The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-12-14
The Story Of Ring-One Of the ROmances
OF the War.

In the year 1861 young man, then living
few miles from this city, wentin the Missouri
State Guard as q soldier. At Springfield, and
OH the reorganization of this branch. of the
army, he took service as Confederate,
Before leaving home, however, his mother
gave him IN old.fashioned gold ring, which
had heart upon it, and the letters "R. S" en-.
gyavcd upon this heart. She placed it on her
sons hand with wish, or rather prayer, that
he might 60 through the war and get safely
back to his home again, ~
1t is not KNOWN that either the ring OF the
prayer acted as a charm, but the young. man
went unharmed through many bloody fights,
being hit in but one of them, the wound then
proving to be only q mere scratch.
In 1864 the young man was very sick OF
fever at Clark.ville, Texas During the deliri-
um 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, very pretty
and amiablc girl, who seemed to be sorry when
he cot 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 with any degree of sincerity, it was
soon forgotten in the excitement and care OF
soldiers life, and only at rare intervals, per.
haps; did he recall the sick room and the min
istering angel.
When the war was over the young man re-
turned to his fathers farm in Jackson county,
and went to work i'll good earnest. Two years
ago his mother died, and once more the loss of
the ring came back upon him with redoubled
sorrow. lie determined to write to the lady
who had nursed him, and to inquire of her
whether she was married or not, and whether
she had ever seen or heard anything of the
present his mother had made him.
The letter was written in August, 1869, and
in March, 1S7O what was his surprise to re-
ceivc an answer from the identical girl he mad
left in 1864, and to whom he had made light
promise of marriage. She was still single, she
said, and waiting for him. And what was
stranger still, only five days before she wrote
she had found the missing ring.
The manner of finding it was as follows:
The father of the young lady had determined
pairs neccssitatcd the taking up of the floor of
the room i'll 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 crack in the
floor, and had been lying their 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 as an omen, and
perhaps it was. At any rate, it was little ro-
mantle with all its attending circumstances.
The correspondence thus commenced, or
rather renewed, was continued with an ever-in-
creasing ardor on the part of the gentleman,
until in the end lie made new and impctuous
offer of marriage Without that the story would
be incomplete. Last week, with money in his
great happiness in his heart, this young soldier
now somewhat older and more settled aud Sc
datc-startcd for Clarksvlle, Texas, the home
OF his observation-disclosures C'iy Times.