The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04
Whr Gen. Rarlr Never Marrled.

burg, Va, on the End of March, the
Baltimore american relates the fol
lowing in explanation of the fact
that the General lived and died
bachelor:
aEarly never married. a pretty
romance is told about him. When
he was young lieutenant in 1887.
he appeared at the Greenbrier.
White Sulphur Springsi in a brilliant
uniform, and riding splendid
black stallion. One day shortly
after he had gone out for a ride. a
beautiful young lady from Phila-
deIphia, a debutante spending her
first season at aThe White" drove
off in her carriage. She had never
met the young lieutenant.
Near the spring is a small creek,
usually only few feet deep. But
upon that afternooni it was swolled
stream of mad, muddy waters, sent
down from the mountain side after
a long rain of the day before
Towards the stream the carriage
rolled, and just before reaching it
passed the lieutenant. At the bank
of the creek the driver paused a
second, and then, thinking that he
could make it, urged his horses in.
Before the team had reached the
middle of the stream, however, they
were washed offtheir feet, and, with
the floating carriage, went wildly.
along with the mad waves. EARLY
was near enough the stream to see
the drivers mistake, and, realizing
the lady's danger, buried his rowels
in his horses side and dashed into
the water.
The carriage was tossing and roll
ing 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 up almost be-
side him. Reachingd down he caught
her by the skirt, and half minute
later was holding her motionless
body in his arms. Then, guiding
his horse as best he could, the lieu
tenant made for the shore. Once
on dry land, he gave his stallion the
spurs, and in a few minutes gall
oped up to the hotel with the al
most 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 even
ing monopolized the Quaker bellies
dancing list.
From that evening until the close
of the season he was her almost con-
slant companion. She received his
attention with apparent delight,
and when the cool, frosty air warn
ed the visitors of approaching
winter they went away promising
to meet each other there the next
summer. The lady went back to.
her home, her heart full of the cor
quest she had made, while Early re-
ported TO his troop for duty. at
Fort Monroe he remained until the
Florida war, when he went to the
Everglades. There he distinguish
ed himself, and, as fortune smiled
upon him, his love for the girl far
away in her Northern home increas-
ed. For her he was full of hope
and ambition.
But both were doomed to an
early and sad disappointment.
with the approach OF spring,
Lieutenant EarIy's thoughts began
to dwell upon the pleasant meeting
SO near at hand.
Early in the spring he applied
for leave of absence, and it came,
but the same mail brought him a
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. Glancing at it, he read the
piece which it marked. That piece
told of the marriage of the lady he
loved SO well, and as he read it, he
realized for the first time she had
been toying with his heart. After
reading it, he cut the piece from
the paper, placed it in a book, and
kept it.
This is why, it is said, Jubal Ear
ly never married.
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