(Continued from page 20) the photographs on the wall, the South, and any school boy they were clearer and better sumed.
 and on the piano top, and he knew the difference between prints. "Lemon meringue pie, a la
 With the afternoon sun would return in a moment. a Yankee and a Rebel. This These photographs were of Leona, L'specialite d'le mai-
beaming off the highly polished The pictures on the wall Yankee held a large dahlgren groups of people, mostly mu- son," Sam pulled back a chair
ebony top, the majestic grand seemed old and faded like revolver in his crossed arms. sicians, mainly holding their and motioned for the boy to
piano sat, like a great sleep- grandfather's books on Spain. On his chest he proudly dis- instruments as if in the act of be seated.
ing watch dog, controlling the He saw a grim faced man, who played a medal, which Ferdie playing. One large photograph The back screen door opened
entrance to the interior of the looked a bit like Sam, in a could not make out. was a beautiful group of ladies and a lovely, sweet faced, trim
house. Union unifoim. The Civil War The piano.held photographs on the stairs of a mansion. lady came in holding a quart
 Sam told the boy to look at was still in recent memory of of more recent vintage, in that Most were white, although the bottle of milk, the beads of
 back row were all black. Ferdie condensation coalescing and
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