Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-11-27

hAo SAOAy II III oCltdU,
, then he would need her to sootI his
suffering; SO on she pressed to share
with him veal or woe. Crossing the
Wilmington road a few hundred
yards below the bridge, she saw a
clump of trees under which we're w.
ing perhaps twenty wounded men.
J What was this she saw? Her blood
t frOze in her veins; her heart Ieapt to
her mouth, for there was the vision
realized. The scene before her-she
knew it as we'll as if she had seen it
a thousand times; the spot, the trees.
the position of the men, the groans
of the wounded, and her sight fell
upon a body lying in the midst of
the group, her brain became dizzy,
and the world seemed whirling
around her at the rate of ten thous-
and milesa second-there lay a body.
m~otionless, bloody, ghostly, wrap
ped in her husbands cloak. He
whole soul became centered in that
n spot. "How I passed from NV
saddle to this place I never knew,H
she said afterwards; but in some way
b succeeded in reaching the body.
and mechanically uncovered the
head. She saw before her an un-
recognizable face crusted with dust
and blood from a cash across the
temple. What a relief to her ach-
ing heart, was the strange voice
which begged her for a drink of Wa
ter! Her senses came back to her
at once SO she was able to minister to
the sufferers wants. She gave him
a swallow as she held the dropping
head in her lap; and with what re-
NAMED of the water, bathed the dirt
and gore from the face. From the
CHASTITY crust came the pale face of
one of her neighbors, Frank CogdeIl.
Under the gentle care of his nurse.
he revived enough to speak. and
when she attempted to dress the
wound or the head, he managed to
gasp out:
"It's not that; it's the hole in my
leg that's killing me-"
Lifting the wounded leg from the
puddle of blood in which it Law she
gently cut away the trousers and
stocking and found a shot hole
through the feshy part of the limb.
What nerve it must have taken for
this young girl, unused to such
work, alone, without help or advice.
to go through with the painful or
deal. But she was OF the stuff of
which North Carolina moulds her
heroes, and she did not finch from
her duty. Gathering a handful of
heart leaves, the only thing in sight
suitable for binding the wound She
tied these tight to the hole, and the
bleeding stopped. No sooner had
she completed this pressing duty
than she turned to others of the IN
fortunate men who lay in pain and
need, and as she says, s'dres5ed the
wounds OF many a brave fellow who
did good lighting long after that
During all this time, the
first axiety for her husband relieved.
she had not had time to make in
quiries after him, but with true
devoted herself to the more
pressing duties of the moment.
While she was busily engaged in
bringing home to these poor fellows
the blessings of q Woman's care. Gen.
Caswell rode up. With great sur
prise at seeing Mrs. Slocumb, he
his hat and was about to adj
dress her with some compliment,
when she interrupted him with the
question:
"Where is my husband?n
LIN OdSA1O ~ NC, I1ld(ldllls
in pursuit of the enemy. But pray.
came you here?'
"Oh," she replied carelessly, "I
thought you would need nurses as
well as soldiers. See! [ have dress
ed many of these brave follows."
Then pointing to Frank Cogdell she
continued, "Here is one who would
died before any of you men
enu16 box,n ho1roI L;-o -
spoke she lifted Franks head in her
arms and gave him a drink of wa
ter. When she raised her head,
here before her stood her astonished
husband, ''as bloody as a butcher
and as muddy as a ditcher.o
"Why Mary" he exclaimed,
what are you doing there, hugging
Frank Cogdell, the greatest repro
pate in the army?
g! don't CARE" she cried, Crank
S a brave fellow, a good soldier and
true friend of Congress-"
"True, true, every word of fit" ex-
claimed Caswell, who stood by much
unused at the scene. "You are
light, madam" with a bow that
would have shamed Chesterfield
himself. -
mrs. SlOcumb says she could not ny
ell her husband what had brought =
Ter there. 81 was SO happy" she r
'ays, land so were all. It was a ~
victory; I came just at the T
of the enjoyment. 1 knew -
ny husband was surprised, but / =,
Gould e that he was not displeased h.
me.0 -
1t was of course long into the night r"s
before the excitement subsidized. The
SDread like wild fro and +ho I.