The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-06

to answer them? The One who could
and would in His own good time SET all
this turmoil and all others right?
At the end Of the day Lieut. Graham
opened the gate of the farmhouse. Mrs,
B. with Dora hurried to meet lin.
II know by your face yeu have sue
ceeded, /" she said.
"Yes; the General is the most inexor-
able of foes as far as men are concerned.
but be has a wife and children Of his
own. Here is a pefmit and an order
for a guard TO take the child through
the pass.
the officer himself rode with the
guard into the gap. "Good-by. my it,
tie prisoner. You will soon be With
your mother, and ] hope you viii find
that she viii not need the medicine you
are carrying herr 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. II wish | could do some.
thing for you"
"Oh, be good to the first Yankee who
falls into youf hands, you little rebel"
he replied, laughing.
There is a sequel to our little story.
Mrs. Nettley, with her daughter, re.
moved for safety to her brothers plin-
tation in the eastern part OF The State,
where they remained during the war.
After a skirmish which took place in
the neighborhood, Mai. Nettley's house,
being spacious, was taken as a tenn
porary hospital, to which the wounded of
both sides were carried. Dora and her
mother were busy among them, doing
What they eotld to alleviate their suffer-
ings Until the surgeons had dressed
their wounds.
There was one voting man of about
20 who was wounded in the leg. Dora,
az She raised his head to give him
drink of water, met his eyes. They had
a strangely familiar loeb.
What Is fcltt name?" she said as
she took the cup from his mouth.
"Felix Graham"
"What regiment?"
Ensign. Fourth Michigan
Dora ran te her Mother, fairly
stainmerihg in her excitement.
He is SO like the Lieutenant at the
gap, mammal And the same namei
And promised! l promisedl" III
Mrs. Nettley in her turn grew in
terested and excited. She went to The
Commandant when the time came for
sending the wounded Union officers
away.
"Ihere is q young man among them"
she said, "wl-9se wound viii probably
prove fatal ii he is moved. I owe a
debt Of gratitude, as I believe, to one of
his name If you will leave him l will
nurse him as faithfully and we'll as I
can"
Mrs Nettley was woman whose re-
quests were usually granted. Felix
Graham remained in her house for tive
months.
-Four years after the war was over.
our old friend, Col Graham Formerly
lieutenant came home to Michigan
from San Francisco, where he had en-
gagged in business after lis discharge
from the army,
It was his first homecoming, and
there was great rejoicing, and gather
ing of all the Graham clan, big and lit
tie. sg Il
"But where is my new sister," he
said to Alice. 81 wish I could have got
back in time for the Wedding. 10 think
Felix went to Virginia for a wife, after
ALL"
Here they come" said Alice, as steps
were heard on the porch without, and
the boys rushed out to meet Felix and
the bride with "He's come! he's come!"
The door opened and Felix, bearded
and sunburned, came in, a shy, chubby
young girl following him. Her eyes
were brown and oddly honest and frank.
Col, Graham, his hand out stopped,
perplexed. 5.!' '.@
@Who?- Dora!" he said. "Dora2"
eyes, Dora, she answered. II kens
my PROMISE" laughing ,nIsthievously.
You told me 10 be good to the first
Yankee who fell into my hands. Here
he is; [ thought the best thing [ could
do for him was to marry him"
Dora's mother and uncles followed
her to Michigan. Since then there have
been many family gatherings, where the
Nettleys and Grahams such bitter
foes recall the events of the war, seek
ing only to remember how much that
was human and tender and brotherly
was mingled with the terror and misery
of that rolf time Youths Compan-
ION,