Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-09-15
I'm THE MORNING."
"A TR UE INCIDENT deES
TEEHG WAR,
Louisville Courier Journal. |
II. N. ADAIR.

"Do you SEQ that young lady in white
talking to Clarke?"
The speaker was tall, dashiug looking
man of thirty Eve, in the uniform of cav
airy colonel 10 tho Confederate service.
The time was summer night 10 '63: the
place, the hotel parlor in small village of
middle Tennessee. The occasion was u
chop" given in honor of the presence Of
detachment of "Forrest's cavalry" the
daring riders whose names are household
words In Southern homes, from tho noun
tains of Tennessee to the valleys of the
Mississippi. The young lady referred to
was pretty, graceful girl, with dark, gray
eyes, waving hair of dark, reddish gold,
and the exquisite complexion that SO often
accompanies it.
"Who is shc?" asked the cooucl's com.
panion.
"That is Pictons sweetheart, Miss Gar
nett."
"Not the same one that saved his life
after Shiloh7" said Capt Barclay.
"The same," rejoinod Col. Terry. "Shc
is little oroature to do suoh thing, but
she did. You SEQ, she was in the neigh
borhood at the time of tho battle, and
somebody told her that Picton was killed.
She went over tho field aud found him,
badly wounded through the lungs, but stii
alive. Sho sent boy, that sho had
brought with her, to hunt up surgeon,
and she stayed by Pioton. Tho boy found
DR.. Cowan, and when they got back, Miss
Garnett had raised Picton up, with his
head on her breast, 80 that he could breathe
more easily. Dr. Cowan examined the
mi IL 1,
that he was afraid it was hopeless, for the
least motion, even laying him down again,
might produce fatal hemorrhagc. If
he could bo kept perfectly quiet until morn
ing and the bleeding checked during the
night he might have q bare chance of pull
ing through 'Woll,' said the brave little
woman, The shall be kept quiet, for l will
stay just hero, and not let him move And,
by George, she did; che never stirred all
night, and id the morning they carried
him to tho nearest house, and she nursed
him until he was out of danger"
"Thats sweetheart worth having"
said Captain Barclay, with a glance of
admiration at tho subject of their coovor.
sation.
Half on hour later Col. Terry was ut
Miss Garnetrs side, receiving warm
greeting, that told that the two were
fast friends.
"Tell ME Of all my friends in tho old
battalion," she said, presently.
"How manyY" he asked, quizzically;
"more than one2"
81 meant what said," sho answered
with merry laugh and quick, bright
blush; 81 havo heard from 'one' of them
Verv recnntlvn
"Does Charley know you arc here?"
asked tho colonel.
"No; it is not week since left Mem
phis. Will they join you here?"
"They9" he repeated, inquirngly
:Ihe rest of tho command, l mean,"
she replied blushiug again.
"a portion Of it may, but for that part
that you are particularly interested in, l
cannot say. You know they are with the
old General, and their movements can't be
counted on with any great certainty"
"They arc tho comets of the SERVICE"
said Miss Garnett. "Qute as erraiio, at all
events"
"May havo tho pleasure of this dance
said the colonel, as the band struck up O
quadrille III know it is useless to ask you
for a waltz"
The dance over, he led her to q chair,
and, after moments gay badinage, was
about to resign his place 10 favor Of other
claimants for her smiles, whom he saw
o sudden ghastly pallor overspread her
features.
"Miss Alice, you are ill.," he exclaimed
anxiously. "Let me got you somo water"
It was scarcely moment before his re-
turn, but even then he was shocked at her
white, drawn face.
"Call my sister" she had said to another
gentleman with her, while Col. Terry had
gone for the water, and both reached her
at tho same time.
"Luoy, take me homo," she whispered,
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