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VOL. XXVII.—NO. 10.
A STORY OF THE QUARTERDECK.
By MOLLIE ELLIOT SEAWELL.
Author of•• Little Jarvis,” "Midshipman I
I’aiildiiig,” “Maid Marian,” “Children of j
Destiny,' and Other Stories.
CHAPTER V.
(Copyrighted, a.l rights reserved.)
Next morning, bright and early, Brydell
was up and dressed, lie had no one to say
farew Il to except Grubb, but he wanted to |
see his humble friend and avail himself of
Grubb’s excellent common sense about his
future plans. For the marine had seen a
good deal of the world and knew something
of it from a workingman's point of view.
He happened to be off duty that day, and
early in the morning presented himself in
Brydell’s room. Brydell told him the glo
rious news, and Grubb, taking off his cap
and waving it three times, said in a halt
whisper, "Hooray, hooray, hooray!”
"And now,” said Brydeil. “I've got to go
to work. 1 have about $'L left, ait r pry
ing my hotel bill, and I can’t go vary fat
on that. Beside.-. I’d rather stay near An
napolis. I can keep in touch with it bettor
in >me ways. I have my books, you know,
and although 1 have only acquired a smat
tering from them, yet they are familiar
enough K> me to study by myself. And
I've got an idea about employment.”
“What is it. sir'.'” asked Grubb.
"Well, you see. I’ve been great on out- I
door life rating and walking:.d swimming, |
and I belie.- 1 could stand an outdoor life
better than I could being shut up in a din
gy office. I b ar that the farmers about
here find great •lillieul-.y in getting hands.
■’•n at .■i.gli wages, and particularly at this
season of the y. ar. If I could get work
on a farm. I could get iny living, too, which
I couldn’t get in a city."
"Lord bless the boy,” cried Grubb, in
great disgust. "The If't enant’s son. a-t Hik
in’ about Lein’ a hired man! Did ever any
body hear the likes o’ that for a gentle- j
"I know I am a gentleman, Grubb, and
that’s why it is I’m not afraid of work.”
answered Bryd il, who could n t h< Ip laugh
ing at Grubb’s look. After Brydell had talk
ed with him naif mi 1;. ur though the ma- I
rino’s i . had been
thinking hard on tii- subject all night, re- :
minded him of how may young fellows I
walked the stree a of towns asking for ■ in- •
ployment, whib >a the country employment I
was waiting f twice as many men as ;
could b found.
“And b. ! said Brydell, with :t slight
blush, “in tile city I might be all the time
running up against people 1 know and it’
civil to me I’d pr >bably lose the |
tin;- I w. aid have in th- evening- for study I
- i. and if tl y didn't not ice me it I
would i. ike me feel pretty bad; while in [
t’m country, I wouldn’t be likely to meet
a l ul 1 • ■
t a: if a <-• antry life was healthier for a
young fellow.”
“It is a durn sight healthier in every
way/' remarked Grubb witli energy.
“And then, 1 can gel work right a..ay in
the country, and heaven knows .vhen 1
c. 'aid g< t it in town.”
"Mr. Brvdeil.” said Grubb, “the admiral
all-ru .sai !, when you w re a little shave.-,
as you’d turn right side tip, and I do be
lieve he know d what he was talking
about.”
"The admiral’s the best friend I bate in j
the world -pt you,’ cried Brydell; “I be- j
lieve if you w- it an admit al you’d do just I
as much for me as Admiral Beaumont.” |
"Slight you are, Mr. Brydell. I ain’t ’
nothin’ but a p- r marine, without any I
book lea rilin’, I at whene'er I sees that 1
motto of the corps, ‘Semper fidelis,’ which |
n a s • > I,’ I think to myself, I
Grubb, m. man. t: at mean. you ain’t never [
g >in - lack on another filler. And come to
think it do Seem ridieklous that the leften
ant's .-on should b< a-workin’ like a hired
hand. But I’ve noli ■ d, sir. as how.yott 'l put
two imr -s to haulin’ brleks. If one ts ’em
is a scrub, and t'other one has a strain
o’ good blood in him, you'll tied tiie scrub
all petered out by th- time his work is
done. But the boss with the good blood ’ll
haul all day, and be as frisky as a kitten
when you take him out at night, for bicod
do tell. Mr. Brydell.”
Gruob said this with a sigh, an I Piydfll
thou ht th- pcor fellow h- 1 ris o*n son in
mind. Brydell did not care to say goodly
to the lew people he kn- .v at Aim.ipu is,
so he started out on a round, .‘-a il g 1 is
cards, marked ”I’. 1’- C., ’ at each ac
quaintance’s house, and not w..i >iag to see
if they v.': re at home, lie cculd n<>t h< !p
laughing as he did this. He imagined he
saw himself at work in the ?i lls in bis
shirt si.- v-s, and thought it would be a
g s od while before he needed any more visit
•ng cards.
A natural tinge of boyish advent ire mace
him feel as if he would like to start o.t -n
foot to se-k his fortune, .<> -ext mo n t.g,
I ing packed ui> m :st • f his belcnr ngs
-.-I hit tl. m i». Grubb’s care, l-rya-ll fit
out with his stifle and a small bunaie and
*25 in his pocket.
