Show atin THE HE GIRL 4 IN GRAY Is A e I 1 i 4 how mis bh surrendered to 10 a 4 f yankee tk Illi Boia 4 it wa was during an encampment ot of con feder federate sto veterans Veter aaa oat that howard peace pearce first taw saw her bho bb wore a gray cray riding habit with a 1 double row of 0 small bran brass buttons leading op up to two black tan starts on the collar on her anoy sunny lock locks a emall me 11 gray touch ill bat s t rested tilted ut tha the least bit eye over r one ere eye she ab rod rode well pearce leased edl 0 o e far from the win diw to catch a glimpse at 0 the tb girl girt that be he almost fell it wn was a warm day toward the end of july and lie be waa wai oot not turry surry that be b bad had no doa business buil nesi on band bond that nut must be evidently tha the girl in pay gray bad had gm to the tb camp ground aad and with saari der ders bat saunders wai was curried married happily curled married pearce hoped any how be he waa was gad that saunders wai was married that evening be b mt sat befito captala teat tent with the captain big hi wit and mill miss moore the girl ingray gray to the th east of the tb camp ground the ridge rose in a senile dope slope to the southwest seemingly towering lowering lut just i vcr tot them waa was the mountain ir pearlea barets bean heart beat taster faster an a the tb thou thought glit came tame to him that 30 dreue be fore walt tents bad worked tha the foot toot of the ridge ai as they did that day but then thy they bad tod bedl for miles north and south captain he be uld said to stun bonn der ders it it lat ealr easier to set get op up uie the ridge than it wu was acce then there are no men lo 10 blue them there not no the captain replied but the tb soon on of at some of those men an there pointing to the company threet la in which blua blue clad clod figures lounged loyal layall I 1 without linear the bandt bandit which bad had united for the evening concert had bad jast just struck cp up the 0 star spangled Bp angled banner when the air wai was a cheer ebee r arom areas from the tented wood I 1 bear hear aid said the captain walt wait 1 uld the tb ai irl in to ray gray for pearce asked they will play Y dixie after aithra what then tha them they jay will wilt yew yell she be aid said look took lag at him with a bright smile ud and nod ding a confident yon you 11 lee we or bear and te be old wit when the national air wu wait finished there wu was a brief wall wilt then the quick quiet stirring notes ot of dixie din started the wooda woods into life with sharp janes which were drowned by one long loud loo dyelL yell pearce looked at the girl to receive an n expected ted 1 I told you se 0 o but she be WM oot not looking okla at alm her cheek were dark with color and her bar eyes bright coed ened by excitement were died upon the young men toning their capi eaps blib above the teata tents and shouting with all their sturdy lung power powe 1 I wonder be muse moaned d if it iba she balei ate the north aa an she be love loves the loath south when whets the tb tam oil bad bused be c tan turn ed ad to saunders Sa onder well welt capt captain aln be he uld what do you fay say to or of course they their toy dixie mid said the captala captain earnestly I 1 so do L lint but there Is I 1 oo 00 deeper mod meaning a lag in that debeer t than bin the love of at a memory ibey are am loyal ulia miss moore uia that abe she must go 90 back to town ai As it 11 ie to late I 1 ball shall have bays to leave uy my bobae ore with you captain I 1 ball shall mod send for r blia him tomorio w I 1 reckon I 1 wn can walk I 1 the trials this is she ab looked down dawn somewhat doubt fully at lt her riding skirl pwe mid gala that he would be glad to go with her and though it wu wait not apparent in lint just what wy way be tit could costa overcome the vantage of or the long dresa she he seemed to be striate tot for bin eabert well weil that wu was the beginning of it a and d the nd end la in not itt an AID incident that occurred under a large tree in tn ilia tn old Lionte confederate derato fort 0 on a the mountain bay may give a bint of the trend of 0 event events pearce and ulu miss bi moore core were trader the tree tm batel became tage it wu was the shelter near eat when rain suddenly ind denly begin began to rail foll and 4 it rained mined probably became because a nain DOM ner her of young folk folks of the city elty bad COCK corn lip p CD to I 1 abe be mountain to pend spend a septem septen ber day bat that promised prom lied in t the he rooming to tw be ples plesent M mr 1 puree pearce waa was not in to good bunor n he e md I 1 d ulu moore bad separated panted le b etu selves from the at obbera hem OB one tople topic of conversation bad led to anotle which litch in to ibl this instance loa tance was wa a declara declare ion by mr my pearce pierce that be wa was irretrievably trieva bly la in loire love with ulu miss moore and that if it she he auw to make biro him baj be hould should be forever alterable at is critical atar stage of this decla declaration ration a rain felt drop kissed the girl a cheek oh it A going to rater she ne cried the next instant the downpour be pa ab aid both rushed through a brel breach ell in to tie the earthen wall of the tort fort to t th be tree abone branches bra ache to which tin ilia learea testes yet clang offered protect protection lom there they stood in hence silence 4 for several minutes ahe she bu bally a aly brub ln raindrop raindrops front