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On the March to the Sea
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An Unexpected Wedding at the Sutton
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| 81 Klegg found that Surgeon Brooke.
had come back from the Sutton House
and was very busy with the sick, all OF
whom were showing marked signs OF rc
covery under his treatment. and partic
ularly from the relief to their poor, tor
tured bodies of the cleansing. and the deli
cate, appetizing food, and to their minds
from once more being with friends.
Surgeon Brookes surveyed what 81 had
brought in with delight. Capital Moth.
could be BETTER he exclaimed. viii dc
more for the recovery of these poor fellows
than all the me-lcines that could be
poured down their throats. We will make
some more broth for them this evening
and in the morning give them some solid
food which they will relish. They'll be
ready for it by that time. | wish you'd
have some of your men clean out that
oven over there by the ColOnelS quarters,
and get some wood for it. Wen tell the
sick we'll have some roast turkey and
baked chicken and biscuits, and sweet
potatoes for them i'll the morning, and it
will revive them like Il Summer shower
does wilted grass
The Surgeon hesitateL for a moment,
as if there was something else, on another
subject, that he wanted to say, then grew
red in the face, and buried away to his
duties.
Despite his nervous delicacy-probably
on account of it-Angus Mclean rallied
much more rapidly than any of the others.
Fine, highly-organized natures will fire.
quently survive shocks under which
coarser fbers will succumb.
When Angus Mclean heard Foster
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turned over quickly, his eyes lighted up,
and he put out his thin, gir!ish hand, with
the greeting:
''Oh, Foster, I'm so glad to see you.
Where have you been so long,"
Il never can praise God enough, my
dear boy, that | see you looking so much
BETTER" answered Foster, tears Of glad
ness filling his eyes, as he slipped his
arm under the boys neck, and raised his
head, that he might see him better God
has been very good to us to-day. l had
promised Him that if He would restore
you to health and deliver Jabe Turnbull
into my hands | would shed no more blood
during the war. I've just slain Jabe Turn
bull, and now you are getting WE'LL
KILLED Jabe TurnbuIl?" echoed Angus,
with a light shining in his big, blue eyes.
You killed Jabe Turnbull? He's dead:'
Yes, my bayonet went through his
wicked heart. and he's now lying out
there in his cabin, with his dead hounds
piled on his sinful carcass"
Then he won't tear any more prisoners
with those awful dogs OF his" murmured
Agnus, with a look downward toward his
own unhealed wounds. Thank God"
No, Angus; he never will again, unless
the Lord sends him back to torment some
one for his sins, as he did us to try our
faith. But lie down and try to sleep. un-
I'll l can get you something TO eat"
Sergeant, said Surgeon BTOokes, ap-
preaching 81, as the latter. after setting
guards, was preparing to turn in for the
night, "can | have a few minutes private
conversation with youf"
Certainly" answered 81, wondering
what the Surgeon could have to communi-
cate in that manner. The thought flashed
across him that it was probably some
disagreeable thing from Lieut.. Aristarch-
us q. Gillen, from whom 81 had not heard
since sending him his independent mes
sage.
We'll, | suppose that Mr. Stiff-as-a-
RamrOd is hotter'n a hornet" remarked
81, in an anticipatatory way, as they sat
down on the edge of the COloners porch,
out Of ear-shot of the rest.
Il don't know about that" answered
Surgeon BrOokes, busy with his own
thoughts. Hes getting very sweet on the
other sister. Besides -
Getting sweet on Miss Angelina" in
terJected 81. 1T must be funny to see
him shining up to a woman. How does
he do it? Take the position of a soldier,
advance three PAGES to the front, and sa-
lutte the colors?'
Besides" continued the Surgeon, "he's
only a Second Lieutenant, while / am a
Captain. He belongs to the line, while
I'm staff officer, and staff officers are not
IN the habit of considering very deeply
what view line officers of the lower grades
may choose to take of their actions, par
ticuldfly in outside matters"
But l don't see what his getting soft
on Miss Angelina has to do with me-
said 81. 81 don't believe he's got any
right to command me when we're away
from him, and he shan't hog the credit be-
longing to the 200th Injianny Volunteers,
and so | sent word to-
What are you talking aboutT' asked
the Surgeon. Il wasn't saying anything
about his commanding you. You're out
under one set of orders, and he under an
other. OF course, he'll try to command
you. He'd try to command the whole
army if Sherman should get killed. and
he saw any show for him. But that is
not what | wanted to talk to you about
You are married man, | believer
YES, so to speak" said 81, with
clutch of memories at his heart, followed
by sickening fear that the Surgeon might
have in some way got bad news from An
mabel. Il was married and hurried right
off, because of orders, to join the regi-
ment."
You were married all right. That's
the main thing. That's the reason I
wanted to talk to you privately, where
the rest couldn't hear. | feel sure of
your sympathy and support Those other
reckless rOysterers would only laugh and
jibe at me. They cannot yet compre-
hend, if they ever do, the awful yet deli
cate responsibility resting upon a man
when a gently-reared, well-bred woman
proposes to unite her life with his"
$50 you've left girl behind that you're
going TO marry as soOn's we get through,
have you, Surgeon?' said 81. beginning to
comprehend the drift of the Surgeons
thoughts. 81 understand your feelings"
Il expect that they will laugh at me,
and make me the subject of all the Jokes
that are customary on such occasions"
continued the Surgeon, without noticing
the interruption. "It is inevitable, and
part of the price n man pays for his
happiness. | know that much will be said
about the disparity in our ages, but her
heart, which is everything, is maiden and
fresh, it is even much younger than mine.
which has been hardened by years of as
sociation with medical students and sol
dlers-the toughest creatures that the
Lord makes. While she may not be so
beautiful as some women, she has uuali-
ties that no other woman have ever met
possess, and'-
What business is it of theirs how
she looks? They amt going to marry her.
They may never see her. What do you
care what these fellers around here may