Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-30


also remembered gully, along which ran
path dangerous for horse, but that cut o,
half the distance to the point where the mai
road touched the stream. Instinctively b
plunged down the deep declivity. Fortunate
ly his horse, though slow, was sure-footed
and in q few minutes be gained the bank
he gained this Just in time to see his fai
fugitive enter light boat and push into tn
stream He was below the point she de
barked, and saw before she could get hold O.
the oars that the boat, caught in the swift
stream, was floating down to where a lary,
tree, nearly level with the water, leaned ove
the stream. She would pass under this, ana
running out be swung down, catching limt
with his knee, and caught the skiff with hi.
right hand At that instant the sharp cracs
Of rife rung out from the opposite shore
and Bob fell wounded into the boat
His weight nearly upset the frail craft, bu
1t righted, whirled around. and the next III
slant the girl pulled it to the shore. Leapin:
To the bank she beachei the boa. half it
length, and then reaching to him said:
Are You much hurtf
II believe so,n he answered, as, half crawl
ing, he worked his way out and fell upon tn
ground. A second shot from the sam
quarter struck the ground within an inch O
his body.
1.-The cowardly miscreant." she said
throwing herself upon him If he kill
you, he must kill me-
Poor Rrla o,axa N l1-,i. o,,I
smile in return for this act of devotion Al
that instant the clatter of horses hoof.
were heard upon the pike. Corporal Bang
appeared Taking in the situation at {
glance be dismounted. pushed the girl one
side, and picking up Ellersly as he would a
child, carried him round tine bend OF the
road, that made q shelter from further shots
Placing the Lieutenant timidly upon the
grass he asked:
Are you hit bad, Lieutenant"
"Bai enough, Corporal" he gasped, and
then added, water"
Clara started hurriedly to the river. A.
she approached the brink she took the beau
tifui little leather sack Bob had 50 often
eyed suspiciously from her belt, opened il,
drew out package of papers, threw them
into the stream, and then STOPPING. filed the
sack with water. When she returned Bang
was cutting the blouse from the boys
shoulder, exhibiting a wound not larger than
pea, from which the blood spurted like a
fountain. At the sight the girl nearly
tainted, but ralying, administered the
draught to his eager lips
Again the girl hurried away. Throwing
off her riding dress she took her linen under
skirt, tore it into strips, and, without wait
ing to put On her dress, handed therto Bang,
and then assisted him in binding up the
wound. She presented a strange sight to
the two men, H. her short skirt, for the collar
and linen cover were displaced, and the
white column Of neck and snowy prccipics
OF shoulder were expoS-1 She did no. seem
to Be aware Of her exposure, and started,
blushing crimson. when Bang said:
Now, miss, git on your toggery and sit
here while | go for an ambulance. Give him
sip Of this times along" he continued
handing her his canteen that seemed full of
com,nissary whisky. Catching Chancellor,
as the best horse of the three, he mOuatesi
without waiting to change saddles, and rods
of at gallop.
The girl, once more in her riding habit.
seated herself, and putting her arms abou.
the wounded man drew his head upon her
shoulder, like a little mother, all care and
tenderness. The storm had passed, the sun
came out above the mountains, warm and
bright, and tine mockinS bird, in the eedars
near, poured out its fool of joyous melody.
The poor boys passion found utterance at
la~t, and, in words made eloquent by gasps
and pauses, he told his love. She listened in
silence, responding only in tighter grasIs
aud sobs she could not reprcss
Her heart, IN 4 strange agony of grief,
was comnuning with itself She found in
this sad event revelation AMI revolution
in one. How different was this declaration
from the one she had courted AMI intended
playing upon. And up through the new
found love in her heart came the cry, lyon
have murdered him"
y long silence followed, and Bnb, feeling
the hot tears failing on his hrosy, tried to
smother down the groans the fierce pain
wr,rng from him, AMI locke M with an ex
preston Of loving tenderness No words could
express. She saw his increased paleness,
heard his shortened hrea;h;ngs. and claspns
Il n 70 her ste said:
oh, Mr.. Ell r,ly-Ohl Bob, don't die
ii !, killing r..
Ndl apP.a,. Deaths higher claim was
q, il; in upoa hi hart IL gave one more
lopl;. shut his eyes, a shuiier qlivcrei
tn ouyh his frame, thea all WAS s.ill
The sun glimnerei brightly on the We:
laurel Leaves. TIE mocilins bird sang in the
cedar near, and the c-ea- world rolI,i On in
endless life, a it ever 1oes, regard esi of the
AM tragedies We mortals enact
The driver and escort of the ambulance,
hurrying down the roa /, heard as they turned
the bend only tn, low wall of a broken
hearted woman For once funeral proces-
sion had only lis real mctIrners, for Bang. a.
fire, wcpt "a child.
Twenty years after, business called me 70
this part Of the Shenandoah valley, and |
not only brelkfaStel at the old Stoae inn.
but visited the rude burying ground 10 loo,.
on Bob Ellers,y's last resting place As |
entered saw carriage at the old gateway
with a colored driver in livery, AMI inside
met slender gray-haired woman coming
from the graves. | caught only "A GLIMPSE
Of pale, hoIlow-cheekei mourner, as She
passed NE
l found the sexton busy digging a grave
for a new occupant, and asking him 20 show
me that of the Union officer he clambersi
out and lei the wa. To NY surprise wa;
shown n handsome ynonumen, If marble.
nsjStinZ OF 2 PEDESTAL and broken column
was the more AIMED 10 find IT -arni,h.l
with rare flowers, AMI inscribed on the base
real:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
1F ROBERT ELLERsLT. L. ). \. VINO FEr.L
FIGHTING FOR HIS FLAG AND COUNTRY
llTH OF AUGUsT. l>G2
"Why. uho erected ;hi, mDuunei.;,
,skei
''Thar's WAR YOU git M" r,.Sp,n,i.i the
exton. for don; know. II com. UP from
Baltimore ready made AMI we Va, oriered
o put itup That's all"
We'll. who strrwed these flowers
''!SaHe n sfcre-ion't know Ever, p.c,-
alton Day. a tbey calls it. that frnale crit
er turn up, strews an cries, an then
An must say, cries =, much
ow as at fus:-
For fear M readers viii think n, Guilty
wild exa-gsrntioa L. M call th.ir AZ
ention 70 the fact that woman VIII airy
deal lorer in be- heart for t~-ntT years.
rhen she Is sure to quarrel with live ore
iithin TX moths rcS,. gIArr
N'''-'-cIlzES. o. Msy s7.