from her hat bet which ob abe 0 bad taken OB off and be he watching watch lag ber her bloodily ati alie silent ber her me B oppressive and she lb glanced at him curiously curi outly and nd apprel en froin from under her lashes us U caught the ounce and maln moving a to wan ward sec ifer latil said wear oh don tr ibe be exclaimed j way away her yia till still hied fixed upon a ribbon with which bhe she WM was working ft anity by er w miss boore oh you musts tr ti lit lie walked to the th edge of the tb circle protected by the leaves and looked out over abe clay wall of the fort down which tiny rivers ran she baring having dri 4 d her bat hat placed it again on her head an ant I 1 began brushing hir skirt here where her hero aud and there rala rain bad had potto spotted it ah she glan clan wl etoral several time times at bli big back stubbornly turned toward her he lit minced evinced no intention of moving nor not of speaking again and she became lier OtIL the situation altu atton wai was f aad end ibe she exclaimed we mat must get back to the others I 1 ft 1 0 CUB CAU t ery very well go through this rain be sak without turning round another prolonged allence broken only b by Y the monotonous tall till of at the rain MIM finally In nallY when she ah bail hat almost mad made dp up ber her mind to gather up her skirts and run to the tb hotel a quarter of 0 a Is mile away bo be turned and cam clime quickly toward ber her II 11 Us put out bit his hand ai as though to take ben here but she ah quickly put ber bet hand hands behind ber her and stepped back ill II 11 folded his hi anni and stood before ber her looking earnestly earne itly into tb the eye eyes that the raised to big hi almost appeal angly katherine be he said 1 I 1 joys you will you be b ny my A beautiful color ate tol lowly slowly from the ribbon at ber her throat threat dp up up until it tinted the edge edges of ber her small lill iff per factly formed can ears ilia HI goz gaze held ben berm tor for a it moment then ber her eyelid eyelids fell bad sad their long lathe lashes wept swept ber her chedell mr ur pearce she ah laid said slowly abid hesitatingly 1 I in an 10 lorry sorry but 11 1 1 can I 1 because you do not love inel mer slit bb looked up quickly into big bt face then down again but ab she did not reply kAthe rille tell me be laid said why I 1 Is it that you cannot marry me 0 because she s he wai was tery very buy busy dim dl lod flaga half belt burled atone with the too to of ber her i oboe hw bee became rule yoa you are a is tan keel another swift glance diet met bli his steady look then at moved a little farther away and stood half halt turned frim him hla his fint arst wa was to laugh but that poesel almost its 11 it came the gray bran brass buttoned riding habit the tb hashed flushed cheka and bright eye eyes with ai alch ibe she bad listened to dixie bashed terms bli big mental vision tb the yankee might nil g bt be an obstacle obi not to be in laughed away but I 1 am oot dot A mablee be b said with ith emphasis emp baili I 1 am ant from illinois it teemed seemed a long time to both that they stood in 10 hence again she ib wa was the drat to open k ilits la to an awful rain she b uld lea yes a very wet rain min he b replied ob you are going to jot jest about lt if but I 1 am oot dot jetting be b answered rapidly to where she b at abat I 1 mean la ilk that you will get wet the he water li Is begina lug to drip from train the leavea leaves here tripping off air bli hip coat let me put this around you yoe ob no the she uld stepping back but you muil must the air I 1 is chill and it yo yon a get wet you will batek mid but you you it wont hurt me a bit come v ile n assumed a commanding tone ani that or something else accomplished bli his end tor for she be made DO no effort to free herek ek when be placed the coat about ber bet bo aldera it took a long time to get it fixed fast just right aad and bli his ana arm wa was still around her when hi he looked into ber her face and law saw that she wu was looking op UP lito 1111 hi something in ber her eyes prompted him to draw ber her clone close to bin him and to uy say very tenderly sweetheart I 1 com come from the north but I 1 love toy a southern othern lo girt girl don t you lot I 1 think bat that she be can low a northern man luat just a it little lf it he la Is not ft a anker she studied the arrangement ol 01 his 1 am ittle closely and then transferred trana ferrea ber her scrutiny to big hi watch chain but evidently bi be wa was not thinking of either for when she ba spoke she he ask lUla Ilal ol people aren anti t lanke Tank ear eeor certainly Crul till acar he h replied with foo con ibey are a long way from mor more than I 1 1000 mile miles she examined the necktie again look took ed id into hr bi eye eyes for a moment then thel 3 ar ow bl ulder off into the rain batcherine Ba K therine aaa ellae I 1 be he soli I 1 softly do yon you love mer be turned her bead lowly slowly until their eye eyes net met A wave ot of color rushed into ber her cheek and she he murmured faintly in and yon you will be my toy aifer with perhaps a sudden thought of her bet surroundings and of 0 A tormy stormy day 40 yeara years before she he replie 11 1 1 wt lure ader abe mtr as if to bi Is the acen from any possible ob observers servert fell ell more heavily for a moment then it cooled aito J gether 9 aber and awn tt tl dull un don through fro rom in a al blue sky ky where th the gray cray douda clouds bad bed parted |