Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-09-16
An Ex-Confederate Soldiers Bridal Tour

An EX-Confederate Soldiers BTluh Ioul
From the Detroit FREQ Press.
| Reading about bridal tours, permit mi
to relate strange experience. Somt
months after the close Of the war gentle
man, residing in Texas, overlook on thu
road one day, well-dressed ex'sOldier
The soldier was accompanied by pretty
neat-lookng girl, apparently about eight
cen years of age. She carried bundle il
her hand. The soldier stopped to ask d.
rections about the road The gentleman
found the stranger was confederate sol
dier returning to his home in Texas witt
HIS wife. He invited the strangers homC
with him to dinner. The soldier,-a flt
looking Texin-told his story. His home,
he said, was on the Neueces. He belonged
to JOhnson's army and had gone through
all the varied fortunes of Il soldier had
been once wounded and twice prisoner
In one of his various wanderings he had
met and fallen in love with the daughter
of widow residing in the northern part
of South Carolina. The widows HUSBAND
had fallen at the battle of Manassas
The widow, from competence, found her
self reduced almost to want. When the
war closed, our hero went to the house Of
his intended mother.in-law and for a
month worked with all his might, mend
ing fences, and putting the farm in the
best order he could; then, thinking ii
time to see about matters at home, and
his old mother in southern Texas, Of
whom he had not heard one word for over
two years, he prepared to return home;
but it was hard to leave his sweetheart,
especially when he was unable to perceive
when he could make money enough to re-
turn to her. She settled the matter by
saying she was going with him. So one
morning they were married and starteu
for Texas on foot, with knapsacks on
| their backs and without single cent OF
| money.
"But, said the bride, ave found peo.
pie very kind. We made friends al
along the road; we were never turned of
at night; we always got plenty to eat, and
the people would often make us littlt
presents of money. We would frequently
overtake waggoner, who would give us
4 ride as far as he was gong our way.
When we came through New Orleans W.
had to get passes to cross the river The
northern general noticed that my shoes
were nearly worn out, whispered somr-
thing to one OF his aides, VINO went out
and came back with pair lf
shoes, and the general. asked j,
| would Oblige him by accepting them. |
have them on now.
"When we left he shook hands with
10th Of ua, and said we were 'pluckl
young couple. When | get to my hus
band $ home | shall have Travelled l,60O
miles, and most of 1t on foot. would
not tuke any thing in the world for my
trip. have found every body so Einc
and good.
The young husband looked into hi,
wife $ bright face and smiled, as thOug
he saw there the reason why every oas
was so kind.
but were You not afraid to come 81
far with wild Pexan?' some one asked
Goa, MOI" was the smiling reply. 81
always liked the Texms-thcy make such
brave, good soldiers"
You have indeed proved that you liked
one OF them,
After dinner the gentleman had his
carriage brought aound, and carried
them days journey homeward. a. We
shook hands with the bride all wished her
pleasant journey,
"0h, never far that" she answered
81 am almost h0ms--l huLdred miies or
two isn't much. am happy as a queen"
They drove otF--the happiest couple ey.
er seen. Now, wasn't she a her0inc2
10 MT think tht many women would
have undertaken such a bridal tour.