The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-05
CAPTAIN CHARLEY"
a UoGance Of the sEeheil!ca md les
sad CC0uci.


A Finance of the ate war revived IN the
Police Court IN Chicago the other dag,
IN" SCI ~ told In the Evening NGH Is
slhtan,ial1y rs follows One day In the
spring of lai5, wheu General JEISoN Kill
pstrick's army was marching through
South Carolina, an unusually engaging
and pretty little woman caWe 70 the road
side aud inquired fer the Gener L., when
he reached the point where she was, She
said she was school teacher il0m YER
mout, stranded by the fate Of war, and
asked the privilege Of moving with the
army, she was put into an ambulance
and subsequently occupied u family car
riaGe "foraged" by the soldiers On the
route. One day there YVES u new officer
upon the Generals staff. lie was boy
ish-looking fellow and his face had never
yet needed razor, He sat on his horse
rather aw!c'yardly at first, and even after
many days he was unable to arrive nj the
easy grit o. vctetan cavalryman, "Who
is that yoUns telllW:' would he the quca-
ton along the ranks rs the stan would
sw ep ~ On the gallop. That's Captain
Char'c;," would be the reply, with wink.
when the truth was known some men
sneerci, others bit their lips and all agreed
it might have been expected, At any rate
ii We no mans rart iCulpr business.
captain Ch;,r.p. lU,,e with Fitzpatrick
through the Caro- inas. One day there was
a stubborn fight, in which one regiment
got separated from the main holy TWAS
necessary Int orders hc sent It. NlA0 Y
. e., &. L. Fln,.
swept with grape, canister and shells. hut
Captain CEarlcy'S" black eyes were
blazing Turning TO Fitzpatrick, he said:
."ietme 60, General >" Go then take the
low ground there is ia tlc hollow aud rile
= Ike The" All watched the dapple-gray
as he spun along the unused wagon track
in the Go!lcw The reduubled roar of the
artillery ana the sharp snap of titles told
that il was no summer shower through
when CAP tain Charley was riding. The
ri6er Disappeared ard the cessation of
H'i4g By the detached regiment told that
the order LGd been delivered. Then came
the regiment sW, eDlng bc upon the main
road ami Il cleared field, their sabers fash
ing in the sun. Captain Charley" essay
ed to come back and icin his chief. Just at
the moment when the aidC-,ie camp reach
ed the las elevation in III Feri ,o;.s path,
an enormous sin, l. eXplo led, seen ing'y .er
his head, captain Charley fell to the
earth, but III, wcl.-trained and faithf'.
horse TODD fast. Half Il GnZcn Of the es-
cort that now came up, without orders,
rushed down the hill, p.chCt. III. tt'3e urc' IL
scious body and conveyed i; to IL place of
safety, where the brigade surgeon said no
bones were broken, Tut that Captain
Charley" would never again hear the
voices of loved ones. He was incurably
deaf from the cCn"Us$un. The surgeon
also INDUCED in som2 gatherings concern,
ing Il General who NoLIl allow n woman
to ride with his staff officers.
The womAE-" Captain Charley had
seen the last of the war A few days In the
hospital restored her 10 health, but her
deafness prevented hey making IL living at
her former oc"upat;oa. She descended into
the slums Of Wa liiNGton and New York
and lastly to Chicago Dissipation made
her an cd woman bciO her time. She
was arraigncd in the Police Court for be
ing drunk and d;sor ltrly and was sent to
the House OF Correction.