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'- ' , . I 1--~/ I <\\ ~y ~ E..l-IZAJ)ET HI :AKERS' •ALL EN• In the pleasant dnys when we want to school We rea.d, in a. well worn history book, How, rastleSB nnder a despot's rule, • .A band of pilgrims their land forsook, And, c.rossing a wide, mysterious main To a oonntry strange and little known, BegiiD, with hardship and toil nnd pain, The home nnd nation we oall our own. The tale rehearsed how they strove with fate, They lllld their meek and patient wives, .And rose up early and labored late To kee}l D.JJd comfort their lonely lives. Tboy felled the forests with fire nnd ax, They dug and planted the rugged soli And faced denials, nnd pinching locka, .Aud ooostant danger, and oeo.aaless toil ll'or Nature met tbe1n with jealous mood. She Save OOilllt 'Vi'Olcome to hnman schemes 'Whtob tore the shade from hor solitude, .And rent the fo:z:osts, and dlllllmed the strenms. ller Indhm children bnd nevor dared 'ro spoil hor ehruoo nnd to t.bwnrt bor wm- 'l!h&red man's life was bor own !IDd shared, ., , .Witliout o. quoot;io11, her good IIDd ill. ~ ,, ' j, ' 'tiith few of the 11-elpe we know today ~' , . ~lt~·;j:l~~~.ll()aa61l1l rDllod,- · ~ey pdd the plClhlint she bade them pny- . ,!riley gaS}I(ld w-ith heat, nnd t.hoy nhook with cold. \.rhe ill! mo &ont tlllll:D they grimly bore, Yet none the liliSS did that stubborn band ll:old fast to thll rtorn, =pitying sl10re Whereon their vCSS>el hnd chanood to land. One sullUIIer flerooly and lang the sun Had pnrohed their gardWlB and scorched their grain, ADd days md weeks bad gone on and on With nev..r a sprin.kle of saving rain. The beat drnnk greedily all tho springs .And bled the wheat ere the ennJ were filled ; It withered the oar:n to yellow strings, .And all t.he tenderer orope were killed. A.nd etr<n~gest spirits grew faint indeed, Fareseelng nothiDg but want and woe, Wasting h11Dger, and bitter need, .And actual frunille with winter's !iilOW. The preachers doubled their sermons' length And droned long chapters and prayed and prayed, Yet, spite of their faith's persis!Qit st:rangtb, ·- ' WBB every man of them sorQ nfraid. 'J11t when their courage was almost gone, · So deaf seemed heaven to their prayers Md ])aiD, aroee in the sky nt da'WD, heavy wit~ pr0111ised min. poureil plenteonsly down at last .. The crystal bloselttg deaied eo long 'l;hey chllllged th~ df(Y from n gloomy fast Into a service cd joylllld song. ·:.&tliUrver after their children, too.. their ohil!Um 's children lifter them, love and gratlrnde ever new, Qlle dst separate, )Ike a gem • ..,- __ ~-=-- luster than all the rest tlle golden roultd of the yenr of days, all might o:f!er, 111!1 one, their beet true Tba~lrng llld humble praise. So let no sp:iri t, though far apart From bappy fortune itll path may stray, Rtlfnee to rumor, with voice and heart, The denr tradition we keep today. For never a soul in all the earth, In bnfi or palace, in any olime, But bOB some blessing or oomfort worth 'Xhe giving thanlm at this joyful time, We who are happy, whose lot is crowned With every favor that life can bring, How can we fail, as the day comes round, To otfer thanks, to re;joioo and sing? We who are wretched, whoae days are dark, V <rid ot all that can hloss or cheer, May still be glad, as its dawn we mark, 'Xhat rest and freedom are almOst here. -I; A SOLDIERS'_; THAN KSOIVINO BY LIEUTENANT TRIGGS. came we Juaged Ulat we bad made a The meal bad been stlrlen from a negro good 25 