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[A Ilighlaud soldier, who had l>een severely
wounded in battle, and wlioso life was saved by
the careful nursing and gentle ministrations of
Florence Nightingale?the liePolne of tbo Crimea?said,
on being asked how he felt towards
hi* preserver, that liis gratitude was too great
(or words, nod the only mode ho had of giving
ra?t to his feeling* was by kissing lier shadow
when It fell on hi* pillow as she passed through
the ward on her nightly visit.?Foreign Paper.]
^jAinong the wounded, on his conch,
The Highland soldier lay.
And from his wounds the tide of life
Was ebbing fast away,
" When 6*cr him bent a gentle form,
To hear his dying tide?
Twns that angel of the Hospital,
Fair Florence Nightingale. -.
44 Airl ine," he cried?that soldier stern,
44 My wife and children dear,
Se far, so very far away,
While I am dying here.
Great God! and ranst 1 perish thus;
And shelterless and lone,
Leave those whose love is more than life?
My beautiful?my ownf* 44
Cense soldier," said a gentle voice,
^ For riej who rnles on high,
w Can hoar as well tiio widow's wnll
As the young raven's cry.
Trust in bis strength as thou Art weak,
, / And let thy prayers ascend
To Ilini, the widow's surest stay?
/: The orphan's kindest friend.
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u And haply, soldier, we mny yet,
-1' "With God's good aid, restore
Thee to thy wife and little ones
l. As hale as heretofore;
And O, what swelling thankful hearts?
What joy there will be then,
To brighten up the soldier's home
Within his Highland glen."
Like/dew upon the bruised reed? 1 <
' Like Kght to dungeons dark-- *'
Or like the dove, with olive boughs
fn. Returning to the ark,
Canto those kind, gentlo, hopeful words
- Unto the soldier's ear,
Whh prophet-dream# of health restored,
And home'* reviving cheer, i j
With skillful hand* the angel nurse
Poured oil and wine upon
| The soldier'* agonizing wounds,
f f Until their pang wm gone ;
And still she nursed hira tenderly
. , Through naenlhs, which glided by,
{Wore health bloomed upon Ids cheek
Cir brfght^ned in bis eye.
Ah, gentle one, 'tis thine to bless 1
- Thy mission is divine ;
And rAyis from Heaven's tnercy seat
Upon thy pathway shins.
Them's healing in thy woman's hand,
V And, ia-th/Nroroan's heart,
A fount of gentleness, whose flow
No impulse gains drotn art. \ '
9k And soldier any?what thoughts arise
When sbo, thy none, appears I
^ The soldier turned upon hie couch
Awl, cheeked by manly tears,
He answered," words are weak to tall;
lies shadow seems like light,
[ Md l kka U she walk* the ward
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Jit* dtNrrior Hff9idei).
Sometime just before or about the beginning
of the war, Serjeant Jasper, of Marion's
brigade, had the good fortune to save the
life of n young, beautiful, and dark-eyed Creole
girl, called Sally St. Clair, ller susceptible
nature wns overcome with gratitude to
her preserver, and this soon ripened into a
passion of love, of the most deep and fervent
icind. She lavished upon him the whole
wealth of her affections, and the whole depths
of a passion nurtured by a southern eun.
When he was celled upon to join the ranks
of his country's defenders, the prospect of
their separation almost maddened her.?
Their parting came; but scarcely was she
left alone, ere her romantic nature prompted
me means of their re-union. Once resolved,
no consideration of danger could dampen
her spirit, and no thought of consequences
could move her purpose. She severed her
long and jetty ringlets, and provided horsclf
with male attire. In these she robed herself
and set forth to follow the fortunes of
licr lover.
A smooth-face, beautiful and delicate
strinpling appeared among tho hardy, rough
nnd giant frames who composed the corps
to which Jasper belonged. The cohtrnst be
tween ihe stripling and these as*". in their
uncouth garbs, their massivo faces, embrowned
and discolored by sun and pain,
was indeed striking. But none were more
eager for tho battle, or so indifferent to fatigue,
as the fair-faced boy. It was found
that his energy of character, resolution and
courage, amply supplied his lack of physique.
