Guise. ance. Manner; external appear- Des'ig-nat-ed. Pointed out; ap pointed. Trep-i-da'tion. State of trembling; Mu-tin-eer'. An opposer of lawful Hi-lar'i-ty. Mirth; good-humor; glee. Im'ple-ments. sion. Tools; instruments. Replaced in posses What is a court-martial? Where is Franconia? What did Beechnut order the boys to do? To what place did Parker swim? What did they next do to Parker? How did Beechnut arrange the court-martial? Of what was Parker accused, and what reply did he make to the accusation ? Repeat the evidence of the witnesses. What was Parker's 4. Drive me from garden In anger and pride, 5. Not a bit fearful, Showing my face, Always so cheerful, Up-root'. Tear up by the root. Thrive. Prosper; grow vigorously Flinch. Shrink; withdraw; retreat. Fear'ful. Afraid. bag'gage WE E were in our winter camp on Port Royal Island, South Carolina. It was a lovely November morning, soft and spring-like; the mocking-birds were singing, and the cotton-fields still white with fleecy pods. 2. Morning drill was over: the men were cleaning their guns and singing very happily; the officers were in their tents, reading still more happily their letters just arrived from home. Suddenly I heard a knock at my tent door, and the latch clicked. 3. It was the only latch in camp, and I was very proud of it, and the officers always clicked it as loudly as possible, in order to gratify my feelings. The door opened, and the Quartermaster thrust in the most beaming face I ever saw. 4. " 'Colonel," said he, "there are great news for the regiment. My wife and baby are coming by the next steamer!" 5. 66 'Baby!" said I, in amazement. "Q. M., you are beside yourself." (We always called the Quartermaster Q. M. for shortness.) There was a pass sent to your wife, but nothing was ever said about a baby. Baby indeed!" 6. "But the baby was included in the pass," replied the triumphant father-of-a-family. "You don't suppose my wife would come down here without her baby. Besides, the pass itself permits her to bring necessary baggage, and is not a baby six months old necessary baggage?" 7. In due time the steamer arrived, and Baby and her mother were among the passengers. The little thing was soon settled in her new cradle, and slept in it as if she had never known any other. The Sergeant's wife soon had her on exhibition through the neighborhood, and from that time forward she was quite a little queen among us. 8. She had sweet blue eyes and pretty brown hair, with round, dimpled cheeks, and that perfect dignity which is so beautiful in a baby. She hardly ever cried, and was not at all timid. 9. She would go to anybody, and yet did not encourage any romping from any but the most intimate friends. She always wore a warm, long-sleeved scarlet cloak with a hood, and in this costume was carried, or "toted," as the colored soldiers said, all about the camp. 10. At “guard-mounting" in the morning, when the men who are to go on guard-duty for the day are drawn up to be inspected, Baby was always there to help inspect them. She did not say much, but she eyed them very closely, and seemed fully to appreciate their bright buttons. 11. Then the officer-of-the-day, who appears at guardmounting with his sword and sash, and comes afterwards to the Colonel's tent for orders, would come and speak to Baby on his way, and receive her orders first. 12. When the time came for drill, she was usually present to watch the troops; and when the drum beat for dinner, she liked to see the long row of men in each company march up to the cook-house, in single file, each with tin cup and plate. 13. During the day, in pleasant weather she might be seen in her nurse's arms, about the company streets, the centre of an admiring circle, her scarlet costume looking very pretty amidst the shining black cheeks and neat blue uniforms of the soldiers. At "dress-parade," just before sunset, she was always an attendant. 14. As I stood before the regiment, I could see out of the corner of my eye the little spot of red at one end of the long line of men; and I looked with so much interest for her small person, that, instead of saying at the proper time, "Attention, Battalion! Shoulder arms!" it is a wonder that I did not say, "Shoulder babies!" 15. Our little lady was very impartial, and distributed her kind looks to everybody. She had not the slightest prejudice against color, and did not care in the least whether her particular friends were black or white. 16. Her especial favorites, I think, were the little drummer-boys, who were not my favorites by any means; for they were a set of roguish little scamps, and gave more trouble than all the grown men in the regiment. 17. I think Annie liked them because they were small, and made a noise, and had red caps like her hood, and red facings on their jackets, and also because they occasionally stood on their heads for her amusement. 18. After dress-parade the whole drum-corps would march to the great flag-staff and wait till just sunset-time when they would beat on their drums what is called "the retreat," and then the flag would be hauled down, a great festival for Annie. 19. Sometimes the Serjeant-major would wrap her in the great folds of the flag, after it was taken down, and she would peep out very prettily from amidst the stars and stripes, like a little new-born Goddess of Liberty. 20. Baby had evidently a natural turn for war, further cultivated by an intimate knowledge of drills and parades. Peaceful as her own little ways might be, the nearer she came to actual conflict the better she seemed to like it. On such occasions Baby was in all her glory. 21. She shouted with delight at being suddenly uncribbed and thrust into her little scarlet cloak, and brought down stairs, at an unusual and improper hour, to a piazza with lights and people and horses and general excitement. 22. She crowed and gurgled and made gestures with her little fists, and screamed out what seemed to be her advice on the military situation, as freely as if she had been a newspaper editor. 23. However, at last the danger, such as it was, would be all over, and the ladies would be induced to go peacefully to bed again; and Annie would retreat with them to her ignoble cradle, very much disappointed, and looking vainly back at the more martial scene below. 24. The next morning she would seem to have forgotten all about it, and would spill her bread-and-milk by the fire as if nothing had happened. |