Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-09-26
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The story that relates how he first saw Ah'
woman whor,was afterwarls to becofne hi
- y. wife ia but b9e OF fhH cosbussss pand Q
/ ss&8 iltlstsatinga BY dcpShdslseb Ut mems
I lsd$hptes On liz calAIe ofFloftu4e. Lieut.
4 dksn&. then hSlongihG to The Fourth regi.
ment of infantry, was ordered TO report al
jefferson barracks, near. ST. Louis. L hap;
,pened, = as asairs. similar 80 often happen
Tthat in the same regiment lie met AN old
all solassnate, now Rrixadier General Dent
Thrown together in what was then a,o very
congenial station for West Point cadets. ac-
accustomed TO wide range OF cultivated so
ciety. they become naturally attached--in
Get more attacHed shSn they had ever been
.safore. They occupied the same room and
80 j, hs inseparabie companions. There
S2 IN. Nl"e sns''1 -..aerftiIness and negative
II ~ fDoAe Iileiif rat that. had 4 charm
rxy JOE MS shy and undemunstratlve ,,are
liza ME- Erederick Dent S far.n &sis moi far away
and when off duty Ilitheri both the vt,a,,,
officers Wond.repair. and to chem its,sas !
=, am.
y. Dent was a young girlo OF abonr fiiteeHs not
regularly handsome and little yerseJ in the
.sdways ofsthes fashionable world. hut she was
an extremely sensible young lady, KIND, Of
heart apd devoid % theIeoque,fy And Dilosie-
Ssense 30 characteristic Of tie GIRL Of the pres
sent period. Her chief delight MAS the dis
chargeaof household aduties, and, the. ihnu-
,smernble things that enter int INTO the daily
rroutineso OF domestic affairs had her loving at
tenti0n j
Her mother. according TO the authority of
Mr.. Abel r. Corhin. OF Elizabeth, New Jer-
ssey,s who was theng edftnK 0f the Missouri
Afspssphblishei inst iEou,s, and a great
friend of the Dent family, was gracious and
graceful woman. Aided by. her daughters.
she made tiIe farm house tie wonder of the
surrounding country. It was not very large
but it was mode of comfort and unpretend- |
ing elegances hnpcrted caipets ilis those |
Days were rare in the country parts. The \
old familiar rag carpet was, as high MS the |
ambition OF NOSE fifmers' wives aspired !; /
but in the Dent mansion the looms of Kid /
derminster soptributed tosreitler one cham
Der, at least, as attractive rs any to be fou, d
III the city Of st. Louis. To this room all
the fayorite. friends Of the family were invit-
ed. Mr.. Corbin, when The fatty tie of his edi-
torial labOrs compelled him 10 seek rest and
solae, hed himself away 10 this blissful
abode, and in that carpeted apartment, with
his feet Ar the gl0HingetEbers. HE says some
OF the briShtes ideas Of his lille came to him.
It was in the winter, however, when all the !
bleak and but eIntcul tiyatesf landscape made
life cherries out OF doors, that the room of
Kidderminister carpet put on It's most be-
witcliing airs. Then the two young Officers
wotifd make it their most earnest task on
earth to secure leave OF absence from the
dull and dreary routine of barraek, life and r
betake ihciiiselyes to The pleasant parlor and
the hospitality OF old Mr.. Dent. Here
they were accustomed to play chess by the y
hour. and when that exlallsting paslime
cloyed there was singing and dancing and
all manner of mirIhful devices to pass the B
winter nishE. q +
The yOung girl Of fiftecn.iit is natural fo
suppose, took kindly interest in her BROTH -
er's companion. He was young and, accord
Ing totheae who knew him al West Point.
Bhapefy and prepossesslns. He was exactly
the type OF a young man TO meet the fancy !.
Of q lady whose innate Aversion 10 show and
Rfecration WAS one OF her strongest if not
most admirable points. Here # Was the I
foundatio,lof shat conrtslitp was laid winch
four years subsequently, ripened into the en-
during bonds Of matrmony.4sa
1t must have been with heavy heart that
the youslg iieulenant in tie early summer OF |
1874 paid his last visit to The home OF his
ompanion-iil-arnis. So Aiaify things had
contributed to make 1t pleasant re. reat that
1t is easy to conceive how painful the pros
pcct must baye telt or having to leave the
seductive allurements of hospitable board
and the looks Of afectionate regard tor fc-
male eyes % lace tile dreary, feverzbfeedfng
swamps Of Louisiana. lie was ordered to r
NatcDIroches for the. Purpose OF beifg. in
to carry out the policy of the Gov
ernment toward Texas. 1t was here ahes a'
smoked his first cigar, and who Will
say but the hitbit he then contracted was
superinduced less by the absence of active
employment than by tile influence OF the
mystic and tender passion which had of late y
wrought the conquest Of ,hiss soul ?sra4ss
In the course of time the Mexican war
broke cut, and Lieut.. Grant plunged int, it
with anardor foreign to the normal calm of
his nature. Who knows-and here is where
the romance should properly come in-but
that the young officer. when stormng the
heights Ell Molino del Rey. had at the mo-
ment when the bullets whizzed around him 1
like haiistones III hurricane, his thoughts
nron that far of farm house, where one at Z
least In the wide, wide world WINS PRAYING
for his safety. He went calamity through
the war, and let ii be asked again ii it may
not have been SO that the soldiers hear, and
arm were sustained through all the fiery or
deal by thesassurance Of one woman's love
He was at tlris time only twenty five Years
old, had served twoyears In camp and gar
rison under the best officers OF the army, had
accompanied Taylor in his brilliant campaign. J,
from Corpus Christi to Monterey, and finally
In the double capacity Of staff and company
officer, had shsred in the labor and honor or
SCOTS memorable .cenquest.
In August. 1S48. after four. years since first
they met. Capt. Ulysses q. sGralt was mar
ried to Miss Julia I. Dent, eldest daughter
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