The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20
GENERAL, EAKLY'S ROMANCN'
The Interesting Reasons why
Never Married.

Early never married. A pretty romance IS
told about him by The Baltimore Americ tan1
When he was a young lieutenan. m Gil.
he appeared at the Greenbrar Nnlte gu
nh,lr Springs in brilliant uniform anu ~
ing a splendid black stallion. one Jay
shortly after he had gone out Tor rue
a beautiful young lady from Philadeipilld,
a debutante spending her first season at
the ..yVhite' drove off in her carriage.
She had never met the young lieutenant. i
Near the spring is a small creek uSuahy
only q few feet deep, but on that afternoon
il was a swollen stream of mad, muddy
waters sent down from the mountain slue
after a long rain Of the day before
Towards the stream the carriage rolled ana
lust before reaching il, passed the heuteh-
ant At the banks of the creek the driver
naused q second and then, thinking that be
could make it. urged his horses in. Before
the team had reached the middle OF the
stream, however they We're washed OIL
their feet and with floating carriage went
wildly along with the mad waves Early
was near enough to the stream to see the
drivers mistake, and realizing the lady
danger. buried his rowels in his horse $
side and dashed into the water.
The carriage was tossing and rolling upon
the waves and the lady was screaming.
The situation was desperate and Early,
realizing it, bent his energies to save her.
The young soldier reached the carriage
just as it toppled over. The water rolled
over the beautiful girl and Early thought
she was lost, but a second later she came
| I'D almost beside him. Reaching down ne
caught her by the skirt, and a half minute
later was holding her motonleSS BODY IN
his arms Then, guiding his horse as best
he could, the lieutenant made for the shore.
Once on dry land, he gave his stallion the
spurs, and in few minutes galloped up to
the hotel with the almost lifeless body of
the belle in his arms.
She was carried to her friends, and then
the story of her rescue was learned. The
lieutenant was the hero of the hour, and
that evening monOpoliZed the Quaker belle
dancing list
From that evening until the close of the
season he was her almost constant compan-
ion. She received his attentions with APP
parent delight, and when the cool, frosty
air warned the visitors of approaching
winter they went away promising to meet
each other there the next summer The
! lay went back to her home, her heart full
of the conquest she hat made WINE FAIRY
reported to his troop for duty. At Fort
| Monroe he remained until the Florida war,
| when he went to the Everglades There ne
| distinguished himself, and, as fortune Snllled
| upon him, his love for the girl far away
! in her northern home increased. For her he
| was full of hope and ambition.
| But both were doomed to an early ana
| sad disappointment.
With the approach of spring Lieutenant
! Early's thoughts began to dwell upon the
| pleasant meeting Sc near at hand.
Early in the spring he applied for leave
! of absence, and it came, but the same man
brought him paper. The handwriting upon
the wrapper was familiar to him, and as he
tore it away a heavy black mark upon the
! paper caught his eye CHANGING at 1t, he
read the piece which it marked. That piece
told him of the marriage OF the lady he
| loved so we'll and he read it he realized
for the first time that she had been toying
J with his heart. After reaulng 1T he cut
I the piece from the paper placed it in a book
! aud kept it.
That is why, it is said, Jubal Early never
! married.