The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-04-19

kmuch sorrow 2 "Oh, John, John, wha,
h have you done?" So saying, Charles
\ Morris entered the cell, and pausing ar
b HinstaGt, blinded by the darkness, he al
Elast perceived his brother, calmly seated
Non bench at the end Of his CELL and
Brushing forward, threw his arms around
Ehim. I1 la9m5'HHVa'h .1.
E "Oh, John, John, can this be truei
Eyou, you deserter 90
N :" No and yes, Charley. But tell me
Edoes my Ellen liye?" n
n "Yes, she still lives" ''.'' '
3 "But | shall never see her again Oh
ECharles, Charles, I could die with rosig.
Enation if | could but see her once again,
I'll once | could tell her how l loved her
( how had enshrined her pure image in
kmy heart how she was all to me on earth
Eaud how she would be to me all in heay.
Hen, where we must meet again r
L "oh, John, with these thoughts in
Eyour heart, how could you do what you
haye doHe?"
4 ~ will tell you, Charley. I asked fol
"a furlough. had been a faithful servant
Tot my county, coming at her first call !,
Enever lii three years had been .home
Eand you wrote me that my Ellen was
4sick--she is sick?"
q "Yes." na t.a '
N "Not beter?" as2 aa. a',
n "No--" as 34 oi
\ "Dying" Iaa .e,'
3 g Go on with your story, my dearest
Abrothor." .0'
n "Wel, when this news came my
s3heart yearned for home, panied to see
Athose dear faces once again. | thought
Not them by day, dreamed of them by
snight, until it became madness and un;
Fable to resist the overwhelming feelings
sof my heart, asked for lurlough ; l
Swas entitled it, but I was refused; and
Slllen, Charley, maddened al the injustice, !,
syearning for my Ellen, | one night lell
sthe camp and went on my way, needless
lof all consequences. i"
"Andthen you were arrested, and then
syou were brought here, and"
\ {" And thea 1 was brought before al
scourt martial, Charley, bund guilty.
Sjndged without mercy, and soon, n
Edoubt, shall be sentenced to the OK
atreme penalty Of my crime. | can NEE,
Sdeath without fear Great Heaven! haveE
III rot braved i. thousand times for thisE
Svery country that now condemns me?I
III only for an instant 1 could see my
ssEllen, my boy, and my poor mother, bu
Ito die thus" 'at4J
! "John," said Charley, II have no
sties on earth compared to those which, i
sblnd you. Let me take yodr place. Wei
are not unlike, and J. can contrive to con.
1ceal my identity from those around us,E
Iwho, after all, do not take especial in |
|terest in u.s." a3.
''Take my place, Charley What is |
IL you offer me--happiness? Come whats
may--aud death by my comrades hands, {
will be my doom--but if l see once moreE
my Ellen, I am resigned to ALL
"You shall see her. for I tell you Il
will take your place I
"If there were any danger, deaFestS
brother, I would not accept this proof Of 1
your devotion; but there is none, for III
may be two weeks before am sentenced, (
md by that time l shall return for you5
trust me, you do not think that l woulds
eave you here to die in my plaqe?' b
" Not for an Instant, brother, do IN
loubt your love, your truth, or your de &
'otlon. I trust you; go; it is easy, d
his heavy shawl | had around me cons
,ealed MY features as | came, We areH
he same hight; we will exchange our.
lress, and all will then be we'll" b
aQuick, quick, then ~ s. 81
Here, tie brothers began to make theA
'xchange. Of the uniform for the plains
,lothes, and when all was accomplished Isl
I was almost impossible to tell one bro
her from the other. A.t;n4; ofv &
z Nov, Charl ley, this cell, is solitary,
'ut that takes away all danger Of recog-E'
nition; no one will speak to you; youra
ood viii be regularly brought. There isl
lotbiHg to fear. | shall certainly not beN'
sentenced before two weeks. and in fyekt