True To His Colors

meaning of this new outrage?

fly and raising his hand to his cap. "The old one having mysteri

of that sham fight in the hall; but he did not say a word about it. To be candid, he did not think it would be good policy to try to sift the matter to the bottom,

ted to the ground," exclaimed the colonel. "I shall put a stop to this i

sir," answer

ou," commanded the offic

e Marcy Gray, rep

e result of this "new outrage." When they reached the hall one of

e old flag, but he furnished a ne

th it, and when he saw this new flag, he was as much surprised as the rest of you were. I ha

t it? if that is

me to mention her name. She is true to her colors, and that's more than can be said

ole lot of them to fit out a good-sized cat. If the Yankees should come down here,

w who were so angry they couldn't laugh. If that dread functionary, the officer of the day, heard the uproar, he must have t

Marcy harder than he did upon Rodney, and even went so far as to try and convince the North Carolina boy that the word "traitor," which had so often been applied to him by his schoolmates, was deserved and appropriate. But Marcy could not look at it that way, and even in the presence of the man who could have shut him up in the guard-house, with nothing but bread to eat and water to drink, he did not "haul in his shingle one inch." He never had made any trouble in the school, and, what was more to the point, he di

on the tower; but it is my duty to obey orders, and it is your duty as well. Don't make another move until this State joins the Confederacy,

is on our side, but not being the head of the school, he can't back us up as he would like to. But then this will keep," he added, once more shaking out his flag, which he had all the

, and the boys made it their business to keep posted. There was one thing the papers had already begun to do that excited derisive laughter among all the sensible boys in school. They called dispatches from the North "Foreign Intelligence." But there were some, like Rodney

ite place with the sentries on hot summer days, for the woods on the other side came close up to the fence, and the trees threw a grateful shade over the beat. The only order the boy he relieved had to pass, was a simple as well as a useless one. It was to "keep his eye peeled for

hes on the other side of the fence, and presently discovered old Toby looking at him over a fallen log. A smile of genuine joy and relie

" said Marcy pleasantly. "You act as th

d Toby. "I is for a fa

de gate, an' Marse Dick

ne get in de biggest s

n' I come hea

th a smile. "But how are we going to get into trouble? Talk fast,

Toby. "You an' Marse Dick done sont him into de wo

y but silently, for he did not want to bring the corporal of the guard

y. "An' now dat man gwine tote you bofe out in de woods an

his eyes. When it was concluded the fact was plain to Marcy that somebody had been trying to get him and Dick Graham into trouble; but who could it be? He knew that he had been airing his

hat put all these things into his head, do

o wrote the letter or wh

wish't I had, so'

and mine while he was threateni

store when he 'buse de storekeeper, an' he was at de house when he come dar an' 'buse de elder

will find himself mistaken. I should like to see him and his friends come to this school an

c'. Dere's a few of 'em in de settle_ment_, but I'se mighty jubus what will happen to 'em whe

indignantly. "I hope if he goes to Mr. Bowen's house the elder

he felt that troublous times were coming upon the earth. "It's gwine be mighty hot about yer, an' I dunno what we nigga

longer he dwelt upon the details of the story Toby had told him. "For two cents I would muster a squad and go down

REFUSES TO TAKE CHARG

nness, Marse Marcy," exclaimed the

in the pay of that committee, and more shame to them, but h

filled half-way up the leg with something that must have been heavy, judging by the care he took in handling it),-"an' I'm that skeared of havin' it in de house dat I can't sleep. Mars

rough the fence and "hefting" the stocking in his h

ith some pride in his tones. "It's all mine, but I 'fraid

trouble sooner or later. You ought neve

round de quarter some way, I dunno how, an' some of dem fool niggah

"But I am liable to leave here at an hour's notice, and what should I do with it if I did not hav

xclaimed Toby, with a gesture which seemed that such

, the best friend you have in the world, and you don't want to keep anything from him. Come to th

aid Toby, who was very much disappointed. "Den I

l you will be glad to tell where you have concealed it; but if you can tell him that it is in Mr. Riley's hands, he'll not bother you or the mo

aced his beat while waiting for the corporal to come up. It wasn't the corporal, after all, but a private like himself, who had come out to study his lesson an

we're going to have the same sort of work right here in our midst. I don't believe that Bud Goble has organized a company for the purpose of running Northern sympathizers out of the State; he said that just to frighten Toby and a few others. But if he ha

d Goble's plans were not working as smoothly as he could have wished. Let us return to Bud a

if circumstances seemed to require it, intended to make a show of being ready for business. He struck a straight course for the little grocery and dry-goods store, at which he had for years been an occasional customer, and thought himself for

mblies all well? Mine's only jest t

rom one, to which the others all a

orekeeper and note the effect his words produced upon him. "I don't rightly know what you-uns

undabout way. Was there any money in t

've gin some of them loud-talkin' folks, who think a nigger is as good as a white man, notice that they had best cl'

lping himself to a handful of crackers. "I'd like to see the last

that's where the fun'll com

gger Sam," who removed his hat respectfully and kept on to the counter where

ange dis mawnin',

workingman, and your credit is good. What did you say you wanted? A dres

er?" whispered Bud. "Them's the very things I wanted, an' m

e of his friends. "He's nobod

allow to do,"

ned against the counter as if he were in no particular hur

fun'll come in. I'm gettin' up a company of minute-men to sorter patrol the kentry hereabouts, an' them that don't do to please us we are goin' to lick, niggers an' wh

ad plenty of backing, waxed eloquent and made a short but stirring speech. He dwelt upon the wrongs and insults that had been heaped upon the Southern States ever since they had shown themselves foolish enough to join the Union; denied that a black man was as good as a white gentleman; loudly proclaimed that all North

upon him. Mr. Bailey was opposed to secession, and never hesitated to say so when politics came up for discussion, as they often did among his customers; but Bud was sure the old fellow was frightened now. He

of his congregation just what they might make up their minds to endure if it were consummated. Possibly Bud Goble recalled the circumstance, for he looked very hard at Sam while he was talking. As soon as the speec

Elder Bowen is one of the dangerousest men in the whole kentry, an' that he'd oughter be snatched outen

stood. He affected a careless, confident swagger, which was by no means indicative of his feelings. Now that he could look closely at him he found that the storekeeper wasn't frigh

nswered Mr. Bailey. "

ing wa

ings you gin that there nigger a minute ago-

oney to pa

I shall have plenty this ev

said Mr. Bailey,

you tr

e other day, and when I say a

n' eyes, an' then refuse it to a white gentleman

thout the least show of irritation. "If you don't like it,

say to that, boys? Look a here," he added. "Mebbe you don't know who I am. I've got the power an'

rough you while you are doing

ocket and brought out a handful of bullets, which he placed before the storekeeper. "Do you see them? I want to

upted Mr. Bailey; and with the words he hit the bullets

ere was so much spirit in that little, dried-up man. The former looked at him a

ye done it, an' that you'll never do the like agin, or I'll take ye up by the

and next time keep 'em

at did you put them

ff his coat, gave a yell that was heard a block away, and was about to jump up and knock his heels together, when he happened to look toward Mr. Bailey, and stoppe

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