Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-24

He promised TO DO So and we parted.
he had aaid nothing to imply that the
/ opinion had expressed to Halpine was
incorrect. He had read the entire arti-
Gle, and was more impressed than ever
with the idea that there was foundation
for my surmise. Possibly It was all q
legitimate bit Of diplomacy on his part
TO procure the release Of his father, but
1 believe was correct In my view.
He did not, however, come to see me.
/ Weeks passed We met once or twice
In the street, and I reprOached him; he
always found some excuse; but began
to be hurt felt that / had made
every amend that could be expected, and
it nettled me that he should discontinue
his visits.
Finally, 1t was more than month after
my explanation, We met again in the
street, and he offered me his hand, and
J refused to take it.
NO" said I, ''you have not been TO
me, and thought you are satisfied, /
cannot suppose So"
'My dear Badeau," he replied, 1 viii
tell you why I have not been to visit
You. I have been In great trouble. Ny
.
/ authorities have notified me that they
VIII seize our house for officers quarters
/ In a day or two. Ny beautiful home
must be converted into a barrack; my
/ wife at this moment must find shelter I
know not where. How could think Of
visiting You or any other friend
"But why did you not tell me Of this
| befOreF' / asked. II might have been
able to be Of use TO you I VIII make
the effort now"
/ left him then and here, and went
direct to Gen. Banks, at his headquar-
ters, and told him the entire story Of the
letter, the publication, the manner in
which SOule had received the news Of
the disclosure and my surmises as TO the
/ feeling Of himself and his father; ask
/ if it might not be worth while at least
to show some mercy now and allow him
| to remain In his house for a time.
Banks listened attentively, and thought
my idea not altogether irrational; It was,
! indeed, in harmony with his own policy
at that period. He gave the order at
/ once that the Soules should be ndis-
/ turbed, and / had the satisfaction Of
| serving the friend whom I feared
might have offended Now, of course,
| NelVil came to see me and thank me, and
dined at the mess again, to my supreme
satisfaction.
The baby was born a few days after
at the house Of its father, but when 1
went to congratulate Nelvil had to look
for the former secretary OF legation and
habitue OF courts in a grOcer's shop,
where he had taken a situation as sales
man to earn bread for his increased
family. found him behind a counter,
without a coat, his shirt sleeves rolled
up, making q parcel Of tea for a cOlOred
woman. He did not blush nor apologize,
but merely said: 1--WE must accept the
situation" and 1 had a very pleasant call.
The next time I saw him it was his
turn to call on me. Only a few days
after these events Gen. Sherman's com
mand was ordered to the front and I, of
course, accompanied it. In the assault
at Port Hudson I was badly wounded
! and sent back at once to New Orleans.
There I was placed In the Hotel Dieu,
hospital under the care OF the Sisters Of
Mercy. Nelvl came promptly 20 see me
and sit with me. He sent his old black
nurse, no longer his slave, to attend and
fan me. Little Pierre brought me the
choicest wine that was yet left in the
! cellar, and fresh figs and bananas from
the garden. Mrs. SOule was still unable
to go out, but she sent me lint for my
wounds which she said she had scraped
for confederates.
The surgeon who attended me was
bitter rebel who had been shut up in
Fort st. Philip by Butler. His hospital
and his house had been cOnhscated. But
Nelvil spoke to him and he visited me
twice every day for weeks.
To his skill and care I am indebted in
some measure for my life and the partial
recovery Of the use Of my limb. He also
attended Gen. Sherman, who lost a leg
IN the same battle In which I was wound
ed, and I had the great pleasure Of know
ing that this magnanimOus enemy re-
ceived not only our thanks but his hos
| pital and house back again in recon-
Pense for his humanity. When the war
closed I was able to procure his immedi-
ate pardon through the interpretation Of
4 Gen. Grant He was one Of the most
famous surgeons in the south.-Dr,
/ Stone.
/ When I was sufficiently recovered to
/ be removed L was sent to my home in
| New York, but it was months before my
wound closed and was permitted to re-
/ turn to duty. During this period the
/ doctors ordered me to go into society
and amuse myself, If I could on my
clutches. One Sunday night In the
winter Of 1864, 1 was at the house Of
the late Judge Roosevelt, In Broadway,
New York; it was high fashion about
there In those days, and many New
| Workers viii remember Mrs. RoOsevelt's
Sunday evening. Among the guests
| there came some officers Of a French
man-of-War, then In the harbOr. They
noticed a soldier In his uniform lying on
/ the sofa. And asked to be introduced to
me. When they heard my name, they
/ declared our meeting must have Leen ar
ranged by fate. They had been in
| Charleston, only a few days previous,
and week from that Sunday had dined
with Capt. Nelvil SOule, who urged them
/ If ever they met Capt. Badean to carry
his dear love to his friend. He had been
swept away by the wave Of southern
/ sentiment; In despair Of doing anything
/ for his father had escaped from New
! Orleans, reioined the southern army, and
was now serving In Charleston The
/ French figats had been allowed to pass
the blockading squadron, and on the
way here officers were able to bear a
message from one hostile friend to an
other through the line.
! Fortune never threw US together again.
But nearly twenty years aftsrward I was
made consulate general at Havana, and
/ one Of the first messages received upon