The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-05-27
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THE SOLDIER LOVER
a TALE OF THE. coNEEDERATE. CAUSE,

f=ESees.S- - :; - -f'-i
s'And do you dare to call the feeling
you have professcd for Hugh, love, Cora
lie?,sa@ u
s.Hush, Madge don't look at me with
your great stormy, eyes that way. Madge
Harper. you. positively make my blood
rlmceld the way yoastalk. Nsiss hardly
right that a. girl of my attractions should
throw herself away on a man with only
one: arm - -. - - -
OF if thu arm was lost in the defence
Sof: :ehisEcountry.eas Oh, sCoralie! you that-1
haveloved asa sister, how. can you be so
eheartless? How can you have SO little
feeling for the brave mani who has en-
shrined yon in his heart Of hearts, and who
has periled his all. in defence of our loved
land T. Think of those who have bfed and
died, and how narrowly Hugh has escaped
with las iife and sall through this warm
summer day: FknoW he is lying patient
and hopeful, yet wondering why Coralie
does not:come-his Corafe. e.>zNay, do not
, start; you knowyoui promised to be his
Just one short year ago; and now, Coralie,
how can you throw aside, like worthless
toy. the love of the oblest heart that ever
beat 2''@-i-'y~ ''S 9--S7H
eHush, Madge, you distract ME. What
has al this talk to do with my marrying,
High Mansfeld2 suppose that I love
him just as we'll as any other girl would
under the circumstances; but as to, we'd
ding him, it is utterly impossible, Scared
and mutilated as he is
EaBut, Coralie, you should be proud Of
that scar, and that lost arm: Had I such
q soldier lover, I could consider it badge
of or.that, ,Lwould- be proud to. share
forever. Besides, is not the soul the
same, only, if possible, more ennobled. !?
Oh, be careful, my friend, my sister, how
you trife with your life's great happi-
ness;" and, in her impetuosity, the small
delicate girl knelt at her cousins feet,
and clasped the folds of her rich riding
habit. g s-4sa
I tell you I will not see him. Marry
him no, never! But now. I think of it,
you would suit him exactly, Madge; you
are both what the world callstalentedand
understand all about soul marriage, moral
heroism, and all that, while am SO much
of earth, earthly, that I shuddcr at the
Bight.ofzalcut finger You see, my little
cousin, thatsI like the moral courage you
possess. Why, I,beliere, you would march
up to a.. loaded cannon's mouth if you
thought it was necessary. No, no, little
one,I couldlonly yield my heart toa hand
some face and form, not forgetting the
charms Of, "a well-filled purse, Believe me,
Lcould not bear to@sec Hugh now; he
was once so gloriously handsome. Good
bye, cousin dear, I am going to take aride
with. Charlie sLumsford,, to the haunted
castle, where they say that ghosts do con-
rgregate on a moonlight night. Good
bye" And the gay coquette- donned her
riding. hat and closed the door behind her.
Madge made no reply; she had covered
her face with Sher hands, and the bitter
tears, were coursing down between her
white aGngers.a Ah, little did the thought
: less Cora4ie think that she had rudely
Jared a secret chord that hayward Madge
had .striYenz in vain-to hide, down deep in
. her Geartof hearts. She was not beautiful {;
,sher features, though prepossessing and in
teIIectual, we're too large for beauty; still
the form was cast in the finest mould, and
with her proud, flashing eyes, clear com
plexion, and wealth of chestnut curls, she
was often called beautiful, because there
was about her that mysterious magnetic
attraction. which supplies the place of
beauty.
-4Ief6sail orphan four year previousto the
introduction Of our story, she had found a
home inSthe house of her uncle, where she
hadsbeen treated as a daughter-yet the
silly, fashionable Mrs. Mayburn lily sup
piled the place Of the mother she had lost;
and Madge sighed for the rosc-wrcathed
cottage where she had known such a
: wealth oflove.. :
Charlie Lumsford, seated in the next
room, had unwittingly been listener to
the conversation OF the two girls, and it
was the discrimination he. had ever heard
Of the engagement Of Coralic. a great
admirer Of beauty, he had been lured by
her siren smiles almost to the verge Of q
declaration, and had hitherto looked upon
Madge simply as an interesting girl, OF
.whonllhe would like to know more, But
then it wasnot worththe trouble; for Char
lie, though talented and noblc-mindcd, had
been spoiled by fortune, and dearly loved
his ease. But now his heart throbbcd and
elowed as he listened toher sentiments, SO
unlike the mass Of women; and how he
despised himself for yielding his heart a
moment to. one whose love went no deeper
than g handsome face and a well-flled
purse. Besides, why may not his fate be
the same as Hughs, for an earnest lover of
his country, that morning he had enlisted
for Lees army.
.Coraie opened the door softly to find
him pacing the room with red spot burn
ing on either cheek, while the words 81
must know more of her; she is worthy the
love of a true mans heart; such as with
the help of heaven may become" came