It a * b-.v-el day, cool for ie seasen,
1 st< d it .. a liv< ly ■ - - .
thi world ', i m.t by any m-n is look bk ek
to him. Wm.-n l.e looked ba. -it six months
it seemed to him six /ears. In that time
he had had one of those plunges into teal
life tl: ;t turn- a boy into a man :n an ,
short tim . Ii- had h: d a
pretty complete < xperi i?e of w hat Ide j
meant, and !m hud set himself to woik cut |
He t’ • ight ■■■ uld walk about
mib s before stopping, wishing to be at least
that 1 tut th lutJ’ of
the day. the greenne and freshness of the
c untry h ■ ! 1 im or and on until il was near- j
Iv fifteen mil- s. But then the weather sud- ,
.. | The sky beca me ■ ■ rca t,
th* win) spring up and th- first thing Dry- ■
dr’.l 1.;,, v.’ h- w..> caught in a crunching ,
rain. Ib led a rai:.‘o..: in his bundle and
he put it on, me nwhiie keeping his bundle
well prot. ted. lie was still following the
main re: 1 an 1 !.- <l< termini. 1 to stop ate.
ask for i b.elter at ti e ;:n t house he : aw. And
how that spring shower changed his views
wa i w« t tnd hungry;
that he was alone, and far from all his
friends, and all at once l.e began to leel '
very youag. He pushed on rapidly, and in j
a little while saw across the rolling country I
i a large and comfortable farmhouse. He
| made straight for it and in a little while
i he knocked at the open door. A little girl
1 in a white dimity sunbonnet came to the
j door. She was about ten years old and re-
■ markably pretty. She oi l not show the least
bn of shyness, and ask. d Brydell In hos
pitably. Before he had time to answer her
father and mother appeared, handsome
I country people, looking, as they were,
thoroughly prosperous.
Brydell. whose manners were naturally
graceful and polished, introduced himself
and asked the privilege of remaining until
the shower was over, and with a secret
determination to ask for work laier on. '1 lie
farmer’s address was not nearly so elegant
as the young fellow's who cherished the
ambition of becoming his hired man. lie
said:
"My name’s l.aurison. Come in and sit
down. If you’ve got any dry clothes in that
bundle tr.y wife’ll show you a room where
yon can change 'em.”
Brydell looked at Mrs. Latirison and his
heart went out to her instantly. She was
not like the officer's wives he had known,
educated and traveled women. But she iiad
a quiet dignity and self-possession that was
equally good in its way. And she had the
softest, kindest eyes in the world, and her
voice was so gentle when she invited Bry
j dell upstairs to change his clothes that ho
! almost loved her from the start. In a little
while Bryd.li appeared with dry shoes and
stockings and another pair of trousers.
The Jarming lu iug compelled to stay in
doors was not indisposed to talk with the
young stranger, and Brydell had quite a
gift of making himself agreeable. They
sat talking in a large, airy, old-fashioned
hall, with a dry rubbed floor, and the little
girl, Minna, was so pleased with her now
niaintance that she came and perched
herself on the arm of his chair and gazed
f. arl< . sly into ins eves wiUt the grave
i scrutiny of an imiocent girl. Brydell km-v
mueh about country life, ami talked so
! knowingly about cows and pigs an 1 horses
than even Mr. Laurison grew fluent, and
Brydell imagined it would be easy enough
to get work there, and he quickly deter
mined to ark for it.
' “Do you ha . < any trouble getting farm
I labor.'" he asked.
“ll' J'S of .rouble, b’gosh,” answered Mr.
Tamil- in, with -iig/i.-i.-ls. “The negroes all
go ot: about this time of the year for berry
pi-king, just when harvest is coming on,
and th in needs weeding the wor t y-,-
1 ' ««. 1 ve got two men I can count on
tlr.t stay with me the year round, but I
ought to have four on a farm of this
J lore was Bryil-ll’s chance.
“I m l in looking for work,” he said dif
| fidently.
I “I’.irm work. I mean.”
| “You?” shouted Mr. Latirison. "vvnv,
; yon never did any work in your life. Look
at them hands'”
“!‘t -tty brown, T think they are,” an
swered I’.ryd'll, complacently, examining
bis <iwn hands.
“I es,” said Mr. Laurison, “but they’re
brown witli the playin’ of tennis and foot
ball and such. Any fool can see by your
hands you ain't <lone any work.”
"Itut I want to do some work.”
“For what?”
“I or money, for a living.”
“A.n’t you got any’.friemls or family?”
“I have a father. lie s in the n ivy and
av.ty oh in the Pacific. I haven't any
friend that can help me.”
“And lias your father thrown you off?”
"<«. no. But i want to earn my living,
! and it s easier to get work in the country
■ than in town ami, besides, 1 know more
j about the country.”
I i ain t got any work for you,” and after
. an °l! < r pau ;e: "I think it’s clearin’ up.”
