Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-11-21

acquire great expertness and precision
IN the manual exercise, and to undergo
W hat female delcately nurtured wonlt
have found it impossible to endure
Soon after they had Joined the company
the recruits were supplied with uni
forms by kind of lottery. That drawr
by Robert did not fit; but taking needle
and scissors, he soon altered it to sui
him. To Mrs Thayer's expression o
surprise, at finding a young man SO ex
pert in using the implements of femi
nine industry, her answer was, that ii,
mother having no girl, he had been of
ten Obliged to practice the seamstress
art.
.Mhhile in lheshsussef CAPT Thager
fas young girl visiting his wife, was muct
alseas asveiety sDebaruhsse sseorsss she-wass
then called, Robert. Coquettish by ma.
ture. and perhaps priding herself on the
conquest of the blooming soldier" she
suffered her growing partiality to be
perceived. Robert, on his part, felt ;
curiosity to learn by new experience
how soon maiden's fancy might be
tention to one so volatile and fond Of
Irritation, with whom it was not likely
the impression would be lasting. This
little piece of romance gave some unea
siness to the worthy Mrs. Thayer, who
could not help observing the liking Of
her fair visitor for Robert was not full. y
reciprocated. She took an opportunity
of demonstrating with the young sol
dier, a showed what unhappiness
and how unworthy it was of brave
man to trife with girls feelings
The caution was taken in good part,
and is not known that the love pas
sage was continued, through Robert
received at parting some tokens of re
embranc, which were treasured as
relies in after years.
For three years our heroine appeared
in the character Of soldier, belng part
Of the time as a waiter in the family of
Colonel Patterson. During this time,
and in both situations, her exemplary
couduct. and the fidelity with which her
duties were performed gained the appro-
baton and confidence of the officers
She Was a volunteer in several hazard
Gus enterprises, and was twice wounded,
the first time by sword cut on the left
side of the head. Many were the ad-
ventures she passed through; as she her
self would often say, volumes might be
filled with them. Sometimes placed uu-
avoidably, in circumstances in which
she feared detection, she nevertheless
escaped without the least suspicion be-
ing awakened among her comrades.-
The soldiers were i'll the habit of calling
her Molly" in playful alusion to her
want of beard; but not one Of them ever
dreamed that the gallant youth fight
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About four months after her first
wound she received another severe one,
being through the shoulder Her first
emotion, when the ball entered, she des-
cribed to be a sickening terror at the
probability that her sex would be dis
covered. She felt that death on the
battle field was preferable to the shame
that would overwhelm her, and ardently
prayed that the wound might close her
earthly campaign. But, strange as it
may seem, she escaped this time also un-
suspected; and soon recovering her
strength; was able again to take her
! place at the post of duty, and in the
deadly conflict. Her impunity was not
| however destined to continue. She was
seized with brain fever, then preva-
lent among the soldiers. For the few
days that reason struggled against the
disease, her sutferings were indescriba-
| bic; and most terrible of all was the
dread least consciousness should desert
her, and the secret she had guarded so
carefully be revealed to those around
her. She was carried to the hospital, and
there could only ascribe her escape to
the number Of patients, and the negli-
gent manner in which they were at
tended.
Her case was considered hopeless
one, and perhaps she received less at
tention on that account. One day the
physician of the hospital inquiring,
''How is Robert p received from the
nurse in attendance the answer, Poor
Bob is gone The doctor went to the
bed, and taking the hand of the youth
he supposed dead, found that the pulse
was still feebly beating, attemp ted to
place his hand on the heart. he perceived
that bandase was fastened tightly,
around the breast. This was removed,
and to his utter astonishment he dis
covered female patient where he least
expected on.
This gentlemen was DIR. Binney, of
Philadelphia. With prudence, deli
cacy, aud generosity, ever afterwards
warmly appreciated by the unfortunate
sufferer, he said not a word of the dis
covery but paid her revery attention, and
provided every C mtort her perilous
condition required. AS soon as she
could be removed with safety, he had
her taken to his own house. where she
could receive better care His family
wondered not little at the unusual in
terest manifested for the poor invalid
soldier.
Here occurred another of those ro-
mances in real life, which in strange
ness surpass fiction. The doctor had a
young and lovely niece, and heiress to
considerable property, whose compass
sionate feelings led her to join her
uncle in bestowing kindness on the
friendless youth. Many censured the
uucle's imprudence in permitting them
to be so much in each Others society,
and to AXE drives SO frequently to-
gether. The doctor laughed to himself
at the warnings, and thought how fool