The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-12

speak OF the time he was a prisoner u
war on parole in North Carolina?
"Of course I have. And Colonel Coco.
lowe had him there at the ola place
THAT'S right. And my mother used
20 play cribbage Nth him when ne
couidn walk on account Of his spralned
knee Did he ever tell you that?'
Nelly shook her head. smiling. But
IS your mother sin liying2' she ASKED
II should so much ike to meet her
"Yes," said Lee. 'she would Ike 70
meet you
How DO you know?'
"Weu 20 be quite candid about II, I've
been disObeying orders from home. 1
came North three years ago 70 go into
the cott0n-spinning business. Inen i
Joined the regiment, Company i. But
/ never wrote your fathers name nome
until we were called out for THIS war
As soon as ! told mOther-she stlll HYe3
on the ola place-wnO Lleutcnant-Colonel
was she wrote back. Here I've got
her letted I'm my pocket. She says: y on
are going 10 serve under man VINO was
your grandfathcr's prisoner OF war IN ~.
Thank God that it can be So Then she
tells mo a perfect little romance ana
wants me to- 20 and introduce myself
"Why don't ycuE
cit isn't good discipline for an enlisted
man. you know"
II think It's iovely. Come to tea to-
morrow afternoon, VIII your
How about military discipline, MISS
Bascome?'
"Obey my orders" said Nelly severely.
And with that she marched away
But she said not a word TO her father
about her discovery, although she knew
what WAS uuzzing him when he sat pull
fnor hts r1ustacue iu the tent after even
ing parade.
Next afternoon. a3 Nelly and one or
two girl friends. whom she had invited
out TO camp. were arranging things for
her afternoon tea. the Lieutenant-Col-
onePs daughter remarked to her father
pad. I'VE invited only one man to tea
this afternoon-an enlisted man.
"1he deuce you have
Just so. Private Lee Shepherd, Com
pany T."
'That lad I spoke to yesterday"
"The same"
And Just at that moment the orderly
reported Private Shepherd. Company T..
I'm here by order, sir" said Lee
saluting.
Tho Iieutenant-Colonell looked hard at
the enlisted man for moment or two
and then burst out, by lingo! II was
no hallucination after all. Didn't you
tell me you lived IN this slater"
Eyes. sir But you didn't ask me
where / was born. I'm from North
Carolina And they say look very Ike
my grandfather, General Goodlowe."
But Nelly did not hint to her father
that she knew anything Of his Civil war
romance until a week later when the
regiment was on the eve OF its departure
for the front.
Then she said taking his arm affec-
tionately. pad / am glad you married
my mama I'm glad you didn't marry
General GoOdlowe's daughter"
"Tut, tut, child! What are you talk
ing about?"
wen. you know al that cribbage and
all might have ended in that way" She
was laughing as the Lieutenant Colonel
thought. very imperdnently. Then she
went on. IT mean, it would-its better
that Lee Shepherd isn't my brother.
mean to say II he were, I should have
both a father and a brother leaving me
10 30 and fight those Spaniards. That
would be quite too much"
But the fact that Lee Shepherd was
not her brother did not seem 70 alleviate
Nelly's sadness in the least degree when
the regiment started for the front next
morning.
The end Of the story. in fact. cannot
be told until the present war ends and
Company + gets home.