The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-12-03
MARY'S ELOPEMENT


.,a race to face we sat for some time in
In Ohio. Ihe country
or,, 0iI ~. ne was, but erect of figure. keen
anu orlght OF eye, ruddy of cbeet Ua
oaI "ell forward on the seat ,s +b1,,,lt
accouJ. emcnts still prevent7.dn a \. .In,,r2,
ms ana l noted him for an .,oId ssLre5,
ihoinrht. He made the first ad-
vance with the preliminary {. ~ -,
the passing of the left naI1, o,.a,, ~.
upper up, where the nu-tacba orc,t,,
cent Wv" " 9iiShL irish ac-
tho be-" beg pardon. sir, but I think yer In
r., hlSht you are, :" I replied, land y
too" SOu We Deen there
=, men we talked and talked ba moe.
CnLouSh The long day. "Td lust cot g.
@ ~. PotdI stripes, and were .iucl- ~,
- CIi IKE L was a maior-generaI
"Heh Ihe "uld -drIgoons were 80
Isi Ieie,- Ut, and there L met as nate an
- I''79 a. ever wore leather, and in a
week l was married man. and n batt,.
enlistment paper I never sirned III
ways needed strict discipline: that nd
az nome and VIII lie on DUTY and n -
the Seven of me. "iiU IL was
halUh' IL didn't seen. longer tb,n
from rSveille to retreat nfore -
enPPeu around and l was a sergeant and
me ltther OF a daughter NJ -
called Ter, after the mother 7 IoroliS, .nI 10
uI ouI was trouble son to- and 7 c.n 80,
IL poldly, no purifier creature e1,c, -.
on earth and the manners of he. a. -
SIc"eu were that astonishin' that tbouCh
H'I ihoJ7"f We're well-mannered Lr.Sl-
+He'7I woman always, and | were
ever pr mpt, disciplined soldier Tat
NHeic mary got the high-breedip' v,avs
were the continued the yorst 10 pn.:Io
me. 10 puzzle
3ere may have been and he mon
VINO loNe their little ones as 1. but tber;
were never a n,an who loved dauobter
Oou'yL G" God gave daughters to man
H'eu Well and happy, when we
wern't fighting, till she was sixt cen years
ould. Aoi SEE, sir, you talkin ofwounds
set me on this trail, and I'll tell you how
a man can get worse wound from a
friend than ever the bullet or sabre OF
an enemy give him, and how he can
wound himself worse nor all.
She was sixteen. as 1 said, and well
educated for her place in life. We were
In garrison then, and to fit her for taking
care OF herself we let her go into the
town to learn the dressmakin'-and new
er the girl had the good taste in dress
like her
Well there were a young leftenant
came TO our troop, then a gay, hand
some, brave young chapas ever you see.
Barton be name. l respected him as an
officer, and loved him as a son.
It were some ten months after he
came, when one night 1 went to my quar-
ters at the barracks and Mary wasn't
there to sit at the table with me. That
night before 1 W Mt in Leftcnant Barton
came to me with his bright smile and
friendly way, holdin' out his hand.
of tonight
"' on where, sir, says I.
resigned two weeks ago, and my
papers has just come in,' says he.
That settled me. I'm hasty-temp-
cred at times, and when l went homo
the wife says, says she:
"' You're late. but there's the illigsnt
stew for you
The devil fly away with your stew,
Mrs. Delany, says 1. Where's my
daughter
Eight o'clock came and WIS wor-
ried more and more. Then the wife
came out out fr I'm the room where
Mary slept, with bit of a note In her
hand. l read it:
90 Dear father and mother, I have
gone with my Barton, that 1 love with
all my heart
a. was struck cold, sir; 1 saw 1t ALL
Afore l could catch my breath there
were footsteps running up the barrack
stairs and Mary burst in, all silks and
satins and velvet.
80 Oh, father! daddy Oh, motherr
she cried. couldn't 20 after all with
out seein' your
Her mot er would have rushed to
her girl, but | stepped between them.
90 You're no d uguter of mine = saysI.
Mrs. Delany, don't touch her! Girl,
goi I'll hear no word from her mouth.
Go, before L disgrace me uniform by
strikin' you; before 1 bre k my heart
with cursin' you.
"She looked at me; she knew what
my temper was when 1t was up, and
she turned and went.