Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-12-07
The Story OF q Ring. { !.
one Of tho Romanoes Of the War,
Prom the Kana.s Ctr Times.

s Prom the Kansss City Times.
In the year 1861, a young man
then living q few miles from this
city, went into the Missouri state
guards as a soldier. AT Spring
field, and on the reorganization
Iot this branch Of the army, he
took service as g Confedsrste.-
Afterwards he joined-s company
in Col, Up. Hays regiment, and
participated 'iu the battle Of bone
Jack. afsz aJas s8i5
Before leaving home, however,
his mother gave him an old:fash-
Toned gold ring, which had a heart
upon it, aud the letters "R. s."
engraved upon this heart. She
placed it on her sons hand with
a wish, or rather, a prayer, that
he might go through the war
safely, and get safely back to his
home again. ''i
Itis not known thatseither the
ring or thesprayer acted asa charm,
but the young man went un-
harmed through many bloody
fights, being hit'in bnt one Of them, =
the wound then proving to be on
ly a mere scratch. I7'j IL.
In 1864, the young man wss-
very sick of a feverai Clarksville,'
Texas. During the deiirium at
tendant upon it, and while he was
tossing to and fro, the ring slipped
from his finger and was lost. The
closest search failed to fnd it, and
it was given up for good. There
waited upon the young man, how
ever, a very pretty and smiabIe
girl, who seemed to be sorry when
be got well enough to rejoin his
command. When he left he
lauglnngly 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 6rst with any degree Of SINGER
ity, it was soon forgotten in the
excitement and care of a soldiers
life, and only at rare intervals
perhaps, did be recall the sick
room and the ministering angel,
When the war was over, the
young man returned to his fathers
farm in Jackson county and went
to work in good earnest. Two
years ago his mother died, and
once more the loss Of the ring
came back to him with redoubled
sorrow. lie determined to write
to the lady who had nursed Ain,
and to inquire of her whethes,
she was married or not, and Wheth-
er she had ever seen or heard any
thing of the present his mother
had made him. ..r,-.
The letter was written Ia Au-
gust, 1860, and, in March, lS70,
what was bis surprise to receive an
answe=, from the identieal.girl hea
had left in 1864, and to whom be
had made light promise of mar
riage. She vas still single, she
said, and waiting for him. Ard
what was stranger still, only FIVE
days before she wrote. she had
found the lost ling. TIE manner
Of finding it was as follows :: The
father of the young lady had de-
termined to make some repairs in.
bis house, which iepairs neecssita--
ted the taking up of the floor of
the room in which the soldier 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 fer.
nearly five long years. The lady
took possession of itat once, and
wrote immediately to its owner as
we have stated above. Perhaps
she looked upon its recovery as an
and perhaps it was. At
any rate it was a little romantic
with all its attending circumstan-
ces. ..
The correspondence thus com
menced, or rather, renewed, was
continued with an ever increasing
ardor on the part Of the gentle
man, until in the end he made a
new and an impetuous offer OF
Without that the story
would be incomplete. Last week,
with money in his pocket, a good
home in Jackson county, aud 4
great happiness in his heart, this
young soldier-now somewhat
older and more settled and sedate.
started for Clafksville, Texas,
he home of las betrothed. Who
,an doubt tine result? lie wiHre-
main there. probably q month, and
return again TO Missouri with his
bride. When he does, we promise
10 give his name. Until then it
S Impossible, for the condition of
secrecy was attached to the in-
before we could obtain