Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26

the wife of General r had her quar-
ters. She was a gentle, motheriy wo
man, and be told her the STORY 2 .
VI am going to .then nIcOmniahding ioiR
Ger to telegraph for a permit for iher To
pass the lines. You can discover
whether she. has anything c0ltraband
concealed about her; But would stake
my life on the -hunesty-of the child"
p "You will have ride of twenty miles
in the hot sun, Lieutenant" said Mrs.
R. do you know the child 2"
mo; but l can not help thinking,
what if that poor woman yOnder were
my mother and this child little Alice?"
Mrs. R. took the girl Hp to little
chamber, which she told her should be
her own until the Lieutenant returned
kissed her and left. She felt impatient
with the dreadful turmoil and SORROWS
OF the war. This poor mother, dying
alone perhaps, and the child wandering
through the country! Why was there
no one who could set it all rights 4
In the meantime Dora. had hidden her
basket, locked the door. and kheeled
down by the sidelof; the bed. She was
praying with all the strength of her lit
tie heart to God to help her, And ON
the other side OF the mountain, in Il SOD.
itary house, her mother lay alone, her
hands covering her pale, worn face,
while she, too, spoke to the same Friend.
who had been her Friend in whom she
had trusted all her life. Ee
Down the valley galloped the Lieu
tenant--a stranger to them both
prompted, he thought, by casual like
ness of the child to his sister. Yet was
there not some One who heard their
prayers and made of this man the agent
to answer thema The One who cOBld
and would in His own good time set all
this turmoil and all others right?
At the end of the day Lieutenant
Graham opened the gate of the farm
house. Mrs. R with Dora, hurried
TO meet him.. :!.-
Il know by your face you have sue
ceeded," she said.
"Yes; the General is the most inex0r
able of foes as far as men are concerned.
bvt he has wife and children Of his
own. Here is a permit and an order for
guard to take tile child through the
pass" --.iJ
The officer himself rode with the
guard into the gap. "GoOd-by. my little
prisoner. You will soon be with yOuri
mother. and hope you will find that
she will not need the medicine yon are
CARRYING her" he said. as they parted
Dora's eyes were full of tears. "YOu
have been so good to me-" she said.
dropping Spots reins and holding out
both hands. 81 wish l could do some
thing for you"
"Oh. be good to the first Yankee who
falls into your hands, you little rebel,
he replied, laughing.
There is sequel to our little story.
Mrs. Nettley, with her daughter, remOy-
ed for safety to her brothers plantation
in the eastern part of the State. where
they remained during the war.
After a skirmish which took place in
the neighborhood, Major Nettley's house,
being spacious, was taken as Temporal
~ hospital, to which the wounded OF
both sides were carried. Dora and her
mother were busy among them. doing
what they could to alleviate their snf-
ferings until the surgeons had dressed
their wounds -...,.-. ......
There was young man OF about
twenty who was wounded in the leg.
Dora, as she raised his head to give him
a drink of water. met his eyes. They
had strangely familiar look.
What is your name ?" she said, as she
took the cup from his mouth.
Felix Graham"
"What regiment"
"Ensign. Fourth Michi an"
Dora ran to her mother, fairly stam-
nering in her excitement.
He is SO like the Lieutenant at the
gap. mammal And the same name.
And l promised l promisedr
Mrs. Nettley in her turn grew inter
ested and excited. She went to the COM
nandant when the time came for send
he wounded Union officers away.
There is young man among them"
she said. "whoSe wound will probably
prove fatal if he is moved. l owe a
iebt of gratitude, as | believe, to one of
his family or at least to one of his
lame? If you will leave him l will
Nurse him as faithfully as 1 can."
Mrs. Nettley was woman whose re
quests were usually granted. Felix |
iraham remained in her house for two
months.
Four years after the war was over, |
,ur old friend, Colonel Graham tfOrmer- |
y Lieutenant), came home to Michigan |
rom San Francisco, where he had en-
ragged in business after his discharge |
rom the army.
1t was his first homecoming. and
here was great rejoicing. aud gather
Dg of all the Graham clan, big and little.
"Where is my new sister ?" he said to
Alice; al wish could have got back in
ime for the wedding. To think Felix
vent to Virginia for wife, after allr
Here they come" said Alice, as steps
we're heard on tho porch without, and
he BOYS rushed out to meet Felix and
he bride with Hes comel he's GOMEZ
The door opened and Felix. bearded
md sunburned, came in; n shy, chubby
.oung girl, following him. Her eyes
we're brown and oddly honest and frank.
yolonel Graham, his hand out, stopped
,erplexed. - ,'.--r- .'.t
-Whop-Dora!" he said. "Dora!'
"Yes, Dora," she answered. IL kept
nv promise" laughing mischievonsly.
You told me to be good to the first
1ankee who fell into my hands. Here
Ie is; thought the best thing j could
10 for him was to marry him..
Dora's mother and uncles followed her
o Michigan. Since then there have
een many family gatherings, where the
yettleys and Grahams-onces such bitter
oes-recall the events of the war. seek
ng cnly to remember how much that
vas haman, and tender, and brotherly,
vas mingled with the terror and misery
f that far-off time.-Youth's Compan-
on. .ii.
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Eighty-two suicides have thrown
from the Vendome column
n Paris since 1850. The top is now in
losed so that such acts are impossible.