The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-05
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Y1Sn.y MORNING, DECEMBER 5. las.
-,,r yorNG soIDlER's STORY.

- ,.bat il called a moral to them, and II you
anf kncss what that means shall not stop TO tei'
y"Yc.. yes, we know ran In low murmurs
Wei. ra!ne has no moral. because il comes TOO
LATE and BIZ voice thrilled as he spoke; anu II IL
bsd H. uses would be very doubtful
iii matters very little who or what am, he
,on,inu,,d II have lain in silk and purple aud
grew up one born TO command. wen. 70 col
fere and very likely you think was Wild, harum-
s.srun, devil of fcilow--boating driving, hunt
Ing, 'Sowniny aud towing it--cultsating wine,
cards and 80 ON, as you may have heard that young
fellows with plenty OF money do. Well, II you
think SO voa are mistaken. was quiet, studious
yomuc man might add moral"-apd his sardonic
f,uoh Jared as before land II would have been
perfectly true. loved books study, and peace,
wasa good scholar, studied music and the arts,
,rnce1 Ike Anselothere is not man in the army,
ncThaps that can play at the snall-sword with me;
and oui,s as an infant still had fiery devil In me.
81 ,cI in love- ha! ha with liltie doll OF girl
.l,o,,i nv age that seventeen, and for whom
would have taken my heart out of my bosom. She
was go frsi. and fairy like creature, that could
have nut her in my breast to shelter her as one
would little bird and she loved me with such
strength Of faith that had been Don Juan himself
there was such lavish trust in her that she would
have converted me from debsuchcc into true
honest man.
"Shc i AZ still now AS a frozen ri-slecpins like
the streams of winter-shc will never waken again.!
and his heal fell ON his breast: though his eyes
were burning with the pain OF his strong agony,
they were pot moistencd with tear. They had
dried At the very fountains.
"ldare saw more than one among YOU know wEat
il is to DC in love. my lads. Here Charley, tor
instance and our hero gave strut; she, imagine
can understand me-"
"ies, yes again murmured the soldiers; We
know il
Yes" h repeated, somewhat scoruiully; 'all
very vel that, but different men have different
ideas o: love. Some are sensual and depraVcd,
snd uiih treai lave is mere pollution and miscont
ehensi nj he
with but few that could understand il as did, but
twas with me portion OF life-of existence.
YES, with ii different; size lovely
Lutte trusting flower the daughter of very worthy
honest ,radesman, who loved her Ike the apple of
his eye! but she worthy OF a throne, aud
would hare given her one. As 1t was, could make
her | ;kougat-iuol that | was i-houorcd, great
wealthy. she is poor enough now, and SO am L
"Oar dream oilove was delicious but very brief
She clopci with me, aud, as the Lord God hvcth,
meant her no harm-tor made her my witet' lie
added, with solemnity that startled the soldiers,
who were not often moved by any strength OF OK
preston
Yes she became my wife, he continued.
Your wife" calculated one or two OF the men.
''rhunde- and lightning, here, Dick, give us your
hand, my boy y and a cordial grasp given
We though. vou tri1ed with the little child"
My Parents heard that had clopcd with the
child OF iradesmau;" the soldier, needless OF this
went on and threatened the poor old fellow with
ruin anHihilaion. IL would not have taken much
to have broken his heart, tor 1t halt gone al
ready; but what was done could not be undune; aud
though; ny father and mother loved me too well
TO tNa-t me- and that had only to bring her home
10 give her another father and mother, who would
we hey Ike her own.
Il llcaaL have put her back into his bosom, and
said embrace your daughter but also embrace my
vic, and you eau love ihera still but that day
never Gaze. believed, however. very frluly in IT,
and was s3ppy, living III little Eden of my own
artro;rtae tGrnto OF Life, and expecting then my
lille baLy hourly.