Bryd. li rose at once. He felt that in a
. moment the attitude of his host was one
i suspiee n. but Mrs. Laurison’s kind gaze
I never changed in tiie least ami little Minna
came closer to him and caught his hand.
“Are you going away?” she asked.
“L must,” sail] Brydell, gently, but feel
ing .is il h< would choke. Mr. Laurison
got ui> very promptly.
' I 11 show you a short cut to tiie main
road,’ he said.
I he sun was now down ami the purple
twiiighi was upon them. The trees and
grass were wet and a faint gray haze rose
from the meadows at the back of the house.
It had never dawned upon Brydell that he
would be invited to take the road at sucli
an hour, ami he felt a strange sinking of
t ie heart. He thanked Mrs. Laurison for
h r kindness to him. She said no word to
detain him, but Brydell felt she was sorry
to see him go. He then turned to shake
hands with little Jhniia, The child sudden
tiptoed and threw her arms around his
neck, saying;
V> or/t you come bank tomorrow?”
“Some day. perhaps.” answered Brydell
hurriedly, fetlmt’ a sob rise in his throat
a- the caddish words. The woman ami the
little girl had confidentin him. He s'id
gimdby to ~hem both, thanked Mrs. Lauri
son ana followed her husband out and along
a j nth 1 ordered with aid. rs. to the main
road, lalf a mile off. Neither spoke a
word. When they reached it .-tile b- on.l
which the white .line <,f the samlv r .'id
glimmered faintly in the half-light, the
I.irirer turned to him:
“Young man,” he said, “if you’ve done
anything wrong, an 1 I can’t help suspect
ing you have, 'tain't too late for \ >u to
mend. You’re young yet, end you’ve got a
whol- lifetime to make u- for it in.”
Brvdeil iiad realized that the farmer sus
pected him, hut. hearing it put into words
w- s a shock that altogether unnerved him.
“\t by dr yon susp < t me?” he asked, in
a voice he hardly recogniz. d as his own.
‘ Became 1 can’t help suspr-ting an edu
cated young feller with his father in th
navy who tramps about asking for w. k
‘ on a farm.
In all his grief, anxiety and despair
j about bis failing tn his examinations and
when Im thought the d-sire of his heart was
thwartd, Brydell Im 1 never shed a tear.
But when this new- horror came upon him,
he did what lie had not done since he was a
little boy—he broke into a passion of sb
bing and crying. The farmer looked at
! him compassionately.
“You'ie sorry for what you’ve done,” he
; said, "and that’s a good sign.”
“I’m not i-iorry, for 1 haven’t done any
. thing.” burst out Brydell. “1 am as honest
as you are, and as respectable. How do you
think you’d feel if anybody accused you ot
being crooked? Ive told you the truth. 1
got tin appointment at the naval academy
and I failed, and the congressman who gave
it to me said he would hold it over for a
year if I would work hard and promise to
pass, and 1 wrote my father 1 meant to
work for that and for my living, too, and
■ I’m going to do it. Thai's all.”
I Mr. Laurison hesitated for a moment. Ha
! had the wisdom of guileless people, which
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1894.
is sometimes better than that of worldly
people, and he saw that Brydeh was telling
the truth, and he said so.
'And you can come back to the house
with me and spend the night, and we’ll talk
about work tomorrow,” he said.
•No,” said Brydell, stoutly. “ vzon’t
Bpend the night in the house of a man that
takes me for a crook.”
“I like your pluck, but you re a fool all
the same.” was Mr. Laurison’s answer, ac
companied by a friendly shove, “so come
along back with me.”
Brydell had meant to show great spirit
but he was not proof against kindness, and
he turned and walked rather sullenly back
to the hou:-'- . Mrs. Laurison and Minna
were still standing on Lie porch. The lamps
were l.gnltd in the hail and dining room
and the house had a hospitable and invit.iig ,
look. The two ligures appeared out of th< i
dusk. !
“Wife.” said Mr. Laurison, “I’ve brought
this young f< Hi r b . i;. He’s all right. H< |
just failed in his examination to get intc :
the naval academy, ami, like a wrong- -
neaded boy. he wrote his fa’iTer he’d work ;
for his own living until he cou.d get in the
academy—he’ll have another chance next
year, and then, like a man, he determined
to live up to what he said. So w.'ll just
keep him tonight, and maybe w • can line
something for him to do tomorrow.''
Mr... Laurison sold only three words, “J
am glad,” but Brydell knew they came,
straight from her tender heart. Littlo
Minna began to jump about, singing, “I'n
so gl 1! I'm so glad!”
“You'll liiid I can work,” said Bry.le 1,
with rather a wan smile. I've worked ir
the hot sun a good many hours at cricket
and football and teams and polo, and
daresay 1 can drive a plow or weed con
or hoe potatoes just about as well. '
“It ain’t half such hard work,” repliec
the farmer, with a smile.
The evening passe’d quickly. There was a .
wheezy piano in the parlor, and Brydell j
who played a ittle ana could sing some i
college sours, pleased his hosts very much i
with a performance that would not have i
been so highly appre-iated elsewhere. At 9 j
o'clock lie was shown to a comfortable
room, not the best bedroom, as lie fount
out. and turning m fell asleep in five min
utes, well pleased with his first day's bat
tie with the world.
