The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-01-18
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. SATURDAY.. JANUARY 49, fs62
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vAfL3 VKNfNOR, PRIVATE.
| The Dusic wandered OF from rlowtow "a
nearer home, playing the ..Ssar spansled
Banner, = in bold, breezy hn,sss. The large
long hall xas filed With the sveet, sharr
shocks Of the csmbsls. the brigh. blowing
Of the bugles, and tie great drum beats
rolling through.
/ People let their thoughts fow forth to
meet the music - suited then best, sus up
on the piazzas, in the pariors, or in the
large, long ball.. i. .5a
Walking up and down the latter, . girls
voice went singing the frat iins,
! 20, say. can yousee by the aavn.s early light"
then ceasing, beating her palms together 10
time With the striking cymbals, she says
aOh, isn's isIovely !" lingering 10 pretty
drawl upon the s'love;y."
The gentleman walking beside her looked
down, smiling mischief, IS he replied
| "Very lovely, Carlosta, sing it again."
"Nonsense do not mean my singing.
Ab, but you know that ! don's!'' looking
up laughing into the laughing face.
He bent lower, and more meaningly re.
turned 5e
"Bus mean the singing. l ike it bet
| ter than the band"
"No, no, don's talk 90, but lsten-ab, it
10 divine divine better than any music in
the world. don't wonder, listening to it,
| that soldiers realiIe all the excitement, and
| not the danger; when they march to the bat
le-feld to such inspiring strains. Ray
mond, how did you feel when the men we're
dropping around you at Manassess" das
ssOh, q, most men feel; after the FIRST
shock aud dread passes, the nerves grow
steady. Thus easily We get careless Of hu-
man lives"
"Ah, no, l don't think il is that; think
| the soul rises to the OCCASION. But will you
60 again ?"
If can get commission, yes; not,
no." --.
"Why will you not 60 il you cannot get
| commiesion?"
"Well, don't like the associations, gen.
erally, as private. It's too. hard work, and
il risk my life want to choose the way"
"Yes, see," she answered, absently, rs
il she did not half see.
"You would be glad to have me SO, Car.
lottn ?" bending again with eager interest.
Sh. knew what he meant, and little color
Of crimson fused into the fair pink check,
aud she unfurled her fan with quick, nerv-
ous Glide, - she replied
81 would be glad for every man to 60,
that can, especially those without wives and
children .... ..-.
t.They may have mothers; you forget
hat, - he said, with an irritated, jeering
sort Of a laugh.
But she was very serious, almost solemn,
as she returned,-
eyes, that is very true. But didn't
forget. My brother went, you know and
he goes again with our mothers consent"
know" That was all be said, but it
was said in softer accents, under e,nvic-
ton.
Then, 10 moment more, he began
"Aud the tie Of lover, Carlotta." A
little tingling clash, and the pretty pearl
fan was lying broken upon the floor, making
sriev Gus interruption. Swinging it to and
fro, it had swung for out, and fell at gen.
.icman'. feet, who vas sitting on one Of the
side couches. lie brought to her, and re-
esivei little airy thank YOU and smile
If which her companion looked envious.
al wonder who be is ?" she exclaimed,
watching the gentlemen rs he returned
down the hall. s.I've noticed him sitting
there all the evening""
cIlase you 90 with satiric emphasis, to
which she paid no attention, but went on
heedlessly
"Yes and did you not see what an air
he has, how lof,ily he carries his head P
/ Military, too, do Jou notice 2 lie must be
. n.w arrival"
"very likely was the reply, crossl,
enough now, and swapping two or three
more s.cks Of the fan be had taken from
lhsr. Whereupon such a canning little smile
wen. flashing whittier pearls than be held in
to view, and rair Of merry brown eyes
dropped their white curtains, for modessy's
sake. sseI. -s-.-~- ta-s
The gentleman who had been the inno-
cent Cause Of oh this, from his place on ooe
Of the side couches, observed the panso.
mime OF the conversation with an odd
smile essiing his heavy moastachs. II vas
evident thss he understood.
ga the next morning Miss Caricsta Dele
van-in other words, Miss Charlotte; the
,vee. Spanish rendering being the work Of
her Coban nurss--night have been seeo,
,cmewhere after breakfast, whea the balls
are mossly vacant, running her little nnsers
down the list Of asrisais, - she leaned over
the ofIce deck.
| There we're sui.h., and Smythes, and
ar;s,ocratic Hoxards, and Vans, and the
lps,;.ian sDs,' bat osly one military Capt.
Jooc, !: and following this, making il more
noticeable from the sharp contrast Of eu-
pSouy. uas one name, the last, vsJle Ven.
sor. ss
Gvayie veotnos r Shs ran il ovsr IN
her mind. The oldest name 10 tbs world.
Hat sh, had fssad shas she sooght-hss
-;l;sasy hero Of the lofty carriage vAs Capt
,Jones. So .asissed, she vent oss spon tSs
p,..... and met the military hero, 'sCaps.
J.ues.,, saun.erioe too. She dropped hes
pretty head 10 pretty reus.bssases And se-
ee;yea NOS. gra.sfsl "re.erenss N re-
turn then, u.:S gsn,isnasiy ssursssy, ne
i l,,r.eA oe fssn his wslt, lssrinS Aee sisss'