The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-31

in that / sat down at last. slaf,f ~
had been walking all day. q I was
very tired and.yery aClrowsys. In item
minutes fell asleep. How long j slept
eyes saw through the broken VIM
dows the sun setting behind the dark
trees that bordered the prospect. = 1t
was late. 1had a long way vet to walk
before could reach the place where
intended to sleep that night; and I
started up in haste to find myself face
to face with a woman .lsf1 ssilf
a young woman, dressed in black,
with straight features and ia slender
torm-with eyes black as night, and,!a
mass of fiaxen hair ripping from her
iaee---JVfthia mole upon her neck, and
hanging over her breast golden cross
suspended from n chain. The woman,
OF me vision on @, g woman, Whom / had
/ 1stood motionIeAs. Unless YOU have
seen or fancted' q ghost,f you'll never
Know how / felt, until Isheartf her. ol-y-
out and beg me not to harm her; and
knew she was quite human. Then INV
senses returned to me. -f7+I at,ll,' ,
L bowed-apologiz lied for having given
her alarm-told3h her that / had believed
the place Suntenanted, and so felt at
liberty to rest there, and departed. All
the while receiving no answer from her,
think her terror WAS too great to allow
her to speak. i made my way down
the broken steps and out into the tan-
gled garden: believed that this mys-
ter1ous realization of my vision would
be left behind me us that had BEEN
Bpt, as though Fate had some, hand in
the matter, att the very gate my rifle,
carelessly held, caugh In some creepers
and went of, sending the charge into
my side. The blood poured out in n
stream. i tried to stagger on, but was
too weak in moment.
Inc next thing 1QSnew i was out
stretched upon the grass, and over me
bent that girl with the fair hair and
black eyes, and an old negro.
"He is hurt ?" heard her ask,
mighty bad, NIissee."
eve must not let him die for want of
care: He is our enemy; but we should
forgive o1renelnies YOU know, yScip."
Yes, Missee.n
Then they carried me in. She
made q place for me to lie with
cushions and old pillows and cover
lets, and tho negro, who appeared
very skillfttl, removed the ball and
dressed my wounds. Then, when was
easier, tho girl came to mo with some
dit is poor stdfF,n she said: "bTt i
have nothing but meal and water in the
house."
She spoke coldly, as to an enemy. but
with some womaPnly pity in her eyes
Thanked her she bowed 1,i,i and
answered courteously that she had done
s.fholgh I should have lone.mors if
i cou1d,D she said, 81 have nlwnvs
been taught to return good for owl II 1
had the Opportunity"
That speech hurt me. Twas theene-
my of all rebels and traitors, but 4 did
a n he nh
doubtless rebels daughter.
hsqppose str niger feelings never fell
to any mans Share than. Sthose 1 had
when lookedya that girl. The more /
looked the more positive / was that it
was her face had seen on Hollow Eve.
And why did Y see it. and .how2 What
was she to be to mo that / should have
had a vision of her five years before?
1t was more than could answer. n
Scip told me her story. OF course it
was a rebel famfly -mad, hot-blooled
Southerners. The father had been a
Colonel inthe rebel army, and the son
had fought under him. Both were kill
ed in the same battle, and the wife and
mother died of grief Only this girl
was left, and she had come buck to the
ruins of her old home because she Ind
no other place to live.
Oder niggeTsI all gone, y said fScip
but mint gwine to leave Miss Grace.
stays to protect her, does. Laws, /
toted her when she was q baby, and my
head was white then. Old uncle Scip
can't leave Miss Grace nohow."
asked one other question: "Has
your mistress n lover-nny one she will
be likely to marry, now this war is
over 2r IL =. ,55,..si,l,
And Scip answered: y y
Scip, nowhere" 500 ,f9,lie, t,55tf
I, Well, there was, and there i staid
longer than expected to, for the wound
iutl1medt and a fever set in, and / Ind d
chance of trying what the next world
was like. Somehow tho old darlSey and
his mistress nursed me through it, and
when / was as helpless as a baby Grace
Bayafd forgot / was an enemy in her
pity and care for me. Before i was
quite we'll I know / loved her. Gndl
had said / would never think Of
any woman as a wife. j had meant it. 1
OF any other never should, but that
vision of her had its effect. 1t was
toreordained; She need a protector 4
was sent to love and cherish her. IT.
was not my seeking; Fate done 1t all. |
So i let Love in and he grew strong. IT
was hard to make her forget I had been
the enemy of her people hard to pull
down The barrier those words tsNorth'''
and HSouth" had built between us hut
/ did 1t at last, and she promised TO be
~ N4AG1 anu SOt l4lI4t6 WIFI me 10 kle9
old tafm where mother had waited so
long for Jemfs coming. And though III
had not forgotten Amy / was happy in
a sober, quiet way, and very proud and
fond fiber. 81 aB
q had never told her my story of Hal
low Eve. Twas not sure that / should.
But one night, aweelS before that fixed
for our marriage, we were walking in
the ruined, choked-up garden, when
Grace put her hand on my arm aRd
paused. FfF lhfll Ia
sJem, are you superstitious?" she
.,No--yes-I don't know"
i wish you were a little, for I want
to tell yon something Ishall never dare
to else" t az fs5Iisie
.ssay I am Them
i sawyou or your wrath long be-
fore we.ever met, . said Grace. @Don't
laugh. Did yOu ever hear of All-Hal-
low Eve Z. of course, for You haye,r
Burns. Yon know the odd superstition
about seeing ones future loVerj2" 4.
q What was she going to say7 j could
only make q sign in the affirmative
and listen.
stonly for what Lam going to tell you
I never could have promised to be your
wife, y said Grace, HItseemed so wrong
that should like an acknowledged ]
enemy OF my kindred at first. But we
can not resist Fate. Her hand was in
IL 80 plainly I sdw that was useless.
It was so strange a thing. Six years
ago, nearly, 4 was on a visit to the East
ern States with mother, We passed
through placs called Stratton, and
staid with a cousin of ours there d day
and d nigh That might was A1l=Ia1-
low Eve. We had never taken any
notice of 1t, and it was fun to me to see
how some of the girls believed in the
result OF, the tricks they tried, and were