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'^'?t^??tt the. last day of April, 1865, being
Lee, the
^*8|K?M' of Pendleton and vicinity were;
;:-:J^ii?c?^iji?' ftreportthata.bqdy of United'
?i :ihree thousand
;y;%:io?jw^^ the, village
;:?om<>ib^^<!j^awe 1 road; . There; bad
..>;: $eeira.^company J organized" in Pendleton:
;;: for local defence.* They- immediately as
Zrgitt? but
'rt:-^^^^^^r^'^^^: *rmy joined
^^^^MS^ed'in^endleton'at that-time. I
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^^^^^^H^-^^^j^^once.; ? My
-v ~^-"h^bV seized a;fbpt-guni
^p^tUjiowder.and ball: remained in.
f bmaeifandinless^than ;five minutes
iif?Vnr^^^ I
Tumbling on the -piazza,; supposing
^gtit-viever seehim-a^inC- Some"
ition detained me there for a time.
jSaw one gentleman pass me, walking
down.the street and complaining
^^ffid^enly becpme-^-how. yery. illhe was.
He remaihcd 'at home. T saw another
^%|^]ived>kaboa^ iwo,'.miIes -distant, who
3S^^t;:h^
from hearing of. the .tumult. He camo
lt'^^>ng^,t a double-quick" pace, buckling a
^^BTr^^^ltaronnd his waist'a? he rushed
;^J*lo^g.^*All the soldiers had. gone when
^^'arriy^ asked me
^^^Ipnjgvthey;' h&j&; been' gone. I told
;5^imi^aarter;of air hourT. thought. He
;^?^wed and Tian on. ?
^-;p;^?b?ut that time we beard shots not
?kSal$,? mile distant.- :My .little, son, just
i^^fiik*'- years.'old,"begged -to. follow, his
; ;..fa^r-;:^r clung ^:.bim,; tiU- at lengtbj on
: " ^is ; j
>~]weB^
'^^Smmlaxa^tMyr ^yo^ng6r:ch^^d^--blasted
^^?imy^js^ in the hoise with
, iikiieWsVbf ouT>little band.
^vi^t.-iengtE' a boy'came back to say^ th'at
^jjnited St?^.Boldiers had'..sent a flag I
: eftraca-to the Confederates/ andishat they
^^reire Ixeating,- 'but that shotsTiad been ex
iii ^angeoVSome of oar. citizen-soldiers, ur
^iia^pur'mpre," returned.
They -stated that a flag of .trace had
Seen sent tp them to say. that there were
" three thousand-United States troops ap
.''.poachinglhat they ..were' on their way
r<v^';thetowo of-^Dderson,-and would pass
t>X;j^ttably -if not molested. Oar men
.;/:V?Ccepted these terms; but most of-them
:^a^^mp.aTjied their;.movements,- and :re- ?
^Bi^'ea'p?ated.op the Anderen, wad until
V'assured, by scouts that they had really
;gon^oia'|b'..tb^t'p]hice.\ .
T& bahd who passed were only-about
. a bundr^ caValry soldiers; under a person
. .calling himself "General Brown/' I have
-always ;doubted whether this person was
-~*d^n?^ raid in any way ?uthor
; -.ized^j^-ihe; United -States Government.
"They everywhere' stated that a force of
" three thousand' men,was approaching, of
: whom they formed the vanguard, and that
asny- resistance to them would be avenged
.by the main body." This main,body never
appeared, but the terror of the report, in
.the^ then.entirely disheartened state of-the
;-cow*fary, deterred almost every one from
f.>jn^f?mg--:liko* organized '/resistance to
??: them. The warlike company ol citizens,
V\:iwhQ*h?d'issued - forth in the morning, re?
turned late that - night worn out with
". marching and counter-marching so as to
keep themselves always between the in?
vading force and the village.
