New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12
THk STORY OF a RING.



From the Kansas City TimeA1 ,eya
living . few miles from this city, went int,
the Missouri State guard ~ . soldier. A
| Springfield, and ON the reorganization o.
this branch Of the army, he took servic,
- . confederate. Afterward he joined Z
company of Colonel Up. Hays regiment
and participated in the battle of Lone
Jack. s55
Before leaving home. however. his mother
gave him an old-fashioned gold ring, which
S" engraved upon this heart. She placed
it on her sons hand with wish, or, rather
. prayer, that he might 90 through the VA
safely, and get safely back to his home
again. .~a-g.r. i1 ~
1t is not known that either the ring or the
prayer acted as charm, but the young
man went unframed through many blood
fights, being hit in but one Of them, the
wound then proving to be only mere
scratch. ,-,...,.. r..,.o.
In 1864, the young man was very sick Of .
fever ct GAINESVILLE. Texas. During the
delirium attendant upon it, and while he
was tossing to and fro, the ring slipped from
his finger and was lost. The closest search
failed to find it, and it was given up for
good. There waited upon the young man,
however, a very pretty and amiable girl,
who seemed to be cory when he got well
enough to rejoin his command. When he
left, he laughingly told her that if she
would find his ring, and he lived, he would
come back and marry her. If this promise
was made at first with any degree Of ain
cerity, it was soon forgotten in the excite
ment and care of q soldiers life, and only ct
rare intervals, perhaps, did he recall the
sick room and the ministering angel.
When the war was over, the young man
man returned to his fathers farm in Jack
son county, and went to work in good ear
once more the loss of the ring came back to
him with redoubled sorrow. He determined
to write to the lady who had nursed him,
and to inquire of her whether she was mar
ried or not, and whether she had ever seen
or heard any thing Of the present his mother
had made him. t,.,.,.. -.
The letter was written in August, 1859,
and, in March, 1870, what was his surprise
to receive an answer from the identical girl
he had left in 1861, and to whom, be had
made light promise of marriage. She was
still single, she said, and waiting for him.
And what was stranger still, only i've days
before che wrote, she had found the lost
ring. The manner Of finding it was as fo!-
lows: The father Of the young lady had de-
termined to make some repairs in the house,
which repairs necessitated the taking up OF
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had been sick. After doing this, and while
digging away some rubbish beneath, the
workmen came upon the ring. 1t had
slipped through a crack in the floor, and
had been lying there, safe and sound. for
nearly five long years. The lady took pos
session of it at once, and wrote immediately
to its owner, as We have stated above.
Perhaps she looked upon its recovery a. IN
omen, and perhaps it was. At any rate it
was little romantic with all its attending
The correspondence thus commenced, or
rather. renewed, was continued with an
ever increasing ardor on the part of the
gentleman, until, in the end, he made new
and impetuOus offer Of marriage. Without
that the story would be incomplete. Last
week, with money in his pocket, good
home in jackson county, and great happi-
ness in his heart, this young sOldier-n0w
somewhat older and more settled and Sc
date-started for Clarksville, Texas, the
home Of his betrothed. Who can doubt of
the result He will remain there probably
q month, and return again to Missouri with
his bride. When he does, we promise to
give his name. Until then it is impossible,
for the condition Of seeresy was attached to
the information before we could obtain it.
The circumstances, however, are Just rs we
have narrated them in every particular, and
furnish another to the long list of romantic
that have grown out of the war.