The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-19
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\ III tho year 1851, y young man
then living few miles from this city
went into the Missouri State Guard u
a soldier. Springfield, aud on tlli
reorganization Of this branch of tht
army, lletook service a. 4 Confederate
Afterwards le joined Il company Ii
colonefltp. Hays regiment, ard par
1vtiCipatedrifr the bTttte7i.ouc jack.
BEFORE LEAVING HOME,
! However, his mother gave himan o,d'
fashioned gold ring, which lad a heart
upon II. and tile letters "R. s." en-
gl4ivedHpon ttl'lcart. Sic placed il
on her sons hand with a wish ormthel
n prayer, that lie might 90 through the
war safely, antl get safely back to hi:
q home again. 1t Il not known tlRt
either the iing or the prayer acted ias
4 cllaEn, but the young man went nm
harmed through many bloody fights,
t,tseiilg ldt III htlt oEc oil tlcH, tie Wprhd
tinn, prov rgt TO be only a flierescIatch.
In 1871, The young man was
vi.liy SICK or A FEVER
At Clarksville, Texas. During the
deilrinm attendant upon it, and While
he was tossing 10 and fro, the ring
slipped from his finger and wns lost.
Tie closest search failed to findYt. and
it was given UP for good. There
waited npon the young man, however,
very pretty and amiable girl, who
seemed to he sorry when he got we'll
enough to reioin his command. When
he left he laughiugy told her that il
! size would find lii3 ring, and lie lived.
he would come back AID marry iier.
II tllis promise was made at first with
any ieeree of sincerity, it would soon
be forgotten IN the excitement and
(. care Of II se,dicr's life, aud ONLY at
rare intervals, perhaps, lil be recall
| the sick room aud the ministering
angel.
WHEN TIE WAR WAS OVER
iile young man returned. To his faith
er's farm in Jackson county and wcnl
to work In good earnest. Two. year
ago his motlIer died, and once NOR,
the loss Of the ring came buck to lin
with reCloubled SORROW. lie deter
mined to write to the lady ~ho hat
IurSed him, and to inquire Of he
whether she was married or not, ant
whether she had ever seen or hear
anything of the present his mother
had made him. The letter was writ
ten in Aug,l;t, 1880, and, in March,
1870, wlmt was his surprise to receive
an answer from
THE IDENTICAL GIRL
Tie had left illS54. and to whom he
had made light promise of marriage.
She was still single, she said, and wait
Ing for him. And what was stranger
still, only five days before she wrote.
she lad found the lost ring. The
manner of finding It was as follows !:
The father OF the young lady had
determined to make some repairs in
ms house which repairs neces'itated
the taking up The floor Of the room In
which The soldier had been sick. After
doing thi', and willie digging away
some rubbish beneath, the workmen
came upon the ring. 1t had slipped
hcen lvine tl,ere Elk aid sonnI fnr
nearly tive long vpars
r,,y ~. r"o,. roas,,,e,o,,
A '.ADi io''N io1'f",SioN W -
At once, and wrote Immediately to
lis owner, as we have stated aGove.
Perhaps she looked upon lis recovery
as an omen, and perhaps It was. AZ
any rate II was a little romantlc, with
all Its attending circumstances. The
correspondence thll' commenced, or
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