None ever suspected him to be a woman.
Not even Jasper himself, although
site was often by his side, penctiated her disguise.
The romance of her situation increased
the fervor of her passion. It was her de
light to reflect that, unknown to him, she
was by bis side to watch over him in the
hour of danger. She fed her passion upon
him in tho hour of slumber; hovering near
him when stealing through the swamp and
thicket, and beui^ always ready to avert
danger from his head.
But gradually there stole a melancholy
pre^eniimcnt over the poor girl's mind. She
had been tortured with hopes deferred'; the
war Was nroloiicerl nnrt ?li/? nrA?rvM? nf <?
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ing restored to him grew more and more
uncertain. But now she felt that her dream
of happiness could never bo realized. She
became convinced that death was about to
snatch her away from his side: but she
prnyod that she might die, and he never
knew to what length the violence of her
passion had led her.
It was on an eve before a battle. The
camp hud sunk into repose. The watchfires
wero burning low, and only tho slow
tread of sentinels foil upon tho profound silence
of tho night air, as they moved
through the dark shadows of the forest.
Stretched upon the ground, with no other
couch than a blanket, reposed the war-like
form of Jasper. Climbing vines trailed
themselves into a canopy above-his head,
ihrough which the stars shone down softly.
The faint flicker from the expiring embers
of a fire, fell athwart upon his countenance,
and tinged lite cheek of one who
bent over his couch. It was the smooth-faced
stripling. She bent low down, as if to
listen to his dreams, or tq breathe into his
soul pleasant visions of love and happiness.
But tears traco themselves down the fair
i one's cheek, and fall silently and rapidly upon
the brow of her lover.
A mysterious voice has told her that the
hour or parting has come: that to morrow
her destiny is cousumated. There is one
last, long, lingering look, and then the unhappy
maiden is seen to tear herself away
from the spot, to weep out her sorrow in
privacy.
Pierce and terrible is the'conflict that on
the morrow rages on that spot. Foremost
in that baltlo is tho intrepid Jasper, and
ever by his sido fights the stripling warrior.
Often, during the beat find smoke, beams
suddenly upon the eyes of Jasper the melancholy
face of the maiden. In the thickest
of the fight, surrounded by enemies, the
lovers fight side by side. Suddenly a lance
is levolled at the breast of Jasper; but swifter
than the lance is 8ally St. Clair. There
is a wild cry, and at tbe feet of Jasper sinks
tho maiden, with the life-blood gushing
from her white bosom, which has been
thrown a* a shield, before his breast. He
beeds not uow the din, nor tbe danger of
tho conflict; but down by tbe side of the
dying boy he kneels. Then, for the first
time, does be learn tbe stripling is bis love;
that often by tbe camp fire, and in tbe
swamp, she bas been by bis sida; that tbe
dim visiona in bia slumner of an angel-face
hovering over hjip, bad indeed been true.
In tbe midst of tho battle, with her lover by
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tier Hiuo, aim we oaro in uer ooaotn, ui?
heroic maiden dies I
Her aan>e, her sex, and her noble devotion,
soon became known through the corps.
There wee a tearful group gathered around
her grave, there wee not one of thoee hard v
'warrtort>ho dipnoi bedew her gw?
tears. They buried her near the riror San
ice - in a green snauy nook, that looked- as
if it had been stolen out of Paradise."
B IhHliipg JirqgcOy iff iffexieo.
On r certain evening, two American officers,
belonging to some volunteer corps, attended
the Cathedral in Mexico, where certain
services were held appertaining to the
uuns at the western part of San Francisco.
