The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-05
TFTOW tlu L'hInycttc Conribr

The romance Of Tennyson's "Enoch Ar
dcf' has been Reproduced w Iainvetfp nm
der circumstance, which prove that truth
Is sometimes stranger than fiction. A sol
dier long since nourned as deatl returns to
iind his immediate relatives In "sccond
mourning' and hiswitc and supposed wild
ow, remarked. la the early part of the
war; W. X. Lisetor, u worthy Young man
enlisted in the heavy artillery, leaving "A
young wife and child IN Stark county. In
this state. His parcnts reside on Walnut
street In this city, aud his father is employ
ed as travelling agent for A. Henderson a
Co, marble dealers on Third street.
In the second ycpr of the war young
Lisctor was wounded and carried prison
er to the Charnci house ct Tihby Prison.
lis battery had been carried ut the point of
the bayonct. aud with broken hp, one
ball In the foot another iLhs arm. aud "a
third IN his mouth, which last shows he
fell with his ihec 70 the fpe,ilt was dragged
from the wreck of the guu carriagcs and
caissons 10 the foul atmosphere Of Libby.
lie wrote despondingly TO his wife, hc
was bulictincd as mortally wounded. aud "A
few days later he was reported aInongi Hc
dead. This WIS nearly three years apo.
Not u word had been heard FROM him hc-
yond the seemingly authentic report of his
dealh: Ills relatives went into mourning,
and his good wife, whose gricf had been
intensified by the loss Of her child, mo,irnpd
his supposed death with unaffected SORROW.
with wOmans love, or a woman's iu-
stincts. we may say. she occasionally H.
dulged In the Hope that after al he niight
be In the land of the living but seeing his
immediate relatives in the weeds of mourn
Ing, and herself wearing the emblcms or
bercaVmcnt, she resigned all hone. and
recently receiving tile addresses of un
honorable man she gave him her hand in
marriage. The mother Of Lisetor-a dcvout
christian, connected with Mr.. Taylnr's
church, on Sixth street had returned from
prayer meeting last evening, and wis about
to engage IN family worship for tho night.
when u knock was heard at the door
Strange coincidence that thoughts of her
lost boy had mingled with her dcvotions lii
the sanctuary that evening, and even then
The broken circle of her household was the
subject of her thoughts. She went to the
door and stood face to face with her SON
Had he risen from the grave she could not
have been more astonishcd.
The recognition was instant, and the
mother tainted in the arms of her heroic
boy. The sequel is soon told Lingering
for months between life and death in the
poisonous malaria of Libby, hc was hur-
ried further solltl in his earliest cunyale.
cence. His letters had miscarricd, and O.
Gaping from tile rebels hc wandered friend
less and alone IN the enemy's country. lie
NhS qullo lhHl,. Hlu alPf Il series OF WlNcn-
lures IN southwestern Texas, he finally
secured money enough to pay his way
North, and on Wednesday evening Just hl
nightfall dusty aud travel worn. hereacliod
the little village IN Stark county, where he
had leil his wife and child lie was all
hope aud expectation, but before reaching
the honsc pointed out M her residence. ltr
saw sister of his wile's and the whole
story was revealed lo him. IL was Il hard
nurIRT ln f1ut a.. E.ll
among the dead and dying III the wreck of
his batteryi hut like Enoch Arden, the no
bic man whom Tcnuysou has immortali2rd
in verse, he left her undisturbcd with her
new love, aud came away as becomes a
brave and true man