The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-13
From the Kansas Ci:y Time"
The story Of n RsnE-Ooe ="
Rnx,s n mcea Of ahC WMI.

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IN Tho year 1881 young man, ,t into tn
Missouri state Guard as s o,e O
Sns;ase.,a and on the rto'ran serric,
s.saoh If tho army. nc p ininpd :
49, u'"tu Afterwards II. ;,,,ont
sn,nans In Co, mel Up. ma, ~ Lone Jack
snG na~tlcipatpd in the S1sr his mothc,
Before le.S aId. fashioned gold ring, whlcs
gave hitn ~ ,,,on it, and the ie.ters rs
bal q IT., nnnn this heart. she placed
=" Hrss,n,s hand with wish, or rathe'
Il on ne. that he might go through the wal
n,r and get safely back 70 ms hone
again. +,,, e,.ber the ring O,
~ ~ uy. acfed as n CHI ,rm, but the young
49,, ,,,s, =, con. unframed through many bloody
. hrs bninc nit In but one Of Them. the
wnnnd then proving to be only mere
scratch. o,,,r =,
Ia 1864 the Young man was very SICK OF
=. fcvnr at Clark vile, Texas. During the
,ialirium attendant upon 1t, ana "u!ie LIZ
was tossing to and fro. the ring snppea
from mis- finger and was lost. ihs c'oses.
sesrcl filled TO fad il, and IL was gwen W.
for good. There waited unon tue s4u h,s
ran. however. n very pretty and auliaole
e !, who seemed to he sorry when ne got
STcii enough to rtjUin his command. When
ne l.n he lauehiDoly tod her that II she
wo,,l: find his ring, aud he lived, he would
come back and marry her. If this pfomt'e
rss mldo with any degree vi sincerity, !.
was soon forgotten i'll the rXctemeht anu
care dr u soldiers life, and only at rare TO-
,eevals. perhaps, did he recall the SICK
roam snd The miniSterng anger.
VII n the war was over Inc Young lbail
returned TO his fa' hers farm IN Jochsoh
comfy and went to work in good earnest.
1. ytS,
1r,-e he loss Of The ring came back TO nm
with rpdoualed sorrow. lie determined 10
write TO the LADY who had Dursed him, ana
t.,uoIire OF he: whether she was married
crn.t, ARD T. neither she had ever seen or
heard anything OF the present his motner
hal made HIM. .o.o
The letter was written In August. 1863,
an, IN March, 1870, what was his surorise
70 receive an answer from the Identical g:rl
BE had LEFT In 1864, add to whom ne had
made tight promise oil marriage. She was
still single, she said, and waiting tor nm.
-Erd what was stranger still, only hve days
ring.
he manner or finding it was as follows
The father Of tie Young lady had deter
m,uctl TO make some repairs IN his house.
w2ich repairs necessitated the taking up OF
the q ror of the room in which The soldier
hal uccn sick. After doing this, and while
digging away some rubbish beneath, the
w0rkmcn came upon The ring. 1t hat
sipuci through crack in the floor, unC
he'd been lying there safe and sound fol
nearly i've long years. he lady took pos
session of IT at orcc, and wrote Immediately
cit, owner. as we have stated above. Per
E&Ds be looked upon its recovery rs az
omen, and perhaps 1t was. at any rate II
was u little romantic with oil its attending
circumstances.
The correspondence thus commenced, Of
rather renewed, was continued with ~
cvrr.in rcasing nrdor on the pa't OF tit
%.ntic!naD, lHtii in the end he made ue"
and all inpetuous offer Of marriage. With
out tlut the story would be incomplete
j.,e1 week, wtn monev in his pocket, {
coed home in Jackson county. ana grea
happiness Ia hi heart. this young soldier
>aw .uucw'llt older and more settled ant
s'au'e-sial,cd Tor Clurk>yl Ie, Texas, tli'
lone 81 lis UstrotbCd.