Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-15
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The hospital LADY whom these brave
Fellows sAluted with snch chiyalrous re
spect was no other than Constance Leigh
herself. still searching fer her host lover.
and searching IL vain.
Since that memorable July night she
lad passed through many fearful seens
Of suffering and death. and had heard
from many q her patients strange tales
Of the nlan that she sought, whose reck-
less daring and romantic mystery had
made his name familiar 10 many who
bad never seea his face. But war and
disease had wrought such havoc among
thesoldiers Of Gettysburg that not I'll
that very morning had she met one Of
the actual comrades Of the man whom
. they knew only as Joe Joli4e. or Never
die Joe.
Telling Ia Chattanooga amid host Of
sick and wounded-the wrecks % the
fatal field OF Chiekamauga-she had re-
marked one face ia that CHASTITY throng
which, wan and wasted though il was,
had look Of bright. boyish drollery
very strange 70 Sec amid such = carnival
Of horrors. IL was honest Mike O'Reiily.
with ball through his leg and a fearful
sAber cash in his shoulder, bat stiil re-
taining his light hearted Irish jollity 50
wholly unimpaired by pain and weak
ness that the amazed surgeon declared
that lie had kept death at bay by laugh
ing him out OF countenance."
Faith, it's myself that's in luck 10 De
under shelther," said hecheerily, IN reply
TO her condolences, 'for it's the worst IF
all weather we've been havin' here.
glory be 10 Godl Nv its all like this I'd
a dale rather have no weather al all! At
daydawn it's as cowld as a landlords
heart, and We on wild yer coat for the
bare life. Thin out comes the sun and
melts We all away. and makes yer clothes
cling to yez till We fale like = pound o
buther rowled up in an ould newspaper,
and ye of wild the coat sgin. and rowl
it up, and on We thrsmp Thin. havin'
got yez beyant yer intrenchments, b 10
spake, down comes the rain on ye Ike
the divil. and vets we thru and thru 10
the bone; and whin We do CIT to shelther
the sun takes name advantage Of yer
absence 70 come out agin."
You're a bit Of a philosopher. see.
| Mr. O'Reilly." said Constance, smiling
in spite Of herself at the soldiers quaint
| humor
"Och, my lady, call me Mike av We
PLACE, and don't be afther sayin' 'Misther
| O'Reilly.' Sure, it sounds rs iv | wor q
gintleman, which I'm not. thank God.
and niver will be-"
"Why. what a terrible radical you
must be, Mike" said the young lady.
smiling again
"Troth, iv ye'd had as much to do wild
| eintlemen as Oh have, it's yer own swate
| self 'ud be "a radical too. The ownly
gintleman | liver knowed that was good
for anything was my ould comrade, Joe
Jofffe, that we called 'Niver-die joe
do you know him, them she asked,
trembling with excitement
Know him, is 1t? Faith, didn't be
/ give me his own blanket on murdherin
cowld night, that froze tie very thoughts
in my head? and didn't him an me fight
shoulder TO shoulder many q day.
whin We cadn't open Yer mouth 10 brathe
without dhrawin' in half dozen bullets:
Ny rear rank man, Bill Slocum, thried
to make me behave that the dSeent boy
was only one O thin runaway kings
from Europe; but knowed he was too
good to belong TO any stitch bla'guards.
I'll 60 bail he's come O. dacent paple,
like St. Pathrick in the ould song, and
niver had king in his family at all, at
ALL"
"And where is he now?" asked Con-
stance eagerly.
But that was more than Mike could
say. lie only knew that Joe had been
ing shown wonderful aptitude for that
kind of work, and where no was now no
one could say. He might be in the camp,
or he might be hundred miles away
Having learned, however, that Joliffe
was now acting as scout, and we'll
known IN that character, Aiss Leigh ma,
now something definite 10 go upon. and
after n persistent inquiry-in which she
was zealously aided by the surgeons and
various officers, who interested them
selves warmly in her quest--a man was
found who had seen Joe Joliffe making
for Shermans camp on the south side OF
Chattanooga upon the previous day.
Constance at once started in the same
direction, accompanied as usual by that
model servant, Mr.. Dawson, who had
| followed her as closely as her shadow
ever since her departure from New York.
Ills late lordship's horders 10 me.
miss. said he with prim bow, twas to
attend you wherever you went, and &C
cordlpgly it's my dooty to do So"
General Sherman had just como up by
forced march from Bridgeport along
the north bank Of the Tennessee 20 Chat
tanooga, after fifty days struggle
through mnd and rain from Vicksburg
via Memphis and Tuscumbia. Sent for
in haste to assist in Grants projected at
tack upon Bragg's strong lines on Look
ont mountain, he had been intrusted
with the duty Of storming the heights Of
Missionary Ridge. at the foot OF which
| bis men were now cncamped.
At euch time the great commander,
with his usual untiring energy and won
derful activity, was everywhere at
once and IL was no easy matter 10 know
where 10 find him: but young officer TO
| whom Constance addressed herself was
! able to tell her that the general had spent
the whole night in visiting the ovtposts,
and would probably he met with on that
side Of the camp which faced toward
Missionary Ridge
Under his escort Constance made her
way thither. and went to and fro for
some time without seeing OF hearing any