The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-05-27
Andersonville.

''"c' ""o ooto'beu peTDlsSiOn lTUu
the train guard for the wounded caps
t1in to lie upon il The latters fac,
became so swollen that DO could mol
speak, bo motioned with his hand
for pencil-perhups for writing
thanks to bis benefactor. Before
pencil was produced the train moved
and the young Confederate eprans
from the car. Tho prisoners pro-
ceeded toward Anderson vile, while
the courier returned to his com
mand.
That af,erternoon the Confcder-
ates made n charge in which the
courier was painfully wounded, and
that night, while tho captain was
placed within tue prison stockade.
the young Confederate was lying in
an hospital. Possibly each gave
some thought to the other, but it is
not likely that either anticipated
ever meeting the other again.
In July, 1874, at popular resort
on a westorn lakeside, society com
mented on the marked attentions
paid to Miss Emma CLANCY by Hon
ry Ross, q gentleman from city in
Alabama, whose winning address
had made him universal favorite.
Tho young lady was easily accorded
the position Of reigning bella at the
resort, and, her father owning q res-
idcnce, she was enabled to hospits.
bly, receive her friends. There were
IA number of gallauts whose frequen.
calls indicated admiration for the
fair entertainer ; but it was apparent
that none we're received with such
favor as the courtly Harry Ross.
On the evening OF the 22d, Captain
Clancey's parlors were we'll filled
with visitors, and, as these included
married friends, he and Mis-. Clancy
we're with their guests. There had
been an hour Of music and dancing,
when some one casually remarking
upon the pleasantness of the occa-
sion, Miss Clancy responded : "Yes,
this is always al anniversary occasion,
July p, in our home. 1t celebrates
the scar just above tho board on fa,
theirs face, and it reminds me OF one
with whom | am in love, rud who is
to be my husband
She had spoken with an mir OF
such ploasautry as to call for CHEEKY
axclnmations, especially from the
young gentlemen, surrounding hel
at the piano.
II cannot give ,he name Of my
bean ideal, she said, answering M
inquiry OF Mr. Ross. :or | do not
know it, and ! have never soen him
Yet ! love him, and what would |
not give to meet him. l remember,
though / WAS but three years old, my
fathers return home from the army,
and Of his telling how, on July %,
he was wounded, aud how q young
Confederate soldier, mere boy, he
said, had procured for him surgical
treatment, and extended him kind
ness which probably saved his life
When he had spoken | believe | pro-
Voked laughter by throwing my
arms about his neck, and telling him
that l loved the young Confederate,
and that when grown to be woman,
| intended being his wife"
Some one remarked this q roman
tic story, and asked that she tell
more of it,
mo" said she, "but father shall,
Tor it is his pct theme each July
22d
Others supplemented the daugh-
ter's requost, and, responding to it,
Captain ClaneoY, in a narrative way,
grown easy from frequent recitals,
fecounted the events already noted
in the first chapter, lie had told OF
his wounds being dressed whore the
prisoners were halted, OF the courier
having had him placed in an am.
oulance, and of his reaching the
Andersonvillo train, when Miss
Clancey, who cbapced to glance at
Harry Ross, observed an agitation
If manner quite foreign to his ma.
i've oomposure.
"When he assisted me into the
,ar," Captain Claucoy was continu.
ng, when Hsrry Ross interrupted
Hold q moment, please" he said
and permit question or two from
ne. Did the courier You speak Of
iand you his own canteen ?"
"Yes, ho did, responded Capt.