The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-19
PAST AND PRESENT.
retty Story Told by aptain Carlton Nc

SoF- y
\ pretty 81 ,ry came to light yesterday
morning in The once oil me City Ac-
c.uutant. Captain Mccarthy was tank
ing poll ics with some of his Trends
.mung whom Was a newspaper man
A gentle rap came upon the door and
4 his bidding The door swung open. "A
handsome, stateIy-lookng, brlght-eyed
Young woman stepped in and asked: us
mis- Air. Mccarthy" The genial Captain
answered in the affirmative and the
oung woman SAID. am Miss " nee
err Then the why little candidate for
or ,uIneu has back upon his male
visitors and went into costa cies over his
new and fairer caller. u VIII come ~
see you if it costs me the ONCE of May
u he said, and when the young lau!
retired j few moments later, Capt. Nc
Ca thy related q pretty little story
with which but few people in Richmond
OF the present age are acquainted.
At The battle OF Cold Harhor. the sorry
ran, Captain Mccarthy 5 brother Ned,
a brave young man OF twenty
seven, fell pierced to the heart by a Fed
eral bullet In his POCKET was photo
graph of a faIr young daughter OF
Charles City TO whom he would shortly
have been married The young man was
buried in his uniform, but the photo
graph was taken from his pocket by
Captain -hNNciI lily, VIM Cul I!IC buLbpi!S
from his Jacket and placed them with the
photograph in a tobacco box, which haG
been made by the young mans sweet
heart.
He kept these for twenty-five years.
)ue day while in the book business on
lain Street Captain Mccarthy walteo
lpon a tinid little girl who wanted some
stationery sent up TO her mother.
WHO Is your mother?" he asked.
sick at the hospital" was the answer.
Ii dawned upon Captain Mccarthy that
he was talking to the little daughter OF
his brother Ned's sweetheart. who had
afterwards married a Federal captain
whose name was Wheeler He told the
little girl if she would call at his store
in the afternoon he would gvic her pic
ture of her mother. The little girl
seemed dumbfounded and salG she hardly
thought there were any pictures of her
mother in existence as their home had
been destroyed by fire during the war.
| However. she returned ana was given the
photograph, which she took back to the
hospital and gave 20 her sick mother. a
few days later Mrs. Wheeler called al
the store and, though her locks had De-
come strcaked with gray, Captain Nc
Carthy saw in her still beautiful face
City, who twenty-five years before had
been the sweetheart Of his brave but
fallen brother Old friendships were re-
,sewed. and Mrs. Wheeler almost fell on
her knees In gratitude for the little re-
menbrance of other and happier days.
a little later on the great Danville
riots occurred, Captain Wheeler. who
with his wife and daughters lived in
that city, was its Republican postmaster.
Captain Mccarthy was then adjutant Of
the iiowitzcr's Battery, and they were
ordered to Danvillc to suppress the not
along with the other military OF the
state. Captain Wheeler was barricaded
in his Office, ard his life was in danger.
His wife had been miserable since the
iirst outbreak. But when the press an
nounced the arrival OF the Richmond
soldiers. she fell on her knees. and eS-
claimed: Thank God. the HowitZers
are here and Ned McCarthv's brother
is ad5utant: no harm viii come to us
while he is on the ground"
No harm did come TO them. and after
the trouble was over Captain Wheeler
removed to buffalo, where he now resides
with Is family.
Miss Wheeler is here for a short while
visiting friends Captain Mccarthy will
call with his daughters to see her to-day,
and vii! talk over the incidents OF the
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