The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-01-26

1--WE will be amply repaid in the freedom
we will enjoy and, when peace comes
again, I'm sure | can work for you"
"No, my daughter" answered the old
man, 'Our country requires no such sacri.
fee ! we must not deprive ourselves OF the
means Of livelihood
Ella redectei for long while. and formed
q thousand plans for raising sum of money
worthy of being given in aid Of the patri-
otto cause, but all her schemes were i'm
practicable, and she even wept IN solitude
for her inability to serve her country.
Would that these locks were wires of
gold" exclaimed she, running her fingers
through the clustering trcssos as they dal-
lied with the wind d" might then give
them for the general good Can they not
be soldg will go to Breslau ard offer
them they may bring but a triile, yet they
are all have to hestow. But Adolph,
when he returns aud beliolds me deprived
OF my greatest beauty, what will no say
Alas he will turn from me he will love
me no more. Well, be it so, | will sacrifice
even his love in the cause Of hbertyl"
She accordingly proceeded to Breslau,
and offered her hair for sale to tho first fTiS
cW in the city The loveliness Of the young
girl, and the novelty of her offer, caused
the person to inquire Why she robbed her
self of such beautiful trosses? On receiv.
ing her answer, he was astonished at thC
extraordinary and dsintcrested feeling o.
patriotism displayed by one 50 young and
interesting.
II will take the locks, my pretty girl,
said he, admiring the softness of their tex
ture, 'aud turn them into bracelets. Every
body will buy them when they know oI
| whose hair they were mndp'
Tho delighted girl received the profferod
sum, and flew to add it to the general fund
The f. tseuT had predicted rightly the sto
ry got wind, aud the ladies' and gentlemeJ
of the city flockcd to his store to purchase
the bracelets marked with the name o
ELLA. Among othcrs. o young officer o.
high rank, hearing the story, endeavOred tC
obtain one of the articles. The vender haC
but one left, and, as he had already raised &
very considerable sum from their sale, ht
intended to keep that for himself. The off
Ger examined the color and texture of thu
hair, and when his eye fell upon the nam,
of Ella" smile of pride and gratitude
curled his lip, and he uttered, " 1t must bt
she!" He emptted his purse upon III,
counter, and told the man to take il all fol
the bracelet, who, being dazzled by tn,
sight of so much gold, readily consented
and the officer left the shop, with the treas
ure pressed to his lips"
ELLA" said Adolph, as he sat by the sid,
of the mountain maid, "where are the lux
urious locks that formerly hung arounc
your neck :? went and fought, at you
bidding, and now come to claim my re
ward"
"Adolph," she answered, al became jeal
GUS of my hair; your heart was entangleC
among it's thick curls the more | combet
them the more they webbed around tn,
heart; and so cut them of. DO you no
love me without my locks }"
Love you, Ella? Could do less thar
worship you, since you have so nobl,
marred your beauty for the benefit of you
country? Look at this bracelet the hal
is yours--the lame is yours"
Thus caught the generous girl though
it useless to deny the facts here recorded
She confessed all, and shortly afterward wa
the. wife of the stranger Adolph, ende. unit
Xof Rutland.