The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-19

Metropolitan Street halfway OF Nc"
York. married second wife there while
having first wife living I'm Boston can
marry again IL he chooses when released
from Sing Sing where he was sent Tor
bigamy. Ills New York wife VIII have
her marriage snnuilcd, his Boston wife
will get a divorce.
on her lap She broke into the widest
weeping She sobbed for two days and
nights. until they feared for her health.
She would say: Mamma, DOrsch is all
alone I'm the world. Dorsch has no one
but me | want To go 10 DOrsch. she
would go 10 the few soldiers .eft I'm the
barracks for comfort; and fancy one ot
them suggested that she write 10 the
commanding general at Santiago, Tor she
came to her mother one day and asked
her 10 guide her hand. that she wanted 20
write 10 the general IL was suggested
that she print the letter, and IL would
be directed for her. She brought the fol-
lowing 10 her mother that evening:
Deer General--l am little army girl
and you have my only nurse my dear
Dorsch, in your hospitle. lie Is very Ill
with bad feever Some one told me he
was so ugly no one would SO near him,
bat ! think he is butitul and | love him
better than eny one on earth next TO my
Mamma and Papa, 40 wont YOU nurse him
and send him home 10 me and | will ask
God To bless you every night and morn
ing. Your loving LALblE.
Her mother also wrote 4 letter, enclos-
ing this. She discovered several days
afterward that an old soldier had helped
Lallie spell all the words She was seven
years old at the time.
General--received the letters In due time
and replied TO both, saying he had gone
himself 10 the hospital tent. saw Dorsch,
ordred a special nurse for him, and per-
sonally managed-to-s get him few -drtt-
cacies. After tho old fellow became
stronger the General gave him Lallie's =
| note lie gained strength from that day.
! They sent him TO Fort Wycofr on trans
port in September but Captain Roberts
| had him transferred TO their barracks on
| Lake Ontario. Lallie was at the train
with Forgiveness" meet him. He was
| an emanciated skeleton, but she recog-
| nized him at once. Their reunion was very
| touching She sat with him all day
| talking to him and letting him read 10
her; she would save him half of all the
good things she had to eat and take them
to him to their trysting place on the lake
under the trees
In the latter part OF February the regi-
ment was ordered TO the Philippines
Lallie's farther and Dorsch had TO go
again, TO fight for the honor Of their
country.
ing had 10 be lived over once more. or
ders were received ten days before
the regiment had 10 depart. Lallie and
forgiveness" spent every minute that
was possible with Dorsch. She begged
and besought him not TO leave her. One
day i heard her say:--"Dear Dorsch.
we will never meet any more. ] dreamed
last night that an angel said 'Dorsch
will never belong TO you again. Pretty
4 "A MD on
and | forbid you to leave me and For
giveness."
"Och, Lalie, the President commands
ns all. must go, mayourneen. / must
watch over the captain. Dorsch will
write aud tell YOU all about the little
Filipino girls and Ol will bring a orgiye-
ness back Japanese sister"
The second parting was even sadder
than the first. so ] will not dwell upon H..
When the mail came from Honolulu
1.allie received her first letter; her faith
ful old nurse sent her a native flag, which
che hung over Forgiveness " cradle.
Two months later Private Dorsch proved
himself hero at San Pedro Macati. A
battalion OF the Ninth infantry was at
tackled OF san Pedro Macati during de-
lay. The hilltop off the right. which had
been as quiet and peaceful as a farm,
suddenly broke loose with terrific volleys
OF Mausers. directed on the-A4Hth infant
ry. The latter dropped in the tall grass
and responded vigorously. Two sergeants
IN the same company were wounded.
Come on. boys show the stun that T. In
ye; let those black niggers see what the
Ninth infantry Is made or said Private
DorSch. Then occurred one of those splen-
did dashes down the slope and up the hill
toward the enemy which have won our
soldiers such brilliant records. For twen-
ty-minntes the firing was fast aud fur
iouss The result was the same AZ I'm all
previous skirmiShes. our men rushing up
That hill frightened the Insurgents, aud
o. 81 a1fr
miraculously slight considering the inten-
sity OF the insurgcnt fire. Dorsch received
flesh wound on the top Of the shoulder.
lie was promoted To sergeant Tor braN-
cry. The first 60 congratulate him was
his captain. "Bogorra, captain. IL was
the proudest day OF me loife.
lie wrote Lallie all about u. expressing
his grief that he could not have made the
charge without receiving promotion. for
now he could no longer be- the captain :
striker" aas her nurse. but as she was
eight years old she didn't need him as a
nurse any longer. but he promised ALWAYS
20 be- her faithful friend and she IS stll
his commanding officer
The iay nftef tho battle of San Fernan-
DO tha great hattie that General MacAr-
thur had commanded with six thousand
men. MANY prisoners were brought IN
The captain was ordered out that evening
on outpost duty HIS new sergeant Dorsch,
being among tho men he took with him.
Al two o'clock in the morning when the
night WAS the darkest and the rain falllng
| IN torrents. veil startled the quiet then
n scream. an oath och 50 spalpeen. ye
black lvercd dewitt and DorsCh sprung
| IN front ~ his startled captain. Throw
ing ont his arms he received fun IN The
| chest the knife that was. meant for Cap
tain Roberts, who caught Dorsch In his
arms
IT'S me death blow. captain. Break
gintlv 10 the darlin' when ve return not
before. sor FOR she loved her pretty
Dorsch. God bless her; hen lower cap
tain. me breath is eoin': tell her DOrsch
kept ,hi. promise 20 .ForgivenesS and n
looked up into the captains face. "Don''
cry, sor. W " had not have been me. u
would nave been you, sOr. Dim essiei
spared. Everything Oi had Oh We left tc
me dsrlin,. tell her Lallls was the last
| name on roe lips
stfanse tatslity. that his name was the
nrst on her lips. and her name the last
on his lie was buried temporarily with
military honorE. for the captains pur-
pose a. o. bring him home. where Lallie
Il and "fOrgiVeucss' can tend his grave
Whsn tic roll wa called that uight
only nie angels in heaven heard Sergeant
J Nn-aeh susssr "Frcsent'