Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-19
WHY GEN. EARLY NEVER MARRIED.

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In giving a sketch of Gen. Jubal
A. Early, who died at Lynchburg,
Va, on the 2nd of March, the Balti-
more american relates the following
in explanation of the fact that the
General lived and died bachelor:
Early never married. A pretty
romance is told about him. When he
was a young lieutenant in 1887, he
appeared at the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs in brilliant uniform
and riding a splendid black stallion.
One day shortly after he had gone
out for a ride, beautiful young lady
from Philadelphia, debutante spend
ing her first season at "The 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 afternoon it was a swollen
stream of mad, muddy waters, sent
down from the mountain side after
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 off their
feet, and, with the floating carriage,
went wildly along with the mad waves.
Early was near enough 70 the stream
to see the drivers mistake, and, real
izing the lady's danger, buried his
rowels in his horses side and dashed
INTO Ine water.
The carriage was tossing and roll
ing upon the waves, and the lady was
screaming. The situation was desper-
ate, and Early, realizing it, bent his
energies to save her. The young SOL
dier 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 beside him. Reach
ing 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 as he
could, the lieutenant made for the
shore. Once on dry land, he gave
his stallion the spurs, and in few
minutes galIoped 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 monop-
olized the Quaker bellies dancing list.
From that evening until the close
of the season he was her almost con-
stant companion She received his
attention with apparent 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
lady went back to her home, her
heart full of the conquest she had
made, while Early reported to his
troop for duty. At Fort Monroe he
remained until the Florida war, when
he went to the Everglades. There he
distinguished himself, and, as fortune
smiled upon him, his love for the girl
far away in her northern home IN
creased. For her he was full of hope
and ambition.
But both were doomed to an early
and sad disappointment
With the approach of spring, Lieu
tenant Early'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 paper.
The handwriting upon the wrapper
was familiar to him, and as he tore
it away 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 book, and kept it.
This is why, it is said, Jubal Early
never married.
mosBY's RAID NEAR DUFFlELDs STATION.