The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-11-10
IN THE MORNING.

I'm THE MORNING.
"Did you see that young lady il
white talking with Clark"
The speaker was tall, dashing lcok
ing man of 50, in the uniform of cav
airy colonel in the Confederate service
The time was summer night in' 63 the
place the hotel parlor in small village
/. of Middle Tennessee. The occasion
was chop given in honor of de-
tachment of "Forres's cavalay" the
daring riders whose names are house.
hold words in Southern homes. from
the mountains of Tennessee to the val
leys OF the Mississippi. The young
lady referred to was a pretty, graceful
girl, with dark gray eyes, waving hair
OF dark, reddish gold, and the ex.
quisite complexion that so often accom-
panies il.
"Who is she?" ssked the colonel's
companion.
"That is Picton's sweetheart, Miss
Garnett."
"Not the same one that saved his life
after Shiloh?' said Capt. Barclay.
"Thc same,' rcjoined Col. Terry.
'She is little creature to do such a
thing, but she did. You SEE she was in
the neighborhood at the time of the
battle, and somebody told her that Pic.
ton was killed. She went over TO the
field and found him badly wounded
through the lungs, but still alive. She
0N'at hov that she had brought with
up Picton. The boy 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. DR.. Cowan examined the
wound without moving him, and told
her that he was afraid it was hopeless,
for the least motion, even laying him
down again, might produce q fatal
hcmorrhage. If he could be 6ept per-
fectly quiet until morning, and the
bleeding checked during the night, he
might have bare chance of pulling
through 'Well,' said tine brave little
woman, 'he shall be kept quiet, for
will stay just here and not let him
move An 4, by George, she did; she
never stirred all night. and in the morn
ing they carried him to the nearest
house, and she nursed him until he was
out of danger" -
said Capt. Barclay, with glance of ad-
mration at the subject of their conver.
sation.
Half an hour later Col. Terry was a.
Miss Garnett's side, recei wing warm
greeting, that told that the two were
fast friends.
"Tell me of my friends in the old
battalion" she said, presently.
GLOW many?" he asked, quizzically /;
more than onc?"
81 ment what said," she answered,
with merry laughf, and a quick, bright
blush; 81 have heard from 'one' of them
very recently"
"Does Charles know you are here?''
asked the colonel.
"No; ii is week since left Mem.
phis. JVill they join you here?"
.rrhav ~ ha ranaofoI ;rn,,;,;,,xI.,
The rest of the command, L mean,'
she replied, blushing again.
ga portion of it may, but for that
part that you are particularly interes-
ted in, | cannot say. You know they
are with the old general, and their
can't be counted on with
any great certainty"
They are the 'comels' of the SERVICE
said Miss Garnett. "Quite as erratic,
At all events"
"May | have tho pleasure of this
1ance~ said the colonel, as the band
struck up a quadrill. ] konw il i
useless to ask you for waltz"
The dance over, he led her to chair,
and, after moments gay badinage,
was about to resign his place in favor
of other claimants for her smiles, W hen
he saw a snd'len, ghastly pallor over
spread her features.
Miss Alice, are you ill?" he exclaim.
ed anxiously. Let me get you some
water
1t was scarcely moment before his
return, but even then he was shocked
at her white, drawn face.
"Call my sister," she had said to an
other gentleman with her, while Col.
Terry had gone for the water, and both
reached her at the same time.
"Lucy, take me home," she whisper
ed family. al am dying"
"Oh, no, darling" said her sister,
tenderly, "you will be well in the morn.