. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . thefire-fiend. One wore the blue, the other the gray. Both hadgaping wounds, but their peril was the same, and as theystruggled to their feet, weak from loss of blood, the bitternessdied out of their hearts. They were once more friends, com-rades, and together they labored to stamp out the breath came quick and short, their voices sank to a whis-per, but shoulder to shoulder as of old, they met as brothers—and nobly they battled with the flames, now smoth
. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . thefire-fiend. One wore the blue, the other the gray. Both hadgaping wounds, but their peril was the same, and as theystruggled to their feet, weak from loss of blood, the bitternessdied out of their hearts. They were once more friends, com-rades, and together they labored to stamp out the breath came quick and short, their voices sank to a whis-per, but shoulder to shoulder as of old, they met as brothers—and nobly they battled with the flames, now smothering a burstof fire, now cheering each other with brave words, until, slowlyand painfully they advanced, step by step, to a spot where thecool ground received them, as they fell, fainting, almost dying,where they were found by the boys who were sent to rescue,and whose work had been that of heroes. And when, once more they struggled back to life, hand methand in a friendly grasp, and heart beat joyously to heart, asthey thanked their heavenly Father that they were saved froma fiery furnace. A BOOTBLACK OF URELY Percy was a productof the war—one of those straychilluns who drifted intocamp with the refugees whowere constantly coming underUncle Sams paternal care. It was but a short timebefore he drifted out againand into our home. We (Allieand I) were in search of aboy to run errands, and doodd jobs about the house, andthis particular boy was sentto me by one of our soldierfriends. When we saw hismirthful face (he had a per-petual grin) we thought hed do very nicely for us. It was quitethe fashion for boys to work in families in Memphis, washingdishes, preparing vegetables, and kindred labors, and though atfirst our Northern ideas were rudely disturbed by that fact, wesoon became used to it, and enjoyed having a boy for such , it was rather a relief to Allie, for, as she said, if shehired a girl of the same age she would be in a measure re-sponsible fo
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