Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-15

The allernuun as Tar advanced, when |
driven partly by hunger partly by the
d OF passing the nlgit ia the chapper.
al, yentured to descend from my leaiy
covert, VIII re the mosquitoes had made
feast upon me, and the monkeys had chat
terel at me Wi their mocking gestures
!. BY tsesaid OF my pocket compass i found
my way back TO he clearing from whence
had so suddenly departed After care.
fully rec0nnolerlng, to see that none Of
my Mexican friends were lingering neal
ITO this day suspect tha, young wo-
man Of having sent them after us)sI adj
vanced to The S ,ot where poor Elliott had
fallen.
lie was lying On his face in rool of
blood, his hands elutching the grass, his
hair and uniform dappled i'll blood, and
lis fine marly form The was one of the
, finest looking fellows in the army pierre
ed with three or four CHASTITY wounds.
"An poor fellow !" said | as stood
: and gazed upon him; for though | was
rid of a mortal enemy. could not hel p
! feeling sorry that 50 brave a soldier should
thus perish like dog, shot down by all
/ unseen Toe. .But, thank God ! cried
, with thrill of inde>crlbabIs pleasure,
. 'hank Il I did not kill him'
; / turned him over on his back, and as
. stood mo aiisng, thought saw his DO.
, som leave. PLACED my he nd on his
heart and found that he still lived. As
' knelt by him, uncer ain wha, TO do, he
: opened his half glazed ewes and saw his
pirched lips try to form the word WA
ter !! My first impulse was to run to the
i brook which flowrd at q short d stance;
p. my next TO stop and consider Sould |
= restore to life the man who, few min
d utes before had been ,hirs,ing for my
: blood who hated me all his lite! VIII
y had wronged me, Sighted me, and even
n called me coward! No! Leave him
. to the fate W ich his own rashness had
Q provoked. turned my back upon him;
I but suddenly. as traced with finger oi
t fife, there was borne in upon my mind
# the words Of Holy Writ, "lf time enc.
my hunger, give him food, it he thirst
d give him drink 2 And fost upon them
G came the o,ner divine sentence. 'ina*.
e much as ye did it not unto these, ye did
/, it net unto Me ~
n seized his cap and ran 10 the brook
Y for water, with which | moistened his
IF parched lips and bathed his CORY temples.
r. Taking my Sc of instruments from my
!, pocket, then pr"bed his wounds. The
e. Mexicans, | forgot t" mention. had rIhed
h him of his watch d other valuable; bu
le in tearing opnn his shirl, I found small
re locket, suspended from his neck by ha'
d chain, which had escaped their search
se opened it. 1t contained his molher''
por,rait-(he was her only son and sh'
D. was a widow.
De "Thonk God I" again CALCULATED. tina
re mothers curse will It light on me-"
IN What TO do i'h my patient. after hav
ar ing dressed his wounds, was what pazzle
at me. TO remove him was i.nposslble; t.
d. leave him there exposed to wild beasts
a aud TO the burning rays of the sun, afte
'p- having partially restored him to life, seer
ed cruel; however, there WAS no alternu
tn. tive. Before leaving him, half carried
n. half dragged him into the shade of a ire
about hundred yards distant. 1t wouI
he be impossible to describe my sensasio
,th when found myself with my deadly er
le, emy in my arms--hearls so lately boilin
over with malice and revenge, and al tt
|, darkest passions Of our nature, no
vo lhrobbng peacefully against each o.he
to his, poor fellow. with a motion so tai
| and low as 10 be scare ly preceptble.
Well, hurr;ei 10 The encampment f
he. assistance, and soon had HIM conveye
thither in safety. For many weeks
ais lowering between life aud death, for tt
ap. pain Of his wounds, which were very s
nee we're, the loss of blood, and the exposal
ned of the sun, brought on brain fever ar
f." nothing but the mos unremllting care al
attention saved his life. He bore h
l suffering with that noble endurance viii,
ou, is true heroism, and which, let me te
ion YOU, is mnch rarer article than me
re- courage in the field. In fact he displa
on. ed during his sickness so many admira b
:" qualities that it was a mystery to OF
will how | could have mistaken his charac
De- so completely. Whether it was owing
this or to my having done him service.
bu, cannot tell, but insensibly the h~tred q
ing melted from my heart, and in its s.es
was sprang up strong feeling Of regard f
fell him. Curious, was'ntit! ,...
ant But whether his feeling was recproc,
nee ted or mo- for although his manner tt
var ward me was peculiarly soft and gent
fed and his eyes would tight when appr &C
r to ed the couch. he remained as taui
and reserved as ever, and never made al
ay. alIus,on 10 the sub jact Of our quarrel.
my felt little piqued at his silence, for
my could not help thinking that my hav
orn saved him from miserable deat,. deseI
nv. ed few wo d of a. kno vledgm (.
. More tlan once he seemed on the poi
my of broaching The matter, but he appear
,od, to be waiting for me to begin it, q ID
her; course waited for him.
aad At last he was SO far recovered Vat
ID | professional services were no longer
,de. qured, Al ] rose to take my leaye a, ,