CHAPTER VI.
Next morning, by sunrise, Bryde’l was up
and dressed and out doors. The two negro
men on tiie place were feeding the stock
under Mr. Laurison’s directions, while a i
negro woman milked the cows. Brydel I
look* 1 bu 1 and saw that the vegetable-1,
garden was well wee I d, but the; .- wis j es r
ion;,-, stra ght walk down th" -,-ir ■•■latf wa
b ' ° n h "“ of mn®®
fail of Weeds. Tl I" were-.mm... ,:.v .
both white and jiiirpl-* ;* Pink Pills are not a
. ... « tri sense that name
syringa, mn..ing fl r <s v compounded as a p
with its sweet - qaed as such in general ;
bushes blooming • t physician. So gre
■■ out and ¥ . ,' it was dewocH
still lingered. , ■ ■- 7■. !1 . £ va - I
choke 1 with grass and .-il ..o,'
grant growth. die,and ;■
“If I had a ga r ,W» Up"/' loose form by th
I tho- . f red. an 'i ' the public are cd
"J 01 , " . >rous imitations sold
J!r. Laurison, as th. ~* a box or s)x ~c
yard. v ad of all drug;
"I wish to goodness you .Williams’;
swered .Vr. Laurison. “My wife ha s ' > n.' i 'J/
Hr.',ken her heart over those flower beds' .
I’ve had to keep the hands at work sc ;
ste-.ly that T aetuaT'y haven’t had a ehanct |
to g-t at the flowers and she ain’t -t'-on'? !
enough to do it herself—and it’s just been
a tri.ii ly her.”
Brydell had been taught, to weed flower
under that stern martinet, Aunt Emlline, '
and when, art hour afterward, .Mrs. Lauri
son and Minna appeared, one whole square
was as neat y weeded as possible, the re
fuf - piled up in a wheelbarrow and the
ga>Ten looked like a different place.
Mrs. Laurison was delighted.
“i’cu couldn’t have done anything that i
pleased me better, and a young fellow '
that's kin ! and considerate to women and ■
children is apt. to be a. good one. It Mr '
Laurison keeps you I've made up my mind !
to let you have tiie little belrocm yui step ,
in last night, instead of s’ ying with the i
hired men in tiie barn, because 1 see you ■
are a gentleman’s son, and your mother—' j
“I haven't any mother.” said Bryd:' I, hi> I
eyes filling with tears at Airs. Laurison’s I
kind tor.e'i.
“Thon th?re’s the more reason for being i
good to yo," she sad.
Little Minna immediately dragged him off I
to see Ie r garden, which was th- disorderly ,
patch that usually satisfied children, and
then they all went in to breakfast. After |
brsaktast Mr. Laurison and Brydell had a
business talk. Mr. Laurison agreed to keep ;
him a month on trial, and to pay him $lO ■
besides his beard. Jr he was satisfactory, |
fl.? could k<-1> the place indefinite!.'. . I'.ry- :
dell was m ver so thankful and so relieved
in his life i xcept when he had gotten that .
dispatch from Admiral Beaumont. How .
much better was this wholesome country ,
life than that dreary search for employ- ,
nu.nt in a eiiy. And he hail a good room |
to sle< p in instead of a. box in the top
floor in a citv l..»ar<’’ng house, and country j
milk and l?uttt r an I vegetables to eat.
Brydell hail an astonishing appetite and his j
work, although hard, was nothing like as
liai'i a;: be.: a pi r.-l- .l upon an ollie- stool ,
ten hours a day. lie had to buy himself
some woil. ng clothes, but as one result I
of his training a;; a gentleman, Brydell nev- i
or appeared at the table without being .
n-atly dr. .-st-I. This worked a much-needed .
reform in Mr. Laurison, who before Brydell |
came had no s.Tuples about appearing at
the dinii-r table in his shirt sleeves. But ■
he couiii not aft'ord to be less well dressed
than his young hand and he began to take
mo l ';' pains with his daily toilet. This i
pleased Mrs. Laurison very much, who, !
ilk" most women, attached importance to ;
the refinements of life, and who felt hurt
to think that though her husband put on '
his coat when they had guests to dinner, ;
he left it off when they were alone.
At the encl of the month Mr. Laurison said ■
nothing about Brydell’s leaving and was i
secretly rather afraid that Brydell had got '
tired of his job. But not so; Brydell had a
great fund of sound common sense, after
all the nonsense had been knocked out of ;
him, and he knew he was in good luck to ;
haw such a means of livelihood.
As soon as he felt any certainty about his
position, he wrote a. number of letters —to
hi:; father, to Admiral Beaumont, to his
Aunt Emlline, and to Grubb, the marine,
who had got transferred to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. He got very prompt an
swers from the three < f his correspondents
who could communicate with him. His
Aunt Emiline wrote, saying if he wouldn’t
come back she couldn’t help It, but there was
nothing urgent in her invitation. Brydell
smiled rather bitterly as ho laid the letter
down. Th." admiral's lett. r was overflow
ing. He could not give Brydell too much
encouragement, considered aim hound to
nas.: No. 1 next year, and con'-eycd a long
messi-if from Billy Bowline to the effect
that “Mr. Brydell, he is bound tc be a
sailor man, ’cause o’ the cut o’ his jib.”
