The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-08-10
LOVE IN TWO WARS.

LOVE IN TWO WARS.
We'll. now" said Lieutenant Colo
mel Raseeme, standing with ono hand
ON his hip in front of tho regimental
headquarters tent well, new! This
thing is getting more and more To be
sort of resurrection of the dead and the
life of tho World to come. =
Here an orderly arrived. keeping step
IN very creditablo style with tall,
rather slim. light haired youth for
whom lieutenant Colonel Bascumo had
sent. whose square jaws had only just
begun 70 take ON the brown of first
week iii ealnp Both the enlisted men
saluted
Leo shepherd. sir; Company +. g"
I'll MI Thought it was something
else. leo Shepherdr' Lieutenant Colo.
mel Bascome ruminated
Nelly looked at her father with de-
cidedly qui42ieal yelling Of her pretty
eyebrows. rs if to ask why it should be
funny that Il young man enlisted in tho
ioN"i ItblIH'ilt VI Nhe HdtiullHl Ruuiu
lived i'll that neighhorhood
Il suppose haven't seen you before,
eh"' her tather went on, still address.
ing shepherd You belong to Com.
pany + How long have You been in the
regiment
Two yours, sir ="
We'll, | haven seen much Of Com
pany f, haNe l. That y 10 Arc most Of
them as fine fellows as yua. thaa
Shepherd flushed TO the tips of his
ears and the orderly grimed The ON
harrassed young man had 10 words for
II reply
We'll, that's all. Thank you, y said
the commanding officer.
Aud the Two enlisted men salutea aud
went their several ways
What made You do that papa"
Nelly asked as soon as they We're out of
hearing.
What; Ask that younRster his name?
don't know, my child, exactly. | had
some sort Of notion that had seen his
face before Lee Shepherd i ev-
rr knew nybody Of the name of Shop.
herd-Shepherd His face and his whole
look are certainly familiar to me. But
| am getting old, daughter. That 3 the
whole Of it, =
The girl ; trim blue serge was seen to
move l,isuely down the line Of tents
and disappear around the corner Nelly
Bascon.e had taken an idea into her
head, and the idea was taking her for IA
walk she took the turning which she
thought would lead her to the quarters
of Company +, and she was very nearly
right iii her euess
She WAS locking for Lee Shepherd and
was soon face to face with him
Lea smiled at the girl with an ex.
preston Of perfect understanding Sho
was Il little surprised that he showed no
surprise at her visit
MIR shepherd. . she said, Il don't
know whether ! ought to apologize for
troubling yon
you ought not, Miss Bascome, "
said Lee There is no call for an apol-
ogY- hardly even for an explanation "
"Ohl"
mo know what you want to ask
me !"
You do" said Nelly, in some sur
prise
"Iou want to know if | know why
the lieutenant colonel called me back
just uew. He doesn't know amy ono of
the naAo Il shepherd, docs hefn
No, he doesn' t. Why did he call
you Lackf Why did he ask your nance"
well, Miss Bascomc, if you ask me,
and II you promise not to spoil my
plan -
"What plan?"
My plan is to zee whether your ia
thcr's memory will go on troubling him
about mo until ho linda out viii you
promise not to tell him until | give
you leave"
-" | promise, said Nelly, delighted at
being able to solve the mystery SO soon
We'll. then here's tho whole thing
in "a nutshell I'm 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 Z" said Nelly "Who
was your grandfather"
Why. my grandfather was n John
ny Reb Both my grandfathors were.
But your father Is thinking about my
mothers father. old General Good
lowe
"Oh, that's 1t. Is it2 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
10 play eribbage with him when h.
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?" sho asked
Il should 30 much like to meet her"
YES. " ssid Leo "she would like
70 meet you.
"How do you know
Well, to be quite candid about it, I've
been disobeying orders from home.
came north three years ago TO 90 into
the cotton spinning business Then
joined the regiment, Company. r. But
] never wrote your fathers name homo
until we were called out for this war
As soon as ! told mother-she still lives
On the old plaoe-who tho lieutenant
colonel was, eho wrote back. Here, I've
got her letter III my pocket. She says:
You are going to serve under Yank
who was your grandfather prisoner Of
war in 1863. Thank God that il can DO
80. Then she tells me perfect little
romance aud wants me to 60 and intro.
duce myself +"
Why didn't you2'
1T isn't good discipline for an enlist,
ed man. Won know - stsge~--R