Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-11

O'noi WISE you mlSnt nave mad to go
to Richmond"
And SO for a day or two these
pleasantries-these courtesies of war
prevailed Then all of Johnston's men
remaining north of the Rappahannoclx
came drifting in before a new forward
move of the union force along the rail-
way. Towards strong division of
summers corps swept out in reconnais-
sance, even as the bulk of McClellan's
army was being directed on Alexan.
, dria for the now inevitable swing tn
tne peninsula between the York and
the James-full details of the gathering
on every Kind of bay and river craft
/ reaching Johnston quite as speedily as
| they did New York So that skilled
soldier withdrew still further to the
! line OF the Rapidan where he could n.
nearer Richmond in case of need.
Then when Banks should have com.,
! down from the Shenandoah and Sow
ered washington, up sprang that rest.
less, watchful, prayerful Virginia lead
: er, JACKSON, and so stirred the situ-
alton in the valleys that Banks and his
men had to bury back through the
mountain passes, and furthe r DELAYS
and complications arose before Apru
set In and Mcclellan could sail Tor
Fortress AIonroe, and in all the hustle
and excitement, the rumors flying
hlther and yon, the marching to and
: fro OF cavalry and fieet-footed infan-
| try, 1t happened that for full a fort
| night DR.. Chiffon and his patients
, nurse, guard and all, had settled dawn
| 10 something like peace and physical
comfort at coy, homelike old Char
lottesville, and no man sought seriously
| TO hamper or disturb them. Frcm
GAINESVILLE DR.. Chiffon had penned a
letter to be sent through the lines.
houJylng the commanding general of
the union force along Bull Run OF
Bentons capture after gallant effort
TO cut his way through, ia the course
Oh which he was quite painfully though
not dangerously wounded-that he was
IN good hands and would be well cared
Tor, and this news-a great relief-was
! promptly transmitted to Fred;s general
, and by him telegraphed to the far
western home.
On well-made stretcher lay the cen.
tral figure OF household and local in
terest, Lieut. Jack Chiffon slowly but
surely gaining strength and spirits
with every day. And who wouldn't
under similar influences for two fair
young daughters &C the old common
wealth We'd with each other in assidu-
Gus effort TO entertain" the trooper
invalid. Lovely were they both. these
cousins of the blood and most carefully
had they been CHOSEN for this special
chief of the little clan of liinswomen.
Brilliant, beautiful and daring. who
OF their brave order could lay claim
10 leadership so long as Rosalie cared
to hold it? They followed and obeyed
her eagerly. Loyalty, though in years
she was but is. and five, at least.
OF the sacred band We're her seniors.
Ever since the days of short dresses.
braids AMI pinatCres, she had been
dominant among them. Tomboy had
they called Rosalie at ten for she
could ride any horse within miles of
Charlottes lille, and preferred wal Ing
stills, flying Kites or inning races TO
The customary ailurcnents OF girlhood
she had enc envy, one cn2m Dion. one
idol-her brother. barely two years
her senior-and apparently but one
sorrow-that she could not do every
thing that Jack could, and not fer lack
of trying.
Then as they grew older. and other
girls brothers began showing hifher-.'
TO unsupported fondness for Jacks So
ciety, and coming TO see him ar ALI
hours of the day, and other girls them
selves began making eyes at Jack, her
Indifference to the first and her fury
at the second were comical TO see. And
then, when the war came on and Vir-
slnla sprang TO arms and Jack to sad
die and his first commission in Jeb
Stuart's famous First cavalry. she was
all afire with fervor and patriotism on
the one hand and OF mad jealousy OF
MAUD Pelham on the other, for on
Maud had Jack cast favoring eyes.
And SO, when she brought her brother
nome To nurse and pet and coddle to
her hearts content, while she was all,
soothing sweetness on the side that
showed to him, she fairly bristled on
the other-that which all well-fayored
feminine callers, inquirers and friends
must needs encounter when tnev asked
to see him. She established a regular
DOCiN lOlO OIL Jne ISL OIL
The sacred band-her hench women. in
to four ''reliefs" of two girls each-one
relief only to be on duty each day and
no outsiders to be admitted Needless
to say Maud Pelham was not of the
elect, and Jack speedily showed he
wished it were otherwise
And so this sweet April ,norning.
with a soft, dangerous air playing
about the wooded, sun-kissed heights.
she had two such awfully nice
young girls to cheer him, while she
herself turned dutifully to another
wounded officer, youth in dark blue
and gold who had been for over an ]
hour silent watcher of the merri-
ment about Chilton's cot, while he
Fred Benton, sat lonely and longing
to get far away
1t was not that they were cold, con-
strained or inconsiderate when sneak
ing TO him, but, the doctor had to be /
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