Before arriving at-Pendleton the ma
raadera had visited several,farm's on the
Greenville road.. They,appeared to,knpw
the whole country and the residents of \
?every ^iarm in the neighborhood. They
had persons with them who pointed'OUt
where those lived who werericn, and who
tad gold and silver and fine horses.'These
they seized whenever they were found.
. Tbey camp upon the citizens of Ander
v'-^fiip'h^ithout' the least notice. As they
^ jentered the public square they separated
r ih to. parties, and seized every man they
'v;vsaw about the town.
~;These they divested of their watches,
- gold buttons, - and everything valuable
iLa^ut' them; of all arms of course, and
: :tb:eii secured them in the court house,
r arouiid Which they, placed a guard. When
'\.1^hour;?fl2 m. arrived, the guard called
Jto the-prisoners to know if they felt dis-J
?^Seli.^tp./'^ine. T6 this proposition the j
/.prisoners returned their unanimous apr
provaL; Men of English descent appear
to m& to ^prefer, undpr all circumstances, I
to havj^their dinner.
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They-had'
?four^'sPiitai -large '^uan.titj;. .of old wine
^hfct^ad been stored there for safekeep?
ing- v iney; brought^-quabtity. of this
^neand abundance of provisions to their,
.pris^^,. "an'd /desired-; theni-' to niake
"themselvescomfortable-^-to which course,
^JbleUeve, these- required, but little preBS
mg,,- ;I:;iave''?Dder8??d'. that the- assur?
ance was even adcied that thoir wives and
:fe?ilies>werfr: inud. danger, beyond that
btJosrng;their silver,1jewelry and horses.
)3?h^ tltreateRed loss Seemed a very- trivial
Satter Compared to the outrages "-which
were said tohaye .been committed .in Col-:
?mbia and other places taken by the
:enemy. ; -???';.
; In; the I meantime, those pf the troops
whpvwere ?bt.: onguard- scattered7 them-'
selves pyerthe surroitrnding''epunfryl, In
parties of five .or six.they entered eiery.
bouse, demanding watches and valuables.
Often appearing ai-'th'e stables first, they
seized every horse which ."was/fine and
?yaluable. ;? ;Then they entered the houses,
in which, there often remained only the
womeniand'children..*. Where they could,
g^et^foodi they were tolerable civil, but'
,when the people were poor, andvreally
had nothing, they suspected them of der
irping it,., and, in consequence,. Jbecame
rude and^violeht;. :
In. one" case they had been assured that
an old gentleman- was in. possession of a
large - amount-of valuables. He had in
ferity sold and dwjposed.pf
rerased "to - beUeve. His , assurance, and
taking" him to a neighboring wood, hung
him oil; a-tree,. promising'to take him
dqwn'if. he would disclose where his val?
uables were. The unfortunate man, I am
assured, really did not have them. They
took him down three timos in.succession,
?when they, saw that he could stand it no
longer; but,, disbelieving all his assorv
ances, they hung-him again, until, tired
of torturing, they at length released him.
.^; .WIien ,they entered, houses, they, rushed
into every room, as."simultaneously as
'possible, ransacked. sideboards, bureaus,.,
and seized everything of value. In some
cases they tore the earrings through-the
ears of the ladies, searched their pockets,
and. even drew off their wedding rings.
Sometimes they had an exact account of
the number of. watches owned in . each
family, and required them to be prodaced,
upon pain of hanging the owners. Those
who had parted with these articles and
really - did not have them were thus Te
duced to ? " sad stato, but I have neyer
heard that any lives were actually taken.
One lady emptied, out her. bureau draw?
ers upon the .floor, disarranging every?
thing about her Jhonse as they were ac?
customed, to leave things, and then sat
lamenting in the midst of the . confusion.
