The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-30

sorts of wrong places ard inquirying
everywhere but where / ought for 50
young man named Strong" to unearth
my gentleman in large, bare looking
building, which quivered all over with
the vibration of the machinery In mo-
ton in its upper story.
He was little thinner and more bag.
gard looking, perhaps, than when /
had last seen him and was of course
dressed in the costume of civilian, in
stead of the uniform Of the regiment to
which he had once belonged, but in all
other respects he was unchanged. He
presented the same sharp, watchful ap.
pearance which / had remarked before,
and had the same keen, restless glance,
darling suspiciously hither and thither.
He did not speek on first coming for
ward to meet mo, but merely made a
movement with his head. l think IL
probable that for a single insant he was
confused, seeing stranger before hii u.
whether he was to be dumb or NOT. VI
course be soon remembered that all tna1
was o thingof the past. In answer 70
nv remark that was curious to know
how he had recovered the use OF speech,
of which when / had seen him nearly,
connie of years ago, he had been de-
nriyed. he proceeded to tell a story
which he seemed to have on the tip OF
hi. tongue ready for any such emery
ency. :.
He stated that shortly after his dis
charge he accidentally met a young
man with whom he was acquainted, and
whose fur ation it was to compound the
medicines dispensed at certain mill
tary hospital which he mentioned by
name. The "compounder," wiser than
any of the constituted authorities, toid
him he knew of a medicine which would
certainly give him back the use OF his
tongue, if he only chose to take the
trouble to 60 up to the hospital and
fetch it. Naturally enough ex-priynte
Strong did agree to take that trouble,
and taking the medicine too; observed
that after the very first dose his whole
interior arrangements were sutfused
with glow of warmth; on finishing the
bottle, commenced under such happy
auspices, he was able to speak, but IN
low voice, "iust like little child"
Such was private Strong's ingenious
story. From speaking "like child"
Mr.. Strong after another bottle or two
of the wonderful medicine, had got to
speak like grown up person.
Once and only once in the course OF
our conversation did my exmilitary ac-
quaintance approach the border land OF
danger. had asked him how it hap
pened that he enlisted in the first in
stance, and he had replied that he hard.
Ily knew-that che had done itin kind
of freak" upon which it occurred to me
to add, speaking in as careless tone as
I could command
"And directly afterwards you were
sorry fer itp
eyes," was his answer, corrected i'm
mediately afterwards, and negatived IN
very roundabout fashion. Very soon
afterwards he announced that it was tea
time at the factory and beat rapid re-
treat.
What qualities are displayed here
What concentration of purpose, what
self denial, what huge development OF
that which, in sporting phrase, is called
the Staying" power; the power of hold
ing on and sticking to thing with a
fixed intention, day after day, week
after week, month after month, for
space of nearly two years! 1t seems
pretty clear that it is not the mere pos
session of these faculties which is re.
spectacle, but only the apple alton OF
them to good and worthy purpose.