Washington telegraph., 1851-01-08
THE BOATMANS DAUG HrER.

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The following remarkable storv has all
the interest of romance; yes it is true,
and the parties are still living:
1t was in the memorable year l84l,
when the allied armies were concentrated
about Paris
A young lieutenant of dragons was
engaged with three or four Hungarians.
who after having received several smart
strokes from his sabre, managed to send
ball into his shoulder. to pierce his chest
with a thrust from lance, and to leave
him for dead on the bank of the river.
On the opposite side of the stream. a
boatman and his daughter had heen
watching this unequal fight with tears of
despe ration, But What could an old un-
armed man do, or pretty child of six
teen! However, the old soldier-for
such the boatnIan was-nad no sooner
seen the officer from his horse than he
and his daughter rowd most vigorously for
the other side.
Then, when they bad deposited the
wounded man in their boat, these worthy
people crossed the river again, but with
faint hopes of reaching the military hos
pital in time.
"You have been very hardly treated,
my boy said the old ynardslnan to him;
"but here am [, who have gone further
still, aud come home
The silence aud fixed attitude of Lieu
tenant S. showed the extreme ag-
ony of his pains. and he hardy boatnlan
soon discovered that the blood which
al, hn NIL III
left side would shortly terminate his eX-
stence. Tie turned to his youthful dauyh.
ter:
Mary he said. "yon have heard me
tell of my brother he died OF Just such
another wound as this here. Well, now
had there only been somebody 10y to suck
the hurt, his life would have been saw
ed"
The boatman then landed and went 10
look for two or three soldiers TO help him
to carry the officer, leaving his daughter
in charge of him. The girl looked at the
sufferer for moment or two. What
was her emotion when she heard him
sigh SO deeply, not that he was resignlug
life IN the first hoWer of his age. but that
he should die without a mothers kiss.
"My mother. my dear mother said he,
Il die without--"s aH
Her wo,naii's heart told her what he
would have said. Her bosom heaved
with sympathy. aud her eyes ran over.
Then she remembered what her father
had said: she thought how her unce's
life might have beeu saved. In an iu
stant. quicker than thought, she lore opeu
the officers coat aud the generous girl re-
called him to life with her lips.
Admit this holy occupation the sound
of footsteps was heard, aud the blushlny
heroine fled to the other end OF the boat.
Judge Of her ia theirs surprise, as he game
up with two soldiers, when he saw Lieu
tenant s., whom he expected 10
hnd dead, open his eyes aud ask tof his
dellverer.
The boatman looked at his child and
saw it all The poor girl came TO hIn
with head beut down. She was about
to excuse herself when the father. en-
bracng her enthusiasm, raised her spirits,
and the officer thanked her Ill these pro
phelic words:
"You have saved my life; it belongs to
you"
After this she tended him. and became
his nurse; nothing would he take but from
ner hand No wonder that with such "a
nurse he at length recovered. Mary Was
as pretty she was good.
Meanwhile Master Cupid. who is very
busy in such cases, gave him another
wound; aud there was only one way to
cure it-so very deep II was.
The boa:nau daughter became Mad
ame s.
Her husband is now, not a simple
lieutenant, but lieutenaut- general; aud
the hoatman's daughter is as elegant aud
graceful lady as any that you see at
court.
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