Several times during, the;day the marau?
ders entered her dwelling, but seeing eve?
rything in this state they-retreated, sup?
posing her house already sacked.- She
lost nothing.' Some ladies, better off
than their neighbors, employed them?
selves in cooking for the .whole three
days of their , stay, and in entertaining
with provisions' and with their worst
whiskey all; who came in. These fared
comparatively well, Jand had only their,
horses taken. The negroes, as a general
thing, remained faithful to their owners,
though offered liberty by these marau?
ders. They often hid jewelry 'and silver
in their own. cabins, and restored them
when the confusion was over.
One gentleman, residing in the neigh?
borhood, had an elegant pair of " carriage
horses carried offhand with them the boy
who tended them. -But in the coarse of
a week the boy returned with a pair still
handsomer than those taken away.
"General Brown'*- had several horses
and mules devoted: to carrying his own
plunder'. These were led in the midst of
the band,'bearing sacks piled with silver
and jewelry. They did not take up room
with articles of - less value."
For three dayB the devastation and
plunder in the town of Anderson contin?
ued;, then the band went on to the town
of .'Hartwell, in Georgia, continuing the
same scenes of spoliation and robbing
along the road wherever "they went.
I think it was there that they received
Dews that the escort which Jefferson Da?
vis had dismissed in Abbeville had col?
lected, and were coming in pursuit of
them. They therefore broke up their en?
campment in great haste, and returned
towards Anderson and Pendleton.
I should, have mentioned that before
approaching near Pendleton the first
time, they had-sacked tho town of Green-;
ville and carried 'off- everything which
'they, could discover of value from that
place.
They now returned to Pendleton, and
my friend Pauline was unfortunate enough
to witness their entry".
As I have already said it is from her
that I derive this description. I think it
likely that this band was formed of some
of the disbanded soldiers from both ar?
mies.
I scarcely supposed that these facts are
even" known to the United States Gov?
ernment, but as this sketch consists of ac?
tual historical: facts, I am careful to go
no farther in my description than where
I have means of obtaining accurate infor?
mation.
On a Sunday afternoon, after morning
service, they entered the village of Pen?
dleton. That quiet spot had been hither?
to secluded from all the turmoil and con?
fusion attending the march' of an army.
Pauline's husband being " a Mason, Bhe
had bound a scarlet ribbon in the upper
window of her dwelling and retreated
there. Tbis.scarlet ribbon was tho signal
agreed on by the Masons belonging to
both armies," for .the protection of then*
wiyesand families whenever hostile troops
should enter a town on either border, and
thus amid even-the horrors of civil war
some of the remembrances of peace and
amity were kept alive, at least among the
Masons of either army. Her little sons
remained on the piazza to see the en?
trance of the soldiers. As their line, all
on horses, and leading many more, pass?
ed in front of .her house, she heard one
soldier call out to another: "Hallo Jim
that's a pretty boy/' meaning one of*hers!
They halted in the public square and
1 set up the United States flag, their band
etrikingup the old tune of "Yankee Doo?
dle.'' "How strange it seemed*. All who
beard it could well remember when their
own . hearts beat responsive to chat na?
tional??ir. Pauline remembered the
strains so often heard in childhood.' And'
npwr;its voice, was tp :her;that. of: ^?...inya,
?^^^^mgf ahd'fe?r/mmgle?^y?th' its
notes. ^:^Wa?b it planted on- the neck of
Sputhorn liberty:prostrate, orihouTd magr
nauimpus conquerous forbear to take from
.their brethren that priceless jewel, never
long forfeited^b^ the_ Anglp-Saxon.race _??
- ^^^^^^m^^oi .^maratidora', 'and j
they feared a gathering, of the people.
Agaiii^i^^^^e/v^a^^or elder;ppy
could not be restrained. From the piaz?
za he ventured into "the'street, and pres?
ently brought back intelligence that a
young man well known, in that neighbor?
hood, Frederick ' , haalbeen. taken
prisoner, by Brown's men the night be?
fore, and that they..,were about immedi?
ately to hang him in the middle of the
I Tillage. Soon it was reported that if a
shot was fired by the citizens the village
would be burned. In this conjuncture
the citizens selected, as spokesman a na?
tive of the place, a'regularBarnum where
.fair wPrds were required. Attended by
some citizens of more doubtful eloquence,
this gentleman called upon::'Gen. Brown.
