Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-08-23

tor Tbs susPense - worse than al the
rest"
felt n0~ q -Osld be sssies. to attempt
10 reason With n nan in his condition. and
knew that safety depended upon srsiify-
ing has every ~ish.
You shall sse Mary
Ny Pss drs-s a vel over the sancsity Of
this meeting. No one was present but a
wounded oomraee ~hO occupied an adjoin-
ing cot. l stood IN the ball ready to Ad-
vance at a moments warning. The cap
tain called out eheerily: q" Doctor. you see
l can bear this Kind Of excitement.
bel Ike a new man. Mother has the rheu-
unAiis@-oOallnf cone; 30 she prevailed
on Mary to take ber place. Tbs Is nv
Mary. Doctor. Isn't she a brave little girl
TO come al the way 10 Washington alone
20 hunt me up. eh,'.
Mary pat her hand playfaHy over hi.
mouth. and sayS
Il viii talk for you
lie removed the pretty hand. saying
. have thought. doctor. sometimes
have felt.- and bis ewes wandered pain
fully 70 the place ~bere his shap-Iy limb
shosld have heea. - that Mary might think
less q me nov that am not As used
TO be"
How could you. George?-
] shook my bad At her. and she under
stood my meaning
Il sec how a is.- said the captain
e You are all trying to spoil me BY letting
me have my o~n way. I have been think
ing TO have Mary for my ~ifs no-. IL
would be 80 much better you know. doctor.
She would then have the right 10 be with
ne. No one could question ber presence
cannot be separated from her. What
time . Il. dOctor2~
Quarter % three o'clock.-
" Doctor. you will arrange everything.
With Mays consent ~e will be married At
Gse. Telegraph this bOme. What DO you
.ay 20 thi.. Ittl~ grip
Such bridal shaddered The girl
vas brAver than I. and she answered:
" Thy oil be done G. eorge; and then
she tired 20 smile. and told him that BE
must be very quiet. else the doctor will
send me away.
Never. Mar Nc are never more 60 be
separated. IN tLi. liic or eternity
Who echoed nay last -Or'iS" SAID the
captain.
"An imaginary" replied. .Donf
you see your nerves are getting all un-
strung? You must compose yourself cap
tain
There we're only three souls in the room
besides the captain. and Ne each looked
inquiringly At the otl.er Neither Mary.
nor TIE wounded soldier on his cot. nor nv
seifhad spoken. Whence came the voice p
At Eve O'Clock precisely the Chaplain %
the hospital performed the marriage oere-
mony. An accidental guest might have
mistAken il ior fsneral-
q" God forbid my Witnessing another
such wedding said the surgeon in charge.
an OH unmarried rrgular army Ofhcer.
" The woman looked Ike a ghost wiih her
white face. and the man IN his winding
sheet. ncver did Ike seedlings. III
never 60 90 another 80 long a. am above
ground See bcrc. priest. u you are going
20 have any more such scenes leave me out.
vii 700? Ugh, it make- NY teeth chat
ter, Any more of that good brandy LETT.
Doc. 30
After tbe ceremony. my patent vent 20
sleep. holding bis vife's hand. IIis rrst
sceacd Tranquil .. an infants. arose
very qsieiiy and descended the -tAirs. open
"a III ir6nt door. and stepped on the
pavemeni. bsi no idea of going any
shere. had that yearning for out doors
shich comes 70 us al st some time or an
other in our lives. wben q seems a. i the
whois atmosphere Under thc heavens would
scaroeiy sufsce for brcathing purposes.
The thosghfs which led hirn hither werv
siin revolving in my mind. When ! bard q
call ior hslp-ciear. sbrap. unmistakable.
y a tvo miuutcs elapsed before FOND
myself az The BEDSIDE of the captain. it
"a alu,osi over. With The brcaking 81
the arteries every Puisaiion u ibe heart
hai seut iust 90 msch % tbc cspiais's
hfe out. A ie~ jcts Of scarlet asij. and
.oul foaied ~ INTO The great mysterious
unknoun. ln icss thaa three minutes from
The tiuae ] eutetcd The seuseiess form Of a
uaman sas borne out Of q.
..Sie is OF of her misery a. ieasi. i" said
fh. wounded soidicf. uho had been obiix-
"a o. -raoss that NH made us veil
men si,k.
n tb-ce weeks from that day al wo-
msn snI a gloomy iookiug box ia Wash