Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-25
HIS ONE HUNDREDTH
SWEETHEART

The battle or Cedar creek was
fought October 10, 1864. On the at
tornoon OF Sunday, October 3. q SER
goant IN charge OF twelve men rode
up 10 little house IN Fort Royal.
Va, and said 20 a blnok-eyed girl;
"Hero IN your az, miss. We didn't
need H.
YOU'D found q mighty duh II you
did" said the fiery female rebel, Tor
/ hlunted the edge with a fllo 20 4
wouldn't cut a pine stick"
She was magnlhccntly handsome, q
trIo, voluptuOuB daughter uf the val
II 10y OF Virginia, who needed no arti-
fetal adornmenls.
The sergeant laughed. Changing
ths subject. miss" he said, who was
that soldier who just rode awayT
She blushod progtlly. why that
was Jerry Blossom. DO you know
lhimW
eyes. ho belongs 10 our brigade his
name IS not Jerry blossom, but We
call him that He's regular heart-
gmashor. is Jerry, and be boasts that
he has nlnoty-nino Hwoethearts,'
yes" said the girl, The told mo
that I was the hundrodth sweetheart.
But no Is 80 enc looking ] can't help
liking him."
We we're ordered on 10 Buchford,
on the North river. Jerry gallOpod
across 10 the little house and babe his
lhundredth sweetheart goodbye.
Members OF JorryB company said
that ON the night of the 18th Jerry
was restless. He would dQzo n few
minutes. then wake mp and talk;
"A hundred sweothearts are too
many for one fellow 90 have, but
never promised 90 marry any Of them.
Then, why should you boys talk ~
much about my hundredth sweet
hearth I'm sure it'a my own business,
Everything seems odd 20 me tonight
Even the birds that ought 10 have
been on their rOoata hours ago, 90
hopping around from bush 10 bush
Why are these rabbits and foxes
!. Jumping through our camp, as II puF.
sued BY h0unds3 Listen, the corporal
4 u calling out the third relief for ths
HORSE GUARD ----"
: "stop. you ohaiterbox." said Jerry'l
lbedfoliuw, "and 80 20 sleep" Jorry
slept tiii Z o'clock Ia the morning.
Bang Bang" went the guns
A soldier on horse guard yellodi
Our pickots are attacked" In nYl
minutes tho brigade horses were Il
I, lilne. We took up our position on az
. loxtrome left near Mlddlet0Wn. She'll
y fen amOng the trees like hail. Ierrl
s blossoms horse was killed and Jerrl
badly wounded
Alter the battle Jerry was taken q
a private homo in Wil1hoaier IN
lhundrodih sweetheart heard that Jer
~ had been wounded and on on
n cold, bleak day On November ah
f walked 20 Winchester 20 Welt him.
" Missile" said the old oolorod 81
iendant, "you done KANT see do
% hurted SOLAR"
"rvo got TO sec him." said The gil
with determination. TELL him III
hundrodth sweetheart % here
why, chile" said the old oolore
woman "dnh'a been two or tree hun
brad sweelhoaria 90 see dat man, al
ready. noctah, him say % mus stop
Ye But the hundfedth sweetheart "a
~ Jerry just the same.
~ About tho middle Of January. i20
l6 the Fourteenth PeRnaylvania was d,
A. tailed to Winchester. Here comea
funeral, shouted one OF tho boy
~ "Hata OIL" commanded tho major
es AZ the sergeant and his detail can
or By, followed by an old army amol
no lance, used a. d hoarao, ! asked hin
ts Whose funeral % this, aorGeanti'
Jerry Blossoms" be- said. "Ol
OF 81 your old regiment"
he Back ~ the ambulance, lR an oil
as fashioned buggy, followed a sins
lsi lmourncf. q y"ang woman whose y
10 tense grief could not mar the bean
IA iof her lace We all recognized D.
W land bowed our reverence.
"a ID was Jerry Blossoms one hul
ny drodth sweetheart.