He represented the citizens of Pendle?
ton to be the most especially innocent
lambs which the glorious restored Union
could show. Frederick-?? he especially
recommended as more innocent, if possi?
ble,, than the rest.
. But the passions of men were bitterly
roused at that time. .These men had been
robbing, the whole country, and on their
return shot's'-had;beeb repeated^ fired on
them from' behind hedges ? arid trees.
'They were persuaded that Frederick ??
was concerned in the matter, and they
sternly disregarded the representations of
this embassy. The only grace "which
could be: obtained.for him was that.lie
should not-be hanged then' and there,
where his widowed mother and five young
sisters resided, actually in sight.. Gene?
ral Brown permitted him a final inter?
view with them..
Still looking through' the closed blinds,
Pauline'saw him pass to and from this
sad interview. Two men rode in front of
him, two behind and one on each side, all
. with loaded carbines, ready to shoot if an
escape'should be attempted.
5 It had been an unfavorable circumstance
for him. when his friends were pleading
his lamblike innocence, that his look was
much more like that of tho wolf.
His appearance was particularly sol?
dier-like and manly! Passing to the fare?
well interview With the aged: mother and
the young sisters, his bearing was no. less
erect and manlythan usual; his eye did
not quail nor his]cheek blanch.
Arrived at their dwelling, tho soldiers
surrounded the houee and permitted him
to enter. Two more brothers were there,
resolute young men also. They proposed
to exchange dress with him, and to favor
his escape, or else to shoot tho guard at
one door, while he should mount his horse
and dash off. But he considered himself
pledged to return, and he declined both
proposals. One.sister, in the bitterness
of her heart, reproached the soldiers for
cruelty, and that tbey thirsted for the
blood of an innocent man. The soldiers
listened to her reproaches and answered
her not.
At length the. interview terminated?
the; next brother was permitted to retain
a horse, and to accompany Frederick.
Pauline was afraid to open her window,
or .to remove the scarlet ribbon while
these men remained. But alas, when they
left that.peaceful village they left worse
than themselves behind them,.as the sub?
ject of my next sketch will show, and yet
of the last she felt no apprehension.
Tho soldiers passed on with-their pris?
oner, and encamped, that night near a
beautiful spring at a short distance.
For several days they continued to
scatter over the country in small parties.
The citizens and country people at length
began to take heart, and finding that no
band of three thousand men appeared,
they, began.to collect in small parties to
take, prisoners and to cut off stragglers.
An old man of. seventy headed one of
these parties, and some of the soldiers
having been several times at his house,
he was recognized by them. After that
he was hotly pursued and obliged, with
several others, to betako himself entirely
to the woods. On one occasion he was
able only to keep his horse's length in
front of his pursuers, and yet he escaped
by leaping a ditch and bigh-barred fence,
which some of the young men who fol?
lowed him dared to attempt. Before his
nearest pursuers could dismount and open
the gate, the brave old man had gained
the woods and was far out of sight.
Warned by some of these occurrences,
Gen. Brown mustered his men and re?
sumed his march, giving notice that wher?
ever Bbots were fired at his band the
houses in the neighborhood should be
burned. They passed the dwelling of
one lady not much over twenty-five }Tears
of age, yet surrounded with four helpless
young children. Shots had been fired at
them that morning, and hers was tho
next house.
In that part of the country, passing be?
tween the villages, 'miles of woodland
often intervene without a dwelling. The
shots, I think, had been some miles dis?
tant, out the soldiers had vowed to burn
the next house. This was hers, and her
husband was absent. They ordered her
little children and herself put of doors,
and men were detached to . set the fire.