And Grubb’s letter, which was recklessly
spelled and not fully up to the standard
of classic English, bade him “go in and
Win. You have got Sand, Mr. Brydeil.
and Sand is what makes a man. Some tel- I
lers as learns a lott out of books ain’t got i
no natural manly caracktcr and disapints I
5
their friends. But you 'arc not the sort to
disapint.” Grubb then went, on to lament
that he was stationed at Portsmouth. "For
the cadets cruze will most likely be here,
Mr. Brydell. and there's one of ’em, for
reasons which is known to yon. as 1 would
ruther not see in present serkumstances.”
Brydell knew that the noor fellow meant
Esdaile. Meanwhile Brydell was working
like a. Trojan at his books.
Every evening, after supper, he would be
: claimed for half an hour by little Minna, to
, play on the piano for her, to tell her stories
or to amuse her in some way. Then he
would take a lamp and go to his room and
study hard. Often he was very tired, but it
was a healthful fatigue. He end not feel
any sense of nervous exhaustion, but. if he
found him.-,elf falling asleep over bis books
; he would go to bed and got up at daylight
I next morning feeling perfectly refreshed.
I The. outdoor life agreed with him wonder
| fully, aud his boyish figure began to fill out
] and lose some of its angles. And he had
i the consciousness of making headway with
! his studies. He was forced to adopt the
! old-fash’oned plan of relying upon himself,
instead of the new-fashioned one of having
a tutor to study with him and to take most
of the trouble on him. Brydell, besides
making steady progress in studies and char
acter and physique, actually found himself
happy. Be had no associates of his own
age, it is true; the neighborhoc 1 was sparse
and he did not find any very congenial ac
quaintances among boys of his own age.
but he comforted himself by thinking,
“Never mind, I’ll have lots of fellows for
company next, year." He came to like Mr.
Laurisjn, and Mrs. Laurison’s kindii -; '■
unvarying. Little Minna, became the ap
ple of his eye. In the summer she had a
slight illness, and Brydell did not realize
until then how fond he was of the little
girl. He was always on hand to do any-
I thing for her. and the child would take her
i m. o.'ine jn-re readily from ban than irom
i anybody else. This still more won Mrs.
i Laurison’s heart, and there was keen sym
pathy between her and the boy who had
■ nc.i'i known a mother’s love. He often
' thought, “If aunt Emiline had been like
this!” Minna got well quickly, but "rorn
that on Brydell’s affection for the mother
and child became intense. Mrs. Laurison
knew that Brydell was preparing for his ex
! a mil ution another year, but, as she said to
hha sometimes:
“The farm won’t be tho same for any of
us after you go away. I never had any
I :yi of my vn; I always wanted tl
and it seems to me now I feel the want of
i them more than ever, because 1 see how
| nice a boy really Is.”
“I sever was accused of being ‘a nice
snorte. JV in y best friends,” cried Brydell,
asmafle ' kodunfiased. “Ask Aunt Emiline
e peace, has cost'tz/iSl’, J,
is entire be hauled there ' “I” of Brydell’s
a pal' f boats traverse their , :1 g her arm ;
*'imi :i. . water fish abound 1’ “You won’t
ores, rip- gem, and I wci’/'d be c|. li partially
practice there, if 1 w.',e that
eat. wa 1 ; way be ; v v ’” n o'- of magriiti
i self ■' DI b ig as her-
I ’DA-ti’d the l ast of
>k '.’■"i.'i j )!t . t,le summer he got
are sold 'of >’• It w.- P s ver' kind
;o wz. n lady wm. H1
’'in ti, : ‘ the a alT ”ws' red throUßh
oxes for ana // . ’./.rote, “but I
.gists or not thought. ,\. (l thc w ,„. st
’s Med 1 - but I su' ' , .
'SS. The thong*- to -
d mP-Res*' 1 *’• I I bj iHii know \\h<u. you
T» re doing now. and shall wait eagerly to
: hear, but I rely upon your manliness and
I uprightness to carry you through.” Bry
d 'U’s reply to this letter was a very cheer
j ful one
. One day in tho autumn as Brydell in his
blue overalls wa’s driving an ox wagon
j loaded with fodder down the lane, he sud
denly caught sight of a trim, military old
figure, standing at the gate, with another
rather slouchy one, and the next minute
h." re-ognized Admiral Beaumont';-', hearty
. laugh. The admiral was highly anoisel at
: the --taele h:s young friend |.:'< rent-d,
! mount-d on a load of hay, while I’.U’y Bow
line grinned appreciatively at the sighi.
; Bry.le.l was delighted to sei- ]:is old friend,
< and noticing that his employment as team-
■ sler : eemed to afford thc admiral great
I diversion, lie cried out":
"Delighted to see you, admiral! .lust let
| me get my team through this gate and I’ll
I jump down and shake hands with y iu. Gee
| buck!’’
