The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-10

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consent OF my father, he was duly Unstable
on the Queen Of the West" and starte
on his frst cruise among the toiling mi
lions who lived In the cities on It's bank
parted from him with tears. He, tai
1 strong aud handsome, laughed Of mi
Q shook me kindly by the hand, and Smilln
said, ~ resign to you, William, the RIOS
Of the valley 1don't want TO hurt you
5 feelings, but you know there Is no Low
J lost In that quarter. However, we will b
none the less brothers should she be m
stster.in.law." he sprang aboard III
boat, waved his hand 10 me and was gone
the last time but one, indeed, we eve
. parted as brothers.
For two years he was not OF the Of
home. During that time Rosa had grow
10 womanhood. She had been away !
school and returned elegant, refined an
educated. / loved her with my Who'll
heart, and It was happy day for me whe
learned that, In spite Of coquetry, ! wa
loved In return.
About this time Charles, who had bee
gone about two years, came home.
/ This Is period In my lie PECULIAR
distastelul to me, and would iain pass
by, were u not necessary 10 round out m
story. He came with many vices acquired
from his associations during his absence
He was altogether heartless, except in hi
selfish objects and purposes. He me
Rosa: l cannot even now comprehend
how his old time antipathy vanished, no
how suddenly her opinion OF him changed
suffice II TO say from that time iorWart
| nv rival UNA mo nun hEo1baR
Little as was versed In the political at
lairs Of our country, could hear al
around me the muttering Of great ant
gathering storm. My father was I'M
usually stern and reticent, and an anxious
light burned always In my mothers eyes
could comprehend, however, that my
country was threatened by intestine foes
and In common with all the young men
in my section, | determined 10 20 to The
field as soon as blow should be struck.
In the evening OF that eyentiul day, In
April, my father arrived hurriedly from
the city. He held long consultation with
mother, whom could hear sobblng in the
adjoining room. He then, ACCOMPANIED
by my mother, stepped out into the large
spacious dining room, where Charlie aud
| were sitting, and informed US that Fort
Sumpter had been fired upon by the
Rebels. my sons" he said, a had
hoped that God would preserve the unity
Of our country and right the great wrong
81 slavery without blood being shed.
Men will not hearken TO bis voice. He
therefore bares his arm and draws the
sword. ! have but one command for you,
my children. Go with your country's
dag TO victory or 10 death, and God bless
YOU" II was all he said.
1t has been denied that woman could
sincerely love two men at the same time.
! do not know; l think woman NAV
love one and be infatuated with another,
Suffice 1t to say that my final parting with
Rosa May left me still confident Of her love
Tor me, and our troth was plighted, but
with tears in her blue eyes she told me
that Charles had asked her hand, and that
her refusal to accept 1t had produced q
scene which developed all the latent pas
sion OF his nature. In his anger he had
sworn she should never marry another.
The threat had filed her with apprehen-
sion, aud she hailed the hour with a sense
Of relief that was TO take him away.
10 me his manner had entirely changed.
He avoided me on all occasions, and
when circumstances placed us in cOmmu.
nicanon his manner was overbearing and
insulting; and well remember the sig
niticant manner in which he once said to
me: "The fortunes Of war are as tickle as
woman's love. Perhaps you may not
yet capture your prize"
We went to the war-he as an officer
as private. He became Colonel OF his
regiment and | Of mine. We met but
little, although belonging 10 the same
army corps. The vicissitudes OF war
brought US both on the same battlefield,
under the Iron Chieftian," on that ever
memorable dark and bloody day, the 7th
Of May, 1884, in "The Wilderness"
You know the history Of that confused
and deadly struggle. A great battle which
no one saw, leaty thickets and dark, UNI
brageous caverns in the wood vomiting
fire and death, a gray and blue line Of
battle swaying back and forth over a mar.
row strip OF ground, covered deep with
the bodies OF the contending hosts. All
day long the cheer and yell, the death
cry, the means Of wounded men, and the
uninterrupted, ihcessant roar OF the rifles,
into this pandemonium, I saw my broth.
ers regiment rapidly march, himself at
their head, and in q few minutes my own
command were giving and receiving
wounds and death in the conflict.
In this battle, although all regimental
organization was lost, still the "Army Of
the Potomac" was actuated by. such a
spirit OF victorious determination that no
thought Of retreat entered their mind, and
the soldiers, taking position anywhere,
fought on with heroic yalor. The narrow
strip Of ground between the hostile forces
on the front Of the Second and Sixth
Corps was charged over by the contend.
ing foes time and again, and in one Of
these charges stumbled over the body Of
my dying brother. l lifted his head, from
which the life blood was pouring, and
kissed him with all the concentrated love
OF my life time. He turned his dying eyes
10 mine, and twining his arm around my
neck murnlured, at is all over now. Tell
our parents ! died doing my duty, and tell
her | loved her to the last" The mex,
moment he was gone. 1913
closed his eyes To rest among the com.
rades who slept all around him. At this
moment fresh roar OF musketry shook
the ground and in an instant my soul was
in eternity. s..--.
The Gre came roaring down among The
underbrush, and fallen timber, and with
its fierce tongue OF flame separated the
struggling enemies, while Il stifled the
voices OF the shrieking wounded, and
burned to crisp the bodies OF the dead
Silence and night came down upon the
scene, and my story Is near told.
The dreadful conflict was over, the fire
had done itT;horrid work, the voices o
the wounded were hushed in death, {
brave aud gallant Sergeant Of my own reg
iment thought he recognized my burn
and blackened remains in that Of my
brother Charles, and tenderly gathered
the bones together and took them home K
the little family graveyard on-the hill and