Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-25


| shameful. AS soon, therefore, az the
| old Squire became aware of the att2cn-
ment existing between Amy and myseli
he very solemnly declared that he would
rather see Army laid IN the grave thsA
marar.ed to me.
1T was impossible, OF course, for her
1 to avoid meeting me at the neighborhood
} gatherings which constituted the society
! OF our country life, ana her constant plea
and prayer was that if I really loved her
as / said l would so regulate my life as
/ ere long TO win her fathers approval OIL
our union.
4 secured a short furlough less than
/ year ago and returned home. or
! course. l saw Amy repeatedly. Our az
+ lection had only been made the stronger
bv nv absence, and as my conduct
while in the service, like that OF most
. Confederate soldiers, had been very eX-
: emplary, l felt Old Squire Ramsay's IN
terd.c,.O.n of my visits to his house TO
! be grieyou%y unjust. The Old gentle
man. however, was as hard as iron. lie
/ finally Welded so far as to say shat as
I Smtberner he admired the devotion l
was reported TO have shown to the cause
D
/ over The great amendments Of my moral
conduct and tha, if peFseYered TINS rep
utaUon for good deCOrum another year
I he might himself believe that it would
/ prOve to be permanent, but that for the
iDresent he absolutely forbade anything
like intimacy be ween his daughter ana
myself
"On the night preceding the day on
which was compelled 20 set out for the
army under the terms of my furlougn
I persuaded Amy to meet me IN the
orchard back OF her fathers house for
farewell interview. / suppose that II
was the only tine she had ever d!sre-
garded her fathers injulctlons.
NV interview with Amy in the balmy
air and under the moon light OF South
/ ern slv soon became for both OF us an
agony of grief. love and passion. Sne
from her very youth and innocence ana
. I from hab.tual indulgence OF every pas
sion and longing, yielded TO the sway Oh
. that resistless love which h&d become
the dominant influence Of both our AVeS,
and our union was c1nslmmated WIN
au- the Intervention of priest or magls-
trate.
THE next morning I set out to join
nv rsgimsntTae idea that any misior-
/ tune might prevent us from ever beng
7 united IN accordance with the forms or
the church and of society had never cc-
Cured to either Of Us; but few days be-
fore we evacuated Atlanta l received
. letter which had been ,cng time on the
w2v. IN which Amy wrote as follows:
cruelty, no. because l have any DOUBT
of You, but because 1 think l shall l.e
If cur child should be born while its
father is away. Come if on-y for a
DAY. Yours for ile death and
e,ern. tv-Amy'
This result OF cur ind.scredon had
never suggested ITSELF to my mind, ana
the though of The anguish l had
brought upon the only woman Tor
whom my heart ever ye3rned was m
-o,ersble Before, hcWeyer, 1t Wou.c
have been possible to get any response
10 nv aDDl.c5. ion fer Through, tIere
. came the hurried evacuation OF Atlanta,
and our doub,e-quick march TO Jones'
h7rO In the th.ckes. o. The battle, with
Amv's letter next my heart ana Win
little thought or care 10: &ny'h.Ag OUY
her unhappy condition, a cannon D1!I
crashed through the body CT tA-5
corpse here. ana as ] came forth from
. the broken frame. even the lurid light
~ the bar!efe.d caused me exquisite
nr'n Bur almost instantly l fell, my
( self envel0Ded by an existence separate
/ from nv own. and borne away WITH me
ye,9c..v CT lightning to the dark s!ae
IF The world. As soon as l reached inc
s.de Of the earth away from the sun, l
grew calm
eft IS impossible for me TO make you
acouain-ed with the manner in Wh-co
we Communicate w! i a2cn o'her' Du. L
was given 20 understand that contact
wtl physical boii especially ANNA
sd physical bodies and exposure 10 INe
rgh. would always torture me, unul l
sh9uld be clothed with NV body, ana
mat the line of the occurrence oil MS
I jfit should ever occur, could no, be fore
told.
81 am somehow Impressed with the
conviction that the reason | have not
baen able 10 obtain the new body IS that
have done nothing by which Amy and
wrong I have done them. | have gone
/ aiong the lines OF the army, both m
( Virginia and in The west, and nave VS.
tied many CITIES, searching everywhere
for q man who might be physically and
mentally endowed with such peculiari-
ties as would enable him 10 render me
The Driceless boon which I am about 10
solicit at your hands. VIII you con-
nj 10 undertake it.? For Gods sake,
for pity's sake. for the sake Of a pure
hearted. suffering girl and her unborn
I cliid. do not refuse my prayer.
"You are lust my age, of precisely my
stature Your clear-cut face IS almost
q duDlica.e OF mine. The color Of your
ewes and hair and complexion, all are
wonderfully like my own. If you viii
I YOU can enable me 10 carry out my pan
I 10 rehabilitate Amy and her child, NOR
/ allv and socially. The things that must
he done 10 that end will, Of course, be
NV ac.s. although YOU mus permi, me
TO use YOUR material form for the pur-
pose of ACCOMPLISHING ,lem. In addition
40 tn Sc physical qualities which eSpec-
iaUv fit YOU to aid me in this undertake
/ ing. YOU are possessed of calm, self
conferred. imper.urbable courage. i,
would not excite in you any Of those
. emotions of terror or Of l0athing at the
d idea of intimacy with disembodied
spirit. which in ordinary men sometimes
produce insanity, epilepsy or cat2lepsy,
and those other diseases which batil
medical science. Indeed, you would be
able. wi.hou. experiencing any shock
moral, physical or inteLtctual-to re-
main Quiescent while ! might be in en-
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