Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-10
A CLEVERLY PUT UP JOB.

were III OF AtLr inc Ao44S nj ms ttLi0~1'N--~
was related by grizzled captain, Who
declares the story is true one
EFT was early in the winter OF 1871
tha. my regiment was ordered TO gar
ris0n Fort M3nh1sset, situated seven
miles west of Sabine Pass and very near
the coast. There We went and were
soon i'm quarters, such as they We're
ana at once set 10 work to fight GALL
nippcrs Ga species of mOusQuito OF e1or-
NOUS size, which promptly gathered
about with welcoming song and pro-
ceeded To- make themselves exceedingly
friendly and soci3bie in spite Oh our
rem0uslranCc.
"The country about the fort is very
fiat and but thinly settled. We had no
sooner settled down than the boys be-
San to look around TO see what the
surrounding country could afford in the
way of amusement and profit, but the
outlook was very discouraging at first
However. I'm a day or two an Opportun-
ity presented itself and we made the
best of iL Il happened this way: we
had q young man IN our company
named Harry BiantOn, who was one or
the yaiuest and most impressionable
men I ever saw when it came TO the lair
SEX He was fairly good looking. but
Die imagined himself an Apollo, and
good deal of his talk was OF his con-
quests among ladies-how ne made
himself irresistible and fascinating, and
so ON. AT the same time Harry was
very credul0us. and not smart.
About three-Q quarters OF Il iuIle i-Oi"
The fort there lived an ola FARMER WHO
outside of couple OF stalWafJ sons mac
% pretty daughter who naturally was
an attraction, bu- 1t was soon discover
ed that the father was a crusty' cnurl-
ish old follow who did not want soIoleFs
coming around his place. haVlns grave
doubts of their personal honesty IN
few DAYS Harry B,antoh happened 10
bo passing the farmhouse ana saw the
young lady standing near the gaze,
where he gOt o good look al her ana
saw she was pretty and sweet looking:
Here was O chance for harry Whlch NO
did u0- propose 10 overlook, ana ca.ch-
ing her eye me gaDontly bowed and
smiled and the lady slightly smiled
and bowed i'm return. rms was enough
for him. and me started 10 cross Jhe
road and scrape up an acqualntahce'
when to his great DISAPPOINTMENT the
ola man came ont on Jne front saiIei3
and after sowing q! harry calieu W
his daughter 10 come IN the Aouse'
Harry came INTO camp 'S.o"
with excitement ana was sum 1e!.!'i1
MS what had happened. lie aullii .'Vu
he had become smltten WIN IHe lauE
charms. and was satisfied she was des-
Derately I'm love with him. We encour-
AGED him to the utmost. After that' as
often as he could, Harry would sJroli
slowly by the place. but no glimpse
could he catch Of her. He would al
ways report his ill-SucceSs on ms re-
turn to camp and wondered why IL was
she never appeared. one day one OIL
the boys told him he had heard that the
Old man had noticed his frequent strolls
before the house and had forbidden ms
daughter going ont i'm the 'front.' yard or
ON the gallery, and that the young lady
appeared to- be very much worried
about it. This set Harry wild and he
abused the hard hearted father in the
strongest terms. We all deply sympa-
thized with him. and one Of us suggest
cd TO him that if ne wished to write to
the Girl he would cOntrive i'm some way
lid deliver the letter and get q reply If
rossibla. Harry jumped at this at
once and OIL DE went to write the let
tar with which he returned i'm q couple
of rorrs NE begged to be allowed 10
rras Fl. but mo. no. he could not dothat.
,rca. So Impatient was he: but was told
great caution had to be exercised and q
favorable opportunity present Itself. so
me had ro be content
SIN dav or two another letter was
written hv Harry. and soon. as possible
delivered srd reDlv received N the
corrso of ten davs some four or five let
tars were sent and replied to- In his
last he insisted on a meeting. if only for
O. few minutes begged her to arrange
one Immediately. I'm her reply the
lady said she was willing-eager, in
tac--but her father and brothers were
suspicious and watched her very close
ly. However, for his sake, she would
take ereat risks. AT nine o'clock that
nieht. she said. she would try to slip
away from the house and go to a GER
tain peach tree that was in the field
back of the house. and for him to meet
her there.
TO say hat Bianton was happy does
not describe IT. In the meantime we
had induced q young soldier VINO was
small slim and Deardless 10 help us:
ro was a great wac ana Iuil OF rum ana
eagerly went INTO Jne scheme me
country was secured ana q woman $
dress ana sunoon2eJ secured ana an
preparations made a snort tihe alter
dark bIanlon was nouceu 10 SIP out OF