St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-28

A TRUE INCIDENT OF THE WAR OF THE
REBELLION.

REBELLION.
"Do you see that young lady in
white talking with Clarke 7"
The speaker was a tall, dashing look
ing man of 35, in the uniform of a
cavalry colonel in the confederate SER
vice. The time was a summer night
in '63 the place, the hotel parlOr in a
small village of middle Tennessee.
The occasion was a chop" given in
honor of the presence of n detachment
of FORESTS cavalry" the daring
riders whose names are household
words in southern homes, from the
mountains of Tennessee to the valleys
of the Mississippi. The young lady
referred too was pretty, graceful girl,
with dark gray eyes, waving hair, of a
dark, reddish gold, and the exquisite
complexion that so often accompanies
it.
"Who is she ?" asked the colonel's
companion.
"That is Picton's sweetheart, Miss
Garnett."
"Not the same one that saved his
life after Shiloh ?" said Capt. Barclay.
"The same," rejoined Col. Terry.
thing, but she did. You see, she was
in the neighbOrhoOd at 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 boy, that she had brought with
her, to hunt up surgeon, and she
stayed by PictOn. They found DR..
Cowan, and when they got back, Miss
Garnett had raised Picton up, with his
head on her breast, so that he could
breathe more easily. DIR. COwan ex-
amined the wound without moving
him, and told her that he was afraid it
it was hopeless, for the least, motion
even laying him down again, might
produce fatal hemOrrhage. If he
could be kept perfectly quiet until
morning and the bleeding checked dur
ing the night he might have Il bare
chance of pulling through well,
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
uursed him until he was out of dan
ger"
That's a sweetheart worth having,
said Capt. Barclay, with glance OF
admiration at the subject of their con
versatiOn.
Half an hour later Col. Terry was al
Miss Garnett's side, receiving a warm
greeting, that told that the two were
fast friends.
"Tell me of all my friends in the ole
batalliOn,n she said, presently.
Chow many 7" he asked, quizzically
"mOre than one 7"
81 meant what said, ~ she answered
with merry laugh and quick, brigh
blush 81 have heard from 'One' o
them very recently"
asked the colonel.
} ''No it is not week since / lef
Memphis. Will they join you here 2
"They ~ he repeated, inquiringly.
"The rest of the command, / mean,
she replied, blushing again.
"A portion of it may, but for tina
part that you are particularly interest
ed in, cannot say. You know the,
are with the old general, and thei
movements can't be counted on will
any very great certainty"
''They are the comets of the ser
vice. said Miss Garnett. ~"Quite a
erratic, at all events.n
"May l have the pleasure of thi
dance Z" said the colonel, as the ban,
struck up quadrille. 81 know it i
useless to ask you for waltz"
The dance over, he led her to a chair
and, after moments gay badinage
was about to resign his place in favo
of other claimants for her smiles
I when he saw sudden CHASTITY pallo
Overspread her features.
"Miss Alice, you are i'll y he ex
claimed, anxiously. "Let me get yO
some water.n
!. 1t was scarcely a moment before hi
!. return, but even then he was shOcke
at her white, drawn face.
"Call my sister ~ she had said {
another gentleman with her, while Co