miles. We had followed the shanty three miles away during the pre- highway on and off, but without en- viousaftemoon. Perhaps\taken\ would Thanksgiving is 11 day whioh countering any one, aod as tho day be the better ttrm, as. ene of the men all with thaols and roast · broke we songht the oover of a thicket went to the sho.nty to beg for something suoh a dny it is dear to and lay down to rest and sleep. It was and found no ODe at home. Americans. afternoon before any one awoke, and The five of ns sat in a circle eating as much noise as dces· tbe theu the first move was to look for this Thanksgiving dinner when a stran- ly, with its fireGl:OO:kers, water. We soon found that, and then ger suddenly appeared among us. That with its bells.. Tho nrn-mt:-rv We started to dig our way out of the the question of food oame np. Keeping bo was a native could be told at a glance-, plaoe in which ~=~:~v~~~::J prison pen at Salisbury, N. 0.' on the all together, we moved to the weAt, nnd that he was the owner of the neareet ;joyed to its fulles' 2d day of Augu•t, 1863. There were five kno-Wing that we nhonldcome to a plan- farm on the west we BOOIJ ascertained.. are people who. cluim of ns, all of whom had been captured at tatlan sooner or later. The best we He w 88 out b'llllting, awt bad been led without its own peculiar the same time, and we reached the prie- could do in the way of weapons WllS for to ns by his do~j. He knew in a. moment '' lllDollest kind of a fiat. on in May. eaoll man to arm himself with a oinb. that we were Union soldiers who bad. I 1eem absurd to the In all prison pens the inmates paired 'I'be :highway was on onr left as we \aut stick,\ and be must have been cog-! affairs that o. 16 off at least, and in many inst!lllces fonr, went forward, and we had proceeded nizant of the fact that there-was a stend- • able to perform tb lta:maxi,mi~ five or six men formed a sort of close for about a. mile when we broke out of ing reword of 150 for Ule oopture of an:r: in a '12 fiat. Bot this fact corporation. All clothing, blnnkets, the cover of a thicket and found our· prisoner seeking to make· his e~capo: : tery when we oonre 'o loo)( it~:1~=~~(~ money and other articles went into a. selves upon the road, which took a For a long time no one spoke. Tha maa' in the face and meet it with ti common fund, and the men shared alike tum there to avoid a bilL It waotonly 1 dissootiDg laiife. It is--;:~~~;i(tr:;;j In the comforts nnd discomforts. It so a D!SITOW road, and a couple of jmnps 1 dwellers enjoy mWfY '] happened that none of us was despoiled wotJld hnve given us covAr on the Gther : the turkey of the when captured, and on entering the sid&, but as we left the bushes we came 1 After the head of she fR•..m11...-1,;, gates of Sali•bmy we bad $90 in cash, faoe to face with a soldier in Confeder- , to the table alone to- do each a good blanket and a fu 11 un !form, ate '1l!liform. He wns sitting down on a i eanse he would not sulfioiiel)~.