The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-30

eVh(e WAS CnIIei from Ills lsaauAuI s'"''
loquy as to Harlow's condition by
another request Of water. rhe canteen
again did, its duty of mercy, when
Gordon asked:
s.Is there nothing more can do? ]
do not intend I" leave you yet. l.a
The wounded man was silent for n
moment, when a new thought seemed
tn inspire and revive him.
s.Yes," said he, ain my inside coat
pocket yu,, will find il package Of lei :
ters. Please take it out and read one
to me-"
Gordon quickly unbuttnned the coat
of his charge and took out the precious
missives.
"rhey are from my wife. Read me
the first one" said Barlow.
Gordon took ont the designated let
ter. Ii was the latest received and
spoke Of her hope of meeting him on
the field. Gordon carefully read il 10
the apparently dying soldier. The
surroundings combined to add huns
dred touching incidents to the loving
lines noble and lnyal woman would
naturally pen to her husband ON the
battlefield. 1t was crowded with ex-
pressious Of devotion and wonaniy
tenderness. Patriotism was traced in
every line. The stricken man listened,
and his deepest emotions We're stirred
as the events of the hour and the. pos-
sibilities of the near future recalled
with mighty power the wealth OF love
and heroism that were mingling in
these fatefui moments. Gordon was MS
deeply affected as Barlow, ard down
his strong, weather~bealen face water
from the springs Of - warm heart
welted out through his eyes rs he read
and thought. Esl s''fif Fta@ .7
The shouts Of victory came back 10
him on the summer wind from his
troops far beyond him, as ii in ap-s
gled with sympathy that was born of
his foes distress. The two emotions
in him stood guard over his prostrate
prisoner as he ministeIed with the
tenderness Of n woman douhly riveted
with the force of Il man warmed by
noble deed. Human ambition endowed
with the best fruits Of pen or brush is
powerless TO reproduce such picture,
even in faint outlines. a"a
AS Gordon finished reading. both
soldiers looked at each other a minute
in silence, and they were seconds elO-
quent with the best spirit OF the coca
sion. Barlow broke the spell which
seemed TO be upon them by Saying:
"N0w destroy them all.
One by one, General Gordon tore
them to pieces and east them to the
winds. The excitement of the moment
almost unnanned the wounded SOL
dicr, but a fresh pull at the Confeder-
ate's cantecn revived him just AS Cen
eral Gordon had called one of his staff
officers to him who was coming back
from the front with some order direct
Ell TO a distant part OF the field.
UMsior Piizer," said Gordon, ego
quickly and order strelchcr, and have
this officer removed to the temporary
hospital under the trees along the
brook yonder.''
The officer hurried away to obey this
order and Gordon fingered to see tina,
it was promptly executed. Few words
were spoken by either General. Both
seemed in reverie. The incidents OF
their meeting were too sad to permit
of cui!oquy, and the wounded man was
fast growing weaker. Gordon broke
the spell Ivy the inquiry:
UIs there nothing more ] can do fnl
you before l go.'
Barlow thought a moment, and III =
voice growing fainter every moment
he replied
"Generat, my wife is OH her way &c
| General Meade's headquarters. Sht
| may be there now or arrive there to
| night. viii you advise cur forces o
| my inquiry and give permission to rpS
wife TO come through ynnr lines under
a Nag of truce to look af,cr me. Sht
will surely COME"
"Certainiy, | will" was the promr
response. "She may have every np
portunity 10 crmc in and care f."
you"
At this moment Major Pitzsr, WIN
lives ut Salem, Va, arrived with
stretch and men tn bear the wnundet
General away.
Gordon saw him safely fed upo,
il, then babe him gnGh-by AMI rod
of, with a hali-aui,hie exclamation
GLOW !errihie are ite exactions q
war T.
A few moments later and he was i
the white heat of battle again, for III
moment forgetting the remarkabl
scene in which he ind just been act in
oue OF ID. two lsading rhararirr'
Again aud again did he throw hi. bal
talions with awful power upon III
enemy, until, when nishtfsti put 4
end to the dreadful harvest, u" hs
-. ,,i,,r. a many hundred prisoners al,