The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-09-13
No 43
A S0laIsf PaIs EelF 70 a For-

At tbe inst ii Bull Run
there vas a soIliefA5F lie name Of
Wilson, wh0N like many others on
that memorable occasion, straggled
away from his Hoommand. After
walking or rathsr runniag for several
hours, he became very much fatiguedr
and after taking good prceauGon shat
thore we're no rebels either within
sound or sight, he lag down to sleep
! BY the side Of fence, and slept sweet
II and sOundly dufing the night. Late
Ia thC-morning, ,sShsn TIE sua was
near midn6oh, he 6oke to. find him
sel6in essFange Cl9R3, a1a perhaps
among the bitterest enemies Of the
country. But the demand of hunger
soon silepced the voice of prudence
andC6hfip69 Seeing siafel5 "a sion
On hill in the distance, surrounded
by beautifully parks and meadows. or
chards and eFergreens, artificial fou1is
tains and natural streams Of running
water; III fact, every thing u Show
that it was one of the first class old
Virginia PiaRtatipns the home of
-e9HFtlyyselegaRee- -aad-He6nemeRt.
Cur soldiers tired,7 with a weary
step 'aHd-a falnting fanishing heart
knocked at the-do0r Of the mansion.
He was cordially received, for the old
Virginia planter was faithful among
the faithfaI few He remained LONG
enough to recruit his wasted energies
and get direct inf6fnation of the
nearest route to Washington. But
the name of the young soIdier was
not forgotten by the planter, nor his
manly bearing and genial tempera
ment. The soldier II enlisted in anoth-
er regiment, and at the second battle of
Bull Run was severely though not
dangerously wounded. He was taken
to the hospital at Washington. His
old Virginia friend learned Of his i'll
ness. He sent to the hospital and,
obtained an order for permission to
take him to his own home. He was
removed, when, through the kindness
of the planter and the attentions Of
his daughter, the young man gradu-
ely recovered. A tender regard
sprang up between the young LADY
and the young soldier, and to cut
very short the turn the story in such
cases made and provided usually
takes, they were betrothed. The sol
der returned to his Nothern home
on furlough. While here lie learned
of the sudden and severe indisposi-
ton Of her who was soon to become
his bride. He hastened to here sidet
and buried her corpse. The Oldham,
before many weeks had elapsed, told
the young man that he intended to
make him his heir; that he had no
children left, and no relatives except
those who were in rebellion, and that
he sOuld now share with him his es-
tates. He at once gave him deed
to considerable property in Chicago.
The young man5 few weeks since,
visited that modern mtrRUleand Baby
lon combined, found that his little Chi
cago fortune would realize the hand
some sum of 100000, being offered
1000, for a single block to which he
had fallen heir. But this is not all
in the strange and eventful story,
the old man has but recently died,
leaving al his fortune to this young
Union soldier, which is now known to
be worth over s80O;O00.
This "ower true talsa We know viii
sound like fiction, but had not the
facts come to US well substantitated
we should not have given them pub
licity. It certainly illustrates our
theory that faeH-is more remarkable
than fiction. 20 young men, single
men; We would say, enlistin the armies,
even as our young soldier friend did,
and you will thus insure from US, your
neighbofs and friends
cur lasting gratitude f1e having re-
moved from US the unpleasant sensa-
5ion Of draft, and you may stumble :
lpon just such a fortune as that Of
our friend Detroit Free Press.