Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-16
a Romance on fhe var.

AhG lACth tlab compose tine following
story are said to be perfectly reliable,,
and are related BIZ q CORRESPONDENT from
Morgan county, where the parties now
reside.-NashUitle On } Journal "a
81 H. Al well-tosdo farmer Of this county had
daughter, who, besides being person.
ally attractive, was well educated, aud
- possessed more than the usual amount
Of good sense AS consequence she
lad many suitors. All but two OF these
she treated with no favor; and between
these two il was impossible for her to
choose. She liked them both, but which
she loved she could not tell When the
.arss ssIl was made for three yssEs' ~ troops
ia 1861, these two young men, together
with the young lady's brother, enlisted
ora .. in the same company. This event dis
closed to her her own heart abe &C
cepted the man she loved, and on the
morning he left Tor the Geld they were
married. Her husband was the pos.
seFsor Of no little property, and before
.T 10 left he made will in her favor.
While in the field o strong friendship
bound these three men together, the dis
carded lover cherishing no ill-feeling
toward TIE husband of his love, or her
brother. At the battle of Stone river,
on the I'd Of January, 1855. the company
e y they we're in was In the fefcsat of the
strife.
When that terrible conflict was over,
Che husband was found with his head
= err blGwn of, and wss only recognized by O.
letter found in his pocket from his wife,
. 81 The brother was missing and the disap-
aussassa1 painled sniEor WAS wounded 10 severely
that his life was despaired Of. She who
was now maid and widow, mourned
with an almost breaking. heart for her
husband and brother The wounded
Nr.& xs~x@s64 a G.we h,&m
: service; was discharged and came home.
His afection was still true and firm,
and The fact of hrs asHocihEion With the
loved and lost, gave him q atrong hold
upon, the sympathies and regard of her
who had received the love az his early
life. As month afker month passed
n@ss away, the wounds OF her bleeding heart
azsaa& were partially healed, and ssat last she
50 conaanted TO become the. wife of him
aha bad once refused FOR smother She
told hins however, that che could never
love him % wife should love her hus-
sE band, as her heart was bRsied i'm the
grave OF her first and onIyalove. Is was
) the day before the wedding and the two
were together arranging their plans for
the future. Suddenly her father enter
cd, and handed her o letter, saving:
So "Read that quick, and tell me what Il
means I" The letter bore the New
ses.. York post mark and was directed in her
- husbands hand. She did not faint Blu
pale 40 death, she tore off the envelope
ard read:
m NGw YoRK, Jan. 1855.
Mr. DEAR WIFE: am atlast exchang
ssha ed. Am very feeble. As soon as car
80 bear the journey, / shall be home.
The scene that followed cannot be de
a scribed. The wretchednessnf the twicl
disappointed may be imagined; but ha
acted an true man should, and sincere
a. ly congratulated her on tha safety of heI
husband. In Afew weeks the husband
- came, and then the mystery was ex
49, piained. On the incoming of the battl,
be had given n letter from his wifeto he
@gm brother to read. They aoon became sep
AassR aF@tsd. il was the brother that ha,
il been killed. he, himself had been Sc
verely wounded, and taken prisoner FL
gdasa snhad written oftens but the letters ha
failed TO reach their destination. Afie
two years of suffering worse than death
he had been exchanged, and now was a
home. Sorrow for the loss Of The ma,
tyred brother alened marred the happi
ness of the reunited couple. Their nc
ble and devoted friend remained to &c
the ons he loved happy With her hul
bend, and then left home to be- war
derer in the world. de 10 now in th
far West, and there he seeke to forgt
the past i'm the excitement of froatie
'.s4- life Surely, truth 10 stranger than fl
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