“Ha. ha!” roared the admiral, “you
i hav. n’t sea room enough, mv young friend,
| in which to maneuver th it craft. You’ll
I foul hat gate post as sure is a pun.”
“No, I won t. Whoa!” shouted Brjdellin
reply The oxen made a sudden turn that
. really did threaten to foul the gate post.
“K-ep your luff,” called out the admiral,
, waving his stick excitedly, “and keep your
; head to the wind.”
“Can't.” replied Brydell, who was not an
I expert ox driver by any means; “you see,
she yaws about so there's no keeping her
; head to the wind.”
I At last, after the expenditure of much
lung power, both by Brydell and the admi-
• ral. the wagon got through and Brydell,
- jumping down, shook hands heartily with
' his old friends.
“Bless my soul,” cried the admiral, “I
I never saw a fellow grow like you. Why, yon
; are about a foot taller and two feet broader
than you were last year—eh, Bowline?”
"lie do grow amazin’ fast,” said Billy, sol
: emnly, “and I reckon as how he’ll be the
, finest looking feller in the service when he
' gits there. But, Mr. Brydell, beg your par
i ding, sir, you ought not to risk your life,
i sir, in no sich craft as that. Horses is bad
I eni ugh, but oxen is the most dangerous
; thing alive. Like as not they run away with
; you or kick your head off, sir. Now, sir,
aboardship you ain’t never in no danger.
Thai’s the beauty of the sarvice. sir, ain’t
; nO horses for to kick you, nor no oxen for
to run away with you; jist nothin’ to hurt
; you, and when the wind blows all you've
i got to do, sir, is to make everything snug
1 and git to sea, and there you is, sir, safe
i and sound.”
“The old dunderhead is right,” chuckled
■ the admiral, highly pleased, while Brydell
! in his heart really thought a ship was the
safest tiling under heaven, particularly a
United States ship. Brydell took his two
old friends up to the house, where Mrs.
\ Laurison received them, a3 she did every
; body, kindly ana graciously. The admiral,
struck by her gentle and refined manner,
bowed over the hand of the farmer’s wife
as if she were the greatest lady in the land,
while Billy Bowline stood just, outside the
door twiddling his cap, and could not be in
duced to sit down even in the hall.
“Fur ’tain’t foi the likes o’ me to be sif
tin’ down afore ladies,” said Billy. “But
I'd like mightily to have a word with that
little ’un as looks like a angel.”
.Minna, after having made friends with
the admiral, was quite willing to make
friepds with the old sailor. Presently they
sew her put her chubby hand in his and
lead him out under a tree, where they both
sat down on the grass, and through the win
dow floated in scrips of a thrilling narra
tive that Billy was telling her: “The prin
cess, she then give orders, ’Bring up my
palankeen,’ and she climbed over the side
and then she trimmed the palankeen, and
it’s a mighty onhandy thing to trim, my
dear—”
Mrs. Laurison invited the admiral to stay
| [Continued Fourth Column Third Page.]
JUBAL EARLY DIES.
THE OLD GEyi.VAL I‘ASSEfi A HAY AT
JUS L.YHCUBUJtG HOME.
Another of thc J.i-aders Gone—lnjuries Re
ceived in a Recent. Fall the Immediate
Cause of Death—Always Wore Gray.
Lynchburg, Va., March 2.—United States
Senator John W. Daniel walked into The
Nows office at 11 o’clock tonight, and in a
sad voice, announced that his old com
mander, General Jubal Early, at whose
bedside, he bud been a constant watcher
for some days, ha I gone to his eternal re
ward.
General Early had died at 10:30 o'clock.
He passed awav quietly in the pi sence of
his family and jilYysician ami intimate
friends. The old gener:’l seemed aware of
his approaching end early in the day. Be
fore noon he called for the morning paper,
as was his invariable custom, and attenipt-
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GENERAL JT’BAL A. EARLY.
ed to read, but found that !:is sight was
failing. Soon after, he extenduJ Lis hand
to Senator Daniel and calmly said:
“1 want to tell you goodby, .Major.”
He then bade his nephew, Cabell Early,
farewell, after which he dropped into a
quiet slumber. L iter in the day, the dying
veteran asked Senator Daniel not io leave
the room. :is he wanted to talk with him
about certain arrangements; bat from that
time he suffered such intense pain that he
did not revive.
He met death unflinchingly, with his
hand resting quietly in senator Daniel’s.
i arrangements have been made for the
funeral, and none will be made until tomor
row. Private telegrams have been sent by
Senator Daniel to many of General Early’s
e>.'-confederate comrades, many of whom
will, no doubt, come here to attend the bur
ial.
It is thought that General Early has left
a good estate, though he was a man of
astonishing generosity and cspee;all>- to
ward his numerous relatives and needy ex
confederates.
His life lias been an unusually eventful
one. He was born in Franklin county, Vir
ginia, November :i. IMG. IL- was appointed
cadet tu West Point and grailiicted in 1<.7.
