St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-16
ARoMANCE OF THE WAR.
Two Loving Hearts Separated by
False Reports, Never to Meet.

Two Loving Hearts Separated by
. False Reports, Never to Meet
Again.
jamestown On. W News.
The following story, which the nara,
tor says is true with the exception OF
names, was told by veteran of the
late war. We have no reason to doubt
the word of our informant, he being
man of well known probity, and as the
story is good one we give it as nearly
as possible as it was told:
lin 1861 there lived in the lower part
of this county, near Fren CHI Creek, an
old lady by the name of Swami, and
with her granddaughter, Miss Minnie
MarStOn, mostsiovely girl of sixteen
summers. Adjoining their home was the
farm of John Miller, the wealthy father
of handsome young Harry, the devoted
sweetheart of the beautiful Minnie.
Harry was two years her senior, and
when the order for New YOrk's sons to
go to the front came, he at once began
preparation with all the ardOr and en-
thusiaSm of Northern youth of that
time.
His last parting was with his little
sweetheart as he fondly called her,
and his promises to return and make her
his bride were sealed by many kiss of
love and tender embrace. For while
letters-letters full of tenderness, love
and devOtiOn-came, filling the heart of
Minnie with joy and the brightest hopes
OF the future. Suddenly they cease, and
then comes one written bv friend tell
ing OF the capture of young Harry, the
braveSt of the brave, and his incarcera-
ton in a Confederate prison. Months Of
sorrow and anxiety follow. and then
comes the sad news of his death,
brought by some exchanges from the
prison in which he was confined.
1.-THE grief of Minnie was terrible, but
| the young heart, however fondly it may
love, however bitterly it may suffer,
| seldom breaks, and in few years the
| image of Harry was but dim shadow,
and the slender, delicate girl had de-
| velOped into a handsome, charming
woman. She had many admirers, and
| in eight years after the departure of
| the boy lover Minnie MarSton stood at
| the altar to become the wife of one of
Chautauqua county'S most respected
| citizens.
"a few months ago man in the dis
| guiSe Of an old tramp passed through
| French Creek and inquired for the
| home of Mrs.. He found the place.
beheld the face of his once promised
bride, bright and happy with the love
of a devoted husband, bright and i'll
teresting children and the many comforts
| of beautiful country home. and re-
| turned to take the cars for his home in
| the far West; not as tramp, however,
but as handsome gentleman, stout and
hearty. and with only few silver hairs
upon his temples. He told of his life in
prison until the close of the war, of the
false report which reached him of the
marriage of Minnie before his release,
which nearly drove him mad; of his
wonderful success in life in California;
and, last, of the report brought across
| the continent that Minnie did not marry
| till 1869, and was now widow, the lat
| ter part of which he did not know to be
| false until he begged bread at her door.
she says he will never visit New
| York again; that his people are dead,
| his hearts best love scared and withered,
and nothing remains for him but to go
forever from the scene of his childhood
and the land of his birth, to spend the
remainder of his life as best he can in
honOring the God who gave it. He has
many comrades in arms i'll this sections
who would, doubtless, recognize in
Harry Miller one of the many brave
boys sent out by our dear old country to
fight for our honor, our freedom and our
homes"