Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-09

In the race oflife His name " a. enrolled as
private ct FRET, but bis company cho.e him
ELaLiniously FOR captain, and 30 Captain Re-
yerc Ted them on 20 the defence Of Washington.
BsiGIr he lei: he called 10 bid Ethel good by;
hut Other guests were in the drawing room,
ard ~ did nu: zee her alone. Only when;he
vas leaving s',' stepped 10 the door with him,
Ind hr held h' hard for IL raoment. Perhaps
that touch con ;ur-d his soul 10 his lips. AT
any rate he said what he had not ne ant 70 say.
lyon are rot all TO zee thnt once hoped
You III. /: h5- Ethel; but yon q &c my friend,
are you EU:: You will think Of me sometimes,
ard be sorry for little fall
Z" on will not fail," Ethel said, resOlutely,
forcing hack :hr tear. that threatened 20 choke
her. Il .hali welcome you, and be proud OF
my friend"
her hand As lie turned away, &c OIL bless you. 1
have Lot chaneed in nay estimation of ycp be-
cause your ID art " Guild net let you be altose-
ther mine"
He went away with these words, and then
Ethel kEe " how she had loved him"
The next cay ceIne-thr soldiers were gone,
and Ltbei IbaTricoit tried TO take mp cheerfully
the remnant of life which was left 70 her. Tho
beet half and the dearest, che felt WAS gone
with him; but much remained TO do, some
what even 10 reloIce in. She was not more ex-
acting OF others than she o! herself. To
have yielded idly TO her grief would have been
to be iaise 20 her ideal. Even her own father
sEw 10 change IN her.
SO the months passed on for more than G.
year, even te ;he terrible six days of fighting
tefoIe Richmond. In all this time Captain
Revere had never been seriously wounded,
and had never left the post Of duty. Other
men tCCk furiCughs-some on slight pretexts
AID came nome; he never. Perhaps he felt that
he had no true home, ard TO hone 70 lure him
EorthwaTd, and so grew reck ess Of life. Miss
Darricoit meanwhile watched the papers anY
ioCtly. She saw his name often where brave
deeds were told. heroic valor praised; and still
be was unframed She began TO believe that
the ball was not yet cast which should work
him " ct; and sometimes, when she thought
Of the future, sweet, scarcely recognized
bore began 20 fUtter its wing trem bingly in
her heart. .Grnre might not have been right,
after all he might come back yet, and say
over Sgain the words for whose remembered
music hG r sou: ttiTrtPd
Bnt ~ last Fate and the rebels were too
strong for him. In the battle OF Centrcvile h.
lost IN sTTn. and was Sc verely wounded besides
IL The hip. The hospitals were full: aud 81 soon
as he could bear moving he was sent home. 1t
was some weeks before he could Walk at all,
and then lie told that air would help
TO recruit has exhausted energies, and sent off
by his physician 10 Newport. Perhaps he
went the more willingly because lie knew tina,
tie DarTicott's had a summer cottage there and
IN his secret heart ne was conscious of a long
ing 10 Zee Ethel again. Ard vet Grace had
been right W hen she di vned that he would ne er
ask Il second time the question hr iiad asked on
that February night. To have bs.n twice ~
lect' by The same woman would have been 10
him moral impossibility. He hardly knew
himself why he wanted TO see her, or what
vague hoped h had.
lie had been in Newport a week before he
call.d on her. He had trusted TO meeting her
first by some accident. But she was evidently
was not on his side; and as he really wanted to
Fee her very much. ga over waiting for lucky
chances, and " mt the re-.
TTo he COSTISCRD1