'The cathedral was filled, as usual, with n
large crowd of the faithful; and, at tho conclusion
of the ceroraonies, when tlicy were
dispersing, tho two officers lingered in the
church, gaaing at the expensive ornaments;
09 they were also in the act of retiring, a
nun who remained behind the rest of the
sisterhood made a sign to one of the officers,
who was slowly following the footsteps of
hi9 comrade, that she wished to speak to
him. Returning to the nun, a dialogue ensued,
in substance as follows :
"You are an American officer?"
" I am, madam, and but recently from the
land of Yankees."
" I presume, sir, you nro a man of honor
and discretion."
"Those qualities, added to courage, make
up tho composition of an American soldier."
41 Will WAII !???/! . ~ ~ ? ? A
jwu iciiuni iuu uu important service
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" You have but to command me."
" I will not conceal from you that the
service I ask at your hands require not
oniy discretion, but extraordinary intrepidity.
Now, knowing this, are you still willing
to assist me!"
" Yes, I am determined."
" Very well: when you hear tlie convent
bell strike twelve to night, bo at the sidegale.
I shall be there to open it, and 011
your knocking three times, you shall learn
what it is I require of you. Will you be
faithful to the rendezvous ?"
" Yes."
" Well, I depend upon yon. Adieu."
They parted, and the officer rejoined his
companion, as they pursued their way to
the American quarters, related to Lira all
that had transpired, aiul asked him if he
should fill the appointment.
The other advised him to do so. by all
means, nud. for fear of accident, offered to
accompany biin to tho gate at the appointed
hour.
Supposing the affair to end in one of
those innocent adventures so common in
Mexico, and taking it for granted that the
lady had been struck with-liis personal appearance,
the officer, with his companion,
repaired to the gate, according to agreement;
and upon giving a concerted signal,
the entraque was opened by the nun.
"You arc truly a man of courago and
honor, and entitled to my warmest gratitude."
After conducting Lim to her cell, where a
lamp was burning, aIio politely invited him
to sit down, and, producing two bottles, re-1
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uuvnivu iiiiii vu ihku ii 01 wine wun
her?ft request which n man find ft soldier
is not apt to treat with indifference. Filling
up n glass out of one bottle, she took ft little
herself out of the other, and pftcr he hud
finished his, she told him to go to the op
posite aide of the bed from herself. The officer,
still innocent, obeyed, when the nun
thus addressed him :
"Well, wo aro quite alone. Is my door
bolted! Look!"
And at the same instant, to his utter horror
and amazement, she discovered to him
the dead body of a monk, whose clothes
were stiff and matted with blood, whilo she
continued:
" The favor T require is that you take th's
body on your shoulders, and convey it beyond
the gates of ihe convent. I will light
you to the gates of the first court. Obey
instantly, or your life will be in peril, for if
you attempt to escape, I will shoot you
through tho head 1" And suiting tho action
to the word, she drew a pistol from her
bosom and presented it at him. "I know,"
she added, " that my own life will bo the
forfeit, for after despatching yon I have a
poinnrd for myself?the same with which I
stabbed that miserable monk.
Seeing no other means of escape, tho officer
took up the body, and accompanied by
the nun, who carried a dark lantern, proceeded
to the gate by which he had entered
; and, upon issuing from it, threw down
his horrible burden at the feet of his comrade,
who waiting to enjoy a laugh at what
they both imagined would terminate in a
pious love intrigue.
After recounting to his friend the almost
incredible adventure in which he had been
' engaged,5hey resolved to communicate the
circumstance to General Worth, in person ;
Kit* fKan ka/1 A?l?? ? -1.J!
MM.f MIVV UHU vsmj n pnuiv ui^
tance from the convent, when the officer who
bad brought out the body bogan to complain
of the meet violent and excruciating
pain*. IIo soon fell upon the, pavement
and expired. He had been poisoned.
Husk."?-Here b the last M good thing"
about the hoops:
r Little BoyB."Ma, what is 'bush V n
Motber~~"\Vhv, my dear! why do you
aaii rr ^'
V Little Uojr?"Because 1 asked eieter Jane,
yesterday, what made her new dress (tick out
bo, and shs said
JJiunormis.
