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THE SCRANTON TIUBUNE FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1893.
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'By JOEL CIAKBLER HARRIS
Copyright, UDu, by Bacheller,
SYNOPSIS.
At the beginning- of the civil war there
reitlried In Hillsborough, (in., a poor
-widow, known (or miles arouml as Aunt
Sally. Her son, a lad of 2U, whom every
body railed Hilly Cochran, was a great
favorite, especially with Jlajor Uoolshy,
a wealthy plantar, whose dead wife had
lieen tenderly nursed ty Aunt Sally. When,
therefore, the boy was taken as a recruit
to the confederate army, the major threat
ened and detleil tho conscript officer; but
It was of no avail, and little Billy was
forced, to go.
II.
Of course. . everybody sympathized
' with Aunt Sally, and their sympathy
f added to her grief, for she was a tender-hearted
woman. Moreover, when
Bile found herself the object of so much
condolence, site naturally concluded
'"that hep trouble was a great deal ww
than she had any Idea of, and she sat in
lier humble home and wept, and, like
Jtncjiel. refused to.be comforted.
Kut . the. situation was not nearly so
bad as Aunt Holly thought it was. or as'
Major Goolsby expected It would be.
The major himself sent her a little ne
gro girl to keep her company and the
neighbors for miles around contended
with- one unother In their efforts' to
make her comfortable. Not a day
passed except Sundays. that Miss Mary,
the major'sdaughter, did not drive out to
Aunt Sally's little, place and spend an
hour or two with -her. Miss Mary was
eighteen, as pretty as a peach, and as
full of fun as an egg is of meat. She
was a brunette with blue eyes, and al
though they were laughing eyes, they
could look verv sad and tender when
occasion called for it.
She made herself very useful to Aunt
Sally. She read to her .the letters that
little Hilly Bent back from the camp to
Instruction at Loudersville, and an-
MIs Mary Writes Nolo to l.lttlo Billy.
ewered them at Aunt Sally's dictation.
In this way she came to feel that sne
knew little Hilly better than anyone
else except his mother. She was sur
prised to tlnd that, although little Hilly
had had few advantages in tne way of
schooling-, he could write a beautiful
letterr She took the fact home to her
Innocent bosom and wondered how It
could be that this country lad had the
knack of putting himself Into nls letters
along with so many other things that
were Interesting. She was touched too,
by the ldve for his mother that shone
through every line he wrote. Over and.
over again, he called her his dear mam
my and tried to comfort her: and some
times he spoke of Miss Mary, and he
was so deft In expressing his gratitude
to her that the young lady blushed and
trembled lest some one else was writ
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ing little Billy's letters, as she was writ
ing his mother's.
And then, somehow, she never Knew
how, his face came back to her memory
and planted Itself in her mind and re
mained there. Little Billy was no
longer the green, awKWard and ungain
ly country boy, peddling the scanty
fruits of his poverty about the village,
but a hero, who had no thought for any
body or anything except his dear old
mammy.
As the cold weather came on, little
Billy wrote thnt he would feel a great
deal more comfortable In the wind if he
knew where he could get a tnick suit of
clothes und a heavy pair of shoes. But
he begged his dear mammy, not to
worry about thnt. for he had no doubt
the clothes and shoes would be forth
coming when he needed them most.
Miss Mary skipped this part of the let
ter when she was reading it aloud to
Aunt Sally, but it wasn't long before
the clothes were made, with the aid
and under the direction of little Billy's
mother; and the shoes were bought,
costing Major tjoolsby a pretty round
sum in confederate currency. More
over.Miss Mary baked a fruit cake with
her own hands, and this .vas to be put
In the box with the clothes and shoes.
The next thing was to tind out if any
body from Hillsborough or from the
countryside was going to the enmp of
instruction, where little Billy's head
quarters were. But right In the midst
of expectation and preparation Aunt
Sally fell 111. She had never recon
ciled herself to her separation from lit
tle Billy. I'ntll the conscript law tore
lllm away from her side she had never
been parted from him a day since the
Lord sent him to her arms.
The strain was too much for the
motherly heart to bear. Aunt Sally
gradually pined away, though Bhe tried
hard to be cheerful, and, at last, Just
before little Billy's Christmas box was
to be sent, she took to'her bed and lay
there as helpless as a child. The doc
tor came and prescribed, but little Hilly
was the only medicine that would do
Aunt Sally any good. So she kept to
her bed, growing weaker and weaker,
in spite of everything that the doctor
and the neighbors could do.
At last when an opportunity came
to forward the box Miss Mary wrote a
note and pinned It where It could be
seen the first thing. She began it with
"Dear Little Billy," but this seemed too
familiar, and Bhe began It with "Mr.
Cochran." She told him that his dear
mammy was very ill. and If he wanted
to see her lie would do well to come
home at once. It was a very pretty
letter, brief, simple and sympathetic.
This duty done, Miss Mary turned her
attention to nursing Aunt Sally, and,
except at night, was never absent from
her bedside more than an hour at a
time.
III.
When little Billy arrived at the camp
of instruction, the first person on whom
his eye fell was Private Chadwlck.
Simultaneously the eye of Private
Chadwlck fell on little Billy. Mr. Chad
wick was something of a humorist in
his way, and a rough one, as the raw
conscripts found out to their cost. A
heartless jest rose to his lips, but some
thing In little Billy's face an expres
sion of loneliness, perhaps stayed it.
In another moment Private Chadwlck's
hand fell on little Billy's shoulder, and
It was a friendly hand.
"Where from?" he asked.
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"Close about Hillsborough," . little
BUI answered.
"I reckon you know the Trlpps and
the Littles?'.'
"Mighty well," said little Billy.
