The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06

the press circulate the story of the
gold chromoneter, to learn something
about the dead Confederate's friends,
but without success. At one time he
seriously thought of having copies of
the beautiful face on the back case
made and distributed, but ut length
the idea of making common n thing
that had been so precious to one gal
liant soul, deferred him from this meth
cd of getting information.
About six years after the close of
the war DR.. Rockwell became very
chummy with q young ex-Confederate
engineer, Captain Lewis of Virginia,
who had won in Pittsburg an cnviable
reputation along the lines of his
profession. One evening the cap
tain and the doctor were smoking
in the bachelor quarters of the lat
ter and discussing the Wilderness
campaign. Up to this time the doc
tor, perhaps because he had grown
weary Of the subject, had never men
toned the story of the watch to his
friend, but the impulse seized him,
and he did SO this night, and then I'M
hooking the guard, he handed the
chronometer over for inspection.
The captain glanced at the face, then
hurriedly opened the back case, and,
as the beautiful face met his gaze, his
lips grew ashy, and he gasped:
"My God!"
"Why, what's up old fellow, sick?"
asked the doctor, as he rose from his
chair.
Nothing, I'm all right now. But
L knew the man that carried that
watch, and the face of the girl on the
case is"
"Whose?" cried the doctor, seeing
that the other hesitated.
"My sisters" was the response.
Then it came out that the dead con-
federate from whom the doctor got
the watch was Frank Herbert of South
ern Maryland, commander of a regi-
ment in the famous confederate Mary
land brigade. Ella Lewis of Loudon,
Virginia, the captains sister, was en-
gagged to young Herbert, and being in
France the year before the war she
bought for him the watch and pasted
her picture on the back case. The
breaking out of the contest caused the
marriage to be postponed, and death
of the colonel left his beautiful fiancee
a brevet widow.
take the WATCH" said the doctor,
when he had heard the story, and give
it to your sister"
"Keep it for week or two," re-
sponded the captain, "she and my
mother are coming on to keep house
for me, and 1 think it would be more
fitting for you to hand it to her in
person.
The doctor agreed with this, and
three weeks afterwards he met Miss
Lewis and handed her the watch. The
years had not changed her, except fol
the expression of sadness on the beau
tiful face.
The lady took the watch, but tn
doctor did not buy another. Ate
this he was a frequent visitor at Mrs
Lewis cosy cottage. About 81,
months after the doctor had found tn
owner of the gold chronometer he AM
Miss Lewis had long, private an(
evidently satisfactory talk in tn
parlor. AS the doctor rose to go, sh
laid her hands on. his shoulders, an
whispered:
"Wait Roland"
! She darted out of the room and re
turning with the watch, showed hin
, the picture had not been changed o
! the back of the case thenshe fastcne
= the guard to his vest, and placed tn
:, chronometer in his pocket.
y 81 shall try to be as true as tn
colonel" said Doctor Rockwell, an
. he drew the beautiful head to h
breast, and kissed the sweet upturne
7 face and the closed eyes of his b,