The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-03-20
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. Where 10 your friend, Ever
mondr asked the Judge. as they
moved towards the carriage.
%, he will be With Dc this even
: ingy He hadto stop and a friend
} on the way, and, will come Ia the
, next train. told him Onr carriage
should he on hand for bim' :
A joyful moment was il for Nellie
Preston. when shs threw her arms
around the neck OF her returned
brother. o. she knew now how
much-how very much she loved
him. What numberless questions
were asked. and how eAgerly wore
the answers listened to. y -.
/ Bv and by Nellie asked after
Captain Evermopd. t,
On she cried, i hope he 10 not
old and ugly, for | wsut to love
hini. .'f "r. d" = iI
| Not very old, said George with
q smile; 'apd not very ugly. But
there 10 = curious circumstance con-
nected with bic experience as a col.
der, which 10 worth relating. Hell
told me the story With tears in his
eyes. After the affair at Balls Bluff
we were like brothers. Evermond
is an orphan; without father or
mother, brother or sister. He has q
spleBdii education, which ho owes
to an old aunt, who intended him
for a minister; but his disposition
did not lead him that way, and he
started to study law. His aunt
withdrew her favor and he was left
to struggle alone. lie was 10 dan.
ger of becoming dissipated, when
the thought struck him that he wo'd
enlist. He enlisted ai q private in
the company Of which / was Cap.
tsin. While we we're waiting at
the depot, on tho morning when We
left for the seat OF war, Evermond
stool alone, gazing upon the scenes
Of weeping and blessing; and as the
thought passed through his mind
that hr was relieved from the pain
parting with friends, he felt thank
ful and expressed himself to that Of.
fsct Yet, he saiJ, he folt that il
would be y blessing to bear away
one friendly kiss that he could re.
member as coming from sister. -
He said this aloud, and in a mo.
ment young girl-he ssys, the
most beautiful girl he ever saw, put,
her hands apon his shoulders, and
kissed him on tho cheek. He says
he had jnst time to bIess the angel,
whom the order came TO fall in. j.
think the girl that gave Walter Ev
fermond that kissdi . glorious deed
He assures me that il made him all
that he 10. He says that the ,nsmlry
of that swset face has lod him to
high and holy resolves; and ths, he
had sworn within himself that he
would never do deed that would
cause that girl to blush that she had
kissed MIN, even were she the dangh
Ter Of king
You said he was q private thsnl'
remarked Nellie. b, ,iupflaft fI. I'D
/ 'No.--he Was a corporal then. -
He WAS made q corporal very short
ly after he enlisted, aud before We
had been in camps week in Mary
land, he was made sergeant. But
my sister, what is the m Atterl Mer
ey-you look pale OF
| 'O!' whispered Nellie, hiding her
face with her hands, what dread iul
things lbs hH ..u.'. "a 4t.H,It ..
f 'Nay--I thought this story OF Ev
ermond would attract your thoughts
from tho darker themes
/ So 1t does, in . measure, e. orge;
but | cannot help my feelings
4 George Preston, never miS,rusting
never dreaming, that his sweet sister
had ever seen Walter Eyermond, +,
drew his arm about her and gave
her a brothers kiss, 'P "
At eight o'clock in tho evening
4, the coach was sent to the depot, and
r at half past eight it returned. Mel
t lie left the parlor and sped away to
, her own room. Her heart was in Q
hutter, and her face WAS burning -
8 It might be possible that sbe had
y never seen Capt. Ev,rmond; but
she did not think it probable
y What shonld SHE doi How should
she meet hfmi Twice had che at,
! tempted to tell her brother OF her own
A adventure stthe depot on that mem
z orsble morning; but shs could not.
D Major Preston, upon crutches
> went to the door and welcoRed Cap
II tain Evsrmoni who carried his rigbl
e arm in a sling. The old Judge wei
q coined the hero as another son; and
!. hs wss surprised when he found the
n Captain was fair faced, handsome
youth, just upon the opening stage
Y Of manhood. ,i.,.... -.t,.... ...r
n But where was Nelliei The bell
:. was rung, and . servant was sen,
) in quest Other. At length siis came
n trembling in every point; but hel
/, father and brother. did not notice it
,r NELLIE, my sister. cried George
d here is our dear friend WALTEr
EvERMoNDl .' .N y '''''.'''
,r p, The Captain advanced with {
quick step, sud. half extended hi
,. hand, when he stopped az though h'
- had been shot. - nHli ilppD ph'