A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE
19 October 2025

A GRAY SLEEVE by STEPHEN CRANE

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After a skirmish a Civil War cavalry Captain enters a house thinking it might be housing enemy and finds a scared young lady holding a gun behind her back.  The Captain, after investigating the house to find two other family occupants, finds himself drawn to the girl but struglles to find a way to tell her.