Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-29
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''Did Captain Reid expect you?r
why, certainly. 1 wrote HIM three
weeks ago that if certain matt ers did
not change for the better i would
come to join him here, in spite of all
the dlscomforts he so vividly pictured.
The matters did happen 1 was tor
mented out of my life by my guardian
and his son. The latter wished me to
marry him in order to secure the for
tune now due me that has for ten years
been in his fathers hands.
Il know, colonel. that you are aware
of my correspondence with Captain
Reid. and 1 determined to trust my
future with him of whom / knew
little, rather than tempt fate with one
/ could not like, of whom / knew
everything, and all to his discredit"
had to have time for thought and
plans
'Miss?-Miller,-t you. Well,
Miss Miller, L know that the capital
never received your letter. We have
been busy at Mobile and have just
arrived here; have had no mail for
fully twenty days. Our camp is all in
confusion as yet, and there is much to
be arranged Will you try and content
yourself for an hour or two while L go
to camp and notify Captain Reid?"
She consented to walt; the post
masters private Office was gwen up to
her. 1t was a pretty but distressed
face L left behind me as l rode of,
considerably worried about my own
part and penalty in the affair.
/ went straight to camp, sent for
Reid and there was full hours confab,
a good deal of hard swearing on his
part, and a power of persuasion on my
own before the matter was settled.
L knew the captain well, he had
money, a good heart and no entangle-
ment. He was calculated to make a
loving husband for any woman. | put
tue case strongly to him. Here was
an honest but unsophlsticated maiden,
with money OF her own, ready to be-
come his wife. L had saved him all
the trouble of courtship, won his bride
for him and had her safely housed and
waiting.
What more could he want? Would
he be so ungrateful as TO let all my
earnest endeavors on his behalf go for
noth'ngp
Besides, he had always vowed he
was in love with the girl, though he
had never seen but her picture.
My eloquence gained him over even
as my literary skill had secured the
lady. / exhibited all her letters, told ,
so nearly as L could, the contents of
those l had written her, and before
! two hours L led my gallant comrade
TO his happy, willing sweetheart.
That evening they were married by
the chaplain Of the - Massachu.
| Setts.
Reid at once rendered his resigna-
tion, and was given leave of absence
pending its acceptance. The next
morning our young couple took boat
for Cincinnati.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. b. Reid (no V in
the name now are happy, rich and
contented in Wisconsin. 1 hear from
them often, but neither has ever given
me hint that any explanations have
taken place between them regarding
their woolng by correspondence.
So my lark in that line turned ou
o. X. for all parties, but it might have
been a terrible matter for every one
concerned. / have never since been
interested in any couTtships but ny
own, and in these l learn how serious
such things are.