New Ulm weekly review., 1879-07-02
the rear, as if urging companions
behind them to follow, they spurred

the rear, as if urging companions
behind them to follow, they spurred
their horses, and both together dash.
ed upon the approaching enemy.
The fury Of their onset, the deter
mined vigor with which they whirl.
ed their weapons above their heads,
and their shouts for their supposed
companions to follow, alarmed their
opponents, who offered but a feeble
resistance, and then fled rapidly,
leaving the field to their victorious
enemy, whom they outnumbered by
many fold.
With numerous adventures that
more effectually linked their friend
ship, they arrived safely at the
home of the American officer.
Here the Englishman was vel.
coined, and in the home of his friend
he found those who generously ad-
mitted into their confidence and
friendship, one who had become so
attached to one of its promising
members. In course of his sojourns
here, some remarks were dropped
which led to inquiries, and the
father of the~American, to the un-
mingled joy of all parties, discover
ed that the two officers were first
cousins. Their striking personal
resemblance thus became accounted
for and perhaps their involuntary
and mental attraction may be at
tributed to the same cause.
The Joy of the American family
in discovering a kinsman so lofty in
virtue, and possessed of all generous
qualities, and one who brought to
their circle high talent and brilliant
parts, that daily won upon their
hearts, was greatly augmented by
the appearance of an attachment
springing up between the new.found
cousin and sister of the American.
This lady was amiable and highly
accomplished, and, charmed by the
bearing of the generous stranger she
soon yielded to him more of affec.
ton and admiration, than was due
to cousin. He also was moved by
her beauty and her many amiable
traits, and thus they became be-
trothed, to the unbounded satisfac-
tion Of the brother. The English.
| man had as etfectually been con-
quered by the beauty of the sister,
| as by the superior strength of the
brother. He was prisoner, soul
and body, in the conqueror's family.
The reader may be assured that
| what we write is not fiction, though
it sounds marvelously like legends of
knightly love and conquest in the
olden time. The facts of the story
are given by DR.. Caldwell, auther
of life of Gen. Greene, who knew
the parties when boy, and saw
them often.
But, alas! our romance now be-
comes tragedy. The stern front
of Mars breaks in upon the
scene, and Fate, with his iron hand,
rends the happy picture. The youth.
full foreigner has been exchanged,
and summons comes demanding
his presence in his regiment. The
duty is sad one, but his honor com.
pels him to yield-and the lady,
worthy of his chivalrous heroisms,
bids him 60, as she would be the last
to wither his laurels. Never went
forth mailed knight, followed by
prayers of greater loveliness, or ac-
companied by the blessings ofsuper-
ior beauty. Their parting was a
scene of woe and tenderness. The
future was blank, with no land.
mark that might show them where
to hope. Danger and death hovered
on the horizon, and gloomy uncer-
tainty racked the present. The lover
was to bear arms against his be.
trothed's brother, and the two friends
were again to assume to each other
the deadly front of war. But they
parted, duty pointing to each his
course. Ere the lovers separated,
however, they pledged themselves
to remain faithful to each other, and,
in the event of happy reunion, to
become united in wedlock. With
mingled hopes and fears, the Briton
hastened to his regiment, leaving a
sad vacuum in the circle where he
had brought so much joy, and left so
much sorrow. But his noble heart
was soon doomed to sink beneath a
blow that at once and forever pos.
trated his hopes of happiness, and
consigned them to the grave where
lay buried his love. But few
weeks after the departure of the off,
Ger, the young lady was stricken
down by an epidemic, which ravaged
alike on the young, the hopeful, and
the beautiful, as it did on the with
cred and the defiled, and her hope.
full page of life was closed suddenly
and forever.