Mrs.-stood weeping amid her help?
less babes. But her old nurse cast her?
self before Gen. Brown, and passionately
[entreated that the home and shelter of
the little^ children might not bo destroyed.
Partly moved by her entreaties, and
partly by the helpless condition of the
mother and children, he relented, allowed
Mirs. -to return to her house, and
passed on.
The country people now began to,
gather fast in General Brown's rear. The
marauders dared no longer delay to plun?
der, but passing on by forced marches
disappeared from view, disbanding, I
think, in the mountains of Tennessee and
North Carolina.
During their hasty retreat Frederick
-succeeded in making his escape, and
returned, accompanied by his faithful
brother, to the great delight of his family
andfriendB. VIOLET.
?-i-O-;-?
? A belle of Batavia, New York, a few
days since, on being asked to append her
signature to a telegram she was about to
have transmitted, replied that there was
no necessity, as the party to whom it was
addressed knew her hand-writing!
[gtn iftr fffltttl' 00.
Washington a Sportsman,
"Leonidas and. Washington,
Whoso every battlefield is,holy ground,
Which breathes of; nations.saved, not worlds nndone
How sweetly on the ear such echoes sound I"
, The :time- -which- Colonel; Washington
c?uld spare from his building and agricul?
tural improvements between the years
1759 and 1774, was'devoted to the chase.
He was neither?-to.use an Americanism
i-r"a gunner'-' nofa-disciple of old -Izaak
Walton; but .was a.passionate lover of
fox.hunting, and which-sport; being of a
bold and animating character,, suited well
with the temperament of the.'.'lusty prime"
of his age, and accorded peculiarly with
his fondness for equestrian exercises.- His
kennel was situate about a hundred yards
south of the family vault, in which, at
present, rest his venerated remains.
?The- building was a rude structure, but
afforded comfortable quarters for the
hounds, with a large inclosure paled in,
having in the center a spring of running
water. The pack was very numerous
and.:select?the colonel visiting and in?
specting his kennel morning and evening,
after the same manner as bo did his sta?
bles. It was his pride, and a proof of his
skill in hunting, to have his pack so criti?
cally drafted, both as to. speed and bot?
tom, that in full cry, to use a sporting
phrase, you might cover them with a
sheet. .During the hunting season Mount
? Vernon, to which he applied tho punnibg
motto?tar non semper floret?had many
distinguished guests from the neighbor?
hood, from Maryland, and elsewhere. The
visits of these Nimrods were not of days,
but of weeks; and they were entertained
in the good old style of Virginia's ancient
hospitality.
Washington, always splendidly mount?
ed, took the field at dawn of day, with
his huntsman, Will Lee, his friends and
neighbors; and none rode more gallantly
to hounds, nor with voice more cheerfully
awakened in the.woodland, than he who
was afterwards destined, by voice and ex?
ample, to cheer his countrymen in their
struggle for independence and enpire.
Such-was the establishment at Mount
Verrion prior to the revolution. We now
come to the events of late times. After
the peace of 1783, the hunting establish?
ment, which had declined dnring tho war,
was renewed by the arrival of a pack of
French hounds, sent by the Marquis de la
Fayette. These chiens de chasse were of
great sizes?
'?Bred out of tho Spartan kind,
So fiew'd so sanded; and their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew;
Dewlapp'd like Thcssalian bulls ;
Matched in mouth like bells."
