Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-19


como from distance to ofticiate, ap-
preached from the south. The two met
on tho knoll under the canopy. An Oil
Ger of high rank, who was also bishop
in tho church, stepped forward, and Cor
poral Sir Hugh Ratigau and Caroline
Fitz Hugh were made one. The only
lamp to light the nuptials was the round
moon in the east. The only canopy, save
that composed of flowers, was the broad
heavens above, in which the stars had
only just appeared for the night. The
only wedding bells were occasional
booms from guns on Lookout mountain.
The ceremony over, the bride and
groom repaired to the marquee, lighted
with candles, where they took position
to receive the congratulations of the
company. All gave way to Colonel and
Mrs. Maynard who offered theirs first.
I'VE must give you up, suppose, D."
said Laura to the bride, "just as we
would like to know you better. You 90
abroad, I suppose.
"No, I remain here"
"But Sir Hugh will go?"
"Yes, as soon as he can get his dis
charge. He goes to Virginia from here,
where he will pass through the lines to
Washington and will put his case in
the hands of the British minister. BE
anticipates no trouble in getting dis
charge from the Federal army and hopes
to sail within month for Ireland"
"And your" asked Laura, in some
surprise that the bride could bear to part
80 soon with her husband.
IT? I remain with my people till the
last gun has been fired. We have argued
that question, and such is my decision"
Moi decisions, " observed the groom,
"are u thing of the past
Leaving the newly married pair,
Colonel Maynard approached the master
Of ceremonies, the BRIDES uncle.
General" he said, 81 esteem it a
privilege that you have waived your
right to furnish all the viands for the
wedding feast and have permitted me
to contribute. There" pointing to the
boxes Of wine he had brought, "are six
cases Of champagne, which I beg you
to accept as contribution from the
Army Of Chattanooga.
At q signal from the officer addressed
a negro removed blanket covering a
dozen boxes in corner Of the tent,
which had come hundred miles and
had not been in position ten minutes.
II see your six cases, general, and 90
you six cases better"
Having no further resources at
hand" said Maynard, bowling, II retire
from the game"
Hannibal" said the Confederate,
"you may advance the force in the first
box to position in line on the table"
eyes, sah," said the person addressed
And seizing saber standing in the cor
ner he unsheathed it with q flourish
and pried open box Of the wine. In
moment dozen bottles were standing
on the table like platoon Of soldiers.
"Now, Hannibal, you may fire the
opening shot. "
Hannibal broke the wires, and a
"pop," a far more welcome sound than
those that had been so recently and fire.
quently heard by all present, announced
that the feast was not only set, but
begun.
Unjust apologize for our glassware,
said the master Of ceremonies. "Our
champagne glasses were all shattered by
the conclusions at Chickamauga"
And well he might The array con-
sisted of tin cups, wooden cups, glass
cups and tumblers, all either cracked,
broken or dented. And as circle was
formed to pledge. the bride and groom
one Confederate screened himself be-
hind his comrades to avoid being seen
drinking from a gourd. When the con-
tents Of IS cases-a regiment of dead
soldiers" "-lay on the table, the guests
prepared to depart. The last words had
been spoken by General and Mrs. May
nard and by Sir Hugh and Lady Rati-
gan. Jakey, who had thus far wander
ed about unobserved, though not unob-
serving, stepped up to the bride and
groom. Though he had not tasted the
wine, his eyes glistened with intoxica-
tion at the union of his two friends,
whose attachment he had noticed from
the first
"Miss Baggs, air you uns n Sir Rats
goin ter ride roun Tennessee some more
In the chicken coop?"
There was a burst of laughter from
the party, and Lady Ratigan, with a
blush, informed Jakey that the chicken
coop was broken in pieces
81 didn't know nuthin bout that
Reckon Sir Rats'd find it handy in Ire
land. It's kind O. funny you uns start
in out way up by tn mountings n
fetchin up down hyar, nigh onter tn
Georgy line. " And Jakey surprised the
company by giving the only "ha, ha'
that had to this moment ever been heard
to issue from his serious lips.
As the guests descended the side Of
the mountain cheer was heard in the
direction of Chattanooga. They stopped
and listened. A man rode out from the
Union picket line to meet them.
whats that cheering?" asked Gen.
eral Maynard.
sole Pap's in command Of the Army
Of the Cumberland"