The weekly union record., 1864-08-06

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California mai i Just 10
Duganne needed and smiled back again.
Gay Ida turned with . pretty. mock business
sir. Sophy. see If there Is letter sos Nj.
Dugauue 10 this mail
ALLOW Ire io present to you Captain Jordan
Miss jocelyn.'
Thsn. S. the Captain expressed it. be found
bimSeif IN for II :" ard With 40 iudii-reut air
be went through with the expected qGeS,ion,
which Po<,mi>iyeSs Jocelyu preferred to her
assistant. Sophy Hamlyu- A letter fer Capt.
Jordan!H The white miSsive Grapped iuJo his
pocket and opped out Of his mind a. the
same time. Bul with an eye for the beautiful,
he could not help admiriug the lovely faces
that held their li,tie court within.
Isn't she stuuuer for beauty?" exclaimed
Charley enthusiastically, as they Withdrew q
few PAGES for new comers.
Which she do you mean ;"
The pnsl slrni>lrtSs-MiSS JocelvnH
Shell do very well; but who was that girl
with the yellow hair aud the red rose in it -
Miss Hamlyn. She'd suit yoa, Jordan
let me introduce You.
you mistake, Charley, boz. am admiriag
her as fixed s'ar n another planet. LIS alto
getber too reSpleude1l 10 shine IN nv orbit.
She looks like duche>s-to come down to
earth and am by no means = possible duke.
But there was certaiuly fate 10 that night.
" hen Jordan sat by his fire an hour later. and
thrust bis hands into his pockets in mediiative
mood, be came upon the letter again. Vaguely
as bis hand touched it be drew it forth.
Captain Jordan 1t was a firm hand for 4
woman.
SO that girl with the yellow hair wrote it.
The pretty duchess | should not care TO look
at her long her brightness woud put my eyes
out
lie opened the letter and read it through.
Strangely enough, the same handwriting within
as without.
One Of her contributions. eh p He settled
himself Tor an airy eplstle, made up of an occa-
>ioual bon mot and Freuch phrases. He found
u curious kind OF letter for such gay-looking
duchess. \ straight forward lettes, full OF
simple strength. purpOrlIpg to come from q
soldiers wifi. W here had the gay duchess
learned so much Of tue Stratened lives OF such
as these!
He discovered his eyes moisteniDg at the
reality Of the patient endurance; the sad,
waiting hope that was presented aud, most Of
ALL at the brave senteuce: "But though | am
very. very lonely; though my heart dies within
NE at every report Of a fresh battle. yet would
rather have YOU there than here, because |
know that there is your duty, there your honor. -
There we're some tender prayeriui words, and
then the letter ended. He folded il up aud put
it away Bat he could not put the contents
from his mind. 1t seemed so real as il it
came from the depths of some strong, deep,
womanly heart. And that girl with the yellow
hair wrote it. He found himself thinking Of it
the next day He found himself thinking of it
the next week. By-and by this thought carried
him to see her. lie went again and again, and
in that home atmosphere. spite of the gay
duchess air, be discovered how it was thai this
girl with the yellow hair could see SO deeply
INTO life He saw that she wrote from her own
heart-a heart deep. strong, womanly and
heroic He went again aud again and if her
brightness Put his eyes cut. he gained clearer
vision wherewith to see. He saw no longer 4
gay duchess, but Sophy Hamlyn, brave little
pbllosoph opher-Sophy lIamlyn, The only woman
in the woId 10 km.
\ fellow-ollicer, who came home the other
day and olf.red cordial congratulations to
Captain jordan OF bis success IN winning Miss
iiamIyn. said wonderlugy:
And where did yua find her? did not
thiuk such a woman lived except in book
so simple and earnest and charming" :"
And Captain Jordan answered, smiling;
Il found her at the Fair, where am inclined
to think henceforth are to be found all the
good things of life