The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-09-09
HARDLY A ROMANCE.
"A STORY WHICH WOULD Be lM-
PROVED sY a LITTLE slcTloM

The Judge on board an Ocoan Steamer,
when Near Home, Tells About - In
teresslns War ixpsElsnse which Was,
After All, disappointing,
Fire island would DO sighted the next
day il all went well, and the great
steamer rushed through the water as il
she were as anxious to reach her pier as
those whom she bore were to be at home
again. A little party Of men sat BY .
smokeatack telling stories, The play Of
the moonlight on the waves had turned
the narratives into rather sentimental
channels, and the judge, giving way 70
the influence Of the elovers' lamp told
the following story;
''You know was colonel IN the
Union army in the war Well, early in
the struggle was ordered to Louisville,
where | reported to General Don Carlos
Buell.. Instructions were given me 70
GO into camp with my regiment about
| six miles south Of the city, The place
chosen for the encampment was the
| lawnof a fine country place, the home Of
one Of Kentuclzy's blueblooded old FAM
lilies. The owners were known to be in
strong sympathy with the south, SO we
had no compunctions about disfguIing
the grounds BY making our temporary
home on them.
"on arriving at the farm and some
of my officers rode up to tho house 70
arrange for such food as we could get.
We found two young women, pretty as
piotures, awaiting us on the brosd ve-
Tanda. They had seen the preparations
for pitching the tents, and were evil
IDENTIFY not pleased, l dismoupted, made
my best bow and explained that the exi-
gencies of war compelled ua TO camp on
their lawn, | assured them that the
soldiers would inconvenience them as
little as possible,
| "Ihe two listened to my little speech
with looks Of anger, and the taller one
snapped out; You shall not camp ON
our place, The last time Union soldiers
were here we didn't have cream for our
coffee for two weeks and we don't pro-
pose to stand it again.
1--WE soldiers, accustomed to pretty
rough fare, could not help laughing at
this, and the flush on the faces Of the
women grew hotter; hastened to
apologize and to say again that we
would be as considerate al the necessi-
ties Of war permitted. Then we rode To
our tents
'The next morning visited the house
! again to see about getting some pgoyt-
sions, The young women were still
naughty, but | did my best to soften
, their antipathy, did save them much
annoyance and they could not help being
: grateful. Somehow found occasion TO
visit the house daily, and sometimes I
managed to conjure up a second pretext
J before bedtime. at the end Of q week
: the sisters regarded me more as an indie
! | yiduai and less as a Union officer, for
studiously avoided referring to the war,
Once on twice the elder one told me
with flashing eyes what would happen
to our men when they met q Confederate
= force on the battlefield, Her brother
was q captain in General Humphrey
9 Marshalls army, and she warned ma
{ against getting within rife shot Of his
regiment
2 NWe got on swimmingly on the whole,
however, and | confess | grew more
than a little fond of the spirited girl,
In q little while the order came TO move
on to eastern Kentucky, and felt un-
!, commonly sad when | rode up to the
house to tell the young ladies goodby.
! | imagined there was q slight sign pi
i emotion in the elders pretty faes when
| told the news, but it disappeared al
d most instantly. Holding out her hand
I TO me she said frankly; 'Goodhy, colo
Z mel. | am really sorry to see you 60
I You are not so bad-for a Yankee
! Please avoid my brother. You NIGH
\ get into trouble
y II laughed. Would you like to ses
Il your brotherF asked
Il "'Oh, YES Why do you aske she said
Z puzzled,
y HiWell, I'll send him to see you then,
y It was her turn to laugh, and she sait
y rnockingly, 'Yuu'd better look out wheI
i, he's in the same county with Yon.'
I, rode away, the tones, but not the words
"a ringing in my ears
\ HNot long afterward my regiment wa
n in eastern Kentucky. One night two o
II our men brought Ia q prisoner. he ha,
y carelessly wandered outside his line
y u and been captured. A handsome young
j fellow he certainly was, with the bear
= y ing Of cavalier, What is your namei
= asked him.
u HOaptain -, Of the Kentucky,
II he replied,
= nIwas all excitement, but tried i
speak in calm tones, iDoYou live abou
six miles south of LouisYilleg asked
II to make assurance doubly gura, n
II said with some surprise that ha did
~ The next day arranged that the pTis
u oner should he paToled, l said that
n knew his family and would yluch 70
II his honor, He was allowed to go HON
after giving the usual pledge, Imerel
II explained to him that had met his ali
* ters, and asked him I'd tell them thi
np Colonal -, Of the 49, Minnesota, ha
oi sent him, He said he wanid, and staFte
av for Lonisyillea
Iii Thera was silence for time lnall
ed some one said, ''Wells
ID. Tha Judge bad been looking ont ogs
81 theoceaa, Ha turned toward the apaaga
~ snppese yon married tho sister, wql
on the man.
/. flts odd that every one Wlle AsA{a III
Ag story should aak that tha iudga asll
ha HNoi ! never went baek 70 keptnck
Iry aud never saw any of she family aeatl
aN iaayzied d Miunesala sin
nd There WIS Rilenea ain fqs tllns
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