Christian herald and signs of our times . n wherescant means obviate the temptation presentedby opulence, to leave motherless children large-ly to the care of servants, than in the homes ofthe rich. God gave me a mothers devotion inthe love of my aunt. We lived in the suburbs of Atlanta, was ten years old when my father left his plan-tation to lead a regiment of cavalry, engaged inwhat he regarded as the sacred duty to defendthe Confederate States against the forces of theUnion Government. Be a manly boy, Harold, he said, as he kiss-ed me good-bye; take good care of your AuntMartha.
Christian herald and signs of our times . n wherescant means obviate the temptation presentedby opulence, to leave motherless children large-ly to the care of servants, than in the homes ofthe rich. God gave me a mothers devotion inthe love of my aunt. We lived in the suburbs of Atlanta, was ten years old when my father left his plan-tation to lead a regiment of cavalry, engaged inwhat he regarded as the sacred duty to defendthe Confederate States against the forces of theUnion Government. Be a manly boy, Harold, he said, as he kiss-ed me good-bye; take good care of your AuntMartha. I shall soon be home again. Cheer-fully and kindly he returned the affectionatefarewells of the weeping servants. Exchanginga few words with Aunt Martha at the entranceof the mansion, he mounted his horse and wasoff at a gallop. My grief at parting was mitigatedby my filial pride as I watched the superb eques-trian till he vanished in the distance. Need I recall with painful pen that as themonths passed harsh deprivation to®k the plac«. March 25,1891. 183 of plenty in the best homes of the South ? Fatherwas home but once before the collapse of hisdeclining fortunes with the fall of Atlanta. Itwas shortly after the battle of Gettysburg thatthe broken, gray-haired man returned for a fewIdays visit. He found that the establishment hadfbeen maintained and that loyal service rewarded[the generosity with winch his slaves always hadbeen treated. The claitns of these helpless de-pendants augmented the comparative povertywhich had closed in upon us with the isolationof the Confederate States. Unaccustomed wants and toilsome shifts hadtold heavily upon Aunt Martha, and I observedwith pain, which even the buoyant spirits ofchildhood could not prevent, that both my fath-er and she looked many years older than whenat the call of his State he had taken up thesword of defense. On with gloomy sameness went the monthsmd years of my fathers absence from could be more monotonous th
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