The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-22
An EnOeli Arden.

resident of st. Louis writes TO the De"'
ocyat of that city singular story ofthe bat
lie Of Chickamauga. 1t was suggested 10y
witnessing the play of Enoch Arden TIC
says:
"A scarccnt in my regiment was woundco
-. Ch;ckamaura and was reported aeau
lie was seen to fall in the heat OF me enSaSe'
mont. and our lines being pushed back' she
body was not recovered untll neA' va.
When the poor fellow was iound ne was ;"
mutilated by being tramplcd on ny lie cay
nIry that his face could not be recognized.
o,,roJn however. found in his breast
nocEnt miniature of his wife and SEM II TO
trr with an account Of his death. III Turned
ont that the body WAS not that oil ioin'
=. but a >carccnt of another company
Tom. desperately wounded. icil lhto tiie
hands of the enemy and was sent 10 LNil'''' =
>opyillc. where the rebel surgeon cut on
one of his arms and one OF his LEGS, ana, III
snitc of his bad fare. he recovered IN d'ie
lime never knew why they kept ON. 80
long in prison, except ii was Tor lhe pul-
nose ofcXchanging him for Souno man.
When poor Tom. returned to ms nome III
InnnSvIygnia nobody in the village knew
him nj, wife had removed to Illinois with
her narcnts more than a year previously.
Without making himself known TO any ol
b;s old acouaintances in the village, Tom.
serted for Illinois to hunt Tor his WH".
When he arrived in the neighbcrhood where
she was living, ne learned that she was mar
rird 10 nm old friend of his. who had follow
"a her from Pennsylvania. His first impulse
was 10 make himself known TO her, ana
claim her rs his own but when ne saw the
snug cabin in which she was living, ana
heard how kindly she was treated by hcr
husband, he changed his mind. suppose
| 90 and claim her he SAID 10 hllhscli' :
"how can support her: W hat can q"
for her. with only one arm and one leg. ana
:, hody weakened BY months of suffering a!
hudersonyille {: No; she is happy ana con-
tented. and thinks me dead, and ] VIII not
DESTROY her happiness and become DurGei
10 her" Tom. acted upon TINS resolution,
and worked his way to New York, where
Inc set uD n small business * 4 clri-Ionc
merchant, selling nuts and cakes, ana SOFA
water, and getting along proSperollsly. iae
soon made money enough 10 buE I'LL 'H'Il-
cial LEG and after while he cot i patent
arm made. and 10 see him walking aioll@ lh'
street. YOU would not suppose that ne WAS
mi n little more than hal Il man. He was
= rood business man. and i'll the course OF :.
year enlarged his stock III trade. and opened
= REGULAR retail grocery. He made money
fast. and became Il prosperous merchant /.
rcspcctcd hy all who knew him. In his
proSpcritv he never forgot his Wlic, ana
:,iways cherished Il hope that she would
re restored to him. He was regu-
lar subscriber to the village paper pub
IShrd M the town near which his vile lived,
and read il with great interest. one day ne
saw in this paper the announcemcnt ol lnc
death Of the man who had married ms Wlic.
He lost no time in starting for ILLINOIS. lie
found his wife III deep mourning for her Rate
husband, and she had added another liliali-
tile link 10 the family circle. Tom. made
himself known to her, and was rcJolccd TO
ind that she still loved him Is iundly aS ever.
il was some time before lie could convince
her that lie was not Il ghost returned from
the other world. In order to make things
sure the parSun was called III. and Tom. ana
his wife were married over a%:un. They
went to New York, where they are still
living in 4 brpWn-SlOnc front. ~ happy
Il couple as you will find III Gotham.
OF course they do not tell everybody about
their family matters. but YOU can rely upon
this story rs strictly true. The ending Is
rather better than that Of Enoch Arden.
and | think Adams would do Il good thing
If hcwuuld depart from the version Of len
nvson. and in the last net get Philip Kay
ground up in his OWN Internationally. of
course make poor Enoch step i'll and enjoy
the wife and the fortune left behind. What
about the picture Of Toms wife found in
the pocket of the dead soldier" "nh. |
forgot about that. Tom. says that when he
was wounded and left upon the field. Il
straggler came along. and he stopped him.
Surprising he would bleed to death. he gave
the picture 10 the >tra@-ler. with a message
for his wife. The rebel cavalry made Il
charge soon after, and killed the >traggcr.
with the picture of Tom. ; wife in his bosom.
and carried Tom. oil to Andcrsonvill". That
accounts for the picture being found, and
causing everybody to believe that Tom. was
killed"