Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-02-06
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"Mv wife acted in much the same man.
ner towards me, and l simply took her
by storm. 1t required more courage
than was required to lead the old troop
into action at Shiloh; but l did it,
and, by Jove, sir, it was precisely what
she wanted me to do"
"The colonel groaned. 81 see my mis-
take" he said. 81 saw it long ago.
I should have known by the dimples
had my perspicacity not been so COM
pletely outweighed by my jackassity.
But instead of doing what l should
have done, l went off to the war with
out seeing her again. did not attend
the May day festival. l imagined that
I was a devil of a fellow, which was
true in a sense; and for months kept
nv neck stiff and nursed my idiotic
pride, or whatever it was, with con-
siderable satisfaction. / drew fanciful
pictures of the scene which would en-
sue upon my return to the old town.
I saw myself, courteously dignified,
paying the girl back in her own coin;
and taking her at last, condescending-
ily, as my wife. heard myself saying,
ironically: why, my dear! Where
is the rose you were to wear? Is the
time not yet come for me to know my
fate?' And I gloated in the tears I
saw her shed. Dear, dear! How diff
ferently it all came about
"When l returned she was not there.
She had gone to visit a relative in Cali
fornia, and I was compelled to rejoin
the regiment without having seen her.
I wrote to her at the address they gave
me at home, but we were ordered away
to Georgia then, and if she ever sent
reply TO my letter I did not get it. ]
did not go home again until the war
was over. She was not there, and the
aunt with whom she had lived was
dead. None seemed to know where she
had gone. She had left no forwarding
address at the post Office. She had told
her friends that she was going west,
that was all.
80 for ten years thenceforth | Ia
bored most strenuously for money, and
spent it in searching for her. visited
California, where l obtained a slight
trace; the girl had been there, but had
sailed away on boat, together with
her relatives. / went here and there
and everywhere, taking no oneinto my
confidence, and of course getting no
reward. Finally | gave up. For ~
years ! have been-well, you know
what have been, captain; a moder-
ately successful man, as the term is
used; a modest patron of the arts and
sciences and of the manly sports; but
to woman-adamant This afternoon
in that picture of New York street
gathering l saw her face, and upon her
bonnet was a rose. 1t may have been
white or it may have been red-I could
not tell it's color. / recognized the
locality by the buildings, 1t seems to
me more than likely that she lives in
that quarter of the city, and, such be-
ing the case, it will not be difficult to
find her. l go to New York tonight.
1t may be
The captain involuntarily extended
his hand and the colonel grasped 1t
warmly. Then they arose and passed
into the street,
ut may be-" continued the colonel,
clearing his throat and throwing back
his shoulders, chat / am to come in
for share of loves young dream aft
er all. / am no longer young, to be
| $500 1.,,4 - t- AZ corna draam Ah-pr
-ahem-captain, will you oblige ne
by information relative to the state OF
my cuticle? Do blushP"
'You do not" replied the captain
frankly.
els not my pulse somewhat accel'
erated?" asked the colonel, presenting
his wrist to the others grasp.
Mary" returned the captain; ut IL
like an eight-day clock"
IT go to New York tonight, at any
rate" said the colonel, bit disgust
edly. 81 shall write you, captain; and
in the event of my bringing home q
bride 1 shall look to you to make tit-
ting arrangements for our reception,
See to it personally that we have the
bridal suite at the Grand Union, nicely
warmed and ventilated and perfumed
and all that sort of thing, you know
And a good carriage waiting at the
station for us. And your wife and a
few female friends to smile at us when
we step from the Pullman might have
a good effect and convey heap OF JOY
to the young wo-er-the brides
heart"
81 shall be only too happy to make
the arrangements" declared the cap
tain. 81 trust you may have your
fondest hopes realized, my dear friend,
You certainly deserve immense happi-
ness. God bless you, sir"
"May He bless you, sir" returned
the colonel.
And then they parted, the captain
charging home at a double quick to
tell his wife the story, while the col
onel marched rapidly but with dignity
to his apartments to prepare for his
journey.
He was absent six weeks. At the
end of the second week letter came
from him to the captain. 1t was very
brief:
"Have not found her yet" it said
"Have obtained copy of slot machine
photograph, and am determined to
fight it out on this line if it takes all
summer"
At short intervals thereafter other
letters came, all brief, all to the same
effect, and the captain began to fear
that his friend was doomed forever
to disappointment. But at last, at the
close of the fifth week, came a letter
the very outside of which shrieked
triumphantly. The captains hands
trembled with much violence as he
opened it, and thrice his eyeglasses
sprang from his nose.
81 have found her" were the first
words that greeted him from the has