The old flag. [volume] (Philippi, W. Va.) 1861-18??, 1869-04-07


the sunshine, 80 cheerful and so swim she
seems; IN animal which = man would
prcsent Al his choicest gift TO tho woman
he loved, and yet ono which that woman,
vito or lady'lorc, would Givo him to ride
when honor and life depended on bottom
and speed
ALI that afternoon tho beautiful MARI
stood over mo, whIlo away TO tho right OF
US the hoerso tide OF battle lowed and
ebbed. What charm, what doluxion ~
memory, hold her theref Was nv fsee
TO her as tho face of her dead mastsr.
a1ecptng a deep from which not oYen the
widest roar OF baltic, no, nor her cheerfui
neigh at morning, would ever wake him ;
Or 10 thete In animals some fnatinnt An.
swering 70 our intuition. only moro potant
which tails thsm whom 70 trust and
whom TO avoidf l know not and net
some such sense hoy may have, thoy
n! NUT 9s,s heS'; q alsS ghH sasE|a thlas1
what picoess " feGson 81 Ina IS
not, but thcro aha choae mo fog her maas
ter; for when sotno Of my man NJ dnsf
camc searching, and found mo, and. iav.
Ing mo on strotcher, started toward our
lines, the mare, uneompellod, OF hor own
iIee VIII, followed at my side; and an
tntouGh mat stormy night OF wind and
rain, rs my mon struggled along through
tho mud and miro toward Harrison,s Land.
ing, the marc followed, and evsr after. IN.
I'll she died, was with me, and Haa ninc
and J., SO far as man might be, wls hcr1
named her Gulnare
As quickly as my wound permitted. I
was transported TO Washington, whittier
took the mare with me. Her fondneas for
me grew daily, and soon bocame SO marked
as 70 cause universal comment / had her
boarded while In Washington at the cor
ucr Of - street and avenue Thu
groom had Instructions to lead her around
to tho window agAinst which was my bed,
Al the hospital, tWico every day, 80 that by
opening the sash ! might reach ont nv
hand and pet her. But tho second day, no
sooner had she reached tho street, than
she broke suddenly from the groom and
dashed away a; full speed. I was lying
bolstered up In bed, reading. when heard
The rush OF flying foot, and In an instant.
with a loud. Joyful neigh, sho checked her.
self in front OF my window. And whom
the nurse lifled tho eash. tho beautiful crea-
ture thrust her head through the aperture.
and rubbed her nose against my shoulder
ike dog. am not Ashamed 70 bay that
l put both my arms around her neck. aud.
hurying my face in her aiken name, ki.ood
her again and again. Wounded, weak,
and away from home, with only Strangers
10 Walt upon me, and BcAnt service ut that
the affection of this lovely creature for me
SO tender and touching. seemed almost hu.
man. and my heart went out to her b.
yond any power of expression, as 70 tho
only being, of all the thousands around
me, who thought Of mo and loved ma
Shortly alter her appearance at my win.
dow, the 81 Dom, who had OWNED whore he
should find her came into the yard. But
sho would not allow him to come near her.
much less touch her. II no tried to ap-
a 1nulh la mi a. Ia Il
$3.50 2aifsrtffY iss.1e.i s.ot
back her earn aud Opening her m1urn G7f
aEe'y, would make short dAah at him,
and as the terrified African disappeared
around the corner OF tho hospital. she
would wheel, and, with face bright a. q
dow For me TO pet her. ! shouted To the
groom TO go back TO the stable, for l had
no doubt but that abe would return to her
STALL when / closed the window. RejoIced
Mt tho permission, he departed. Amor
some thirty minutes, the last ten OF which
she was standing with her slim, delicate
head in my lap. while 1 brnided her fore-
top and combed out her silken mAne, I
lifted her head. and, pAtling her eoftiy on
either check, told her that she must 'go.'
gently pushed her head out OF the win
dow and closed 1t, and then, holding M
my hand, with tho palm turned toward
her. charged her, making the appropriate
her stable For moment she stood look
Ing steadily At me, with an indescribs bio
expression OF hesitation and surprise in
her clear. liquid eyes, and thon turning
lingerinSly,wlkeds lowly ont Of the yard.
Twice day for nearly q month, while
! lay In tho hospital, did Gulnaro visit me.
At the appointed hour the groom would
slip her headstall. and without . word of
command, abe would dart out OF tho
stable, and, i.h her long, leopard. like
loPc, 90 sweeping down tho street end
come dashing Into the hospital yard,
checking herself with tho same glad neigh
~ my window; nor did she ever once fall,
3. The closing Of the sash, TO return directly
70 hcr ntall. The groom informed me
mat every morning and evening, whom
the hour OF her whit drew near. she Wonld
begin 70 chAfe and worry, and, by paving
and pulling. as tho halter, advertise him
that II WAS time for her 10 b released.
-" But OF all exhibitions OF happiness,
either BY beast or man, hcrs was tho most
positive on that Afternoon whom, racing
into tho yard, abe found mo leaning on q
crutch outside tho hospital building. The
whole corps OF nurses caIne TO tho doors,
anu all tho poor follows that could move
themselyes-for Gnlnare had become an
:,r be! daily 7lsits nearly. II * III
srdently as did, crnHled TO n" tSs VI
10 see ho'. What gladness W. e1P7tsssd
In every movement She would come
prancing townrd mo, head AID tall eTeot,
and, pausing, rub her head against my
shoulder, Hhtle psttei he, gloasy neck;
then .uddenly, with sidoslse spring, abe
would break away, and wkh her long tall
olcyn!sd until her magnificent brush, Ono
ana ailken as tho golden hair OF blonde,
tcll IN great spray on either flank, and
her head curved 10 Ito pfoudeat arch, psoo
around me with thai high scslca and
springlng step peculin 70 tho thorough
brod;: Thcn Ike a lssh, dropping Fer
brush and laying back her oars and
stretching her nooe stajght ont, she would
speed away With thai quick, nervous, low.
lying sction which marks the rush OF
racers. when sldo BY side and noae 10 nose
tapping each othef, with the roar OF cheers
on either hand ard along tho soats eboyo
them. they como strainfng up tho homo
stretch. Returning from one OF these eY.
rowy flights, sho would como curyctting
back, now pacing sldowiso as on parade,
now dashing her hind feet high into tho
mir. and anon vaul,lng up and sprinRf nR