The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-11
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In 1S5U lQllAAt eil4ili man went from
Pennsy Ivah ia % sea isIands. ii
Port Royal haE1or, TO raise cotton
Sea island cotton was lannon's for is
hne quality then Is now, ana Chapman,
having bo1ellt q pinnta lion on Hittali
Iead island settle hInlsa1e win i
family, as he supposed tor tie rest of
his life. he raised ten crops. which
gave him handsome profit on In
yestnient, and was consi dering the eIe
enth when the first CANNON Of the civil
war doomed at Charleston, 50 near
hat lie could almost hear Il.
Chapman, being Union man. sold
his plantation and his slaves milking
many of them free: and returned TO the.
north. HIS son Howard, whose sentis
ments had been known to be IKE Els
rather's, for the Union, had suddenly
h own disposition to remain In the
,ruth and take up arms for the Con-
eracy. His father discovered that
ms change of front was not due TO
Yrlnciple. but to an attachment for.
carey, the daughter Of Colonel I'll
bridge, the owner Of a neighboring
plantation. BE warned his son of the
probable failure OF the secession move
.nent and advised him to cast his lot
with the north Colonel Eldridge had
forbidden the match and the you7
man therefore decided to take his IA
theirs advice.
Colonel Eldridge had always been
lmprovident and had LAID up nothing.
His slaves, knowing that 4 war was in
progress which they believed would
liberate them, would not work. No cot
ton could be got to market. and the.
coIonePs affairs soon fell into very bad
shape. About this time blockade rum
ners were busy along the coast and
some rich prizes We're brought into
Port Royal Two Of these belonged to
an r glish nobleman. The success of
both made him very wealthy.
Colonel Eldridge wished to save him
self from poverty by obtaining help
from Wellington, and to do this eff,
fectively, seeing that the young man
had fallen violently In love with his
daughter. he made up his mind that
Carey should marry him. Carey had
not admitted that she loved Chapman.
and her father was sure she loved no
one else. Wellington was a man whom,
any young lady might be glad to get.
Therefore the colonel did not antici-
pate any especial opposition.
Carey did not openly refuse. She.
knew that her father had been ac-
customed to having what he had set
his heart on. and she knew on this
match depended his saving himself
from ruin. Carey put Wellington on.
and the colonel. since there was not a
positive refusal, encouraged the young
man to- think that she would come
round ii time. But It was the colonel
himself who needed patience. He had
borrowed large sums from Wellington
and was In need of more Mt once. Irrl-
tated by thu delay, he finally demand
ed of his daughter that she should mar
RI the young Enslishman.
This much he gaiued-aR engage
nient. But the co1onels necessities re-
qi1ired his daughters marriage, for
with the settlements, which were to be
large. he was to be lent S2:5,00o. Ev-
cry effort was made to induce Carey
TO appoint n day. AT last she consents
Ell but as the day approached put 1t
on Eer father brought all his will
power to bear. with only the result Of
throwing his daughter into Mysteries
AEnin AMI again she gave her promise
10 n wedding day, and every time the
day came near she broke her promise.
Finally a week before one of these
promised days her father, locking him
self in her room With her, overnwed
her. by telling her that this time he In
tended to compel her to keep her prom
jse
carey kept knowledge of the du-
ro.ss under which she lived from Mel
iugton. He could see by her altered
appearance that something troubled
her She did not tell him the cause,
relying on him to reIinquish his claim,
because she dnred not thus offend her
father. She was listless about every
thing except her trouble and the prog
rcss of the war. An item she saw in a
newspaper especially attracted her at-
tcntion. 1t said that the Yankees We're
about to occupy many important points
on the Atlantic coast as bases for their
navy and to prevent blockade running
As tho last named wedding day APP
preached Colonel Eldridge Kept his
dIrrhter under sort of magnetic In
'rnnce, from which there seemed to be
no oscape. A few days before the day
SET wmltever preparations Were pos
si'in in those day so distressing to the
south were made, and the neighboring
piHnJers We're invited to the wedding,
Witch was to take place on the 9th OF
November.
At o'clock in the morning of the
wedding day Carey was MS unpreparRd
for the ceremony, which was to take
place Mt 10, rs IL She had no intention
Of boing married. Suddenly a boom
was heard on the harbor. Carey flew
~ 80 the highest window In a cupola
on ne house and saw Yankee feet
saiH q I'm to q fort on one side of the