The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-08
Better to weave in the thread of life
I'm THE MORNING."
A True Incident Of the War.

FROM Tue LOufafiic SouIicf-'ouiuaisi
"Do you see that young lady in
white talking with Clarke?"
The speaker was tall, dashing
looking man of thirty-fve, IN the
uniform of q cavalry colonel in the
Confederate service. The time was
summer night in '63; the place,
the hotel parlor in a small village of
middle Tennessee. The occasion
was shop" given in honor Of the
presence of detachment of 'For-
rests cavalry" the daring riders
whose names are household words
in Southern homes, from the noun
tains OF Tennessee to the valleys
of the Mississippi. The young la
dy referred to was pretty, graceful
girl, with dark, gray eyes, waving
hair of a dark, reddish gold. and
the exquisite complexion that Sc
often accompanies it.
"Who is she?" asked the colonel's
companion.
"Thatfs Picton's sweetheart, Miss
Garnet"
Not the same that saved his
life after Shiloh?" said Captain
Barclay.
1.-The same" rejoined Col. Terry.
"She is little creature to do such
thing, but she did. You see, she
was in the neighborhood ut the
time of the battle, and somebody
told her that Picton was killed.
She went over the field and found
him, badly wounded through the
lungs. but still alive. She sent a
| boy, that she had brought with her,
to hunt up a surgeon, and she stay
ed by Picton. The boy found DIR.
Cowan. and when they got back,
Miss Garnet had raised Picton up,
with his head on her breast, so that
he could breathe more easily. DIR.
Cowan examined the wound without
moving him and told her that he
was afraid it was hopeless. for the
least motion. even laying hun down
again, might produce fatal hem
lorrhage. If he could be kept per
fectly quiet until morning and the
bleeding checked during the night
he might have bare chance OF
pulling through "Welf, said the
brave little woman, 'he shall be
kept quiet, for l will stay just here
and not let him move And, by
George, she did; she never stirred
all night and in the morning they
carried him to the nearest house
and she nursed him until he was
out of danger"
"That's sweetheart worth hav-
ling" said Capt. Barclay. with q
glance of admiration at the subject
of their conversation.
Half an hour later Col. Terry was
at Miss Garnett's side receiving 6
warm greeting that told the two
were fast friends.
l "Tell me of all my friends in tht
fold battalion she said, presently
"How many?" he asked quizzi
lcaIly; "more than one?"
II meant what 1 said," she an
swered, with q merry laugh, and
lquick, bright blush; 81 have heart
ifrom 'one' of them very recently
"Does Charley know you ar
Ihcre?" asked the colonel.
| "No; it is not a week since l lef
Memphis. Will they join yo,
lhere?"
"TheyY he repeated, inquiringly
"The rest Of the command,
mean" she replied again.
"a portion Of it may, but for tina
lpart that yon are particularly in
terested in l cannot say. Yol
know they are with the old general
and their movements can't be count
ed on with any very great Ger
jtainty."
"They are the comets Of the ser
vice. said Miss Garnett. "Quit
as cratic, at all events"
"May have the pleasure Of thi
dancc?' said the colonel, as th
band struck up quadrille. 8
know it is useless to ask you for
waltz"
The dance over, he led her to
tchair, and, after a moments ga
bandinage, was about to resign ri
place in favor of other claimant
| for her smiles, when he saw q sud