~ lllld we were thus enabled to live in far etone to reat and was without wen-pons I room if the fnmily greater comfort than the great majority. of a.ny sort. Had the soldier remained I•!Jont him, they sit dowtl We had a choice of gronnd on which to quiet a tragedy would hnva been avoid- the turkey, of the pnst pitch our tent, and having nn eye to a ed. At first sight of us he sprang to> his ont on the farm ltloking --~-- ..... .1 tunnel we got M near the dead line and feet. nnd instead of running away when vistas of ne!!tl!ng l~~~~~~~·i the fence as possible. Tho distance to he recognized us aa escaped prisonus, by the scarecrow g' the deod line was 6 feet and to the which I nm B'll.TEI be did, he called on us hot and linen duster, t() fence abont 28. to mrrender and seized a man with each know that summa: was~~~; 'Wl~H:-w; Up to this time a score of prisoners hand. He woa only o boy, being less past. .And still they fanoy il'lii!IW'iiiM.l: bad escaped by means of tuonels, and tbno 20 years old, and not having even old scarecrow stnmliDg • .,,.,,,...>tlfJ.:.,._ dozens of tunnels had been discovered a pistol with him it was a foolhardy stacka, with t;he wind blc)'\Vi~'\li:ic while being dng. The Confederates on- thing for him to do. Having a brave his whiskers. They tared the pen almost dully through the heart in him, he noted on impulse. The there on the fire ~:~~~~~~ montba of Juno, Jnly, August and Sop- idoa with all of us was thnt we bad , ing flat, for all tember and made a. oloso search for dig- blundered vpon a party of soldiers SE'nt a large oren of gers. Snoh vigilance noted to dtsoourage ont in search, and no one hesitated to red leafed ~j:l)l!Pf the prisoners, and I believe our tunnel 086 his club. not be was the only one begun in the month of It wu only after ihe. young soldier :r~~f!~!!~ Ootoberr'-Onr ·lellli,was 11 rQCllny ,one, bn<f gone down under oar blows that ''WILL YoU GIVB us YOUR N .uml'' It Emd we begnn operations, slnlring a we found be was alone and unnrmed. leaned on his rifle and. looked down Olll, 1 mies · ' shaft five feet deep and large enong.h to Two men lifted np his body and bore it ns, nnd as we ~a zed at him each one af'~· It only goos Bilow a mnn to work ii1 This bolo was iJJto a thicket ncrOSB the road, Emd when ns felt that we were helpless. By and.' fiesh, but it In the mlddla of our tent, nnd when not o.t a safe distance we oxnmiDed his in· by he qnerled: time when he In use was ooverod with four sticks and ;juries a.nd did all that was pos!liblo un- • • Any one of yo' bin sick?'' ~ bliB.k mattress a blanket. All tbe dirt woo oarried der the ciroumstancea to revive him. We told him that Clark bad sprained. morn togathlll' away in our pockets and flung into Some of the blows hnd fractured his his ankle, and th.atwo lmd been =ped. the fl,-, long abandoned wells or ~cattored over the skull, a.nd at the end of two hon:rs: be there for severn! days. would ever have ground. A spoon, the two bnlvBB of a was dead. When I tell you thnt we were • • Henps o' soldiers bin lookin out fnr horse car on tb& ~mntoon and the handles of a skillet sorely grieved over tbEl matter, I do not yo'/' he said, \and it's a wonder yo~ io tho old were our tools for digging. As we had hnlf expr 688 onr feelings. In one sense dodged 'em. Do yr:l know what day back to :~=~~~~~~~1 noticed that every visit of tpe searobora we had the moral and legal right to at- 'tiE?\ fnded from was made in the afterpoon or evening tack him nnd defend ourselves, bnt when \Yes. Tbanla;givi.Jlg.\ ehillJ' air he we began and prosoouted our work in we saw him lying dead we could not \And is that yo'r dinner?,... QWD side I\ the forenoon. After a couple of weeks help but feel that there was innocent \Yes.\ :yelping of some digging was made after 10 o'olock blood on our hands. On ao envelop& in \Well I reckon I kin do '!letter thllDI ent leather at night, but we never felt safe while hiB pooket W'08 his name, George Wil- that fur yo'. Jist stop riglit yere andJ llili:red onoo I thus engaged. When the tnnnel proper tinmson, and be also bad with him a ten don't be anxious, and I!ll llring yGr the fiusl!ed woo begun, two men were working at da.rs' furlough, granted by tbe com· some grub froln the--.bouse.