Show an army kitten one evening toward the close ot of the war while union soldiers lay la in camp on a hillside near the stanton river virginia the cry of haiti who goes there from a ben sentry try startled every lounger to his feet nd ind several of the more curious ran to the guard line to find out what the trouble was A minute later all knew that the night wilo woo 1 kad d been challenged was no enemy A little girl about ten years of 0 age lic holding iding a whito white kitten I 1 in n her arms came forward into the light of the fires conducted by two soldiers who had bad told the sentry to pass her in and who looked as proud as if they were escorting a queen the whole regiment gathered including the colonel himself to look at the child and hear bear her tell her story A very short story it was scarcely a paragraph but there was matter enough in it for a full chapter she lived near by with her father who was sick and poor and they were nort northerners berners she said and union folks her mother was dead and her brother had been killed while fighting in the federal army she wanted to give something and when the ho union soldiers canto came she thought she would bring her pet kitten anit and present it to the colonel the colonel took the little girl in his arms and kissed her and the kitten too and said ho he was not a bit ashamed of his weakness he accepted the kitten with thanks and its innocent donor was gallantly waited on to her humble home loaded with generous contributions the white kitten was adopted by the regiment but considered the property and special pet of the colonel and when the war was over he took it home with him harpers young people |