrible
a she recalled every detail of the futal
mistake. The mother rousing her son
at midnight, placing tlie weapon in hi
hands and whispering In hla sleepy ear
that "somebody some thief or prowler
-is walking through the hall."
She had thought her husband asleep
in bed, and the gun being In the boy's
room .she luvd slipped out quietly, not
waking the old man. as she thought
fatal error. Tlie father had risen some
momenta .before, fearing some thieves
were tir his melon patch, not wishing
to disturb his good wife. He had
dipped out aa silently, and on return
ing he caused death.
O times of unutterable horrors'
War abroad over tlie fairest country
under tJod'a broad skies: men far away
fouii lionrth and home, their treasured
ones unprotected save by Sid men aud
tender youtlut. Hear the weird nooi
iiig of that gray old owl as he flaps his
iiigs.on that moss cover! cypress
limb. -The birds are ull twittering In
the rank rose bushes and the honey
uickle bowers, and that wise old owl
calm and dinning, watches keenly his
prey, and well knows when cacti nttie
i.a...l I fiicbml beneath a winu. He
orot thi absent family and thechick
ens thut nightly adorned tlie oak tree
i. tl.o back yard.'- IHrda are very
dainty, to be sure: but there li ao much
more m a chicken, to devour. expect
that's what Mr. Owl is thinking about.
Ugh! and oueht .What a great big
snake just glided up that old stump
covered over with trumpet -vines:
What a tanglewood we are In. my lit
tie dun, you and I! l-et us hasten to
get out of thia and beyond tlie yellow
bayou strip of woods befdre it gets
dark. ,::'. I i I 5 .
Hut there are washout boles, hidden
perils nnder the green briar vine,
tlnmia. locoata thrusting their prickly
branches aggressively in one's face, and
echoing from tree to tree booms the
weird Iwotlugsof tuany cruel, watching
owlaj while bullbats. are, fliUiug fleetly
tiirough ihe gloaming. Here sha
reaches a gap in tlie xigaig fallen fence,
densely shrouded In the deep green of
the aiiipelopsia. and white alder bios
,om erowmng them wltb their bridal
whits eorymba. There Is a rail or two
for the pony to step over, and the mo
tion shower down thousands of the
fragrant Itorett upon the equestri
enne. Tlie river road Is reached, tlie
sunken and crevassed levees looking
mow like Wlloeked grave than a
breastwork against tlie turbid waters
of that wift flowing Atelia-faiaya; al
belt, they looked Innocent enough In
.fun, within their cavelike red and
blue clay banka, and broad white
sanded bar stretching almost acros to
tlie farther shore, willow fringed and
sentineled with a thick mushroom
growth of cottonwood tree that, like
T.nnii.iiur'i sta.fi. Drancnea anu
leaved and (lowered a three nights
growth, mystically,
gear eaten by rata, and the wagon
f tlleii Into "liitioouoiiH diwwruua, anu
the vole of tlie laborer no lonipr hoard
t. ti.. nhoitiitlon nii'loilv. but I being
Jlfted-lnthe rousing chorus of "John
Ilrown s soul g HiaremuH .
eonquerltvt Fudernl eauip.
The Yellow Hayoit woods, sliirtad by
an old eloarlnsr of rotting trwia, and
pttt4d by crevasse hokw, liup.'l the gin
to have her wits about hex and liake
off the tllsmal memories of the traglo
haunted house, the uul vernal desolation
ot her nurrouiidingsand herpreeent iso
iation. Should somethiivg happen
what then t She waa far from human
aid, no ear to hear her cry, no hand to
aval Almost her lot would form a
parallel to tlie previous plight of the
abandoned Kiny left like a stick In the
mud by his ditgnatad master,
"Hollo! hero I go, sure, enough!"
The unshod hoofs had stumbled.
The pony foil to the ground, the girl
going over his head and then still
ness! ' ' '
Tliere stood a wretched, gloomy, snd,
colored little "beaatle." looking more
like a donkey than a home, thy raddle
awry on his thin back, the ropa bridle
d;ui:tling dlxeoiuiolatcly In (rout of his
nose, '
"Hello! what' thlsf A mustiuig
saddled in the wood! tkauelKHly utuat
be uroiiiid besides ourselve. . Strang
that he did uot take up the 'yawhoop,'
or Join In our tune."
A party of six mounted rebel were
riding aimtjt the unfrequented river
road, alluring "The Yellow Kose of
Texas." "The Oirl I Left Hehlud' Me
with an oouasiouiil rebel yell to enliven
tlie refrain,
"That animal, or animule, haa some
very tine points about him, boy,"
"Fine piinU in-JneO' UxiK at ins
sliouldera; his ritw can be eoiiuted, ami
he may be one great interrogation
point to us; h tolls us nothing, how
ever." , . . :
Then he peer among the fallen logs
and around the deadened tree trunks
humming, "till, the sweetent girl, that
ever I did see Is tlie girl I left behind
ma. Why, b b boy look here! The
sweetest mirl that I ever did see 1 here
before me, dead or tainted dead
away!"
The six soldier clustered around.
bustled about and held canteen water
tn li oliumit lion, and stirlnklefi tlko
nnllirf VOU117 fitoe. One nicked uiltlie
hat and another esaayed to arrange the
disheveled coper skirtin to more si-eiu-Iv
folds: all the time the sad cvod dun
pony ttanding stock still waiting for tlie
Issua.
Soon the girl stirred, and opened
wondering gray-blue eye upon her
numerXMH uttcn.lanta Where was hof
And goodnes sake alii-e! what were
all these soldier doing f They seamed
the whole of Walker' "brigade to her,
crouching around her there, ami her
head duwn ninon tho loo and bad
miielling.wevHls. She said she had been
thrown the momont before, a she has
tened to Hcramblo up, wondering if her
skirt worn at all dcorous, and If tliere
might not be eu wigs crawling over har.
Twelve hand assisted her from her
recumbent posture and placed bar on
the met-k pony twelve eyes looked so
licitude and tender sympathy, and ail
urn wanted to lead that dansrerou and
excited beast front amid tlie pitfall of
this howling wilderness! The girl did!
not like o much attention, and did not
want to be pitied by them and laughed
at by the home folk. "Her pony wa
as safe as a sheep This wa no wilder
(l ess only the Yellow Hayou clearing.
and tlie crevasso holea were not o very
deep."
8o, with her escort she wa soon
"home again" to explain her disap
pointed search to tlie anxiously alarmed
mother, and to slur over her aouidtiut
as nothing at all. "I wa tij: hi a min
ute, but for an Instant I must have
swooned - everything became bluck
and stilt then the soldier saw uie."
Hut the mother knew her head
strong, willful daughter liad luln among
the logs and weeds aud decayed stump
for longer than she reallxed. since she
did not hear the familiar airs wing by
tlie slowly riding-soldier, nor bad sha
heard one word of their criticism of her
pouy.-Ii. a Uaiiie in Atlanta Consti
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"But I am sure." replied Miss Ei
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