\ atmg bang tbe same time below ground. A third mnnder of the post at Salisbury nine He was gone be1orewe oonldqueatiom IIOUlldB so sw,...,._... stood watob at the door, and tho fourth daye before. He was one of the guards bim. We. believed that he had gODe tm l.eni forest. Emd fifth carried away the dirt. at tho· prison pen, then, nnd had beea help instead of food, bnt it w,e started' pl81188Dt dr~Of The tuanel wns three feet below the home on a furlough nod wus makinl! oil' we could not hope to ev.ade pursuib tho morrow. fiJr 111lrface 11Dd bnt a trifle larger than a his WilY baak. with Olark as n burdw on ns. We talQ rold, and the> man's body. The digger bad to pull We found a spot where a tree bad ed it over nnd oonoluded *hat it migilt will have. be&ll ~luC1illl,,.·¥iJ himself In by llSing his elbows, nnd he bron overturned and buried the body as ns well be eunander witbsnt on elfoo!l. ~ stir fitfulq drew after him o tin banin and a string. woll as we could, ond dhring the ro· nnd we were fooling glOOmy enough. -wind. The dirt was ploood In the basin nnd mainder of ths day no one seemed to when the man ret'tlmed. '1fu oursnrpdse• OII1'CIIB8 has 'lljlen. ohi~Pl~l;J:il,l,\1;(), drawn out by the man in the shaft. thinigffQQd A~'!!ig!:!t=ewestarted haw!M! '!looQ D'!!<! b!!d!l!~~ (ln. Ilia. izoouthei!Meo! Crawling into a. hollow log is fun com- 011 aglrin, but we had not mode a dis· arm and a jog in hie. hand: The baskel: reminiscent. pored to wriggling in ond out of snob a coott>ined meat, b:read, piokles,. pie· md. graoefully, like 11 tuonel The body abuts out all the nir, I other good thing&, nndo tho jng beld resort, for iile liUJ'mv~JUJI:I tbe place is stifiing bot, nnd after half 1 cider. He paced them. betore n& ando itself agsiD whea onc:e.l:ti;&~ an hour's work the strongast man Is used said: are on the ash up. • \Boys I don't know who- yo' are. ) about no more. It& When our tllllilel bad reached the shall never own up that I e-ver saw yr>.'. ot6il 1 ~rDI!~:i fence, we bad to go down four feet to The s'arch fur yo' is. now about over. no more. warbl& work under the ends of the loga, and the nnd I reckon yo'd bettE~\ move sl<iWi<ly Em dawn and fill the air beoame so foul that we made but by tomorrer. \ antioipallion of \the slow headway and some days did not \But why do you do> tbis for on ene- work is; Iiane, and its work at all We had planned to ron the . my?\ was nsll:Ed. now fhl, family, so tunnel olose to the dispensary, and after I \1 hev no enemis. en Thanlt:BgiTing gravy to the passing the fence the digging beoame \ day!\ he replied aos be nncov:ered hia one Bnlllthar in 111lell1t,·~ easier, but delay from one cause or 1111• , head. \B.lsidlls I'v:egot a son who is a, memblm will have · other prevented the completion of our t soldier. War' he m the hande cf hill· the tw:tey oft enterprise until the 20th of November. l enemies on this dlty I sh<l\lld hope furl th&hs;, as they sit At noon of that date we bad dug our · them to trent bim as I treat y:o,'.\ withr Yisions of full distance and had only to brea.k \Will yon gi'll'e 1l8your name?