Indeed, by their strength they were
fitted, not only to pull down the stately
stag, but, in fierce combat, to encounter
the wolf or boar, or even to grapple with
the lordly lion. Theso hounds, from their
fierco disposition, were generally kept
confined; but woo to tho stranger who
might be passing their kennels after night?
fall. Should the gates be unclosed, his
fate would be sealed, unless he could climb
some friendly tree, or the voice of tho
huntsman or whipper-in came speedily to
the rescue. The habit was to hunt three
times a week, weather permitting. Break?
fast was served on these mornings by
candle light, the general always breaking
his fast with an Indian corn cake and a
bowl of milk, and ere tho ''early village
cock" had "done salutation to the morn"
the whole cavalcade would have left the
house, and the fox frequently be unken?
nelled before sunrise. Those who have
seen Washington on horseback admit that
he was the most accomplished of cavaliers,
in the true sense and perfection of the
character; he rode as he did everything,
with ease, elegance and power. The
vicious propensities of horses of no mo?
ment to so skillful and daring a rider. He
always said that he required but one good
quality in a horse; that of being able to
go along at a good pace, and ridiculed the
idea of its being even possible that he
should be unhorsed, provided the animal
kept on his legs?indeed, the perfect and
sinewy frame of this admirable man gave
bim such a perfect seat that a horse might
as soon disencumber itself of the saddle
as of such a rider. Tho general usually
rode a horse called Blueskin, a dark iron
gray approaching to blue?hence his name
?a fine, but rather fiery animal, and of
great endurance in a long run.
Will, the huntsman, bettor known in
revolutionary lore, as Billy, rode a horse
called Chinkling, a surprising leaper, and
made very much like its rider, low but
sturdy, and of great bone and muscle.
Will had but one order?he was to keep
with the hounds?a somewhat difficult one
to accomplish in such a stiff country.
Mounted on Chinkling, with a French
horn at bis back, this fearless rider would
rush through a brake and tangled wood,
over hedge and ditch, in a stylo worthy
of a modern Meltonian. There were
roads cut through tho woods in various
directions* by which aged and timid riders
and ladies could enjoy the exhilarating
cry without risk" of life or limb. But
Washington himself was no shirker, but
rodo gallantly to his hounds through all
the dangers and difficulties of the coun?
try, nor spared his generous'steed, as the
distended nostrils of Blueskin often would
show. Ho was always at tho death,
yielding to no man the honor, of the
brush. Tho foxes hunted in America
eighty-three years ago were gray foxes,
with one exception, this was a famous
black fox, which differing from his breth?
ren of "orders gro}'," often set his pursu?
ers at defiance. After seven or eight
runs, Billy recommended that tho black
reynard should bo let alone, giving it as
his opinion that he was very near'akin to
another sable character equally remarka?
ble for his wiles.
This advice was adopted; and ever after
care was taken to avoid the haunt of the
unconquerable fox.' The chaso onded,
the party would return to tho mansion
house, where, at the well-spread board,
and with cheerful glass, tho feats of tho
day, the prowess of the gallant steeds
and riders,-and the "artful dodges" of/the
famous black fox were all discussed, while
Washington; never permitting even )his
pleasures to infringe upon tho order and
regularity of his habits, would, after a few
glasses of madeira, retire to his bed at 9
o'clock. In 1787, Gen. Washington being
called to preside in tho convention which
formed the Federal Constitution, gave his
hounds away, and bade adieu forever'.to
the pleasures of the chaso. ?
Tit for Tat. "
"Was. there ever such a jealous fellow,
alwayscontriving some new test tp subject
my affections to!" said Julia Harvey to
her. sister, Mrs. Fanny, Markham, as she
handed'her a letter. -
It was from Julia's loyer, Captain Paul
Wilcox, an officer in an infantry regiment,
who wrote.to receive him.. He told her
that she would find him much changed,
for he had been wounded in the leg and
lost his left arm; that he had felt it his
duty to say that He should not hold her to
her engagement, though he loved her as
as devotedly as- ever,. Nowritr happened
that Julia had a correspondent ix? the army,
from -whom she discovered that the Cap?
tain received no injuries, and that his story
was concocted purely , as. an additional test
of the devotedness of the fair pne.
.'fWe'll pay him off for his tricks, Julia."
said Mrs. Markham. "Come, and I'll in
struct you how to give him change in hits
own coin."
. Shortly after the ladies had retired, Capt.
