The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-08-16
LOVE IN TWO WARS.

thing is getting more and more to be a
sort Of resurrection of the dead and the
life of the world to come "
Here an orderly arrived keeping steE
in very creditable style with a tall,
rather slim, light haired youth fol
whom Lieutenant Colonel Bascome had
sent, whose square jaws had only just
begun to take on the brown of a first
week in camp Both the enlisted men
saluted.
Lee Shepherd, sir; Company F."
"H'ml | thought it was something
else. Lee Shepherd p Lieutenant Colo
mel Bascome ruminated
Nelly looked at her father with a de-
cidedly quizzical yelling of her pretty
eyebrows, as if to ask why it should be
funny that a young man enlisted in the
local regiment of the national guard
lived in that neighhorhood
Il suppose | haven t seen you before,
eh?' her father went ON, still address
ing Shepherd. "You belong to Com
pany F. How long have you been in the
regiment?"
1.-TWO years, sir.
"Well, haven't seen much of Com
pany F, have L? That's so. Are most of
them as fine fellows as you, eh?"
Shepherd blushed to the tips of his
ears and the orderly grinned. The en-
barrassed young man had no words for
reply
"Well, that's all. Thank you, y said
the commanding officer.
And the two enlisted men saluted and
went their several ways
"What made you do that, papa?''
Nelly asked as soon as they were out of
hearing.
What? Ask that youngster his name:
dom know, my child, exactly. 1 had
some sort of notion that had seen his
face before. But-Lee Shepherd-In new
er knew anybody of the name of Shep-
herd-Shepherd. His face and his whole
look are certainly familiar to me. But
am getting old, daughter That's the
whole of it. ="
The girl $ trim blue serge was seen to
move leisurely down the line of tents
and disappear around the corner. Nelly
Bascome had taken an idea into her
head, and the idea was taking her for a
walk. She took the turning which she
thought would lead her to the quarters
Of Company F, and she was very nearly
right in her guess.
She was looking for Lee Shepherd and
was soon face to face with him.
Lee smiled at the girl with an ex-
preston of perfect understanding. She
was little surprised that he showed no
surprise at her visit
Mr. Shepherd, - she said, 81 don't
know whether | ought to apologize for
troubling YOU
"You ought not, Miss Bascome, I"
said Lee There is no call for an apol-
ogy-hardly even for an explanation. -
"Ohr'
mo know what you want to ask
me. -
You do?" said Nelly, in some sur
prise
"You want to know if know why
the lieutenant colonel called me back
just now He doesn't know any one Of
the name of Shepherd, does he?"
"No, he doesn't. Why did he call
you back? Why did he ask your name?"
well Miss Bascome, if you ask me,
and if you promise not to spoil my
plan
"What plan?'
my plan is to see whether your ia
theirs memory will go on troubling him
about me until he finds out Will you
promise not to tell him until l give
you leave?''
81 promise. T" said Nelly, delighted at
being able to solve the mystery so soon.
"Well, then, here's the whole thing
in nutshell Pm very like my grand
father. Everybody tells me that Then,
you see, this hat, suppose, brings out
the likeness. They used to wear hats
like these, you know.
"Who used to p said Nelly "Who
was your grandfather"
why, my grandfather was John
ny Reb Both my grandfathers WERE
But your father is thinking about my
mothers father, old General Good
lowe.
"oh, that's it, is itP l remember
now. "
Ever hear the lieutenant colonel
speak of the time he was a prisoner of
war on parole in North Carolina?''
"Of course have, and Colonel Good,
lowe had him there at the old place.
That's right, and my mother used
to play cribbage with him when he
couldn' walk on account Of his sprained
knee. Did he ever tell you that?'
Nelly shook her head, smiling but
is your mother still living?" she asked.
Il should so much like to meet her -
Eyes, said Lee. She would like
to meet you.
How do you know?"
"Well, to be quite candid about it, I've
been disobeying orders from home 1
came north three years ago to go into
the cotton spinning business. Then
joined the regiment, Company F. But
1 never wrote your fathers name home
until we were called out for this war.
AS soon as 1 told mother-she still lives
on the old place-who the lieutenant
colonel was, she wrote back. Here, I've
got her letter in my pocket. She says:
you are going to serve under Yank
who was your grandfather prisoner of
war in 1863 Thank God that it can be
so. Then she tells me a perfect little
romance and wants me to go and intro.
duce myself. -
why didn't your"
"It ism t good discipline for an enlist
ed man, you know -
81 think it's lovely. Come to tea to-
morrow afternoon, will your
'How about military discipline, Miss
Bascome?"
"Obey my orders, said Nelly severe
ly. And with that she marched away.
But she said not one word to her ia
ther about her discovery, although she
knew what was puzzling him when he
sat pulling his mustache in the tent aft
er evening parade.
Next afternoon, as Nelly and one or
two girl friends whom she had invited
out to camp were arranging things for
n6r d1IeFuOOH Ged, bu6 llbuleudub COlO-
nel's daughter remarked to her father,
dad, I've invited only one man to tea
this afternoon-an enlisted man.
1.-The deuce you have!"
"Just so. Private Lee Shepherd,
Company F. y
'That lad l spoke to yesterday%'
"The same "
And just at that moment the orderly
reported Private Shepherd, Company F.
"I'm here by order, sir, - said Lee.