[From the Sat'annoli Doily Mornijig News.]
flunking p Suto;
OR, HOW UNCLE JOSU BOLK8 BARKED CP THE
WRONG 8 APLINO.
Old uncle Josiali Boles was an inveterate
joker, so fond of indulging bis
mischievous humor that he. often run
imminent risks of unpleasant, rnd
evenserious consequences, rather, than
forego the enjoyment of a joke or a
quiz. He was no rcspector of persons,
times or place, and if tempted by opportunity,
would be as apt to perpetrate
his fun in a prayer-nicotincr as at
a corn-shucking, upon a stranger as
readily as upon a familiar acquaintance.
On one occasion, lie came near
Eaying dearly for the indulgence of
is mischievous propensity,
lie had been on a journey to Mississippi
to lopk after some business matters,
and was returning home through
Alabama. One evening he stopped at
the tavern of a country village. After
supper lio entered the bar-room, and
took a seat by the fire, and, like a good
old-fashioned country gentleman, as he
was, smoked his pipe. His attention !
was soon attracted by a singularly
looking, half-witted, dwarfish young
man, who was lounging about the
door. The fellow was not more than
four feet high, with an immense head,
covered with long, shaggy hair, which
6tood out in every direction?the separate
locks seeming to have no affinity
to each other. A very short neck connected
this head with large square
shoulders, from which the body sloped
down, wedge-shaped, to his feet, which
were large, bare and unwashed.
Uncle Josh, as ho was familiarly
called, was not long in making acquaintance
of the chap with the big
head, whom he found to be very simple,
talkative and inquisitive.
Uncle Josh affected to take a wonderful
liking to his now acquaintance,
who gave his name as Benjamin Bunch.
Ben was much flattered by Uncle
Josh's estimate of his parts, especially
by his lavish praises of his head and
shoulders, and tho liking soon became
mutual. The result was that a
bargain was struck, in pursuance of
which Ben was to go with Uncle Josh
to Georgia in the morning, for " twenty
dollars a month and found."
Ben was delighted, and immediately
set about to make preparations for the
journey. Going home he told his people
that he was off to Georgia where
he was to have twenty dollars a month
and a easy situation.
Tho matter was soon noised over the
villago that Ben Bunch was going to
Georgia with a gentleman, who had
hired him for twenty dollars a month,
and in a short time a number of his
acquaintances had gathered in the barI
I'onm tit ftamrtoiii wl:nf fliov r?/?n 1/1 in
regard to the matter. Ben had only
been able to tell them what a " monstrous
nice man," Mr. Boles was, the
wages he was to receive?twenty dollars
a month and found?and that his
situation was to be an easy one.
One or two had ventured to open a
conversation with the old gentleman
from Georgia, were anxious to know
to what use lie .was going to put Ben
Buuch. who, thev said, was too lazy to
keep tne flies otf of himself in warm
weather, and hadn't sense enough to
get under tbo shelter out of the rain.
"So much the better for that," said
Undo Josh, iu his slow, distinct manner
of speaking.
" He's jest the man lor rae. I've
got a situation that will suit him exactly."
Tlio questioner began to despair of
getting any further satisfaction, when
Ben came in with his best suit on, and
a bundle in his hand ready to start
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eariy iu rue morning ior t*eorgia.
" Ben," enquired one of bis acquaintances
" what in creation is you gwine
to do down in Georgia?"
" Oh, yon never mind," replied Ben,
" Pm gwine in the morning with that
ere gentleman, lie can tell you what
I'm gwine for."
Then Ben saw some ono outside to
whom he wanted to.communicate his
good fortune, and he was soon surrounded
bv a crowd about tho door,
some of whom cautioned him, telling
him that he didn't know but what the
man be was going with was a kidnapper,
or perhaps lie would work him to
death in a two banded ssw-miil.
