Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-29
A HAPPY
 OUTCOME By ANDREW (. LIVING Copyright. ine ey Amesiean Ffess
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By ANDREW C. LIVING


 observation ip the ease Of one of my subordinates in The army. IL began during 80 engsgement.
 Ia the heat of the fight d Siretcher was carripd tmsi nie and 1 saw thr face of one of my lls.uipnants. Trn Ashley. pale and with closed eyes He opened Them and gave ne thr most me.anchOly look ever received from any nne < blanket was laid acrusS bis body. leaving his legs bare. lt WIS but a momeutary passage. after which became as intent on directing the work of slaughter as before. We won victory and pushed on after the enemy. leaving our dead to be put in the ground by burial squad and our wounded to be taken care of by the surgeons. They cut oG part of Ash ley's left leg and all of his right arm.
 felt an especiai pang in the case of Ashley. for. besides being the mos promising subalteru in my battalion. knew that he was eogaged to be thar ried to a very lovely giri Besides be ing lovely. she had . fortune in her | Q who had nothing but his pay. was looking forward 60 his marriage with her as soon as the war was over and happy life to follow. In one short fight that lasied barely ten minutes he had been nlade cripple and his life was blighted
 A few days later. being near the hos pitai where Lieutenant Ashley was lying. went 10 see him. l found hiEi. as l expected. in a melancholy staie of mind His distress all seemed con centrated on the fact that he must give up the girl ne loved. l endeavOr- ed to comfort him by suggesting that she might make a sacrifice for him. but he assured me that on no account would be permit her to do so. Indeed lie told me that he had been waiting for some one nearly connected with him Co write her. announcing his mu- tilaiion and that be released her.
 It was a sad duty. and when if was performed ! ventured again to express 2 doubt as to whether the girl would accept of her release. but Ashley de cIared that no man with soul in bis body would permit girl 90 tie herself up for life with q man minus Ieg and an arm. Besides. she was the idol of her parents. who would not permit her to make any such sacritice. They were so ambitious for her that they had only reluctantly consented to her engage ment with Ashley, who was one of Ghg most promising officers in the army. He described her to me as very femi- nine person. who had been brought up 10 follow their slightest wish. -ConSid- e-inE ihis feature 7of the ease mailed tlIe letter. believing that lieutenant Ashley and Miss Barnes would mutu- ally agree 10 give up their prospective union.
 Two days were required for the mis- s!ve to reach it's destination. and re ply could not be received in less than two days more. Meanwhile l visited Ashley twice. He evidently felt easier l since he had dispatched his letter. con. sidering the matter of his engagement closed. On the fifth day after had sent his missive l went to the hospital and there found the reply.
 | IT was Miss Barnes herself
 The meeting had taken place-for rhe girl had arrived several hours before ! and with 1t had passed that first shock at the coming together of two people 1 who had suffered and must continue to | suffer such an overwhelming misfor. tune. Miss Barnes had more nearly l recovered from it than Ashley, though now and again I could see tiny wave. lets of something like happiness pass. | ing over his face. Miss Barnes was | busying herself to make him more ! comfortable She had brought with
 har certain cc=::::;:..5i articles for tine purpose. es- peciaily understanding. whlch he great ! ly needed. and with the help of sol l dier nurse was putting it on him with 10 more compunction than if she had 1 been his wife.
 Miss Barnes remained with Ashley until he was sufficiently recovered fo | trayeI. when she took him home with l her. A few months later. the war be l ing over. followed. Ashley had i given in to the girl whom be loved and ! who loved him. and they were only l waiting for me to be present at the
 wedding. Miss Barnes had-astonishet i every one by having her own way ii
 the matter. having conquered her par
 ents as well as her lover.
 The wedding was not one Of tbost
 joyous occasions where the young peo pie start out in career that heave-
 seems to smile on- The witnesses fell
 a finge of sadness. and the groom was
 inexpress!bly overcome. Only the brics
 seemed to be herself. She told ms
 after the ceremony that she believed
 she was happier than If her husband
 mad been physically perfect The req
 son she gave for this was that the maI she loved so dearly was and would b'
 dependent upon her for his lifelong
 comfort. In ministering to that com
 fort she had not only an object. bu
 an object that fllled her whole heart.
 visited the AshIeys some year
 later. Tom had accepted a professor ship to teach military branches in