The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-09-10
An Episode in the Life Of the Gallant
Phil. Sheridan.

| Correspondence of the Buffalo Express1
We often hear of episodes which do
| happen, but'I must not omit to make
| mention ola little episode that didn' t hap
pen. You must remember that General
Phil. Sheridan was out in this country
some days ago, and that he returned east
| ria Omaha in company with Grant Sher-
man. The fact of his having passed
through Omaha accounted in d measure
for the discovery Of the facts | am about
to relate.
We will &c back to time before the
blood and carnage of that year war. In
the city of New York was living hand
some young widow, possessed ofconsidera-
BILE wealth and the mother of two sons.
Being woman of cultivated mind, rare
personal beauty, coupled with family rela-
tons OF frst-class responsibility, she was,
of course, splendid food for hungry hearts.
And so it would seem that General Sheri-
dan, great and famous as he is now
become, was not wholly a stranger to the
tender passion, plant we have all
nurtured more or less in our bosomS He
courted her. then loved her, and finally
became infatuated with what seemed the
purest idol Of his young and valorous
heart. She reciprocated in measere
the affection he so lavishly bestowed
upon her, and yet there was another, a
young man of hnmble birth whom she
loved in better faith than he whose deeds
of bravery and heroism have since been
sung in Sheridan Ride. To him she
gave her heart and hand, with him she
came to the far west, and finally settled
down in the young city of Omaha. 1t is
said that one of her principal reasons for
coming west was to avoid contact with
Sheridan, who the while seemed inexora-
BILE in the pursuit of his choice The
young bride left positive instructions with
her mother, who was also living at the
time in New York. that all knowledge
of her whereabouts in the vest should be
carefully concealed from her former lover.
The tocsin of war was sounded through
the land, Sheridan was called to help
mould the history of nation struggling
for its life, and for time the old 10 e
affair was simply thing Of the past.
Several times during the years of. REBEL
ion, Sheridan made it convenient, while
in New York, to call and make inquiry
of the old lady as to the Whereabouts of
the married daughter whom he always
spoke of as having been intended by
Heaven for him.
The war closed, years have since passed,
and one week ago Sheridan was welcom-
ed by the loyal people of Omaha but L
dare say he did not for moment dream
that among the thousands OF upturned
faces that greeted him was one OF tender
mould he had known and loved so we'll in
years gone by. Yet such is the truth.
In the absence of her husband in the
mountains, she had accepted an invita-
ton to ride in the procession in charge of
one of Nebraska distinguished sons, who
seemed as eager to effect an interview
between herself and the General as she
was nervous at the sight of him. She
was DESTROYS of speaking to him, know
ing that the joy would be equally his,
but she was 10th to present herself,
preferring to be noticed by accident,
and with that purpose in view her
distinguished conductor tried in every
way possible to attract the attention of
the peoples guest But the eyes of the
tried two never met, the two hearts were
saved the pulsations that must have
followed recognition, and so the two
parted, and perhaps never to be seen one
by the otlier again.