Ben began to feel a little curious,
and the party agreed with him that he
should know what was to bo his employment
before ho went any lurthor
in business. The crowd went iuto the
bar-room, where Uncle Josh was enjoying
li is second pipe by the fire, determined
to be satisfied about the mat
ter. After keeping them in susponse
some timo, Uncle Josh rose up, knocked
the ashes from his pipe, and said?
"Well, gentlemen, tue fact is my
old woman is getting rather poorly,
and I want him to set in the fire cornor
for lier to break bark over his
head."
Ben, who had been setting on a
bench, sprang to his feet, as if he had
been 6hot. A loud laugh burst from
the party, but above all could be heard
lien s curses, as ho sprang into the
middle of the floor, threw down his
bnr\dle, and began rearing and prance
like an enraged catamount. His
linsey coat was soon peeled, sleeves
rolled tip?and but for the interference
of the crowd, lie would have had Uncle
Josh by the "goozle" in a twinkling.
"Dad fetch ycr everlastiu' picter to
dingnation!" exclaimed Ben, striking
his brawny fists, and making the palms
of his feet crack together as he sprung
at least two feet from the floor?" your
wife break bark over my head! yon
old drafed cuss! I'd like to see you
or ary other woman in Georgia do it.
Jest lest mo at him, boys, and I'll
shuck him out o'liis skin quicker'n
lightin' you see if I don't
Uncle Josh was taken by surprise,
when ho saw so much life in the dwarf,
and began to feel apprehensive for his
safety when he found it took three of
the best men in the bar-room to hold
him. It was several minutes, and not
until the proprietor of the house had
interfcrred, that Ben's rage was at all
appeased. After he had become a little
calm, Undo Josh made a rather
awkward explanation of what he meant
only for a little f\in, and by treating
the whole party to peach and honey,
ana asking Bene pardon, tho matter
was amicably settled. But it was
more than any of Ben Bunche's friends
ever dared to do to ask him about that
easy situation down in Georgia, at
"twenty dollars a month and found."
CaHgioljj a ?l*eOicafo)cr)f.
A few nights since, a tall, eccentric
personage was observed, by the tenants
of the cabin of one ot the Albany
boats, to perform sundry strange evolutions,
garnished b v a variety of hops,
skips.and jumps which betokened anything
but a sane mind in the performer.
The movements of this personage
betrayed trouble and pain, and they
were at last so perfectly distressing to
the beholders that a consultation was
held and a committee of three appointed
to inquire into tho cause of the
Stranger's unaccountable movements.
With due caution the deputies approached
their man, while tho others
gathered around within ear-shot to
witness whatever " tale" might be
? " Tho rommittoo sfntod
thoir reasons for troubling him with
what might he deemed impertinent interrogatories,
and concluded thoir remarks
by requesting to know the reason
of his apparent perplexity, and
whether or not they could render him
. any aid.
" Wall," said the stranger, who was
a Yankee, and who spoke in the most
solemn accent, while his face evidenced
a deal of pent-up sorrow, " Wall,
I don't know hut you might help a feller
a little. I'm in a heap of pain?
bothered like sixty ! I'm in a prcdicment."
The ears of the entire party were
* distendod, and mouths perceptibly
parted to wonder-width.
14 In a predicament," said one of the
trio, 44 pray, what is it ? We fuel de-j
sirous of alleviating any misfortune
that may have befallen you."
44 That's clever," said the Yankee.
" Wnll mAvhn Tione of vou was cv- i
er kicked by a boss ?"
All admitted that tlioy had escaped
such calamity.
" Nor bit by a spider ?"
, No ono plead guilty.
" Nor chased by a rattlesnake ?"
" No," unanimously.
u Nor been caught in a thunder
1 shower with a gal, aud lelt meaner 'an
| thnnderf
Not a man in the assembly had experienced
that mishap.
4 Well, my predicament is worse, I
calculate, than tiny ot them."
\ " Do tell ns what it is," was the
I earnest roqucst of n very respectable
| clergy man.