Wilcox, pluming himself on his stratagem,
was alone in thedrawing-room. He but?
toned his arm up in his coat, and the left
sleeve hung empty, while he counterfeited
a halting gait, and put a large piece of
plaster on his left cheek to cover an imagi?
nary sabre cut.
In a few minutes, Mrs. Markham ap?
peared.
"Returned at last!" cried she, warmly
shaking his hand. . "My. dear Paul!"
. "There's not much left of me?little bet?
ter than half,V said the soldier. "I left my
poor arm in the West Indies."
"Poor, dear .Paul," said, the lady?"And
how is your leg ?"
"VeSv poorly." I am troubled with daily
exfoliation of the bone."
"Poor Julia!" she sighed
"She will bamuch affected by the change
in me, will she not?" asked the brave
Captain.
"Oh, dear, no; I was thinking of the
change in her."
"Change in ber ?"
"What I havent you heard ?"
"Not a word"
"Ah! I see?she was afraid to write to
you. She has lost all her beauty."
"Yes?you know she never, was vaccin?
ated."
"Never vaccinated?"
"No?and she has had the small pox
very badly. Poor Julia, She has lost the
sight of her right eye. H<jr face is very
much discolored. Her nose is terribly
red."
"A red nose."
"Yes. It dosen't matter so much about
her eyes?she wears blue spectacles."
"Blue spectacles and a red nose ?" ex?
claimed the Captain.
"But you don't mind that. Beauty is
nothing," said Mrs. Markham, who was
ravishingly beautiful herself. "You love
Julia for her heart; you always told her
so. And as you are so maimed and disfig?
ured, why, you can sympathize with and
console each other. You will be a very
well assorted couple?three eyes and three
arms between you."
"And red nose and blue spectacles!"
"Hush! here comes Julia," said Mrs.
Markham.. "Don't appear shocked. Julia,
my dear, here's the Captain."
The door opened, and Julia entered.
She bad painted her face most artistically,
a pair of blue spectacles concealed her fine,
black eyes, but the marvelous feature of
her face was her nose?it glo wed with all
the brilliancy of a carbuncle.
"Oh, dear"Paul," said she; "poor, dear
Paul how much you must have suffered."
"I have one arm left for you to lean
upon," said the Captain.
"But you are lame. We can never dance
the Shottische more."
"I don't know but I can manage it, all
but the side-steps and hops;" said the Cap?
tain, ruefully.
"But don't you find me hideous ?** asked
the fair one.
" "Not exactly," said the poor Captain.
"The tip of your nose is rather a warm col?
or, to he sure."
"Oh, the doctor says it will settle into a
purple, byaud-by."
"Oh, he does, does vhe ?" said the Cap?
tain, abstractedly.
"Do you think J. would look better
with with a purple nose ?" asked Julia.
"Speak not of it," said the Captain.
"But tell me, when you heard of my in?
juries, were you not inclined to relinquish
my hand ?"
"Not for a moment."
"Then forgive my deception," said the
Captain. "Here is my left arm as sound
as ever. I have no wound upon my cheek;
I can dance from dark till dawn."
"How could you be so cruel!" said Ju?
lia. "It is my turn to ask whether you are
willing to fulfill your engagement."
"With all ray heart," said the Captain.
,{I am grieved for the loss of your beau?
ty, I confess; but your heart and mind are
dearer than your person."
"Excuse me for a moment," said the la?
dy ; I must retire for a few minutes."
In an instant she returned, radiant in all
the glory of her charms.
"Paul," she said, "how do you like me
now?'-' : ' - '
"You are an angel," said the Captain,
holding her in his arms. "How could you
treat me so cruelly with the red nose and
spectacles ?"
"Not a word ot that," said the beauty.
"We have friends in camp who exposed
your jealous folly, and it was only 'tit for
tat.'"
"I deserve it all," said the Captain, "and
here I avow I am cured of jealousy for?
ever."
When they were married, which follow?
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