The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-01-18

tune, and bis associations and family I'D
vsatages such tha. As might have almss
any pest. What does he mean 20 y
| Thas. in his surprise, Rsymond Mays 70.
on, unccu.cious thai he was addiag ssil
more interest to the Quandom Capt. 10 TIL
mind OF Carlosta.
lie sau his mistake by and by. when sh,
band struck up s.Die Sshonbruuner, = and
passing By, yay:e ysn,nor, encouraged b
the cordial smile ,hatxreesed bin from Ia
] Csrlos.a, approached aad asked her.
lsswenld she honor him sith a,~o or three
turns - adding, apoioge,ical'y, that be "a.
scarcely Ct cavalier for lady, in his rough
soldiers costsns. But carlotss thosghs
ditsrenti., and ssid sonesh,ng very pressy,
! and patriotic, to him Is she accepted the
invitation. The facs vas, Car!otts VA
Wild With curiosity to know how such . For
| tune favori,e came to bs in his position, ~
"vsyls vep,nor, Private" and 50 she de-
termined to follow up the acqunintancs till
she had satisfied her Eve-lke propensity
II wasn't a pleasan. waltz to one person
there. Raymond Mays stood chewing the
end Of bitter reflection. Poor Mays be
thought he was dying for Carlos,a Delesan;
and perhaps he was, but il would be an easy
death, because Mays never took anything
hardly, not even the email pox, which once
| visited him, leaving one white mark on the
side Of his handsome nose.
lswasn't pleasant to see ventnor's splen-
did sliding ease Of step as he whirled past
with Carlosts. If he had made . bsngle Of
it he could have forgiven him, but that per-
fec, movement de6ed criticism. After the
waits, the two strolled out npon the piazza,
aud here, suddenly the gentleman reeled,
and would have fallen, had it not been for
the small arm that was linked within his
lie sat down and presently explained
81 have been i'll, Miss Delevan,< and the
change OF air after the exercise, made my
head spin" .....
"oh, you are off on farlough, getting
we'll ?"
"Exactly," he replied, not little amusc
at her direct simplicity, "cff on furlough,
getting well that is just it, Miss Dc!evan." )"
/ She colored a little-bad she been too
curious But bis manner was very frank
and kind, 30 her mind eased itself, and the
talk flowed % readily that she found j. was
eleven O'Clock before she knew it. Rising
to 60 in, she said to him.
"Come to:our private parlor, Mr.. ventner
and let me present you to my mother shs
will be glad to make you comfortable, il
you are an invalid, and to ask about the
army, for our Willis sake. ra. -gsa5.
He thanked her brightly. lie liked the
cordial freedom Of her invitation, aud told
her how glad he would be to come.
So it came to pass that mcfhing, after
"vayle yentnor, p,ivate," might be seen
half sitting, half reclining upon Mrs. Della.
vans own particular lounge in her own par
t:cuIar parlor. On one Of these mornings
Carlo,ta vas enlightened. -. - f
It sbcgao in this way: She had picked up
an old paper, and her eye fell upon tha two
names again in the oll-call-"vayle Vent
nor, Private, and Jeremiah Jones, Cap
tain"
She laughed out with the glesful memory
then told him the whole story bat the
telling is too naire to lose. ~
To his question, n,-"What 10 90 funny,
Miss Delcvan p'' she replied
"Wby, you must know that when you irs'
arrived, the day after you picked up my fan,
you remember, Thought you were Jeremiah
jones'" k1Eaf#sgsaep Sc esga7
"Yoa thought; Why, how should you
think that 2"
"Well, you see, when you restored my
fan that night, l remarked to Raymond
Mays, as you went back to your seat, that
you we're military. The next morning, as
vas looking over the list Of arrivals, came
upon the two namee,-"Capt. Jones, and
vayle vensnor - and supposed, Of course,
tkat you we're the officer, as had no knowl-
edge Of military dress distinction, and theirs
vas bat one military pre6x, and remem.
bered your costume - belonging to some
regiment. Do you see 9''
.Yss see,' be answered, trying not to
enile 1t her straight simplicity.
aBat who in the world is Capt. jones
Captain Jeremiah Jones 2" she suddenly
ssted. 81 havn't thoaght Of the real Cap
tain, actually, since discovered my mis-.
take-how funny" a1. .....- ". ~ ..
ssIIe retained lhe nezt day after bis ar
fival-you probsbly dido's zee him. lie II
the captain of ny compsny-a good fellow
and ao excellens ofhcer. Bns let me ash an
other question How did yos know hss name
10 be Jeremish' 2" 1asE - asz
"wby. I saw II 10 : rap.r-liks this
And she haaded the ops she held, to him
then followed other seminisseusss--the
meetings on the stairs, etc, til ~ last Car.
Io.ta ssked plump question, eoloring pres.
lily At The tins-
T~sns 10 know how you came to b
serving as 'Pivase'- viii you tell ne ."
"WhJ me, 20 especially ?"
/ sBscasss Ward says you are rich and
| asiseoerasie. Rishmosd vsptaor' son."
/ Ne laughed.
"Yes, il is trss. an rich, and arisso.
ssasic, ~ The ssyins gees, ssd Rishsood
vsosscs' rem; bss ohss hss hat - d
shh il - he capc!sded, dstesnioisg q
dsav her ont. She made her eyes ven
ressd ss this, and thee repeated ~ sssa
objscsions-ths usaal seasoos Shy risa ssd
/ in:ssnsiAi nes shouid not sssvs - spr''
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