THE WEST SHORE.
" No, ir, I ih awignM to ray company at
li.fw tUt if be returned to Wapakonetahe
would Amy, and rj--n anrw the old wounda be
m trirg to Leal. Ho longM to I again in active
n-rtirr, that he might d.rget his troubles in the
t iritMJi nt f I attic It waa a Hevere trial for him to
f.r'go th pleasure of aeeing his dear mother and
little itU r, who, he knew, would be expecting him.
He l,v-d hii mother with a deep, filial love, amount
ing lm't to adoration, and when he finally made up
hia mind notjtn go home, he aaid to himself, " Dear
mother, I know you will lo disapointed, and per
U blame me for my aelfiahDCM, but I think it for
th Nut" He wrote a long letter, explaining why he
could it come home, and gave it to one of his com-
anion, with instruction! to hand it to his mother.
" Tell her," naid he, "that I am well and haveen
lilsl for the war."
" Now, look here, Tom Norwood," aaid Ned Gray,
" I'll do nothing of the kind. Do you want me to
break your jior mother's heart? You just go and
park that knajaack and go homo with us. I know
)ou want to iw the folks as bad a wo da"
" No, Ned, I khall not go homo with the company."
" ()!), you Ik blowed with such nonsense! I tell
)ou you fcrp g,ing homo with the ua. Why, every.
Uly in the country will I at tho dejot to meet us.
(VU1 Harrington telegraphed tho captain that they
-re g.,irig t,, pVP u h rousing reception and a big
dinur, big ierhei and such, besides all the girls
ill there; and all this you will miss by these
!DmhibP notions of yours,"
M Well, Nst I hoj you will have a good time, as
) My but I will not I there to enjoy it with you.
I Miould like my much to go with tho boyg, and
lo all, to mo mother and littlo Mamie, but I can
" I haie ttKHm for tho ct.urhe I have adoptcd-n-ti.i
nhirh I can not explain to you."
" Well, oldU.y," rr,,IWNH "you may have
l7 h"T fT!Unoudo,buUorthe
-fn;Mcanta,ewhat there can I to keep you
s?:r-unie,"i::s
l'vck o
h v ,uur 1 "guter naa gone
you.
that m it may, NM, I ,hall not I in War.
IJemeaU'r me to the fnll. i 3
fondi," 7 )0Cr lut T,fil to your
On the 5th of August, just four months after our
citizen soldiers had left for the field, all was excite
ment in their native town, for they were expected to
return on that day, and the streets were thronged
with people, dressed in their holiday attire. As the
time for the train, which was to bring them, ap
proached, the crowd began gathering at the depot.
The streets were filled with horses and wagons of
every description. Men, wearing the badges of mar
shals, were riding through the crowd, trying to make
room for a procession of citizens, which was headed
by a band of music. Marching in the lead, was Josh
Gundy, proudly carrying the stars and stripea. In
the procession were carried several transparencies,
with appropriate mottoes painted in black letters.
Among them were " Welcome home," " We never for
get our brave soldier boys," and " None so welcome
as those who fight our battles." Colonel Harrington
was in command of the procession, which he handled
in true military style.
The people did not have long to wait, for the vi
brations of the town clock in the cathedral tower had
hardly ceased, after striking the hour of 2:00, when
the train rounded the curve about half a mile from
town, and soon came to a stop in front of the depot,
amidst the cheers of the people assembled there to
welcome the company back to their homes. The train
had hardly come to a halt, when the boys began to
alight and rush into the crowd, to grasp the hand of
some friend, or to be clasped in the embrace of a wife,
father, mother or sister. The band played " Johnnie
Comes Marching Home" and "Hail to the Chief."
Everyone did something to show welcome to the sol
diers. Mothers, with tears of joy in their eyes, held
tip their babes to be kissed by their bronzed soldier
fathers; fathers patted their sons on the backs, show
g how proud they were of their soldier boys; young
maidens gave their lovers a quiet, but heartfelt, wel
come. Standing apart from the many joyous ones, was a
oman, having around her three small children-one
a babe m her arms, and the other two clinging to her
b It "?m Tg M ih hearti would
, f At, leuD 8Vh' ne the returned soldiers went
up and took her by the hand, calling her Mrs. John-
and her Jl!V 7 her old DeiShbor'
VT Bhe broke affect
C o he i gnef" hu8band had been
ou h the Bddiers without him,
Xr Tf dGath n the battl so
dow Norwood was there, with little Mamie,