He was then assigned as a li -uteni.nt of ar
tillery at Fort Monroe. !! ■ served in the
Florida war in 18:’7-’,?.8. In this war his
genius as a soldier was shown. He was
conspicuous for his courage and determina
tion and more than on? veteran army officer
predicted for the gallant young lieutenant
a brilliant future.
A Young Lawyer.
After that war, an there se-rnod before
him a lit" of inactiviiy and ns his heart
yearned for his old Virginia home, he took
a step that he had been carefully weighing,
and resigned from the army in IS:'.?, return
ing to l.is native state. Here the soldi -r b -
took himself with his usual arilcr to the
study of Black, tone. He spent many horn s
far into th • night studying by the light of
a tallow dip. It is not surprising, therefore,
that the old thereabouts were as emphatic
as the veteran warriors had been in pr
dieting for the young lawyer a. brilliant
career. Nor were they wrong In their pre
dictions, for lie immediately jumped into a
large practice.
A Member of t!>e I.er.'.islalure.
He took an active interest in al! public
questions and was soon called upon to serve
his state in the legislature, of which body
he was a. member in DH-'tJ. He was elected
commonwealth’s attorney in 1842-47, and
again in 184S-’52.
During the Mexican war he was major
of a regiment of Virginia volunte- rs, serv
ing from January, 1847, till August, ISIS.
He was acting governor of Monterey in May
and Juno. 1847, and after the disbanding of
the army returned to the practice of the
law.
His Greatest Exitcrience.
Any one acquainted with Major Early’s
character knew that at the sounding of
the tocsin of war, he would be in il from
the start. When the civil war, known in
federal parlance as the “Great R-bllion"
and by the re t of the world as tho “War
of the Southern Confederacy fur Independ
ence,” began he at once entered the con
federate servh'c as colonel and command
ed a brigade at Bull Run.
He enjoyed the result of that Lntt’.c
thoroughly, and as iie saw the federal ;
flying noi'ihward, doubtless had his first
taste of the exhilaration of moving “into
the enemy’s country."
In the battle of \\ illiamsburg, 3! ;y 5, 1562,
he received a Around that was suppo.-ed to
be mortal. 11" was promoted brigadier gen
eral, and hi May, 1863, command."! the di
sion that held the lines at Fred- "ii ksburg,
while Lee was fighting the battle of Chan
ce’ll rsville. Ho also commanded a division
at Gettysburg.
The Valley Campaign.
In 1564 he was ordered to the valley of
the Shenandoah, where his operations were
at first successful. In July he crossed the
Potomac, gained the battle of Monocaiy,
and threatened Washington, but was oblig
ed to retre.it. Toward tin? end of the month
a portion of his cavalry advanced into
Pennsylvania, as far as Chambersburg,
which, by his orders, they burned, lie was
afterward, on the 19th of September, de
feated by Sheridan on the Opequan, and
again at Fisher’s Hill, three days later.
On October 19th, General Early surprised
the federal forces at Qedar creek in the
absence of General Sheridan; but the latter
having arrived in the afternoon rallied his
army and managed to be successful. Gen
eral Early lost some of his artillery and
trains. In March, 1865, he was defeated by
General Custer at Waynesboro, and a few
PRICE FIVE CENTS
days later he was relieved by Lee from
the command in the valley.
L«.<‘‘s Delicate Letter.
General Lee said in his letter of March
30, 1865:
“Y'our reverses in the valley, of which
the public and the army judge chiefly by
the results, have, I fear, impaired your in
fluence both with the people and the sol
diers, and would greatly add to the difficul
ties which will, under any circumstances,
attend our military operations in southwest
Virginia. AVhile my own confidence in your
ability, zeal, and devotion to the cause is
unimp; ired, 1 have, neverthei 'ss, felt that
I could not oppose what seems to be the
current opinion without injustice to your
reputation and injury to the service.”
J!is Life in Europe.
After the close ot' the war he went to
Europe where he spent some tim» and on
his return resumed the practice of law in
Virginia. He subsequently took up his res
idence in New Orleans alternatively with
Lynchburg, where, with Gen. al Beaure
gard, lie became a manager of
the Louisiana state lottery. He had
always evinced great interest in all matters
appertaining to America's greatest war.
He was active in organizing the Associa
tion of the Army of Northern Virginia, and
was its president. He was also president
oi tiie Southern Historical Society and pub
lished a. pamphlet entitled “A Memoir of
the Last Year of the War for Independence
in the Cons derate States.”
Gi'ner.d Early, while never seeking noto
riety, gained a. great deal of it owing
to his readiness at all times to defend the
cause for which he fought. That cause had
few more devoted followers. He had al
ways worn tho confederate gray. Had he
been a min of smaller caliber he might
have had some hard feelings against Gen
eral Lee for relieving him of his command,
but, on the contrary, he rev red the
memory of Loe and Jackson and never
failed to pay warm tributes to them: Cer
tainly lie cannot be charged with anything
else than devotion to the confederacy; it
has always been a strong and abiding senti
ment with him.
