Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-01-28
BROTHER VS.. BROTHER.
An Episode of the late Rebellion.

An Episode of the late Rebellion.
Twelve months before the first
and fatal gun was fired at Fort Sum
ter, bad blood had begun to show
itself-even in good society. Not
only was it causing strife between
cousins and other kindred, but in
many instances weakening the ties
of affection in the family circle it.
self Fathers were divided in opin-
ions against their sons; brothers
disputed ir bitterness and esen
sisters took sides on question,
among fashionable people hitherto
unheard of. 1t was the question of
Northern or Southern ascendancy,
with the negro for its nucleus.
A dark shadow had come over the
domestic hearths Of the poor, that
could not be kept out Of the draw
ing Of the rich and into
many home, erst happy and cheer
ful, a grim skeleton was preparing
to enter. ..5
Places of fashionable resort were
not free from infection; and per-
haps nowhere more than at Newport
were these dread ideas prevailing.
The peaceful isle Of Aquidnec, for
long years a sort of neutral ground,
where the best society of North and
South had been accustomed to meet
in friendly intimacy, became an
arena of bitterness. 1t was a sad
change from the pleasant intercourse
hitherto held between them.
The children Of Boston bore it
with a certain rational calmness :;
while the sons of the South too fre
quently exhibited a temper of the
opposite kind. 1t is ever thus with
those who are in the wrong!
| X X X & K X
ssBut you do not mean it, Walter
Devereux? I'm sure you do not !'
l'If ever I meant anything, Miss
Winthrop, I do
"And you would absolutely fight
against the old Stars and Stripes +?
That flag, which, if it hasn't 'braved
a thousand years the battle and the
breeze acizz! Pm sure it will!''
| ,s"If borne much longer as it is
now, I'd be the first to drag it
down."
go, mercy me! Where is your
patriotism Mr.. Devereux, you
offend me by saving that. Do you
know sir, that my ancestors were
among the first to raise that flag /;
and he can never be friend of mine
who talks about dragging it down n'
The two individuals thus differing
in political opinions, were young
lady of Boston, and a young gen
tleman Of Virginia, both Of the best
blood in their respective sections OF
the country: for both were descend
ed from "Signers.
They were alcne in the piazza of
a pretty villa overlooking Nara
ganset Bay, where Miss .Adeline
Winthrop was at home, and Walter
Devereux but visitor. He was no
stranger, for all this: as it was not
/ the first season that their families
had met in friendly reunion on the
neutral ground of Newport the
younger members of both, walking,
dining. and dancing together. i
And it was far from being the
first time that the handsome Vir-
ginian-had held tete-a .tete with one
of-the most. beautiful girls of Boston
IA, city famed with its ''ladyes
faire.'' .7 .4'..f
= It would have sorely grieved him
to think it should be the last-aye,
cut him to, the, heart of hearts: for
this was in the keeping Of Adeline
Winthrop as he supposed hers
was captive to him. i l.s,--.
In this he might have been mis-
taken; but whether or not, he lit
tie dreamt, at that moment, how
near he was to knowing the truth.
Fancying himself in full posses
81 on, the last speech of the ,vour1p