I "Well, gents, I rathor guess I will.
(The sole of my right fo*t itches like
sin, and I can't got off my boot to
scratch it!"
The cabin was cleared in abont the
space of a minute.
IIow many of us are occasionally
caught in public with an itching sole,
and cannot " get at it to scratch.'*
GrqnOpapgtf.
Reader, is your grandfather living f
You say lie is, but very old and infirm
1 Well, then, love and cherish
him ; throw all the light you can over
his path to the grave.
Though the hand of Time has bowed
his form, and left, the dark impress
of its shadows on his manly browchanging,
too, the vigor of his once energetic
mind?still, let memory bear
you back to your childhood, when
your trottling little form was first led
out on the green grass before the door,by
grandpapa ; for, if your father was
VOU115T. fltlfl VOli olmnoofl tr\ Ko
0, J u? V..W Uinfcborn,.he
would have made a very
awkard nurse ; then, what did he know
about amusing a child ??running after
butterflies?tossing the ball ? flying
the kite ? Only imagine your young
father trying to give you a ride On his
shoulder \ Why, the first thing you;
did, of course, was to weave your little
fingers through the beautiful liAir,
crushing the wavy curls, over which
an hour of his time had been wasted
that morning; and then what a shortt
you gave, when your mischievous eves
rested on the snow-white dickey, that
had been rendered as stiff as pasteboard,
by the skillful hands of the
laundress! Down goes little son off
the shoulder in less time than it took
to place him there. " Nurse, do come
here and take the child?" exclaims
papa, in j\ot a very pleasant tone while
ho tries in vain to adjust the wrinkled
collar. Do you think grand paps! *
would havo put you down for disarranging
his toilette? No, indeed ! he'
would have laughed, and called yon
his little rogue'; he had seen too innch
baby-fun to let such a trifle disturb
him.
Yes, young reader, be kind to dear
old grandpapa; never let him ask a
second time for his cane, hat and slippers
; be ever ready to wait upon him
at table, and see that he is first served
; let every deference be paid him
by the servants, no matter how childish
his demands may be. And when
the shadows of old age have dimmed
Ilia ftiirli#" onrl l?o
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his Bible, select such chapters as you
think he will like, ami spend part of
eacli day in reading to him. And at
last, when the mission has gone fortlr
from above?when the messenger has
arrived to bfcar him from yon, soothe
him in the trying hour?wipe the
death-drops as tucy gather on Jus brow
?speak 6ofrlv to him, or sing some
sweet plaintive air by the side of the
bed?music, in the dying room, is like
pouring balin on the weary soul; it
opens the gates of heaven for the spir- ~
it to enter. Thus you cheer his ia6t
moments, and, though tho lamp of lite
be but fast flickering in tho socket?
though his voice bo hushed lorever,and
the light of his eye darkened, he
may still be sensible to all your kindness?6till
feel the pressure of your
soft, warm hand, even though his bo
chilled with the coldness ol the grave.I
never felt the power of a fat her'a
love ; my mother, when the rich bloom*
of youth first crimsoned her cheek, bestowed
her hand to one advanced in'
years, lie proved a kind husband
and father, but ere I could teat his
love he died ; so my grandfather ia the
one with whom my sweetest memories
of home are associated. It waa he
who watched over my peaceful childhood?who
first taught mc to lisp.
' " Now I lay mo down to sleep."
simple though the words be, time could
never erase JLhom from my heart, every
chord of which thrills now, whenever
I hear them Responded by the innocent
lips of my own little ones, while
they kneel before nie. It's a prayei*
that reaches the hearts of all, for in it*
oimnlinifa I" J -V *
oiuii/i>i<ivj cciiwjruu uiuro u^pill OT
faitn than the out-pouring from the
lipa of the eloquent cafa ever coirinnnd
\ and I wdom hear it uttered
without spring back' to the little rooiYi.
where I first knelt to breathe it by fbe
side of my dear old g^gpptbcr.