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Show Ml nOW JOE LOST HIS AltM. .Ill On U Tomtit-tow hfaf t Mht, f waa tart, Vjll r I n hot made of huaaool lb brltbt yellow corn, yUMl-. AMIvMUHvUillntthr Jul.ae4t.ua, H I l A nj 1 row.d b. f about lo my f uralre. ratoe, & L finrlor row away row o er tb wawt to Una, 9H I Lib, t faalhae wa U Ami In my tl iruf rw eaav MS' f Tb tittle of tliu Pretty Jtio ha 1 a jBj rntllow role, anil MenilM iweetly with fTC' I It tea llttl JentlilillilllitraMe, IjBi J II Mt upon th cWlc of tlm llttl 19H1 t ib.arab.Nit gailng arena lew the bright JSk water of the Toiabtgbe a tit tun "ufifv t elaocwl oa there, suln Intently, au I H r aralllnyalHttntly tohltnaelf. MU llswaaaratncifabootlhlrty, andhl right rout tlecro wa emtity and pinned upou Ua hurt. Llttl Jennie lean.l npon hi knee, taring- hUn Intently In th flic la nva; that ehlMmi liar. Hhe jintherl lirr in j i 1 road brlmmml hat back from bcr f yen J1 I ro that kI might atar tho better, Th Sf ' ( ' WM 1wl hr"il palmetto 0 trnctare, for thli im In '03, anil clothe if wer at a premium, blie wa.1 th chll.l ill1 of on of th pxtMngen, ami betvreen I her and th clerk qaito a f rlurVhJp hail )ji aprafifftip. r u' 'An'l dlil yon lure enongh meet yonr tiW Jnlla her on tbo TomWguee'' aVel th W cbll I, atroklag tho empty aleero wltlm flfL pitying toncli. WH " Ve," Mid tho clerk, ronanl from hi H M rrirl and imlllng dovn on th eager lit- H WL tie face: "I har cfl.n taken her rowing H HI oa th Tomblgbu brora tho war, when PJInl XhlinyoUwrarm.'t JjBf "How nlceraald Jennie. "Ilownleel K Mii InnirQintrettratiorr K "Well, I waui't lortlcnlar a to the 1 W kind of canov, to it u utnoe," aald ' Mn I he, willing. K iU "And yonr JJI alnYYameJ Jnlla, IB a tot Miry Jane, attr all," jtj child. r H "Ye," aald he, "but the Jntl a 1 ' .' vett a If her nam wa Jnlla. thoagh JbH I Hwonldn't fit In the aong r well." W "No, you couldn't aay, "I rowej ny jR Mary Jane eotrne.' Twould make th BH i aong too long legged." H "Trne,"Mld he, langhlng, "Init Hut iBf L jukn no dillennc. 1 think of hrr If ft , (I MIIalnglt.MJ that it wemiMlf It "J H ili a bef name " ftfcPl ' "Well, Mr. l-erklni," aald Jennie, "lell ' ' m whyharen't yon married yonr Julia, tv if yonV leo rowing her nnrand iu yonr gnmtree canoo tliee ereraouauy M "Yoaie."aMlhemtemlllng, "my i JolUroaldn't makeup hw mind that tlw lired me till the war broke out and I I rolnnteemdi then the eal 1 directly I rlie'd marry m, bot 'two too lt llieu; I Ihailtogooff tohght." t( I "VoaludbothofyonratmJlhenrin- Ku lermptoil Jtnnlei "yon wat born with fi ,mr t "Ofconne.chUd. Did you ever hear p ,, of aay on born with onn arm? Nature 1 don't wer, make no mob obblal, lop. elded wort a that." ( "Well, If you had both, of your arma . then, 1 don't why the wouldn't liar i jou." a "Bleai yon, child, ererybody had (I plenty of arm thont tliat waa no In- deceinent to take a f.llow. lint, oa I I wae laying, when alio found I wu going t til to the war and might gut killial, then ah Iminl that the loved un." "bke'd rather marry you than that yon ahould get Wiled," Mid Jennie. I "V, Ithlnkehtought.afUryonrowol I her around In th ranoe." . , "You are right," ull IVrkln, Uuh ! Ingt ' but "taa ti lab to marry her ' Ihen. WfngricJthallfi.nrlKnltScV J ufely, when the war waa over, we'd j marry." . "Tell me now, how you cam tn loeo , ( our ana," anMJennl. 1 I "Tm in one of th great liatlle round Klchinond that yiar I ha.1 ln I in many HifhU before, but tile -wa about the hotte.t. TliaTntrai were bouud to get tho hill on which Svo tuud, . and w wer lwhllng on deeicrateh. Out at lat tit lU)i brxan to waver and glvwy. Then our" colonel cam. out to thefcont, and the rent of our tifllcera f ollowwl him, and they ran up and down tb lint rliewlni up the men. " 'Steady, my Iwye,' Mid thaoMcoIo- ! el'keTi pouring it into theio. bteadyl Benforement will eoon lw here! Never let It be auld that the line broke I where the Alabamluniebiudr 1 "The whole air iwmcd blade with alio4 and khnlL A pluu of one Kralcd th colonel clwelr, and tho blood kept I Ulckllng down hi faru, but he dlln'l atem to fuel It. Tho Bring (rrw no hot that Ui men awined Talrly luowr.1 down, and thu lino began tu wavir and break, fiuddonly, clear on our light, then aronn a trcmtndoua yilh It grow lonJer and loudr. and rau down th , line toward iu. Then, at U.t, weaawa courlergallopHiduuuthollne. lahall aever forget how be looked III black honwwu allvhltowitU foain and it j Aanla were bloody from hlnpur. Ha rode bar headed down the Una iu If he " horeacharnirilfe,audhe kiptwavlng i) hU cap around hi head and ahoullng I loiaelblng to tlie nun, and a they heard him tho watering llnu rallied andent up deafening rheen. Then b gallopvil by where e were and ytlledi '.Bli "'Kally.inenlrallyl Htmew all Jack. lit M fl K" ""'r rmr ni t'lvl"''' ''" ,ul1' I ii "Then eihctrd, too, unillwewcro f t aoane. Ihe courlir galloed un, and 1( K'xotly our oflkxr ilumtnli I ' W i " 'Forward nu charger ijffi P "And awywe went, down the hill ! ' ' f? nd aeroM a (Wld, right toward the f ' I'ankee lluce, yilllng Ilk lndlima. "I hell the color iu lay bund, ami I Jfl lau a little ahead. I didn't Kni to Imvo HlIB tnyfeel; laeemed to fty, nndthemeu Vjm followed me, Might toward the blatlnj I m ( line we run, ' If ' "AH at onco I w the coloni I, who !3 " riding by me, grap the lor, foi la I ""' falling. 1 lookeil aud in IB' " my hind, my whole arm wa gone, mWi i "J ' 'idn't felt III I grabbed tho rlig fl la my left band, S ",'!a".'frylbe color jtt, colonel,' MM, 1 1 "Id- 'I don't foel any palu.' mkVk u IT " "om" "" ,u,l"i uentu Pftl "" iK'W ei'aullng from wy ijioul der. 1 ilroppei Jot Abe, on of th coturguanl, mulchM th flag, and they all rnheil rn "I fell r-nele t never knew an other thing till week after, when 1 woke np one day in Chlmbortahn.pltl and fmtndKm fnnnylooklngldle InblacV bonnet, thtt th boy ralleil Mhe ! ter,'tndlngovermr If It hadn't been for their good nnriing, I ehoal.l hav died" l'erkln ceawd. Ho hal liren o rjr-rlMaway rjr-rlMaway by the Inltnit tie Mt In h!i own narrative that ho bwl Bono unite beyond hi nndltor "Bnt 111 mo, Joe," Jennie eagerly aked-hhalbern Impatiently waiting for an 0iportnnlty for aoiue minute- "tell me, did ynu evr find your arm that yon dropped!" "Noi to bo ure not. I never wen ti look for It " "You conldn't fatten It on again, then)" "Of rourw not, child I am not a Jointed doll." "What a pity you couldn't," nil the child. "What a pity! And how do you manage to drea yourwlf and tlo )out rravat and lioei" the uked, fur the In 1 been burnlmt to make thee I iiqulrle ever elne thobl wn the one armeil confetlerate. " Twa awkr. anl at Ant, but 1 learned atltnttodolt wllh thehdpof my teeth " "Uut bow whon you get oil and low VmT ahl Jennio, who wa of an Investigating Inves-tigating tain 1. "Providence will rale me up tome other way," he Mid with a pathet Ic iinlle. "Ill have my wif to wait en me." "To l euro. I forgoti MIm Mary Jan will. What did ehoeayr 'I gut one of the fitters to write her for me, and I net hr free. I uld 1 wonldn't bind her to a cripple Ilka "And the aald no, air reel I Vjkmm," criM Jennie, foil of fiery xeal for her new friend. "fioiuelhlng to that effect," Mid Joe, amlllng "bhe wrote me that the loved me inoro with one arm than the ever hail don with two. And whenever 1 could git honiethnwa ready" Hero Joe' eye fille.I'and h gated tteadlly In tho water. "Well, no, Joe," Mid Jennie, who wa tuddonty it rock with a btlukt Idea, "maylin It ynu would Ium both atuia aho'd love you lt.lorvr and betterer." "1 liellexi Ira Mtlincd with what alia feel now," Ml 1 Jon, laughing "Uut why hain't yon married!" con-tinned con-tinned Jennie, punning her Invntlgv 1' " "e "v "Ryan I nrt had to get well, aud thu I hail to get noiuethlng tn tin. I bad bei-n a mechanic, mil I coullnt work at my trail with my lert hand. So Capt. Itamy gar mo a lace on hi boat, and 1 vo bou trying lo 1 nrn lmw to write, to that I ran keep hi lmr.k. I llilnk fin doing pretty well. H." H drew from hi iwcket a llttl blank book in which wem anmrtrfl illvir hleroglnihln, at which h gateil com 1 laeently, "Why, yre," mI 1 Jennie npprovlnRly. "Tliero'aa'fwltli th crow mark, and there 1 'k' with hi broken luck, auj that' an 'I' I know him by' hit eyebrow. eye-brow. You ifelrtn real little," li aald proudly. ".So I tor," wld he, laughing ami pulling pul-ling np hi book. ".Vow 1 lnu.t go. Tin tun 1M -l. It la llnl Tor lun lo tee after thing for th night.'1 II ttfuked Jennie' cnrly head with hi left hili J, and wflkud Aivnjr, toftly tlngln; In hlfmelIoWT.lco, "JIyOh Mary Ann." Paul Urant in Atlanta Conttltutlon. |
