Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-30

cavalry regiment i'm which ne had Scrv-
cd 50 many long year. He had been Il
brave and devoted soldier. He had Il
good friend i'm the infantry. he said. who
wouldn't 90 back ON poor fellow who
took "a drop too much al times. and. TO
the surprise of many SOldierS-OtliccrS
and men. me was brought to the recruit
ing officer one day. sober. SOdierly. and
trinity dressed. and Capt. Rayncr cX-
pressed his desire TO have him enlisted
for his company: and it was done Mrs.
Clancy was accorded the quarters and
ratiOnS of laundreSS. as was then the
custom. and for time-a very short
timc-Clancy seemed on his road TO pro-
motion 10 his old grade. The enemy
/ trippcd him. aided by the ScOlding aud
abuse of his wife. and ne never rallied.
some work was found for him around
the quartcrmaSter'S shops which saved
| him from guard duty or the guard
house. The nfantry-oilicerS and men
seemed 10 feel for the poor, broken
down old fellow, and 20 lay much of his
woe at the door of his wife. There was
charity for his faults and sympathy for
his sorrows, but AT last it had come TO
this. lie was lying. Sorely injured. in
the hospital. and there was times when
he was apparently dclirouS.
At such times. said Mrs. Clancy. She
alone could manage him; and She urged
that mo- other nurse could do more than
excite or irritatc him. To the unSpcak-
able grief of little Kate. she. too was
driven from the sufferers bedside and
j. ft.t @ Ina.
when her mother gave permission
Clancy had originally been carried into
the general ward with the other patients,
but the hospital steward TWO days after
wards told the surgeon that the patient
moancd and cried 50 at night that the
other sick men could not sleep. and Oh
fcrcd 10 give up little room i'm his own
part of the building. The burly doctor
looked surprised at this concession ON
the part of the steward. who was man
tenacious of every pcrqulSitc ana one
who had made much complaint about
the crowded condition of the hospital
wards and small rooms ever since the
frozen soldiers had come i'm. All the
same the doctor asked for no cNplana-
tion. but gladly awaited himself OF the
stewards offer. Clancy was moved 10
this little room adjoining the steward
quarters forthwith. and Mrs. Clancy
was satisfied.
Another thing had happened To excite /
remark and good deal of IT, Nothing
short of eternal damuation was Mrs.
Ciancv's frantic sentence ON the head OF
her unluckv spouse the night of the lire. .
when she was the central figure OF the .
picture. and when hundreds of witnesses
~ her words were grouped around. Cor
respondinglv had she called down the .
blessings of the Holy Virgin and all thr
saints upon the man who rescued ana
returned to her that precious packet Oh 7
money. Everybody heard her, ana IL
was out of the question for her to re-
tract. Nevertheless. from within an
bour after Clancy'S admission 10 the
bosnital not another word of the kind
esraDed her lips. She was ali patience
and nitv with the injured man. ana she
summed all allusiOn 10 his preSerNcr ana
her benefactor. The surgeon had oeeu
called away. after doing all IN ms power
IN mako Clancy cOmfortablc-he was
needed clSewhere-and only two OF three
soldiers and hospital nurse SUN re-
manned hv his beside. where MIS-. IAN
cv and little Kate were drying thclr
tears and receiving consolation from the
stewards wife. The doctor had men
toned a name rs hc went away. ana IL
was seen that Clancy was STRIVING 10
ask a question. Sergeant Nolan o'"'
down: ......
Lie quiet. Clancy, me boy; You must
be quiet. or you'll remove the band
ages. WI.
..Who did ne say was buried? VINO
was ne going to see? gaSped the SUI
fcrer. ,;.,
The new lieutenant, Clancy-hlm