\ mapewisbbone · through a foot of ornst to be in the open l \Jnmea W illiamsan, and DIY boy ar' I trt.J, the bighesi air outside the fence. We mnst wait for named George t He was home QD fur-~ juslt10merry and night, of oourse. The weather was fine, Iough a,few d~ ago, but. has gone back bMtallen to with a promise of a starlight night, but to, tho -nrison pen. I shan 'i see yo' agin. . · during the afternoon we mnde all our Jest l11,ave the basket and jug alongside ------' lllTSDIIements to go. Twice during the the tt~. and l'U8ot 'em t-mnorrer. Good I afternoon alarms wru:e given that search- HE SPRANG TO BIB FEXT • lnck. to yo','' ing parties were coming in, but they tanca of ten miles when a oomrado We sat thm:e 11taring into each other's , proved to be false. Night finally oamo nan:~ed Clark caught his foot and twist· faces and n&'ll'\lr thanked him nor said, with our plan nndeteoted, and about 8 ed bis aokle in o way to render him per· goodby. W& ~onld not speak for BOV'Bral o'olook the first of the five entllred the feotlyhelpless. There was no thought ct.- minutes after the sound of his footstep$ 1 tunnel, orept to the far end·and broke going on without him. After scouting bad died out ()f onr ea.re. It was his son· through the ernst. We had dug within around IIDd finding that we were in t!Je -his soldier boy-we bad encountered 12 inobos of the wall of the dispensary. woods half a mile from the hig)lway on the highway and killed-his son if· · The buildingwllll used as sleeping qnar· and at least a mile from a(\y Q]enred ing dead iD a shallow ~·a1•e in th&fot•, ters for twoor threomEjlloonneoted with lleld, we erected a rnde shelter !Uld pre· est a few mi!EB away! We bad sl~ biilj the hospital deportment, and as we pass· pared to wait until Olork couldj proceed only child perhaps, o.nd l!e repaid Uilj ed out of the tunnel In turn each of 118 wit bus. The next day we got. !lOme corn 1 with food and BtiCCOr and killd 'vords lj heard them talking and moving abont. from a fleld two miles away.fllld parob· 1 No man touched :food or drl.tJk. No manl Each man crept away to the left, climb• ed it over a small fire, am\ Inter on we felt hunger or thirst. We sat there for I ed over a fenee !llld followed it for 20 captnred several opossums, '-illed a pig, an hour, silent and CODSoienoo. · ~triokEn rod&, and then made for a certain tree wWoll was rnnmng wild., l(ll)d, knocked 11Dd even tearlul, and then 'We got up wbiQh could be seen from the stockade over md devoured three. or four cr?wa liD. d moved awa.y ~ .· o.ar .jQ.nr. ney. and 'j and which bad been agreed upon as the and prQDonnoed them 'ilJ.q\l:He.nt eating. made ,no halt for miles;~d,.IDl~ LQng rimdeii!Voll& We encountered no guards 'rhank!!giving d!QI- fa~. \\11 still there, 1 weeks ai'ter that ~. '() f@gg~, still'. , vii! ... :.,s . and tailled :na Jilarm, and within half an though Clark w~j getli~ll· the better of . ~d WQ!IJJ~ed U~ \ _ ·~1.1': W!t,lll'ed hour fron1 thli time the first men ent(Jr•. his ill:i'IU'Y, fto1td we hoJ?,Illl tomak. eastart ~~~ed.~.!'llinea In.- • bl/.~ qqiY, ~ ell tlie tiu)1;1el the ~VEl ofll8 were gatJl· ne:s:t.DIIttJ».':Ug. 01ir ~~er. was rea. dy. .at ~. ~~· 'J.!h. e .. Q. th. er. ... , . ..Ji~ . . ~Q j ered'linlferth&trei8; ··. ·. _ . 8o'oldilt.tb,n~tm\ll(lll&niloonsiateil. ·~~ lllo:on.•~lli ~ e.-~ '· · · .. ·w-e.·: Mll'W11ed ..• n nfgh~ •. '1'fth· onJ:r .. ·.or a~~~··~l\!~pota~; -· ... ~~'.·~~~\ .. ~ .tQ ~- 1 llrlet rio)~~ tot reet; ani\ whtli dqllgJri alld • \'''\' tQ.I.,.o w.. :•,:wa-· 1 man -li?a ~...,. ~ · . · · · · · .. ' . - •'' ,.:•, .. -' .... : . -···- --,'::· -~--~-. . . .. ,' •, . ·.,· '•'? ~-\'- ' -~ ! -< _)
