Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-27
Above STONY OFTi;: WAR

We Wee sitting in cur room at the
Ola e's Hotel, in Oakland, Nd one
day. with 1t charming lad w.,o Lad
dropped III on visit. Ole OF our
windows iooked into th.s+ - smother
ro'iia, so placed ~ the position OF the
main building, ths,t ;l.f 81 it, i,,t..rinr
ccdid be se'h. W. We're locEirp u,
ani admIrlrc ;, i,ft!e ctulov. XIII,
81 ed, t""-5t a t,.d, wiite - STOW. x.l,o
Was pulling = h"4a,t ~ pieces ana
fossil & { II TIE I.;tL, E.t4.t-, or ciayDj,.e..
ker i',thtts Nil delight, as q tram Won
tlnnsie.i, z IL
these i,,'Il~." s..jI cur v;aito.
''l1:s%" :'s.r:e t,"y ts,.or. .,..sociati,,.,'
icr Ete"
Why s.? " we ashaI.
Wei, she answered, "!i.f!t ~.
wsr, the GREATER part of .l,e hos. W.
81 ze.i by Tie government ~ Il Lo..
Ill, ;ytd Iso Vere clowde,. i,.;,, a..
soollss. Ny tihter anl had lis. +,
that room where that little b.ar+,, -
were -" Union officers, oae sirl, Of !,
fsycI and the other OF wound T.
v;.5 hard 10 TIL whether tLer W.
slowly dying or slowly @eff ~ val
never saw such shOs!.v s,.ei@:,r. =,
he alive. We were 49, c.sE All ,.l+
modest about Ii, ei;hrr, but SIN ,
hearts ae'.ed for 'Lo poor young ~,
WHO were so Ill. perhaps dying sor
away from tier friends and relatives"
at botherS any lone 10 know how
tnIs should be hospital" we said
81 Is so faY renlpveg: Esun scsiyo onor,
atiOl.a
'I5 was thought" sIlo answered
''thnt the mountain ar oE the glades
would be more favorable TO recovery
than elsewhere, SO tbs was made a
hospital. One day one Of these officers
dragged himself TO The window, and.
under the impulse Of the moment, nv
sister asked if We could do anything
Tor them, and he answered, gasp;2g
! for breath. that little chicken OF
soup would save their lives. CHECKERS
we're rare i'll these days-an army is
| hard OF poultry. The Inen will walk
~ecure few chickens; SO that when
! an Unlimited supply of luxuries III the
way OF wne 8, pGtted meats and canned
vegetables, they were without any
! thing fresh We knew where q few
chickens were hid in a cellar, by 2
|
the owner, and after deal CT voxa-
| ticus trCubles-for ST every turn We
were met with fixed bayonet and al
insult-we got tie soup ready, and, as
the guard III tie hall would not permit
Us TO approach our patient, my sister
| attempted to land the bowl 10 the
officer in the window Just as lie was
fecbiy reaching fer =, and she stretch
h..
harsh. uGiy VOICE below cried ont,
.'LooE oUs, taero--Poiaon = She Near
| ~ dropped herself, scrp sid all
| Drawing back she hesitated q second,
ard then she took the spoon and
cried the officer. don't waste It
that way; an not afraid y
and she gave him the soup. 1t
seemed to revive them, and they con-
tinued to improve, Is day after day we
supplied them with CHECKER: broth m
IL the cellar vas empty. During this
and we sang 10 them My Maryland
aud ali the Southern songs We knew,
untIl they were well enough to leave
the hospital and return TO duty They
both accented sorIT 70 So. and fore, d
GA Us quantity % hospital stores and
some coffee, which last .e needed sad
~. THIN one gave a ring and tie
other a brooch, rs tokens OF their kind
feelings"
And did they never ret;:rn ? We
then ask 4.
cone did Got. for poor fellow, he was
killed IL the very next battle IN which
he was engaged. His companion
) wrote TO US about ii, and the writer
insist: d upod opening a correspond
ence with my lister and soon his let
ters grew into love letters and after a
: time they were engaged. Nearly q
year subsequent TO this our patient got
leave OF absence aud came on to 10
married. lie put up at a hotel, and
VIII You believe il. or own brother,
who was in tie Confederate service,
and krewnothing of my sisters affairs,
led band of gUerrillas at night into
town and captured lis intended broth
erin law from his ted. This not cniy
the young West Pointer OF bis promo.
ton that had been promised for gal.
liant services in the field. 1t was
really asgravatiuG, for exchanges had
almost ceased. and it locked as if tbs
! iCNC u QUA Inv \ ~ Will tiittt t-Jfs
/ cruel war was over before they could
be united"
"Ion should have appealed TO Abra-
ham Lincoln to give married Briga-
der for an unmarried Lieutenant.
, We did better. Procuring passes,
we went through the lines and appeal
ed to JEFF Davis. j. Il SAID he would
pat my brothers prisoner il my Sis
ter's keeping. They have been happily
married these many years. lie IS a
Observation-Disclosures nov, and it
all came of our nursing :he enemy IL
that room"
Here is the foundation fer a drama
far superior 20 the one given by Pou-
cicault in the story of Belle Lamar.