AVl::it General Longstreet Has to Say.
Gainesville, Ga., March 2. (Special.) -
When The Constitution correspondent call- 1
upon General j .trngstreet at his home to
night and informed him of the death of
General Jubal A. Early tonight the old
man was deeply affected.
“They are ail passing away.” said he,
“and soon the grave will close Over all who
took part in the terrible war of the con
federacy.”
“General Longstreet,” ask"d the corre
spondent, “what is your estimate of Gen
eral Early?”
“It would be hard for me to indulge in crlti«
cism,” replied General Longstreet, “in the
presence of death. Yet history must not
be falsified b-cause of the awe which over
comes us in the presence of d'-ath. I would
much prefer that my opinions, as they
will be found in my forthcoming book,
should be is ad as historic. 1 ’ expressions
rather than to talk at a time wnen pro
priety suggests silence. Os General Early’s
career as a soldier I cand.diy regard it as
a dismal failure. He was giftea with
neither the genius of war, nor the develop
ment ot' strategy. In this opinion I will
be borne out by the records. The fact that
J thought so during the war le 1 to an
estrangement in which General Early pur
sued me with a bitterness which knew no
reason. He was a marplot in war. Os
course all this refers to official acts and
official character. I speak not of private
life. The army • which, under Stonewall
Jackson, knew not defeat, und '.' Early
never knew victory. This v is not the
fault of the men. who were fully as brave
as they ever had been, but wa- aue solely
to the inefficiency of the general in corn
m tnd. 1 am sorry that General Early 11 1
n d live until my book had appeared, as I
wished him to have all opportuniti : ■ i >n
tio'.ert an;.' fe-;t:on that I a.-.-cnii"'l.”
liesoiu I ions of Regret.
Richmond, Va., March 3. —The general
assembly adopted the following i< solution
today:
“itesolved, by the house of delegates, the
senate concurring, that this body has heard
with profound res et of the de<u ; i • Gcn-
< -al Jubal A. E irly. In hi d< h. w
cognize the loss of one <1 th< ablest and
most distinguished of the beloved leaders
of the cunlederate forces and of one who,
since 18i>5, has lived in the memory of that
great struggle and has devoted himself to
the truth of its history and the exposure
of falsehood and pretenders.”
Euiocii ; W'.re delivered by nu mbers of
both houses. The governin' has ordered
that the flags on the capitol be put at half
mast on the day of the funeral; that the
Richmond Howitzers fire minute gun;- and
that the corps of cadets of the Virginia in
stitute and the Lynchburg military act as
funeral escort.
The officers of the Assoination of the Ar
my of Northern Virginia will attend the
funeral.
A COI’PEH (TXT.
He AY orc ii on 53:s AVatcfi Chain an ra
'reniperamee Reminder.
From The Buffalo Express.
“I never see a. copper cent without think
ing of a curious fad 1 had when I was
about twenty-live years old,” said an elder
ly man who sat waiting fur a train in the
central station. “1 »
days, and I used to go on big sprees on ev
er; occasion and tv ith tl u test veuse.
“I noticed after each spree, naturally,
that I had but little mom y in my pockets
and that most of it was of the one-ccnt
denomination. Alter one particularly long
and exciting tussle with tne rosy, 1 carne
io and found 1 cent in my pocket. That
was all 1 had. I was penitent an, as a re
minder of the money I quami red, 1 had
a hole drilled in that cent and nuag it on
my watch chain. Every time I felt an in
clination to gel out ana ni.uie things rastie
1 look d at the cent and ret: .lined, ime
dav, however, 1 quite trn-got myself, and
awav 1 went on a bat that was a. corker.
I straightened out alter awhile and found
the usual collection <>! coppers in my poek-
< i. but not a suspicion ot any money much
large;' than a quarter. I look oils' of the
cent pieces and had it soldered on tlm other
one ami wore the two on m;>' watch cnaiii
as a reminder and a preventive.
•'ll was tin same oi«l stor.v. I went along
■oi ri"ht for a time, and th. n I broke
'j.:\ . ggain. Well, sir, that sort of thing
contuiued for .-.while. 1 soldered cent uttm
<•. .it ..n to that charm ami won tneni on
mv chain. Finally I quit the practice.
"Stopped drinking, eh'. asfied the min
isteri; 4-looking man who sat next to me
I q' replied the elderly man. “not ex
nctiv ’ b'l* the charm got so heavy that it
broke the chain. Fact is. I'm still willing
to take a drink if ' 1
But the ministerial-looking man would do
no such thing. Intend, he gave the elderly
man a tract and took ano£ seat ’
Owe<l to u Desk.
O desk of mine, whore oft I write,
L’ltiin thv tin-top so fait’
No :®. :'rs iii grim busts of white
Upon my pages stare.
But on thy littered breadth reposo
Newspapers—r< ams and rolls.
Ami 1 know not—for heaven knows
What’s in thy pigeon holes!
And I defy all mortal men.
(Let this not pass unheeded.)
To fill those pigeon holes, ana then
Find anything when needed!
I-ind an > UUIIt _ FKANIi L . STANTON.
