The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-03-29
iOPKINSyILLE. KENTUCKY. TUESDAY, MARCH %, lssI.

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tired to sleep and dream. The blue
eyed Lillian formed the web, aud
horrld battle-scenes the woof OF my
visions. The beautiful girl had
scarcely uttered dozen words dur
ing the evening, but she had been a
most eloquent auditor She had sat
almost directly opposite me aud my
eyes often rested upon her lace as /
addressed other members of the
group, and they did not fail at any
times 10 Ineeta sympathetic resp, n e
from her heaven tinted orbs nor was
there the least embarrassment in lhi.,
for her counienance bore such per-
feet expression OF innocent interest,
as to reveal spirit at once modest,
and pure as an angel.
Inmy dreams n bloody battle was
raging, My ears were filed with the
boom Of cmnon, the crash OF small
arms, and screams OF shells, and The
slriekss aud groans of dying men.
Thescene changed: | wandered over
the fields OF carnage. The dead were
,hick abopt me The moon look ed
calmly down npon flces warm. mi
still and lifeless, n
A groan reached my ear, and bent
my steps In the direction whence the
sound came. A soldier, in gray Hui-
form. viii, n L,iculenunt's straps upon
his shoulders lay upon the ground.
with his head RESTING upon the Ian Of
woman. I said :.fIi can be of any
service please command ne.n *
pair of blue eyes were lifted
toward nv face. and voice sad but
utisicai said: d
"Oh! am 80 clad IL Is YOU: YOU
arc a surgeon as we'll MS n friend and
my broiLcris dangerously wounded"
Those cyes, stliat. voice. could.I be
mistaken. No. IL was Lillian. aud
the wounded Young officer her BROTH
err What low. what,happiness. 10 be
abls 70 ssrye her !. ave-. peehans save
Tue life of her brotLer-tlle son of NV
friend.
1A ran ON my chamber door dis
pel,ed The vision. and The pleasant
Erecting OF DIR. Jewell restored me
70 nv normal state. But The dream
remained as a vivid memory of A.
startling reality.
could net jutlbelieye tbatsit was
4 ireseut;ment. and although 4. kent
/, locked In INV hrart Ms a md ,hougi,
cherished secret. ( resolved 10 ask
Lillian for ,,ic,pre of her brother
whicl, sbc Ind shown me the evening
beiore. So ind as / was on the point
n 1eavinv I said .Miss Lillian. r
wish Won wonld rive me n photo of
iyour bro,her II N nussil,ieiI I'M y
meet, linn, mud If / should il would
i,rloye INV phsspurt 10 lila frlendship.n y
~ win nsle rcnIieJ .for YOU, may he
,of,s seryice 10 MIN nud Know Won
would 40, him a kindness II Won
could VI
"Most vlaslly. would r both for his
own. sake. md as a reward. IN part
for ,hegreat Blindness / hnyeexpe.
rlenccd nj the generous hands of his
lamily.n
The vounp lieutenant's handsome
face bore 4 siriking likeness 10 that OF
ms sis,er, and for that / priced it.and
cherished it. wore it constantly in
an inner pocket of nv vest.
The stirring scenes intervening
dimmed some what the memories OF
nv vision as the time passed, but
could not blot it from my mind.
The battle of Shiloh had been
fought. and during the whole of il
INV mind reverted 10 the dream. 1t
seemed but a rcpetition of tragedy
OF which l lad witnessed thereher-
sal. Impelled BY some strange inn
pulse could moi resist, | wandered
out upon the battlefield at midnight.
Every spot seemed familiar. The
dead faces were those that | had seen
in my dream. a groan, aye, the
sume groan. | had heard on iha, me-
morable night OF January, 1862. !
hurried to the side of the poor fellow
from whose agonized lips it came.
lie was prone ubon the cold earth,
with his bead rested upon bis left
arm, while with his right hand lie
was yainly striving TO check the flow
Of blood. from a gunshot wound in
his left breast. kL 1 Al tfIA
A glance showed me Ihad found the
son of my friendLthe brother OF
Lillian. Fortunately, | had with me
the meqns OF stopping the flowing
blood /; also a canteen of water, aud
flask of brandy. No word wasspok-
en- until | had done all that could be
done at once, when with a faint voice
and difficult articulation, he said ;
"You haye saYed my life, and THANK
you. $50 N N ts Ntsss
You owe me no thanks, Lieuten-
ant. l should be an irgrale did l not
serve 10 the utmost of my ability, the
son , OF my,inehu, Dr' JeWeit,,lne
qro.ner o. MS peerless daugu'er,
Lililan. ,g.sa ~, lalosa, b Ia !, Z,
rs this cream fiow Wnere ,, oiq
you KNOW my iathera ana sister
Y "be. CAIN, my aear iriend, u wiz
giau'y teii you all, out hoe now,
Enough tnat nave l0uhu. you, anu