Maryland free press., 1866-07-12
WIIEIANSPoRT, MD TtIURsDA y, JUL Y 1885, -

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| as Emily put on her bonnet, acome, husband.
you know when will ! will !" and so they
! walked Off together. L"AAss5.. All, b.
isai huGl I@sssl I-yJIt or 80 .u.I ;ge
The captains fine msnsioa5 wore n deserted
look tt was as still as tine grave, for tile SER
wants nad nearly all gone. Emily looked about
at the beautiful fufaiture listed the cba;rs in
dlsardeTs the curtains; unlooped-l general air of
neglect visible over all. Graves led them TO the
capuiin room. The young man Law 'nsuttarng q
with ms eyes fixed on the wall, his arms thrown
ABOVE his head, bis eyes glazed will fever, his
cheeSs prighti with burning crimson Emily and
her husband looked momiffafly en.J As they
smoothed his pillow, and Emily placed her cool
nand on his forehead---oh !! how hotit was--he
looked rom one TO the other, but with no SIGNS
OF consciousness. For days lie rayed, and Fred
anu nus gentle wife kept their watch beside him
,ne M9ald Deg for water-oh ! so pitcously--he
OF Emily sometimes He ofien laid plans for tor
,niesnung the Camerons and some fthem were SO
iuoicrous that the Watchers sad thou III tbey felt
could not iorbear their laughter. r, 80 -
rake these turkeys claws" he would saw.
anu STUN them IN Gameron's key-bole- e-ha
what a time he'll have getting the door OMEN
Here, you little imp. go over and set Cameron,s
rouse, rouse, only sure and DOM burn Emily Tell
cameron to go and walk across the river-pitcb
dark and no bridge-the fcllow'u do itsh he
would add savageiy! %. 81 EnIr =: -
one morning when the, pale dawn streaned
tnloqgn lIs nan opened shutters, the young emp
tain' opened his eyes and gazed intcptly nj Ills
watcher CaiHeror lsst' there, wan and almost
M si ihn,seii. lamp burning near shed an uncer-
t'in, hickering light upon tue the neatly kent A.
l%rtment. Emily slept in an adjoining room. but
h,nSs tme Ws now moving preparing tp take her hus-
,'.Maek, said the sick man faintly.
IT IS not Mack, captain, replied Cameron,
bending ovcr the wasted form before him. b537'
Who then? p? it'cannot be- -.
~Ganeroh,' said the other quietly. tS1a
fhe sfet man looked, closed his ewes. 6peued
them again, and gazed steadily at his frst oIii-
ii'Where then is Mack 2 he was here yester-
day. -, ''..'>'' ' 80
Mack has been gone just fourteen d,vs YOU
haye been very sick, and unconscious, sli,. tlln-
eron.
'iiave ~ murmured the captain vaguely,
and then lay still frr some times ;g..E a1't'
Gasneron,, again the palid object spoke.
'ls that yourwife standing there ?', = . s.F
sizes, that is Emily
"W hat are you and she here for ?' 'A' ii'r
o. 10 take care aud nurse yos,r replied Came
ron
The esptaih's lip began to qdivcr and trernble.
and the tears ran down the hollow sockets of his
eyes. Cameron bent over and wiped them away,
with the touch Of a woman, saying sofiiv, don't
leei pad about the past it is all forgotten .tf
by you perhaps-but not by me-" he replied
chokingly. ''0he word more, Calineron--t am
very weak-how, long have you ,and your wife
been nursing me?
'"Ne"rlya fortnight replied Cameron-s''b ''but
l, an, AFRAID If you do not control this emotion
you may be thrown back. Try to sleep now,
and Emily will prepare you some nourshment.' u
y Ine. SICK man obeyed, closed his eyes,, but the
lips kept grieving and the tears came slowly
through from under his closed lids. Every day
he mendcd little, until he could at last be
placed IN his sick-ehaif and wheeled to the win
dow. The first time he sat there, he exclaimed,
looking out upon the battle-ground, show often
hase'walked there devising some plan by which
TO- provoke. you to resistance. Cameron, You
have proved yourself TO be what never was till
now, a man ~ IsH u Jig t1a4 GGld j. GU.t''
"Emily gave me lessons, replied the lieu
tenant smiling.
"And l., ifl had possessed a spark of ,nacnani-
nifty, might have had the, friendship of this noble
woman; instead of that Ihavc made her despise
me; have disgraced myself in her eyes."g
" no, said Cameron, quietly, s;Emiy
never despised any one; you provoked her often
enough, to- be sure; but let bygohes be bygones;
LET snot talk of IT any niore.'
Yes, let us talk Of It till learn to look upon
myself as ani-eh y Cameron, with all my soul
ask yeu TO forgive mcs, init. '.r ..
AND with all my. soul do forgive you," re-
piled the young lieutenant, moved to tears. 'l
,a ""fou have risked inRction--=you have lost
rest and health, to nurse into life the viper that
would have stung' you''--and i'm his weakness
hp hie haaI 4, to,I
mo more of this, captain:'' exclaimed Cam
eroh, with decision, ''or shall lmve sick man
on: my hands again--here comes Emily-come,
wife, let us have some music; sit down to yonr
GUITAR and sing the merrisst song you can think
or and by, the time the song was finished
Captain Mount was himself again. y H"'.i'1
Never were there more faithful friends, forever
after, than Cameron and Mount. The latter
was indctatigable in his exertions, till he OBJ
tained captains commission for the ieatenant
Mount married. several years after, lady who
was the counterpart of Emily TN manners and
mplishmept, and possibly trife more bean
tiful. To see the two captains sometimes, ara,
In arm talking Ike brothers, il would not be
thought that one of them, taking advantage of
his position as chief and his absolute authority
~ times OF pestce or war, once followed the other
with q petty but determined system of persecu-
ton, that he might send him from the army in
disgrace. lie looks back II bon that ,lnmanly
trial with feelings of sorrow and humiliation.
/ ,..4 ,, Democratic Papers, Y
There is a healthy look about our Democratic
ekchaages tasoughoutlthc State which is gratify-
ing to observe Many of them are being enlarged
and otherwise improved. They are fighting the
political battle bravely aud deserve to be encour-
aged In the present important political cam
paign very large share OF the work must be done
by tho Democratic press. A special effort should
be made iy every De nocrat to Increase the circr-
laticn Of DeIAsoratic Newspapers. By no other
agency can SO much good be accomplished. II
we can get the peorl. to read boih sides, the rev
oluton that is now going on Ia public sentiment
will be competei thorough and lastiug. To this
end let the circulation Of Democratic newspapers
be increased! Proper efforts by individual Dem
ocrats will accomplish wonders. Let each man
do his whole duty in this matter, aad the COM
bined rcsutief Individual effort will tc such as to
astonsh even the most sangniae,
The Way the Money Goes.
Tue cost of the Freedmen's Bureau is aSl2, ,0OO,-
O00a year, 6f a million a month. The main pur-
pose of ibis institution is to give fat offices to po-
litiCnl athnr