The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22

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week. There were many sick ana
wounded In all the hospitals Of Macon.
was placed in . large room In the
second story Of . eommodious brick
building. the STATE Asyium for The
Blind. With four other officers; Q cap
tain Of 0eorgia infantry. . captain Of
Virginia artinsey-both wonderland
two Meutenants Of infantry sick.
Such Kindness. attention and tender
soldiers there by the ladies Of Macon
have never seen equalled save In my
own nome. by my own family TO my
eeif. sitting weak and emanciatsd, Due
%,es ss S.s .sn:n y
with my feet upon the window still
and seated in very comfortable rock
er sent up to me by wealthy elderly
widow lady. Mrs. Ieeketf who had
taken almost entire charge Of me be-
cause. as she said. her maiden name
was Williama that her far4fy was Of
Newberry County. South Carolina. that
! closely resemblsd her folks and that
was her kinsman. Gall Of which was
very fortunate for ma)
She insisted on removing ne to her
spiendid home. but i gratefully pro-
tested. A detailed soldier nurse OF our
room handed me . note: At first
inss ,.eo ,s the 9ssu, liar
!. j
.Sit at the front Lieutsnant- Colonel
William II. WILEY Of the Twenty NTH
Georgia Infantry. q brilliant young
lawyer. . wild. reckless. extravaganza
ncsr. He informed me he had been
in Macon about three weeks on sick
leave: had left the hospital and was
then occupying a suite OF rooms in .
private residence In the city: had
learned Of my extreme illness. Of my
recovery and convalescence. and want
ed me to come at once" TO see him.
The nurse informed me that an old
negro man waited at the door for an
wyisy that. under the prssumption
that II he were able TO move he could
have visited me In my illness. and in
view OF the fact that he had seen Mt
not 70 DO %. and wishing now to see
for his confederation that. in my
opinion. the distance from my quarters
to his rooms was about the same az
vice versa. Telling the nurse to send
|prjsed to sec old Anthony. the colonies
polite but garrulous old body servant.
enter. He bowed low. right and left.
20 the ofncers in the room until he
faced ne. when. raising his hands
Lord. Cap'n. my young mossa. you as
tonishes me unspeakabie. You must
hab been close on to de border Of the
spir1t land" In answer to my inquiries
sursd me- -Mas Billy Henry is mighty
porsly. boss: he won't 80 nowhere to
see nobody. and pears not to want any
body but de doctor TO come TO see him.
'cspt you. for he says you and him IS
says you 10 Q man Of sebunction nd
sa0ilities after hts own heart. and
muet let him know how soon you can
come" tore up my note to Wyley
la al
THAI I would 70 to see him next morn
Ing.
Often asterward nay roommates would
alluds TO each other In jovtal con-
verSat' on ~ . gentleman Of seounc-
ton and satellites" he day follow
Ing I hebbled along about three city
met by Anthony. who appeared to be
on guard. and conducted through
beautiful flower yard to the rooms on
the flank of handsome residence, oc-
cupied by the young colonel He met
new suit of finest gray. with all the
stars. lace. buttons and trimmings 20
which the rank OF Iieutenant-c olonei
in the army entitled him; OF nne
form. splendid physique, handsome fea-
lures and the picture of strong. healthy
young manhood as he rose to receive
me. Il would have been dimcult to Sc
lect from the thousands of ofhcers OF
LHe Two aHNleS Ia IIOnN inner bpcSt~
men OF physical manhood or a hand
somer odlcer OF any rank MY poor
appearances must have "stonished him
uEspeaka BILE" as Anthony had. ex-
pressed himself in the hospital for
without salutation the colonel caught
hold of my arms and. half lifting and
half pushing. seated me in an easy
chair, then turning quickly to table
poured some wine into glass, held u
to my lips. saying. Dr;nk. Dirk: 1om
he said. for causing you the fatigue
Of your walk: you are unable and could
not have gone much farther. You are
In bad shape: then. laughtngly. your
ghost: your avoirdupois that Of de-
pleted skeleton. and-wen. the only
natural appearing parts about you are
Your hat and boots BY heavens. you
and II you have finished your fatter-
ing diagnosis in my case permit me
to say that there is no appearance OF
ghost. skeleton or wreck aoous YOU:
I never saw you look heartier ana
stronger and in such shape ! would
doing here and what you are up to
Throwing back his head IN laughter,
as was his habit. he said: Wen. my
inexperienced young friend-you know
or ten years Of age and the experience
answer to your terae and
CURLY put question. containing only
two clauses, would. II truly and fully
made out, contain several lengthy and
pregnant paragraphs Briefly stated,
in q nutshell form. my answer might
be. in part. that / am doing just what
You should have done ere thiS-rest
up-and I am doing 1t to keep out OF
the fx you are in or even one worse.
to wit. a hole in some OF those noun
tain sides or valleys As to what
am up to- among other things am
Up to serving my country ana our
cause more effectively than ] could At
the front with my regiment. es second
in command of same, under Wtnn. VINO
il in full command. II the regiment
reapa victory at the lannon's mouth
the glory is Winn's. even IL my head
were shot of in the charge. as came
near being your fate at Chickamausa
So I have simply. for the time being.
changed my base and modus opsrandi
But said. II thought you were. and
are STILL here on sick leave Of
course. I am: but hold on" he inter
rupted. suppose that where you fell
YOU had stayed ard been buried on
the field Of ChickamaTga. as many of
Your regiment and mine were. wrc
outs ide of your own family and kia-
dred and other than your closest ccm-
rade-fr.cads would think of you now:
You would he moulderinv there. rot es-