Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06

death, received bank check for a sum
sufficient to secure him the best treat.
ment. Not word accompanied the
gift. ,.:.<.>,..
! Then it was time for Sarah to set
about her plans for her own future.
goods were packed and taken away,
and, alone in her room, she made a
solemn vow that.if the utmost penance
could suffice to wipe out the sin, if not
the stain-O God! that they should be
iseparate-of her past life, she would
yet be worthy to love honestly, if she
could not be it's object. One look
about her deserted room, a fearful
glance at the closed shutters across the
way and the door closed and with the
closing-let us hope-shut in all her
sins. - -; -'~ ~,.-'s.
Charles Hilton was restored to sight
After his release from the care Of the
physicians, he sought his benefactor in
every way his limited means would al
low, but without avail. ~
BE rose rapidly in his profession, and
political honors as we'll as legal honors
awaited him. Then came the rebellion.
All the land was darkned with the shad-
ow of Sumpter's battle smoke, and the
ablest and brayest of two mighty Sec
tions of one nation went forth to do
each other battle. Hilton was among
the first to offer his aid to the North.
We need not follow his life for the
long anxious months that ensued. 1t
was the life of a colonel of the army of
the Potomac. We lose him in his
marches and counter. marches, and find
him again during those bloody days in
the Wilderness. Fighting like heroes
by day and falling back by night before
ment. THE wounded lay on very hand,
suffering, dying: Mere youths, fami-
liar at home with every comfort, lay
numb and pitiful in blood-stiaened
garments, without even the simple SOL
ace of a cup of water. The hateful
smoke of cannon stifed their last
breath, and heated messengers of death
Kissed past the ears of victims already
MANNED, to win fresh ones from the
ranks of the living. It was terrible.
There was but one nurse with Colonel
Hilton's regiments young lady who
had attached herself to it some months
before, under the protection of broth
er, and who was noted throughout the
division for both skill and courage in
the performance of her duties as we'll
as for the unexceptionable character of
her life. In defiance Of positive orders
from the Colonel, she had always been
upon the battlefield, and she did not
shrink now.
On the third day, Col. Hilton was
severely wounded, and she was called
to his side. -, = r.. ~:a*~>
IF your quick fingers have not lost
the skill. nor your. brown. eyes the
charms my poor boys yonder ascribe to
them, you will have me on horseback
in a week or two" said the gallant Co.
lionel Hilton, with smile upon his pale
face, as the nurse approached his rough
couch. ...-..
"tAlways modest, Miss Morgan.
Why, do you know that every man in
the brigade swears by you, and" -:
"YOu are not to talk, the surgeon
says, SIR interrupted the nurse.
"Ahl you are ny master I see, and
must obey" ..,
There was great deal for Miss Nor
gan to do in all those days of slaughter
but she found time to remain with the
Colonel an hour each day.
II am SO miserably lonesome, he
said one day, "that I am sure I shall
never get well without company. An
hour of your presence is worth more
than an ambulance of medicine" She
colored deeply, but made no reply.
The Colonel had spoken true, how.
ever, and he worried in way to utterly
discourage his kind-hearted attendant,
if Miss Morgan's light step was not
heard at the usual hour. He did not
stop to think how it would end. lvine
there in the Virginia woods, with the
sound of battle roaring in his ears, and
his whole thoughts fixed upon his sad.
eyed nurse. He only knew that an ele.
ment seemed cut from his existence
when she was not present, and that was
the best definition he could have given
of his feelings if he had had mind t.
try, which he had not; and, selfish. as
we all are, who among our readers
w0u1d have done differently2
The retreat soon came Flesh and
blood could not stand in line in that
wild forest, with the enemy on every
side. With the wounded of her regi
ment. Miss Morgan went to Washing
ton, where the Colonel was still amone
her patients. Every day he made new
demands upon her time. And so tn,
lives of the two drifted on until he wa,
convalescent. Then they were NOR,
together than ever, and the end wa
what it always is in such cases. H,
told his love in straightforward way
just as he did everything,
!, "Give me time to:thlnk, Mr.. Hilton,
she answered. with a look of misery il
her soft eyes the occasion did not seen
to warrant.
To think2 Ahl to whom coul
: thinking have been more bitter? Thos
, who know Miss Morgan not to be Mis-
, Morgan will know. If there are an
who have toiled years for purpose en
D have almost won, and only a single pei
son stands in the way, they will kno,
what she wanted to think about. Th
. person is Miss Loche-is there any fu1
D ther use for Miss Morgan?
Would it not be best to take up Il
|, new life Providence seemed to offel
and let the old one go without word
j It had been years since she had ALLOW
r ed herself to think what she had beer
= and now must she 10y her old self ba1
i. before the gaze of one whom she lovet
;. It was hard to answer. The tempt'
r tion was strong, but she conquere.
Q She would learn his opinion witho'
: committing herself, and then if thel
4 was no hope, he need never know VII
: he had been refused. The next da
= presented q chance. They were di
8 cussing the woman suffrage movenel
+ the moral features of it.
o eff it will prevent others from si
u ming" said the Colonel carelessly, g
I, say yes but as for those who are a
:. ready down-all the power of heavt
!, cannot raise them They have cast
II shadow over their own lives that CT
a, 4 never be lifted. I pity them, but
"a "a could not help them il Iwould. VIII,
~ Yon feel too keenly upon this qucstio
Miss Morgan-Clellie, you will let n