Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-05-29

However. | reta,nr' TO my ,Hrcs count
ing room and went thu onyl, the sembl n.r
Of business. Three months passed.. ha'
i me my utmost to finl Leila, without sll.
cess. My unle proposed travel and gen
erously offered to dtfray my expenses.
accepted his proposal in the hope that il
some foreign llnI might find my los
one. ana if possible learn the truth from
her lips. Ny cousin accomp 'nied me: o
course knew tor what purpose. She tri,a
to ingratiate herself into my affections. ant
| believe she had Il sirklv. srntin.nt feel
ing whicI, she called love; b.t she wasted
her sweetness n the desert air. My heart
was steel to all but Leila. This truth seem.
ed to impress itself Upon her. and her at
'ention began gradually - wane, and soon
ceased
"When We rpiui ned. my uncle could not
ronre:'l his disappointment. but he said
no ing. went into the counting room.
nj hy steady application to business kept
my mind from dwelling too much on my
misf,rt.,nes.
"Five wears had passed. when IN acc-
dent hef,l my fathers attorney-he slipped
on the pavement and dislocated his spinal
column. He could live but few hours
and | received Il message requesting my
presence Immediately. Consrience-strickcn
he could not die without correcting Il
wrong that he had been ! party in effect
iny: the will which my father made at his
death he placed in my hands with a sworn
statement that the former will was Il fory-
cry. The tllltl, now came oilt my uncle
had become embarrassed in his business.
and at my fathers death conceived the in
iquitons idea of mikiny Il will. by which
at least. if he coil not unite me to his
daughter. slloul .,Ilcr my fortune in his
han Is. inl but for the attorneys accident
the plan would have proved successful. or
the scene that followed will nurrate but
little. Suffice it to say. that my uncle was
now in Il position to make ample resti,u-
ton. witt, one eyrep.inn-the abduction OF
my wife. Tie acknowledged tha, at lis in
s'iyation she had been forcibly placed in
one of the private lnnatic asylumS with
which the world is cursed. but from which
by some means had ctlerted her escape. |
have employed the most sa";ciouS detec-
tiveS TO discover her whereabouts but in
vain She may have gone to that place of
rest where disappointment; and sorrow can
never cone. Tomorrow will untlOubtei |
Is he 4 day OF carnage. and in the midst of
that carnage may 90 to her. for if divided /
in this life. perhaps in the life to come we
may have Il happy reunion. Gentlemen.
you have the story of my lite. | am con-
ii lent feel an intIitiye assurance that to-
morrow, in some way. will restore my lost
wife. Ii may. perhaps. be IN halluination.
rs some of yon will say bu! for myself
=" - =. Il III, ,-as.,It ,nd ,.-.:--
to my quarters in the hope of Il happy fI-
ture" .........~......
The morning dawnel. and with the first
streakS of light began tie conflict Every
one convprsant with history knows how
the right wing OF the Union army ut Stone
River was surprised. anil of the general
that followed: of the loss OF the
brave and generous Sill. and the lmpetuous
Iariclpp. and their attempts to arrest and
the panic-stricken. There. toe
The Major met his fate. He tell ,lr,.- s'""H
wounded and was inSenss N ,'ff'' '7''rf WI
srsis,srs. n,trses he was brought
hrfk 20 life AMI happiness. In the person
IT his fair ministcring angel. he found his
Onw lost wife.