The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-02
The Two Brothers.

SenQs 10 Une TAUNTON Gazette, as one
OF series of war "reminiscences he has
been furnishing. 1t was the night after
the fighting at Gettysburg was ended.
This is the story in substance.
Passing through the grove which was
at the back of our headquarters, /
came to an open space at one end Of
which was little pond. There seemed
not a living creature, and / was about
to turn toward the grove again when
| heard a faint cry. stopped and
tried to fix the locality, but could see
nothing, and passed on to the woods.
Another and q louder cry checked
my movements, and this time /
determined to make a thorough
search, for there was evidently some
one there needing help. Over at
the farther end of the little pond I
found two men, rebel and one of our
men lying on heground together. The
federal soldier was dead, and the rebel
soldier was evidently dying He asked
me to lift him so he could look in the
face of the dead soldier, and suppos-
ing this the result of delirum, or, per-
haps, a feeling of gratitude for some
kind act on the part of the federal,
and realizing the rebel had not long to
remain, did as | was asked. The
dying soldier gazed on the placid face
of the federal for moment, and then,
falling back heavily into my arms,
called for drink, gave him drink
OF brandy from flask which / hap
pened to have, and he motioned me to
sit beside him on the grass. / did so,
and then in few moments he man
aged to tell me the strangest story |
had ever heard, and it was an expla.
nation OF the desire to look at the
dead mans face.
Years before they had lived in peace
in quiet New Hampshire home, and
the peace was only disturbed when
the two fell in love with the same girl.
Both were brave and manly enough
to look at the matter in a sensible
manner, SO they decided to allow the
girl to decide. She took the one
whose dead body now lay near us,
and the other shortly after went
away from home Within year
after the couple were married the hus-
band started South on business
trip, and on the passage down his
steamer was burned Many of the
passengers and crew were lost, but
the boat in which he was saved by
the crew of a merchant vessel bound
to Australia. The sufferings which he
was forced to undergo during the
time incidental to the burning of the
steamer so affected him that soon
after being rescued he was taken sick
and had not fully recovered when the
ship reached Melbourne. While
searching for an opportunity to get
back to this country he was again
taken sick, and the consequence was
it was quite while before he was
able to get away. Immediately upon
arriving he had written his wife all the
circumstances. When the news OF the
disaster reached shore, the brother
who had been rejected learned that
the fortunate one had been passen-
ger on the steamer, and that there
was no prospect that the boat in
which he was had been saved, he
went to his brothers wife and saw
how she bent under the cruel news
which reached her ears. He stayed
right there, and the consequence was
that when the letter came from over
the sea it fell into the hauds of the
once rejected suitor who had made
up lis mind to marry the supposed
widow before many months.
The letter hastened matters, and at
the end of month the widow married
the other brother, and the couple went
South. The husband came home,
learned of the doings OF the brother,
so far as was known, and started to
look the couple up, when the war
broke out. He enlisted in Vermont
regiment, and fate brought his regl-
ment on the Gettysburg battlefield.
The brother had taken sides with the
south, where his home had been Tor
some time, and fate brought his re2l-
ment into the battle OF Gettysburg.
When the last tierce charge of the rebels
was made, and the battle seemed to
be in their favor-about the time
when Lee telegraphed: eve are hav-
ing it all our own way" about the
time when the long and thin line OF
the I'd corps seemed to melt into
nothingness, and the Vermont boys
were swept aside as easily as one
would lift a certain, when Howard
yelled to the gunners to annihilate the
rebel supports, and the cemetery was
hid from viewin dense cloud OF sui
phurous smoke-th the two brothers
met once more face to face. But they
did not recognize each other at first,
and when the federal thrust aside q
bayonet which had been pointed
at the breast OF the rebel, thus
averting a speedy death, he had
no idea that he was III the pres
ence OF his brother who had so foully
wronped him. The rebel recognized
only q Union soldier, not q savior,
and. when the man who had almost
risked d life to save his body from