"What name?"
"Cochran."
"How old?" . - . .
"Twenty, last April gone."
"You don't look like you're fifteen to
do much soldierin'," suggested Private
Chadwlck.
"Oh, I'm tough," Bald litttle Billy,
laughing, though he had a big lump in
his throat.
"Come with me, Buddy," remarked
the old soldier, smiling. "If I'm ever
to keep a tavern, I reckon I might as
well begin with you ns a boarder."
And so, for the first time at least, little
Billy was Installed in Private Chad
wick's tent, much to the surprise of
those who knew the peculiarities of the
man. The camp was in charge of
Captain Mosely, who was recovering
from a wound, and he had selected his
old comrade, Private Chadwlck. as his
drillmuster a curious selection it
seemed to be to those who didn't know
the man, but the truth was that Pri
vate Chadwlck knew as much about
tactics as any West Pointer, and had
the knack, too, of imparting what he
knew, even if he had to use his belt
strap to emphasize his remarks.
The u:shot of the matter was that
little Billy went to Private Chadwlck's
tent and remained there. He and the
private became inseparable compan
ions when neither was on duty, and In
these hours of leisure little Billy
learned as much about tactics as he did
from the actual practice of drilling.
He seemed to take to the business
naturally, and far outstripped the men
who had been drilling twice a day for
three months. Naturally, therefore,
Private Chadwlck was very proud of
his pupil, and frequently called Captain
Mosely's attention to little Billy's pro
ficiency. over and often during the pleasant
days of November. Private Chadwlck
could be seen sitting In front of their
tent engaged In earnest conversation.
little Billy leaning his face on his hands,
and Private Chadwlck making fantas
tic figures in the sand with the point of
his bayonet. On Buch occasions little
Billy would be talking nliout his dear
old mamma, and about Miss Mary, and
although Private Chadwlck was some
thing of a Joker, in his way, he never
could see anything to laugh at In little
Billy's devotion to his mother or in his
Innocent regard for Miss Mary Goolsby.
Somehow It carried the private back to
his own boyhood days, and he listened
to the lad with a sympathy that was
as quick niul as delicate as a woman's.
About the middle of December little
Billy's box came. He carried it to Pri
vate Chadwlck's tent In great glee, and
opened it at once.
He had said to himself as he went
along that he was sure there was some
thing nice In the box. and he hoped to
find Mr. Chadwlck either in the tent or
close by; but the diillmaster was en
gaged Just then In making a refractory
conscript raa'k time In the guard tent
by Jabbing a bayonet at his toes.
So. for the moment, little Billy had his
precious box all to himself. He opened
it and found the letter that Miss Mary
had pinned to the clothes. It ran thus;
Mr. Cochrane: Aunt Sally Is verry 111
now, ami hus been ill for some time. We
are afraid that yoii are the only person In
the world that ran cure her. She Is cull
ing your name and talking about you all
the time. It would do her so much good
to see you that I hope yon enn make It
convenient to ciime home very soon, If
only for a day. We should all be so glad
to see you. Your true friend,
Mary Goolsby.
Holding this letter In his hand, lit
tle Billy sank down on a camp-stool
and sat there. He forgot all about the
box. He sat ns still as a statue, and he
was sitting thus when Private Chad
wlck came Into the. tent a half hour
later. Little Billy neither turned his
head nor moved when the drillmaster
came In, snorting with rage and con
signing all awkward recruits to places
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too warm to be mentioned In polite
conversation. But he pulled himself
up when he saw little Billy sitting
on the camp-stool staring at vacancy.
"Hello!" he cried. 'What kind of
picnic is this? If my nose ain't gone
and forgot her manners, I smell cake."
He paused and looked at little Billy,
"Hollo! What Kind of a Plinle It This."
Seeing that the lad was troubled about
something, he lowered his voice.
"What's the matter, old man? If It s
trouble. It'll do you more good to talk
about it than'to think about it."
For answer little Billy held out the
letter. Private Chadwlck took it and
began to read It. Then he held It cloBe
to his eyes.
"Now this Is right down funny." he
said, "and It's just like a gal. She's
gone and scratched out the best part."
Little Billy neither moved nor spoke,
but turned inquiring eyes on his patron
and friend. "She began It: "Dear Lit
tle Billy,"' Private Chadwlck contin
ued, "and then she went and scratched
It out."
It was a very fortunate stroke indeed.
The color slowly came back Into little
Billy's face and stayed there. After
Private Chadwlck had read the letter
little Billy took it and gave it a care
ful Inspection. His face was so full of
color at what he saw that a stranger
would have suid that he was blushing.
"What's to be done about it?" Private
Chadwlck asked.
"I must go home and see mammy,"
replied little Billy.
Private Chadwlck shook his heod.and
continued to shake It. as if by that
means he would blot out the Idea.
"Can I get a furlough?" little Billy
asked, with tears In his voice.
If any. other conscript had asked him
this question, Private Chadwlck would
have used violent language, but the in-
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were dear to him.
"Now, whoever heard of the like of
that?" he said, in a kindly tone. "There
ain't but one way for conscript to
leave this camp, and thac is to desert."
"I'll do It!" exclaimed little Billy.
. "You know what that means, I
reckon," said Private Chadwlck. dryly.
"It means that I'll see my dear mam
my once more," replied little Billy.
"And after that I don't care what hap
pens." Private Chadwlck looked at little
Billy long and hard, smiling under his
mustache, andv then went out. He
walked to the center of the encamp
ment, where the flag-pole stood. This
Inoffensive affair he struck hard with
his fist, exclaiming under his breath:
"Lord, Lord! What makes some people
such big gizzards?"
The next day little Billy was missing.
(To be concluded.)
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