My parents prevented this nc continued after
aconyulsiga pause, during which he drew his hand
over his BROW several times, though things were
crUw0iag j. Ais brain and Coutu sing him WI lii their
nlui'i.udiaous variety. "les, they Murdered all
We lived il Wales at the time, and when my baby
was born and she put in my BOSOM and laid her
own sweet Exile head like blossonling dover be-
side L. ~ pray ed for her, tor both, and lie we'd them
more and more Then made up my mind 10
tarn TO MY fathers house
Zone dag went to NY little home, after walking,
OF fishing, Or something, aud found her gone
sone-b0th gone! o then the sleeping devil with
In me wyke Gp. learned from the people of the
house, that stern man, and proud, pale woman,
richly Gieesed, drove up In spleudid chariot,
drawn By four horses, aud carried her oH-robbed
me Of nay wife and child This man-tiis woman,
my parents. travelled night and day, and
arrived a. their house in town.
II demanded my wife they called her design.
iDg. cuanii2. 2irl-and they said something worse
vi her thun could bear, and | silcnced them aud
made them turn pale aud tremble | derande!
my child They knew nothing OF either cursed
them 5oth ndquitted the house, to return to
il more
II need not tell how long AFTER or by what means
traced iay Alice through stages of wretcbcdues.
and peuCty, till found both mother aud child DIV
lag on mean pallet in parish workhouse
Il could have called curses from heaven aud
nres from hell to avenge this inlntgable wrong
for what this pale tender dove had done to win sucI
atrocjous injury But when | saw her pale
thin ch eeks, and heard her moaning and saw her
wasted babe on the hall-starved breast of the wo
man adored, as devotees adore heaven, | stilled
my soul shed no 'ars; heard her utter cry OF
Joy and pain, aud the thin helpless hand wandered
ovcrmy bead, ash laid it kneeng by her side in
that horrible hole upon her breast beside my child
Little Alice! said, little Alice you ard your
sweet babe shall live here no longer
NO, George, no, she said. Oh, her thin lips
how they treinbled NO, George, dear we shall
not live Aere long-not very long-Giye me that
brandy, my lad !" said the soldier abruptly
"Ioiose parent-to lose mother one loyes-so
lose friend one Is devoted to-to lose dog that
has been your companion for years, is all painful
what was it to this = continued the soldier when
heard what she said had terrible forebodnp of
the future Was il for this had sought herr Mas
itthus ny parents had shown their lover Wasirro
see her die that had moved the heaven and eartb
to discover her : lttears were rain, and not the
bitter and acrid shower which scaded INV face lilo
caustic, roses wonld have sprung tn lie .ro,nJ
her dying pillow, and that golden hair so dabbled-
lake my head IN your arms, my dear George
she said family. Take my child in your arms too
Kiss me-kiss the baby. You love US do yon n 49, !,
God bless you'll God protect you! DO not sens
rate us. DO not forget u.s. | have borne nnrf
but loved you so dearly and forgive every one
az hope 70 be forgiven
The ro2gh soiiors turuep away, and one or tu,,
wiped their eyes iuriiyely A lev study but susni.
cious 'hems" sounded sllspieiously and they avert
ed their faces:
Little Alice J said, are you going without me
Well l ont wait long
IL az, only going before you, she said; and fel
that she speaking the truth. Il am going before
you; clasp me closer; let me feel your lips lift III
my head put my baby's mouth to mine,-and &C
she died, my lads And for an hour after helC
her baby in my bosom, till felt it cold 1t wa
dead, toof"
There was long. deep. impressive pause and
again he went on.
arhey made my heart desolate, wrecked and
void; and IL, in turn, desolated their household
and wrecked their peace forever. AS they haC
two passions TO feed and foster-the most bound
less love for me, their only child, and prid
which, God forgive them! they had also given t.
me- and the latter the greater, they sacrificed mt
to that pride. Well | trampled on their pride
They knelt TO in the dust and ashes Of humility
and / scorned them. They offered me bride. tn
faircst in the land, and laughed at them. They
could not give me little Alice, and ! had nothing
else to ask Tor. had grand funeral from tina
work house for my wife and child, and l put my
name on her coffin lid, and after that day forgo
that had name or parents. and knew that